Recent content by Pooka

Are you able to play Ultra Ball when you have no cards in your deck? I'm aware that you can't play a card like Professor Elm's Training Method with no cards in your deck because there won't really be an effect; you can't search through a deck that isn't there. However, can you play Ultra...

The Top 8 maximum cut wouldn't be a problem if there were enough Swiss rounds to justify it. Compared to the past, States are running the same amount of Swiss rounds, but they have a smaller cut size; that shouldn't happen. No matter what your feelings are on 50+3, this is a clear problem that...

When the 50+3 structure was announced for this season, I expressed my concerns with how the insufficient time limit and ties for incomplete games would negatively impact tournament play; this has been the case so far. At the four tournaments I've attended this season that used 50+3, the general...

Honestly the best solution to this problem seems to be allowing any language of Tropical Beach to be played at sanctioned events. That way, the supply of playable copies rises, which reduces the cost for players; however, the overall number of Tropical Beach in existence doesn't change, meaning...

Unfortunately, the new deck builder seems to be worse. The old tile view that I enjoyed using is gone. Instead of dragging cards over, you have to double click. There appears to be some +/- system, but it doesn't work unless a card has already been added to the deck. Worst of all, there is no...

G-Booster no longer goes through Safeguard or Silver Mirror. Not sure why because it was working before...

If that's the case, then I'm saying that the system is misguided, and a different one should be in place. If you want the player who wins the first game to win, just make it a single game. Instead of using a system where there will be tons of draws and incomplete matches, just play more single...

You bring up some good reasons for implementing this system, but I think the biggest problem is a very simple one. Under this system, I honestly would expect over half of the matches each round to go to time. In those situations, instead of the gameplay itself deciding a winner (or lack...

Unfortunately, 50 minutes just isn't enough time for this system. Simply put, there are going to be a lot of draws and unhappy players. If this is the way things are going to be, I would prefer just playing more single game Swiss rounds. Another alternative is to play a few less Swiss rounds but...

If they actually announced this were the case, less people would be upset. For example, if they said that they would lower the requirement to 450 CP if less than X number of people qualified, there would be much more incentive to play. But there is no proof of that. All we know is that 500 CP is...

At first I was very skeptical of the situation, and I was not ready to speak up on the issue until enough evidence was provided to make me feel comfortable about doing so. Even after the initial story, the police report, and the pictures, I might be able to fathom someone not being convinced...

Honestly this is disappointing no matter how you look at it. It's disappointing that a popular figure in the game and a former National Champion would behave this way. It's disappointing that after evidence was shown, TPCi chose not to suspend him. Most of all, it's disappointing that the...

If it truly were a Top 30, less people would be complaining. Unfortunately, it's more like a Top 10; the other 20 or so earn automatic invitations from Worlds or Nationals. When the bar is set that high, most won't even bother to reach for it. Personally I've earned an invitation to Worlds 9 of...

Lots of things were fixed, but somehow other things got broken. Darkrai EX's Dark Cloak doesn't interact very well with Garbodor's Garbotoxin. After my opponent played a Tool Scrapper to discard my Float Stone off the Garbodor, I still had to pay two Energy to retreat my Darkrai EX. Another time...

When Minun uses Negative Ion against a Pokémon, the effect doesn't go away even if the Pokémon targeted by it goes to the bench. Since the effect is on the Defending Pokémon, it should go away when it hits the bench. My Haxorus with two Metal Energy attached still did 50 damage with Dragonaxe.