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Washington State Gym Challenge June 10, 2006

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THE COMMONS AT FEDERAL WAY MALL
PACIFIC HWY SOUTH (HWY 99) & SOUTH 320 ST
FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2006
REGISTRATION STARTS: 9:00 AM
TOURNAMENT STARTS: 11:00 AM
ADMISSION: FREE:clap: :thumb:

Free Stuff: Players receive a promo card, pin and POP Boosters just for registering, while supplies last.:lol:

Details: Registration is between 9:00 am and 10:45 am. Tournament starts at 11:00. The tournament will be held on the west end of the mall near Sears.

Deck Lists will be required. Have your deck list filled out and be in line for registration by 10:45 am because at that time, registration will be temporarily closed. All those that register after 10:45 am can play but will start with a first round loss.

How to get there: Take exit 143, the South 320 Street Exit off of Interstate 5. Head West. The Commons at Federal Way Mall is located 1/2 mile west of Interstate 5 on S 320 St.

Parking/Food: There is plenty of free parking at the Mall and plenty of food vendors at the mall and several restaurants within a short distance.

FREE BOOSTER PACKS!!!!!:eek:

The first 25 persons that bring a new player to this tournament will each receive a Pokemon Booster Pack!!! That’s a booster pack for you and the new person you brought.

Tournament Structure: Players will be separated into three age groups:

Ten and Under; Eleven to Fourteen & Fifteen and Up

All rounds will be played Age Modified Swiss style with the modified deck that you brought. In the Swiss format, players keep playing each round, regardless of a win or loss. Players will have 30 minutes to complete each round. The numbers of rounds in the event depend on the attendance.

After Swiss rounds are complete, there will be a cut to single-elimination finals. The number of players to qualify for the finals will depend on the total attendance in each age bracket, with a maximum of 8 playing off in any one division.

Single Elimination Final Rounds will be best 2 of 3, one hour matches as time permits. Lunch will be held after three rounds. Dinner break will be announced at the event.

Format
Modified (Ex Hidden Legends through Ex Holon Phantoms including Nintendo black star promo cards 027 and above and POP Series 1,2, & 3). If card has been reprinted in one of the sets mentioned above the older version can be used (i.e. Warp Point, TV Reporter, etc).

Prizes: Each age group will receive the following prizes:

1st Place

An invitation to the Pokémon TCG World Championships in 2006 and a Travel Award for the winner (including a parent or legal guardian for players under 18) to the 2006 World Championships in Anaheim, California.
36 booster packs of the most current Pokémon TCG expansion

2nd Place
18 booster packs of the most current Pokémon TCG expansion

3rd & 4th Place
9 booster packs of the most current Pokémon TCG expansion

5th through 8th Place
4 booster packs of the most current Pokémon TCG expansion

Door Prizes will be given away. In addition, BAGON BINGO is back! The TO/Head Judge will hold BAGON BINGO at the GYM Challenge. Numbers will be called our prior to each of the first four rounds. Just prior to starting the fourth round, a box of Pokemon Booster packs (36 packs) will be given away to the first person that gets a BAGON BINGO!! In the event of a tie, the winners will split the box.

Deck Doctors will be present to upgrade your deck. Bring in your 60 card decks to the Pokemon Deck Doctors and let them help improve your deck. The Doctors have limited cards available to improve your deck. For new players and parents that want to play, theme decks will be available. Please note that Deck Doctors will only help building your deck between 9:00 am and 10:30 am. After 10:30 am, theme decks will only be available for use.


Side Events These will be held after the main tournament has been completed....

BOOSTER DRAFT

Players receive 5 packs for $15. Players will make a 40 card deck. Basic energies will be provided. Players will play in a swiss format. Number or rounds depends on number of players. Prizes will be Pokemon Booster Packs.

Theme Deck Challenge

Players will receive a Theme Deck for $10. Players will play in a swiss format. Number or rounds depends on number of players. Prizes will be Pokemon Booster Packs.

