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POP Policy Change Regarding Foreign-Language Cards

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Squirtle said:
Hey guys, it's (according to secretsof2113) the #1 whiner in this thread.

I'd just like to thank everyone who helped put me in this position. Mainly POP, without your thoughtless rules none of this would be possible!

I'd also like to thank the mods. Who take shots at you, and when you come back they edit your post and then run off to their hidden section where you can't defend yourself and blast you.

Thanks!

EDIT: I'd also like to say that I would not be opposed to a limit as opposed to a full ban, but still would like no restrictions.

Also, please reconsider the basic energies. Coming from someone who doesn't own many English energies, I now have to go buy some theme decks to acquire essentials to play this game.
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I'm glad to see I'm doing my job then.

But, I'd love to see this quote where I called you the number one whiner. My mind seems to have slipped about it.
 
DarthPika said:
Ya its stupid, but just ask mom. I'm sure she will tell you its somehow would cause problems with a tourney because its a jpn card, therefore making all the judges lives just a little bit easier. :nonono:
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You all keep piling on one person, but any judge/TO that is doing their job right will tell you that if POP tells us that Japanese cards are not allowed, it's not worth our getting banned from being a Judge/TO to let it slide for something like this.

Yes, I'll agree that there is no "harm" in a Japanese energy card, just as there is no "harm" in a World Championship deck energy card. But if the floor rules tell me that they are not allowed, then I'm enforcing it. It's as simple as that.

You mistake enforcing a rule with wanting it.
 
PokePop said:
You all keep piling on one person, but any judge/TO that is doing their job right will tell you that if POP tells us that Japanese cards are not allowed, it's not worth our getting banned from being a Judge/TO to let it slide for something like this.

Yes, I'll agree that there is no "harm" in a Japanese energy card, just as there is no "harm" in a World Championship deck energy card. But if the floor rules tell me that they are not allowed, then I'm enforcing it. It's as simple as that.

You mistake enforcing a rule with wanting it.
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My problem with it is that the energy ban show just how stupid this new rule is. :rolleyes:
 
I'd also like to thank the mods. Who take shots at you, and when you come back they edit your post and then run off to their hidden section where you can't defend yourself and blast you.
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Are you trying to imply that someone from inside their staff forum is leaking information to you? Isn't that like a no-no in most forums?

Not that this would be an abuse of power or anything, "some" mods get away with worse.
 
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DarthPika said:
Ness, I have a lot of respect for you, but you really don't have any place in this arguement since you get free boxes all year and probably win a lot more on top of that. Would you go and spend $5 per booster from your local store knowing that you'll most likly get NOTHING good?
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I "get a box?" I'd like to think I won and earned my box through the time I put into the game, but okay. I guess it could just be Barack Obama's stimulus booster boxes they've been sending out randomly. I spend a ridiculous amount of money on cards. Most people can't afford to spend this much on cards. That's why we have communities like this: so you can discuss what's good, then trade or borrow what you want to play. At least, I think that's why we have them. Maybe it's just a huge forum where people can whine about anything possible?
 
^^No, I just wish that I wouldn't be told that using jpn cards are fine one second, and the next that they will be banning all the ones I have in September. I don't want to make the rules. I just wan't them not to make stupid ones.
 
PokePop said:
I and other judges/TOs work hard at the events that we staff. The product that is earned is not free. It was earned.
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drmario said:
Uh-oh PokePop, lets not open up THAT can of worms.
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i can say that pokepop is one of the Best Judges in the North east area.

and yea I agree with ness last statement. sometimes if i need cards i ask and people either lend and or trade. But I rather have my own set of playing cards than ask people for stuff.

and i was reading the website

go.Pokemon.com said:
In Special Premier Events that encompass multiple countries, the Last Chance Qualifier, and the World Championships, players are permitted to use cards in any language listed for their home market during these events, regardless of where the event is held. Players from markets where a language is not listed under their country of residence are not permitted to use those cards. For example, a Canadian player may use English or French cards in the World Championships, but may not use German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, or Spanish cards.
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Does This Effect This World Championships?
 
This doesn't appear to me to be the decision of POP brass (Mike, Pete and Dave). I feel sorry for them in the morning when they roll into the office and open their work email account. Alot of hate will be waiting. I suggest a stop off at the Starbucks before they hit the office. Make it a double guys :wink:

The reason I state that is this.....the ban on even basic energy from JPN. A japanese basic water does the same as an american, has ZERO text to "confuse" ANY player! The only differences are the place of origin, the card back and the possibly better card stock. Thats it! If this rule was put in place bc of the "abuse" of the use, then they would (IMO) gone with a phase out and limited the # of JPN cards in any given deck. People ought to be able deal with 2-3 outside refs in a timely fashion vs 15-20 of them. JMHO. This simply smells like a Sales/R&D rule to "protect" their product. Scorched earth philosophy. That IMO is not the best way to deal with it. The use of JPN cards is/was not a cancer that needed to be eradicated. (again ...IMO).

Yes, I was the HJ that limited the use of an entire JPN deck at an event. When the player showed me several outside ref cards in english for single card techs....I gave him the skunk eye. I told him he could play with a mostly JPN deck, but all the single cards had to be the english ones. Was silly to have 1 card to show for 1 card. Just use it! Whether he liked it or not, he complied. This was at a states, if I recall, a few yrs back.

Keith
 
Lawman said:
This doesn't appear to me to be the decision of POP brass (Mike, Pete and Dave). I feel sorry for them in the morning when they roll into the office and open their work email account. Alot of hate will be waiting. I suggest a stop off at the Starbucks before they hit the office. Make it a double guys :wink:

The reason I state that is this.....the ban on even basic energy from JPN. A japanese basic water does the same as an american, has ZERO text to "confuse" ANY player! The only differences are the place of origin, the card back and the possibly better card stock. Thats it! If this rule was put in place bc of the "abuse" of the use, then they would (IMO) gone with a phase out and limited the # of JPN cards in any given deck. People ought to be able deal with 2-3 outside refs in a timely fashion vs 15-20 of them. JMHO. This simply smells like a Sales/R&D rule to "protect" their product. Scorched earth philosophy. That IMO is not the best way to deal with it. The use of JPN cards is/was not a cancer that needed to be eradicated. (again ...IMO).

Yes, I was the HJ that limited the use of an entire JPN deck at an event. When the player showed me several outside ref cards in english for single card techs....I gave him the skunk eye. I told him he could play with a mostly JPN deck, but all the single cards had to be the english ones. Was silly to have 1 card to show for 1 card. Just use it! Whether he liked it or not, he complied. This was at a states, if I recall, a few yrs back.

Keith
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So I shouldn't show up at Richmond Regionals with an all Japanese deck? :wink:
 
I completely agree with your assessment, Keith. Those attempting to vilify POP are ignoring the high probability that this was not a POP decision. For me, I think this was definitely not a POP decision, or even a PUI/NOA decision, but rather Nintendo of Japan protecting their interests.

Ever notice that little label on the Japanese boxes that says "NOT FOR SALE OUTSIDE OF JAPAN"? Well, here's a very creative way to enforce it. That label, by the way, is why I have no sympathy for the complainers here. You all played with fire and just got burned.

And before anyone comes back and says "why did they allow foreign cards", I'm pretty sure the rule was designed to allow for players and collectors who trade cards with people overseas, not to create a black market for product intended to stay on Japanese shelves.
 
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