Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

City Championship Attendance

Just a quick note about the Colorado Springs CC. We would've had at least 4 more players, but those 4 already won CCs and choose to show good sportsmanship and help staff instead. Now we have 6 CC winners from Colorado Springs. For the Littleton CO CC, I'm considering whether to encourage them to play because the attendance could be low (below 15). Plus, I've NEVER had a Littleton player come to a single Pre-release tournament in Colorado Springs. Maybe keeping the good players away from their CC might give the Littleton players a chance to win, but I doubt their winners would even COME to the Colorado SC unless it was held at THEIR store.
 
SteveP - maybe your past champs could do what the Auburn CC ones did at Milford - play but then:

Drop from the tourney in the last round. My oldest, who was 3-0, dropped from the last round. I liked this as it let the other top players battle each other. I don't know if another person was 3-0 after 3 rounds (i don't think so) but if Brian had stayed in the tournament and conceded the match, whomever he faced probably would've been champ. If there was someone 3-0 this would've been ok with me but i don't think there was another 3-0 person.

JohnnyBlaze's son played in the 10 & under with a different deck than at the Auburn CC. Nick of course was 2-0 and faced another 2-0 player in the last round of the 10 & under. He conceded the match as he decided to play for second place. (Wish Brian had decided to do that - more packs means another "chance" at a RH TV Reporter. Stupid RH TV Reporter......)
 
St. Albert, AB:
15+ : 5
11-14 : 12
10- : 7


I know the 15+ had 5, but the other two are guesses... I got a look at the sheets before I left, so I'm not positive about those numbers, but I think they're fairly close.
 
Thanks for the advice BJJ763. I'm not sure I would go so far as to encourage players to drop (or concede/ID). However, I might encourage them to play "fun" decks. I don't want to have even the slightest appearance of collusion (ie., my stronger players, who won CCs, conceding and/or ID'ing to my weaker players so they can win the CC). Since I'll be helping judge the Littleton CC, I can't really encourage my players to drop/concede/ID to afford others to win the CC. That has the appearance of Collusion, in my book. But, I CAN encourage them to play less-competitive decks.

I've done almost a 180 on my earlier oppinion that CC champs shouldn't play in later CCs. I like JohnnyBlaze's idea of playing different decks, or my idea of playing "fun" weaker decks. I'll leave it up to the players to make "game-time" decisions on whether to drop/concede/ID.
 
Yeah!!!

:pokeball: Memphis, TN had 32 Kids :pokeball:

:clap: Triple Play Cards and Comics

15 --10yrs and under
11 -- 11-14
6 -- 15 and up​
 
No need to encourage them to do anything. I know i didn't and i doubt JohnnyBlaze did either. I told my entire family on the way up to Milford that some people might complain that 3 CC winners are playing in the Milford CC and that they might really be upset if any repeated. I was either asked or i told them that the package is not handed to the next winner when someone wins again (i think my wife asked that). I was very surprised when Brian decided to drop - he made no mention before playing and was playing to win. But he told me he proved his point and wanted someone else to win. JohnnyBlaze told me at the end of round 4 that Nick was playing for second and that's why he conceded (i had asked him if there was a 5th round if he was going to concede or if he planned on dropping but turned out no 5th round was needed).
 
I agree with Steve as you have to be very careful of the collusion accusation.Best to not get to that point and to volunteer to help out if possible instead.

As for Steve/Johnny`s idea about playing "fun" or "weaker" decks.Although a really excellent idea,most players won`t want to do that since the CC`s are sanctioned and it would affect their rankings adversely if they didn`t do good(which was the whole point of playing those decks).

`Sensei
 
UPDATE: I'm actually encouraging my players to play with whatever decks they want. Beyond that, I've only said that non-CC Champs will be given priority for seats in our carpool. Hopefully, we'll still have enough room so ALL can come.

Hopefully, this won't come back to bite us (letting CC Champs play again). I'm playing (they don't need my help), so I hope to prevent those CC Champs from repeating by beating them all. :)

Since this is our 4th CC in Colorado, it will be a tune-up for the Colorado SC.
 
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How many of these were actually held on shop premises? I'm curious as 30 players take up a lot of valuable retail floor space.
 
I can't speak for venues other than the ones in Oregon, but three of our 4 CCs took place in stores. Salem (61 players), Gresham (50 players) and Tualatin (40 players) were all held in Card Shops.

BDS
 
The one in Auburn took place in a Toys R Us. 34 people (plus judges and spectators) packed into a 30 X 30ish (ummmm 10m X 10m-ish) area.

The Milford one took place at TJ's Collectibles. TJ's has a basement and is i think the 3rd largest gaming store in the country. 40 people down there. And a MtG tourney with a dozen(?) people. Plus 3 Pokémon judges, i think 1 MtG judge, spectators, and some Hero Click players.
 
WOW the card shop I go to in Brighton (30 miles away) is full with 10 customers..


[ oh I'm ancient so I speek feet and inches too. along with furlongs, slugs, poundals, and loads of other stuff I hope to forget someday ;) ]
 
Most card shops in the US have space set aside for gaming.
I remember going to Supersnipes comics shop in NYC years ago. Five people would fill that place up!
 
NoPoke said:
How many of these were actually held on shop premises? I'm curious as 30 players take up a lot of valuable retail floor space.
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All 4 of the ones in Utah are held on shop premises. Some places around here can fit upto 100 players in their stores for players to play.
 
The Stafford,Va. and Rockville,Md. CC`s were in gaming/card shops.
 
Our CC in Severn, MD, is being held in a Public Library meeting room ;) , which doesn't allow charging for events, which is why it's free...(only 4 days to go)
 
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