The Pokemon Tournaments Might Actually Be Worse Than Yugioh Ones ...

[@jakeshively5268]

The banned list is taking so long, CapG is having to cover drama from other card games lmao

[@DangerRevolution]

As someone who was there for Pokemon go competition Pokemon announcer welcomes you with open arms and gives you a warning at the beginning of the event, no gestures of any kinds. We are all warned about this so he deserved it.

[@5.99USD]

Doing a masturbation gesture while playing a game for literal children might be a bit inappropriate

[@eduardowhiteknight6110]

☝🏼

[@SwagMaster824]

It literally wasn’t that. He was just doing a fist pump in a circular motion. Bro just got robbed straight up

[@5.99USD]

@@SwagMaster824 Nah you can tell by the face he made it wasn't a fist bump, it was blatant bad manners and rude gesturing. Lil homie was being a d-bag and found out the hard way.

[@colbybastian17]

​@@SwagMaster824 dude, you don't have to pretend you don't know what he was doing. You're not convincing anyone.

[@navi0760]

@@SwagMaster824he admitted it was suggestive

[@Bushwacker1089]

Cap I have to disagree with you on this one. The Pokémon card game does have a reputation to uphold they usually keep up somewhat high quality of respect form player to player and using any gesture in an obscene or inappropriate action. They want to set the standard and make sure it won’t happen again. In my opinion

[@Fr3d0-1]

Naw that shit was pretty wack . A round loss would’ve been fine

[@Bushwacker1089]

@@Fr3d0-1wack as it is. Pokémon does not want anything stupid going especially on their biggest stage of any of their TCG tournaments

[@jasonwatson2334]

I agree with you. Pokémon is still one of the few card games that kids have an interest in so they still need to keep up proper face for kids. They are so many other gestures he could have done. It is about presentation for the audience that is why I believe the decision was made.

[@Bushwacker1089]

@@jasonwatson2334 Another reason why Pokemon will keep going while others get left behind

[@tsvetomirsheev3882]

😂😂😂 very high standards my ass

[@aka_Ingmar]

My dude, he jorked it. It's not even close to anything else. This is not a thing you do. There are rules

[@VanceWeebin]

Bruh if yall think that is jerking it 😭😭 please, he was just excited and shook his hand

[@vanesslifeygo]

yeah

[@electrobuster5483]

So CapG PKMN TCG veteran here. Bro was doing “The gesture” Not rolling dice. Every effect in the card game thats related to chance is based on coin flips, the only time dice are involved are if there is a card that has dice on it (not effect) or the specialty dice used to represent damage counters Edit: I forgot to mention the use of dice being a substitute in coin flips. Odds and evens for heads and tails

[@shawnjavery]

From what I understand it was hardly a favorable match up for his deck either, and he just got lucky with variance. You should be humble when you win like that.

[@yzer9975]

Yeah that seems pretty cut and dry. Kid gets a big, dominant win, on camera, in one of the biggest tournaments of the year, and flexes by throwing up a gesture after the match is over.

[@Penterror]

But dice are used on every coin flip card

[@electrobuster5483]

@@Penterror as a substitute. According to ruling it can be used instead of the coin. The dice being split into odds and evens

[@Lucario1121]

Don't most PTCG players just use dice to figure out heads or tails though ?

[@Darkrai110]

The dude did what looks to me like a percy gesture with a pervy face and that was unsportsmanlike. Moreover we're talking about POKEMON a KIDS product first and foremost, they're going to be exceptionally strict with this stuff

[@Dragracingduleist]

I agree, but its a far too big a penalty for a subjective action. Its in bad taste but its hard to say what he ment

[@v.richard9993]

@@Dragracingduleist I don't really think it's subjective if everyone knows what he's referring to, it's not hard to see really, i don't really trow dice like stroking a meat lmao

[@tsvetomirsheev3882]

A bunch of weak men you are 😂 Let the kid have some fun ffs

[@rukasuygo]

🤓

[@MelioUmbraBelmont]

The guy's face is wierd any way, I don't think its a obcene expression. And the gesture is Just him pumped up, pokémon rule 34 made a entire generation horny and malicious.... jesus....

