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I'm done with this game. They just turned it into YGO. Rich ppl win, others dont. And age Group Chnage? Pfffffft. It's nto fair to make a 15/16 year old play a 30/40 year old. Older Players have a job, and can support buying cards. 15/16 Year old dont have jobs, and if they do, its usually near minimum wage.

THIS GAME JUST TURNED INTO YUGIOH. I quit ygo because i wanted a game that was fair, fun, had a good prize support system, and had a good age group system (I was 14 at the time). I turned 15, and decided to stick with it thru teh year because there was still a REASONABLE chance to get to worlds.

All that is now gone.

GG, PUI.

~Retiring, DM8
 
If I am interpreting this correctly, I am kind of upset: did they just say that there will be no ratings available on the website? There will be no ratings and rankings info for anything (other than premiere events)?

If this is true, this is gonna be bad for my league. We- I can't even begin to tell you how important ratings are. My friends live for ratings! That's like their favorite part of OP! Ohhhh, aardvarkvcg's not gonna like this! Anyway, hopefully, I'm just reading it wrong. This is the only problem I have with the changes (other than that, I really like the changes).

I bet it's only a matter of time before Miamisportsfan45 starts his own thread, asking how he can get into worlds. Grinder's gone...:frown: RIP Grinder 2004-2006:frown:

EDIT: @DM8: ever heard of a budget deck? You can do it! You don't have to be rich to build a good deck. This is POKEMON a game where you don't have to play a cookie cutter deck to win. There are a ton of decks out there (you could even make up your own!) that could win. You could always do what I do, and try to judge as many events as possible or lead a league in exchange for Pokemon boosters (not that that's my primary motivation:thumb: )
 
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There is nothing in this that is going to make me attend more or less events.

I guess if I really want to give myself a chance, I should travel a lot.

Here's hoping PUI doesn't screw up Nationals.
 
ninetales1234 said:
RIP Grinder 2004-2006:frown:
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Im known as "Mr Grinder" because I have done so well in the 3 Grinders I attended. NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!!!!:eek:

I guess Ill have to be one of the few who get invited.

I agree with PokeDaddy, there will have to be a correct formula for the total population of the the registered POP players versus Invites given.
 
DragonairMaster8 said:
I'm done with this game. They just turned it into YGO. Rich ppl win, others dont. And age Group Chnage? Pfffffft. It's nto fair to make a 15/16 year old play a 30/40 year old. Older Players have a job, and can support buying cards. 15/16 Year old dont have jobs, and if they do, its usually near minimum wage.

THIS GAME JUST TURNED INTO YUGIOH. I quit ygo because i wanted a game that was fair, fun, had a good prize support system, and had a good age group system (I was 14 at the time). I turned 15, and decided to stick with it thru teh year because there was still a REASONABLE chance to get to worlds.

All that is now gone.

GG, PUI.

~Retiring, DM8
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umm, you said you would quit when you heard about shiftry ex
 
DM8 - Come on, let's not quit yet. Atleast wait until cities are over and decide to quit. Atleast run with the system for a short time.

N1234 - I think it's different though. It seems like you have to attend all the events or you just can't earn enough points as others and don't get the trips. Either that or you win Nationals, which isn't an easy thing to do either.
 
I have a few question.

1. If you win state , will u be able to get a free travel plan to National.
2. Is it true that it will be 12-15 ?
3. If u made top 8 at National will you be able to go to Worlds?


Thank in advance.
 
JasonTran said:
I have a few question.

1. If you win state , will u be able to get a free travel plan to National.
2. Is it true that it will be 12-15 ?
3. If u made top 8 at National will you be able to go to Worlds?


Thank in advance.
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1. Unknown.
2. Players are no longer grouped by their current age but by birthdate.
3. Unknown.
 
What I don't get is why there's a single chance to get into worlds overall. Why can't a regional winner get into worlds? You have to either

a) Lucksac nats
b) Go to every event within 500 miles, hoping people in other countries (and your own) don't

or c) T4 Worlds 06, but it's kind of late for that.

Also, there are going to be 60 people at each age category at worlds. 4 out of 64 spots are already taken.
 
i did notice they said there will be no Grinder for 07, specifically. They didnt say thered be no more grinders ever.

myself, I think its interesting this way, especially the separating it into continents and the separate Premier ranking system. makes it more fair and even, and more competitive to get the other invites.
 
You're all getting it wrong, going to an insane amount of events doesn't help your rating. Small events will have low K-Value, and they will have few other high-rated players. To really boost your rating, you need to attend a big and exciting event. Or just play in few events and go undefeated.

A rich player can go to 15 Premier Events and win 2/3 games, but he'll probably still have a lower rating than a player that wins one City, goes second in one Regionals and barely misses the Top cut at Nationals. And PUI isn't trying to encourage people to buy lots of airline tickets (hmm ... that would make for an interesting PUI/airline collaboration conspiracy theory - bring it on, people! :D), they are just encouraging us to play more Pokémon. To play and to perform well at several tournaments. And they're giving the people who always end up 2nd at tournaments chance to get invited to Worlds as well.

