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irwinmalek
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posted June 04, 2002 01:05 PM
See you all in Amsterdam... Why don't we have a tourny the night before. (Saturday)
We could do a draft or something. Something that all age groups can compete in..
LMK...
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posted June 04, 2002 01:47 PM
quote: Originally posted by irwinmalek: See you all in Amsterdam... Why don't we have a tourny the night before. (Saturday)
We could do a draft or something. Something that all age groups can compete in..
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umm... who are you? You are very near to where I live in England.
How are you getting there? I don't know if you have heard of the league in Slough on Sundays, contact me after/in(?) Amsterdam about it.
We are meeting up in the Wizards' hotel the night before.
quote: For those who're going to the Stadium Challenge in Amsterdam: Team Europe meeting at the Inntell Hotel Amsterdam Centre - Nieuwezijdskolk 19, Saturday 8th of June at 18.30 - 21.30. Be there!
Have I met you at any of the UK Challenges?
Of course, you're more than welcome to join us - but how come we've only heard from you like a few days before the tournament?
Do fill us in please! Age group, who you are going with etc.
-fK
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Freddy K
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posted June 04, 2002 01:54 PM
quote: IrwinMalek2: but everyone's playing those pesky Dark gengar decks around me..
Baal159: Not here.
IrwinMalek2: since my 4th place with it at the London GC..
Okay like after 2 minutes of internet research I can say you'll be playing Dark Muk in Amsterdam, and also you came 4th with a Dark Gengar deck in the London GC meaning you're 11-14 probably.
But.
I know one person won with Dark Gengar/Slowking. Am I getting closer?
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posted June 04, 2002 02:01 PM
Dark Mukers! O.o
w000! heh.
Hey what are you looking at man! I aint gonna play Dark Muk...pchh...no way, totally not my style
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irwinmalek
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posted June 06, 2002 04:02 AM
Hey Freddy, I've been in contact with TING about Amsterdam... I wasn't sure of your screen name(if you have one). I think we met at the London GC. I came 3rd/4th with a Dark Gengar deck. It was Sami who came 1st(one of my London friends). I go to London to play Pokemon. We have like 3 DCI tournaments a week, as well as a booster draft. From what I've heard, Slough doesn't do DCI tournaments, and there are only about 8 people. That's fine, but there are lots of the top 10 DCI ranked players in London, so it's good practice. I might go to Slough sometime though. (actually, I did go this Sunday, after the match, but no one was there...) I'd like to meet you all again though, so I'll probably go again after Amsterdam. Correct, Dark Muk was one of my early ideas, but the deck fix that you saw on that website was actually his deck, not mine.. Anyway, see you all in Amsterdam. (Freddy, what's your e-mail.. we can organise a Team UK as well as Team Europe, since almost everyone there will be from Team Europe.)
BTW, I'm still up for a Legendary Collection booster draft on Saturday night..
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posted June 06, 2002 05:43 AM
quote: Originally posted by irwinmalek: Hey Freddy, I've been in contact with TING about Amsterdam... I wasn't sure of your screen name(if you have one). I think we met at the London GC. I came 3rd/4th with a Dark Gengar deck. It was Sami who came 1st(one of my London friends). I go to London to play Pokemon. We have like 3 DCI tournaments a week, as well as a booster draft. From what I've heard, Slough doesn't do DCI tournaments, and there are only about 8 people. That's fine, but there are lots of the top 10 DCI ranked players in London, so it's good practice. I might go to Slough sometime though. (actually, I did go this Sunday, after the match, but no one was there...) I'd like to meet you all again though, so I'll probably go again after Amsterdam. Correct, Dark Muk was one of my early ideas, but the deck fix that you saw on that website was actually his deck, not mine.. Anyway, see you all in Amsterdam. (Freddy, what's your e-mail.. we can organise a Team UK as well as Team Europe, since almost everyone there will be from Team Europe.)
BTW, I'm still up for a Legendary Collection booster draft on Saturday night..
Hi,
Going to league after an England World Cup match sounds quite naive to me even I didn't go and I'm the Gym Leader!
London has the 'top 10' players but many of the top players in the UK don't actually take part in DCI play. Blame WotC-UK for not helping out leagues on that front - we do genuinely want to but after promises of promos on the phone, well you can read the rest of the post to find the rest, eh ukpokémonpro?
We have two players who made top 8 in two UK Gym Challenges, one who won her GC, and myself who won what is detailed below. I think you should find enough competition for yourself, at Slough. Everyone knows DCI rankings are flawed where support isn't given.
I'm afraid my ties are with Team Europe, so I'm not really going to go for a Team UK. Sorry Just a bit too much history there.
Good luck in Amsterdam, the majority of Team Europe players there will be 15+ but I'm sure you'll be made welcome.
-fK
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irwinmalek
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posted June 06, 2002 06:46 AM
quote: I'm sure you'll be made welcome.
