Norway nats?
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Black_jirachi
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Lisa is Khanh and Vys cousin tooBut she was at Nationals, among the audience, cheering for her brother (Khanh) and her cousin in Junior. I expecpt great things from her again once she moves up towards the end of Seniors ...
Its cousin even though it is "kusine" right?The reason you can't upload tonight is because of Ppl without POP-IDs and stuff right?
Because I could really need to know my ranking before I decide to play in Denmark next saturday or not
3 GG'S, 4 Decks with Banette in them and all 3 GG's made the top 4 and only one Banette Deck made the top 4? Lol Norweigans must play GG very well
Black_jirachi
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Me and the other Banette deck(Arithmetic version) Had extremely bad luck in T8.
I won once, then lost on bad draw, then lost on drawing dead.
Arithmetic guy first won Turn 4, then lost withing 5 turns or something his next 2 matches, I didn't really talk to him about it.
So norwegians doesn't play GG extremely well, just the GG players are extremely lucky
I won once, then lost on bad draw, then lost on drawing dead.
Arithmetic guy first won Turn 4, then lost withing 5 turns or something his next 2 matches, I didn't really talk to him about it.
So norwegians doesn't play GG extremely well, just the GG players are extremely lucky
Rainbowgym
Active Member
What's up in Denmark?Lisa is Khanh and Vys cousin too
The reason you can't upload tonight is because of Ppl without POP-IDs and stuff right?
Because I could really need to know my ranking before I decide to play in Denmark next saturday or not
There should be NO premier rated tournaments anymore except Nationals.
Black_jirachi
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well, on the OP website, a BR showed up in Denmark.
Also, there were 1 or 2 STPs in England
Why shouldn't there be more tournaments?
Also, there were 1 or 2 STPs in England
Why shouldn't there be more tournaments?
NoPoke
Active Member
Why? Well Lia is remembering what happened last year.
England is a bit slow this year, last year too, so yes there are two remaining STPs in the UK.
Leicester 31st May http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/tournaments/details.asp?tournament_id=805000457
Scotland 18th May http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/tournaments/details.asp?tournament_id=805000362
Before you ask, no I don't know why the Scotland States is not flagged.
Ardoptres
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GG lists with dusknoir and furett and Cyclone energies are 60-40 against Arithmetic if the players tested the match up.
Arithmetic (banette gyarados) had the upper hand only with surprise factor...
I'm not impressed that a Master doing TOP with GG in a state important like Norway knows how to play the match up against arithmetic.
straight banette BTW has a positive match-up against GG (due to Beach, cessation, pluspower and speed) but disastrous one against magmortar....
Arithmetic has a positive matchup against magmortar (but i think surprise facto counts).
Arithmetic (banette gyarados) had the upper hand only with surprise factor...
I'm not impressed that a Master doing TOP with GG in a state important like Norway knows how to play the match up against arithmetic.
straight banette BTW has a positive match-up against GG (due to Beach, cessation, pluspower and speed) but disastrous one against magmortar....
Arithmetic has a positive matchup against magmortar (but i think surprise facto counts).
Rainbowgym
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Because ALL BR should be take place in April.
I don't find it fair that some countries have NO BR tournaments after April because they follow the guidelines, while others seems to be allowed to do it different.
Glumanda
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It allows point distribution by concession, simple as that and we have seen last year how it worked out for some people.
While I do not see a single BR as dangerous (with a K-value of 8 there will be not many possibilities to ship points), I see the STP´s in England more critical (or if you would have several BR´s after your Nationals).
I think rules should be kept.
While I do not see a single BR as dangerous (with a K-value of 8 there will be not many possibilities to ship points), I see the STP´s in England more critical (or if you would have several BR´s after your Nationals).
I think rules should be kept.
Black_jirachi
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Eh...Denmark Nats is after their last Battle Road, as is UKs nats after their last STP...I honestly don't see the problem
Ardoptres
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Funny seeing our Nationals is 12 days away...