I can understand that these changes are hard for some American players, but I think that in overall, most of us - worldwide - will benefit from these changes. :)
 
US has at least 50% of the worldwide playerbase, no?

If we're not getting 32 of the 64 invites, isn't this just punishing the majority? US will be like England in Eurovision in the game.

Of course, I could be wrong.
 
Tego said:
You're all getting it wrong, going to an insane amount of events doesn't help your rating. Small events will have low K-Value, and they will have few other high-rated players. To really boost your rating, you need to attend a big and exciting event. Or just play in few events and go undefeated.

A rich player can go to 15 Premier Events and win 2/3 games, but he'll probably still have a lower rating than a player that wins one City, goes second in one Regionals and barely misses the Top cut at Nationals. And PUI isn't trying to encourage people to buy lots of airline tickets (hmm ... that would make for an interesting PUI/airline collaboration conspiracy theory - bring it on, people! :D), they are just encouraging us to play more Pokémon. To play and to perform well at several tournaments. And they're giving the people who always end up 2nd at tournaments chance to get invited to Worlds as well.

I can understand that these changes are hard for some American players, but I think that in overall, most of us - worldwide - will benefit from these changes. :)
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True, cross-pollination can be good for sales-I've seen it in several markets I've had the pleasure of being in. In the end, I think that the sky-is-falling and rosy checks camps ar both off-base and it really depends on how well POP markets the new system.

Tego is referring to a statistical concept known as the law of large numbers-that as the number of events increases the result converges in towards the actual probability. In this way, it might be easier to hope to do extremely well at 3 to 4 events than to enter as many as possible.
 
Tego said:
A rich player can go to 15 Premier Events and win 2/3 games, but he'll probably still have a lower rating than a player that wins one City, goes second in one Regionals and barely misses the Top cut at Nationals.
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Or you can be a pessimist like I am and think of it this way:

Two players with the same general skill level go to Premier events. Player A plays in 5 Cities, 3 States and 2 Regionals...Player B plays in 3 Cities, 2 States and 1 Regional. If they both top 4/top 2 all of their events, and it comes down to either player making it in, Player A gets a trip to Hawaii and Player B can't even make a trip to Nats happen. (assuming US Nationals is at Origins this year, won't have enough to get there because they're a struggling college student living in very expensive New York City).

Player B played extremely well and consistent all year but doesn't make it to Worlds at all because somebody played more than them.
 
its just a change, i'll keep playing of course, but changes are usually made for the better, i say just wait and see what happens ... never know, it could be one of thoes changes that are for the better ;)
 
Bolt said:
Or you can be a pessimist like I am and think of it this way:

Two players with the same general skill level go to Premier events. Player A plays in 5 Cities, 3 States and 2 Regionals...Player B plays in 3 Cities, 2 States and 1 Regional. If they both top 4/top 2 all of their events, and it comes down to either player making it in, Player A gets a trip to Hawaii and Player B can't even make a trip to Nats happen. (assuming US Nationals is at Origins this year, won't have enough to get there because they're a struggling college student living in very expensive New York City).

Player B played extremely well and consistent all year but doesn't make it to Worlds at all because somebody played more than them.
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To be fair, Player A probably did better than Player B and is more deserving of the invite and trip anyway (I know that hurts, but that does fit into the "law of lare numbers theory, even if player B simply couldn't attend as many events). POP can't just bus people everywhere to ensure equal participation. I would say it is wise to pool resources with other pools (carpool, etc.).
 
2 very interesting things.

Worlds invites
and
Tournament structure.

I looks like there will be very much different level tournaments to attend to.
City, State, Regional, National and the Battle Road.
Which would mean hopefully for each player at least 3-4 tournaments to attend to in their region.
But you need enough TO's to manage this, which could be a problem international.

Nationals sounds to me as being a closed event for each country, unless trip/invite trickles down to the first player player of that Nation.
If I read it well, the nr1 of each country in each agegroup will get an invite+trip to Worlds.
I hope this can be confirmed so we know what to expect for Nationals.

Continents?? It will be interesting to see which countries are in which continents.
Also the amount of invites for those perspective continents.
Yes we do have official 7 continent, but are there any players or OP in Africa?? I don't know but i would say NO.

so 64 players, minus the 4 worlds 2006 winner= 60
30 countries having Nationals = leaves 30
30 invites spreaded around the continents, would leave 5? for each continent.
 
Grinder is dead because Kyle and I found out how to beat him.

The only 15 year olds in the senior division are the ones that have JUST turned 15 i.e. if I make worlds, I'll be 15 since my birthday is May 31, 1992.

You can do good with a cheap deck. Lunasol won worlds.

I like the idea of having ranking invites based on the OP population. That's one method of invites based on size and one method that is standard for each country.
 
I'm for all of these changes, I'm just worried that consistent play isn't being rewarded EQUALLY.

I'm so broke ;_;
 
I am not sure, but can it be these changes are something to prepare us for Continental Championships replacing Nationals in time?

Just a thought.
 
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