wait, you're saying that being able to tell a junior 'we're going to nationals!' isn't a prize they can understand?
wait, you're saying that being able to tell a junior 'we're going to nationals!' isn't a prize they can understand?
A minute later, a child goes up and gets his scoop and the person behind the table gives them additional scoop.
I just believe that Pokémon could probably pull more Junior/Senior interest by changing the prize awarded to Juniors/Seniors to something that isn't most sought after by Masters currently. Why not make the prize a tangible scholarship instead?
wait, you're saying that being able to tell a junior 'we're going to nationals!' isn't a prize they can understand?
The reason people like "The Roles We Play", NoPoke, and SDPokemom haven't chimed in yet is because they are probably still trying to think of a way to support the company's decision.
Reading this topic late, so forgive me if this has already been replied to.
You know, sometimes people who are associated with a company are a bit restricted in how they may criticize that company in public due to agreements they have signed.
Instead of thinking that they are plotting your downfall, you might also take their silence on a subject to mean that maybe, just maybe, they agree with the players but feel that it's best to let the players have their say on the subject and keep quiet themselves.
People are not always out to get you and if you approach life thinking that they are, you do them and yourself a disservice.
I'm flashing back to 2001/2002.
What happened in 2001/2002?
WOTC replaced the Masters age division with the Professor Program. A horribly mismanaged farce of a "deal" wherein they gained free employees and salesmen and gave us zero tournaments.
What happened to the game at that point?
This:
While this is nowhere near as extreme, this is the same type of thing we've seen in the past.
It ruined the game for half a decade, if not longer. We're honestly still recovering from that particular decision.
You know what would be a good marketing plan? Don't make a huge cut to the oldest division (15+). Why? Because if you are a senior, you have no reason to look forward to being a Master. You will be playing in a more difficult division competing for significantly less prizes. If anything, awarding Masters more prizes would make customers continue to play the game in order to pursue bigger and better prizes. At the very least the prizes should be equal or close to equal.
I am willing to bet money that there will be no significant growth for the juniors and seniors divisions with just the plan of giving more prizes. If they want to grow the player base in these divisions, they should buy advertisement space promoting league and organized play on the network broadcasting the TV show (I'm not sure which network that is, but I assume the show is still running) In addition to that, putting nearly costless cards in booster packs advertising league and organized play is a good way to grow the attendance in the younger divisions.
I don't know how expensive this plan would be, but it makes a lot more sense than the plan they are using.
Like Mr. Hornung has mentioned, it is incredibly frustrating to see certain people defending TPCi no matter what they do.
Like Mr. Hornung has mentioned, it is incredibly frustrating to see certain people defending TPCi no matter what they do.
And it is even more frustrating to see certain people bashing TPCi no matter what they do.
And it is even more frustrating to see certain people bashing TPCi no matter what they do.
And it is even more frustrating to see certain people bashing TPCi no matter what they do.