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Topic: The End: The Future of Pokemon with WoTC
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mysterioustrainer
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posted March 13, 2003 07:58 AM
As far as I am concern, the decision about the license agreement has come and gone. I am going to send my letter to TPC in three hours. (You can read the letter to TPC on page 2 of this discussion. I suggest you read it.) I also want other to pretty well to write TPC as well. What is important now is to get ready for change. The first step is to learn what TPC has in store. I am ready are you?
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Corporate Offices for Pokemon USA, Inc. info:
Pokemon USA
400 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
[email protected]
I have a feeling this chat is going to be packed, so I have prepared the following questions ahead of time:
So there is only Super Battlezone, Origins, and Gencon left for major WotC events right?
Do you have any hints for us about Pokemon USA's future plans?
Do you have any final wishes?
What about maple bars? *Myst cries histraticly*
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old man
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posted March 13, 2003 08:00 AM
I am at a loss for appropriate words to convey everything I feel about this.
Let me add in my thanks to ALL the MT's for the work they have each put into this.
Rambling begins
I originally got into this game to spend more time with my son. It was one of the only things that we could do together. Over time he picked up the "competition bug" and wanted, still wants, to do well & of course win. We also found other things we can do as well but Pokemon has been the favorite.
We were playing in tournaments for 2 years before we got involved in a leauge or anything to do with the DCI. There were but a couple of sites that I knew about for Pokemon & support of this game, for us, was an afterthought.
Then I became a TO. Our local tournaments became testing grounds for decks. The real challenge came at the higher level events to see how good we could do. While I really haven't made a name for myself as a player, at least my son has to some degree after winning the #2 Theme Deck Challenge at Worlds last year.
I am asking myself if I want to spend more money on cards, ie. why buy cards. If you stop & think about it you may fall into the same catergory as me. Whether that's a good thing or not is for each individual to decide. Don't get me wrong. I love playing Pokemon in tournaments, trying new formats with them, being with others that love to play, etc. but I also have an ulterior motive as well.
It is to the point now where I buy cards to get a set of them, to find the right card combinations & win. No, it doesn't happen that often but I enjoy it nonetheless. I don't buy the cards for their art. I don't buy cards for their potential investment value. I buy cards to play with. I buy cards to play with in tournaments. I buy cards to play with in upper level tournaments.
What I can forsee as doing this game in is the lack of support from the new maker of the cards. I'm not familiar with any other card makers that have tournament play except Upper Deck & it's Yugioh fiasco, so that's all I have to compare to.
Just comparing WotC & UD, Pokemon to Yugioh here are a few examples that the new card maker needs to consider if they want Pokemon to thrive with them.
- League -- WotC has been good. Where is UD's?
- Upper Level Tournaments -- We all know what all WotC has done. UD has/had a mall tour.
- Local Tournaments - these have come & gone in a lot of places for Pokemon. UD, without much work of their own, has a thriving lead right now in this area. Where UD is hurting, in my opinion is you can only play in 1 sanctioned event a week.
- Ratings/Ranking - Again we know what WotC has done. UD has one too but as said before you can only play in 1 sanctioned event a week. And can anyone tell me how the point system works. It definitely is not what is stated on the web site.
- Feedback - This includes chats & rulings & this board. UD has rulings, but you can only get the official rulings from them if you are a tournament location or have the "secret" address. How is anyone suppose to know how the cards interact with each other if you can't get all the rulings needed & in a timely manner? I think I'll miss the MT's, this board & chats most of all in this catergory.
Prizes - well UD does okay with the little show of support, but WotC again beats them out with any 1 of their sponsored events.
I'm sure there are more comparisons to be made but I'm getting tired.
End Rambling
I hope that whoever starts making the cards next year will have OP & a support system for it as well as a good feedback area set up. I don't fault WotC at all on this, but I'm sure there are many more details that we'll never know about that has caused this choice to be made. I want Pokemon to continue but at an upper level. I do not want to suffer through a growing period of years before there is anything worthwhile to win.
