bullados
08/17/2011, 07:53 AM
Another very nice article (http://ds.ign.com/articles/118/1188271p1.html), which I'll post a couple excerpts from here.
More than 400 competitors from 27 different countries filled the Sapphire Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Most of them had a handheld glued to their hand. Some had a Pokemon trading card deck sprawled out before them. Though they were of different ages, different walks of life, and even spoke a variety of different languages, one unifying goal brought them all together: the desire to be the very best.
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The crowd itself was enthusiastic, loudly cheering on their competitor of choice. The Pokemon community was well-represented by intelligent and well-rounded entrants. Even as they faced each other in the early rounds spirits were high as the kids laughed and joked with each other, even knowing that most of them would be out before the day was over. In fact, when one kid lost his DS and game cartridge the night before the Nationals, a handful of his challengers lent him one of their spares and stayed up for eight hours to help him train up a new team. The kid ended up finding his system (and went on to win the Nationals to compete in Worlds), but the fact that his rivals were willing to help him to such an extent really demonstrated the caliber of participants in this mammoth event.
Gotta be the nicest gaming community out there. I can't think of another community where somebody would willingly help an opponent just cuz they can. The rest of the article is just as flowery as these quotes.
Check out the IGN article for more!
More than 400 competitors from 27 different countries filled the Sapphire Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Most of them had a handheld glued to their hand. Some had a Pokemon trading card deck sprawled out before them. Though they were of different ages, different walks of life, and even spoke a variety of different languages, one unifying goal brought them all together: the desire to be the very best.
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The crowd itself was enthusiastic, loudly cheering on their competitor of choice. The Pokemon community was well-represented by intelligent and well-rounded entrants. Even as they faced each other in the early rounds spirits were high as the kids laughed and joked with each other, even knowing that most of them would be out before the day was over. In fact, when one kid lost his DS and game cartridge the night before the Nationals, a handful of his challengers lent him one of their spares and stayed up for eight hours to help him train up a new team. The kid ended up finding his system (and went on to win the Nationals to compete in Worlds), but the fact that his rivals were willing to help him to such an extent really demonstrated the caliber of participants in this mammoth event.
Gotta be the nicest gaming community out there. I can't think of another community where somebody would willingly help an opponent just cuz they can. The rest of the article is just as flowery as these quotes.
Check out the IGN article for more!