September Archive

sunday sept. 30th 2001
(last update: 6:00 am est.)


wow.... kinda hard to beleive that september is almost over, huh? seems like i was just worrying about it starting :D

anyway, all three fake card sets are now in full swing. the "Gym: Islands" set is aslo coming along well, although they STILL lack an official name. i've seen the gym: islands site and it's looking really good.... project: z.e.o. is also working hard, and they have a couple cards that are almost ready to be displayed....

ask for us. well pure and i are just putting the finishing touches on the next primordis card, and that should be up later today so make sure to check back. we'll also try and make sure to have a project: z.e.o and "gym:islands" card for you to start off the week and month tomorrow!



gatr met his match?

zeo local, pkmnx seems determined to go to every single qt he can go to. :D he spent yesterday at the chicago qualifier where he met up with trvor of sim and soslowpoke both from the zeo forums.

anyway, from the sounds of it everyone had a really great time, as this event was MUCH better organized than the LAST chicago qt. well, pk will be in Columbus, OH next weekend.... and i know that a lot of zeo members are trying to go... anguris, dugtrio, warlord, and phatgnome are just a few of the people trying to get there... lets hope they do!

oh, and in the mean time, check out pk's report on the chicago qt. from the sounds of it, less people are playing feral and more people are playing other things.... seems like fire (read, typhlosion) is big this time 'round. hmmm... so everyone figures that in order to beat gatr, you gotta play grass... thus you play fire to get rid of the grass... spawning people to play feral again.... @_@ i'll just stick with psylink. might not be the biggest contender, but it's damn fun, and to quote mtm, "way to go!"

second time lucky

UPDATES
fake cards galore coming up • chicago qt



saturday sept. 29th 2001
(last update: 6:00 am est.)


[ech] hmm... gotta update with something
[mars] Ooh! Ooh! *holds up an interesting rock*
[ech] O_ô ..um, ok.... what does it do?
[mars] No wait, wait [breaks open rock, there's crystals inside] Aaaaaaah....
[ech] aaaah! you killed it!
[mars] eeek! [drops rock on the table, backs away and hopes no one will notice it.] I read this in a book once... [buries rock under the floorboards in hopes that no one will notice it.]
[ech] the telltale rock? O_o
[mars] Erm... no. Now, if you'll excuse me... [straightens up and walks away from the scene of the crime as if nothing had happened]

....he's a strange little mole. and just think, if he hadn't left the room like that, HE would be updating right now. ...now THATS disturbing.



touring on...

the sts qualifying tour is in full swing and if has three stops today. Dallas TX, Raliegh NC, and Chicago IL.... and if you happen to be at the Chicago QT you'll be able to meet zeo forumer, Trevor of SIM, as well as i beleive PKMNX. I couldn't remmeber if pk was going or not.... i know he mentioned it. anyway, if you see pk, make sure to get one of his sts qt promo spinaraks!

and speaking of the sts we have updated the sts page with more information, such as the format, and we also have a copy of the new dci floor rules coming into effeect on oct 1st. make sure to study them since EVERYTHING at the sts this time seems to be sanctioned. dci.... gotta love em :D

i have the floor

UPDATES
sts section updates, more qt info, that waky mole...



friday sept. 28th 2001
(last update: 5:30 am est.)


didja see the big sts format announcement here last night? we were updating live from the chat.... so in case you missed it... here it is!

• pregistration is required!! no walkups this year, guys. pregistration will start on October 8th.

• the san diego convention center has been offically confirmed. we found out months ago, but they could always have changed it on us, right?

• side events are gonna be cool! ranging from free to five dollars, there will be something for everyone. this year they will have...
unlimited side tournaments---info pending
modified side tournaments---info pending
booster drafts---
it will be a gym block, rather than anything newer or older as gym is the easiest sets to draft. most likely you'll get 3 packs of heros and 3 packs of challenge.
Theme Deck Challenge--
for a small fee, each person gets a random theme deck. you then take part in a swiss tournament. each participant gets a prize just for playing, and the top 8 get a lot more.

now, all side events this year will be dci sanctioned! so, you will need a dci number to play. you can't register without one either, of course. it will give people a lot of chances to boost their rankings.

• the main events---differently from before, tehre will be FOUR tournements as opposed to 3...10 and under and 15 and over remain the same, while the 11-14 being split into 11-12 and 13-14. there was some dissent as to whether 15+ would get a tournament, but here it's been confirmed again, so hopefully everyone is straight on it now. it will be a modifed format, read on for that!

• you must be wondering what the format is. well, it's a revamped modified...

all sets from rocket onwards, including promos (with the exception of ancient mew and birthday pikachu), the southern islands set, and neo revelation. once again, sneasel is banned....hope she doesn't decide to sue....