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ukpokemonpro
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posted March 13, 2003 08:07 AM
SteveP,
spot on in that WotC made their line in the sand and it was miles from the one TPC and Nintendo made.
I also suspect that with Hasbro pressure on licensed product that the amount of ground WotC were allowed to give was zero.
But Navel gazing aside the bottom line is that we have support at least until June and it looks like BZ's for June, July and August will be produced.
Somewhere along the line whoever is producing the game in the future will announce their plans and it is up to us to influence those people.
I suggest that we all start thinking in what we want for the future and how we are going to lead the new supplier of the game to that future.
Oh and does anyone have any details on organizedplay.com?
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posted March 13, 2003 08:32 AM
Yoshi;
It's funny that you mention my S/n. Remember what makes the Phoenix special and more mystical than other mythical creatures is that it DIES and then is reborn. Well, isn't that what we have here? Death and re-birth?
Thanks for your kind words as well.
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Gym Leader Blaine
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posted March 13, 2003 08:34 AM
Wow a lot can happen in a day. After reading everyone else post I’m sadden and shocked like you all. I love this game and have been playing it for over three years now. I have TO many tournaments and Head Judge all major tournaments here in Utah. It will be sad to see the game go out of WOTC hands. Yes, the game will go on next year, but it will not be the same. I’m just afraid of what will happen to our game, I just hope it doesn’t mimic what happen to other games when they shift control to other companies IE Star Wars. Once WOTC got the license the other games cards value went to crap.
I guess we can look at this in two ways:
1) Grip the rest of the year to the MT's and WOTC about how unfair this is.
--Or--
2) Make this the best year very for WOTC Pokemon and go down in a Blaze of Glory!!!!
For me I will take the second chose and I hope the all other Master Professor, Professor, and all other players will follow this. WE set the stage for this game, and now right before final curtain call is when we should not flake out, but give it our ALL. Now is the time for us Professors to show WOTC and TPC what we are really made of. There is a reason why we are Professor and now it is time to show them what we can do.
Who knows if the Professor program will be cared on with the next printing company, and I know the MT's are in our corner fighting for our best as much as possible this year. For me I will continue to run tournaments, and I promise that all professors in my area that want to be Master Professors will have there 5 tournaments to get it this year!!!!! Who cares about next year, lets have fun this year. For this is the year of the Professors!!!!
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posted March 13, 2003 08:42 AM
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record why is everyone taking this line ..
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1) Gripe the rest of the year to the MT's and WOTC about how unfair this is.
--Or--
2) Make this the best year very for WOTC Pokemon and go down in a Blaze of Glory!!!!
No blaze of glory the game is bigger than WotC it is what we make it.. give up and yes it dies..
Keep going, organise, commit and Pokemon has a great future thanks to TPC, Nintendo, WotC and US.. and US most of all.
Stuck record mode off .. ![[Wink]](../tcg/wink.gif)
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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!
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nick15
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posted March 13, 2003 08:56 AM
Let's just hope TPC knows what it's doing.
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Michel
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posted March 13, 2003 09:44 AM
Do I have to say that I do deeply regret what happens ?
Even if there have been some problems here in Europe, WotC staff are making a wondeful job for our game and our community.
Like many of you, I want to keep our game alive, and I will do everything I can in that direction.
But for me Pokemon is Wizards, and Wizards is Pokemon.
I can't, for example, really imagine another company having an OP structure like Wizards has.
Look at the other companies (Decipher, Konami, ...) and what they offer as OP compared to what Wizards offers to us !
We've often criticized Wizards about their decisions, but I really wonder if another company would have, or will, do better.
Thanks to all of you, all the people I know in Renton (MTM, DMTM, Kierin, ...), Brussels (Kristin, Karin, Peter, Glen, Felix), London (Lee) or Italy (Barbara). Thanks to you a lot of kids, adults and parents have had a wonderful time since 1999.
I've met nice people, made great friends (the list is too long but will certainly include Jean Marc, Freddy, Ben, the Brooks tribe, Eskil, Juan, Marsh, ...), seen nice places like NY, Seattle, San Diego, Hawaii.