[@originalmyl6264]

As a pkmn judge he admitted to another player it was not a "dice rolling" jesture. As far as the penalty the followed the tournament rules down to a T. The only part that's not part of the unsprting conduct severe penalty match loss is where the losing player advances in place of the person receiving the penalty. That should have only happened if he was DQ'D in the single elimination top cut. He got he was so heavily punished becaise there were very young kids in attendace, the pokemon tcg has 3 age divisions Junior ages 12 and under, Senior ages 13-15, and Master ages 16 and over.

[@spicymemes7458]

Adults typically have impulse control. What might be edgy on stream comes off as brainrot irl and might get you in trouble. Even major sports have penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct. I know it's a tall order to ask teens to 20 somethings to think things through, but if not, it's a lesson. Be fortunate you can learn by example instead of BEING the example.

[@Jianichie]

The thumbnail had me ready to lombast the organization for their action, but after reading the comments, seeing the gesture and learning what went down -- nah. He robbed himself. I feel like if you're competing at such a high level you truly ought to know better.

[@babrad]

Come on Cap don't spread misinformation, it's been months since Sam's YCS. He had already received a warning, he said "god damn" and got informed it's a swear word but he started repeating it like a child to the point Pak is seen on stream turning to him and saying "hey fam are you trolling?" but still this wasn't the reason for the game loss. Before the finals started when they introduced the teams, Sam had to say "Let's f*cking go!!!" leading to a game loss in the very next game. His team was steamrolled anyway so in the end it didn't matter. Meanwhile, in the Pokemon case, they handled this as if the player got DQ'ed for severe Unsportsmanlike conduct thus advancing the opponent. But that would mean the DQed player wouldn't receive ANY PRIZES, so instead of having top 4 being a single match and the Robb's opponent advancing straight to the finals via a match loss, they eliminated Robb for the severity of their action while still giving them top 8 cash prize as the middle ground. This way, Robb didn't fully rob themselves of prizes and Pokemon TCG had 2 proper semifinal matches to show.

[@Br0oham]

After watching and playing that much Yu-Gi-Oh!, seeing the Pokémon cards in peoples hands in this video makes the cards look so comically large it kills me

[@nekoyuichan6245]

He did that KNOWING children were watching along with tournament officials, judge’s representatives etc. definitely got what he deserved. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[@kaworuscott]

CORRECTION: He cheated himself out of $35,000 by being clearly rude and disrespectful live on a stream watched by thousands of kids.

[@alexanderbatterbee8369]

They have kids competing it makes sense

[@kish45]

Honestly this seems understandable since it was a unsportsmanlike gesture the player did and deserved it unlike whole ridiculous situation where Makani Tran got dq’ed for being nervous when was asked what his pronouns were.

[@anametoignore2286]

I don't think any disrespect was meant by the gesture it looks entirely like someone giddy and full of energy after winning just moving because they're excited which is entirely normal I'm sure they would've shoved their shoulder and arm back repeatedly had their not been a bit of chair in the way and the table was pretty high Also this feels like Streisand effect where calling attention to the idea that gesture is meant to imply jerking off has made this story go viral and now actually much more people will think of a jerking it motion when hearing of the pokemon tcg

[@kappadarwin9476]

@@anametoignore2286 dude this isn't worth defending. Its a family event watched by thousands of people.

[@theobserver4848]

I mean, this wouldnt happen in yugioh since their "prizes" arent worth banning anyone over.

[@EpicDuskk]

Lets be real, there is ZERO chance this was a "dice roll" gesture. That is a very weak backpeddal. It was very bad sportsmanship, and the punishment was warrented. This isnt a call of duty lobby. You're playing at a live at a professional event. Taking a loss because you cant behave correctly in public is the most embarrassing thing.

