Dear Pojo
Followers and Wizards (aka WotC), This is General Raikou speaking.
Jason, I’m glad to
see you’ve spotted this early and are actually trying to do something about
it. I’m sure most of us will back you
up. I’m sure you also want another
chance at the top 8 after getting 9th place twice in a row at the
WCSTS.
A little bit about
me:
I’ve been playing
Pokemon for awhile. Probably since I
was 12/13 years of age and Jungle had just come out. I didn’t spend a whole lot on cards back then, I had bought like
a whole bunch of holos, rares and other stuff from a friend I knew to get
started. Then I traded one of my cards
for two equal or so cards, and my collection grew bigger without me paying a
lot. I admit I didn’t play much back
then, but I liked the cards and I soon got into playing. I started out as a pretty good n00b, loosing
only to a few individuals at league.
Then around fossil and rocket, I got a lot better and started to 0wn and
actually have fun at playing Pokemon. I
used to think that in order for me to have fun I needed to win a game, but
that’s not the truth anymore. Recently
I was wishing for league to come back so I can play some fun decks without
hurting my rating. I know DCI rating
ain’t everything, but some people look up to it and me being able to say I’m
like the top 100 in the world, is something cool to say. Well anyway back onto the subject of WotC
removing the 15+.
I’ve played at
multiple qualifiers, and 3 STS’. All of
which were fun, but this year’s WCSTS was the most fun, because I got to spend
3 whole days basically, with Scott and Doll of Pojo, and tons of mIRC people
I’ve met only online. I got to meet the
judges. I got to pass out a fake card, got to see interesting decks, got to
winners and losers, got to see DCI ratings drop rock bottom or sky rocket, and
most of all, I got to see hundreds of Pokemon players having fun, playing the
game they love. At this years WCSTS,
the 15+ was the biggest age group with 200+ players, while the 10- had like
40…and the 11-12 and 13-14 had around 121 or so each, before people
dropped. That has to say something
about the 15+. Without the 15+ the STS
wouldn’t be the same, NO Pokemon as a WHOLE wouldn’t be the same. With these older people buying cards,
driving kids around, buying lunch and dinner, airplane tickets, and spending
just lots of money to play this game, how can WotC turn on the 15+ now. I am in the 13-14 Age group, but only till
February, and then I got to play with the grownups. Its better for me to start now and help us fight WotC and their
reckless decisions, than to wait till the STS and then fight then.
So WotC wants the
15+ to play magic. Well it seems like
they want us too, but even if they remove the 15+ from Pokemon totally or just
even the STS, people of 15 or older will quit Pokemon and not even go into
Magic. Magic is a costly game, and like
most Americans, can barely afford to play Pokemon at the moment, especially
since September 11th. Also
why would anyone spend $1000s on Pokemon and then be told, no you can’t play
anymore, you got to go play Magic, and then you spend $1000s more on Magic,
especially when the Pokemon cards you already have are perfectly fine and you
have fun playing with them. It’s hard
to get into a game that has been around for years and has like what…15+ sets
already? So WotC, I hope you’re
listening. Your plan to move us into
Magic will fail. You will loose hundreds
of thousands, if not millions on trying to move us to Magic.
I’d also like to
introduce a quote I just thought of.
It’s simple and easy to remember.
And the most important thing about it is that it’s true.
“15+ Makes Pokemon
Tick.”
Yes, this means
that without the 15+ Pokemon won’t be successful in America. I don’t care about how well it’s done in
Japan. Japan is not America, and we
Americans do things differently. I also don’t want to hear whatever bull crap
excuses Wizards will have if…wait not IF…WHEN they decide to cut the 15+ for
good, all I know is that those excuses are just senseless crap trying to make
us feel better for being told we can’t play.
Also for everyone
who is reading this, please email custserv@wizards.com and tell
them how you feel about the 15+. Tell
them how we’re needed for the existence of Pokemon. Tell them how the 15+ is the first to come up with 0wnage
decks. Tell them how the 15+ has lots
of nice cash to buy their cards and pay their salaries. Tell them how we just plain 0wn.
This will conclude
my response to Ness’ quick thinking and actions. I’m sure I’ve missed points, or offended somebody. I’ll apologize now, but I can’t promise it
won’t happen again. =/ (Omg…the only =/ on this whole response…amazing
considering I wrote this)
Have a nice day,
and I hope you back us up.
~General Raikou