Other side events including Unlimited format, Rochester format, etc. are available depending on player interest.

For more information email [email protected] or log onto the Pokemon Organized Play Website

http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/
 
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woot woot me and my mom are in the Judging staff. Any comments or advice you can adress to either of us. =)
 
Current Judge Staff:clap: :thumb:

Stuart B
Roberta B
Niki N
David N
Ross C

Other staff will be requested based upon who wins the earlier GYMs in Oregon and British Columbia


SEE LATER POST FOR STAFF NEEDS>>>>>
 
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Pidgeotto Trainer said:
If baseball does not conflict I will be judging too. Stallers beware :cool:
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what i guess i will ask the head jugde to not have you be my jugde
 
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Other Gym Challenges nearby

Portland Oregon May 27
Vancouver British Columbia May 28
Eugene Oregon June 3

Go to the PUI website for more information...
 
Gym Challenge should live up to its name

I think that the Gym Challenge should be a real challenge of the Pokemon Gyms. When
people register for the Tournament they should be able if they so choose, to declare
what Pokemon Gym that the are affiliated with. There would be separate Gym competitions for each of the three age groups.

Scoring would be handled like a cross country event where a team sore is determined by in what position the various team members place in the event. 1 point for first place 2 for second and so on.

The team (Gym) with the lowest team score wins the gym challenge and an award certificate would be presented to the winning Pokemon Gym. Teams could be of any number of players, but a minimum of 3 players in a particular age group would be required to qualify for a team score. Scores would be determined after the conclusion of the Swiss play portion of the Gym Challenge tournament. You would then take the top three finish placings for each Gym team, add them together and whichever team has the lowest combined score would be the winning gym for that age group. It would not be necessary for a player to declare a gym affiliation to compete, but there placing in the swiss potion of the tournament would still impact the scores of the Gyms involved, also if a Gym did not have enough qualifying players for a particular age group, there placing in swiss would also affect the competing gyms team scores.

It would be best to run it this way so that newer players would not be discouraged
from playing as their performance could not hurt the team as only the top 3 players scores are added, yet they are still a valuable part of the team as if they are able to finish in swiss above the 2nd or 3rd place finisher of another gym, they can help their team to win by raising the team score of the other Gyms.

Here is an example of how the scoring works. There are 3 teams registered in an age group
Gym A has 5 players registered
Gym B has 8 players registered
Gym C has 3 players registered and there are 6 players playing without Gym affiliation.
So there are a total of 22 players in the tournament.

After swiss play if is over here are the placings

Gym A finished 1, 4, 16, 17 and 19
Gym B finished 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 20 and 22
Gym C finished 2, 6 and 15
Unaffiliated players finished 3, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 21

Team scores are
Gym A - 1 + 4 + 16 = 21
Gym B - 5 + 7 +8 = 20
Gym C - 2 + 6 + 15 = 23

Gym B would be declared the winner of the Gym Challenge as they have the lowest team sccore
 
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Hey guys. This is Flaming_Spinach on my brothers account that I forced him to get. Now we'll see if he uses it or not.:rolleyes:

Anywho, there's no way we're missing this one! We'll be there, even if we both have to judge!:thumb:


I guess I'll see most of you at Portland on May27th. Be ready to lose!

Bwahahahahahaha!
 
JandPDS: NO! We are still doing the Oregon v.s. Washington thing! If we did gyms X-Files would OBVIOUSLY win. Could we have a GB side event? It would have to be JAA rules.
 
JandPDS said:
I think that the Gym Challenge should be a real challenge of the Pokemon Gyms. When
people register for the Tournament they should be able if they so choose, to declare
what Pokemon Gym that the are affiliated with. There would be separate Gym competitions for each of the three age groups.

Scoring would be handled like a cross country event where a team sore is determined by in what position the various team members place in the event. 1 point for first place 2 for second and so on.