[@Penterror]

There was a kid that got DQed for chuckling while saying his pronouns. Joke of an org

[@eduardowhiteknight6110]

I remember that

[@GuyInHisOwnWorld]

I remember that, If I recall it was a nervous chuckle. One of the dumbest DQs i've ever seen.

[@gearhead6042]

Yeah that one still makes me angry hearing about it. Some reddit mod IRL basically got the TOs to help him bully a literal child. Absolutely fucking disgusting and predatory behavior. I don't give a shit about the dude's "pronouns", he was the adult in the room. He should have known better.

[@vanesslifeygo]

word

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

Sorry Cap, but this is a bit of an L take from you. At the end of the day, this isn't MTG or F&B, games where the target audience is more mature and open to such gestures or behavior. Games like Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, and so on are all marketed as being accessible to children and family friendly. A gesture meaning, "This was so easy, it's like jerking off/playing with myself" is rude and derogatory. Is it a severe punishment? Yes, I can agree with the notion that it is very severe. However, a lesson was sent and everybody knows not to do it again, whether they were there or not, and I think that's what more games should do. The rules don't mean much if they aren't going to be enforced.

[@icarus212001]

Idk, man, kinda hard to say it's worse than Yugioh when right in the thumbnail the winnings can be 35k, which is 34,700$ more than yugioh

[@haogwasakura]

I didn't know CapG was a Argentina Soccer fan... It's the only way i could think of that he is defending the guy doing such stupid gesture, equal to the horrible gimmicks the Argentinian goal keeper is known for and that he wasn't fined for. Which is ironic is that you point out the bad state of Yugioh competitive side, but when a good decent event is doing a ban hammer to a guy doing such stupid gesture suddenly "It's worse than yugioh"

[@AwesumJGaming]

Should definitely focus on YGO fam. You missed a few things in a video much after the events. He admitted to another player it was a jerking motion. He made the motion for this match, which means the loss was applied to that match. Sucks for him, but Pokemon streams to thousands of kids and has a kids division in all of their tournaments. Guy should have known better. What's even crazier is you used Andrew's clip from his stream where he revealed that it was admitted by Ian as a jerking motion, so either you knew this information and left it out or didn't research enough.

[@jlarabee89]

He admitted that it was a lude gesture to the judges. He was given the choice of take top 8 prizes or be DQed (which means 0 prizes)

[@kvasir501]

Dude loss for being dissrespecfull The best thing ever

[@zanekorvek8643]

Your Wrong Win Is A Win

[@kvasir501]

@@zanekorvek8643 manners maketh man

[@zackeryJ228]

He got what he deserved, should have shown respect. He actions was unsportsmanlike on many levels

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

You people are so soft these days

[@starbound100]

​@@soukenmarufwt5224no, it's you guys that need to always be edgy at all times. Pokemon is aimed at kids, It should be expected to be held to some kind of behaviour standard.

[@oliverdeeley]

​@soukenmarufwt5224 No. Pokemon TCG's unprofessional behavior is stiff because there are even officially sanctioned regionals and higher events for young children. And this was captured live during the World Championship. He's fortunate that all he got was a match loss. Because that little gesture he made is obscene for young children eyes and can result in disqualification.

[@lanereynolds4567]

And the proper response is for the next tournament to have *every* contender do the gesture at the start and end of each game, to force pokemon company to recant the judgement and pay out the lost funds, and make it a bit enough thing, to force the company to have that be the official start and end of every game played at the tournaments.

[@tsvetomirsheev3882]

​thy are tryna protect the keeedz from that gesture while still allowing trannies to enter tournaments, it all checks out😂 I swear the west is going downhill fast

[@draonir3583]

I got it so drilled in in my youth that in any competition you enter you do not disrepect your opponent. Any behaviour like this needs to be punished.

