posted February 08, 2003 03:58 PM            

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Originally posted by DMTM:
Could someone send me a transcript. I sadly cannot attend but I want to see how it all goes.

Besides too much of Freddy is not always a good thing.

DMTM

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Hmmm... well until I can think of something to say in reply to the Dark One, I'll hope to have the transcript up on my site soon after the chat itself. I'll try to get the scripts sent by e-mail to all those on this post who've requested them.

There, DMTM - me being extremely nice to people... for once

-fK

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posted February 10, 2003 11:34 PM            

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team_europe_golduck says, " The Leagues in Norway still haven't gotten the BattleZone kits which arrived around January 15th in other European countries. "
team_europe_golduck says, " We have tried to contact the Norwegian distributor, but they haven't gotten the kits from Denmark, which haven't got them from Wizards Europe. "
team_europe_golduck says, " What's the current status of the kits? /ga "
wizo_pokemom says, " please remember to put a "/ga" after your question is typed, so our guests know when to start typing their answers... :-) "
team_europe_golduck says, " *who "
wotc_kristin says, " Okay, I'll contact Norway because I've sent those kits already more than 2 or 3 weeks ago.... Same goes for Denmark! I'll go after it! "

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prof_theta says, " Do you have any information about BattleZone in Italy?/ga "
wotc_glen says, " Italy is handled by the italian office, you should contact them as i dont know what they have planned "
prof_theta says, " 'kay, thanks "

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pokedutch says, " Do you allready have any information about the pokemon tournaments at gencon and at what day they are?/ga "
wotc_glen says, " GenCon is Us related, i dont have any say in the programming of these events. the best you can do is check the gencon webiste, not sure if thatone is still maintained however "
pokedutch says, " k"

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team_europe_golduck says, " I have a question about European professors "
team_europe_golduck says, " I have two friends who both passed the test in late November/early December and then faxed their papers to Wizards Europe. "
wotc_glen says, " and that question is ? "
team_europe_golduck says, " Their names are Simon Methi (Norway) and Rolf Moll (Germany). But neither of them have appeared on the Professor list yet. Can you check what's happened? /ga "
wotc_glen says, " how and where did they do the test? i believe you need to take the online test to become a professor "
team_europe_golduck says, " they did take that test "
team_europe_golduck says, " And got papers they needed to send to Wizards Europe "
wizo_pokemom says, " back, thank you "
team_europe_golduck says, " "Parential consent" or something like that "
team_europe_golduck says, " And they faxed it to the Wizards Europe office "
team_europe_golduck says, " (with "that", I mean the online test) "
wizo_pokemom says, " golduck, anything to add...or can glen and kristin go ahead and answer? "
wotc_glen says, " we just checked here real quick and found the one from rolf moll but not the one of simon, to be sure you can always fax it again on the new number INT-32-2/4673366 T.a.v Peter Coenen "

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I mean Jeez, this is very worrying! you can imagine what went on: *shuffle through paperwork* 'Oh, here it is... uhm..' For four months these Professors have not been able to do very much TOing... how many 'other' Professors may have been forgotten about?

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michel1be says, " Could Wizards Europe run, or be involved in, a big event in France ? /ga "
wotc_glen says, " If the event will take place in France it is up to the French office then. but normally we didnt plan on organizing bigger events. "

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No help, no initiative, no ideas.

Seems as though the events are run by distributors in each country of Europe.. but why can't WotC_Europe run them themselves, with the aid of Professors??

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wotc_glen says, " gym and stadium challenges are bigger events. At the moment Wotc has no plans on organizing them themselves, but as stated above, people that are interested in organizing one can always talk to their local distributor to try and work something out "

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team_europe_golduck say, " How is the situation for Pokémon in Europe right now? Is there a good number of Leagues and sanctioned tournaments, and how are recent sets (Expedition and Aquapolis) selling? /ga "
wotc_kristin says, " Don't know about the sales of the recent sets. "

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*sigh*

~fK

PS Thanks to Golduck for the chat log.

[ February 10, 2003, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: Freddy K ]

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posted February 11, 2003 01:30 AM            

While it was disappointing that they couldn't say anything about sales of recent sets, they did say something about the number of sanctioned tournaments.

They said it was fine, and that they look forward to BattleZone and how it will increase the number of sanctioned events. I didn't get to log this part, though. I had to copy-paste every single question from my browser into a Text Editor.

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Originally posted by Freddy K:
team_europe_golduck say, " How is the situation for Pokémon in Europe right now? Is there a good number of Leagues and sanctioned tournaments, and how are recent sets (Expedition and Aquapolis) selling? /ga "
wotc_kristin says, " Don't know about the sales of the recent sets. "

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*sigh*

~fK.

posted February 11, 2003 01:33 AM            

But the amazing news is the one about the League list. Remember how we've asked for an official European League list for years, but NEVER gotten any good answer? And now suddenly they tell us that the list is ready and will be sent to Mike Gills this week?

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wizo_pokemom says, " (golduck, you'll be next... "
wizo_pokemom says, " golduck, go ahead "
team_europe_golduck says, " Is there any chance that Wizards Europe could "
team_europe_golduck says, " make a full list of European Leagues (BZs)? "
team_europe_golduck says, " That'd really help "
team_europe_golduck says, " Because there are no "official" list. Pokémon Belgium and Pokémon Team Europe have lists, but they're not full nor official "
team_europe_golduck says, " slash ga "
team_europe_golduck says, " *lists "
pokedutch enters.
wizo_pokemom says, " (queue: pokedutch, you'll be next, after golduck's question is answered.. "
wotc_kristin says, " This list will be sent to Mike Gills this week and he'll put it on the website "

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So now we're getting our League list. Finally. For some reason.

[ February 11, 2003, 01:35 AM: Message edited by: Golduck ]

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posted February 11, 2003 02:37 AM            

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team_europe_golduck says, " I have a question about European professors "
team_europe_golduck says, " I have two friends who both passed the test in late November/early December and then faxed their papers to Wizards Europe. "
wotc_glen says, " and that question is ? "
team_europe_golduck says, " Their names are Simon Methi (Norway) and Rolf Moll (Germany). But neither of them have appeared on the Professor list yet. Can you check what's happened? /ga "
wotc_glen says, " how and where did they do the test? i believe you need to take the online test to become a professor "
team_europe_golduck says, " they did take that test "
team_europe_golduck says, " And got papers they needed to send to Wizards Europe "
wizo_pokemom says, " back, thank you "
team_europe_golduck says, " "Parential consent" or something like that "
team_europe_golduck says, " And they faxed it to the Wizards Europe office "
team_europe_golduck says, " (with "that", I mean the online test) "
wizo_pokemom says, " golduck, anything to add...or can glen and kristin go ahead and answer? "
wotc_glen says, " we just checked here real quick and found the one from rolf moll but not the one of simon, to be sure you can always fax it again on the new number INT-32-2/4673366 T.a.v Peter Coenen "

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