Mama_Luigi
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Ok, so my dad is thhinking about taking me to the grinders, so does anybody know how many people in each division will qualify?
I disagree, Juniors are not practically handed an invite. There are more than Seniors and Masters but that is most likely due to fewer actually coming that earned invites due to whatever reason. Looking at the numbers posted above, only about 1/4 of the Juniors that play get invites through the LCQ. It probably is most realistic to look at the numbers for 07 when it was held in Hawaii but much of the invite structure changed this year and the only guarantee at the moment is top 4 of each division.
Yes, the top 40 in North America will receive unpaid invites. But I think the Canadian Nationals is still over a week away so the current standings are not final.
2009:
JR - 125 players, 7 rounds, 31 invites
SR - 160 players, 8 rounds, 29 invites
MA - 457 players, 2 flights, 8 rounds, 24 invites
Total players: 742
2008:
Jr: 117 players, 7 rounds, 25 invites
Sr: 157 players, 8 rounds, 22 invites
MA: 374 players, 8 rounds, 2 flights, 12 invites
Total players: 648
2007:
Jr: 54 Players, 6 Rounds, 13 invites
Sr: 64 Players, 6 Rounds, 7 invites
Ma: 141 Players, 8 Rounds, 6 invites
Total players: 259
2006:
10 & Under: 95 players, 7 rounds
11-14: 124 players, 7 rounds
15 & Up: 293 players, 9 rounds
Total players: 512
But With the no pass downs this year, and MUCH fewer paid invites, Expect a LOT more invites available.
It's the tourniment the day before worlds where they give out the remaining worlds invites to the top players.This will sound dumb. but as I'm fairly new to Pokemon competetive play, what is the grinder?
Actually in 2007 in Hawaii there ended up being 7 masters that grinded in. a senior player from Asia region registered as a Masters player by mistake. They did not discover the mistake until the day of worlds. So they contacted the 7th place masters player and told her that she could play and Seniors played with one more player then was intedended. I know this because I was there and went 6-2 and finished 12th. So close yet so far.
It's the tourniment the day before worlds where they give out the remaining worlds invites to the top players.