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First off, despite all of the clamoring that 500 points was "too much" we already have 155 Masters qualified in North America and Europe combined. This certainly doesn't say to us that 500 points is too high a target, given that our general attendance goals sit between 128 and 150...

Nope. These events are open to all players. Thanks, Prof_Dav

I've posted the U.S. Nationals side event schedule here. http://pokegym.net/forums/showthread.php?183627-U-S-Nationals-Side-Event-Schedule&p=2491186#post2491186 We have a couple of events listed that I think should be pretty exciting for those in attendance. Check it out! Prof_Dav

All, Below you’ll find a general side event schedule for U.S. Nationals. We’ve been able to add a few cool new things this year which unfortunately delayed our ability to get a schedule posted publicly. For the events that do not have prizes listed, prize levels will be posted on site. Hope...

LOL! Only 9 posts until *this* is the worst decision TPCi has ever made. That may be a record. ;) As for promos and such, most are reprints of existing legal cards. For those that are not, and/or do not have an official release date, the Play! team will set an OP release date for...

Unless noted otherwise, they would follow the same 21 day post release rule. Thanks, Prof_Dav

Beginning with the Pokémon TCG release in August 2014, Play! Pokémon will now set the tournament legality date of all new TCG sets for 21 days after the official street dates in all markets worldwide at three weeks after the official release date. This means that if a TCG set releases on the...

We certainly do not disregard feedback we see online, nor do we disregard feedback we receive in person. I spoke to many, many players and parents at events this year. The team has spoken directly with many players and parents this year. I personally heard as much, if not more, praise of the...

During the course of any tournament season, players must be flexible and adapt to a vast number of variables. Strategies change based on match-ups, new decks appear and disappear throughout the course of a season, and at each step, players must adjust to those changes in order to be...

There will be a Play Point requirement, as well as an entry fee. Once the requirement and fee is reviewed and approved by the executive team, we'll get it posted. Thank you, Pokemon Support

Top 100 is each age division (separately) and for U.S. and Canada only. These are *not* separated. If a Canadian is 45th, they will earn the corresponding stipend to Canadian Nationals (TCG), not a travel award for being the #1 rated Canadian in the list. Thank you, Prof_Dav

It's currently not viewed as such, but perhaps we'll need to look at that. Every single think you used as an example above would qualify as coercion. A favorite story related to me recently from back in the early days of Magic: The Gathering, when players were just sort of learning about IDs...

All, It has just come to my attention that due to an internal miscommunication that the table shared both here, and on Pokemon.com is not correct. The issues exist mainly in the 9-32 attendance range, and will be updated on Pokemon.com shortly. This should have little to no effect on...

It does look strange, but that's there so that we can adjust the number of day two rounds if we feel it necessary to do so in the future. For example, if all you Masters players decide that you're super excited about going to events, and there are a lot more events hitting that attendance...

I recommend tempering your excitement. I appreciate the happy post, but I cannot guarantee future happiness. Happierness, probably. Prof_Dav

In looking over the formulas used to come to our CP targets, we found that we overlooked a key element in our calculations. Worlds targets will not be changed, however, some of the event point spreads will be updated shortly. Do not expect Worlds to be as large as it was this year. But...

As I mentioned in a post about a year or so ago, the introduction of the CP system was going to require multiple adjustments of the overall system until it was tuned to where we felt it needed to be. Last year (2013 Season), we discussed what we thought the targets should be at length, and...

We have always been aware that the community would like more time for finals rounds. We're also aware that other games have un-timed finals rounds, but far, far better management of stalling. It is also worth noting that the goal for a best of 3 match is not necessarily to have 3 full games...

What I'm saying is, that we were working on a number of different ideas for Sunday, and many of those ideas needed approval from people above me in TPCi. Until such approval was gained, we could not finalize exactly what the plan for Sunday would be. Our goal the entire time was to make...

Jason, If you would like to discuss this further, I am happy to set aside time for you at Nationals. Thank you, Prof Dav