Great Encounters - OREGON - February 2nd, 9th & 10th

[randomman29]

Vance, I'm not so sure of where all of this is coming from. You live and play in Eugene and I live and play in Portland. If you have concerns perhaps you should talk to myself and your dad about them not on the Gym boards. This seems like it might be a private matter. Sincerely, Chris

I don't care if you continue the shouting between each round but you should consider how it's affecting the areas we play in and if the store owners want us back again.

 

[Big Daddy Snorlax]

I don't care if you continue the shouting between each round but you should consider how it's affecting the areas we play in and if the store owners want us back again.

Vance, if you know of any complaints from the owners of the places we play I'd welcome you to pass them along. We don't want to do anything to hurt our chances to use the wonderful venues we have been using. As far as I know, Borderlands and Guardian Games are very happy with us. Let me know if that is an incorrect assumption on my part.

Thanks,

BDS

 

[[R]Visitor]

Vance, if you know of any complaints from the owners of the places we play I'd welcome you to pass them along. We don't want to do anything to hurt our chances to use the wonderful venues we have been using. As far as I know, Borderlands and Guardian Games are very happy with us. Let me know if that is an incorrect assumption on my part.

Thanks,

BDS

AND the Avatar's Lair. I've gotten nothing but praise for our team from the lovely folk there since we showed up.

 

[Phazon Elite]

Even though I sit there and stare at Chris in disgust whenever he does his between-round yelling, I really find it quite enjoyable. Watching him make a fool of himself just reaffirms my status as the Oregon POP's alpha male.

Besides, if the kids like it, I'm for it. We adults enjoy the strategy: the kids enjoy the fun and excitement.

Also, regarding this comment:

Yet we’re always in a space were we can be easily ignored or closed of from everyone else.(Keep up the yelling and soon there will be no place to play PTCG)

,,,,,,The places we play PTCG at all have their specific game rooms.

Borderlands: Huge, attractively decorated room made specifically for in-store card gaming and two smaller rooms for more private in-store gaming.
Avatar's Lair: Cool, dungeon-like area made specifically for in-store card gaming.
Dragon's Alley (now defunct): When they were in business, they had TWO rooms made for in-store gaming.
Guardian Games: Both the old AND new locations had large areas made for in-store gaming.
Ancient Wonders: Well......that place sucks.
Rainy Day Games: Has a decent-sized place for in-store gaming.

Actually, I've been to pretty much every Oregon PTCG location (except Loki's), and all of them have specific areas designated for in-store gaming, and none of them force us Pokemon players to have all the crappy or hidden seats. However, all of the stores NEED to have specific areas so people can play games AWAY from the shelves and customer-traffic lanes. After all, they can't have the tournament ouy in front of the main counters; they still have to help customers of all sorts.

Edit: Also, from a business standpoint, if I was an owner of a games shop and I allowed BDS or Chris to run a tournament at my establishment, I'd know that having a tournament of 40+ people could give me a nice sales boost. Even if most of the people who attended were kids who love Chris' hollering, chances are that those kids would whine at their parents to buy them some booster packs or whatever. So, even if I really hated Chris' yelling, if I saw that his banshee-like wails were attracting more people to all of the Oregon POP tournaments (including those run inside my store), I'd gladly sit through five hours of that and hope that everyone likedmy place enough to hold MORE tournaments there.

Vance, I'm not trying to insult you, I'm just explaining why it's very improbable that a smart card-shop owner will refuse to host a POP tourney. When you boil it down to it's basic components, you could even say that Chris and BDS make money for these store owners.

 

[corypoke2]

Chris yells at tournaments?

-Cory

 

[CyberManectric]

Chris yells at tournaments?

-Cory

Yeah, but June yells better. :tongue::biggrin::thumb:


... or does she?
~Cyber~

 

[randomman29]

Though real(or players that care about the game) players don't need to yell to start the match after all no one at Nat's did it. I still don't see how being obscene on other peoples time is a good thing.

 

[OLD_SCHOOL_PLAYER]

^So .... real players huh? idc for the yelling idk what your so mad about "real player"

 

[Mr. Raichu]

Chris yells at tournaments?

-Cory

A few years ago BDS, Chris and Shawn would say you may begin to start the rounds. They constantly had players asking them if they could "start", after a few tourneys of this and about 10-15 people asking to start they decided to begin the rounds by yelling "are you ready?" to get everyones attention so every player knew when to begin. This is just a little history to catch you up and explain the reasoning behind the "yelling" to get the players attention.
Thanks Cory we appreciate you :smile:

 

[randomman29]

Gee that's interesting that people with their prizes out and pokemon face down on the field aren’t ready that is very strange.

