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Apolonia
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posted November 28, 2002 01:42 PM
Name: Lia
Place : Nearby Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Gymleader :since this year (3)
Playing: with 2 sons and 24 friends of them weekly.
Collecting: since the cards started to get out.
Buying : 12-24 boxes each set depending on the total amount of cards in the set. Most of the kids i'm playing with are playing with my cards.
Hobby : playing Pokemon and selling the remaining cards on my website.
Prof: No, untill the test will be available in my own language.
Events played: Enough but most times i'm there for the kids to help/judge and guide them.
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The Netherlands is that a city nearby Paris
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SuperSpymewtwo
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posted November 28, 2002 03:07 PM
Name: Josh... I am known as Mewtwo, SMT, and Spymewtwo...
Location: USA, Tennessee around Murfreesboro and Smyrna
Age:15. I will be 16 in December on the 14th.
Info: I am the assistant Gym Leader at Books-A-Million in Murfreesboro, TN. My AIM is SuperSpymewtwo and E-Mail is [email protected]
Events: Played at Gym Challenge in Nashville (the side events). For Gameboy I Attended the '99 Summer and Nintindo Tours accross the state of Tennessee and I won every battle, an achievement I am happy to say I accomplished (even won a few nice keepsakes)...
Sets Completed: Base, Jungle, and All of promo so far. That is it, and I am only missing a couple cards from each set...
Other "jobs": I make sprites for a comic (I can not list the site)it does put more cards in my collection either... I have to wait almost a year to even get enough to get a single box so I will be behind a little with each set(thank goodness or trading).. I saved up enough to get one box of Aquapolis so I am at least happy about that ![[Smile]](../tcg/smile.gif)
Status: considered a "normal player" although I have been playing ever since Base set came out...
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"Face your destiny not with fear, but with courage."-Yosho from Tenchi Myuo-
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From: The States! Wahoo! (Although, Japan would be nice...) | Registered: Nov 2002
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LizardOTC
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posted November 28, 2002 06:25 PM
Name: Jared Spriggs
Master Professor, Waukesha WI
I run 2 leagues and TO/HJ my own tourneys
Played since Spring of 1999 (when I got suckered in by my oldest!)
Cards purchased per release: At least a case
At the moment I have, unopened: 5-1/2 boxes of Neo: Destiny, 1-1/2 boxes each of Neo: Revelation, Genesis and Discovery, 3 boxes of LC and 2 boxes of Expedition, all of which will be going to tournament prizes and drafting stock.
I am an overgrown, Pokéadddicted child. 
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"Sewage Portrayed As Meat...It's not just for breakfast anymore!" -LizardOTC
"Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble." - Proverbs 25:19
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BJJ763
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posted November 28, 2002 09:08 PM
Name: Brian Jessing
Status: Master Professor, Rhode Island. TO. Unofficial or official GL year 3. Unofficial Leaguer Year 1 and 2 (TRU League). Official Leaguer Year 2 and 3 (Matteson's/Fantasy Gameland). Moderator for a couple Pokémon boards. Identifier of the Magby rule.
Played since: Just before Jungle. Would've been sooner but i resisted getting into Pokémon. Then cracked, raced to Matteson's and bought their last 2 player Starter.
Cards purchased per release: Currently running 3 cases + per release (18 boxes). In addition, at least 1 of every theme deck (for latest rule book and in the case of Expediton, to get the Basic Energy Cards for the collections). I'm also a sucker for "bargains" so i'll be going to KB Toys tomorrow and check out the $0.88 boosters (yeah i know it's Base - Gym: Challenge but can use them for tournament prizes and/or booster drafts) and to Newbury Comics because i found they've reduced Expedition to $1.99 so i'll stock up for prize support and/or booster drafts. Someone talk me out of this please....
Attended: Mall Tour - brought everyone. ECSTS2000 - could not play as wife and i were unofficial League members so watched our boys play. Boston Qualifier 2001 - took my boys to it. Played in 15+ event. Really didn't do so hot. ECSTS2001 - played. Did ok in my first real tourny. MBI2 - which made my weekend. WCSTS2001 - Invited to help Judge. Boston Qualifier 2002 - Head Judge 10 & Under. Worlds - Invited to help Judge.
collection: 3 sets of Base, Base 2, LC, RH LC, Expedition (regular), Black Starred Promos, various other promos, Southern Islands and 1st ed. in all sets except Base. About half dozen cards away from 3 sets of RH Expedition. Also 3 sets of Japanese Base through Genesis and various promos. Partial sets of Neo 2 through E-card 2.
