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It sounds as if you got a bit unlucky, but imo switching to a deck that you have no experience with on the night before the tournament was a misplay =/ With all due respect, that list looks far from optimal and I think you probably would have made some different choices if you had more time...

No-one who has posted a report so far seems to know...surely someone must have played him =/

I agree with most of Lia's comments, players in the US have many chances to earn trips or invites to Worlds, and furthermore earning an invite is usually sufficient because the cost of travelling to a tournament in your own country is much cheaper. In many other countries an invite alone is...

Omg Ness ftw! Does anyone know what the 11-14 finalists were playing? I'd love to see what's in the Shedinja and Eevee decks as well... And GG Marcus of Australia 106th in 15+...thanks for proving that NZ deserves Worlds places more -_-

I realise this topic is a few days old, but wanted to put in my thoughts: Pokemon is not like chess, where the best player always wins. There are too many situational factors (pairings, coin flips, misplays, bad draws) that all affect the outcome of the game. These are things you can't...

GJ Spencer, hopefully I'll see you again at Worlds this year. And congrats to Nick and Kat as well (Ming will be so happy for her =P) At least I don't have to worry about competition from that betaman Danny, he'll 2-3 drop just like at Regionals...

It doesn't really matter what format is used - you end up with the same result, namely that only a fraction of the 15+ players will make it in, and probably all of the 10- grinders will get in =/

Dude you never told me you walked into the pool, that's classic...did anyone take a photo? ~_~ Anyway, good job on beating Pablo AND Ross in the swiss rounds, I never realised you took them both down. Actually I think about five of your opponents all made top 32, after starting out 4-0 it's...

Thanks for the replies guys... Fireborn: I was running around most of Sunday morning with a paper and pen, craning my neck to see what everyone was playing in the top 32. Some of the matches right in the middle I couldn't see properly, so I could only get a rough idea of the decks from...

Yeah I know, this report is slightly belated, but things have been so hectic since I got back that only now do I have the time to write it…so without further ado I’ll get straight into the story of how I managed to choke so fantastically on the world stage -_- My photos can be found in these...

"OMG does anyone know who Ben Xiu is? Hey, it's you isn't it! Dammit I know you're him, it has to be you!" - Ness to Danny and any other asian-looking kid (while the real Ben calmly sits at a table two feet away) The Yugioh card thing was quite funny too...and it's not a quote, but I...

I think you somewhat missed the point...if Worlds were in Japan, do you think PUI would give out so many travel awards to American players, given that they would cost at least five times more? Of course not...the number of trips awarded would be greatly reduced, and so therefore would the...

Did anyone ask him why he played Ludi instead of his ZRE? I saw Go playing during the main event, and his list was not as good as the one Yamato played on Sunday. If Yamato had played that ZRE list then he would have won (save for something exceptional happening) imo. Pablo, I'm not saying...

That Canadian guy would have been Cresswell, he was using T2 Sharpedo, the same as Will Hung. Spencer and Nick both played Rocklock I think...

Jesschow: there were 39 in total Wooper: there was a trip for the top 15+ player, and the top 14- player. There was no separate trip for 10- since we have so few of them over here, so the bottom two age groups just got combined. I think invites were given to top four in each age group. At...

I'm not an STS champion though.

Don’t be intimidated by the length of this report, you can skip to the bottom if you just want to see the results/winning decks =/ So where do I start? I guess it all begins with the fantastic news we received that NZ would be having a separate event, rather than the combined Australia + NZ...

Hi all, Good news! Croftminster announced on their forum yesterday that there will now be a separate Nationals event in New Zealand: http://forums.croftminster.com.au/showthread.php?t=3606 This is wonderful news for all players in NZ, and I would like to thank anyone and everyone who...

NoPoke - there are qualifiers held around Australia for Nationals...I'm not entirely sure, but I think that some of these have travel awards for Nationals as prizes (Australia itself is quite large, so it can be quite expensive to get to Adelaide even for their own players). The thing is, the...

Just thought I'd update everyone with the current situation. I've heard little back from PUI, only that the decision was made by Croft, and that PUI merely "ok'd" it (no other reasons or explanation given). Anyway, Croft has been more cooperative, and have now come forward and offered paid...