3 Regionals? Seriously?

[Glaceon]

http://pokebeach.com/2012/07/regiona...12-2013-season

This is over the top. I am hoping there are multiple added locations.

Originally Posted by King Piplup

Fall- (October 12th-13th)
Great Lakes (Fort Wayne IN)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA)
Nor Cal (Don't know city)
Southern Plains (AKA Texas, Houston, etc.)

Winter- (January 19th-20th)
Florida
Northwest (Oregon)
Mississippi Valley (St. Louis)

Spring-
South Cal
Mid-Atlantic (Virginia)?
Western Canada (British Columbia)

Still not known are-
Mountain West
Georgia
Ontario
Midwestern
New England

[Warged]

They're not adding more. If you read it says the same amount as previous years :/

[King Piplup]

......Oh my......

[Mystery Thing]

Oh no! Not more opportunities (by date) for players to hit the BFL of 4 for the STPs/Regionals! How dare they!

[King Piplup]

Originally Posted by Mystery Thing

Oh no! Not more opportunities (by date) for players to hit the BFL of 4 for the STPs/Regionals! How dare they!

I'm honestly happy.

Though do we know if they might change the BFL? Bo2 for Regionals and Bo2 for SPT?

[Glaceon]

Originally Posted by Warged

They're not adding more. If you read it says the same amount as previous years :/

October: Fall Regionals (confirmed so far: Indiana), Prereleases (end of month)
January: Winter Regionals (confirmed so far: Oregon), Prereleases (end of month)
April: Spring Regionals



I read it.

[Mystery Thing]

The 'beach spelled out the info they have pretty clearly in the first paragraph. Same total number, just split up into three groups instead of two.

[Glaceon]

I know, I just said I was hoping they'd reconsider and add more.

[dialga master]

Thats bad..... 1 Resgionals is 5 hrs from me. 2 are 10 hrs. Best case senario they are all separate days. If not... 15+hr drive or plane ride. I hope the best finish for regionals is like 1 or 2. Or with states 4.

[thefleeee]

Philly is confirmed for fall.
Heres hoping to GA, PA, and VA being on different dates. and the winter one takes place a day after my birthday so now I know what I'm gonna get :P

[King Piplup]

Originally Posted by thefleeee

Philly is confirmed for fall.
Heres hoping to GA, PA, and VA being on different dates. and the winter one takes place a day after my birthday so now I know what I'm gonna get :P

Philly in fall?

[Warged]

Yes how dare they?!?! It was hard enough being a college student in mobile, al getting to GA regionals... If TX and GA are on different dates, I would be okay with this. With my luck though, probably fat chance at that

[CFOURCOLTSFAN]

pretty sad....there's prolly no way i'll be able to go to winter regionals and it was tough to just get to a fall regional...oh well maybe i'll hu spring somehow...

[Envoyofduels]

Psyduck man, you guys need to have a news forum that covers everything. Kind of like an announcement forum. Kind of like what you guys had before at the bottom of the main page.

Besides on point, I do not who this will true benefit. we have 3 in our area Wi, MO, and IN. If any of those 3 are on the same weekend as each other I would not know where to go with out it being too much.

Besides attendance will be greatly increased by this, I would think.

[swanton1717]

I am pretty happy about the change to three weekends. This means that TO's will be more able to coordinate with other TO's. As a result, there will be less Regional overlap and hopefully players won't have to "pick" between two (or three) different tournaments.

[King Piplup]

Winter is January 19-20th from what I can find...The irony, Florida appears to be on that date.

From what I can find....Less certain on Cal/Oregon

Leaving...

Fall-
Great Lakes (Fort Wayne IN)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA)
Nor Cal (Don't know city)
Texas/Southern Plains/Houston/Insert other name here.

