Northwest Regionals April 14, 2007

[were688]

apt are you gonna win with a seedot

[CyberManectric]

I've decided to play in the GBA tourny. ;/

Great, more competition. On the other hand, I have an "advantage" over ATP.

[puyallup_phantom]

Reminder about the GBA Tournament...it will be taking place before the tournament, therefore if you plan on playing, you need to have gone through deck check before signing up.

[JandPDS]

Forms to register a team for the Team play championship will be available at the Northwest Regional Championship, but if you already have your team together feel free to copy and paste this form and bring it filled out to the event on Saturday.


Registration Sheet
2007 Pokemon TCG
Northwest Regional ChampionshipTeam Competition
(Teams must be made up of between 3 and 6 members all playing in the same age division)


Circle One: Junior , Senior , Master



Team Name: _________________________________________________



Team Members: Name POP ID#


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[Ancient Pokemon Trainer]

Yeah but you don't have an advantage over APT. ;p

[Articjedi]

You could also add accounting student to that first sentence, as math is pretty important to me. Anyways, lets just let {R}Vistor continue to be delusional.
As for "auto-losses," that excuse should start to disappear with Diamond and Pearl coming out as most cards will add damage for weakness, rather than a straight doubling of the base damage, which I personally am looking forward to.

I dunno about that, it will still be difficult to make entire decks out of dp cards. Not to mention, the Lv. X cards still have double weakness, so having your major attacker have that drawback will still come into play. Besides, autolosses don't have to mean weakness. Banette autolosses to Metanite, but it doesn't play on any weaknesses.

Heh, forgot accounting student, I'm not a calculus student anyway, I'm a biology student, although statistical analysis is still important to research and analyzing results, it's not everything.

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

Don't forget me. Tactical geniuses use math too.

[Ancient Pokemon Trainer]

Oh, and one of you Oregon people IS bringing my GC controlloler right? I've been needing that.

[pokeMATHter]

Well if APT is going to break out his GBA, then if I've got time I'm going to enter the Gameboy tourney too! My Shining Rattata is going to Hyperfang the rest of you 1337's. PWND by a NooB! Random Kid (although maybe I'm more of a Random Dad) FTW! GRRRRRRR!

[Articjedi]

how long did that take to get david?

[Pokemon No Baka]

Well if APT is going to break out his GBA, then if I've got time I'm going to enter the Gameboy tourney too! My Shining Rattata is going to Hyperfang the rest of you 1337's. PWND by a NooB! Random Kid (although maybe I'm more of a Random Dad) FTW! GRRRRRRR!


:eek:

David... talkin' SMACK?!?

(Ignore the body on the floor, it's just me. I died of shock!)

:lol:

[Pokeplayer]

two days and counting.....:thumb: :biggrin: :smile:

[CyberManectric]

Oh, and one of you Oregon people IS bringing my GC controlloler right? I've been needing that.

Yeah, I still got it and you can have it back... if you surrender to me if we ever face off in the GBA tourney. :biggrin:

Well if APT is going to break out his GBA, then if I've got time I'm going to enter the Gameboy tourney too! My Shining Rattata is going to Hyperfang the rest of you 1337's. PWND by a NooB! Random Kid (although maybe I'm more of a Random Dad) FTW! GRRRRRRR!

LOL, I have a shiny Raticate and I actually won a GBA tourney with it last year. Maybe we should have a shiny Ratta vs. Shiny Raticate battle. Nowadays, I just rely on shiny Aggron or Shiny Bellosum to do my battling. Hear my shinies roar!

[ADAM]

About how many players can we expect in each age group?

[puyallup_phantom]

About how many players can we expect in each age group?

Juniors: A Lot
Seniors: A Ton
Masters: A Googol

That's the best way I can sum up the expectations.

[JandPDS]

Juniors: A Lot
Seniors: A Ton
Masters: A Googol

That's the best way I can sum up the expectations.

Personally I am hopeing for 62 master players on Saturday. :clap: 0

[CyberManectric]

Personally I am hopeing for 62 master players on Saturday. :clap: 0

Ha ha, I'll bet there'll be more than that. I won't be surpirsed if Masters have 3 "pods" or "Flights" or whatever you call them.

[SuperWooper]

Top 8:
Ross C, Matt C, Michael C, Paul J, Paul N, Tyler N, random, random.

