Qualifying For Pokemon Worlds in 2025

[@aidantauber4699]

I mean at the end of the day it is the world championships it should be reserved for the best players I mean if it was any other sport we wouldn't expect to see little timmy competing in the super bowl because it was to easy to get there.

[@HoopaHideout]

Sorry, but there are a large number of things I disagree with in that comparison. First, professional sports are a completely different thing than a competitive hobby. If you can find me a single person who is paid millions to spend all year training Pokémon, I'll record a video of myself eating a card. Second, Little Timmy wouldn't be told by the NFL that he's in the running for the super bowl in the first place. Third, Timmy's chance at making it to the world championships of children's football have a while lot more to do with his ability to play football and a while lot less to do with his ability to do a scrimmage in Brazil and/ or England.

[@aidantauber4699]

@@HoopaHideout I disagree with professional sports being different. If you look at other sports people still enjoy playing them even if they have no ambitions of chasing it competitively. It is the same in Pokémon also it can be a competitive hobby and have a serious world championships. Second nobody is telling little timmy he can qualify for the super bowl. Pokémon has very clearly laid out what you need to do to qualify for worlds. And based on the information they have given us that should most certainly be enough to give you an idea of whether or not you can make it. third there is no discrimination between regions if you look at what percentage of the OCE player base will qualify for worlds vs the percentage from NA or EU that percentage is a lot higher because they just have a much smaller playerbase. it makes sense that there would be a smaller pool of good players in a smaller region.

[@HoopaHideout]

@aidantauber4699 I wasn't saying that where you live determined how hard it was (though I definitely think Oceania got the shaft). I was saying that the means to play in all three ICs has way more impact this season than it should. I literally held league tonight and learned that the senior who won all of our locals last year had changed his mind about going for an invite this year, because his family can't afford to send him to the number of events it is likely to take to make top 100. That has nothing to do with his ability and everything to do with the crappy invite structure.

[@aidantauber4699]

@@HoopaHideout The invite structure has always required a pretty sizeable amount of money to get your invite. Pokemon is not the great equalizer of life though. It isn't there job to fix the injustices of the world. It has always been much more doable to get your invite if you had the finances to travel to more events. And also no if anything it is easier to get your invite in OCE than it is in most other regions.

[@aidantauber4699]

Your goal for the season also doesn't have to be worlds. If you can only afford to attend 1 or 2 majors then make that your goal for the season doing well at the events you can go to. And then reevaluate, maybe you feel after that you could go farther either in terms of doing better at the same tournament next year and keeping your goals the same or maybe you do well enough that it feels reasonable that you will be able to get to worlds without breaking the bank. Another thing about setting yourself up for your 1 or 2 majors is that Pokemon has a very big cash prizing pool that is available for every tournament so maybe your goal is just a cash finish and maybe if you do well enough it could free up your finances to be ableto attend more events.