UK Nationals is on the 29th may. The date was set close to a year ago.
My mistake 29th, the fact still remains, I'm facing a donk format nationals.
UK Nationals is on the 29th may. The date was set close to a year ago.
OP has no idea what they are talking about. Odds are, they have no intention of actually testing themselves, and have grown complacent with whatever deck they currently have. The prior format was atrocious. If you want to try and claim my opinion is invalid, I guarantee you that you can't find a single player with better credentials to make that evaluation, seeing how I've played at a top level in literally every single format in the history of this game.
The HGSS format looks to be a fantastic format. During the initial stages of testing, this format has been a breath of fresh air. Clearly it hasn't been fully explored ( although as far as I am aware, it is currently, successfully, being implemented in Japan, which should in and of itself be proof that the format is fine. ) but so far it is great.
I think your definition of "crapshoot" is actually a complaint that you don't think you can compete in terms of innovation and testing with better players. If you were to give me a random format the day before Worlds, with all the players having 24 hours to build a deck and show up, I guarantee you the best players would FAR out perform everyone else. In fact, I would argue that is the exact OPPOSITE of a "crapshoot", no? It just prevents players from having excessive amounts of time to wait to see what everyone else uses, then copy it and aimlessly play it until they become capable with it. There is NO "luck" applied here. Everyone has the same amount of time to work with the same cards. Everything is even. When the playing field is level, which it is, because every player has nearly TWO MONTHS to test, how is this a "crapshoot"? I have no idea if you are trolling or just naive, but I almost hope it is the first.
OP has no idea what they are talking about. Odds are, they have no intention of actually testing themselves, and have grown complacent with whatever deck they currently have. The prior format was atrocious. If you want to try and claim my opinion is invalid, I guarantee you that you can't find a single player with better credentials to make that evaluation, seeing how I've played at a top level in literally every single format in the history of this game.
The HGSS format looks to be a fantastic format. During the initial stages of testing, this format has been a breath of fresh air. Clearly it hasn't been fully explored ( although as far as I am aware, it is currently, successfully, being implemented in Japan, which should in and of itself be proof that the format is fine. ) but so far it is great.
I think your definition of "crapshoot" is actually a complaint that you don't think you can compete in terms of innovation and testing with better players. If you were to give me a random format the day before Worlds, with all the players having 24 hours to build a deck and show up, I guarantee you the best players would FAR out perform everyone else. In fact, I would argue that is the exact OPPOSITE of a "crapshoot", no? It just prevents players from having excessive amounts of time to wait to see what everyone else uses, then copy it and aimlessly play it until they become capable with it. There is NO "luck" applied here. Everyone has the same amount of time to work with the same cards. Everything is even. When the playing field is level, which it is, because every player has nearly TWO MONTHS to test, how is this a "crapshoot"? I have no idea if you are trolling or just naive, but I almost hope it is the first.
Nothing is more frustrating then feeling like your money(therefore the work you did to get that money) went to waste.
OP has no idea what they are talking about. Odds are, they have no intention of actually testing themselves, and have grown complacent with whatever deck they currently have. The prior format was atrocious. If you want to try and claim my opinion is invalid, I guarantee you that you can't find a single player with better credentials to make that evaluation, seeing how I've played at a top level in literally every single format in the history of this game.
The HGSS format looks to be a fantastic format. During the initial stages of testing, this format has been a breath of fresh air. Clearly it hasn't been fully explored ( although as far as I am aware, it is currently, successfully, being implemented in Japan, which should in and of itself be proof that the format is fine. ) but so far it is great.
I think your definition of "crapshoot" is actually a complaint that you don't think you can compete in terms of innovation and testing with better players. If you were to give me a random format the day before Worlds, with all the players having 24 hours to build a deck and show up, I guarantee you the best players would FAR out perform everyone else. In fact, I would argue that is the exact OPPOSITE of a "crapshoot", no? It just prevents players from having excessive amounts of time to wait to see what everyone else uses, then copy it and aimlessly play it until they become capable with it. There is NO "luck" applied here. Everyone has the same amount of time to work with the same cards. Everything is even. When the playing field is level, which it is, because every player has nearly TWO MONTHS to test, how is this a "crapshoot"? I have no idea if you are trolling or just naive, but I almost hope it is the first.
quite a nice answer there buddy.
maybe you can show me your skill and top cut nats bro
haha
maybe
oh ps
gl testing every single possibility avaible
im sure youll find all the combos
bro you bought pokemon cards... i mean you got your intended use out of them, since i'm pretty sure MD has been legal for at least 3 seasons and the rest of the sets have had at least 2. i knew this AMAZING decision for an early rotation would cause kids who can't build their own decks to complain. stop netdecking and do some testing.
p.s. i own a total of about 100 cards or less.... make friends bro.