The Truth IS Out There!

[Articjedi]

Well, at least wooper here seems to be optomistic

[ilikegengar]

About how many players can we expect in each age group?

We're invading Washington with a car load from the central Willamette Valley of Oregon :thumb:

[OLD_SCHOOL_PLAYER]

^woot!

[CyberManectric]

^ Hey OSP, too bad the DDC has recently been dispanded.

Too bad that my recently formed Team EEM can't own at the Team Competitions as well, but that's what happens when you try to form a team at the last minute. -_-

[Pokeplayer]

Top 8.......

Levi...Jeff....Jim...BJ...Ross Paul....Michael C.... Mindy....

[ADAM]

so nice of you to put your son in 4th. :wink:

[[R]Visitor]

Good to see my smack-talking has everyone all riled up. It's Team Rocket's job to get everyone's pokemon patterend panties in a bundle. Good to know that all the overly serious/obsessive players make my job easier.

Can't wait to destroy regionals!

[were688]

how come i'am not in the top 8

[pokeMATHter]

Ha ha, I'll bet there'll be more than that. I won't be surpirsed if Masters have 3 "pods" or "Flights" or whatever you call them.

The number of flights (the official name) must be a power of 2. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...

[Flaming_Spinach]

how come i'am not in the top 8

I'm not either, so someone's obviously counting wrong.

[Articjedi]

Well, my best guess is terry based his T8 on how people did at a states other than Idaho.

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

Top 8:
Ross C, Matt C, Michael C, Paul J, Paul N, Tyler N, random, random.

The Truth IS Out There!
In the team competition, that would make a perfect score. :cool:

[Team Cook Mom]

Good luck to all.... Can't wait to hear all about it!

[JandPDS]

In the team competition, that would make a perfect score. :cool:

In the team competiton a perfect score would be 6 points ( 1 + 2 + 3)

[Pokeplayer]

Hello all..

Come to Regionals and see the first of hopefully many venue locations for BATTLE ROAD.......

[spoinkmaster]

So can you stop all the arguing and announce the results? My money is on F_S. :p

[soxrcol]

How was your all sup3r 1337 r3g1n4lz?

Wah, I couldn't go. :(

[JandPDS]

:clap: So can you stop all the arguing and announce the results? My money is on F_S. :p

FS went 4-2 and finished 16th, There were 2 pods and he was 8th in his pod. I do not know how he did in his top 16 match. I went 4-2 and Pokemon No Baka also went 4-2 and we both made the final cut and lost in T16. :clap:

[pokeMATHter]

Final Standing:

Masters: 72 players
1st: Tyler N.
2nd: Ross C.
3rd: Matt M.
4th: Stuart B.

Seniors: 46 players
1st: Matt S.
2nd: Daniel R.
3rd: David C.
4th: Jeremy SK

Juniors: 28 players
1st: Brandon D.
2nd: Steven R.
3rd: Henrey L.
4th: Luke L.

[Pokeplayer]

Props to hungry Pokemon Players. Over $200 was raised by hungry Pokemon Players. A local group offered economical lunches for our Regionals players. The $$ will go toward helping a Cancer patient recover.

Thanks to all the great players, staff and other helpers...Great Tournament..

General Deck types will be posted later.....

[Kenshin's Garde]

t8 was (in no order) levi c, tyler n, ross c, mcpikemcpike!, stuart b, dillion, shawn g, and greg r.

t4 was tyler n, stuart b, ross c, and mcpikemcpike!

t2 was tyler n and ross c

1st: tyler n
2nd: ross c
3rd: mcpikemcpike!
4th: stuart b.

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wait, DECKLISTS?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[pokeMATHter]

wait, DECKLISTS?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I didn't really see what anyone other than the Junior Division was playing.

David

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

Two years in a row I can't draw a good sudden death hand vs Tyler. He is your back-to-back Northwest Regionals Champion.

[Flaming_Spinach]

Hi guys.

Got third, losing in T4 to Tyler N, the eventual champion (just like last year).



*crashes*


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

I think Brandon D is from Oregon...
That would make the current OPTWOBFNSNSBN score Washington 7.5 Oregon 1.5

[ADAM]

Is Tyler from Utah?

