posted January 24, 2003 04:16 PM            

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Originally posted by MasterMazakala:
I Live In The UK,

We Dont Even HAVE SBZ...

So QUIT YOUR WHINNING

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Mazzy -

I hope that you've been reading the Team UK website more closely... even today, I posted the details of our first Super BattleZone. It's in Crawley, England - March 15th 2003.

Mazzy we can understand that you're in Wales and that it's difficult for you to get to events in England. Especially on a teenager's budget. And I personally can empathise on the fact that you've not been able to take part in a major event for a long time now, since Thorpe Park.

But.

Bear in mind that there are lots of things that are happening, you're on the mailing list of UK Profs and so you know exactly what's going to happen with GenCon-Europe in London this April. Have you thought about maybe asking if you could judge this tournament, this time around? Perhaps you can get Lee Singleton at WotC-UK to forward your contact details to the organisers, who will need to have Pokémon judges. You may then get some sort of break on accommodation and expenses, like most Magic tournament judges get and what we received when we helped out at GenConUK...

S_B is correct in saying we do have SBZ. I hope that it's just a simple oversight on your part, and I hope you weren't directing your criticisms at anyone in particular - especially on the boards, through which we've gained a tremendous amount of help and support from players outside the UK. We do have a responsibility as UK Profs to champion the cause and carry the game forward here as much as we can, if we want the game to continue growing the way WE want it to.

Perhaps try to come to Crawley's tournament, you're more than welcome and it'll be great to play you there. If not, make sure that you've done your best to organise a league in Wales. Because if there aren't players in Wales and near where you live, it simply wouldn't make sense to organise an event like a SBZ there. Get some OP sorted there and some sanctioning.

It's only as a result of sweat, blood, tears, 'productive' shouting/screaming/debating, 'pro-active' moaning/groaning that we can bring about change. Look, we had MTM Head Judge GenConUK here, as well as visit to oversee last year's Challenges in the UK. The last thing we want to do is whine BACK at them. It can be perceived as being ungrateful.

Relationships with WotC-UK have been in the past frosty to say the least but at the moment things are going as planned, we're in control and we ourselves asked if we could call the SE Challenges 'Super Battlezones', which WotC-UK wholeheartedly agreed to, as well as provide prize support for the players who can take part in the tournament rounds without regard for age.

This time last year, they were telling us to move onto Magic.

Isn't it time that we realised there has been change now?

-fK

PS from what I read into the other posts, the posts were trying to suggest how to achieve the maximum amount of inclusiveness with SBZ, and how to strike this balance with the wants of the players themselves. Not something with which we should poke around with as we've got our own agenda at the best of times here in the UK.

[ January 24, 2003, 04:21 PM: Message edited by: Freddy K ]

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posted January 24, 2003 07:31 PM            

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Originally posted by Golduck:
Slowking didn't work too bad at Worlds, even though Chansey won the whole thing. I went 5-2 with a Slowking/Sneasel/Murkrow deck. But the 2 matches I lost were against decks who fast got out Igglies, and where I didn't get enough Slowkings fast enough.

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I never got my Igglys out on you. My Houndoom's did it all by themselves - well Sneasel helped a little - and you had 3 Slowkings out. Locking a Houndoom just isn't a good thing to do

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posted January 24, 2003 07:42 PM            

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Originally posted by Martin Moreno:
FTKO decks are dead.

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posted January 24, 2003 07:46 PM            

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Originally posted by GymLeaderPhil:
Not everyone I know has four copies of cards like Computer Search , Sneasel, Cleffa, etc. (The people that do only emerge from Pokemon hibernation when the Primere Event Season kicks off anyways ).-Phil

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posted January 24, 2003 08:36 PM            

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Originally posted by Martin Moreno:
You really cannot say Steelix isn't Unlimited worthy. Im Sorry, but I have to disagree. You get a win on someone playing a steelix using a Light Golduck deck and decide it's durability against every deck in the game is bad just from one 1 match? "I dont get it"

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posted January 26, 2003 09:31 PM            

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Originally posted by farbsman:
I think everyone is looking at this all the wrong way. Instead of looking at it as a huge tournament that is a must win, look at it as a chance to prepare for Gym/Stadium challenges. ...Please I ask you, don't look at this tournament as a life or death situation, but a chance to see old friends again and a chance to possibly give new players and new tournament players a chance to get use to a big tournament, without the urgency to win to make it to Worlds.

Hope I didn't offend anyone writing this, just thought it had to be said.

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Good point .

IMHO everyone is so on edge about this because of not knowing what the tourney season is going to consist of. This is the only event announced so far, and we don't know if/when there WILL be any others.

Therefore, the complaints/concerns...and again, NOT because of any ulterior motive, but because of the love we all have for this game.

Anyway, good point, and one we need to remember; thanks!

'Mom

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