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Pokémon answers at the Compendium
"We are not purposely trying to mess with your minds." - DMTM
Indentifier of the Magby Rule.
Baton-wielding thug cop.
From: Warwick RI USA | Registered: Feb 2001
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TRCassidy
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posted November 28, 2002 09:26 PM
Name: Jennifer Brazas
Age: 16
Local: Chicago
Got started: Juuuuust before Jungle. I tried to resist, I really did, but then my brother pulled one of those, "Well, I'm better than you at this" things and I started collecting, then learned to play when jungle came out at a hobby show.
Status: Professor
Events: God..... 3 or so IL QTs, IN QT, MI QT, ECSTS, WCSTS, CSC, WCSC, Worlds, and GenCon. And I'm prolly missing one or two =\.
Cards Purchased: Enough money poured into this game to probably get myself a nice car and a DVD player.
Other stuff: I'm a deck mech on Pojo, a mod and fanfic writer on Pokeschool, and over the summer I ran a couple unsanctioned drafts at our local Wizards of the Coast store. I also started the Lord of the Rings parody in the RTC!
~TRC
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From: Chicago, Il | Registered: Aug 2001
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Octillery
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posted November 29, 2002 07:56 AM
Jeremy Caldwell
From: Richmond Hill, Georgia
Play with: 15+ at league
Gym leader for 4 years
Buy: as many as i've got money for
I am a professor
I'm 16 years old
play at league and at any tounaments that pop up.
have every complete set except base two and legendary ![[ROFL]](../tcg/graemlins/roflmao.gif) ![[Crowd]](../tcg/graemlins/invasion.gif) ![[Turkey]](../tcg/graemlins/turkey.gif)
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hobbs
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posted November 29, 2002 10:31 AM
Name: hobbs
Status: Professor
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Cards Purchased: Depends on the set. If it's good, I'll buy a box or two; if not, a half to one box.
Major Events: None in a while, but Qualifiers and ESTS.
How long I've been in the game: A few weeks before Jungle was released.
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"Oh I love your magazine, my favorite section is 'How To Increase Your Word Power'. That thing is really, really, really... good." ~Homer Simpson
From: Mesa, AZ | Registered: Feb 2001
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ukpokemonpro
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posted November 29, 2002 11:54 AM
Name: Ben Ward
Master Professor, UK, SE England, Kent
I run a league and TO/HJ my own tourneys together with PokemonPlush who never posts but just lurks on these boards (hello Martin ![[Wink]](../tcg/wink.gif) )
Played since Spring of 1999 (I got sucked in when MtG lost its sparkle) I quickly realised here was a chance to get in on the ground floor of a great game and collect the sets without needing to be a millionaire (Ł5 for a Black Lotus anyone?)
Cards purchased per release: At least 3 boxes usually a case and then more to sell too.
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"a meaningless title is just that ... meaningless"
"London Super Battlezone 2003"
quote the judge...
'only joking' on misreported match results: DQ Yep its that serious!
14,000 deck boxes yeah we'll take all of them .... what have I done!
Find the Pokemon League and Tournaments in Kent at:The Gamers Guild
From: Gillingham, Kent, UK | Registered: Feb 2001
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White Gryphon
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posted November 29, 2002 07:46 PM
I want to add my real name... but I'm not allowed to... wary of stalkers... huu... huu...
Name: White Gryphon
Age: 19 (20 in 2 weeks)
Professor, central Georgia, USA.
Given title of Coach in 1998.
Lost count as to how many cards I've bought, never bought boxes, only packs, precon decks, and singles. Found several cards just lying around, received a few as gifts...
Haven't been to any sanctioned events. Never GL'ed. Never TO'ed. Never judged. Never played in a tournament of any kind or format. Just taught, mentored, educated, and played in the League.
I don't collect whole sets, I'm only aiming to get one card for every pokemon. I do own at least 20 cards from each set.
I have a 5-year old niece whom I am currently instructing on how to play the game.
