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Topic: WOTC Closing Dates Announcement for Pokemon....
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WizPog_PokeMom
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posted June 13, 2003 05:02 PM
Just posted, HERE:
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Wizards of the Coast Pokémon Organized Play to Be Discontinued after August 2003
We have some important news that we need to share with all of you. As previously announced, Wizards of the Coast was not given the licensing rights for the Ruby & Sapphire releases and other future expansions for Pokémon. We have also previously announced that Wizards of the Coast will still fully support Pokémon throughout the rest of our existing agreements. We wanted to let you know the specific end dates of our programs so that Players and Retailers alike can make their own future plans while fully informed.
All Wizards of the Coast Organized Play Programs for Pokémon (in North America) will finish by the end of August 2003. Specific end dates for each program will follow.
The final Pokémon premiere events held in North America will take at the 2003 San Diego Comicon (Fan Appreciation Tournament), Origins (Pokémon Professor Championship), and Gen Con (Team Multiplay Championship, Final Fan Appreciation Event) conventions. Details for these events are posted on our web site.
Pokémon BattleZone’s North American final season will be the July 2003 season (Europe will run BattleZone until the end of September). This season will include additional prizes and promo cards as a thank you for the players and retailers who supported the Pokémon League over these last 3 ˝ years.
The Pokémon Professor Program will end on August 31st. The online test will be taken down on July 1st. This means that if you want to join the Pokémon Professor program, you must join it before July 1st, 2003. (note: The Professor Championship takes place on June 28,2003)
DCI Sanctioning of Pokémon Events will end on August 31st as well. Any events scheduled after that date will not be DCI sanctioned, though we encourage you to still run events to support Pokémon as you see fit. The DCI Ratings and Ranking System for Pokémon will have their final update and remain online for viewing until September 30th, at which point they will be taken down.
The Pokémon Chat will have its final episode on July 10th due to the busy convention season and the PokéGym Message boards will be closed on August 8th.
It is important to note that while we will not be manufacturing and distributing the Pokémon trading card game after the above releases, the large worldwide player base that has evolved can carry on the fun and enjoyment of playing, trading, collecting. I would encourage all of you to contact the Pokémon Company for details regarding its plans for tournaments and organize play events. While Wizards of the Coast won’t be working on the Pokémon trading card game, we have a long list of other lifestyle games that will appeal to many of you like Magic: The Gathering, Star Wars, and MLB Showdown trading card games.
We want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has purchased our products, participated in the many events that we have hosted such as the Super Trainer Showdowns, mall tours, Pokémon Leagues, and last year’s World Championship in Seattle.
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[ June 13, 2003, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: WizPog_PokeMom ]
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Adventure Games and Comics, Poway, CA
Nothing endures in this world. Everything changes according to karma. But, like the ocean, underneath the restless existance of the countless waves there is one boundless stillness that embraces and gives life to all the moving waves. Namuamidabutsu...
From: San Diego, CA --location of WCSTS-2001 and West Stadium Challenge 2002 | Registered: Nov 2002
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ShadowCard
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posted June 13, 2003 07:08 PM
If battlezone is ending after next month, does anyone know if Nintento is ready to receive applications for leagues and support? The place i attend isn't even ordering the kits right now, WOTC, or someone else, is just sending them to us. I've got to tell them where to apply for new kits or the league is sunk. This is really worring me.....
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Pidgeotto Trainer
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posted June 13, 2003 07:28 PM
DCI tournaments last day is Aug 31
Aug 30 & 31 are Sat & Sun ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Probably most tourney-filled weekend besides SBZ in recent times. But if the Pokegym ends Aug 8, that means everyone is going to have to plan that final tournament more than 3 weeks ahead of time to get the word out. That concerns me since I don't go to the league that hosts most of the tournaments in the Seattle area and I wouldn't want to miss one. I'm sure others would have similar concerns.
Glad, they told us 2 months in advance
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52nd-Fan Appreciation Tournament 3-1 Blackout theme deck. 2-2-1 Kabutops/Scizor/Furret
10th-Feb Seattle SBZ
10th-May Seattle SBZ
Ash: "Pidgeotto Gust attack."
Pidgeotto: "Pidgeoooo"
Team Rocket: "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again." (ding)
Pidgeotto & I challenge YOU
From: Seattle, WA (Home of the 2002 World Championship | Registered: Mar 2003
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ScythKing
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posted June 13, 2003 08:46 PM
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Originally posted by ShadowCard:
I've got to tell them where to apply for new kits or the league is sunk.