-fK
Thanks.. I may come back to Slough sometime, but I've been going to London for quite a while now, and have some good Pokemon PLaying Friends. Calum, Sami, etc...
I'll see you in Amsterdam anyway mr FBI. (Lol!)
I have a few decks in mind at the minute... Tyranitar, Entei/Magcargo, etc...
Later
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irwinmalek
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posted June 06, 2002 06:51 AM
quote: Have I met you at any of the UK Challenges?
Of course, you're more than welcome to join us - but how come we've only heard from you like a few days before the tournament?
Do fill us in please! Age group, who you are going with etc.
-fK
Yeah, I think we met at the London GC.
Thanks, I'll be there...
I'm going on Saturday, and I'll meet you all at the hotel mentioned on the Team Europe boards...
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MasterMazakala
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posted June 06, 2002 07:59 AM
well, looks like i aint going to 'dam, still...
anyone fancy hiding me in their suitcase?
anyway, seeing as the apprentice tourney will be left up to me... i will arange it for after the stad challenge and anyone who would like to take part, can either email me or put your name down here
thanks mazzy
have fun in amsterdam... aint that where some of the women sit in the windows with nowt on? or is that just a romour?
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Golduck
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posted June 07, 2002 02:38 AM
This will be my last post @ Wizpog before I leave Norway to fly to Amsterdam. I hope to see you all at the TE meeting tomorrow! Around 20 TE members IRL!!!
It will "own" by every meaning of the word! Yahoo! Be there!
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ukpokemonpro
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posted June 07, 2002 03:14 PM
quote: I go to London to play Pokemon. We have like 3 DCI tournaments a week, as well as a booster draft.
From what I've heard, Slough doesn't do DCI tournaments, and there are only about 8 people.
That's fine, but there are lots of the top 10 DCI ranked players in London, so it's good practice.
Now Irwin this doesn't win friends and if you look at the top ten in England you will find that it looks like this...
quote: Ranking Name Rating Location 1 Ben W Ward 2029 Gillingham. Kent, England 2 Alan Mcnamara 2012 London, England 3 Sammy Sekkoum 1921 London, England 4 Nitish Doolub 1920 Haywards Heath, England 5 Steven Yau 1840 Rainham, England 6 Geoffrey Woodhead 1835 Rainham, England 7 Shashi Doolub 1832 Haywards Heath, England 8 Amy Clarke 1794 London, England 9 Louis Lu 1778 London., England 10 Matthew P Peskett 1765 Chatham, England
That's 4 of the English top 10 in Rainham... now you may play a very competative league in London; but that doesn't mean that your players are the best and you may even be missing a trick by not taking time out to study the cards build weird decks and try off the wall formats like other leagues do.
Freddy has certainly put a lot of time and effort into the game and his league produces some of the best players in the country.
At UK GenCon in August we will all get a chance to play each other again and the talk is that one of the main tourneys will be unlimited , that with draft and MMF should give us a good all round test of who are the country's best.
Until then I shall walk softly and carry a large stick [ June 07, 2002, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: ukpokemonpro ]
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posted June 07, 2002 03:22 PM
quote: At UK GenCon in August we will all get a chance to play each other again and the talk is that one of the main tourneys will be unlimited , that with draft and MMF should give us a good all round test of who are the country's best.
A foreigner maybe
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posted June 07, 2002 07:08 PM
To be fair IrwinMalek didn't say all the top 10 DCI players are in London just some of them, but the comments of others are equally valid. DCI rankings are worthless for Pokémon in the UK as they are updated once on the 4th of never.
Alan Macnamara is still no. 2 - he hasn't played in a tournament for nearly 5 months !!!
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posted June 07, 2002 08:36 PM
Ah well, it's 4:30 am and my flight for Amsterdam is in 2 hours....see you guys later *naively believes that someone will be up to read this*
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irwinmalek
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posted June 08, 2002 01:37 AM
Fine, let's forget the DCI bit... I couldn't really stop going to London now as I have some really good friends there. I also love booster drafts. I didn't mean any harm. See you in Amsterdam everyone.
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posted June 08, 2002 01:57 AM
quote: Fine, let's forget the DCI bit... I couldn't really stop going to London now as I have some really good friends there. I also love booster drafts. I didn't mean any harm. See you in Amsterdam everyone.
No offense taken Irwin, you know what we players and professors are like for protecting our people and reputations
quote: To be fair IrwinMalek didn't say all the top 10 DCI players are in London just some of them, but the comments of others are equally valid. DCI rankings are worthless for Pokémon in the UK as they are updated once on the 4th of never.
Alan Macnamara is still no. 2 - he hasn't played in a tournament for nearly 5 months !!!
As to not playing well that can help your position in the DCI rankings as your points go up and down with each game played so even if you win a large tourney you may on the way lose to a relatively low ranked player and come out with less points than when you started!
