Oregon Pokemon League

[leonmasteries]

ya, you have to find a place that's free, because it's getting close to the rainy season, so it's going to be hard to host this outside.

[Konan-ChanX3]

I have an idea, why don't we ask the guys at Rainy Day Games off of TV Highway? They'd be willing to help hold events such as this. I still wanna be the final gym leader, OR an elite 4

[xcthulhux]

Why not set it up here on the forums.
i know some of us dont have wifi but we can set times and such.
and if you want to fight someone just send them a pm and ask

I have set up several leagues on and offline, and i have to say that having them IRL is more interesting, and more successful.
online leagues get boring and tiring, where IRL leagues are more fun because you ACTUALLY get to meet people, and hang out. its more fun to talk about and play pokemon IRL.

about the place where we will meet, im going to call a few game stores here pretty soon and talk to them about it.

i was actually thinking about rainy day games, but im going to ask rivals fantasy games first.

[Griff_the_dragoon]

Why not set it up here on the forums.
i know some of us dont have wifi but we can set times and such.
and if you want to fight someone just send them a pm and ask

I have set up several leagues on and offline, and i have to say that having them IRL is more interesting, and more successful.
online leagues get boring and tiring, where IRL leagues are more fun because you ACTUALLY get to meet people, and hang out. its more fun to talk about and play pokemon IRL.

about the place where we will meet, im going to call a few game stores here pretty soon and talk to them about it.

i was actually thinking about rainy day games, but im going to ask rivals fantasy games first.

Ya i can see that but me and soundninja live about 3 hours from you guys so it is alot easier for us to use wifi

[xcthulhux]

well i just got off the phone with the owner of rivals fantasy games, and they said that they would be more than happy to host it on saturdays possibly once or twice a month.

im not going to say that everyone should come, but i told them we expect 8-12 people (lol), and they said that it would be fine.
also, they have wifi that we can use, which is definitely a plus.

[Konan-ChanX3]

Only problem I have with that is I don't know where it is.

[eternal-spring]

I could always check with rainy day games. I live VERY close (walking distance) of it, and I am close to all the employees there. ^_^ Let me know if I should ask

[xcthulhux]

rivals is in hillsboro, and its not hard to find.
google maps, and mapquest is a great tool.

i think we should try it out at rivals first, and if it doesn't work out, we can try rainy day.

[Konan-ChanX3]

Sounds good to me.

[xcthulhux]

it sounds really good to me.
this is really exciting.

the one thing that may be a problem is that there will be a pokemon TCG league there at the same time-ish, so if there is any conflict between that and us, we may have to switch days.
lets try not to conflict with the pokemon card people Kthxbai?

[Konan-ChanX3]

Haha, pokemon cards.. They're all lamers. Not really since I still have a crap load of cards. I won't cause problems : D

[xcthulhux]

so next a week from tomorrow will be our first meeting.

[xcthulhux]

By the way, i wanted to mention that Rivals doesn't generally allow outside food, unless its for a group, so if you guys want to make a small pool, we may be able to go pick up some pizza or something from wherever (wherever being most likely Little Caesars)

I will print out a few things such as a type chart, tournament charts, and standard rules/regulations.

[HardstyleZombie]

(wherever being most likely Little Caesars)

wow my work so you are going to order over 9000 pizzas from my work jaytee also give me your old ds

[xcthulhux]

(wherever being most likely Little Caesars)

wow my work so you are going to order over 9000 pizzas from my work jaytee also give me your old ds

give me 60 dollars and we have a deal.

i will give you the stuff to fix the hinge for an extra 20 too >.>

[xcthulhux]

So can everyone who is going to this confirm there attendance, so i know the expectency?

[Konan-ChanX3]

I'll come, so long as I can get the address and a bus line that goes that way.

[xcthulhux]

I'll come, so long as I can get the address and a bus line that goes that way.

don't you love google maps?

[Konan-ChanX3]

that I do, I'll look up stuff later, like on Monday when I get home haha.

[xcthulhux]

2 more days people.
i need confirmations. i have to call rivals tomorrow.

[xcthulhux]

ok, well if i don't have more than 2 people confirmed, than i might as well cancel.

[HardstyleZombie]

im sad it was fail it was cthulhu me and a friend from another site

[xcthulhux]

im sad it was fail it was cthulhu me and a friend from another site

i wouldn't say it was fail, it was still fun.
we just need to get more people confirmed.
i know leonmasteries said that they could probably make it.
is anyone else going?

september 26th.
noon
rivals fantasy games.
r

[HardstyleZombie]

im sad it was fail it was cthulhu me and a friend from another site

i wouldn't say it was fail, it was still fun.
we just need to get more people confirmed.
i know leonmasteries said that they could probably make it.
is anyone else going?

september 26th.
noon
rivals fantasy games.
r

im not going unless you confirm more people will be there

[Konan-ChanX3]

I'll hopefully be able to come to the next one, I'm sorry I missed the last, I was busy that day.

