wednesday, April 29th 2003 last update: 2:30 am

well, pure here for today's update...there's not a great deal going on however so it's bound to be a short one. but, onwards. if you haven't yet posted in the thanks to wotc thread in the forums, and you want to, here's the link to that..... thanks, that was fun moving on, ech did a bit of work on the adv card sections. the english names have been added in and they've been filled in and straightened up. take a look! adv 1 adv 2 what else....ooh! eric has some new blaziken art, you know you want to see that! here it is! funky chicken in other, unrelated news, the new ipod is released this week. speaking of ipods, vash got a broken one from his boss, took it apart, and managed to repair it. go vash! that is pretty impressive. and the inside of an ipod looks pretty cool. apart from that, there's not much else to say. hopefully we'll have something a bit more exciting tomorrow. see you then!

quote of the day: ech: to make it up to you, you can go visit the penguin warehouse ech: sadly, it is a clever ruse... Gloom: aww Gloom: I'd get a penguin... ech: that would be so cool tho ech: having a penguin purity: emperor penguins are tall purity: they are four feet tall Gloom: wow Sharkdog: wow Sharkdog: thats tall Sharkdog: for a penguin purity: yeah, for a penguin

tuesday, April 29th 2003 last update: 2:30 am

well.... as im sure you all have heard by now, another chapter in the wizards of the coast pokemon involvement has come to an end. yesterday in another press release by chuck huebner, president and ceo of wotc we found out about the fate of lc2 and jamboree... TO: Pokémon Community FR: Chuck Huebner President & Chief Executive Officer Wizards of the Coast RE: Future Pokémon TCG Releases by Wizards of the Coast April 28, 2003 I hope you are all looking forward to the Pokémon -e: Skyridge set as much as we are. The Pokémon -e: Skyridge release is a special one for all of us here at Wizards of the Coast because it will be our last. As many of you may be aware, we were planning to release two additional sets for Pokémon fans this year: Legendary Collection II and Jamboree . Unfortunately, Pokémon USA, Inc. has told us we will not be able to release either of these sets. Wizards of the Coast does not know whether Pokémon USA, Inc. is planning to release these sets themselves at a later date or if the sets are on a permanent hiatus. We are still moving forward with plans for a Pokémon Fan appreciation tournament to take place Saturday July 26th at the GenCon Gaming Convention in Indianapolis. I’d like to also remind you that Wizards will continue to support Pokémon organized play through BattleZone, the upcoming Skyridge Super BattleZone, the Professor Championship at Origins, and the Team Multi-play Championship at GenCon. Skyridge is a great set that we know fans of Pokémon will enjoy both to collect and to play with during these exciting summer events. Again, I want to express my deepest gratitude to the millions of players who have purchased our products and participated in the thousands of events that we have hosted such as the Super Trainer Showdowns, mall tours, Pokémon Leagues, and last year’s World Championship in Seattle. We hope you have enjoyed them as much as we have. I hope you are all having a good spring. Warm regards, Chuck all in all.... most people aren't too surprised. once nintendo announced the june release date for pokemon adv, it was questionable as to if wizards would be allowed to ship legendary collection 2 or their own set jamboree... but of course no one wanted to think the worst at the time. i personally am really disappointed that they are not being allowed to release them at this time, because of the amount of work that i know many people at wotc put into all their sets, and those two sets especially. we were lucky enough to see some of the concepts and designs for both lc2 and jamboree and it is very unfortunate that those may never see the light of day, and almost certainly not under wizard's name. so then... next monday marks the real beginning of the end of wizard's commitment as skyridge ships out to stores. there are still many many events scheduled by wizards for both gencon, origins, and of course super battlezone is right around the corner. i would also just like to take a moment to thank [master trainer] mike gills, [dark] mike boozer, [master trainer] pat swift, [dark master] steve warner, [no prefix needed head dci guy] keiren chase, and of course everyone else who has supported pokemon and wizards through the past five years. the game ever would have made it this far without you all, and the level of commitment and dedication you have shown over the years is only surpassed by your love of the game, and most importantly, the fans. thank you all. head on over to the forums to thank wizards for their great support of the game, and for the future... thanks, that was fun poinko has also provided us with a new equation card today. i'll give you a hint... its that little pink thing. no... not ditto. its cute. no.. not cleffa. no.... no clefairy or clefable either. ....no... its not luvdisc... or wurmple.... what?! i think wurple is cute! man, there sure are a lot of pink pokemon... of course, there are still more purple monsters in yugioh than there are pink pokemon in pokemon. i mean go ahead and count them. 90 of the monsters have purple heads... -ech