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

Washington

[SuperWooper]

Final Standing:

Masters: 72 players
1st: Tyler N.
2nd: Ross C.
3rd: Mike M.
4th: Stuart B.

YES!!!!
Seniors: 46 players
1st: Matt S.
2nd: Daniel R.
3rd: David C.
4th: Jeremy SK

Noooooo... FOURTH?!?! =(

The Truth IS Out There.

[Flaming_Spinach]

Final Standing:

Masters: 72 players
1st: Tyler N.
2nd: Ross C.
3rd: Mike M.
4th: Stuart B.

Seniors: 46 players
1st: Matt S.
2nd: Daniel R.
3rd: David C.
4th: Jeremy SK

Juniors: 28 players
1st: Brandon D.
2nd: Steven R.
3rd: Henrey L.
4th: Luke L.


Ummmmm...

My name is not 'Mike'.



-_-

[puyallup_phantom]

5-1....3rd in my pod...turns into 2 horrible games against Greg in the first round of playoffs...

An impressive performence that comes to a screeching halt because I can't get energy or draw...still had fun though.

Especially playing Smash afterwards under the always hilarious Phantom's Rules...its a good thing we didn't switch to the Ultimate Pokemon Battle Rules that I have, as that would have been pure chaos. :p

Thanks to all the people who helped make NW Regionals the smoothest running tournament that I have ever been to.

[Kenshin's Garde]

Is Tyler from Utah?

UTAH?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!!? What's utah?

[were688]

is that a muffin

[CyberManectric]

Well Regionals came and went. Oh well, it was fun.

Now onto spamming the Battle Road and DP prerelease threads... :wink:

[Phazon Elite]

Who did best at the SMASH tourneys?

I want to know who, so I can drive to his house and beat him w/Yoshi. XP

[CyberManectric]

Um... NO ONE!

at least... I think so.

[JandPDS]

In the 3 year history of the Phoenix Games Gym we had our best showing ever in any event.
We had 4 junior players, 2 senior and 9 Master players particpate.

We had 2 junior players make the finals, Poun P. and Justin R.
and
2 master players make the finals Jeff A. and Penny A.

So we are very pleased that we were able to place 4 players in the finals of this years Northwest Regional Chapionship.

[Flaming_Spinach]

Top 8.......

Levi...Jeff....Jim...BJ...Ross...Paul....Michael C.... Mindy....


Accuracy: 2


Ross C, Matt C, Michael C, Paul J, Paul N, Tyler N, random, random


Accuracy: 2



Actual: Tyler N, Ross C, Spinach, Stuart B, Levi C, Shawn G, Greg R, and Dillon M.

[puyallup_phantom]

Who did best at the SMASH tourneys?

I want to know who, so I can drive to his house and beat him w/Yoshi. XP

The closest you'll get to a SMASH tourney is the fact that we were playing highly competitive games for fun and I think Zane and I were even with wins when I shut the Wii down at 11ish. The two of just handed out huge amounts of beatings (I finished with around 120 KOs, he had about 50). We didn't play under "tournament" rules though.

Instead, we played under the ever entertaining Phantom's Rules, which is 5 stock, no time limit, all items (at normal rate) and a random stage selected from all the stages (with the exception of 1 Pokemon Stadium and 1 Hyrule Temple). The best matches were the Pikachu (me) vs. Falco (Zane) matches, when we were able to elimate the competition quickly, and then duke it out between the 2 of us. I think things would have been more comical though if we had done my favorite, the Complete Pokemon Free-for-All Rules.

peace

phantom

[Phazon Elite]

My Yoshi and Sheik feel sad that they were not able to frolic with phantom's Pika and Zane's Falco. They need new friends. -_-

Seriously, when brawl comes out, I am SO spamming you for your Wii Friend Code, Phan. lol

[Ancient Pokemon Trainer]

I was going to join you guys, but I didn't really want to play with items. :p I'll go 1-1 v. you phantom though, under normal tournament rules.

[OLD_SCHOOL_PLAYER]

congrats apt for making the top 4

[ilikegengar]

Accuracy: 2



Actual: Tyler N, Ross C, Spinach, Stuart B, Levi C, Shawn G, Greg R, and I forgot the last one.

Dillon M. from Oregon also made top 8.

[Flaming_Spinach]

Dillon M. from Oregon also made top 8.