[@martonyomchale342]

He was rightfully DQ'd. Pokemon is a kid friendly, family friendly company and so are the events. Everything needs to be PG especially around kids. Amongst your peers away from kids, officials, and cameras sure be lewd, talk and act how you want. When kids, parents, officials are around, and those cameras are on you it's PG.

[@jlarabee89]

He wasnt DQed he got to keep his prizes

[@jamishrondon589]

Your wrong thats supposed to be a x-1 in top 4 not s DQ.. especially as a first time warning

[@martonyomchale342]

@@jamishrondon589 He did it at worlds. It's the biggest event Pokemon does. The punishment fit the crime.

[@oliverdeeley]

@@jlarabee89 Correct. He only received a match loss for his end of the match gesture, which is why he got to keep his prizes.

[@Cronoro]

This is ridiculous 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mariosoriano4650]

It's bullshit from Pokémon Co. but it's also bullshit to say the other guy won "miraculously", the other guy won the tournament because he was better than the other finalist, plain and simple. Was Robb better than the other 7 guys in top 8? Most likely.

[@TheBonesBrooke]

as someone who did pokemon competitively for a few years and has an awful, vulgar mouth, no you're just wrong here and is anyone who defends him. This was not a dice rolling gesture, the gesture the face, he knew what he was doing. Pokemon's image is important to them, they are a kids franchise despite most of their playerbase probably being in their 30s. they are very strict on language and anything inappropriate. Whether you agree or disagree with that, their image is important to them and its extremely clear at any event

[@TGSagitar]

Guy makes obscene gesture on stream and in front of crowd that children and parents are watching cause the tcg side was all ages format. Gets game loss for his lack of impulse control. Gets what he deserves…. Yugioh commenter “Pokemon went to far with this one!” Yugioh must be more dead then I thought if we’re looking to drama farm another game.

[@drigon100]

Honestly, YGO players just think they should be allowed to do anything these days and lack self control by the looks of it... Like with the Team Samurai incident. He got multiple warnings on the day and didn't stop himself from doing it after. Then the whole community says his penalty was unjustified. What? He was warned, what more does the community want?

[@odd-eyesdragoon]

Don't get cocky when there are cameras out.

[@PendBestDeck151]

He didnt Rob himself (well maybe) but Jesse Parker. Who was undefeated at that point. A stun deck and bricking messed him up. It would have been a good match between Ian and Jesse. Probably beating the Japanese players deck by usual match up.

[@Godsthetics]

35000... oh wait pokemon. Whew I thought Konami had a stroke. Welp back to paying 1000s upon 1000s for meta decks to try and get that coveted first place dueling mat and deck box with my world champion title😊

[@ChazBlanks]

Pokémon prizes are better, but honestly, that is the only thing Pokémon truly has over Yugioh. Pokémon is so much stricter on the rules

[@darcelliusedwards4514]

Yugioh is also much much more expensive.

[@PendBestDeck151]

It's SUPER family friendly. It's like Disney.

[@kanyewest315]

You get more value winning YuGiOh worlds

[@vehicledestroyer]

@@kanyewest315 thats debatable. factoring in flights, food, hotel, on top of the price to actually play the game...you probably make less

[@theobserver4848]

@@kanyewest315 cards that arent worth playing are not valuable winnings.

[@vanesslifeygo]

im sorry but doing that hand gesture in front of a crowd was really boneheaded if it wasn't a dice roll. I also dont know if dice rolls are used enough. this was deserved. it wasn't something harmless like "damn"

[@holydracoeva2476]

I believe the guy was rightfully punished. There's nothing much to discuss about the gesture, his face says it all. People saying it's a "rolling the dice" gesture is just people trying to villainize pokemon tournaments. It was clearly a jerking gesture, though he had enough control to not include the burst gesture. Besides, they didn't punish a player a while back when he flipped off the crowd for booing him or something, so at least they punished for this one

[@stephenbereznicki7506]

The "gesture" clip in question on this video was at 4:20. If you were to ask me what just happened at that moment [and, admittedly this might sound a bit clichéd, but]... I would not even dignify that question with an answer, much less an explanation. Honestly... -_-

[@twobrosgamers8426]

I think I gotta disagree with you here, the gesture was so bad that even VGC players were fine with it and said that the DQ was valid. Specially because kids were there.