 

[Articjedi]

Obscene? I don't find it obscene, you should listen to Terry talk NORMALLY.

 

[Big Daddy Snorlax]

Though real(or players that care about the game) players don't need to yell to start the match after all no one at Nat's did it.

Actually we do try to make some noise at Nationals. In fact I have been told by PUI at various times to get the crowd to "make some noise". It is true that we don't do it at the start of every round, but that is more a timing thing since not all age divisions start at the same time once we get a few rounds into the tournament. Noise, excitement and player interaction are just part of Pokemon, and no matter how much anyone dislikes it, I don't see that changing anytime soon.

I would also point out that for events we run in areas where some players have told us that the yelling bothers them, we do try to tone it down a bit. I haven't seen anything mentioned about that, and I just want to make sure we're giving all sides of the story.

 

[Phazon Elite]

Though real(or players that care about the game) players don't need to yell to start the match after all no one at Nat's did it. I still don't see how being obscene on other peoples time is a good thing.

Obscene!!??

Fine, I'll hug Chis behind closed doors from now on, then. Sorry it bothers you.

.....ohh....OHHHH, you meant his YELLING is obscene!
...
....huh?

Whenever Chris yells, I hear him say "ARE YOU READY!!!!???" I can see how one could take that as obscene (and, taking a step back for a moment, you could actually say that with a softer tone and parents would complain that you're hitting on them). So, in my opinion, Chris' yelling is not obscene. He's as graceful as a swan.....who just suffered blunt-force head trauma.

Looking back on what I just posted, I think I may have negated any pro-Chris argument I had. Crap, now Chris is gunna deduct three hundred Chris Bucks from my Ch-wiss Bank Account.

Please don't kill me.

 

[randomman29]

Well I guess you'll never teach kids that yelling for no reason is wrong I had really hoped that such behavior would have stopped it's so sad that kids are going to grow-up with such a serious disability.

I'll all for fun that’s why I play pokemon but yelling isn't something the players(of anything) should ever be doing.

 

[Shino Bug Master]

Shame that no one is going to the eugene pre so I can't get a ride :/
But expect me dominating salem and/or portland.

Wow, now i won't be at port and salem, but will be going to eugene.

 

[ilikegengar]

So I just logged in to announce the prizes for the DS at Eugene event it's a shiny Rattata(It’s shiny 100% untouched and taking up space in my PC), and adamant Larvitar with dragon dance(it's father was the T-Tar that survived an explosion) and items from the point exchange equaling 100 points(You could get 100 zinc if you wanted) or an odd keystone. First place gets first pick.

Thanks for the prizes randomman29. They are always appreciated. See you in Eugene everyone!

N.

 

[randomman29]

Okay now that I've had my fun for the week I would like to say I'm bringing some PTF's to trade for any League energy of the current season's(Fire, Water, Grass, and Fighting).


they are as follows and how many energy’s I would like for them(I based them on how hard they are to get.)
Pikachu=1
Pikachu=1
Tauros=2
Spearow=2
Scyther=2
Mudkip=1

 

[Flaming_Spinach]

*Glad I'm not a part of this right now*

 

[Articjedi]

Obscene!!??

Fine, I'll hug Chis behind closed doors from now on, then. Sorry it bothers you.

.....ohh....OHHHH, you meant his YELLING is obscene!
...
....huh?

Whenever Chris yells, I hear him say "ARE YOU READY!!!!???" I can see how one could take that as obscene (and, taking a step back for a moment, you could actually say that with a softer tone and parents would complain that you're hitting on them). So, in my opinion, Chris' yelling is not obscene. He's as graceful as a swan.....who just suffered blunt-force head trauma.

Looking back on what I just posted, I think I may have negated any pro-Chris argument I had. Crap, now Chris is gunna deduct three hundred Chris Bucks from my Ch-wiss Bank Account.

Please don't kill me.

OMG, there's men huggin' men in OREEEGON, we gotta stop this.

As I said, I don't have a problem with it. It'd be nice to have a little more excitement at these tournaments. It's not like it's going to affect those little kids' oh so important mental development if there's yelling at a pokemon tournament.

 

[soxrcol]

ALRIGHTY, I'll likely be at the portland one, i needa sell my computer to my dad for $45 lolz.

Anywho, i'm going to pull a lvl X in all of my packs.