The largest change to the Pokemon World Championship structure in over a decade announced
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but how will this affect me, a person with about 10 lifetime CP?
HUH
Everything will change
Smh absolutely washed, I’ve got 8 cp so I’m coming for the crown
You could laugh heartily at people who are nasty at locals because they’re just there for the points and don’t care about other players…
Welp I’m screwed
Pokemon tries to be way too exclusive and that was BEFORE these changes.
Literally just copy Yugioh's invite structure. None of this "travel halfway across the continent six times to get qualification points". Top 48 an event, get an invite. Top 4 nats, go to worlds.
The best Pokemon Player has not been discovered because they're holed up in one state and can't attend anything.
I agree with the sentiment, but I also think that this just further gives the advantage to the players that can travel constantly to events since that will basically be a requirement to make the top cut.
While I agree with everything that was said in this video there is one big difference between Pokemon and other competitive sports such as soccer etc. Pokemon TCG is not just a game like soccer is, it’s also a company that sells cards and a company that sells more cards the more the player base. We saw a big growth in the player base this year for a variety of factors but one big factor was that your worlds invite did not depend on others so it felt that if you put in effort and grind hard enough than worlds is achievable.That brought people competing and filled events across all levels. With this announcement, I fully expect event participation will drop and that will hurt the game brining it further out of the mainstream. I am a dad of a kid who had some dreams of qualifying this year as he had solid finishes locally so we as a family were prepared to chart out a reasonable regional schedule and spend the money and time to give him a chance. Now, I will not be doing that as I can no longer budget since qualification is a moving target. For that reason, we will not be investing this year. I am guessing other people will feel the same way. To me a better solution would have been to change worlds competition structure where people can still qualify and have fun at the event, while being able to budget independently. You can still have the top 125 player getting some significant advantage. A big worlds is not a bad thing, it grows the game. The FIFA World Cup, the biggest sport event, allows close to 25% of countries to qualify and as a result, yes there are some countries that go to worlds and just can’t compete because they are levels below the top competition. But so what? Top teams still win and kid fans of smaller countries still have a few minutes of cheer and a dream that maybe they too can one day be there playing. And that is a thing.
Wow! I completely agree! With this structure players will now have to compete not only with their minds but with their money. I can't imagine being around the 120 mark getting stressed out towards the end of the season because of other players competing for my place. This change is going to make players choose just like you had to do, and that just takes the spark out of competitive Pokémon. I'm sorry that you had to make this choice for your kid but I hope that the money can be used for other exciting things.
You brought a great point about the stress of having to maintain a placement. That will be real. Last year I saw kids who had already qualified for worlds concede at locals to help out somebody who was close to qualifying. I thought that was really cool and it grew friendships. I expect none of that this season.
Or just have your child finish tops at most events. Then it’s not an issue
In short, Worlds used to be an obtainable goal for anyone that takes the game seriously.
They have closed that door and raised the bar to only people that are in a life postion to able to sacrifice time/money, have the skill and take it seriously.
This video essentially says, you shouldn't be playing for worlds anyway, it's not meant for you, set smaller goals for yourself instead, don't worry about the door closing on you, just pretend it was never there.
basically for streamers and rich people who can go to every event.
Worlds has NEVER been that obtainable. It was never enough to simply take the game seriously. That’s obtuse.
It was always based on how many major events you could fly to and how much time you could commit to the hobby.
@@trevormaine thats not true i heard before the pandemic it was resonable to get to worlds as long as you attend a few regionals and go to cups and challenges, in 2022 it was top 8 cups and challenges and only 500 points, then 2023 it was top 6 and 600 points, they are moving the goal post
its very elitist now
Crazy paywall.
I would say the new system is not fair at all to the vast majority of people. To be in a position to make the top 125 for invite, you need to either win/top 4 a regional/IC OR travel to every single event and still place well enough to get your total points high enough. This system makes it so that if you can't afford to travel, then there is no chance to get an invite other than by winning an event.
It’s fair in the sense that you need to invest more into playing competitively. Making it to where it means that much more to win instead of bums showing up to just be there.
this was already the case though..
@@damion1332 not really true. if i was good enough i could get some good placings in the regionals/ championships nearby and my one international. i still had a chance for worlds. now its expected that you need to go to all 3. you didnt have to go to all 3 before if you did well.
@@damion1332 Yes, and its always been bad.
