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PokePop said:
I answered first and with a similar answer to 'mom
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And I felt that post was negative as well. You generally look at both sides where I feel 'mom is never sympathetic with the players.

meganium45 said:
'mom does more in her community for Pokemon that most people
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meganium45 said:
Once you get into the OP side, your life as a player is about over.
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I agree with both of these statements. However, always being critical is not the way. You have to be positive towards the players, they are what drives the game. Without the players, you don't need the rest.

Sexist? I don't think so. A merely positive answer would not have resulted in a negative post on my part.
I was a Gym Leader from 1999 until this year. I know about the dedication, volunteering, judging, and teaching the younger children to play. Did I say volunteering? It is thankless, but I enjoyed every minute with all my kids. I remained positive throughout. Criticism is easy to deal out. Praise does not come so easy for some.

THey have some problems over there. I don't know if it is the LD, or main distributor, or who, but that would not be the first time that was a problem in another country. Are the children playing the game too young to earn a professorship? I don't know that either. What I do know is that they are asking for help. All you can do is tell them to remain positive, PUI is aware of the situation and is looking into it, and hang tough.
They might even be able to run their own tournaments (non-sanctioned), but you can't tell them not to post here because they have a problem. Statements like
then there's not much anyone can do for you
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are not going to help the situation either.

If I offended 'mom in any way, I'm sorry. I understand her frustration. But every situation is NOT the same and I felt that her post was negative towards the players, and I do not agree with her.

There is enough criticism in the world, and sometimes things are better left unsaid.
 
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Let's put it this way- Asia Pacific are having huge OP issues in each of their own countries. They are WAY out of our Control. We are doing our best to manage things, but at this rate things are going to die out soon.
 
Jimmy said:
hey, so is singapore players allowed to join malaysia nationals?
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http://www.go-pokemon.com/op/premierevents/championshipseries/nationals/info/07-08/answers1.html

Nationals FAQ said:
Who is eligible to play at the National Championships?
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Nationals FAQ said:
  • To participate in the event, you must be a player in good standing and abide by the Pokémon Tournament Rules and all other applicable event rules.
  • The Pokémon TCG National Championships are open to legal residents of the host country only. Residency in this case is defined as a person who legally resides in the host country or one of its territories, not necessarily a citizen. Proof of residency will be required upon registration.
  • Players who are found in violation of the rules of eligibility are subject to suspension from Pokémon Organized Play and loss of prizes, including, but not limited to, invitations and Travel Awards.
Review the Rules of Eligibility in our Tournament Rules document here.
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'mom
 
mom, it isn't quite as simple as that. The LD (Comics Corner) is responsible for both Singapore and Malaysia. Last year both Nationals were run, this year only the Malaysian nationals is to take place. Comics Corner benefits from sales from Singapore residents and Malaysian residents. Now if the economics of running two seperate events are prohibitive and one event has to be sacrificed it does not seem unreasonable to allow the displaced customers to join the remaining qualifier for worlds.

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By way of example the UK distributor sells card to both England and Ireland. However there is no nationals tournament for Ireland. So players from Ireland are allowed to enter the UK Nationals tournament even though they are two seperate countries. At least that is my understanding of the UK and Ireland position regarding nationals.
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A better example would be that players from both Belgium and Luxemborg play at the same Nationals qualifier for worlds. Two countries - one distributor - one qualifer for worlds.

[edit] thought of a better example but I've left the UK Ireland example in, though I'm not too sure on how many distributors operate in the Benelux countries[/edit]
 
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Yeah, and i really hope that we will be able to participate in this year malaysia nationals. However, POP has not replied to several of the emails i have sent out regarding this at all. And in singapore, the distributors are pulling out from holding any of the premier events, so cant another party or group of players like ourselves step up to hold the tournaments? we have enough professors, and know enough bout the game as compared to the organizers here. What we need is someone to contact to import the materials needed for the events. I understand that POP does not sponsor for awards outside of america, but there are players here who are willing to pay their way there, its just that we want Singapore to also have their seat in the worlds. if not we are paying all the way there to grind?
 
Good post KaMewie. The situation in Malaysia is not unique.Many countries outside the US face similar organizational issues. There are some positive pointers in our (Malaysian) game scene
1. More young players like yourself are involved. League attendence is up (especially in ToyzBar)
2. Many are in the gym and other forums. Hence deck quality is up. Many play established archetypes like GG,Magmortar,Blissey, Bannete and a sprinkling of rogues. A few years back a netdecked version of scizorgross would sweep league/cities easily. Now its much harder.
3. We have quality players. Malazsian players regularly topcut at Worlds. Top 8, Top 32 in Anaheim and Top 16 in Hawaii.
4. More players are forming playtesting groups and teams.

The poor side is mainly organizational. The TO/LD holds all rights to organized play. The turnout at Nats in 2006 was one of the best outside US, yet the players are left with only 2 premier events the whole year. Nothing much to aim for. Ranking invites are a foregone conclusion-no games no points-no invites. Australia has that all sewn up.One player manged a ranking invite last year due to a stellar no loss record throughout city and nats (before losing in the semis). Organization of cities was a shambles and to date our results have not been uploaded.There were so many cross age matches (juniors vs masters).

There are people wanting to step up and organize play (Alex from ToyzBar) but have been blocked at every turn by the LD. Writing to POP/PUI is sometimes not very helpful-they say it all depends on your LD. Dave from POP/PUI however has been very supportive (unlike some of the other replies). KaMewies post is merely a cry for help.

Hopefully with this being brought to open attention things will only improve. It cant be worse.
 
DarkLugia bring up a well written statement. You could always be a TO yourself to support your kids and friends - just like Australia's James C. from Cessnock who ran leagues, tournies etc to keep his kids and friends in hours of enjoyment and fun. :)
 
hey was wondering if malaysia needs professors to help organize e nats coming. will be glad to come down and help from singapore since not having our own nats and cant join other countries.
 
how about taking this private conversation to email, PM, or instant messenger please instead of here on the board?

'mom
 
and given that this is over a month old, if you really have something new to say, open a new topic.

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