Yeah, that's who it was.

[pokeMATHter]

Ummmmm...

My name is not 'Mike'.



-_-

Sorry! I fixed my post.

And Clint A. from Oregon won the Gameboy Tournament. Lloyd took me out. I didn't even get to attack... (Of course all four of my pokemon were below level 25.)

[Articjedi]

In the 3 year history of the Phoenix Games Gym we had our best showing ever in any event.
We had 4 junior players, 2 senior and 9 Master players particpate.

We had 2 junior players make the finals, Poun P. and Justin R.
and
2 master players make the finals Jeff A. and Penny A.

So we are very pleased that we were able to place 4 players in the finals of this years Northwest Regional Chapionship.

You're talking about elimination rounds, Jeff, not finals =\

Awful tourney from my end, how does one run the equivilant of 8 mentor and start with it once in 6 games?

[JandPDS]

You're talking about elimination rounds, Jeff, not finals =\

Awful tourney from my end, how does one run the equivilant of 8 mentor and start with it once in 6 games?

Yes by making the finals I was not refering to making the actual final match. In my mind there are two parts of a tourney. Part 1 is Swiss play where everyone particpates. Part 2 is the finals where the top players duel it out in best 2 out of 3 matches.

[Ancient Pokemon Trainer]

In my opinion there's swiss, top16, top8, top4, and finals. JMO though.

[Flaming_Spinach]

So.........

Any idea on when Terry is going to upload the event?

[puyallup_phantom]

I'm back after calming down to say the information was bad.:mad: :mad: :mad:

Copied from the organized play site
All players not in line by 10:30 am will receive a first round loss. The tournament will be held in the Gymnasium. Directions: From I-5, take East Hwy-18 toward Auburn for 9 miles. Take the SE 304TH ST exit toward SE 312TH ST. Turn RIGHT onto SE 304TH ST. SE 304TH ST becomes 132ND AVE SE. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto 132ND WAY SE. 132ND WAY SE becomes SE 312TH ST. Turn LEFT onto 124TH AVE SE. Turn RIGHT onto SE 320TH ST. Follow signs in parking lot to available parking and the Gymnasium. :nonono: :nonono: :nonono:

How it should have been
All players not in line by 10:30 am will receive a first round loss. The tournament will be held in the Gymnasium. Follow signs in parking lot to available parking and the Gymnasium. The Gameboy tournament will be before the TCG tournament.:smile: :smile: :smile: :thumb:

There was plenty of room to post info on the Gameboy tournament who ever put that up is a total idiot I mean only one’s dumber is those that needed the direction’s posted especially when the location was already provided.
(Ues mapquest/Or some of thest sites for direction's (http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF8&z=3&om=1&q=directions&tab=lw))

Excuse me...If you have any problems with the GameBoy tournament, direct them to me, and don't be calling people idiots, thats just not nice to be doing. By the way, the FIRST POST of this thread said that the GBA Tourney was going to be before the main event (aka the main tournament)...heck, here is the info as it appeared in Terry's post:



Game Boy Tournament

The Game Boy Tournament will be taking place during registration...I hope to start the tournament about an hour before the "Main Event" takes place...I just have figure out when the "Main Event" will start...

IMPORTANT NOTE: I can not stress this enough, but anyone interested in particpating in the Game Boy tournament, that will also be playing in the tournament, MUST HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED and gone through DECK CHECK and anything else nessecary to play. Those running the Game Boy tournament will not be responsible for anyone who neglects to turn in a decklist before coming to play in (or even signing up for) the Game Boy Tournament.

All players must bring their own Game Boy Advance, and must have a copy of either Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed or LeafGreen.

Link Cables to be supplied (if you have one...you can bring it if you wish)

4-on-4 Double Battles
Level 100 (recommended) or lower
Any of the 386 Pokemon are permitted for use
All 4 Pokemon must be different, and cannot have a nickname of another Pokemon (no Torchic named Treecko etc.)

Held Items may be used, all Pokemon must hold different items.
Restrictions: No Wobbuffet w/ Leftovers, and NO Soul Dew

Tournament will be single elimination. Finals could be held using Pokemon XD.

Matches will have a possible time limit of 10 minutes, and the finals will hopefully have a 15 minute time limit at the most.