Oh, wait... I had to stand in as GL one day. The real GL was too busy working behind the front counter. It wasn't a very busy day, however, just had to stamp licenses for three attendants... no one earned enough for a promo that day.
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Archetypes? What, is originality becoming obsolete?
WG's Pokemon Page | WG's PokeBlog | Pokémon Labs | PIRN
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From: Dogwood Town, Jojan | Registered: Jan 2002
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FireFighter09
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posted November 29, 2002 08:11 PM
Name-Joseph Mammano
Place-Pittsburgh,pa
GL?former GL of d+l sports cards in catskill,ny
Judge?-Judged at stadium challenges,leauges,gencon and at worlds. head judged at gencon. Tournies,Challenges,STS`s,and World`s
Prof.?-Master Professor
Pokeholic?-I have been and always will be.
buying habits: I have been a fan since july 2000 and i have bought 1 box of each set as it was out. I can say i once owned all the shinings from destiny. ![[pumpkin]](../tcg/graemlins/pumpkin.gif) I am and always will put my hard earned money ninto pokemon. i have traveled th usa to play and the world at one pont. ill be with this game till it dies.
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"No Surrender"
Motto of the FireFighters.
First Master Professor From New York and Pnnsylvania!
Top this record:
ECSTS 2000
ECSTS 2001
Milford Gym Challenge 2001
WCSTS 2001
ECSC
CSC
Milford Gym Challenge 2002
WCSC
Origins 2002
Worlds
GenCon 02 as a judge
Origins 2003
GenCoin 2003
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GymLeaderPhil
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posted November 29, 2002 09:15 PM
Name: Philip McKinney
Age: 15 (but I dont act it or sound like it)
Status: Professor in Florida. Head Judge for several tournaments, one Gym Challange. GymLeader for Year One, Two, and Victory road at local Toys R Us. Webdesigner, Writer, and Contriubter to Pojo.com's Pokemon site. Featured in Pojo's Pokemon and Other Cool Stuff (last issue). Administrator at Pojo's Message Board. Webmaster of (soon to be full of content) PokemonFlorida.com.
Played since: Just after Jungle and before Fossil released (Fall 1999). Went to local Toys R Us due to traffic on the highway to waste some time. Found the Pokemon TCG League being organized for the first day. Helped set up tables and purchased a Gift Starter Set along with several Jungle boosters.
Cards purchased per release: I have purchased one box (36 boosters) these sets:
- Base Set
- Jungle
- Fossil
- Team Rocket
- Neo Genesis
- Legendary Collection
- Expedition
The rest I have mostly bought a few packs and traded for what I needed. I do have quite a number of promotional cards however, way too many De-evolution beam Mews...
Attended: Poke Tour 1999 when it was in Orlando with mother, sister, friend, and his family. I've been to every single Pokemon Qualifier here in Florida, from Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando for events like the several ECSTS and WCSTS. I judged Gym Challange Orlando 2002 and sat on the sidelines for Origins last summer where I got to meet a whole bunch of people. I'm really not used to going outside of Florida for Pokemon.. no Worlds or Super Trainer Showdown Finals for me. I played out of state when I was 15, so I missed my chance, if any.
Collection: One Base Set, One Jungle, One Fossil, One Neo Genesis, One Legendary Collection, One Expedition, Black Starred Promos, amd various other promos including all of the prerelease (cept for Raichu) and W stamped cards. Some other cards from smaller sets like Team Rocket, Gym Challange, Gym Heroes, Neo Destiny, Neo Discovery, Neo Revelations.
Why I am I professor? I'm a Professor because of the mismanagment of the ECSTS 2001 Qualifiers in Orlando and Nationally. Magic Primere Organizers were assigned to do a Pokemon Event: BAD Idea. I was in the top four and the judge did not give to correct procedure to handle my opponent using a foreign card (which should be replacing it with an energy at the time). I lost and swore to help judge at Ft. Lauderdale event which this Primere TO also had. Afterwards I discovered the Magic Certified Judge Program and since that point, have been trying to get something similar for our TOs and Head Judges. So then the Professor Program was created, although also holding 15+ players, offered a great service to those who do the dirty work of organizing with LITTLE or NO credit.
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THIS is truly thinking outside of the box!