Glumanda
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Well, Premiere tournaments are not closed, right? I´m not talking about the residents of the specific country. The situation may be not as bad as last year with several BR´s with K=32 after Nationals. But I think what happened last year was one of the reasons to say:
March: SPT
April: BR
April/May: Nationals
which I think is a good solution. What I mainly critizise is: When seeing the schedule, obviously something was learned from the past which is good. But why is it impossible to stick with the plan? Why are we going one step back by allowing exceptions?
Aside from that: I do not think that these exceptions will have a great impact. But every single year LD´s are allowed to make deviations (and this year the schedule was announced very early). I think this has to stop. There should be as much consistency between the different countries as possible, if you want to have one rating for this zone.
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Rainbowgym
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Exactly, I am also not to much worried about 8K events, because they don't have to much impact.
It's about the same rules for everyone.
We and also Germany and Switzerland have our Nationals even later as Denmark.
I would also loved to have BR spread out over 2 months instead of having them all together in a short period.
But we don't have them because we folow the guidelines, and that's what is wrong with it.
Fireborn
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From the POP website: International Battle Road events will take place throughout the month of April.
So Denmark isn't following the rules, that's what difference it makes.
Also, I understand for the UK, their situation is just a bit messed up this year (although I hope it's better than last year!). But Denmark's TOs should know what they're doing.
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Although, if you look at the OP website, this is the BR for Denmark next week:
http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/tournaments/details.asp?tournament_id=805000253
And it's not labeled as a Premier Event. So maybe no points will be awarded for it?
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Tournament Schedule
One reason for Denmark to be little late with BR is that Denmark (and Sweden) changed distributor and OP-manger during Q1. The change affected the entire remaining tournament schedule for both countries.
For a couple of months there didn’t exist any OP-manager for Sweden and Denmark. :frown:
In Sweden we missed the Great Encounter pre-release totally, we couldn't execute any BR (as Premier Event) at all and we didn't receive prize-support for the STP's in time.
Now the problem related to the change seems to be solved and we are hopefully back on track again. :smile:
If I remember correctly is the requirement regarding BR that they have to be executed before Nationals to be counted as Premier Event but we can run them as NON-Premier Event tournaments during May and June
The disturbance in tournament schedule has as far I know be confirmed by POP USA, at least for Sweden parts
Just so you know the whole story...
One reason for Denmark to be little late with BR is that Denmark (and Sweden) changed distributor and OP-manger during Q1. The change affected the entire remaining tournament schedule for both countries.
For a couple of months there didn’t exist any OP-manager for Sweden and Denmark. :frown:
In Sweden we missed the Great Encounter pre-release totally, we couldn't execute any BR (as Premier Event) at all and we didn't receive prize-support for the STP's in time.
Now the problem related to the change seems to be solved and we are hopefully back on track again. :smile:
If I remember correctly is the requirement regarding BR that they have to be executed before Nationals to be counted as Premier Event but we can run them as NON-Premier Event tournaments during May and June
The disturbance in tournament schedule has as far I know be confirmed by POP USA, at least for Sweden parts
Just so you know the whole story...
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Fireborn
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I emailed the guy who was listed as TO for the Battle Road for this Saturday in Denmark, and he said that he thought it was going to be labeled as a Premier Event.
Of course, he might've been wrong, because it hasn't been labeled as a Premier Event as of now... I wouldn't have a problem with BRs as non Premier Events. But last year Denmark was one of the countries with players shooting up through the rankings with really late BRs after an early Nats, which just left a sour taste in my mouth as a sort of abuse of the way the system worked at the time.
Of course, he might've been wrong, because it hasn't been labeled as a Premier Event as of now... I wouldn't have a problem with BRs as non Premier Events. But last year Denmark was one of the countries with players shooting up through the rankings with really late BRs after an early Nats, which just left a sour taste in my mouth as a sort of abuse of the way the system worked at the time.