gotta catch 'em all! with the exception of skyridge, wizards has produced 2113 cards. ...or at least thats the number we get. how about you? hint: base through aquapolis, and all promos

monday, April 28th 2003 last update: 3 am

TGIK or in layman's terms, 'thank goodness for kinkos' ech here on a lovely sunday night in the kinko's on broadway and 7th in lovely downtown portland oregon. there is a 7-11 across the street and FREE highspeed internet (provided you have your own laptop of course) so i'll be here for the next [checks his watch] lessee... flight's at 9am... half and hour to get to the airport... for the next 7 hours... if you're in the neighborhoods, stop by! [listens to the crickets chirp. the graveyard clerk feigns interest in his job while trying to watch ech steal internet] ooookay... anyway, this weekend was fun. it was good to be back on the road again after the three week hiatus. i really love travelling, and its really amazing how you can miss people you work with after three weeks. the guys and girls on the ygo tour are great people, and they do a lot of hard work... its a lot harder than it sounds you know... on the road four days a week.... different city each day... but its fun, and that's what counts, right? :D anyway, pure had a red eye flight, so she was able to stay for a couple hours after the end of the day, and we had dinner then went to the airport. she should probably be home reading this by the time i get on the plane. i got back to the hotel and weighed the options between sleep and hiking down to the kinkos pure saw earlier... and well... guess which one won. ;) so then, we have the weekend report with marril2k coming up after a word from our sponsors... Hello Zeo! Marril here with another one of those user friendly updates. Well the Yu-Gi-Oh tour is back on the road again. This weekend Zeo's own Poinko, Ech, Pure and Gloom where in Portland Oregon at the Lloyd Center. If your going to be in the Fairfield California area next week, why not stop by the Westfield Shoppingtown Solano to say hello. On to the news! Earlier this week we reported the callout for Tournament Organizers by Nintendo. Well Nintendo has updated Pokémon-TCG.com with a new article and the application (finally! We had it before they posted it ;) ). According to the article, Nintendo is looking for Tournament Organizers for an "exciting new tournament series this summer.” Sounds like this summer it wont only be crazy with Pokémon product everywhere on the market but also tournaments everywhere it sounds. Anyway, if your over 18-years-old and are interested in helping Nintendo by becoming a Tournament Organizer, check out the site at: Pokémon-TCG.com   That crazy Dark Master Trainer Mike is back at it again! No, not with the maple bars… He as written another article up at the Wizards Pokémon site. This time he takes a look at the current modified format based upon the data collected at the last Super BattleZone run in February. Something worth checking out: The Master of Darkness!   Lastly, congratulations to this weeks few who where able to correctly decode my signature: Borgman89 and Freon de Glace. Also special recognition goes out to Elric on the Zeo Forums for noticing that I spelt Rhode Island wrong in the message. If your interested in seeing your name on the Zeo Update, why not try and decode this weeks new hidden message in my forum signature. All for today gang, -marril

random fact of the day: 60 more sleeps till Origins 2003 [ech's note] ...but its really not... its really less now...