 

pretty cool stuff from the chat this week. makes up for the lack of it from pervious weeks. we also found out that revelation will hit shelves laster next month... later being the operative word. seeing as how the 30th is too late to release it (since you need about 5 or 6 weeks before letting it into the sts) then i predict that it'll be out on the 16th or 23rd.... of course thats just speculation.

for the rest of the chat info, check out this
week's write up



• most of you have probaby heard that MEWTWO LIVES is coming direct to video this chirstmas season... (and according to wizards, they are woking on a promo for it....) and now thanks to zeo forumer kazuki, we have a really good
picture of the box.

looks like the video is coming out on december 4th and will retail about 16.99vhs/19.99dvd, or you can save roughly $5 when you
pre-order it now.

• and thanks for
pheonix khadgar for pointing us to another little tidbit. head on over to veronica taylor's website (voice of many pokemon characters if you didn't know) you can get a preview mp3 from the new Pokemon Christmas Bash cd. hmmm.. think misty's song with a christmas theme. @_@.

the cd is expected to ship october 23rd and you can save $4 by
pre-ordering it for $15



hmmmm

well... the staff set has pulled out to a slight lead over the forum set, as they have an actual card finished! ....of course they are STILL lacking an official set NAME.... and that card is even a prerelease card at that....

anyway, Island sunshine shows how powerful sunshine and flowers can be if you're down. with the ability to remove damage and add energy... guess flowers and sunshine really do do that, don't they? :D

stop and smell the roses

so does this mean the staff set 'won? of course not! :D they still need a name and a webpage for their set.... while the Project: Z.E.O. team needs to produce a card and a website.. but no name...

UPDATES
mewtwo returns • pokemon christmas bash • more wotc sts info! • @_@



thursday sept. 27th 2001
(last update: 6:30 pm est.)
big announcement!!!

well, after weeks and weeks of bugging them in the chat, the mt's have finally given us the format and side event details for the wsts! here we go....

• pregistration is required!! no walkups this year, guys. pregistration will start on October 8th.
• the san diego convention center has been offically confirmed. we found out months ago, but they could always have changed it on us, right?
• side events are gonna be cool! this year they will have--

---unlimited side tournaments---info pending
---modified side tournaments---info pending
---booster drafts---info pending
---Theme Deck Challenge--Theme Deck Gym:
for a small fee, each person gets a random theme deck. you then take part in a swiss tournament. each participant gets a prize just for playing, and the top 8 get a lot more.

now, all side events this year will be dci sanctioned! so, you will need a dci number to play. you can't register without one either, of course. it will give people a lot of chances to boost their rankings.

• the main events---there will be four tournaments this time. 10 and under, 11-12, 13-14, and 15+. there was some dissent as to whether 15+ would get a tournament, but here it's been confirmed again, so hopefully everyone is straight on it now. it will be a modifed format, read on for that!

• you must be wondering what the format is. well, it's a revamped modified...
all sets from rocket onwards, including promos (with the exception of ancient mew and birthday pikachu), the southern islands set, and neo revelation. once again, sneasel is banned....hope she doesn't decide to sue....

anyways, there is still more being announced. check back later for a full write up of tonight's chat!



• the zeo forum set is up and running, and they need a lot of people to help. if you haven't checked it out yet, go take a look at the submission information.


update on the side!

as you can see, the sidebar there has gotten a sligh upgrade. it now has spots for primordis, "gym: islands" and project z.e.o..... once we get pages set up for those. hmmm.... project z.e.o. and "gym: islands" have still yet to produce a card... at least the former has a NAME tho.... hmmmmaybe we shoud make bets on who has a card first.

also, in the affiliates bar we have a link to
amazon. now if you shop on amazon you can help support zeo by clicking that link. after recent events on the site, every little bit helps... we'll be creating an easier 'store' soon.... amazon, as well as some other stuff we have planned...



lets do it again!!

everyone like my look at giovanni's machamp yesterday? well too bad, i'm doing it again :P

today we look at a very dark and evil style of play.... the hunters. these pestky pokes provide problems being picked off....

"quoth the raven..."

UPDATES
hunting ravens • sidebar stuffs



wednesday sept. 26th 2001
(last update: 5:30 am est.)


• the zeo forum set is up and running, and they need a lot of people to help. if you haven't checked it out yet, go take a look at the
submission information.



a new revelation in the game!

hmmm.. so many dates have been thrown about..... some people said august... some said november.... some said later. @_@ however it looks as tho Neo: Revelation will be here sooner than we think... in fact your store might even have it NOW! well why are you still reading this! go check! :D

anyway, even tho the stores may have them now.... they can't sell them now... talk about teasing. >_< the reports are varried, but it looks like you won't be able to get revelation until october... either the 2nd or the 9th. i'm hoping for the second, because then i can use the excuse of my birthday to get lots of packs. ;)

if you manage to snag some,
let us know



i'm analytical! how come i get left out!

i just realized something.... dug and hack get all the fun of looking at cards and decks... where's my cut!

then i remembered that i can just go and DO it so guess what.... >:D

sorry hack, its MY game now!

