The Disgusting Decision of WotC
Yet another terrible, disgusting choice made by
Wizards of the Coast: They have eliminated the 15+ division from the
qualifiers and next STS. The majority of players I do know, are 15 and
older. They play the game because of tournaments and especially
because of big tournaments like this. Greedy Wizards needs more money though, they want
all of us Pokemon players to make our big jump into Magic: The Gathering.
Now, I have nothing against Magic, but I like Pokemon more. It’s
more fun, in my opinion, and whether or not you like Magic is irrelevant.
Pokemon is our game. It’s what we’re good at it. It’s
what we enjoy. They are trying to tell us what we can enjoy by
taking away the biggest tournament from us, and passing it on to the
younger players, who are actually, just kids having fun that are going to
be pushed into playing Magic when they reach an older age. Yes, that is what I believe is the reason for this.
I was told by a WotC employee that the reason they did this is because
“we are trying to focus the game more for the younger players,” which
to me, was obvious that they just want the older players to go to Magic,
and they can have the little kids that don’t even take the game
seriously playing, as if there aren’t enough already. Pokemon was
never expected to be taken so seriously, but too bad, it was. And
Wizards could use this to their benefit and start having big tournaments,
with cool prizes, like Magic does, so they could get long-lasting players
that spend money on cards, or they could just try to push us into Magic,
and that’s what they are trying to do. What Tyais said is 100% right, and that is that we
CAN make a difference. Petitions are stupid and useless, as are
chain letters. E-mail custserv@wizards.com
and tell them why you feel eliminating the 15+ decision is a bad decision
to make, or call them at 1-800-324-6496. We need everyone we can get, so we can bring this
back. Even for you younger players, you will be older soon.
Call, help us out. Don’t yell at them, just try to explain your
reasons why it is a bad decision. I started playing the game when I was 13, I
believe, and as I progressed, and got better at it, and enjoyed it more I
am being forced away from it? That’s disgustingly wrong. We
can and will make a difference. And as for the format of the next STS, booster
draft? That’s a bad decision, too. What’s wrong with
standard? Why can’t we have a normal tournament with normal cards,
since we haven’t even had a “professional” tournament in normal
format since Gym I came out. Seriously, what was Wizards thinking when they made this decision? ·
Jason Klaczynski www.pojo.com |