Seems fair if you're a good enough player to be the best player in the world. Maybe less so if you're just trying to luck your way into Worlds by spinning the CP wheel as many times as you can.
I understand your point on not everybody can be the best of the world. However for me, Worlds was more than a tournament, it was the experience of being part of that big and represent my country. However, I think the change might be the best in the long run for the 100% competitive side of the tournament but for the more experience based travelers it's worse. I never tried to be the world champion, I tried to meet the best players and maybe be able to show up and have a decent run.
I'm not American, I live in Guatemala with a smaller circuit and dificultities to travel to every place, it's pricy to go to regionals, because the LATAM ones are too far and the US ones are too expensive for our economy.
I almost cried the first time I qualified and saw the Guatemalan flag in the anouncement, I almost cried when we were in the list of countries in the back of the t-shirt, our realities are WAY different. Most of the players in my country played locally and travel not so far for the missing points and just spend the big amount of money in ONE TRIP, now that's not feasable anymore.
In the end, we can't change the decision, but on your same example, we can't have a Division 3 Pokémon competitions. That's basically just grassroots.
So, just to finish, I love your video and understand your position and I'm grateful for you being so transparent and explaining why you think this is good, however, there are many people that are being left out for this and I feel that for the event itself. So I can agree to disagree.
Love your vids, bye :)
I'm with you brother. I'm from Dominican Republic and we've been trying to grow the community for the past year. And for this season we finally have cups and challenges so with the previous system a wolrds invite was hard, but still doable. Now it's basically impossible when we compete in the same region as Brazil and they get a few regionals and an IC in their home soil.
One good thing about non tpci regions is there are a few slots reserved for people in each country. They should have a big tournament with an invite for the winner in latam countries and Europe. In Singapore it’s literally just like a big shop tournament with around 300 people
Hey there, Costa Rican player here, where can I get some cards in Antigua?
Long time lover of your content and personal fan. Ive always felt like you were a "call it like I see it" guy and you've never been afraid to tell TPCi to do better if you felt they were falling short.
BUT this feels like a video coming from the mindset of someone who has already achieved multiple invites so maybe it doesnt mean as much to you anymore. I remember you being really disheartened when events resumed post covid and you didnt get an invite after coming off one of the strongest starts to your season in 2019- early 2020.
Unfortunately, not all of us are career pokemon players like you. We dont all have sponsors, we cant all always afford to take time off work and the money for travel. Think of how many people live rurally that this just killed the dream for. For a lot of people it wasnt about winning worlds, it was just about the experience of just getting there and being apart of it.
Think of all the junior and senior players this kills the dream for, because now their parents wont be able to afford the travel for them both to be able to go to events and geind it out to not only achieve a top spot but to HOLD that position.
And unfortunately for the player base, the top players who are career players or can afford the luxury of traveling to play wont stop once they have their auto in with a first place or top 4 anymore than they stopped once they reached their 600 before, but its not just about travel stipends anymore. This is going to hurt the player base as well with those players farming events.
Pokemon is different than other competitions on top of it being a business that relies on the growth and maintenance of its community to stay relevant and functional. People spend a lot of money to travel to events, sure, but also think of the money people spend on cards to build viable decks to be able to compete at a top level, and we're fairly lucky in that we have one of the cheaper TCGs. Ive seen some people in discord channels for other TCGs talking about this and even they think its bad. They say point systems like this really benefit grinders and not necessarily better players. Other card games went through similar attempts and they turned into burnout pretty quick. Most of the players that ended up doing well were players that were supported by companies. It created a black hole of people who were sponsored or could afford to attend every event.
As someone whos been playing since the start but never been able to achieve a worlds invite, mainly due to limited resources, its disheartening. It feels wrong and bad. I only hope that they increase the cap from 125 players to maybe 200 and/or possibly add more regionals and/or online events to create more opportunities.
They've corrected the table for payouts at Regionals
My only issue is those who can afford to travel, and those on east coast have a huge leg up. It's not really the "best" ... it's are you good, and can you afford to hit up these events
Basically, distinguish between playing PTCG as a hobby vs professionally. The sports examples were very clear in this regard. It would be good to see the Pokemon Company throwing a bone to casual players in the future.
That settles it. I’ll be content with just a regional championship win
I mean if you win a regional you get the invite still. 8 regional winners and 12 ic players will qualify. Top 4 of each ic will qualify
"Now that y'all don't have a chance, embrace that you don't have a chance."