UPDATES
ech finds a new way to pass time • revelation is coming



tuesday sept. 25th 2001
(last update: 6:00 am est.)


• the zeo forum set is up and running, and they need a lot of people to help. if you haven't checked it out yet, go take a look at the
submission information.

• dugtrio from the deck atelier was able to get on for a bit today, and in that time he was trying to get some decks done up, however his service was acting up, so don't know if he ever got them up..... anyway, check out the
atelier for deck fixes new and old alike

lots of action has been going on over in the
forums so if you haven't joined yet... or even if you just haven't been there for a few days, go take a look.

• and as for pure and i.... we have both been working on a few projects. vash and i have been working on something as well, and hopefully we'll be able to debut it within the week. and we also have a bunch of other things to watch out for too in the near future, so stay tuned....

• ps... news in the pokemon world is slooooooooow. i guess if you really wanted i could complain about how ytv STILL is showing season 1 episodes ;)

UPDATES
decks • super secret projects



monday sept. 24th 2001
(last update: 4:00 am est)


• the zeo forum set is up and running, and they need a lot of people to help. if you haven't checked it out yet, go take a look at the
submission information.

• well, unfortunatly both hackman and dugtrio have limited access, but they're doing what they can. hack was able to get on for a bit tonight, and he's taking a look at antigator cards in
the analyst



okay... the sts is in 68 days... man, that is NOT a lot of time.... @_@
anyway, pure has her sts report finished with a detailed and complete runthrough of what we did last time. um... i'd write one too, but i kinda forgot ALL deatils of people i played, and all the side stuff pure did an excellant job of covering. :D

if you want to see what kinds of things to except at the sts, go take a look at pure's report... complete with lots of pictures!

ah.... precious memories

UPDATES
takin down gatr • sts revisited



sunday sept. 23rd 2001
(last update: 4:00 am est)


and i swore i'd be in bed by midnight tonight....

oh well. i was hoping to have the coro coro section for you today, but no coro coro....i think the halts on air traffic must have delayed it. so, don't look for that til next weekend, sorry....i can only get to the store on saturdays. i did get a nice new sketchpad tho, to work on all the new primordis pokemon....i have a new found sympathy towards sugimori.



i WAS going to work on a page for the new forum set....but, i worked on my sts thing and talked to people in the chatroom instead. sorry...we'll see if we can get that taken care of. here's a link to poinko's post, you can re read that if you like. we'll have a page up soon.

Project: Z.E.O. needs YOU!


i got a lot of email about the parduseye card. thank you, for the compliments on it. it's nice to work in some different styles. now, primordis won't be another card of the day type set....i've paid those dues! the big time consumer on this set is art, so expect to see the cards maybe two, three times a week at most. ech will be doing some art, and who knows, we may invite in a guest illustrator from time to time (and no, do not email me and ask me to pick you) we've got some new angles to the game in upcoming cards, so i hope you'll look forward to those.

the staff set is underway as well....with three different sets ongoing, with luck most updates will bring you a card.




i do have my sts writeup nearly done, its taking forever isn't it? im only up to saturday, too. i haven't even gotten to the tournanment part and i know i'm probably leaving a bunch of stuff out. anyways, hopefully i'll get that hammered out tomorrow, and if anyone still cares you can go and read it. :D

see you all later, have a nice remaider to your weekend. and don't put off your homework til late tonight.

UPDATES
Project Z.E.O. • coro coro coming • Parduseye



saturday sept. 22nd 2001
(last update: 7:00 am est)


ech's "tip 'o the day" don't attempt to learn a new program at 5am.... especially when you want to try and use that program well enough to get something done right then... @_@



so then, did yesterday's update confuse anyone? probably not, but still, one never knows.... more on epoch: primordis in a bit...

first off, it's coro coro time again and pure is off getting her jumbo japanese manga, so look for the october corocoro section soon. hmmm.... sometimes there's a lot of cool info in there... others, there's not. who knows... maybe some teasers for a new japanese set? ;)

also, the 'vending' style set is getting in full force. Project Z.E.O. (don't ask... they haven't even told us what z.e.o. stands for....) is looking for people in the following fields...

