Pokemon Leagues & Tournaments

Video Transcript

"What I'd like to talk about now is a little bit about something that Pokemon offers as a company. Offers something for the Pokemon Trading Card Game called Leagues and Tournaments. The best way to find a league or tournament in your area is to check on pokemontgc.com. They'll usually have a listing of places that are offering. Most likely, it's your local comic book or hobby retailer store. Tournaments are when you play one on one against somebody. And, if you win you move on. If you lose, you don't get anything. It's basically like any tournament for anything else out there. Leagues are a bit different. With leagues, what happens is you come in you get a little sheet and on the sheet there's different Poke Balls. Every time you play, win or lose you get a point. If you win, you just get an extra point. When you get to a certain amount of points, you get one of these little packs. When you completely get all the points for that league, you get a badge. The leagues go in seasons. So, each season represents a different city in Pokemon. Right now, they're in Diamond and Pearl. I believe we're in the Sinnoh region. When you go in and you want to join a league or a tournament, ask your local comic book or hobby shop retailer if they are affiliated with Pokemon. They have to register. You'll get one of these little cards. On the card, it's going to give you an ID number. And, this basically registers you with Pokemon after you go online and sign up. Every time you play, your points are put into the computer and sent to Pokemon and you get a standing. This gives you good standing if you want to go into any of the international tournaments. Hey Matt, would you want to go to Hawaii? Oh yeah. Sweet. Pokemon will do that for you. If you win one of the international tournaments, you become the Canadian Champion. Pokemon flies you and your entire family to wherever they're holding the tournament. Last year was Hawaii, which is pretty darn cool. Pokemon is very involved with children. It really recognizes that education is important. And, another thing they offer is they offer scholarships to different kids around the world."