It is time yet again, for another giant Pokemon competition! No, this isn’t the WTPTC! In fact, the new Pokemon Showdown (now renamed the Pokemon Video Game Championships) will start its circuit on May 9th!
The tournament battles will be 2 vs 2 Double Battles, with 4 to 6 Pokemon on each team. There will be two age divisions in the Championship: Senior (12 years old and older) and Junior (11 years old and younger). Sadly, only 128 Trainers will be randomly chosen from each age division in order to compete for a chance to fly to the June 27th National Championship in St. Louis, Missouri!
Don’t you worry, though! Even if you don’t make it to the top, every competitor will receive a level 50 Shiny Milotic for their efforts. This Milotic will have the ability “Marvel Scale” (which is the only ability a Milotic can have), and will know Rain Dance, Recover, Hydro Pump, and Icy Wind. Its Held Item will be a “Flame Orb”, and its Ribbon will be a “Classic Ribbon”. Pretty tempting, eh?
Remember, all prospective participants MUST use Pokemon Platinum, or they will not be able to qualify. Good luck to all the Tribunites that’ll be attending this event, and for those of you who are fortunate enough to be chosen as a competitor…happy battling
The Championship schedule will be posted after the break!
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“The WTPT Challenge has finally begun! Wish the participants good luck as they battle it out for the position of the WTPTC Champion! To those who are competing, the match-ups for the tournament are posted in the “competitions” section of the site. Don’t forget you have three days to finish round one or you’re disqualified! Enjoy the tournament and be sure to have fun! The winner of the WTPTC will have their choice in a selection of EV trained and IV bred Pokemon, as well as an award to go in your Award Case! 2nd and 3rd place winners will also receive similar prizes.”
Here are the various WTPTC Links:
[Main Thread] - [Bracket 1] – [Bracket 2]
Every now and then, I find local news articles about Pokémon card tournaments for both the video game and TCG, and the excitement they bring to small towns.
It’s just funny to me that after more than a decade of worldwide popularity, all of these articles have to explain the game from scratch again, including what “Pokémon” means and its pronunciation. I also find it funny that you hear many of the same explanations of the game like, “It’s easy to get into, but difficult to master.”
But what I found most striking is how big some of these tournaments get – some of them have 80 players. That’s more than I see at the comic shop King’s Games in Brooklyn. I hope this doesn’t sound like a knock, but maybe in the smaller towns people have less to distract them, so it’s easier to get them dedicated to something like this. But there is a misconception, I think, that all of these articles fail to help clear up: most competitions like this are organized by ordinary people. And that’s what brings me to…
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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.
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“The WTPT Challenge has finally begun! Wish the participants good luck as they battle it out for the position of the WTPTC Champion! To those who are competing, the match-ups for the tournament are posted in the “competitions” section of the site. Don’t forget you have three days to finish round one or you’re disqualified! Enjoy the tournament and be sure to have fun! The winner of the WTPTC will have their choice in a selection of EV trained and IV bred Pokemon, as well as an award to go in your Award Case! 2nd and 3rd place winners will also receive similar prizes.”
—Seth, the Tournament Coordinator more…
