Pokemon TCG Competitive Is About To Have Some HUGE Changes!

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In today’s video I talk about the huge new changes made to the competitive tcg circuit!

[@d35h1]

This was going to be my breakout year of trying to make as many regionals as possible and seeing *if* I could get enough points, but it's now pretty much impossible. I understand the need to reduce the number of places, but 125 seems super low for an entire continent. Plus with the points available at regionals, you cant really afford to miss one

[@adriancornejoalvarado8318]

US and Canada is an entire continent? good to know

[@d35h1]

@adriancornejoalvarado8318 no, but Europe is.

[@TheProfesorZ]

I have a group of friends that I was gonna travel with this year inorder to get enough points to get to worlds. With these rule changes though that dream has been shattered since just going to 3 or so reginals, without getting top 4, is no longer remotely enough to get to worlds. I personally don't like these changes and from what I've seen online, that is the common consensus among players.

[@Mike-sp7zv]

I hate these changes. The elitists seem to like it.

[@d35h1]

It's almost like they're trying to make it professional only, but the whole appeal of pokemon is that anyone can play

[@Mike-sp7zv]

@@d35h1 facts

[@TreeckoTVV]

not a fan tbh, feels like you need to have a lot of money to travel constantly to make worlds now.

[@Knsy]

Taking the good with the bad 😅 Most cards printed Most attendees at regionals Less players invited

[@StrafeEnt]

Also no one is talking about a potential reward system for dedicated players that functions similar to the recent fixed-CP system for invites, it's mentioned briefly in the post by Pokemon but the details are not listed.

[@reaperstall9321]

At the end of the video you give the completely different perspective of how to approach this upcoming season and that's something that a lot of people need to hear

[@warmenace]

I don't mind worlds being more competitive, however punishing ties just feels like their intentionally trying to reduced deck diversity which is a huge turn off to me

[@GunnerRTCGPKMN]

Them stall decks needed to be delt with tbh I just hope the judges aren’t rushing

[@derekjeter3654]

Tbh i really like the new tournament rules. I really hate to see so many ties in every single tournament. This will force players to play fast decks instead of boring and slow decks like gardevoir and snorlax stall

[@JonathanMorsinkhoff]

Just to clarify on BFL, for league cups, if you do like 20 of them, the points/placements for your best 4 of them are what are counted?

[@jackloutsch6425]

8 billion people eligible to play and we will only let in 500. That is insane odds. 😢😢

[@MrXmoda]

Welp either bink a regional win or go to all 3 IC’s for worlds inv now

[@StrafeEnt]

BFL is combined for Regionals, Specials and ICs

[@lodgedogg5611]

everyone keeps saying people will play decks that dont tie as much when we all know it will just be they play the same deck and if they win round one they will slow play even more so they get the win

[@JO-iv7tl]

This move is to curtail the growth of the game itself. Making it reward from the top down heavily makes this game even less accessable than it was before. Which is counterintuitive to how accessable the game has become at the ground level. With card singles being redily available, card shops/online, and overall card prices being lower. This decision feels one step forward and three steps backwards.

[@DonnieBlades]

I think us and Canada should be just a lil more ppl.

[@BasedTCG]

Bad move, will be a massive drop in participation

[@emafat32]

On locals but not in regionals

[@BasedTCG]

@@emafat32 locals is what drives the game forward and keeps it growing, not regionals

[@lukassimokaitis1362]

You can tie but than no loss :). You can make 5/0/3 for 18 or 6/0/3 for 21

[@MrWessiide]

So Pokemon is manipulating their own meta with the tie situation. Now you have no choice but to play stupid turbo hit for 350 damage every turn dunk decks. What a disgrace TPCI.

[@sogevids]

Was going to play for an invite, now I'm not going to any majors. I'm not finishing top 125 so I'm not spending thousands on travel. See ya guys!

[@xcyphs]

i don't mind the changes, but my opinion isn't really valid because i don't go for a worlds invite

[@GoOKuSj33]

I play 4fun, I think I have all life 8 cp 😂 I won a small tournament and got 1 CP, riveting, worlds is definitely not the place for me.

[@xcyphs]

@@GoOKuSj33I also just play for fun. I have a full time job so I don't have time to practice all day and travel to all the majors to even try and go for a worlds invite. Maybe one day

[@KristianVuozzo]

Ldf logistically if you go 6/0/3 you make day 2 so for control or stall players they can’t lose if they want to have ties

[@spacedaddy6181]

Interesting that they got rid of OCIC😮

[@GoOKuSj33]

I saw it earlier, I don't play professionally, but this is dumb, wtf they doing bro.

[@mauriciopatino7469]

Your math is off, 6-0-3 is 21 match points.

[@tannerfaucheux1527]

Don't we want the top most dedicated and skillful players in worlds though...I really don't see the issue here.

[@Nebulore]

There will be many extremely skillful players who can not do this because they can not afford it. Skill now equals who has the most money to blow traveling across the country, or overseas, to keep their spot.

[@tannerfaucheux1527]

@Nebulore Skillful players that can only afford a few events wouldn't make it in the old format either so there really is no change.

[@Nebulore]

@@tannerfaucheux1527 Disagree.

[@JoshB-www1230]

Ty bro

[@KantoCacho]

I disagree. A viable strategy last season was to play Garde and win game One to stall the set.

[@Mike-sp7zv]

BOOOO!!!

[@isoldmymumforrp5371]

Not as I as a Student could affort to fly to fking worlds, I do have the points for. But how unfair is it from europe point of view. We have 2 fking regionals in Whole germany, Still 5 hours to drive to. US has like 200 bazillion regionals.

[@d35h1]

At least you have two, in the UK we currently only have EUIC on that list currently

[@isoldmymumforrp5371]

@@d35h1 ye thats just stupid. And then people from us complain that us and canada are combined lmao

[@Skyace13]

I agree there should be more regionals, but i would kill to only have to drive 5 hours to a regional. The regionals at closest are like 8 hours apart. There is one regional on the west coast, one on the east coast, one in Canada (north, but also east) and one in Kentucky (central and also east). NAIC is in the south. Many Americans have a longer drive to even their closest regional.

[@isoldmymumforrp5371]

@@Skyace13 Well 5 or 8, you most likely will have to get a hotel room anyway and sleep over night I guess. Cant drive 3Hours + and play consistenly good, atleast for e.

[@jota_wp_12]

Bleybleyd

[@savage9264]

You pronounce it Louiey-Ville, or Lou-ah-Ville. Pronouncing the S lets us locals know that you are a tourist

[@Drew-ix5ih]

playing for a tied result is beta, top players not attending because of it? lol makes sense u would think that way lmao pokemon tcg is so soft.

[@JoshB-www1230]

Do you like your second channel fell off?

[@JoshB-www1230]

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