[@sidoniocolorado4468]

It is what it is. There's a reason why there's rules in big events. He had it coming. No one told him to do that while people are watching him live

[@XZeroDragoonX]

Nah this was deserved. As a player, you consent to tournament rules when you agree to participate. Pokemon has a large player and viewer base of children (and children being supervised by adults), they don't mess around with behavior that crosses the PG line and this player knew that going in. Despite that, knowing full well the camera was on him, he violated the rules he agreed to. 100% deserved DQ. Yeah, yugioh players like to joke about the game being for "literal children" despite having a few minor underage audience...but for Pokemon that is *literally* true. They have junior leagues and everything, and allowing that kind of behavior is severely risky to their business.

[@shawnjavery]

Even for yugioh, BMing like this is just bad conduct I wouldn't want the organizers to let go.

[@elemomnialpha]

I don't see Yu-Gi-Oh players cheating up a storm and then bragging about it so yeah they definitely are

[@Michaila95]

nah he completely deserved it. It was a rude gesture and Pokémon is super strict about being kid friendly. If this was a local, meh whatever but this is an Official Pokémon event. they don't play around with protecting their pockets.

[@DarkMagicianMana]

The difference between this and the Team Samurai incident, is that, let's be honest, when was the last time you saw kids in a YCS? They are as rare as a shiny Pokémon, and little to no kids are going to watch a YCS stream, so Sam's case was a little bit unfair. This however, kids are indeed going to look for Pokémon videos and kids do in fact play Pokémon TCG, they even have their own division, so the punishment was deserved.

[@drigon100]

For the Team Samurai, while his was not as bas as this incident, the dude was given previous warnings on the day. Both are justified penalties and frankly, people need to show some self control at events like these and show some decorum.

[@Duelerama90]

I didn't think the reaction warranted a DQ either at first (at least the fist pump) but the more I rewatched the clip, that smirk😈 on his face implies thinking "opp sucks" or "good riddance" or something like that.

[@playmaker8894]

Seeing this video made me respect pokemon so much tbh. Yeah, it's disappointing the tournament was decided this way, but it was totally fair to disqualify that guy imo. Maybe they should've given both a game loss.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

I hate the Pokémon community because you people love to justify everything To the point of being a soulless shill which is most of you.

[@playmaker8894]

​@@soukenmarufwt5224ok

[@ZululGwa]

The worst thing about this incident is that now everyone who looks up the results of the tournament will think that iron thorns is a good deck (its complete ass) and making it explode in popularity. Now everybody has to deal with this boring ass stall deck when queuing up online

[@saul6318]

This gesture is distrustful. “Suck it” too easy’ me la pelas’ so forth well deserved DQ. As team Sam. His team, Also, deserved a DQ if your at high status event, , finals, livestream, you should be more collective and mindful. Especially when you are given a warning on your language prior… language and this gesture should merit a loss

[@Justin3Santiago]

Nah, this is a great sanction. I bet him, or others, won't try it again, especially at a high tier event

[@STEPHxCA]

Not surprised. One kid got dq’d or a match loss for chuckling when asked what his pronouns were

[@DantesWrath7]

They just wanted to make a example out of him these kids these days know alot more vulgar things than a "suck it " gesture let be fr now lmao

[@sandycrash8868]

1:03 stun wining is no surprise or me in modern day tcg’s it’s always been about stun and with power creep the best way to counter power creep is either A play power creep your self or B play stun and pray your hard counters get sent to losers before you do

[@janithernest3929]

MegaTrainerG r we now

[@thatman666]

What region bests suits him? (I’m including regions from side games because why not?)

