Derek - Table500TCG

@PokeDuelsTikTok God forbid a white boi fight people with shiny cardboard and shitpost

got a hate DM asking why i bother going to all these tournaments across the country if im not winning, and getting minimal engagement on my content. they called it a "waste of time" lol ?? i just like playing pokemon cards. idc about the results of anything. i just wanna play.

@Celios_Network Should be synced exactly to the irl legality

What do you think about the ptcg live ranked reset intervals? Would you prefer ladders lasting twice as long? Lasting the whole set? Do you like the reset at its current rate (monthly ~)? Let me know! Looking for feedback on this as well as other feedback as an ambassador.

@lowflo3210 @swannoise @Cambo53871561 Otherwise, you could argue that any retroactive Game Loss/ban/DQ/etc that used the stream as evidence would not be admissible since a judge would not be allowed to use the stream to help make a call, according to your standard

@lowflo3210 @swannoise @Cambo53871561 Actually youre right. There is no streamed match exceptions. It is simply can a judge quote "reset the game state to the best of their abilities" As it turns out, since the rules dont say a judge CANT use the stream for assistance, they can

okay but regardless of the go situation the statement about the tcg is simply correct

“Judges are being doxed!”

@GarlicBreadBen @partydrifloons I dont see why not? Game ends when youre down to your last mon rather than no mons right?

@partydrifloons I assume it is more of a feasibility thing. You can’t really do something like a “one Pokémon penalty”.

what’s the vgc / go equivalent of a double prize penalty

@swannoise @Cambo53871561 You cant sit here and tell me thats an irreparable board unless youre blind

@Cambo53871561 First point becomes he-said-she-said, second point I mean yes looking at that before and after, I genuinely do not think that is acceptable

@bumassidiot @LilliePTCG Smart business move, unfortunately. Scum af tho cus i bet the prizing ain't that sweet anymore now that theyre the only game in town

@LilliePTCG Yeah, one of 2 LGSs in my city, and it holds damn near the whole playerbase and the only reason it's that successful is because the owner was losing money every tournament so he can give out better prizing in order to run other Yu-Gi-Oh shops out of business, and he succeeded.

Does everyone have a lgs that they just hate or just me

@LilliePTCG Used to. YGO/MTG elitist vibe den that didnt employ anyone that really knew PTCG. Got caught skimming prerelease/judge/organizer packs (idr exactly). I know for sure they lost their ability to hold sanctioned events. Tried and failed to hold cash events, stopped trying PTCG

@RealiztikVGC @KommanderVGC Former judge stepped away because I wanted to focus more on playing, its not hard to be a Rex or at the very least, the discord couldve minded their own business He shouldve used a burner or if he wanted traction, leak to a content creator and hide your name

@Table500TCG @KommanderVGC Knowingly expecting the outcome of no longer being a judge, you should expect to get removed from the discord too. I’d hate to make a comment about their mind-state because this is probably weighing on a lot of them. Idk if this is easy for any judge rn tbh

Professor Rex got banned from the Professors Discord after speaking publicly about a competitive issue. You may agree or disagree with him. Some people will say he broke the rules. Maybe, but that’s not the point. The point is what everyone else takes from this. If speaking up about an issue can get you removed, people will think twice before saying anything at all. That kind of environment kills honesty. Professor Rex should be reinstated immediately.

@stringbean670 TPCi wrongly believes that they should hide as much information as possible to protect judges from outside hate, but ironically, their hide everything policy is the main cause of the very hate that policy aims to stop

"risks further deepening the divide between professors and players" by doing what? By acting like normal fucking human beings?

@RealiztikVGC @KommanderVGC Dont think they should be expected to fight his fight, but actively standing in his way is a whole other deal Also booting him from an unofficial discord over it is, while their prerogative, incredibly weak minded

@KommanderVGC Not saying his stance isn’t brave or justified, but don’t go after the other judges who refuse to die on his hill or fight his fight. That isn’t fair.

@snorlaxingg @BreaksMik Ohh i missed that cus i was watching him more than the actual battle Idk man i dont know how fistpumping the air causes the screen to go out and back in half second later were pretending Go isnt simply mashing TAPTAPTAPTAPTAP and thats likely what caused it. Weak sauce call

@Table500TCG @BreaksMik no it's in relation to the broadcast disruption they mentioned. I think it's dumb but u can see whatever he did made the stream cut for a sec

Wait wait is this what the judges were basing the decision off of for Firestar? It just looks he got frustrated with himself? If so this is really crummy. Any GBL battler want to weigh in? Would this negatively impact battling for you?

@PokeDuelsTikTok Youre more than entitled to your opinion. In fact I dont totally disagree with your opinion either HOWEVER - sharking is, definitionally speaking, against the Spirit of the Game and therefore frowned upon by TPCi. So if we are to uphold those standards, then sharking is bad

my genuine opinion on sharking is this part of the game is learning how to take actions in a correct sequence. if you mess up, and I don't let you take your actions back, that's your problem. If you're curious on how to avoid this problem, just play better.

@LyricOfWisdom Na, Id just win

Can I ask if people actually limitless check their opponents before they play them at a regional? I've never done it but more and more people that I talk to do it and I never knew that was a thing

@Ch0mp_Chomp_ is it when theres a bunch of lies in it?

Any sort of transparency is a step in the right direction.

@BreaksMik In no way on Gods green earth is this a Warning-able offense. Caution at most, should be nothing. You simply cant say "We want to support this authentic, positive reaction, and not discourage this excitement." Then not reverse the decision

@snorlaxingg @BreaksMik Fined for what? Did it look too much like this??

@BreaksMik there was this too but the whole thing should've just been a fine instead of being stripped of the win

@playpokemon Lied 4 times but sure whatever yall say. No accountability no change as per usual.

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@ben_clark55 As per the TCG tournaments official rulebook, it isn't. Penality severity is determined by its, and I quote, "rewindability" - as they were able to rewind it, it's considered a minor penalty. Match loss is disproportionate and violates their own rulebook.