Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Wrist Plays (Pokemon with a playbook)

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There should be nothing wrong with keeping an open notebook on the table during play though. I see players taking notes during games all the time. It's not a wrist play, so deal with it.
 
spartan-104 said:
My sour grapes do not lie with ME not going to worlds,they lie with SKILLED players missing worlds, while lucky/undeserving players/players who think they are good but really aren't, going in their place.
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That seems really uncalled for. GET OVER IT: the people who got into worlds did a good job, and we should be cheering them on to make it a good contest.

As for the original suggestion, I personally like it a lot. I don't really know how you can cheat if both you and your opponent can look at the notes. And it would really suck if you forgot how to do something simple and lost the game as a result. After all of the hard work of getting into worlds, that is not how you would want it to end.

As long as it doesn't lead to unneccesary stalling, I think it would make the games would be decided on who played better than something trivial like forgetting prizes or something.
 
It's a shame really. I'm trying to teach my gf to play, and she could really do with a few in-game reminders-->
"draw a card"
"think about which supporter to play"
"don't forget to use your poke-powers"
"andy is the greatest" etc etc :cool::cool::cool::cool:

Seriously though, it would really help her learn the game :frown:

Just my 1 penny!
 
If you are just starting out (afirule's GF), have her talk her moves out. It works wonders at league and during tourneys.

I am actually surpirsed that this thread is still going on.............

Either pet it or shoot it.
 
afirule said:
It's a shame really. I'm trying to teach my gf to play, and she could really do with a few in-game reminders-->
"draw a card"
"think about which supporter to play"
"don't forget to use your poke-powers"
"andy is the greatest" etc etc :cool::cool::cool::cool:

Seriously though, it would really help her learn the game :frown:

Just my 1 penny!
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You know, every PCD play mat comes with exactly that list printed on it...

Well, maybe not the "andy..." part.
 
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Burninating_Torchic said:
Remembering how to play your deck is just as important as learning how to play it in the first place.
I support the decision that these aren't allowed.
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Yes, you should know how to use youre deck, but I have seen players lose a match all because they forgot that their scramble energy wasn't activated because they where tied in prizes. Forgetting about scrambles is a relitivly easy thing to do, it's even easier to do when you've bin playing realy hard matches all day and you're tired. Why would a note on a wrist band saying "don't forget about scrambel only being activated if you're behind on prizes" not be allowed, or other similar reminders?
 
moza said:
But could you still write them on the card?
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What you are asking is probably on the edge of what is allowed/not allowed. So don't expect an official answer giving a blanket yes answer. I'd expect any official answer to be sufficiently vague and general to permit a judge to require you to replace the written upon card with a clear version that lacks the annotation.

Pre-prepared notes that a player wishes to bring to the table must at the very least be generally applicable to both players. The presence of the notes should not disadvantage the opponent in any way. Excerpts from the rules, compendium, etc are tolerated rather than allowed. Tolerated rather than allowed because the process of selection could be used to provide an advantage. In general players motives for producing summary excerpts from say the compendium are pure and are intended to help without gaining an advantage. Writing the excerpts on the cards would be pushing the boundaries on tolerance IMO. As a judge I can ask you to keep the excerpts face down or in your bag.

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Interesting question though.

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I'm intrigued that wrist-plays are allowed in football .. Has American football given up on any pretense that the sport has any intellectual content? Is it all brawn and no brain?
 
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You know, I was tempted, on every basic for one of my players going to Worlds to write PUT OUT PRIZES on the picture, so he would not forget.

Not on every card, just on his basics.

Would not obsucure the text, but would definitely remind him.

Would this be allowed?

There we go, now a judge asking a question.

Vince
 
meganium45 said:
You know, I was tempted, on every basic for one of my players going to Worlds to write PUT OUT PRIZES on the picture, so he would not forget.

Not on every card, just on his basics.

Would not obsucure the text, but would definitely remind him.

Would this be allowed?

There we go, now a judge asking a question.

Vince
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im thnking about doing that SAME THING........but im gonna put that on ALL of my energies, AND on the inside of my deck box so when i pul out my deck i pull that out too...........i dont THINK there is a rule stopping this, and if it is,
well.........:nonono:
 
Miracle said:
im thnking about doing that SAME THING........but im gonna put that on ALL of my energies, AND on the inside of my deck box so when i pul out my deck i pull that out too...........i dont THINK there is a rule stopping this, and if it is,
well.........:nonono:
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Yah, I'm sorry about that t32 game. :nonono:
 
Oh crap... What the heck am I supposed to do now?? [looks at wrist, band says "DRAW"] Oh... right. [draws card]​
 
I can just see the embarrassment at Worlds.

"Your elite players speak 4 languages? How nice. Our elite players need notes telling them what they can do each turn."
 
You know whats "uncalled for"?A wristband (or ANY note) being used for a "WORLD CLASS" player to remember the most SIMPLE things.GMAB

btw I would like to say, if I could send the T16 in the country to worlds, I would not be in it ;/
 
Patriarch said:
Haha, too solid of a point, but stay open-minded and think about what GOOD can be done with notes. In addition to everything else mentioned, I always thought it'd be nice if I could speed up my first turn of the game (ie checking to see what is/isn't prized). A wristband would be enormously useful with the listing of single copies, so long as the opponent couldn't see it.
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but that would mean that we have players at worlds that cant remember their own decklist =/
 
Maybe u guys need to read this thread a lil better. I never said I or anyone needed this in worlds. Let alone any worlds competetiers. I said its a cool thing to have. I can understand why so many people are mad at this thread seeing Sour Grapes are skyrocketed to a all time high. Well if the question some of you have and im a worlds competetier is do I need it? The answer is no.

Overall its a cool idea to have for some players who forget things. All u other negative posters stop hatin and having more and more complaints or diss coments aint gonna change anything except give u harder sour grapes. If u rly want some more sour grapes and wanna keep giving rude comments im in worlds and ur not haha. Cry for a month!:cool:
 
meganium45 said:
You know, I was tempted, on every basic for one of my players going to Worlds to write PUT OUT PRIZES on the picture, so he would not forget.

Not on every card, just on his basics.

Would not obsucure the text, but would definitely remind him.

Would this be allowed?

There we go, now a judge asking a question.

Vince
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I would definitly like an answer on this as well, even though its not like I would forget, and I would most certainly not forget at a gym challenge when I'm 3-1 in a matchup I have won and almost miss top cut or in top 8 at Nats 07 when I'm playing for a trip to worlds.

Just a suggestion to POP, even though I understand they shouldn't have to, just make a quick reminder to put prizes out before each round before they say go since everybody is already set up. Becuase we can all agree even the top players in the world forget every now and then, and I most definitly think the World Champ should not be decied becuase his opponent forgot to put out prizes.

-Jay
 
If you need notes during your game to remind you what your opponent's playing, maybe you aren't as skilled at the game as you think you are. What gets to me more isn't the note taking as much as the concealed note taking. I've already read earlier in the thread that note taking is public information, therefore should be available to the opponent, but all I see are ways to get around it. Writing on cards, writing on your hand, what's next? Writing under the table?
 
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