The team (Gym) with the lowest team score wins the gym challenge and an award certificate would be presented to the winning Pokemon Gym. Teams could be of any number of players, but a minimum of 3 players in a particular age group would be required to qualify for a team score. Scores would be determined after the conclusion of the Swiss play portion of the Gym Challenge tournament. You would then take the top three finish placings for each Gym team, add them together and whichever team has the lowest combined score would be the winning gym for that age group. It would not be necessary for a player to declare a gym affiliation to compete, but there placing in the swiss potion of the tournament would still impact the scores of the Gyms involved, also if a Gym did not have enough qualifying players for a particular age group, there placing in swiss would also affect the competing gyms team scores.

It would be best to run it this way so that newer players would not be discouraged
from playing as their performance could not hurt the team as only the top 3 players scores are added, yet they are still a valuable part of the team as if they are able to finish in swiss above the 2nd or 3rd place finisher of another gym, they can help their team to win by raising the team score of the other Gyms.

Here is an example of how the scoring works. There are 3 teams registered in an age group
Gym A has 5 players registered
Gym B has 8 players registered
Gym C has 3 players registered and there are 6 players playing without Gym affiliation.
So there are a total of 22 players in the tournament.

After swiss play if is over here are the placings

Gym A finished 1, 4, 16, 17 and 19
Gym B finished 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 20 and 22
Gym C finished 2, 6 and 15
Unaffiliated players finished 3, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 21

Team scores are
Gym A - 1 + 4 + 16 = 21
Gym B - 5 + 7 +8 = 20
Gym C - 2 + 6 + 15 = 23

Gym B would be declared the winner of the Gym Challenge as they have the lowest team sccore
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Meh, so if I end up fighting all my gym buddies, (it can and will happen, our gym is that good), in the elim rounds, I automatically get less points because I had to donk someone I knew.
 
JandPDS said:
I think that the Gym Challenge should be a real challenge of the Pokemon Gyms. When
people register for the Tournament they should be able if they so choose, to declare
what Pokemon Gym that the are affiliated with. There would be separate Gym competitions for each of the three age groups.

Scoring would be handled like a cross country event where a team sore is determined by in what position the various team members place in the event. 1 point for first place 2 for second and so on.

The team (Gym) with the lowest team score wins the gym challenge and an award certificate would be presented to the winning Pokemon Gym. Teams could be of any number of players, but a minimum of 3 players in a particular age group would be required to qualify for a team score. Scores would be determined after the conclusion of the Swiss play portion of the Gym Challenge tournament. You would then take the top three finish placings for each Gym team, add them together and whichever team has the lowest combined score would be the winning gym for that age group. It would not be necessary for a player to declare a gym affiliation to compete, but there placing in the swiss potion of the tournament would still impact the scores of the Gyms involved, also if a Gym did not have enough qualifying players for a particular age group, there placing in swiss would also affect the competing gyms team scores.

It would be best to run it this way so that newer players would not be discouraged
from playing as their performance could not hurt the team as only the top 3 players scores are added, yet they are still a valuable part of the team as if they are able to finish in swiss above the 2nd or 3rd place finisher of another gym, they can help their team to win by raising the team score of the other Gyms.

Here is an example of how the scoring works. There are 3 teams registered in an age group
Gym A has 5 players registered
Gym B has 8 players registered
Gym C has 3 players registered and there are 6 players playing without Gym affiliation.
So there are a total of 22 players in the tournament.

After swiss play if is over here are the placings

Gym A finished 1, 4, 16, 17 and 19
Gym B finished 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 20 and 22
Gym C finished 2, 6 and 15
Unaffiliated players finished 3, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 21

Team scores are
Gym A - 1 + 4 + 16 = 21
Gym B - 5 + 7 +8 = 20
Gym C - 2 + 6 + 15 = 23

Gym B would be declared the winner of the Gym Challenge as they have the lowest team sccore
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ROFL
ROFL
ROFL
SWEET DUDE SWEET
 
JandPDS said:
I think that the Gym Challenge should be a real challenge of the Pokemon Gyms. When
people register for the Tournament they should be able if they so choose, to declare
what Pokemon Gym that the are affiliated with. There would be separate Gym competitions for each of the three age groups.