Good grief - get a grip. My League has yet to get a BZ kit because the store screwed us. Ask anyone in Europe about kits, support etc. It's the players that keep it going. So as a player - get going! Your League should be able to self-sustain for a bit until stuff gets going - you guys *do* enjoy the game and aren't in it just for the promos - right?
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From: Chattanooga, TN USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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D/FW PPU
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posted June 14, 2003 07:24 AM
No more modified after August? ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Visit the D/FW PPU Site!
E-mail me for info or to join!
From: D/FW Texas | Registered: Jun 2003
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ShadowCard
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posted June 14, 2003 08:40 AM
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Your League should be able to self-sustain for a bit until stuff gets going - you guys *do* enjoy the game and aren't in it just for the promos - right?
The league officially began yesterday, but no one showed up ![[Frown]](frown.gif) . 5 of us usually just stayed an hour after yugioh league to play but that wasn't a league and won't be allowed anymore because of a time change in the yugioh league. i aim to alert others there is an official pokemon league there but i don't think they'll be willing to stay if they know it won't be supported in any manor.
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ScythKing
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posted June 14, 2003 02:01 PM
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The league officially began yesterday, but no one showed up . 5 of us usually just stayed an hour after yugioh league... but i don't think they'll be willing to stay if they know it won't be supported in any manor.[/QB]
I feel for ya man.
Sorry for the tone in the previous message - I was feeling grumpy last night. ![[Blush]](graemlins/blush.gif)
We just moved to a new store and I haven't had anyone show for two weekends now. Kinda embarrassing to show up at this guys store with all our stuff and just me and my son. But you know what? I'm sticking it out because I know that it's probably just summer stuff happening right now and they'll be back. MTM is supposed to be sending some stuff out I will use it to support the League. I also am going to start a campaign to let the kids know there is a League to play at. Keep the faith! Are you anywhere near snagging Master Professor? You could get MTM to send some stuff to you also - or is there a Master Professor nearby where you may be able to get some stuff for the League? I guess the best I can offer is just the "you're not alone" schtick.
[ June 14, 2003, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: ScythKing ]
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From: Chattanooga, TN USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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ShadowCard
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posted June 14, 2003 02:19 PM
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Sorry for the tone in the previous message - I was feeling grumpy last night.
it's ok, i did sound like i was losing it. We do get league kits and i know there are people who could come, they just aren't aware of it yet. Just need to spread the word. Good Luck to you ScythKing. I'm not near making Master Professor
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ukpokemonpro
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posted June 15, 2003 06:52 AM
Guys and Gals :
If PUK are telling us the truth NOA and Pokemon TCG OP are coming to you first and then us.
You will get the support but there are macinations involving WotC, Hasbro, Nintendo and Nintendo Worldwide, TPC, uncle tom cobbly and all..
It seems that Nintendo maybe delayed in starting OP so that WotC can finish up it's involvement.. I am sure there are some contractual rights battles and stuff going on... what I di know so far is that it seems Nintendo outside the US will have little to do with the TCG at least at first but that NOA/OP and TPC in each area worlwide will be working to support the game and the Pokemon Brand.
Whatever happens do not dispair for wherever two or more gather for a game there is a potential league, a battlezone, a chance to meet have fun and play the game we all love.. and to blatantly steal a film title :
POKEMON4EVER .. it only dies when we stop playing..
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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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From: Gillingham, Kent, UK | Registered: Feb 2001
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Golduck
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posted June 24, 2003 04:08 AM
We had to replace Promo cards with age old promos and uncommons/commons from Neo Discovery one month because of the lack of a new kit. But we still kept it going, without any prize support. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Originally posted by ScythKing:
Ask anyone in Europe about kits, support etc. It's the players that keep it going. So as a player - get going! Your League should be able to self-sustain for a bit until stuff gets going - you guys *do* enjoy the game and aren't in it just for the promos - right?
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Norwegian Championships - register here
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Visit Team Europe's new home page:
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Be sure not to miss:
Norwegian Championships 2003
From: Norway, in front of a Mac, designing the new TE homepage | Registered: Feb 2001
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Gyarados vision
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posted August 02, 2003 08:08 AM
Oh... so who will "adopt" Wizpog on a new site?
I hope we can enjoy this official board all the time. Hope the admin and mod here are the same in the new board as well.
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