Last year when they rotated and made the format MD-on they told us that next year would be RR-on and the same number of sets would be removed each year.
I understand that they did not expect the rule change but that brings me to me next point, THE EASIEST WAY TO AVOID ALL THIS IS TO POST-PONE THE RULE CHANGE! that fixes the problem with no rotation and no bans!
its so simple..
Did you just call me a net decker? Don't make accusations you can't back up, don't ever call me a kid either, thats a big insult where I come from. I have NEVER and repeat NEVER netdecked. My complaints come from not my issues with not having cards but the new players that just joined the game in the last two months. I come from a small town in central California, two years ago the league in my town had a grand total of two players, myself and my brother. We now have over 20 players close to 30 on some days and a majority of these players entered the game recently building meta decks because they came other card games and had the ability to build a good deck WITHOUT net decking. Sure they asked advice from players like myself, the league leader, and others who have top cut at a premier tournaments but they didnt steal lists off line. These players who each must have spent close to a 100 bucks (just an average which is pretty low considering that uxie X for 35 bucks is a pretty good deal) have just lost these cards while only using them for 3-4 months. Do you think these people are going to stay in pokemon TCG when this rotation happens? You better believe they wont be sticking around. And if I was in their place neither would I. Last year when they rotated and made the format MD-on they told us that next year would be RR-on and the same number of sets would be removed each year. I understand that they did not expect the rule change but that brings me to me next point, THE EASIEST WAY TO AVOID ALL THIS IS TO POST-PONE THE RULE CHANGE! that fixes the problem with no rotation and no bans!
its so simple..
it's not difficult to look at the sets from HGSS-on and do a little bit of playtesting to determine what's good and what's not. Oh wait, it might be difficult for players that aren't good. Nationals with a rotation is fresh, the better players will rise to the top, it's a challenge.
the thing that really bugs me, is that they're worried about a donk deck (that can be stopped) that hasn't even gotten off the ground in tournaments yet...but yet let the unbalanced SP engine last for the last 2 and a half years, without doing a thing...what a crock of a steaming pile is this, I don't even...with this complete and utter mismanagement, I'm done with this game...I'm already committed to going to Nats, but after that tournament, not anymore
honestly...this would all be easily resolved by just waiting until the rotation to enforce the new rules...it's not like it would be the first time the starter deck rulebook and the tournament didn't have the same rules......and then to rotate all the way to HGSS, that's just retarded...a rotation to RR-on (which is what was the rotation would have been had they kept they same schedule they outlined during last year's rotation announcement) would be fine, if it were to happen late-season
the thing that really bugs me, is that they're worried about a donk deck (that can be stopped) that hasn't even gotten off the ground in tournaments yet...but yet let the unbalanced SP engine last for the last 2 and a half years, without doing a thing...what a crock of a steaming pile is this, I don't even...with this complete and utter mismanagement, I'm done with this game...I'm already committed to going to Nats, but after that tournament, not anymore
After reading the possibility of a format change pre-nats
i found this to be a bandaid solution for our donk format.
My rant here is pretty simple and short.
They change the format
we lose every deck, if I am not mistaken.
meaning there is not "format" we will not even know what decks are good for nationals.
meaning nationals will still be a crapshoot.
The whole point of the past 10 years ive been playing this game
is to rotate sets after worlds.
because if you do it before worlds
its like starting back at spring BR's
where we dont know what exactly what does,
what is good against what
or what combos are possible we have not yet found
By changing the entire game-play before nationals(if not the biggest event of the year)
you are not giving the time for the format to develop actually.
the whole point of a season is for decks to grow and for decks to fall out.
Thus by doing a end-season change(hardly mid-season change)
you are not allowing any decks to grow, be analyzed,studied.
Thus making your deck choice one heck of a crapshoot to be honest.
Every year that has gone by ive played this game, it continue to be more and more luck based.
Though this is my final year playing, im sad to see the game ended up like this.
Ban some cards nintendo.
all it takes
if WoTC can do it so can you
Not true, not everyone has all the cards you have. Players who can build good decks and play decent enough lose any shot in a hgss-on format if they dont own all the cards needed to build a decent deck. Sure they could very easily build a DECENT to above average deck but who wants to take a sub par deck to nats or worlds? especially when you know that you have a great deck that gets around sabledonk with no problem with the cards you own from md-ar. Nothing is more frustrating then feeling like your money(therefore the work you did to get that money) went to waste.