friday, April 25th 2003 last update: 1 am

hello again, this update may have to tide you over for a few days, since we are off on tour again....this weekend, we will be in portland, oregon at the lloyd center mall. drop by and say hi if you are in the neighborhood! seeing as it was our dear admin angirus's birthday yesterday, i've decided to hand tonight's update over to that loveable and previously unheard of ham-ham angtaro!! aaaaaaaw     hamha, angtaro! i'm here to ta-dah lots of hushie from the greatchu world of pokemon!   ...... weeeell....that's enough from him. [angtaro: bye-q!] we have quite a bit to hold you over for the weekend, so let's get it on. first off, as always on thursdays we have the wotc chat, broken down and sorted out and easy to search through courtesy of marril. AAAAAAAAHHH no more ditto questions!!! and another bit of news for you from the pokemon center......the price on ruby/sapphire has dropped. ¬_¬...... now it is selling for $34.95, AND you get the shirt.....AND you get a ruby/sapphire poster. so, if you are still holding back, it might be a good time to splurge. the t shirts, i will mention, are a youth size large. they fit me fine, but if you are larger than an average twelve to fourteen year old, it'll be a tight squeeze. hmm......the news keeps on coming. got to tide you over for a while after all. now, you may have heard already that nintendo is taking applications for TO's.....ipgeek has a link to the application on his site, www.ipgeek21.com (if you've never been there, go check it out. he has some great photo albums from past events) so thank you to ipgeek for passing the info along! TO application gloom was busy today. he has written an indepth article on the sneaselkingkrow archetype, the first in a series of deck profiles. take it away, gloom..... Hi all, Gloom here! Tonight the first Deck Profile is ready for your viewing. What is a Deck Profile? Well, basically it's a rundown of a major deck type, discussing what it is, why it's effective, how it works, and how it can work for you! Each one will include a template declist for what is usually seen in the deck, a decklist for a version I, or another, is currently using as an example, and a description of how the deck is run. Of course, comments and perhaps a bit of history will abound. ;D Without any ado, tonight's Profile is on SneaselKingKrow, and I'd better cut this intro short since it's reallyquite extensive. :D sneaselkingkrow we're still not done!!! ech spent a bit of time today fixing up the r/s sprite index. we've got all the art we have linked now, so feel free to use what is there for your fake card needs. just make sure to credit the artist. where can i get a good picture of..... aaaaaaaaand last but not least, as long as we are back on tour, you might as well take a look at some yugioh content. hiro sent in scans of the promos from stairway to the destined duel. take a look! harpy's feather duster sinister serpent and um, valkyrion the magnet warrior but that scan isnt working for some reason... thanks hiro! that was an action packed update.....anyways, if we can get internet access on the tour we'll see about keeping the updates coming. if not, we'll see you on monday, and have a great weekend! don't forget, if you missed out on yesterday's update, be sure to go check out the info on pokemon heroes.

quote of the day: mars: *gets out chain armor and sports jacket and helm with cat ears on it* purity: i thought he said purity: 'cat EATERS' not cat ears mars: the cat eaters are on the back^ mars: you have to attach them yourself purity: oh, ok mars: *allows the cat eaters to run around the room on break* gizmo: Oo;;; gizmo: You can't eat the cats! mars: no, of course I can't mars: that's why I have cat eaters

thursday, April 24th 2003 last update: 12 am

hi there, pure here! let's give ech a bit of a break and i'll update! let's see what i can come up with for you.... well, i went to the pokemon center today, to check out the spring fling. today was trading day...no one really had good trades. there were several people looking for things like rayquaza...or your starter....without anything really good in return. sadly, there really wasn't any new adv merchandise either. aaww.... BUT i was happy to see john and damien there. i hadn't seen either of them for a while, and i did worry maybe they didn't work there anymore. i didn't get to talk much, but it looks like the catch em all station will be reopening in may. ruuuumor has it that the eon ticket will be the first promotional giveway in it.....i think it will gear up to coincide with the movie release. stay tuned to zeo and/or www.pokemon.com to keep up to date on the machine. also, bolt2k4 informs us that the center is holding a tournament this sunday, starting at 11:00 am. if you haven't played in a center tournament yet, bear in mind that league play and tournaments are held in the rockefeller concourse, and not in the store. speaking of the movie release.....that's coming up soon you know! may 16th will see the launch of the fifth pokemon title in theaters. hopefully the center will offer another promotion for this movie, like they did with the other one. here's a press release and some screenshots for/from the new film that we got from miramax... read all about it poster screen shot one screen shot two screen shot three meanwhile, you can keep up to date with everything official on the movie at the official site for the movie..... pokemon heroes! still haven't seen the trailer? check it out.... here! scope out those fine titanium powerbooks while you're at it. ;)     let's see....gloom has an ateleir update for us too! why not go take a look at that? here's gloom to tell us all about it.... Up tonight is a Dark Gatr/Noctowl deck that focuses on disruption and denial - very cool, and I loooooooove Genesis Noctowl. Another focused, balanced deck from long-time contributor Bullados that receives a tweak and a bit of a strategic skew. Keep sending those decks in! dark noc lock oh! and over at www.wizards.com, dark mike has another article on sealed decks that's worth checking out...here it is! sealed deck option #4 hmmm......and i think that will just about do it for me tonight. we were hoping to launch something big this week but time is getting away from us, so you may have to wait until next week.....altho who knows? we're back on the tour this weekend, so weekend updates may be sporadic. but, we will see you tomorrow!

