Naki Feralkin
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I really honestly think that if you do this, you really need to give the midwest some worlds loving here.
It is really bad enough we have to fly to every worlds event as is. Hawaii? Out of our range. California? Well out of our range? Florida? Doable, but still a pain. Nationals is all we really had, and now thats gone? I mean, worlds is central to Texas, so they really can't possibly have it THAT bad.
And the chance of a Worlds event in the midwest? Slim to none, where's the vacation spots oh wait.
I'd honestly care less about that. There are plenty of people here who don't just play Pokemon and go to Origins for much other reasons than vendor rooming. People can be interested in clix, miniatures, pen and papering. Yeah, there are a lot of wierdoes here, but there are just as many cool people around than there are wierdos. You have to consider that it was good for the gaming community as a whole, promoting a game that people could play and at the least experiment, now that is being deprived, and you're losing potentially more players. Origins is one of the biggest gaming conventions in the US sans Gencon (And we already know how that would pan out), so yes, people from all over the US that aren't just pokenerds will come to this convention. Who sponsors(ed) it? Why, Pokemon of USA, of course. What better way to bring people INTO the game?
Really, no offense, but I don't see how you can possibly bring new players into the game by centralizing this. You want a game to grow, you let it advertise at a location like this, and EVERY year, it got bigger. Really, I think the reason for this move was because Origins messed up and they don't want to admit it. The best you'll do is increase Missouri's player base, and thats about it.
I can totally understand Worlds being exclusive, but Nationals is the big US venue. Bring players from EVERYWHERE. You can't be selfish and think that Nationals is solely for the Common Pokemon Player. You want a game to grow, you promote it. Friendly league play with prizes and great judging staff and SotG really make this game flourish, and that will bring people in. Worlds has a reason to be exclusive. Nationals does not.
It is really bad enough we have to fly to every worlds event as is. Hawaii? Out of our range. California? Well out of our range? Florida? Doable, but still a pain. Nationals is all we really had, and now thats gone? I mean, worlds is central to Texas, so they really can't possibly have it THAT bad.
And the chance of a Worlds event in the midwest? Slim to none, where's the vacation spots oh wait.
You can get most of the stuff from Origins on the internet.
I'd honestly care less about that. There are plenty of people here who don't just play Pokemon and go to Origins for much other reasons than vendor rooming. People can be interested in clix, miniatures, pen and papering. Yeah, there are a lot of wierdoes here, but there are just as many cool people around than there are wierdos. You have to consider that it was good for the gaming community as a whole, promoting a game that people could play and at the least experiment, now that is being deprived, and you're losing potentially more players. Origins is one of the biggest gaming conventions in the US sans Gencon (And we already know how that would pan out), so yes, people from all over the US that aren't just pokenerds will come to this convention. Who sponsors(ed) it? Why, Pokemon of USA, of course. What better way to bring people INTO the game?
Really, no offense, but I don't see how you can possibly bring new players into the game by centralizing this. You want a game to grow, you let it advertise at a location like this, and EVERY year, it got bigger. Really, I think the reason for this move was because Origins messed up and they don't want to admit it. The best you'll do is increase Missouri's player base, and thats about it.
I can totally understand Worlds being exclusive, but Nationals is the big US venue. Bring players from EVERYWHERE. You can't be selfish and think that Nationals is solely for the Common Pokemon Player. You want a game to grow, you promote it. Friendly league play with prizes and great judging staff and SotG really make this game flourish, and that will bring people in. Worlds has a reason to be exclusive. Nationals does not.
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