I was at the chat, I have lost all faith in Wizards, I hope they get themselves out of this one. Here's a letter for Keith Strohm in response to the plan for 2002.

Mr. Strohm:

I have been playing Pokemon competitively for 3 years now. I am turning 15 in May. For the past year I have enjoyed what WotC offered with the STS's. But now with this new Professor Program and Challenge Series, I feel as if I've been shafted, bad.

What I don't understand is why you had to take something that worked, tear it apart, and put in something that doesn't benefit all. The STS was just fine! Everyone enjoyed it, and everyone was allowed to participate. But with the new Challenge Series, you've opened this to 14 and under only. I don't see why that had to be the case, is putting in another division that hard?

And you try to compensate us with the Professor Program. We get judge certification, swell, just swell. And we get to go to this one, one tournament for the year at Origins. Compared to the successful two, the convenient two we've had in the past so that we could go to the one that's closer? Why, why!?!

It's not much compensation still knowing that at the one major tournament I get to go to, the prize is to get to go the the World Championship I can't compete in, and judge. Wow, I'm really going to work hard and buy product so I can judge.

I really don't get why you had to take something that wasn't broken and try to fix it. The way I see it, you have the two large-scale Open tournaments on both sides of the country, and you can throw in judge-certification and whatever, you could've just added whatever you want! But you scrap the one thing we look forward to, the STS.

I don't understand this logic, did you think the STS was unsuccessful? Do you think that by holding events excluding the largest division, the division that gives you gobs of money, will be more successful and satisfy the largest percent of the Pokemon community as possible?

You've ruined what 15+, what the community had, you've shafted us bad. 14 and under kids aren't the only people who like to compete. Write back, I will. I am NOT looking forward to my birthday anymore.

I suggest every person who is 15+ or coming of that age, to write a letter to Mr. Strohm. Stay mature, and be to the point and drive it home. Hopefully we can get this overturned. His email is aikiboy@wizards.com