Check out Florida's Pokemon Website
From: Where ever the ladies take me | Registered: Feb 2001
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LuMaga1
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posted November 30, 2002 08:48 PM
Name: Raymond Rufa
Place: Cairo, NY
Gym Leader since Year 1, still a little fuzzy about tournament running, but am getting the hang of it. Master Professor? Maybe by the end of next summer, end of next year at the most.
Pokeholic-I have been and always will be.
Purchasing Power(Hey! maybe in the future a Meowth can have this for a Pokemon Power name, what do you say???): I buy whenever I can, not as much as the others fanatics, but I do what I can with what I got and earn.
Where I have been in Pokemon lately: Last major event I've been to was Origins 2002 and plan on attending 2003 and GenCon 2003. Worlds is mostly "no", but miracles happen.
I've been a fan ever since I was introduced to it by a very good friend of mine and have liked it ever since. I don't care what ANYONE says, the game's still alive and well. As long as there's players, the game carries on. I'm a hardcore gamer and I will remain loyal to this game until the end. FireFighters never give and never surrender and I will never abandon this game. The people are great, I like it too much and it's a good excuse to travel(at least I think so). ![[Big Grin]](../tcg/biggrin.gif)
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STAND UP AND GIVE HOMAGE TO THE ALMIGHTY CATERPIE!!!
Leader of the FireFighters
"No surrender!!"-Motto of the FireFighters
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Check out these guys... and girl(Sorry Pure) www.pokemonzeo.com
"You're the best Ray ever!"- Ech
"Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed."- Emily Dickenson
From: New York | Registered: Feb 2001
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Soslowpoke
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posted December 01, 2002 12:34 PM
Name: Sean Kazmi
Age: 15
Location: Illinois
Started Collecting: Mar.1999 (right after 1st ed base ran out =\)
Starting Playing: Jan.2000 (thanks to a little advert with Mew on it)
Events: 2000 ECSTS QT, 2001 ECSTS QT, 2001 WCSTS QT, 2001 WCSTS, Central SC 2002, WCSC 2002, Worlds 2002, GenCon 2001-02
Cards bought:
Base- 30 boosters roughly, Zap! and Overgrowth Decks, Starter deck
Jungle- 30 boosters, both decks
Fossil- 20 boosters, Body Guard deck
Base Set 2- 10 boosters, starter deck
Team Rocket- 30 Boosters
Gym: Heroes- 20 Boosters
Gym: Challenge- 25 Boosters, Sabrina theme deck
Neo: Genesis- 25 Boosters
Neo: Discovery- 10 boosters
Neo: Revelation- 40 boosters (inc. 1 box)
Neo: Destiny- 10 boosters
Legendary Collection- 5 boosters
Expedition- 5 boosters (won the rest ^_^)
Collection:
Complete Base Set
Complete Jungle
Complete Fossil (1st ed)
Complete Team Rocket (1st ed)
Complete Gym: Heroes
Complete Gym: Challenge
Complete Neo: Genesis (1st ed)
Complete Neo: Discovery (1st ed)
Complete Neo: Revelation (1st ed)
Lacking 1 foil+3 uncommons from Neo Destiny (1st ed)
Complete Legendary Collection (regular)
About 4/5 of Expedition
All 52 promos
and then some...
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Current Team Multiplayer Sealed DCI Ranking:
-1st in Illinois
-5th in the World
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Visit My Have/Want List (for trading)!
Visit Pokeschool.com!
GAB Captain Soslowpoke
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RaNd0m
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posted December 01, 2002 01:33 PM
Name: Jon Schweppe
Age: 15 (in like a month)
Length in Game: More than 4 Years. Bought the game a few days after it came out.
Cards owned: Near 30,000.
Collection: 1st Ed Base-Genesis, Complete unlimited Discovery-Legendary Collection.
Money spent: Too much.
Tournament History: 10th at Chicago QT 2001, 1st at Indy QT 2001, 81st BOTH DAYS at WCSTS 2001, 1st at St. Louis GC 2002, 12th at Worlds 2002. Plus quite a few local wins.
Other games: Magic.
Final thoughts: As much as I enjoy Magic, I still enjoy Pokemon more. I hope that it continues to be a verdant force in the TCG world.