[xcthulhux]

alright, so who is confirmed for this saturday?
same place, same time.
noon o' clock

rivals fantasy games

[Konan-ChanX3]

I can't, I have a cosplay chess thing going, UNLESS it gets canceled. BUT I WILL make it to one of these >A<

[Griff_the_dragoon]

ya what konan chan said
dam work

[xcthulhux]

well it sounds like we have no confirmations so i probably won't go.
im starting to think this was kind of a waste of time.

[Konan-ChanX3]

It's not a waste of time, if it was maybe on a sunday, then I'd be able to go since sunday's are my lazy days and I most often am doing nothing then, saturdays are more like all hell breaks loose days for me. But the past few Saturdays have been really busy, specially with last minute things that keep popping up.

[ha~ma]

well it sounds like we have no confirmations so i probably won't go.
im starting to think this was kind of a waste of time.

You're posting in the wrong place if you want more players. Post on other regional Pokemon boards perhaps? Could try meetup.com too.

[xcthulhux]

well it sounds like we have no confirmations so i probably won't go.
im starting to think this was kind of a waste of time.

You're posting in the wrong place if you want more players. Post on other regional Pokemon boards perhaps? Could try meetup.com too.

meetup.com is way expensive, and not worth my time.
if you link me to these "regional pokemon boards" i will be sure to give it a try.

[ha~ma]

well it sounds like we have no confirmations so i probably won't go.
im starting to think this was kind of a waste of time.

You're posting in the wrong place if you want more players. Post on other regional Pokemon boards perhaps? Could try meetup.com too.

meetup.com is way expensive, and not worth my time.
if you link me to these "regional pokemon boards" i will be sure to give it a try.

I'm just saying if regional boards exist. I would have provided link otherwise. It's gonna be hard to find willing (let alone GOOD) players IRL these days. When I was a kid it'd be a matter of asking on the playground or waiting at the mall for someone to notice me and the link cable. I think wifi/SB/NB has killed what was left of that, because the few players who wanted to play seriously found a better medium with more comp. If you don't have to leave the house for a higher level of play than you'd find outside why leave in the first place? I applaud you trying here, but I can't say I didn't see this coming.

[xcthulhux]

well it sounds like we have no confirmations so i probably won't go.
im starting to think this was kind of a waste of time.

You're posting in the wrong place if you want more players. Post on other regional Pokemon boards perhaps? Could try meetup.com too.

meetup.com is way expensive, and not worth my time.
if you link me to these "regional pokemon boards" i will be sure to give it a try.

I'm just saying if regional boards exist. I would have provided link otherwise. It's gonna be hard to find willing (let alone GOOD) players IRL these days. When I was a kid it'd be a matter of asking on the playground or waiting at the mall for someone to notice me and the link cable. I think wifi/SB/NB has killed what was left of that, because the few players who wanted to play seriously found a better medium with more comp. If you don't have to leave the house for a higher level of play than you'd find outside why leave in the first place? I applaud you trying here, but I can't say I didn't see this coming.

i know.
its something i have been trying to do for about a year.

every time, i see excitement in the beginning, but no commitment.

[Konan-ChanX3]

So this weekend saturday [tomorrow] I'm free, sort of. and next weekend saturday I'm free, but on the 31st I'm not free. if that helps any.

[xcthulhux]

i totally gave up on this until we have a prominent amount of people.

[Konan-ChanX3]

baww don't give up, keep fightin for it, you maw want to try other boards like M.E.W.'s boards and dare I say this, but Gaia as well as Solia.

[xcthulhux]

baww don't give up, keep fightin for it, you maw want to try other boards like M.E.W.'s boards and dare I say this, but Gaia as well as Solia.

NO U!
if you want to do that, go ahead.
im done trying. trust me, i have been trying to get this together for years.

[Konan-ChanX3]

Ah, well, for me, it's not hard to get things organized really. I talk to people out side of the internet, and things get out by word-of-mouth

[TurboSaiyanJason]

I might be going to Guardian Games' Battle Road tomorrow, so I can die once more at the hands of 20 trainers...and their parents.

I'm kind of asking for help. I feel like I'm in the worst position ever. I have a decent early swarm deck, but I keep getting mashed by others with their more tuned big evolution LV.X and/or SP decks, and I have no way of getting anything that could stand a chance without building up slowly all year, and by then half the cards I've gathered are from sets dropped from Organized Play. I feel like I should have a sign at the table I play at reading "I have NO Level X or SP cards, so don't ask."

I know the main thing is to have fun, but it's hard to have fun when you're losing 90% of the time, you know why, and you can't buy much or have anything worth trading to get what you need...without dropping everything else you like to do and dwell solely on this one game. I can barely make it to a League more than once a month, yet there's so many in my area.

Anyone have any suggestions other than "go to League more, get more money or, just drop the game?"

[xcthulhux]

I might be going to Guardian Games' Battle Road tomorrow, so I can die once more at the hands of 20 trainers...and their parents.