[@janithernest3929]

@@thatman666 lets put him Kalos ik he likes mega evolution

[@stashallemagne4488]

honestly if i was holding the tournament i would just crossed both of them off

[@kingpin6173]

He was quite clearly doing the wanker gesture. Its their tournament they can punish players however they want. Funny though

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Can we ban "lgbt" people? If the answer is no shut up. I don't want to hear it.

[@sh1nypantsgaming661]

Ian did admit he was jerking it. But penalty should’ve been assessed in top 4

[@WyrmLimion]

He did the gesture on purpose, even admitted it after the fact. This was not some local, this was the World Championships with tens of thousands watching, many of which are children. Its mainly because they were already behind schedule and a ruling needed to be made that they made the one they did. And the ruling itself put the finalists at some disadvantage. But everyone has their opinions on the subject and this video was yours.

[@Vicmagician]

I believe rules are rules and if he broke them he deserves the punishment, but advancing a player that already lost its so weird

[@IOSARBX]

MegaCapitalG, great content

[@ConnMann1999]

Pokémon’s official competitive scene (at least the VGC and the TCG) is a shithole. From all the stories I’ve heard many contestants have gotten DQ’d for far less egregious things. TPCi also likes to play favorites when it comes to the VGC. Many people have been banned for bringing hacked Pokemon to official events while bigger names in the scene haven’t even gotten a slap on the wrist for doing so.

[@ashemabahumat4173]

This is so jank, I feel like the opponent's should've just packed it up and all left with no further comments beyond "this isn't ok." Dont gove them the top 8, or even the rest of the top 8 for content.

[@davex7755]

the iron thorns player had some serious plot armor with him you can tell he's the main character. in the finals his opponent with roaring moon played so bad i think he was paid to lose the match 😂

[@MattMatt77]

It means "Jerko ff" kinda like giving someone the middle finger means Fyoy. Calling someone a ja ckoff isn't nice and not called for. Personally I think he didn't know what it meant. Because just like the person making the video a lot of younger people don't know what this hand jester means.

[@ralman88]

Nahh, DQ is rightfully enforced.

[@GofUrselv]

Crazy seeing the prize money Pokémon can give out compared to our disgusting prizing

[@Trustypatch43]

"why immediately go into the deep end and dole out the harshest penalty imaginable" Nintendo

[@vanesslifeygo]

"I'm sorry, I didnintendo that"

[@Dark-Star67]

Honestly I don’t think this was the judges fault because if a tournament has specific rules anyone who violates them gets taken out that’s just how it works so if yugioh can enforce a rule about hygiene and just straight boot you out of the game if you start smelling to much then Pokemon basically disqualifying someone for jerkying it off to a whole crowd of adults and children and not to mention any kids at home seeing this behavior and thinking oh he did it why so I can too is not only unsportsmanlike conduct it’s just straight disrespectful to the game itself. Team Sam took the lose because he broke a rule during a tournament not a locals match not a friendly match a tournament match that was being live streamed none the less. At the end of the day my point is you can’t get mad when you clearly broke the rules and you get punished for it.

[@Nugget6799]

As someone who was there competing in the TCG this was 100% done as a BM and Ian has even said that. It was justified what pokemon did, especially with it being at the world championships the literal biggest event of the year

[@CassiusKent]

Definitely a an eff around and find out situation. You're winning already, don't be a sore winner. Hope he learned this costly lesson.

[@NeoNexudus]

In the UK that hand gesture means "Wanker" which is an insulting and derogatory term. So yeah I can understand getting a penalty because he did it live on stream. Not very PG friendly for a PG company.