Things I enjoy the most about the game: YOU GUYS.
~ RaNd0m
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The Pojo dude who writes articles regarding the game.
DCI RATING: 1888
www.pojo.com/random/index.html
Major Tourneys
Wigglymaker 5-0 Chicago Mall Tour (2000) (1st)
The Bat Trap 8-1 Indianapolis QT (1st)
Crobat's Back, alright! 7-1 St. Louis GC (1st)
Arithmestoise 6-3 Pokemon World Championships 2002 (12th)
~ RaNd0m the Professor ;D
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Veghetto
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posted December 01, 2002 01:47 PM
Well, here's my contribution to this thing...
Name: Dinh, Dang Ngoc Huy
Nick in the internet: Veghetto, Angel of Light (AoL)
Pokemon Professor, Webmaster of http://www.neodojo.de
Berlin, Germany - one of the most Pokemon-forsaken locations in Germany =/
Activities as a tournament organisator / judge:
- TO and headjudge Berlin Open 2001
- TO eTCG.de - Ehringen 2002
- TO and judge of NeoDojo.de - Berlin 2002
- Judged on GC Hanover 2002
- TO'ed and judged weekly tournaments until the end of 2001
- intending to bring BZ as a Delegate to a store in Berlin
As a player, I played several big tournaments until WotC abolished division 15+
- 1st place Berlin STSQ pre-tournament
- 3rd place Leipzig STSQ pre-tournament
- 7th place STSQ Hanover
- several tournaments in stores, usually faring quite well
hth - AoL
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The rest is silence...
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posted December 01, 2002 02:05 PM
Name: Eric Ennocenti
Age: 18
Location: Wisconsin
Playing Since: Nintendo Summer Training Tour '99
Current:
-Studying to become a Pokemon Professor
-Writing Card Reviews for www.Poke-Dome.com (go check it out!!!)
-Playing in Unlim, MF, Sealed, Drafts ect. and going to 2 leagues in WI regularly
Cards bought:
1 Neo Genesis Booster Box
1 Neo Revelations Booster Box
3 Expedition Base Set Booster Boxes
3 Aquapolis Booster Boxes (or more!)
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Ranked #1 Pokemon Sealed Format in WI
Current BZs I attend: Brookfield, WI
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UtahPokeDad
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posted December 02, 2002 12:45 PM
Name - Gary Olsen aka UtahPokeDad
Status - Professor, although since I've never bothered with a DCI#, I've probably been removed.
Cards purchased - I've been buying 1 to 2 boxes per release depending upon the size of the set (but after only getting 9 foils in each of the Neo Destiny boxes, I won't be buying as much from here on out).
Collected 2 entire sets from Base1 up through Neo Destiny for my 8 and 10 year old sons. We won't be collecting any more sets, although there will be 1 box of Expedition under the christmas tree to go along with the e-Reader for GBA.
League/Tournaments - Assisted the gym leader while my boys attended the local league for part of year 2 until the store discontinued mid-year.
I'm failing to see the point in this thread. I've bought boxes in the past and will continue to buy boxes as long as my boys continue their interest in pokemon and Wizards continues with a desirable product.
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ScythKing
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posted December 02, 2002 05:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by UtahPokeDad:
I'm failing to see the point in this thread.
Well - I had hoped this thread would not get into any discussion but I'll make an exception because this is so important.
The issue is that 15+ group is an important part of Pokemon OP and should be recognized as such. Unfortunately that crowd has gotten a bad rap from a few that decided that vitriol and ranting were the preferred method of making their thoughts known to WotC.
So what it boils down to is that a business understands $$$ and numbers. So the 15+ rollcall is to provide a thread whereby the 15+ players (and professors) can make themselves known as well as what they mean in $$$ to Hasbro/WotC.
In this way we may be able to do something constructive to get 15+ back in the big events.
PS - I used to live in Ogden for about 8 years. University of Weber is my Alma Mater.
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Pokenaut
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posted December 03, 2002 06:49 AM
Name: Dan Byers
Age: 42 years old
Years Playing: My son Spencer was just learning to read when the Beta version of League started. We went. We traded. We learned to play. Seems like yesterday, but it's been almost 4 years now. Spencer is now 8.