And, which is not the less important, I've spend a lot of time sharing a passion with my daughter.
Without our game, and especially without Wizards, all these things wouldn't have happened. Thanks for that guys !
To be honest, I don't know if I'll not stay in the 'Wizards world', playing Magic or NeoPets.
If NeoPets becomes popular, people like Pokemon Professors, TO's or judges could be needed there too.
But I will, I'm sure with some of you, keep on fighting for Pokemon. I hope the new company will not refuse purely and simply OP.
Collecting cards without OP, without playing, judging or running events doensn't interess me at all.
As we don't know who will have Pokemon in the future, I think it's difficult to make concrete plans. The only thing I know is that I'll not quit the game and the community, unless I'm forced to.
In Europe/UK, we've already had to fight for Expedition. A company (Nintendo was one of them, but probably not alone) had decided that Expedition would not be released in Europe because the E-reader was not released.
After a few weeks of mails, letters, phone calls, messages on the boards, Expedition was in the shops ...
If we have to fight again for our game, we'll do it. But I'm afraid this time we'll have to do it all together.
We have to make 2003 the best year we've ever seen.
In Europe we'll have GenCon, maybe a main event in Belgium, the big tournament run by Golduck, and I'll try to organize something big in Belgium too by the end of the year.
In the USA, SBZ, GenCon, Origins will be run. I hope I'll be at least in Indianapolis (will be difficult without qualifiers in Europe !).
Could Wizards run GenCon like they did for the STS ? A tournament open to everybody instead of a tournament on invitation ? That would give the opportunity to a lot of players to participate and live such a fantastic experience.
Budget ? Who will refuse to pay a entrance fee for such an event ?
Just one more question ... but the message of Chuck is maybe already an answer : is it a (little) chance to see Wizards selling Pokemon in 2004 if we push in that direction ?
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posted March 13, 2003 10:12 AM
This can't end like this, if we all stick together it will live on. i love this game and the joy it has brought to me and my little brother, weather we won or lost we always had fun and suported one another, they can't take that away from us just because of money on a deal, so please keep showing your support so that another company or WoTC decides to keep it going.
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posted March 13, 2003 10:26 AM
I didn't knew that WoTC was really going to give up the license until today, and that was shocking, the first question that came trough my mind was: will PTCG ever be the same?, I where really upset, as I don't think that any other company can do the job WoTC has done, I think that they woulnd't get even close to what Wizards has made...
Here in my country there are many people who support the game, even tough we don't get Battlezone, nor big tournaments, we all keep on playing, even tough the cards are expensive, we keep on playing. I know that there are many people who support the game, many people who still belives in the game and keeps on runnig Pokémon League, even tough Season 3 will be aviable (if it ever will) at July or so; and still make tournaments for us players to participate at.
When the game started, I belived that it was going to last forever, but as we all know, nothing can stand forever, everything has a start and an end... ![[Frown]](../tcg/frown.gif)
But I still belive that we, PTCG players are the most important aspect of the game, and that the game will be there as long as we still belive in it, that it's worth to still be into the game even when WoTC won't be in it anymore.
Well, I just hope for the best...
My 2 cents...
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posted March 13, 2003 10:32 AM
![[Dropjaw]](../tcg/graemlins/dropjaw.gif)
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Well.. Um... Hmmm... Well, I don't really know what to say, except that, no matter who[b]/[b]if someone takes over the production of the game outside of Japan, I don't think we're ever going to have the same tournament support, contact, etc.. again.
The main thing though that everyone must remember is that these cards have been made already. if the worst comes to the worst, and we get a really bad company with NO pleyer or tournament support, then, ok... But as long as the cards are still being produced, those thousands of people that love the game will STAY with it.
If it gets even worse, and we have NO new cards in English at ALL, i.e no cards outside of Japan, and even NO support from TPC, sure, it'll be hard. But, we've got to remember. WotC have MADE these cards, they can NOT be taken away. Fine, we'd get no NEW ones, it may even get a little boring with no new sets ![[Smile]](../tcg/smile.gif) , but those who love the game, have loved the past few years of gaming, will CONTINUE. Ok, no prize support, ok, the last set was made 5 years ago in 2003. We still want to play. We will organise events and tournaments of our own.