[@elliecccg7791]

as everyone said "kids". also this is Worlds i think a harsher punishment was warranted. personally id imagine any kind of gloating could be considered unsportsmanlike conduct

[@shadowpiplup]

So Cap the common consensus is that dude being dqed was the right move. Its the fact the instead if having his opponent win the round in top 4 and changing the result of the previous match that people are upset about. The integrity of the tournament of the tournament git thrown out the window when people saw him beat the other guy 2-0 and he stilo gets awarded the win. The guy he beat also went on to win worlds but theirs always gonna have an asterisk at the end of that because of how the judges fumbled the admission of the penalty

[@ThatMatt85]

What they did was uphold the integrity of the company over the integrity of the game. For a company like Pokemon or Nintendo this makes sense that it would happen and that they would do it. For someone who is a TCG player I understand upholding the rules of the game / the integrity of the game is the most important thing because that's what we care about. But for making sure they keep a welcoming and inclusive family friendly playing environment is a lot more important. And I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing.

[@supernova9361]

if he double handed it, i might've dismissed it as the dude being hyped for winning; but the face plus gesture read as crude. with how strict the pokemon tcg is, i'm not surprised by the result, especially with other commenters noting how they were warned about gestures.

[@colbybastian17]

If this were anything but Pokemon, a game literal elementary school children play, and literally anything but a televised top 8 match, he probably would have had less/no penalty. But it wasn't. Rules like this exist for a reason. Does it suck? Yes. Was the consequence fair? Debatable. But was it understandable, and make sense for a multi-billion dollar co.pany heading one of the biggest media franchises on earth marketed specifically to small children? Yeah. Absolutely.

[@dynosgarcia7645]

10:03 Strong words when YuGiOh has similar rules against missgendering

[@mairain6443]

nah, no breaks, no warnings, why? because he agreed to the terms and conditions before he entered the tournament, that was everyone's warning. you don't call your Op a wanker on stream after winning, it's that simple, what he should have done is shake his hand and talk smack with his mates after he was off the top table, on live-stream. The terms say you mustn't act in a certain way, if you do then you will lose the match or round, i would say the DQ is deserved especially if you're in top cut as it shows that this will not be tolerated and if you break ToS then you can lose it all, lets see how many players will do it during the next major event, if it's none then guess what, they made their point and people have learnt to read the ToS, and event guidelines. The fact the other player went on to win isn't an issue and actually drives the point home to me, it's saying look this guy won because the player who should have won can't read a simple guideline and decided to push his luck, if you don't want it to happen again, follow the ToS and tournament guidelines and ensure whoever you go with is aware of them as well. I thought this would about the Trans nervous laughter and vile judge who DQ'd the kid, as that was a issue and the judge and head judge should have been removed from all future events for not checking the situation properly and due to their own emotional/political bias'. now if the kid was being transphobic that's a different issue but he wasn't, the judge just took a normal situational response badly and decided to be a d*ck.

[@Trujones]

Im sorry, but that face he made while gesturing should be a meme 😅

[@casualviewer3306]

Please don't compare control decks with something as degenerate as inspector boarder stun. The only decks comparable to that would be snorlax block or energy mill decks which most decks are equipped with tools to counteract or outright bully.

[@jojomations2596]

Squiddy got violated by community notes 🤣

[@UmbraBeatss]

There's no dice in Pokemon, he was definitely doing a jerk gesture

[@Chiffonaise]

??? I agree but dice is almost universally used for tracking damage counters and as a substitute for coins.

[@kiranearitachi]

So the issue is, the ruling should have been.He gets a game loss in the next game.Not that game.That is how the judges supposed to rule that

[@shawnjavery]

This is a much stricter message though. I imagine no one else is going to be dumb enough to do something like this for a few years at least.

[@kiranearitachi]

@shawnjavery true but I talked to a judge and it should be applied to the next game I see why they gave him a loss to begin with though since it's a kids game

[@oscardaone]

I actually saw this when uploaded. Didn’t think it was that big a deal since I just wanted to see some Pokémon TCG action.