We in Croatia don't have anything we wanted to try and grind next season to get to 500CP to get qualified for world but afther this a bunch of us want to quit because it whould be much more expensive to go every other week to grind cups in other countryes so this majorly sucks for us
Zagreb?
As a new player to Pokemon TCG, I definitely agree with focus on small targets before bigger ones. My goal atm is to make top-cut at a cup and for me, not going to worlds and just trying to finish consistently high locally is my main focus. After that I can focus on going to a regional event or something like that. But I do feel bad for the better players who may now be unable to achieve going to worlds because of these changes. The changes make sense but I also feel like the alienate a large portion of the player base
But Ash wanted to be the best in the world before he even had a pokemon.....
I have qualified for worlds this year but this is absolutely insane... I live in Costa Rica and we only have challenge and cups not even special events, they are limiting those to 4, now imagine how many travels I have to make to TRY and get into the top 100, this kills the competitive scene for me because there is no competition, is just who has more money to travel...
Now is a elitist competitive Game ....
This hobby has always been an extremely elitist game. You need a lot of money for not just cards but travel and time.
I love the game but most of us just can't participate.
Travel is so incredibly expensive. Food, lodgings, airfare, it adds up so fast. Most of us can't afford to drop a couple grand and time off work/school every few weeks to fly across the continent to the next major event.
money for cards? it was like $50 for the best competitive decks. if you were spending a couple grand for each trip you were doing something wrong. flights for 300-400, cheap hotel nearby less then 100 a night, uber maybe $20-30 each way at most then eat reasonable cheap fast food. less then a grand.
@@preemptivefaceplant5277 Must be nice living in a fantasy like that. That what if cost back in 2004?
@@heavyarms55 if I can literally do that now it's not a fantasy. Sad to hear you don't know how to manage your money and look for deals. Or plan in advance because farther out you plan the less flights cost most of the time.
It’s more than a LITTLE harder… this effectively makes it pay to win. With the point threshold I had a chance. Now I have to compete at like every single event. Worlds invite was a huge goal for me, and now it’s pretty impossible. I’m just starting again, but it’s still something that WAS in reach. I’m okay with not getting in cause I didn’t play well enough. I’m not okay with not getting it cause I’m poor.
Great so if youre a good player but cant afford to make all the international events you aint making worlds.
As the longest OG veteran of the game, you're condencending comments about starting small or going for lower goals is just infurating. Like bro, i'm just trying to make my first worlds. Try being in my shoes, someone who has put in years and years of hard work to never be quite good enough nor be able to travel nearly as much as Azul, Tord, or Wolfe so already at a huge disadvantage.
There's nothing condescending about what he said. SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound. Have you achieved every milestone under worlds?
@@MenkoKun day 2 and winning a regionals are what's missing rn. Closest i've come is 4-0 to 5-3 which was brutal last season. This is my special anniversary season, so I wanted to make it special by finally making worlds. 2-3 midwest regionals and 1 NAIC is my limit per year, so a regional win with these new rules is my ticket sadly.
After many years of playing casually, mostly online, playing fun decks at locals, 2024 season I got my first Challenge win and three Cup top cuts. I attended only one regional and I missed day two by a game. I would love to qualify for Worlds but I'm setting my sights a bit lower, maybe I'll get a Cup win and a Regional day two. But to me the game is about having fun and sharing that time with my friends and family.
My understanding is that ICs are included in the regional BFL.
Wow I'm so disappointed that such a big voice in the community is agreeing with this garbage. It shouldn't be down to who has the most money. Way to close the door on most regular people.
I think the issue is that Pokémon's World Championships is looking like a pay-to-play situation and, unless you're rich or sponsored, you're stuck on the outside looking in.
It also means, for many people, they are feeling like their personal lives, jobs, other interests, and families are going to need to take a backseat because of how much it looks like you need to do.
PCI should put more limits on what all is allowed to count towards that top 125 if they want to shatter that perception people seem to have of it being pay-to-play.
I read the majors BFL as being combined. So it's the best 6 finishes from all of them. Like 5 regionals and 3 IC, you get the CP finish from the best 6 of those
Same here, looks like 6 finishes for regional and ics combined.
I think the same.