Winter-
Florida (Should discourage out of state vacationers if nothing else)
Northwest (Oregon)

Spring-
South Cal (City?)
Atlantic (Virginia)

Still not known are-
Mississippi Valley (AKA St Louis, correct?)
Mountain West
Georgia
Ontario
Western Canada
Midwestern (Madison WI last year)
New England (Rhode Island, if I remember correctly)


I'd also like to point out that we shouldn't be too surprised, and should probably anticipate four Regional Championships next year-

Originally Posted by http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/op_2012_champ_series-2011-09-15/

Regional Championships
Beginning in 2011, North American Regional Championships will now take place multiple times per season. In the 2011-2012 season, Regional Championships will be held in mid-November, and again in mid-April. Our goal is to create more opportunities for players to attend “destination” events than in the past. In the long term, we hope to hold such events throughout the country each quarter. Visit the TCG Regional Championships page for more information.

Just saying.

[LOLZ]

Originally Posted by King Piplup

Winter is January 19-20th from what I can find...The irony, Florida appears to be on that date.

From what I can find....Less certain on Cal/Oregon

Leaving...

Fall-
Great Lakes (Fort Wayne IN)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA)
Nor Cal (Don't know city)

Winter-
Florida (Should discourage out of state vacationers if nothing else)
Northwest (Oregon)

Spring-
South Cal (City?)

Still not known are-
Mississippi Valley (AKA St Louis, correct?)
Southern Plains (AKA Georgia, correct?)
Colorado
Texas
Ontario
Western Canada
Midwestern (Madison WI last year)


I'd also like to point out that we shouldn't be too surprised, and should probably anticipate four Regional Championships next year-




Just saying.

Texas is Southern Plains. Not sure what the region is called but there is indeed one in Georgia.

You are missing the one in VA, not sure what this region is called, might be Atlantic.

Also missing Mountain West which I think jumps between CO and UT.

[King Piplup]

Originally Posted by LOLZ

Texas is Southern Plains. Not sure what the region is called but there is indeed one in Georgia.

You are missing the one in VA, not sure what this region is called, might be Atlantic.

Also missing Mountain West which I think jumps between CO and UT.

Thanks! Mountain West was CO, but I'll change it for clarity!

Now adds up to 15 which is right AFAIK.

[Envoyofduels]

Midwest will always be in April, though that could change but I doubt it.

[King Piplup]

Originally Posted by Envoyofduels

Midwest will always be in April, though that could change but I doubt it.

You and I both, but who knows? Seems the most logical time for it IMO.

(Drive through Chicago area to get there in snow....Even if that was basically what the marathon could've been)

[thefleeee]

Originally Posted by King Piplup

Philly in fall?

Yeah, confirmed http://www.magicadvisor.com/pokemon.html[COLOR="Purple"]

[King Piplup]

Originally Posted by thefleeee

Yeah, confirmed http://www.magicadvisor.com/pokemon.html

---------- Post added 07/10/2012 at 09:06 PM ----------

Also VA is spring

Uh-oh...Now I need Midwest in the Winter!!!! Thanks for the info, post 16 updated!

[Glaceon]

I'll add that to the OP too.

[Pidgeotto Trainer]

This really only makes sense if either:

a. They have more locations split up among the 3 weekends
or
b. They have locations that are used twice during the year (this would again mean more regionals)

If it's the same 13-15 regionals now split over 3 weekends, I'm disappointed. This is going to add a lot of travel for players. Just a year ago (2010-2011 season) players only needed to find the closest regional to them. Now they have to find the closest 3 (if no overlaps). This is two extra very long trips (at least 8-10 hours driving or more) for many areas, especially in the West. You almost can't make those events (comfortably) if you have work/school on Friday. It doesn't work if it isn't summer.

I really hope there will be an overall increase in regionals across the country, otherwise players need to make time/money for 4 large event travels a year instead of 2. (nationals, worlds, and the 2 'far' regionals)

If they have more events to limit travel concerns, having a regional each 'quarter' is a great a idea.

[evil psyduck]

It has already been stated there are the same amount of regional's.