Event Regionals Locations Announced, All Age Divisions to Pay Entry Fee

Well now there will be barely any Seniors and Juniors with the price they will now have to pay.
 
awesomeMSG said:
Well now there will be barely any Seniors and Juniors with the price they will now have to pay.
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I doubt many Pokemon players that dish 100 dollars per deck are not going to go to events due to a price spike. I think it will increase prize support that Jrs. and Srs. need. People go top 16 at a regionals and get barely any packs. In addition, usually prize support for side events is low, so this would definitely increase that as well.
 
Why must they continuously snub Canada?? Without an official means of practice I definately won't know if my team is good enough to warrant the travel. Even if it was good, it would have to be VERY good to get me to go aallllll the way across the border. Sighhh
 
Madison Regionals happens to be on the weekend of my birthday. I'll have to make up my mind if I'm going to play or judge though.
 
Just cleared the info from Utah's PTO:

Spring Regionals May 28th-29th, 2016 - Salt Lake Fairgrounds Salt Lake City, UT
 
Elbow said:
I doubt many Pokemon players that dish 100 dollars per deck are not going to go to events due to a price spike. I think it will increase prize support that Jrs. and Srs. need. People go top 16 at a regionals and get barely any packs. In addition, usually prize support for side events is low, so this would definitely increase that as well.
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I was talking about siblings that all want to do it. lets say there is 3, I don't think most parents would want there kids spending $300 to maybe get some packs when they can just go to the store and get 60 packs. But that is just my opinion on this.
 
awesomeMSG said:
I was talking about siblings that all want to do it. lets say there is 3, I don't think most parents would want there kids spending $300 to maybe get some packs when they can just go to the store and get 60 packs. But that is just my opinion on this.
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Well that's true, but the whole point of playing for these kids is to earn a Worlds invite, the packs come as a bonus for their hard work.

Personally, I love that they added an entry free to Juniors and Seniors. I personally felt they didn't have enough prize support. This might be just for Regionals too, states may still have no entry fee. We will have to wait and see.
 
awesomeMSG said:
I was talking about siblings that all want to do it. lets say there is 3, I don't think most parents would want there kids spending $300 to maybe get some packs when they can just go to the store and get 60 packs. But that is just my opinion on this.
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Thats the price of the deck and not the entry fee. If decks only cost 10 dollars each but tourneys were 50 or 100 dollars each, no one would do them. I think that you think that parents are thinking monetarily when it comes to pokemon and I disagree. Parents are either very against or very pro for the game. Parents who are against it won't let them buy packs or cards, let alone let them go to a tournament. The other side is a parent who wants their child to be happy and would pay those fees. Its very one sided in my opinion. If they can shell out 100 dollars on a deck, they can shell out the same amount in entrance fees.

Gengar master said:
Well that's true, but the whole point of playing for these kids is to earn a Worlds invite, the packs come as a bonus for their hard work.

Personally, I love that they added an entry free to Juniors and Seniors. I personally felt they didn't have enough prize support. This might be just for Regionals too, states may still have no entry fee. We will have to wait and see.
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You do know that prize support is being cut from top 1-63rd to accomadate for 64-128 right. It's hard to tell what prize support they are really increasing. 1st place used to get 2,000 dollars in scholarships and an invite to worlds...and there was no entrance fee. Years have gone by and the people and price is increasing, but they prizes really haven't changed.
 
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Elbow said:
You do know that prize support is being cut from top 1-63rd to accomadate for 64-128 right. It's hard to tell what prize support they are really increasing. 1st place used to get 2,000 dollars in scholarships and an invite to worlds...and there was no entrance fee. Years have gone by and the people and price is increasing, but they prizes really haven't changed.
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Oh, ok. Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure what their were going to do with the prizing.
 
Elbow said:
Thats the price of the deck and not the entry fee. If decks only cost 10 dollars each but tourneys were 50 or 100 dollars each, no one would do them. I think that you think that parents are thinking monetarily when it comes to pokemon and I disagree. Parents are either very against or very pro for the game. Parents who are against it won't let them buy packs or cards, let alone let them go to a tournament. The other side is a parent who wants their child to be happy and would pay those fees. Its very one sided in my opinion. If they can shell out 100 dollars on a deck, they can shell out the same amount in entrance fees.


You do know that prize support is being cut from top 1-63rd to accomadate for 64-128 right. It's hard to tell what prize support they are really increasing. 1st place used to get 2,000 dollars in scholarships and an invite to worlds...and there was no entrance fee. Years have gone by and the people and price is increasing, but they prizes really haven't changed.
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I am a senior and my parents make me pay all the tournament fees, all the cards for my deck and any supplies I need. I'm fine paying for that stuff but the are always telling me I need to keep my grades up to go to tournaments. That sounds like a reasonable request except that I was forced to go to a private school because my mom works there so we get half price tuition and the school is way to hard for me. They rarely ever bring me to tournaments so when I go, I have to be prepared. Also the tournament organizers in my area owe me 42 points because they never give anyone any. If I get to worlds, its a miracle.
 
Being a parent myself, with a son that plays competitively, currently at 185 cp, you are either all in, or your hands off. Being all in is that you are very aware of all the circumstances. You check event schedules, keep up on tier deck lists, and you call professors when mishaps happen with points. As a parent you do sacrifice that you will not make money on the game. Yes, there is a 25,000 grand scholarship, but honestly, if and by the time you receive that money, you'll probably be close to have spent that in cards, travel time, and other incidentals over the years. What I tell my kid, is that he has a chance to represent his country in a world wide event. There are very few games/sports that allow a child to compete at that level at such a young age.

Now having said all this, and growing up heavily in sports athletics, I was shocked to learn that there was NO entry fee when my child started playing 2 years ago. In any kind of competition, there is always an entry fee. Because I know this, I will gladly pay for the regional's because I know the organizers need to pay off their incidentals. What I would gripe about is that if the fee is extraordinary high, then I would assume the rewards would be higher -- at least that is how it worked in my day with competitions. Winners could take home t-shirts, shoes, trophies and others prizes, while looser walked out with nothing, but a desire to get better.

Pokemon appears to be experimenting with that mentality a bit more. Is it healthy? Well, there is scholarship money on the line so I think that it is reasonable.

If you ever catch me at one of the tournaments, hit me up, because I do have game. I don't really play because I feel bad when I knock kids (masters) out half my age at tournaments and take that chance away. I know how hard they are working to get to worlds. Also, they are really good and they deserve a shot. But I got game...at least...I think I do? Or that's what they tell me. ;0)
 
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