Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

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Awesome match! That was a huge step in the right direction for Pokemon!!! The commentators where pretty bad, but at least there WAS a stream and had some commentary.

Not taking away from Igor, but Harrison should have had that so many times...whiffed on the donk, then had the PERFECT set up to fall down by 5, catcher up Mewtwo, then N, leaving his opponent with 2 cards in hand while he had 9, then take down his second Mewtwo the next turn, having only 2 prizes left and a Jacked mewtwo that Darkrai couldn't take down....but he didn't take advantage of that. Then, he had the opportunity in game 3 to catcher up a Mewtwo early and start the war while he was guaranteed the energy and his opponent wasn't. Then, passes on catchering Mewtwo later AND KO'ing smeargle, either of which would have won him the game....instead, he passed and gets KO'ed twice in a row. And using Shaymin to put FIVE energy on Mewtwo seemed pretty bad when he did it...I'm not knocking Harrison either, he's obviously better than I am...just hate to see him lose like that....nerves must have got the best of him, so many misplays.
 
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It's like an hour outside of Washington.
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Its a two hour and a half by car from Seattle. From the USA/Canada Boarder its like 30 min. You will need a Passport to get back into the Country though.

Really excited about this, as I can drive to Worlds I should be able to fly to Nationals. LOL I will be driving 4 hours to get to regionals but only 2 to get to Worlds.
 
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chrataxe said:
Awesome match! That was a huge step in the right direction for Pokemon!!! The commentators where pretty bad, but at least there WAS a stream and had some commentary.

Not taking away from Igor, but Harrison should have had that so many times...whiffed on the donk, then had the PERFECT set up to fall down by 5, catcher up Mewtwo, then N, leaving his opponent with 2 cards in hand while he had 9, then take down his second Mewtwo the next turn, having only 2 prizes left and a Jacked mewtwo that Darkrai couldn't take down....but he didn't take advantage of that. Then, he had the opportunity in game 3 to catcher up a Mewtwo early and start the war while he was guaranteed the energy and his opponent wasn't. Then, passes on catchering Mewtwo later AND KO'ing smeargle, either of which would have won him the game....instead, he passed and gets KO'ed twice in a row. And using Shaymin to put FIVE energy on Mewtwo seemed pretty bad when he did it...I'm not knocking Harrison either, he's obviously better than I am...just hate to see him lose like that....nerves must have got the best of him, so many misplays.
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That just comes to show how stressful worlds is. There is just a huge amount of pressure and nerves when you reach the finals in worlds. You have the entire room set up as if it were some sort of stadium with so many people watching the games (not to mention millions of others watching the streams). It is so easy to make a ton of misplays when you are under the pressure in wanting to win a big tournament.

In fact, Harrison making that many misplays reminds me of my top 4 match in Indiana Regionals this year. I'm sure many of you have seen my top 4 match with Mike McElwain that The Top Cut filmed a while back, and you can see that I misplayed a lot. The reason? Stress. I just wasn't used to the high amount of pressure in a top 4 match in a giant Regionals tournament in the master's division, where winning a tournament like that is considered to be huge deal to the point of getting a lot of attention.

Worlds can be considered to be similar thing. In worlds, becoming world champion is considered huge: very huge. By the time you make top 8, you can feel how close you are to making top 4 and getting the invite for next year. This affects you mentally, where you want to make top 4, and all of those thoughts can be begin to have an impact on your plays (you feel so stressed/desperate about it that you become nervous, and becoming nervous can often cause you to make the wrong plays). By the time you make top 4 or the finals, now you feel the desire of winning since you are so close, and by then, the nerves come in.

If nerves are what truly caused Harrison to misplay so much (although it really does seem that it was the case), it just shows that it is very important to always stay calm and prevent nerves from taking you over. It can be hard, especially in a high-pressure tournament like worlds, but it can be done to prevent high amounts of misplays.

Also, I look at Harrison Leven as a really great player too, and it is sad to see such an excellent Pokemon player make those misplays. This comes to show that no one is a perfect player, regardless of how good he or she is. Calming down to prevent misplays can be hard, but it is possible to do.
 
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Does anyone know which Spring Carnival did the reigning worlds juniors champion Shuto Itagaki win? Was it Sendai or Yokohama?
 
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