SLOW DECK
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Well, it hasn't hurt him since is son is the current National Champion with the title and all of the prizes that go along with it. He was able to use his "pet" coin until the final match, and according to his father, after hitting 6 flips in a row in a deck that contained 4 reversals and 4 junk arms, the judges finally gave his son a substitute coin. The father says his son was not used to the flipping the weight of the new coin as it was different than the coin he had practiced with, and the son proceeded to get tails the rest of the game, but still won the Championship. I don't know how far into this second game they were when the coin change was made. Keep in mind that several players had been knocked out of the National Championship who had also complained about the coin use.
This is what is so upsetting. I hate the message this sends to both the Juniors and Seniors that play in this program.
Please don't do that. It is exactly what I was hoping would not happen, young people now feeling they have to learn to manipulate randomizers in order to win. It is wrong. Give the Pokemon officials a chance to straighten out this situation.
JAX54,
Your (3 and only post) on Pokegym seem more like a vindictive character assassination on a family who has been in this game since the beginning. Statements like "you are concerned" are not fooling anyone, as an adult, I have seen that statement used with character assassinations often. Maybe this isn't what you meant to be doing, but you keep bring them back into it. I know the family, I know the issue, and this concerned thread is sounding more like sour grapes of a parent. The legality of coin flipping is something that Pokemon has always upheld since the begginning.
This fooled by randomness issue creates some strong opinions on coin flipping can create a strong bias. A person who thinks they can coin flip will have streaks, and they get "hot". A person who witnesses coin flips head streaks think they cheating. A person who has a steak of tails, just has sour grapes. Pokemon laid out in the roles for a flip to be eye level and flip 3 times. Anyone who wants to fool themselves into becoming a great coin flipper, go for it. Come back to this thread when you find someone who can flip 300 heads out of 500 coins flips.
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