Involvement level: Am a Master Professor and GL at York Comics and Cards in Parma Ohio. I have been either TO or Head Judge at many many tournaments there, but have never judged (yet) at a major event. Will soon be a BZone delegate and running BZone santioned events at York and possibly elsewhere.
Major Events attended: ECSTS (including the MBI2), The CSC and Origins last year where I bombed badly in the draft event. Have also been to every Ohio GC so far
Playing Level: I am a better player than I usually play. I am easily distracted and often make stupid mistakes. Part of my problem is my habit of playing stupid (but original!)rogue decks that look good on paper, do well in playtesting, but then fall just a bit short when facing a player who is sporting a tweaked Archetype and not making mistakes (there are a LOT of these players at York). I maintain a DCI rank around 1750-1800 and have done as well as placing second last year at the Columbus Ohio GC in the 15+ side event.
Amount of cards purchased: Minimum of one box of each new release, and followed by continual single pack purchases to supplement the demand for the 10-12 decks Spencer and I usually have built.
Greatest accomplishment: Being a part of bringing my son into this world and into this great game. We have had a blast for the most part.
Outlook for the game's future: Hopeful but cautious because of recent events and licensing deadline. It is time for WotC to make a firm stand as far as offering support to players older than 14 who do not want to be involved in the Professor Program. Their funds need to be diverted slightly to offer support to an age group that continues to buy their product. I love the idea of the Prof. Program and will continue to participate, but I am 42 and have an 8yr old son who loves the game. I remember what it was like to be 16 and always going for the throat in everything I did. Competition is part of growing up. This is not Japan.
'Naut
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Proud member of Team Poképarents- we play Pokémon with our kids!
Founding member of Team Dead Sneasel-Our team's home is York Comics and Cards in Parma, Ohio
~Being an insomniac dyslexic agnostic, I often stay up all night wondering if there really is a doG~
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lurili
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posted December 03, 2002 09:10 AM
Name: Richard Caldera aka lurili (surprise!!!)
Age: 18
Currently: TO and Pokemon Professor, have been successful website owner
Residence: Miami, FL (SoFla 4 LiFe) and am attending the University of Miami
Been at it since: Jungle in Japan, supporting Pokémon since Pokémon Tour through America in December 1998 and have been helping my local GL since Year 1, Season 1.
Cards Purchased: I'm cheap, I usually E-bay what I need and when I don't need them anymore I trade with little kids and get really good deals as I fill up their collection yet fill up my decks. (Better said, my collection is worth a good $900+ but I've spent probably about $100? Woot! ![[Angel]](../tcg/graemlins/angel.gif) ) So when a new expansion comes out, I thoroughly investigate what has potential and purchase those cards specifically and get the rest from drafting or the like.
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The original InSaNe player.
Proud leader of tNsn
The Pokemon Ruins
InSaNiTy leads to Chaos.
InSaNiTy X: Record - 48,890-1098
From: SoFla Style (Miami!!!) | Sanity: None | Mind: Fried | Registered: Feb 2001
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Crystal trainer
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posted December 03, 2002 10:42 AM
name: Kristel Helskens aka crystaltrainer
status: masterprofessor, TO, gymleader
age: 24
My 3 sisters, my mom and 2 cousins play pokemon too (all females!!!). My oldest sister Sigrid is going on 15. My mom, also a professor is certainly above 15. And my oldest cousin Christine is 16.
(Playing with so many in one family is nice when you like teamplay!) We already play since the very beginning (in Belgium).
We buy at least 6 boxes of every set.
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Gym Leader Blaine
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posted December 03, 2002 07:47 PM
Name: Tymon Martindale
AKA: Gym Leader Blaine
Age: 27
Status: Master Professor, Salt Lake City Utah
I have been a gym leader for over two years working for the Game Keeper at Crossroads Mall Downtown Salt Lake City. And have run tournaments for the Game Keeper and other card shops in the area. I have helped judge and head judge all of the Challenge tournaments in Salt Lake City.
Played since: I started playing when Fossil came out, and joined the League at the Game Keeper were my playing skills took off for the better.
Cards purchased per release: Not as much as some and more than others. I work full-time, go to school full-time, and have a family to support, so it just depends on the funds at the time of the release.