quote of the day: ech: mike [hummel] said that they would need around the clock volunteers for gencon to work at the ude booth... @_@ Marril2k: crazy ech: and then people demoing/judging from 8am - 4am Gloom: oh wow, for a moment Gloom: I thought you said Gloom: echidnadsn: mike [hummel] said that they would need around the clock volunteers for gencon to work at the nude booth... @_@ Gloom: whew purity: im not volunteering for that

Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 last update: 5:30am

its all about the tourney scene today! we're into tournament season and gencon, origins and super battlezone are coming up sooner than we expect.... the latter being held at the end of may... origins in late june, and of course... gencon in july. all of 'em have great pokemon events lined up (of course battlezone is ALL pokemon) as well as a ton of other tcgs, minatures, board games, and unexploded cows at origins and gencon. as mentioned yesterday, pure set up an origins & gencon check in topic in the forums... and of course we're taking all deck fixes in the atelier to get your deck fixed up for skyridge and beyond... now then, to help you with your planning of time and... sleeping (yeah, you want to do that sometime... like i should be ;)) marril has set up some pages outlining when the pokemon, yugioh, and risk events are being held... or at least some of them. super battlezone superbattlezone updated list! pokemon floor rules   origins origins pokemon list origins website   gencon pokemon event listings risk 2210 event listings yugioh event listings gencon website

quote of the day: nova and the gloom. nova and the gloom one has a dustpan. the other a broom...

Tuesday, April 22nd 2003 last update: 3:30am

mmmm..... i like risk2210. i've only actually played it once, but i admit that its a really great game. in fact... risk is now officially sanctionable under dci rules ^_^ the official dci floor rules for risk 2210 were posted (only in word format right now.... pdf coming soon!) on the dci webpage yesterday.. so familiarize yourself with them and start making your own risk tourneys! scuba steve says: dont take a risk, learn the rules!   i think the first big scale risk tourneys are scheduled to take place at origins and gencon this year, and we've started a sign in post over in the forums! we should be able to make it to both.... gencon for certain, origins is almost certain.... anyway, make certain to check in and tell us if you're going! lets see how many people we can get out there to the events! Kakuna gulped down the candy, finished it off in a pinch; then he started to feel warm, and his stomach jumped a whole inch! He suddenly began glowing and growing as well; He could feel his body split and break off his shell! His wings rolled out, now that he had eaten his fill; Baring large needles and stingers, he was finally a strong Beedrill! He said his thanks to neighbor Ratatta, then leapt for the air; He knew what to do, he'd give that Pidgey a scare! He buzzed across the field, stingers and spears bared; From the sky he was able to spot the bird's lair. He zoomed in and landed on a branch outside Pidgey's nest; He reared back a stinger, jabbed it out forward, and was ready to give it his best! He stopped his stinger with dead precision aim, He heard a sound like before, but it wasn't the same. He looked down into the nest, which he nearly splintered into sticks; Nestled down chirping was a group of 5 Pidgey chicks! So that's why Pidgey had given them such torment and grief! But Beedrill wasn't worried, he sighed with relief. Right on time, mother Pidgey appeared; And charged at Beedrill with her sharp talons reared. Beedrill rolled and dodged with such ease, and caught Pidgey's attention, and pointed down from the trees. In the shade of a tree, on the ground, near a well; Was a small green bush that grew Bluk Berries, which Pidgeys love so well. The Pidgey was grateful, her appreciation showed no end; It seems as though, perhaps, maybe, bird and bug types can indeed be friend! Beedrill and Wurmple, Pidgey and her kin; Lived happily ever after. Thank you. The End!

quote of the day: I honestly think he's just confused, like one of those scorpions which wanders into a new house cause it remembers that area being desert...