Prizes will be determined depending interest...



I don't appear to have left anything out of that, as that is exactly as it was posted by me in the States thread (and copied by Terry for Regionals). If anything, apparently I should have stated no cheating, as I assumed everyone would know better, but...anyways, Regionals is over, so get over it. But still, if you want to live in the past, and you have any questions/complaints about how the GBA tourney was run, you can either PM me, or post them here I guess.

[JandPDS]

So.........

Any idea on when Terry is going to upload the event?

Terry usually has the tourney uploaded by the Friday following the event.

[ilikegengar]

Thank you Pokeplayer, BDS, judges and staff for a well run tournament. The place was very spacious and nicely decorated! Good door prizes. I'm glad you brought in the hot dog vendor and even happier that it was a fundraiser. The deck doctor is a great idea! I thought the idea of team play fun too.

Gameboy results:
1st. Clint A. from Oregon
2nd. [R] Visitor from Oregon
3rd. Cybermanetric EX from Oregon

Here are some photos of the event:
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/nyarmstrong/NW%20regionals%2007/

F_S will be posting them to the gallery sometime.

see you at the next event!

[Kenshin's Garde]

wait, FRIDAY?!?!??!?!?!@?!?!??!?! *slyce

[JandPDS]

wait, FRIDAY?!?!??!?!?!@?!?!??!?! *slyce

You are not expecting you score to go up or anything are you ;) :thumb:

[SuperWooper]

Accuracy: 2

Paul, Michael, Matt, Mr. Ninomura...

HOW COULD YOU LET ME DOWN?!?! =(

The Truth IS Out There...

[Articjedi]

Paul, Michael, Matt, Mr. Ninomura...

HOW COULD YOU LET ME DOWN?!?! =(

The Truth IS Out There...

what part of one mentor start out of six games don't you understand?

[CyberManectric]

Gameboy results:
1st. Clint A. from Oregon
2nd. [R] Visitor from Oregon
3rd. Cybermanetric EX from Oregon



Just because I lost to [R]visitor in the SECOND ROUND of the GBA tourney that doesn't mean I took third place in the GBA tourney. :nonono:

[puyallup_phantom]

Just because I lost to [R]visitor in the SECOND ROUND of the GBA tourney that doesn't mean I took third place in the GBA tourney. :nonono:

Technically, we had no 3rd/4th place...we had an issue with someone cheating in the tournament, and he had to be DQ'd.

[halo2]

how does someone cheat in a gameboy tournament?

[Phazon Elite]

Wow, there goes all his glory of placing in the Top 4 of a local GBA tourney.

The entire Pokemon community is saddened.

[Pokeplayer]

The Tournament Results Have Been Uploaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!:clap: :eek: :thumb: :biggrin:

[Kenshin's Garde]

thanks terry

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my dad got first in DNF, woop. =P

[JandPDS]

Here were the top Swiss Qualifiers in the Northwest Regional.

Junior Divison
1. Luke L. 5-0
2. Henry L. 4-1
3. Brandon D. 4-1
4. Steven R. 4-1
5. Kyle WW 4-1
6. Matt M. 4-1
7. Poun P. 3-2
8. Justin R. 3-2

Senior Divison
1. Daniel R. 6-0
2. Matt S. 5-1
3. David C. 5-1
4. Jeremy SK 5-1
5. Kelsey B. 5-1
6. Andrew L. 5-1
7. Clint A. 4-2
8. Crystal B. 4-2

Masters
Flight #1
1. Shawn G. 6-0
2. Robert R. 5-1
3. Allen H. 5-1
4. Gregory R. 5-1
5. Dillon M. 4-2
6. Penny A. 4-2
7. Paul J. 4-2
8. Randy O. 4-2

Flight #2
1. Theron B. 6-0
2. Stuart B. 5-1
3. Levi C. 5-1
4. Tyler N. 5-1
5. Justin O. 5-1
6. Ross C. 4-2
7. Jeff A. 4-2
8. Matt M. 4-2

[ilikegengar]

Just because I lost to [R]visitor in the SECOND ROUND of the GBA tourney that doesn't mean I took third place in the GBA tourney. :nonono:

Sorry, I stand corrected.

