The Real Pokemon Story: San Francisco (Page 1)

The Real Pokemon Story: San Francisco

With only three days left until the World Circuit gets underway at the Pokemon Video Game Championships, GamePro's resident Pokemaniac finally breaks the silence on his hilarious defeat at the San Francisco Regionals.

"Our resident Pokemaniac McKinley Noble said he was going to clean up at the San Francisco regionals, but his name is nowhere to be seen on the winner's lists. I'm sure we'll hear his side of the story soon. In the meantime, I'm just going to rampantly make fun of him." -- Dave Rudden

Sigh.

Pokemon, as I've said before, is serious business. Gamers will train their teams, haggle over shared items and breed legions of the addictive little critters like it's a national sport. And who's to say that it isn't? When you're competing in the Pokemon Video Game Championships, a lot is on the line. Pride, money, bragging rights -- every Pokemon Trainer that competes in the Video Game Championships is as dedicated as the NHL's top goalie, or the Ultimate Fighting Championship's current pound-for-pound top fighters.

Pokemon @ GamePro!

After barely surviving the second round of the San Francisco Regionals, I learned two things: I have a long way to go, and Pokemon is still just as intense as it was when gamers where hooking up their old gray Game Boys with link cables.

People didn't even wait until the San Francisco Regionals started: as my friends and I booted up our Pokemon Platinum games, we could already see players duking it out on the lobby floor with the Nintendo Wi-Fi network. It was staggering. You could barely move in the online hub without being approached for a trade or an tune-up battle, and judging by the vast lineups of Psychic, Dragon, Ghost and Dark-type Pokemon powerhouses, everyone from the oldest guy to the smallest girl in the tournament was packing some serious heat.

The Real Pokemon Story: San Francisco

Pokemon fans everywhere, I salute your tireless dedication.

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DaveRudden

McKinley, even though you beat the 15-year old girl, I'm still going to mercilessly make fun of you.

KenTheGreat1

Starcraft_Fanatic95 wrote:

Hey McKinley, whats your lineup and levels?

Well, I currently pack a Lvl-85 Torterra, a Lvl-75 Starmie, a Lvl-80 Absol, and I rotate Kanto members from my crew like Lvl 100-Venusaur, Lvl-50 Snorlax, and Lvl-50 Articuno. I love my Lvl-100 Staraptor, too. I picked it up after the SF trip.

Starcraft_Fanatic95

k, whats your friend code? My team is a LV100 Torterra, a LV100 Staraptor, a LV100 Giratina, a LV100 Gasatrodon, a LV89 Togekiss, and a LV100 Roserade. Will u face me over Wi-fi?

DoubleUp

You, and the people you faced, have quite a bit to learn.

For one thing, it doesn't seem like anyone used any sort of strategy. If I read correctly, you put Flamethrower on your Aerodactyl. What?

Alos, I guess no one knows anything of EVs or IVs. They can make a HUGE difference.

I mean, it may just be a game for fun, but as you said, Pokemon can be serious business.

And, with that, friend codes anyone?

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