The main and most important thing for everyone to do, BEFORE the end of WotC and Pokémon (if it goes ahead, of course), is to AGREE on somewhere else to meet. We want to all stay in contact, continue with deck discussions, event listings, etc.. All this talking has been one of the best parts.
All I can say, is DON'T GET RID OF YOUR CARDS YET, as Pokémon still has a LOT of fun left in it!
Who here agrees!?
Later...
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posted March 13, 2003 10:47 AM
Yes, it is indeed time to rally under a united banner. In fact, I made a little poem about this:
"Friends and countrymen,
lend them your ears,
what has come true
are our greatest fears.
The end of an era
that just couldn't die,
so now we of the community,
must try, try, try.
While we cannnot accept it,
since the winds of change blow.
Will you stand tall and hold your ground,
or be rushed away, with the wind's flow?
Jumbled words will not save it,
for none need chaos and anger.
Don't say things like, "You fools",
be polite, and say, "Dear madam or sir."
At the end of this day,
It has gone to bed out on the streets.
But somehow it will arise,
knowing that it will still find some eats.
While waiting for a company,
it's unemployed, with no insurance,
but its friends and family
will give it time and tolerance.
The winds of change blow,
but for the better.
Never forget that the world...
can be changed by a letter."
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posted March 13, 2003 11:30 AM
I can't believe this.I can't!!Why?
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Michel
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posted March 13, 2003 11:31 AM
According to Gamingreport, Nintendo will be the new one.
Read it HERE
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posted March 13, 2003 11:50 AM
'We are only as weak as we are divided, as strong as we are united'
Stay together. Most times I feel like an island in the ocean of non-Pokemon players, but connecting with you is what has kept me strong. Although this is my first post I have long been watching, reading and 'listening' to what you say. This is a fabulous community, and it must stay.
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posted March 13, 2003 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by Michel:
According to Gamingreport, Nintendo will be the new one.
Read it HERE
According to the same site, the licence for Simpsons TCG has just been brokered between Fox and WotC
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(Renton, Wash) — Wizards of the Coast, a developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products, and a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), has reached an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising (Fox L&M) to produce and distribute a trading card game based on THE SIMPSONS, the longest running comedy currently in primetime. THE SIMPSONS, with more than 60 million worldwide weekly viewers and nearing a record 300 episodes, remains an anchor of FOX’s Sunday night schedule.
...clash of interest with Pokémon? Look how upbeat Chuck sounds here...
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“THE SIMPSONS enjoy a tremendous and enthusiastic fan base,” said Chuck Huebner, CEO of Wizards of the Coast. “Our trading card game will bring the THE SIMPSONS family and Springfield residents to life, immortalizing everything that fans love about the show: the characters, the script and the fun twisted plot lines.”
This all sounds fishy to me... that release of info was from the day before they announce Pokémon being dropped.
Hmmm.
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posted March 13, 2003 12:05 PM
"Due to Wizards of the Coast copyrights tournament and organized play guidelines will have to be completely revamped. The question around actually game rule changes is still unclear."
There go our ratings...
I think that whoever has the single highest DCI rating at the end of all Wizards/DCI organized play should get ALL remaining Pokemon TCG product Wizards has in its possession, including promos, any Elms that were produced and never given out, that "promo that doesn't exist"...
If everyone has to start anew, that does help newer players that haven't been to tourneys...but the ones that were that far in, that loyal, should be rewarded -- BIG TIME.
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What, like the pro-archetype attitude is supposed to be restricted to THIS company, and THIS TCG?
All card games run on archetypes. Magic is 90% archetypes. YGO is 90% archetypes. Pokemon was, for the most part, all archetypes before and during MF2. Pokemon will be archetype-based during MF3. Pokemon will be archetype based when it is under Nintendo.
Viva la unoriginality!