Another thing to note is the CP awards at majors has gone up across the board - and when you hit top 8 it practically doubles. I would venture that now if you reach 8th in two regionals, and day 2 one more, you’re likely qualifying, getting top 8 at an international is also now 600 points. They really don’t want the top players to miss
Isn't that the entire point of Worlds? The best of the best competing for #1???
@@daviebroy9174Yeah, but they cried because they had to play "worse" players this season and run the odds of losing more. Cry babies imo.
@@daviebroy9174 I was just noting it because it's a change that will be impactful but I haven't seen many people bring it up at all.
heres the problem it becomes if you pay you can play, it doesnt feel like we can get the avg player to qualify and feels way out of reach for 80% of the players who were doing grinds on cups and regionals whats the point of spending that money if the goal post keeps getting moved further away.
what if money is the issue, I can honestly say a couple of big events a year is my limit cost wise, I am now priced out of a worlds invite, is that fair?
While i agree with all the points made. Personally I think this system doesn't currently work at least fro the Latin American scene. Most Latin American Countries don't even get regionals, and sometimes get the 1 SP event. While other like Brazil get multiple regionals a season. This in itself with the new system makes it just harder for true competitive people of some of this countries to participate in comparison to others. And sometimes even traveling to Brazil for example can be more expensive or complicated than going to the USA, in the past the competitive people were able to close this gap with local events and then go to regionals and IC to fully achieve higher results. All I can say is I hope we get more regionals down here and not only the odd (and sometimes questionably arranged) SP events
I’d be fine with the top X cut, however I think the best finishes for regionals/ICs should change depending on the region. For Oceania, we (usually) get 3 regionals and 0 ICs, so a best finishes of 3 I think would be fairer
this make the worlds championship pay per try, for non americans that have to travel pay big sums of money for our economy is just not feasible any more, is not about who is "casual" is now about who have the money to attend all these events
As a player who plays since october I really like the part about setting goals
It’s tough. I like the invite structure being more… earned. However, earning here might be tantamount to job earnings. Only those who can afford to go to several regulars and ics can qualify. Which could be fine as your devotion would pay off, but it might mean the better players don’t go because they can’t keep up with the cp if the more well off competitors who get 2 or 3 more chances at it.
Doesn’t affect me at all though, I only care about glc :)
I wonder how many new players that were excited to go to worlds this year just got their dreams shot down? How will this affect players who want to play at a higher competitive level but can't afford to dedicate the time or money to do so? Is the casual scene growing with Pokémon becoming more and more competitive? Will we be seeing more retro, expanded, GLC, and other formats gaining popularity? What does the casual player have to look forward to as the Pokémon scene changes? These are just some of the questions that have been on my mind. I used to be a competitive player till I had my first kid and then my priorities have totally changed. It doesn't mean that I can't play Pokémon anymore, but it has made me look at the format from a different view. I'm a huge supporter of the casual scene and I believe that Pokémon knows we are here but just hasn't figured out what to do with us yet. I don't think we casuals even know what to do with the competitive landscape changing. With the growing prices of living how can most players continue to afford new decks as the meta changes? I'm sure most players have a growing collection from past sets and decks that they used to play and collect. If only there was a format that pushed players to find new ways to play with older cards that isn't a turn one turbo expanded experience. If only there was a format that didn't support stall so that both players could play Pokémon and actually enjoy it. Casual players are missing a format for them that is just sitting in their collections. I just hope that Pokémon sees us and wants to make a change like they did with the standard Pokémon scene.
I mean I'm kinda crushed. 100 people? Didn't 250 qualify for 2024? Like wtf. So they want you to grind and grind and grind...
thats exactly right, i know players who travel to regional events, i know a few players who won 6 cups and 6 challenges only to be able to go to 4 regionals and 1 international event, and as long as you stay withing top 256 you have a very good chance in making worlds, do you know how hard it is to top 64 let alone top 8! i bet most players are able to get 128 at best consistently, and if you dont have the money you cant even qualify without going to at least 3 and doing well.
@@GretSeat just US alone i think it was 277. 279 for EU and 299 for latin and similer for ocean
@@alexnas9634 yeah this really incentives needing to go to all 3 internationals just for the fact the lowest amount of points is 40 which going to all 3 means 120 points. thats a big difference
How many times had a brand new year 1 player ever become the game's World Champion?