[@stevenashley27]

Something tells me that the player who initially lost might’ve had a friend who’s a high ranking judge on staff there. A DQ and match loss for top 4 would’ve sufficed there imo. But getting the result reversed AND THEN wind up winning Worlds off of it? Idk….seems fishy. Though my tin foil hat might be a bit tight there

[@Tatsym]

Fishing are we now cap lol

[@max202012]

He was amped about layin down a stomp. It was a heat of the moment thing and he looks young. Didn't deserve that.

[@Rico_Senpai]

Your bias is showing. This dude is a bad winner. Dont forget that Pokemon is a game marketed towards kids primarily. Anybody that does a gesture like that deserves an auto loss. Pokemon shouldve DQ'd him and took his whole winnings away considering the viewer/player base ages.

[@chaudspieler]

The gesture is VERY inappropriate especially with a mainly kids trading card game and Pokemon uploaded it to their MAIN CHANNEL so why didn't Pokemon remove the video? Makes you wonder doesn't it? Of course Pokemon did support the corrupt judges who humiliated Makani Tran over pronouns...so this doesn't shock me

[@MidNightSniak]

Yeah dude totally inappropriate. Nintendo cant be associated with anything preverted when they more then not cater to kids. Nintendo cant have that kinda heat.

[@jessmarz649]

Pokémon is one of the big leagues of TCG and top ip in the world. They have to keep it clean.

[@norg18]

My man showed up Like a dragon at 5:04

[@lewisburton8907]

@ MEGA CAPITALG iam torn on this one on firstly that gesture especially in my school days was known as calling someone a WANKER although it could mean something else however i do see the reason they disqualified him yet they should've done it just after he did maybe 5 minutes it looked like ian robb was arrogantly disrespecting his opponent used a stun build and i know from personal experience in yu gi oh how powerful a stun deck can be, your opponent cannot play the game essentially if you cannot respect your opponent then u should be disqualified when your card game has a reputation to stand by it should be zero tolerance.

[@LuisRamirez-ChaosWolf]

Same here I totally disagree with you on this one….the gesture might have not been intended in the way it was made or so they say, but the fact he is a pro player and knows how it could have been misinterpreted was avoidable… And they treated him well, and allowed him to keep his placing and prizes, cause it could had easily been a dq….a game loss was awarded after the game ended giving the win to the other player, but they did that way so Robb who did the gesture wouldn’t lose on his prizing cause in Pokemon thats what dq gets you. There is hardly any drama on Pokemon tournaments compared to the toxicity and mismanagement of yugioh….Ive played ygo for over 20 years competitively since day one, Pokemon the same and among all tcgs Pokemon is the most friendly and drama free

[@nicksnovelreviews8733]

That’s what happens when you’re immature.

[@aboundingvampirekiller2048]

Would love to see more than Yugioh on the channel. This was gas!!! :)

[@MegaCapitalG]

@@aboundingvampirekiller2048 Thanks but that line about my knowledge being very limited wasn’t a lie 😂

[@aboundingvampirekiller2048]

@@MegaCapitalG Its cool! Pretty good to know. But love how you used the Yu-Gi-Oh analogies here for sure. 😀

[@Dryrey]

Pokemon tournaments are the worst of all the videogames and tcg since they disqualified a child because the laugh when a judge ask him his "pronouns" 😠

[@kadonyt7518]

a deserved DQ, he should've kept it PG.

[@sandycrash8868]

Just fine him out of his prize pool at worst if you and me

[@salbaca1104]

See what i would contend by talking to my friends who play the pokemon tcg while I am still learning as i am retiring from modern yugioh due to health reasons anyway this seems targeted as if you watch round 3 of the vgc event the winner made an up and down hand movements with 2 hands that has no grey area to it no matter how much you spin it you cant punish one and not the other

[@Cronoro]

How fucking ridiculous that they dq’ed him for this shit. 🤦‍♂️

[@navi0760]

Nah it’s deserved. It’s rude and unnecessary.