Monday, April 21st 2003 last update: 12:30am

its been a while, but the atelier is now back in full swing as pk updated with a new deck over in the deck atelier. he looked at a modified charizard deck, tweeking it to take advantage of some of the good cards from expedition and aquapolis. charizards power trip! and remember to send in all your decks for us to fix 'em! skyridge and sbz2 is coming! Back again, it's time for more; Let's see for poor Kakuna what's in store... Last time he barely escaped the evil Pidgey with his life in tact; He had quick reflexes and was quick also to act. When after the scuffle, he dove, fell, rolled into a wall; But it was tough enough an experience for him to evolve! He hopped over to his digging neighbors' hole; Their dirt scratching friend, Ratatta, his story he told. 'I'd love to help you', said Ratatta, who seemed somewhat uneased; 'But I need your help first, for someone's stealing my seeds!' Kakuna camped outside his neighbor's front door; To catch the thief and receive the help he implored. He figured the bandit would small, agile and thin, But he was very surprised to find it was a Gulpin! He swiftly blocked the entrance to his neighbors' pantry, quick as a Kakuna could; But this Gulpin was tricky, slinging out sludge, and dissolving the door made of wood! Kakuna had to move fast, and avoid being hit; 'I've got to be careful' he thought 'not to get sucked into that bottomless pit!' He dodged and he parried, and tackled and thrust, and tried using Poison Sting, hoping to make Gulpin bust. It was a tricky battle, one not easily won; But finally, after a long struggle, Gulpin was done! Gulpin wiggled away, and Ratatta congratulated him with a prize most dandy; The hardest of items to find, a tasty Rare Candy! Will this delicious treat be enough to make Kakuna evolve to what he yearns to be? Come back tomorrow for the 3rd part conclusion, and we will see!

quote of the day: phat: we have to do eggs still Shark: you do eggs? phat: we color them, and then my mom hides them, and then two weeks later we wonder what that horrible stench is

Sunday, April 20th 2003 Happy Easter

Happy Easter Zeo! Marril here with your Easterful update. Well next weekend its back on the road for Zeo’s Tour Four, Pure, Ech, Poinko and Gloom as they venture out on round two of the Yu-Gi-Oh Tour. It seems that Upperdeck Entertainment has locked in the route for round two of the tour, just finalizing some malls is left. Why not take a look, Zeo’s own Tour Four could be in your backyard shortly: TourTakeTwo The Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game website recently got a makeover with a brand new Advanced look to match the new card layout released recently. As you can see those fun crazy little circles are shown in various places along with the little name box thingy. For some reason, the site seems to give off a cold feeling to me… What do you think? A small bit of information from pure that just came in, it seems that this month’s Coro Coro promo is Armaldo ex. Crazy little card, 160 Hit Points. Ah well, i guess its weakness to both grass and water fixes that. From the scan i am looking at, an interesting thing I just noticed was Advance promos are numbered ###/ADV-P (in this case, Armaldo ex is 013/ADV-p). Armaldo ex Play Dungeons & Dragons? Play the Pokémon Trading Card Game? Going to be in the New Hampshire/northern Massachusetts area on Sunday, April 26-27? Why not stop by Games Weekend, a 2-day gaming convention put on by the store I run my Pokémon BattleZone at? This month’s celebrity guest is the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, who will be making an appearance at the convention on the 27th. Through the store, you can enter a raffle to be one of the exclusive ten that will play a game of D&D with Mr. Gygax. If you don’t play D&D and/or not selected to play in his game, why not stop by the Pokémon table, where I will be running a DCI Sanctioned tournament at 1:00pm est. Just bring your 60 card deck ready to play, format is Unlimited, admission is free, everyone walks away with something. Here is a fun flyer the store was handing out for the past month or so: Meet Gygax! For more information on Games Weekend, check out the store’s site at JumpGateLink.com (link to Jumpgate). That concludes today’s update, but first, congratulations to Legendary Dog, Politode3, ThaBouncer1329, and Freon de Glace in solving my last week’s forum signature image. If you want me to mention your name at the end of my next update, try solving my new puzzle in my forum signature, just look for a post by me, good luck. Have a great day everyone, -marril

quote of the day: mini: as long as i have my PJS and my long sleeve shirt i can sleep anywhere gloom: could you... could you... in a box? hack: could you could you with a fox? ech: could you could you eating lox? gloom: or with a goat who's wearing socks? gloom: could you sleep while on a train? ech: could you would you in the rain? pure: wearing shoes that cause you pain? hack: surely your patience must wane ech: all this rhyming is insane pure: yet we do it once again gloom: it is, it is, but, quite the game. gloom: and to much gain, we'd not abstain gloom: for we are all here entertained. pure: and yet it's still the same refrain hack: we all wonder, are we still sane? pure: no. hehe

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