Also, pokemon is doing a huge disservice to it's brand by limiting Jr's/Sr's to 75/100 .... everyone of those kids have a story that fuels their local communities, especially at their schools and local shops. I've seen it 1st hand. That's half as many stories building the brand and game arcoss NA. You get them while they are young, and they tend to stick around 😂 ... IMO they are shooting themselves in the foot for the next generation
100 is nearly 50% of the seniors
I just wanted to say that I really appreciated that ending speech. Thanks man!
I think we've got a potential new rotation date in 2025 of 'F' regulation which won't be March this time. It's only my speculation but we saw recent two years that rotation was before EUIC and 2025 EUIC will be Feb. 21-23. Which is also very close to yearly Japan rotation in January. Are we aligning our rotation with Japan in 2025 ?
Pretty terrible take, im sorry but this is just $ gatekeeping players.
So much "skill" when it comes down to your wallet.
I love to play just for the love of the game and never had any great ambition to get a worlds invite. I live in Germany and we don't have a great event structure over here. Even to find a "local" event I have to travel a bit. To get an invite always meant lots of traveling to other countries. For me thats not an option, I already often can't attend the "local" events because I don't have the money for the travel. So for me nothing has changed. But still I can see that the paywall just went up and cut off a lot of good players on account of their circumstances. I'll still enjoy to play and connect with people over the TCG, but I can't help feeling sad that as always money can buy you everything.
Good thing I greatly enjoy the local scene.
I think the slow and steady approach would be more applicable if conquering your locals qualifies you to get a regional in your area, then doi no well in regionals qualifying you to got to IC and then worlds. Though under the current system you have to have money and skill, money can still definitely be a limiting factor and that’s unfortunate. I know that that’s true about most things in life but it is still a bummer
I totally get your sentiments Andrew. But people from poorer countries or backgrounds get such a severe disadvantage under this structure. Not really a world I want to live in.
Me listening to all the worlds drama with my locals-only play and my one 2-2-drop regional performance an hour from my house 🤔
Honestly, your talk about setting goals and realizing your limits and what you have to sacrifice was really good to hear. As a competitive guy in school rn, I'm often really confused or thinking about what path I want to go down or what to do in the future. What you said there was actually lowkey helpful. Good video man!
Garbage changes, I’m from OCE we have 3 regionals here and no IC’s. Let’s say Brent T can’t afford to fly overseas but he reaches top 32 in all 3 regionals events that nets him a cool 375 points, 125 for each regional top 32, well done, one of the best players in possibly the world too.
Now here I come, with my big wallet, brand new to the game, don’t do so well at the regionals because I’m bad, but I fly overseas to 6 IC’s and get top 50% in each of them, so 128/256, 512/1024 for example, that nets me a sweet 480-720 cp for just doing almost nothing. Oh wow hey look at that end of the season I’ve got my worlds invite and Brent T got kicked off the leaderboard because I was 20th spot and he’s 21st and I beat him in points. I guess it just goes to show that the players with best money making skills put their skills to the test and out-skill all the other players to go to the world championships.
There are only 3 ICs. Hope this helps.
Then why would someone be stupid enough to try to play competitively when you KNOW you can’t afford it?
@mcspankem Most of the kids are going to have their parents pay for them.... it's not a older persons game anymore unless you're established like Mahone, and that's all your life revolves around in terms of work, ownership, and streaming. If you don't have that set up at someone older with more responsibilities it is definitely going to be harder.
I think the bfl of 6 applies to ics as well - there's a box for both regionals and ics.
I care about the 7-2 split WAY more than the worlds invites. I've made 6 day 2's, and 4 of them i won my last round at 5-2-1. The other 2 i ID'ed into at 6-2. In this new system, on average 1/6 of those day 2's actually happen, so day two is SIX TIMES HARDER for me. It makes going to regionals seem WAY less worthwhile to me
Based on the chart it looked like the 6 best-finish-limit was for regionals plus ICs, not 6 regionals and unlimited ICs.
Great video otherwise Andrew :)
I think the changes are needed but I can see why people might feel let down if they could grind a worlds invite before and now it is just the top of the top and people that can afford to attend multiple events throughout the year have a better chance to qualify.
I think the changes probably need to go further. We should have qualifying for regionals and internationals and cp only from those events count. It seems weird that anybody could sign up to an international and win it without any other tournament and get an invite. That doesn't happen in other tournaments. Yeah people would get byes to these regionals and internationals to get an invite without and that would follow suit with other comps.
