KC’s Log: Dropping the Pokéball

So, my first shot at the tournament was glorious, it was immaculate, it was…over before it began. Yeah, as some of you may have noticed, I was eliminated in the first round of this season’s WTPTC. And no, my opponent didn’t hack or get an awesome combo off on me. I was hit by the most classic strategy of all – victory by default.

It was the first time I’ve tried to get my DS online since I moved, and apparently my wireless router’s security settings aren’t compatible with the game. I had to jump a few hoops to get it to work with all my different laptops, so I didn’t want to mess with it in the spur of the moment. So, I whipped out the old dongle after having spent a year in the bleakest corners of my junk drawer for about a year. After dusting it off and popping it in I was honestly surprised to see the green light still came on. But that was the only good sign, as my DS told me something about not being able to acquire an IP address. So, with frustrated indignation, I resigned to my opponent.

It’s only fair to mention that I wasn’t the only one who had troubles. Looking through the forums, several people had similar problems to me (even in the 3rd round), some had battery issues, others just couldn’t make the time to battle. While these glitches weren’t the norm, they were enough to frustrate a few people who I hope will come back to the arena and try again.

Overall, the people seemed to be very competitive, but in the friendly kind of way that I like to see; plenty respect with just a touch of trash talk. I really liked one comment someone made that their opponent just gave them a great idea for a new strategy. ‘Atta boy! (Pats him several times on the back)

I may try to organize a Battle Revolution tournament one day, since I have no problems getting my Wii online, and there are generally fewer problems that can occur with the console.  And how else am I going to show off my spiffy avatar?

So, with this I want to try starting a new tradition where I’ll end each of my blogs with a “KC Rule”. So…

KC Rule #1: Don’t accept a challenge if you don’t have a ride to the arena.