As our tournaments wrap up for the time being, I've been thinking of ways we can keep activity levels good on PokeBeach. I've been proposing an unofficial Pokemon League for us, but I won't be able do all the planning alone. Here are some ideas I've had that I've been hashing out. They're sort of all over the place:
- A league will allow us to get together during a set time of the week, play, and talk shop
- Discord will be used for voice chat on the PokeBeach server with multiple rooms so people can have some privacy with their opponents during their games
- Games could be played of PTCGO or an alternative. If we use an alternative that would let people have more freedom, like a league would provide.
- This isn't going to be a sanctioned Pokemon League, so there isn't anything to be earned under the Play! Pokemon program
- Since it can't be sanctioned, we're free to do what we want
- In lieu of the big tournaments we've been doing, we can have a small League Challenge when practical
- We may be to find ('we' meaning myself and whoever is assisting -this would be an independent event of members)
- I've thought about offering an incentive for people who participate , but that would require a sponsor, and I haven't begun making proposals yet. Code cards crossed my mind, but if we choose not to use PTCGO...
- We'll need some volunteers to run things. Keep track of what goes on, make a ruling (if we used an alternative that isn't programmed to know what cards do), and some league leaders to help coordinate things
- Our European friends are in a different timezone, so it would be best if we had people who could coordinate a North America league and a European League, etc.
