NoPoke
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Professor Dav said:1) How do we make sure that the UK professors are running leagues in an appropriate venue?
2) How do we explain to all of the core retailers that don't get league kits that we're only supporting a few select people in the UK?
3) We simply cannot survive without the support of two distinct bodies, the fans AND the retailers.
4) What would the fans in areas that weren't allowed to have a league say if other regions in the UK were allowed to have leagues at this time? We cannot piecemeal a program like this.
Prof. Dav
1) Ask us?
1) Have a look at the regular coverage in Pokemon World magazine?
1) If Appropriate = Retail then goodbye to OP in the UK
2) As far as I'm aware there is NO retail support for pokémon OP in the UK. Now there may be a few retailers out there but they are very quiet and I haven't met any of their players.
2) OP in the UK has been club based for a very long time now... retail floor space is just too expensive in the UK.
2) A major distributor I used to use in the midlands shipped ZERO pokemon product for most of this year, in the same period they shipped $250,000 of YuGiOh.
2) When Warner Bros pulled out of OP four years ago, pokemon was at its peak then too, no other retailer stepped in to fill the void.
3) The retailers ARENT interested in OP in the UK. All OP in the UK is FAN based.
3) We are regularly organising events that average 40+ players. These numbers are greater than are being attracted to the majority of the USA events that you have recently sponsored. Please don't forget about us in your desire to get retail OP running.
4) We are constantly encouraging others to start leagues and approach shops to set up league. MacDonalds are acting as a venue for a league in Mitchem, London runs from out of a cafe, Crawley uses a room at a council sponsored adventure playground, (there is also a restricted league at a Crawley school ), Rainham runs from a games club. Glasgow runs from a book shop. If you saw the retail environment in the UK you would understand why the retailers are unable to provide facilities for OP: they just don't have the space.
Dave, I hope that the above helps to give you some idea of the difficulties that you will face in the UK. We are willing and ABLE to run OP and premiere events in the UK for you..after all its what we have been doing for the past few years anyway.
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