Clint A. won the gameboy tournament, beating [R] Visitor. Cybermanetric EX finished somewhere at the bottom of the heap.

didn't expect he'd do so well!!:lol: :rolleyes:

[Kenshin's Garde]

uggh, terry, the ratings haven't changed. what a drag

[JandPDS]

It will update tomorrow when the office is open, no one is there at night.

[were688]

haha everybody got owned by theron b.

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

I think the computer will automatically update at midnight.
Btw, whoever argued over which pod was harder, the whole top 4 came from pod 2, and thats not including Washington State Champion Levi c and 1st seed Theron B.

[Flaming_Spinach]

I think the computer will automatically update at midnight.

The ratings automatically update at 1am Pacific time.

It takes about 10-15 minutes, so check back at 1:15am and it should be done.



BTW, there's a problem with the ratings. How do I contact Terry about this?

[Ancient Pokemon Trainer]

UGH I went 6-3 and went down like 30 points! I'm actually one spot below the top12 cut! *slyce*

[[R]Visitor]

Technically, we had no 3rd/4th place...we had an issue with someone cheating in the tournament, and he had to be DQ'd.

there's a lot of things I can say about that guy, the most accurate ryhmes with "Flea-Lard".

Anyway, good tourney, but nobody I know likes the hectic starting time, but, hey, it works, only two or three people didn't get to play, unfortunatly. Might want to work on that, if possible. DEFINETLY mention the no-cheating thing, that guy got VERY far, elminating MANY players who deserved a fair shot at winning, not that it's your fault, the guy was just a moron. Like I mentioned at the event, after our first round of GBA tournies, I immedietly check the teams of the winners. Immedietly, before they have time to swap guys out.

But, who knows how much of a problem this crap'll be with DP showing up soon.

Hope to play you soon, at anything, mr phantom.

[Articjedi]

I wasn't there for the end, who got caught cheating?

[pokeMATHter]

BTW, there's a problem with the ratings. How do I contact Terry about this?

I'd suggest PMing Pokeplayer or email through his profile.

[[R]Visitor]

I wasn't there for the end, who got caught cheating?

Some dude i've absolutely never seen before, both in oregon and washington, so, I can't really say. Phantom might have a name or something, but i've never seen the guy, ever.

He was walkin' around with a Cacturne with all it's stats bumped to 999, 999 hp, defense, attack, etc, which is considerably impossible, for those who don't know. Some kids have done the same at the oregon tournies and they too were kicked out immedietly. The good thing about these kinds of people is they don't at all try very hard to conceal it.

As soon as I attacked his Cacturne and it did virtually no damage, I frowned and said "I smell a hack-turne" and he was dumb enough to say "wow you're the first one today to figure it out, that was really fast."

OOPS! You're a n00b, disqualification! :clap:

[spazcrackers]

Visitor;822242']Some dude i've absolutely never seen before, both in oregon and washington, so, I can't really say. Phantom might have a name or something, but i've never seen the guy, ever.

He was walkin' around with a Cacturne with all it's stats bumped to 999, 999 hp, defense, attack, etc, which is considerably impossible, for those who don't know. Some kids have done the same at the oregon tournies and they too were kicked out immedietly. The good thing about these kinds of people is they don't at all try very hard to conceal it.

As soon as I attacked his Cacturne and it did virtually no damage, I frowned and said "I smell a hack-turne" and he was dumb enough to say "wow you're the first one today to figure it out, that was really fast."

OOPS! You're a n00b, disqualification! :clap:

rofl team rocket for the LEGIT win. ;)

[puyallup_phantom]

how does someone cheat in a gameboy tournament?

You hack a Pokemon's stats so they are way higher than they should be. (i.e. 999/999 HP for a Cacturne)

I wasn't there for the end, who got caught cheating?

If your talking about the Game Boy tournament, I have his name, but don't feel like throwing him under the bus.

But I will take [R]Visitor's idea and check games after the first round to try and eliminate cheaters from the tournament. Also, as far as the time of the tourney, that's Terry's call, not mine.

[[R]Visitor]

Well, maybe we can work something out. All's I know is, before the card tourney starts, it's not guranteed that everyone'll be there, and after the tournament starts, it is guranteed. Again, not my tourney, just making some suggestions, because otherwise, the tournies are just fine. Your rule setup is a refreshing and different from mine, so that's a plus too.