Scoring would be handled like a cross country event where a team sore is determined by in what position the various team members place in the event. 1 point for first place 2 for second and so on.

The team (Gym) with the lowest team score wins the gym challenge and an award certificate would be presented to the winning Pokemon Gym. Teams could be of any number of players, but a minimum of 3 players in a particular age group would be required to qualify for a team score. Scores would be determined after the conclusion of the Swiss play portion of the Gym Challenge tournament. You would then take the top three finish placings for each Gym team, add them together and whichever team has the lowest combined score would be the winning gym for that age group. It would not be necessary for a player to declare a gym affiliation to compete, but there placing in the swiss potion of the tournament would still impact the scores of the Gyms involved, also if a Gym did not have enough qualifying players for a particular age group, there placing in swiss would also affect the competing gyms team scores.

It would be best to run it this way so that newer players would not be discouraged
from playing as their performance could not hurt the team as only the top 3 players scores are added, yet they are still a valuable part of the team as if they are able to finish in swiss above the 2nd or 3rd place finisher of another gym, they can help their team to win by raising the team score of the other Gyms.

Here is an example of how the scoring works. There are 3 teams registered in an age group
Gym A has 5 players registered
Gym B has 8 players registered
Gym C has 3 players registered and there are 6 players playing without Gym affiliation.
So there are a total of 22 players in the tournament.

After swiss play if is over here are the placings

Gym A finished 1, 4, 16, 17 and 19
Gym B finished 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 20 and 22
Gym C finished 2, 6 and 15
Unaffiliated players finished 3, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 21

Team scores are
Gym A - 1 + 4 + 16 = 21
Gym B - 5 + 7 +8 = 20
Gym C - 2 + 6 + 15 = 23

Gym B would be declared the winner of the Gym Challenge as they have the lowest team sccore
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The concept could work in theory, but in Washington; so many players play in multiple league/gyms (whatever you want to call them).
The only question is...if you are saying this should be a team competition, then how do you put together the pairings, and how do you award the trips to worlds.

Leave it as every man, woman, and child for themselves. It's more fun that way.

peace
phantom man
 
Players would choose thier own affiliation

The players would of thier own accord declare a gym afiliation when they register for the tournement. (this would have abolutly no effect on the Washington vs Oregon challenge) This was envisoned so that the various Pokemon Leagues could challenge one another, but if individual players (like X-files) wanted to band together and enter a team, I dont see any reason for that not to be allowed. And yes you would be paired and compete against your teammates from time to time, but just like a cross country running meet it is an individual competion with a team aspect. Pokemon Gym Challenge would continue to be an individual competition, just that it would be nice if Gym Challenge name ment more then just "the tournement after Regionals and before Nationals"

This team concept would in no way change any way at all on how the individual prizes are awarded durring the Gym Challenge. Team Gym Challenge competiton would be over once Swiss play is finished.
 
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Team play would not change anything

puyallup_phantom said:
I agree...Every man, woman, and kid for themselves.
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It would still be an individual tournement with individual prizes. No player would be forced to or even asked to declare a gym affiliation. So if you don't see any reason to register as a gym member you wont have to, but your performance in the tournement will still impact thoes teams that are registered. So again only thoes players that want to participate on team will. No one be asked or questioned if they do not declare a gym (team) affliation. There will be no Prizes (ie Booster packs or deck boxes) for the winning teams in each age group, just a certificate to take back to thier Pokemon Gym wall and bragging rights for a year. This would not change anything at all about individual competiton or individual prizes. It would just run at the same time as the Main tournement and would resolve once Swiss play is over.
 
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