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posted March 13, 2003 12:11 PM
Personally, I think the writing has been on the wall since Nintendo started printing and distributing their own e-cards. Think about it from their point of view:
"Hey, we can print these cards.
We can distribute then.
We own the property.
Why are we paying these other guys to do what we can do ourselves?
Unless they're willing to pay us what we think we would make by doing it ourselves, let's drop them."
So, while I haven't seen the proposal (and we never will Vincent. That's all very proprietary stuff!) I would guess that TPC wanted to get paid based on the potential profitability based on Pokemon at its height and WotC was only willing to pay based on proven revenues of Pokemon during is non-fad period.
And I can't really blame either company for thinking like that. I've dealt with liscencing agreements in my career and its always a matter of each side knowing that they could do the other part better.
Sometimes they're right.
A lot of times they are not.
Nintendo/TPC has had a few years to learn from WotC on how to handle a TCG and it seems they have taken the opportunity to do so. I guess we'll see next year if it was well learned or just surface appearances.
I've had an interesting 3 or 4 years with this game since my son came home from Camp asking if he could get some of these "Pokeyman" cards.
The first pack we got had a foil Wiggly, so we were playing Wigglytuff from day 1, and it was very interesting learning about what was online back then, trying to learn how to play the game.
It was a month before a realized the Pokegym had a message board behind the front page....
Ah well. Anyway, it's way to early to make decisions about what to do in the coming months. As always, I plan on enjoying the ride.
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posted March 13, 2003 12:13 PM
Rewarded for having a high DCI rating? Pfff... a high DCI rating doesn't matter that much. The people who should be rewarded are those who actually did something for the game, not just go undefeated at their weekly tourney 3 years in a row.
But that doesn't matter anyway. Nobody needs to be "rewarded".
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Originally posted by CPUSrchDiscarding2forOak:
"Due to Wizards of the Coast copyrights tournament and organized play guidelines will have to be completely revamped. The question around actually game rule changes is still unclear."
There go our ratings...
I think that whoever has the single highest DCI rating at the end of all Wizards/DCI organized play should get ALL remaining Pokemon TCG product Wizards has in its possession, including promos, any Elms that were produced and never given out, that "promo that doesn't exist"...
If everyone has to start anew, that does help newer players that haven't been to tourneys...but the ones that were that far in, that loyal, should be rewarded -- BIG TIME.
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posted March 13, 2003 12:14 PM
Amen, Golduck...
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posted March 13, 2003 12:17 PM
I want to be positive about the outcome for Pokemon TCG but is that the light at the end of the tunnel or an on coming train..........
Do I hear taps in the wind??????????
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posted March 13, 2003 12:25 PM
Simpsons CCG was announce months ago, its nothing new.
Besides... we all know how much work the web team puts into the site (that sounded ironic eh?). I doubt that they were both written on the same day anyways if you want to get down to technicalities.
I just think that some people need to find someone to blame in this situation... However I do not think it is the Simpsons CCG. TPC, WotC, and other potential card game producers all had role in this.
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THIS is truly thinking outside of the box!
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Gym Leader Blaine
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posted March 13, 2003 12:29 PM
It will be interesting what the MT's will have to say about all of this in todays chat. I just hope they will be able to shed some light on somethings and we wont get MTM's most common answer as to I can't tell you, you you'll have to wait and see. I know that somethings he doesn't know, but I hope what he does he will be honest and forward with us. So we know what we can do to continue to help WOTC with the game for this year.
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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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LugiasForce
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posted March 13, 2003 12:36 PM
I know that I will stick to the game for good. I am going to enjoy this last year of WotC made, and then head into the uncertain future with hope.
It is not the producer, but the game. Let us stick together and preserve it so our kids will be able to play it (Or for the parents- your kids' kids).
~Matt
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theoptionman
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posted March 13, 2003 12:45 PM
Are there still going to be DCI sanctioned tournaments for pokemon?
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space weedles-top 8 TMP legendary collection sealed tournament: pokemon worlds 2002
22nd- theme deck challenge: pokemon worlds 2002
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