I'm kind of asking for help. I feel like I'm in the worst position ever. I have a decent early swarm deck, but I keep getting mashed by others with their more tuned big evolution LV.X and/or SP decks, and I have no way of getting anything that could stand a chance without building up slowly all year, and by then half the cards I've gathered are from sets dropped from Organized Play. I feel like I should have a sign at the table I play at reading "I have NO Level X or SP cards, so don't ask."

I know the main thing is to have fun, but it's hard to have fun when you're losing 90% of the time, you know why, and you can't buy much or have anything worth trading to get what you need...without dropping everything else you like to do and dwell solely on this one game. I can barely make it to a League more than once a month, yet there's so many in my area.

Anyone have any suggestions other than "go to League more, get more money or, just drop the game?"

this is totally about the video game, not the card game GG

[ha~ma]

I might be going to Guardian Games' Battle Road tomorrow, so I can die once more at the hands of 20 trainers...and their parents.

I'm kind of asking for help. I feel like I'm in the worst position ever. I have a decent early swarm deck, but I keep getting mashed by others with their more tuned big evolution LV.X and/or SP decks, and I have no way of getting anything that could stand a chance without building up slowly all year, and by then half the cards I've gathered are from sets dropped from Organized Play. I feel like I should have a sign at the table I play at reading "I have NO Level X or SP cards, so don't ask."

I know the main thing is to have fun, but it's hard to have fun when you're losing 90% of the time, you know why, and you can't buy much or have anything worth trading to get what you need...without dropping everything else you like to do and dwell solely on this one game. I can barely make it to a League more than once a month, yet there's so many in my area.

Anyone have any suggestions other than "go to League more, get more money or, just drop the game?"

Unfortunately TCGs take LOTS of money. Before you can actually play at tourneys you need to spend tons of money. Back when I used to play (don't know if this is a good kind of deck anymore) Haymaker variants were a good and cheap way to get into the game. If this is still viable (game's prbly changed so much since I last played) I'd go for it, get some winnings and notoriety, then start building your dream deck on the side. I'd say find a different hobby if you can't commit more time though.... Gotta play to level up vs others.

[TurboSaiyanJason]

Well, actually my dream deck right now is to build a classic haymaker using tourney legal cards. They have reprints of base set Hitmonchan, Electabuzz and jungle Scyther, and the "low kick 20" machop is in stormfront (as well as the hard hitting basic killer, Machamp). So I guess if I can't beat em' I'll just take what I can. And hey, there's always Magic in the air.

[ha~ma]

Well, actually my dream deck right now is to build a classic haymaker using tourney legal cards. They have reprints of base set Hitmonchan, Electabuzz and jungle Scyther, and the "low kick 20" machop is in stormfront (as well as the hard hitting basic killer, Machamp). So I guess if I can't beat em' I'll just take what I can. And hey, there's always Magic in the air.

ewwww Machamp. Terrible card. Same with Machoke. Stop your evolution line with Machop... You're missing the point of Haymaker if you're having stage 2 evos.... Post your config and I'll help you out. Or PM if you feel uncomfortable posting in a thread.


And what, Magic takes more money and time <_<

[DancingTofu]

I can't find a good place to split this topic, but it looks like there's a good discussion regarding the Pokemon TCG going on.  Would one of you mind starting a new topic to continue that discussion? 

Thanks.

[xcthulhux]

I can't find a good place to split this topic, but it looks like there's a good discussion regarding the Pokemon TCG going on.  Would one of you mind starting a new topic to continue that discussion? 

Thanks.

Just split it into a new thread in the gaming forum plox.
or in off topic and chat. call it Pokemon TCG Chat.

[DancingTofu]

I can't find a good place to split this topic, but it looks like there's a good discussion regarding the Pokemon TCG going on.  Would one of you mind starting a new topic to continue that discussion? 

Thanks.

Just split it into a new thread in the gaming forum plox.
or in off topic and chat. call it Pokemon TCG Chat.

Reading comprehension much? ;P

[HardstyleZombie]

I can't find a good place to split this topic, but it looks like there's a good discussion regarding the Pokemon TCG going on.  Would one of you mind starting a new topic to continue that discussion? 

Thanks.

Just split it into a new thread in the gaming forum plox.
or in off topic and chat. call it Pokemon TCG Chat.

Reading comprehension much? ;P

so mean tofu so so mean

[xcthulhux]

I can't find a good place to split this topic, but it looks like there's a good discussion regarding the Pokemon TCG going on.  Would one of you mind starting a new topic to continue that discussion? 

Thanks.

Just split it into a new thread in the gaming forum plox.
or in off topic and chat. call it Pokemon TCG Chat.

Reading comprehension much? ;P

way to comprehend what i said.
i totally told you where to split it.

[ha~ma]

I can't find a good place to split this topic, but it looks like there's a good discussion regarding the Pokemon TCG going on.  Would one of you mind starting a new topic to continue that discussion? 

Thanks.

Just split it into a new thread in the gaming forum plox.
or in off topic and chat. call it Pokemon TCG Chat.

Reading comprehension much? ;P

way to comprehend what i said.
i totally told you where to split it.

There's nothing to comprehend in your post besides that you want the thread split. You never addressed where to split the thread. Cite where you suggested it split.