Recent content by dubzcheckem

So the rules say that it is A) a responsibility that B) goes unpunished when neglected? I've never heard of such logic in my whole life. Responsibility and punishment go hand-in-hand in order to keep accountability intact. What's the point of allocating responsibility if it remains...

And when exactly was I arguing about how responsible the person driving illegally was? Oh yeah, I never did. I was exclusively talking about the supposed "victim" of the accident. You are taking my analogy and going further with it to the point of clouding the whole example. My point was very...

It's an honest question. If someone neglects their responsibility to prevent cheating, should that not be punished? If you are driving your car down a road in the middle of the night and you see headlights coming towards you about a 1/8 mile ahead of you and it appears that the oncoming...

Everyone is allowed to sufficiently randomize their opponent's deck. As you stated above, this action nullifies the affects of someone stacking their deck. It is in essence, a countermeasure to cheating. This rule was established for the very reason of preventing cheating. As result, I...

Ok. Well this must be one of those times where I simply bow out because I don't have the authority in the matter. That's too bad, because I think that the majority of non-authoritative people like myself might agree with my view. I wish that it was more open to discussion.

Well then I would argue heavily that their definition of stacking or declumping is skewed. The common sense in me says that they are the exact same scenarios outside of two variables: Location and # of cards. One is in game. One is out of game. One is with your hand size. One is with...

Are you willing to police this at a tournament? Is there going to be a new rule established saying that players must meld their hand into their decks in a certain fashion? We all know it's impossible to enforce a rule like that. It's impractical. My logic is because we allow it IN GAME, we...

I would agree. I personally don't think the timing is important, hence my inclusion of the phrase "every bit as bad". They are equally bad if indeed they are "bad". Grouping cards favorably IS the definition of declumping is it not? Just because you can declump MORE cards out of the game when...

If you are arguing against the legality of "deck manipulation", I have news for you: You have hundreds of options of Pokemon cards to choose from this format. The very fact that you brought a different deck from any other player at the tournament shows that you don't believe that "deck...

I agree with your assessment. It would be ironic... however... I'm afraid that I did a discourtesy to you. I failed to mention that I was guaranteed at least 4th place or better in the tournament. The person in 5th with a 4-1 record had below 50% Opp's win rate. Not even my previous opponent...

I disagree with you saying "It's almost completely a myth". Players who drop often DO affect a lot of the tiebreakers in a negative way. You can't just assume that someone drops because they're bad, so you can't just assume that someone dropping is actually a good thing. Plenty of players these...

Boise, Idaho _______________________________________________ Friday 09/28/12 Masters 1. Shawn Roest w/ Ho-Oh EX + stuff 2. Confesor Davila w/ Darkrai/Tornadus/Mewtwo/ 3. Steve Denney w/ Garchomp 4. Justin Wilkerson w/ Terrakion EX/Terrakion Saturday 09/30/12 Masters 1. Shawn Roest w/ Ho-Oh EX...

I love that they added another Regionals. Fall: Santa Clara, CA Winter: Salem, OR Spring: Salt Lake City, UT That looks like my schedule for Regionals. I'll travel twice more for States outside of Idaho. Stoked.

Bumping my Reshiram EX count up to 2 would only succeed at making me start more often with him (which is not ideal by any means), but also be playing away from the strengths of the deck. This deck excels at taking out opponent's EXs without having to use your own EX in the process making for a...

That was not with my Tyram deck. That was with my own Six Corners list.