With the people that can attend multiple events the points should only be for really high finishes, it seems that someone getting a top 128 four times is better then a person who got a top 16
really because you kinda can for vanguard. just show up to a regional win and now you in worlds.
I’ve never been to an in person event. Idk about the changes I justt it want to hit up a regional and place modestly and I’d be happy tbh
I’m just happy I make it to master on the ranked ladder
We are longer competing against our opponents but rather their wallets
@@KantoCacho why not both?
@@boxkid759 Because those with the largest wallets will get the most points. They will be able to afford to go to all 3 Internationals. As a parent of a junior, I don't thing that he will ever have a chance at World's.
… which is not different than the current situation.
But that's already how it kind of is, like if you need points you need to grind out points which means you need to pay to go to multiple local tournaments monthly if not weekly
@CovertPheonix Next season, players who get points early have the advantage because they'd secure a spot in their region. Last season, all you need is 600CP regardless of when and how a player obtained it. Hope this helps.
Why only 20 invites for all of Oceania? It seems like Japan is getting absolutely shafted here.
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Hard disagree and disliking the video. The pokemon company knows for months every year roughly how many people are going to worlds as the season nears its end. They could even look at registration and current points a couple of months out to get an even more accurate guess as to how many people were going to get invite. This is an easy and lazy solution. They clearly don’t want the game to expand because they don’t make a lot of money from players, most of their money comes from collectors. After increasing prizing they probably just don’t see a point in spending money on competitive
The downside is alot of players are not going to play locally because the price keeps going up for Leagues or Cups and if you have no chance of qualifying for anything then people wont play. Maybe winning the local leagues or cups could result in qualifying for say maybe a regional Championships
This is my concern as well - I think the changes at the regional level are good, but this is bad for the LGS tournament scene. Especially with a BFL of 4 on cups and challenges!
Cup attendance was already low in the second half of the season in my area this past year, and now I can see a world where many players get their 4 finishes early in the year and then stop attending these events, or at least attend fewer of them.
Was not expecting this video
My goal is gonna be to make a glc deck and get a badge at full grip :)
BFL for Regionals/Specials and ICEs are now combined, ICEs are not unlimited.
The BFL for regionals and internationals is shared, so its best 6 among ICs and regs/specs
How does the boot taste ?
this maybe a better change for TPC but it feels like a worse change for aspiring players and makes me personally uninterested in Worlds. wether that matters to them or anyone prolly not
100% agree with you and I think it’s awesome that you used to be a runner and still run. I am also a runner going into my freshman year of high school cross country.
Good luck!!! If you break 15:58 in the 5K you’ll beat my personal best 😎
@@TrickyGym Thank you so much for commenting on this and thank you for giving me a goal for my running.
I like the sensible advice in the second half of the video. Incremental improvement is the best way to go.
basicly a nice way of say. you wont be going to worlds ever.
@@preemptivefaceplant5277 nah, I don't see it that way. Every one of the top players worked at getting incrementally better to get there. It isn't magic and doesn't happen overnight. However, there is the reality of opportunity - not everyone who might want to compete at World's has the ability to grind out a bunch of regionals and ICs to get there, even if they play well enough to get top placements. That has always been that way though. The new system doesn't change that.
Lowkey, i wouldn't be surprised if they bring back Grinders (LCQ)
Thanks for your tip for setting the goal pole and sharing your personal exp !
Didn’t see Orlando on that list of regionals. Hope that changes.
"You are killing me smalls."
I play in Japan and unfortunately it’s about time ptci regions change the invite structure because we’ve never had point thresholds or the ability to go to as many tournaments as we want.
However I think ICs should be open to players in non tpci regions too and there should be one in Asia or they shouldn’t count for points just invites for top x because you basically have to go to all 3 at this point which is gonna price out a lot of people
I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was...
