Pokepop is from Ontario? And all the other PTO's and players posting about it on the threads
other than you? :thumb: Kudos if you helped pioneer it, but it doesn't sound like you're alone.
Not to my knowledge he isn't. I was saying that after I was a PTO for a while, we started doing that up here - I happened to start it up in Ontario (but not necessarily EVERYWHERE). EDIT: I'm not that egotistical to suggest that the idea was wholely mine, and mine alone.
The shouldn't this have been something you broached yourself? As in your first post here or in your related topic? Did I just miss it?
Think of the useful arguments you could have presented with this as a basis... instead of having it come up how many posts and days later?
Broached what? That prereleases are now 3 rounds up here? So what? That's old news. I, and quite a few others would like to see a few NEW changes.
You could also inform them of why the main Pre-release
isn't like a side event; even if TPCi capitulated to your desires, it simple is
unlikely to work. Bigger Prizes don't yield better Pre-Releases. Everyone needs to receive the same reward for playing through the main event to make sure it serves its purpose. Perhaps you should see about organizing regular draft tournaments? Inquire if they are interested in that?
perhaps you didn't realize this, but I'm retired. Doesn't mean I cease to have an opinion - I am also still alive, and might just have some interesting experiences to tell. Where'd you think I got all this grey hair? I'm not asking TPCi to capitulate - I'm only asking them to review things and see if some changes CAN be made to improve prereleases, since many people feel the same way. If the suggestions that I posted about that were originally given to me aren't used, then that's ok, just as long as they realize there is a need. Remember - I have absolutely no stake in this. Just the messenger. :wink:
You've made it clear you either don't understand the natural human desire to cheat to win, even at a non-competitive children's card game, or refuse to accept it. Needless to say, I will show you proper respect and tolerate your religious views, but as they conflict not only with my own but with my personal experience as a human (both "from the inside" and from without), this does make it hard for me to take much of what you say at face value. I suspect at least minor embellishment, to be honest. Exaggeration and oversimplification are common bedfellows on message boards, and I myself use them far too often.
No, I realize it's out there. I've seen it. However I think I like to see the best in people, if I can. A person doesn't become trustworthy if you never trust them. Naaaa, I'm not sure you would appreciate my religious views, but then again, it is a rather personal thing and really have nothing to do with this discussion.
If this comes across as an insult, then I do apologize. This is an observation, and since I don't know you except from some posts on a single website, I freely confess it is
almost certainly incomplete if not flat out wrong. Yet this is our medium of conversation. I need a reference for evaluating the discussion, and this is what I have.
No need for apology. I think I know you about as well as you know me, but again, this has nothing to do with the conversation. Let's face it, the written word can be expressive, but nowhere near what a face to face conversation would be like. Words can be mistaken, and even deceive, and as far as I know, no one can read the intentions of another person. I'm willing to take it on faith that you have good intentions if you do the same.
Taking what you said at face value, it doesn't really prove anything beyond what your players
perceive, what they think they want. You know how many times I've gotten what I wanted and regretted it later?
If you address the situation in person the way you do here, you really are encouraging such a response.
Former players. I'm sure they value their fond memories, just as I do. However our memories and experiences make us who we are, and that's why I'm willing to take a chance in a new direction. Even when a bad decision causes problems we learn something from it. That shouldn't scare us from trying something (relatively) new. Hey, just realize that if TPCi DID happen to change something about the prereleases, and it did happen to turn out crappy in some way - do you think they could NEVER GO BACK? That's the thing about this kind of decision. You can take a chance without irreparable harm.
Can't really agree with your assessment. Your paint laziness where there is understanding. I could play with words as well if you wish:
No, not laziness. Not at all. If I had to use a word to describe it the word would be complacency. Things have been going decent for a while and people think that nothing needs to be changed. Most people my age come to know that a lot of things happen that we don't plan - we just fall into it without making a decision at all and then realize that we could have made a difference earlier. That's complacency. We can make a difference, and it CAN be a good thing if people want to TRY.
Your push for improvements is like walking. When you need to reach a goal, be it a location or exercising, walking is good. Sometimes you may need to go faster than walking... but no matter what you don't walk all the time. You don't try to walk while sleeping (barring obvious exceptions :lol
, it isn't really a good idea to insist on walking while eating, either. If you were my surgeon and insisted on performing the operation on a treadmill, you wouldn't be surgeon for much longer!
Not sure where you're going with that one, so it's best I just leave it.
Progress is only progress when it is an improvement. The thing is, I believe there is room for progress and that we should push for it, but we need to really identify it first. If we have a player base clamoring for Limited events with Prize Support, let's try and get more than Pre-Releases! Let's see if we can make Limited tournaments a regular thing for Pokemon, with the proper set-design and rarity scheme to make it worth it! I think I am not only already behind that, but beginning to push for it!:thumb:
Haven't I already said that? Along with many others, I'd like TPCi to review things - identify where there is room for improvement, and act. There's ALWAYS room for improvement.
Good to hear considering I am giving you another hearty post.
tl;dr: P_A is convinced that adding Prize support will make things better based on the results of side events; I am convinced it will make things worse based on the results of past Pre-Releases that had more Prize support. I find several of his assertions questionable, and everything I know warns me that "progress for the sake of progress" is anything but.
