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US Nationals Points Deadlines Loom for TCG/VG Organizers and Players

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Despite the fact that some official information is still pending, its time for Pokémon players hoping to go to the U.S. National Championships to look to their points! Organizers also will need to keep deadlines in mind so that their players get all the points they've earned and events aren't scheduled or uploaded past when points can be credited.

Here's what we know so far:
pokemon.com said:
The Championship Point standings will be pulled and finalized for US Nationals Travel Awards and Stipends on June 12. Any account issues or inaccuracies with Championship Points must be reported to customer service no later than June 9.
  • This means that PLAYERS need to get their CP totals set by June 8 or else get in a Customer Service ticket.
  • This might (might) also mean that PLAYERS and ORGANIZERS will want to get all Play! Points credited by June 9 as well.

U.S. Nationals has Play! Point minimums for registration. They will likely be applied during registration as they were last year. Though details haven't been announced, I would expect a version of last year's mandatory online registration, which only permitted registration if you have the minimum or better number of Play! Points. These are the minimum Play! Points requirements for each game and division.
Trading Card Game Players said:
Masters Division: 10 Play! Points
Junior and Senior Divisions: 5 Play! Points
Video Game Players said:
Masters Division: 5 Play! Points
Junior and Senior Divisions: 1 Play! Point

As I see it (unofficially and with no inside info) here's the latest things should be done:
  • ORGANIZERS - get your events scheduled and uploaded by Monday, June 8, 2015.
  • PLAYERS - check your point totals no later than Monday, June 8, 2015.
  • ALL - make sure that any discrepancies are reported on a customer service ticket by June 9, 2015. Sooner is better!

Oh, and it makes sense that as soon as U.S. Nationals points are uploaded, it will be too late to get in CP for league challenges, so think about getting everything uploaded before the week after U.S. Nationals.

Update 6/9/2015 Bonus worlds INFO:

For World Championships Video Game:

  • Invitations will be finalized July 13, 2015. Issues with accounts must be reported to customer service by June 1, 2015.
For World Championships Trading Card Game:

  • Players must have an active Play! Pokémon account that is updated with accurate information. If there’s an issue with your account, it must be reported to customer service before June 1, 2015.
  • If there’s a problem with your Championship Point totals, it must be reported to customer service within a week after the results are uploaded from the last National Championships in your rating zone. (The deadline is expected to be July 10 for the US and Canada, and July 3 for all other zones.)

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here's event dates to help put in perspective

2015 North American Season Outline
•August 2014 – July 2015: League Challenges
•October 2014: Autumn Regional Championships
•November 2014 – January 2015: City Championships
•February 2015: Winter Regional Championships
•March–April 2015: State/Province Championships
•May 2015: Spring Regional Championships
•June–July 2015: National Championships
•August 2015: World Championships
 
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