I never have and likely never will chase a worlds invite, so feel free to ignore my opinion
I think this is great and makes worlds more exclusive as it should be. My only complaint is that the top about 20% of each region that just know their invite is perpetually locked up which leaves much less of the actual field in contention to feel they can work toward it and achieve it. The cream will rise to the top though I guess
I caught that reference to the pokemon soundtrack, 10/10
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encouraging people to have realistic expectations and goals and whatnot is perfectly well and good and i generally agree with it, and in theory i dont mind the worlds changes... to an extent (i do think the top x numbers could use tweaking and could probably be broken down more than by region; the united states and canada sharing a 125 person pool seems a little excessive)
HOWEVER
there also needs to be damn good incentive to keep players who realistically cannot make worlds playing; for love of the game and to get better is perfectly well and good, but there should be better tangible rewards during the season for players; other games get some really incredible promos and whatnot and get killer attendance for their bigger locals because of that (lorcana and one piece are great examples)
i think this *can* work for everyone, but the CP incentives for competing throughout a season that they mentioned need to be incredible, and they need to juice the pot at regular cups and challenges further; prize packs were a good start, but they should bring back the alt art promos we used to get at cups/challenges and maybe even print some special full art ones for those events; if they're already letting china print new alt art promos, why cant TPCi do the same for events in their regions?
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My ass is never making it to worlds
It won’t help local clubs
I am mostly fine with the new system, I think it makes sense overall considering the growth of the game. The one item I disagree with is the regional BFL remaining so high, it creates a cost barrier that I find unequitable. That all being said, I do more judging than playing these days so Worlds isn't my goal and hasn't ever been.
I fully agree with u Tricky gym and i wanted to say who are whinning, playing in league cups and challenges often enough to earn enough points with a regional or two added, to get the worlds invite is already pay to win...i can't even afford a single regional or multiple cups/challenges with my income, so be more thankful that u have the privilege to go to those events and have a nice time there
Thank you! This is very reaffirming. I use to play highly competitive and recently returned. I would love to travel and play but I have a daughter so I can’t and I’m trying to learn to play for the love again and not just for ranking.
Whilst I see this as somewhat good and clearly tpic are trying to cull numbers for larger event like regionals and nationals, this can only be bad for locals
if their secret play! points boost is significant then it'll be pretty good for locals
how so?
@@vadersnemesis because what would be the point of cups and challenges at locals for CP if there is a moving target? Before you had at least a target to grind out to help reach qualifying for worlds. Now you’re gonna be bubbled out easily by the “career” players. Those that can afford to travel and attend regionals and internationals are going to get a much better advantage at qualifying than those that can only perhaps attend one regional.
Also a BFL of 4 is really low, so players might max their finishes early in the season and then just stop attending cups and challenges the rest of the year
Even if I don’t make worlds. I’d still wanna show up and watch. I hope other ppl enjoy the adventures of worlds even if it is on the sidelines.
At least I’ll finally attend a regional but now with this I’ll never get the chance to even think about worlds as I have to live nearly paycheck to paycheck in this awful fucking economy..hope they notice the backlash I’m seeing across the board with this move and announce another change
Thanks for offering your advice and perspective, they're great! 👍😎
Damn, I was going to set a goal to try win an invite. Now I can’t afford this
I thought you were Steve-o when I saw the thumbnail
all right, i'm not winning shit until i'm at least a millionaire
This makes it pay to win. Period...
The reason that should be a problem for even people that can do that is that it sets an asterisk on your success as it has produced a gatekeeping on people that might be good that simply can't afford traveling. For example, the upcoming season has Toronto as the closest one for our locals and it simply isn't very feasible to go there even.
It's refreshing to listen to people who don't overreact haha Appreciate you man. Keep up the great work!
because he wants to keep been sponsored by pokemon also has the money to go to every event so doesnt care that he needs to
@@Priestleyguy doubt it.
Great video! The explanation was perfect and the advice given was absolutely mint! Thank you for the content and for all the updates!
Wow, this was an AMAZING video and was a very nice balance between friendly but also logistical. Great Job Andrew!
It might be nice if they just get rid of points for regionals and above and give invites to top X instead at all events like Japan. Eliminates the pay wall
Just getting into TCG competitive so this makes my worlds dream that much tougher lol
Wow. Not aure how I feel about the new system tbh but it leans more towards the bad side. They literally knock out by default those who struggle just to even afford to stay competitive with purchasing decks, traveling to and attending regionals, IC's, and so on by inadvertently paywalling skilled players without much cash to travel (airfare, lodging, food, rides, etc). I know some extremely talented, skilled players that deserve to attend that this will surely effect. Shame.
comments section is just full of people not understanding that not everyone is world championship level.
"its not fair but its what it is" next sentence "PTCI has made a fair system" well which is it haha ?
It is what it is.... Lol
Extremely well thought out and level-headed response.
Love the video, very well stated view points at the end.
Great video. Long time viewer, thank you for helping me getting back into the game.
Great take and great life advice