Greatest thing I have done: Got 9th place at the WCSTS in 2000 on the Queen Mary. Also got together with other Professors in the area to start the SLC Professor group, which has been fun meeting and playing with all of them.
Collection: I have a binder will all of the set in it, and I currently have over 25K card, all cataloged on how many of each card, 1st & Unlimited, of each set that I own.
Future: I have not had much time to play Pokemon lately because I am spending more time trying to finish up this last couple of semesters so I can finish my degree. Look forward to the new year, and getting the Salt Lake City area rocking with Battle Zone, also hopefully Wizards will let us Professors put on and run the Challenge tournament in this area this time, because for the most part we ran it last year since the TO didn’t know much about how Pokemon is played, and we have been running a lot of tournaments this year, so we know what we are doing.
[ December 03, 2002, 07:49 PM: Message edited by: Gym Leader Blaine ]
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"One day I will be the most powerful Jedi ever!" - Anakin Skywalker
darkmt_mike presents the speaker with question 83 from gym_leader_blaine:DMTM who would win in the battle in Gengar VS Jango Fett?
darkmt_mike says, "Hmm. think Gengar uses the Force so I would bet on him."
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From: Salt Lake City, UT | Registered: Mar 2001
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Chrisbo
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posted December 03, 2002 07:49 PM
NAME - Chris Boutcher
RESIDENCE - Orange County, California
STATUS - Master Professor; Tournament Judge for Worlds 2002, Head Judge (11-14) West Coast Stadium Challenge 2002, Tournament Judge (15+) East & West Super Trainer Showdowns 2001; assistant to Gym Leader, Pokemon League Year 1 (TRU League); Team Compendium rulings editor; PokeGym Moderator; and all-around nice guy.
PLAYED SINCE - Just before Jungle. My daughter got caught up in the TV show first and started collecting the cards. I said, "hey let's learn how to play the game", and we were hooked from then on.
ATTENDED - Five "Mall tours" (2 for GameBoy/Pokemon Stadium, STS East & West Qualifiers 2001 & 2002, and the "Pokemon 1st Anniversary Celebration" in Burbank); West Coast Super Trainer Showdown 2000 (on the Queen Mary); member of five separate Pokemon Leagues over the past three years (DarkStar & HB Comics RIP ![[Blue Mana]](../tcg/graemlins/blue_mana.gif) ![[Frown]](../tcg/frown.gif) ); countless tournaments around the SoCal area.
CARDS PURCHASED PER RELEASE - Um, let's just say "more than I care to tell my wife about" . Minimum of at least one box per release, typically more.
COLLECTION - Not as great as some, but I do have complete 1stEd collections of all releases except Base, Jungle, Neo:Destiny, and the current Expedition set. Very few Japanese cards ("Buy American!" ).
OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE - Some see Pokemon in a decline at the moment, and for some strange reason that's almost to be expected during the holiday season. But BattleZone, Aquapolis, and next year's Challenge Series are on the way. So hang in there and let's plan on 2003 being yet another great year for Pokemon.
- CHRISBO
[ December 03, 2002, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: Chrisbo ]
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-- Moderator, Wizards' PokéGym (aka "WizPoG")
-- Head Judge (11-14), West Stadium Challenge, 2002
-- Tournament Judge, World Championships 2002
-- Tournament Judge, Super Trainer Showdown 2001 (East & West)
-- Founding member of Team Compendium.
From: Orange County, CA | Registered: Feb 2001
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Tyranitar666isback
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posted December 04, 2002 09:39 AM
name - joe turner
Place- Medford NJ (but right now houghton MI, i am in collage)
AGE-19
Playing-by my self with friends (they almost have as many cards as me)
Collection-
all american set complete 2 times over (this includes the 1st edition sets ie 2 sets of 1st and 2 sets of unlimited)
all *** sets up through card e 5 (still working on that one)
all promos ( I MEAN ALL!! the only 3 im missing are the japanese pikachu tyroph cards)
avarage of 10 boxes per set
estimated around 9500 HOLOS (no lie)
estimated around 50000 cards total (give or take)
JOB-profesor, and gym leader
*15+ is the best
![[Bounce]](../tcg/graemlins/jump.gif) ![[Devilish]](../tcg/graemlins/diablo.gif)
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the matrix will light our darkest hour
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