And I agree that DCI ranking is not important when it doesn't reflect the individual's work and commitment to the game. Professorship and Master Professorship now that is a better reflection of rank...
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posted June 08, 2002 05:54 AM
quote: Originally posted by Freddy K: Have I met you at any of the UK Challenges?
UK challenges, where and when do they take place?
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posted June 08, 2002 02:02 PM
quote: Dark Mewtwo,
UK challenges, where and when do they take place?
Tell me you are joking! Where have you been throughout April and May ????
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posted June 09, 2002 01:28 AM
NoPoke just sent me an email that includes the following..
quote: I tried to get some league promo's out of WotCUK.. basically they are telling me that the only way I'll get promo's from now on is to submit lots of 8 player knockouts. League dies in the UK again it seems.
My lot have become so disillusioned with Pokemon that they are mostly playing Star Wars
If the leagues are to be a major arm of promoting the game in the UK and the rest of the world this cannot be allowed to happen!
Now I have been lucky and have managed to get some promos and badges out of WotC UK and will be able to finish year 2 of the league... But I have no idea when year 3 will start and this despite assurances that the UK would try to catch up to the US league schedule..
Now things change and business needs often mean that shifting goals move the focus to a different area but... The league needs to have the goods to run, we can run it ourselves if we can get access to the Promo's.
Take heed that once again all is not well outside the US and still we fight to get support from WotC local offices now attached and run??? .. by Hasbro??
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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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posted June 10, 2002 07:33 AM
I just got home from my Amsterdam trip. The tournament was a bit chaotic, it started a few hours later than it should for 14-. Then we were told that we Professor had to wait with our tourney until the 14- were finished with their Swiss rounds. The problem was... they were delayed and had 7 Swiss Rounds!
The Prof tournament started about 7.30 PM. We ran 3 Swiss rounds of Modified, with a Top 8. Five TE members made the top 8:
-Me, Norway TE -Stoney, Holland TE -SauroN, Sweden TE -Michael From, Denmark TE -??? Kim, Germany TE -Dark Tyranitar player, Holland -Some dutch girl -Some guy who drafted very slow
I beat Stoney in the first round (quarterfinals), and SauroN beat Michael From. Then, I beat SauroN in the next (semifinals). We team members had to beat it eachother all the time. That wasn't very pleasant: taking the trip away from your friends. In the semifinal, our german member lost to the Dark T-Tar guy. Then it was me VS him.
We played best out of 3 for the finals. We were finished around 1 AM. I lost my first match, but won the two next. That means I am the European Professor Champion.
I'll post more later, and update the website. Watch this space! [ June 10, 2002, 07:38 AM: Message edited by: Golduck ]
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posted June 10, 2002 08:33 AM
*FLASHBACK FROM THE EVENING*
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just kidding y00 f00
Congrats dude...but youre on my "dudes to beat list" along with Mux, Evens and Ness =\ [ June 10, 2002, 08:34 AM: Message edited by: SauroN ]
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posted June 10, 2002 09:41 AM
Congrats Golduck..
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posted June 10, 2002 09:44 AM
Congrats Golduck,
I think u deserved it
When I played u I was like: OMG! how in the world did he draft a deck like that!!!11111
I do wonder what happened if I didnt let u draw against me >=)
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SauroN
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posted June 10, 2002 10:11 AM
Stonaaaay!! thanx for the T-tars mate
Eskil beat me too but...uhh whatever =\ I guess I have to try again -_-;
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posted June 10, 2002 10:52 AM
I ended up top 8 and drafting than losing the draft to a guy who flipped heads the times he needed it most ! (He had a Neo Destiny Hitmonlee wich killed 2 of my pokemon he kept flipping 2 heads thats like die die draft pokemon 'togepi was down b i got my togetic wich would kick his ass next turn i drew... togetic =/ well thats **** for me and my last chance was my mantine neo genesis wich i flipped tails he brang up a pikachu neo 1 and he flipped heads again game over for me O_O i even helped him a hand be laying down lucky stadium i ended up with 1 heads -_-' he got 5 thats like NOOO!!!!(Also all y stantler and horsea/seadra and dark octillery were useless against pikachu and his fighting pokemon i had like weakness ....if i knocked down pika with mantine he only had fighting poke and i could have won but that just would not happen ! *TAILS * for mantine.I thought like : NOOO!!! This cant be happening ... just not my lucky game lucky stadium u suck LOL anyways i had a great time judging i got 1 booster box destiny and some loose boosters for judging ! and walked away with 3 boosters destiny + 3 Legendary for Top 8 and didnt had to pay at all for entering the tourney or draft Great call Wizards ! Thank you
in case you did not notice this was a sloppy report btw i played Dark Houndoom/Porygon 2 in Modified format
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