Attack Super Squad: Your job will be to come up with different attacks and Pokémon Powers for the Pokémon cards we will be making. We won't use these for every card. Forum-goers(Zeophytes) will be filling in the mass proportion of these, You'll be the back-up Attack Squad for when we need an odd Pokémon Power or attack for a card. If you're needed, we'll let you know, and you'll have a certain amount of time to respond. This is so we have the card finished in time and ready to be posted. To be considered for this, you'll need to email us a small list of Attacks, costs for those attacks, and Pokémon Powers. Be sure to label which Pokémon that attack/Pokémon Power is made to be used for.

Layout Super Squad This will be a somewhat more 'specialized' Squad, made up of a lot fewer people than the Attack Squad. What your job will be is setting up the layouts for the cards and getting them ready to be posted. By layout, I mean placing the picture, attack/weakness/resistance/retreat symbols and the text, along with anything else if necessary. You'll need to be able to readily crank out Pokémon cards in an extremely timed fashion in order to get the cards posted on time. To be considered for this Squad, you'll need to email 2 or 3 examples of card layouts, using all the correct fonts and placing text and symbols where they go. It's also required that you use PhotoShop to layout the cards with. Not only is it easier to place text, but it makes the overall appearence look good.

Poke-Picture Super Squad This Squad is more specialized than both the Attack-Squad and the Layout Squad. Your job is to draw Pokémon pictures for cards that we haven't received submissions for. If we don't receive a submission for a certain Pokémon inside the time we need one, your job is to provide a picture of the pokemon for use on the card. You will receive credit on the card, as well as anyone whose picture we use on a card. To be considered for this squad, you must email 2 or 3 pictures of different Pokémon, colored preferred.

there should be enough there for everyone to have some help in the set. they're making all 251 pokemon, so if golem is your favorite, don't hesitate to draw a rockin' golem pic and think up some earth shattering attacks. (sue me for the puns.... its late... everything seems funny right now... :P)

for more information, including submission guidlines check out the post.

Project: Z.E.O. needs YOU!



Epoch: Primordis....

ok.... not many of you were fooled by our teaser image, but just to make it official, the name of the next zeo set done by pure and myself is.... Epoch: Primordis. epoch stands for a period of time, while primordis is a derivation from primordial....

today we have the first of 60 primordis cards, along with a new html layout (hence why i was learning golive at 5am.... somehow chp just didn't cut it...) new design, and yes... new pokemon.

not really much else to say about it, so then here is the psychic starter final evolution...

Parduseye!

hope you enjoy, and here's to the start of the second zeo edition.

UPDATES
Project Z.E.O. • coro coro coming • Parduseye



friday sept. 21st 2001
(last update: 3:00 am est)

Epoch: Primordis (?!)

UPDATES
epoch: primordis



thursday sept. 20th 2001
(last update: 4:00 am est)


well.... there goes my chance to convince mtm to give me the illfated ottawa ontario qt. :D ...not that i was doing very good convincing them (having a lack of actually TALKING to mtm about it and all... you know, the usual)

anyway, wotc updated their sts qt schedule, and we in turn have updated ours. still no word of when the nyc one will be, but we have a date and place for the ottawa one, as well as more contact info for others.

all the qualifications you need

hmmmmm.... i notice the indianapolis qt still isn't confirmed... and indiana isn't THAT far away from calgary.... only 1,500 miles or so...

"dear mtm.... concerning the unscheduled....."

UPDATES
qt updates



wednesday sept. 19th 2001
(last update: 4:00 am est)


man...... what IS it about slow news days, huh? guess we could always make up our own news. :D

...

okay..... since i can't think up any FAKE news either... let's just have a quick look at the QTs that have been going on.

seems like people are trying different types of decks, however the damned cajun cayman is riptiding it's way to number 1. thats good for people who like to play to the metagame, but bad for people who like fun.

there are ways to beat the feral gator tho.... if you look close at the cards. it seems like slowkrow (or is that murking?) can hold it's own, but still even a krow can be riptided easily.

personally, i think that GRASS is the way to go. there are a lot of good grass pokemon that are overlooked, as well as trainers too. kinda funny tho, because then if grass dominates people will switch to fire, and from fire to water.... LEAVING MY PSYLINK TO REIGN SUPREME!!! ;)

UPDATES
lot of talk about nothing



tuesday sept. 18th 2001
(last update: 4:00 am est)


Let's see... it seems like it's my turn for the 15 minutes of fame. I'm sure you've all got your clocks ticking down milliseconds.

Hello, my name is Kajio Makaze and like my predecessor, I don't really know what to say here. PokÈmon news has been rather stagnant recently, aside from the upcoming STS. But before the spotlight moves on (you don't get off that easy), check out a few things about the GameCube here if you haven't already.

Ummm... Don't forget the next Zeo expansion naming over in the forums. I'm not sure if the time limit's up on that, but a suggestion or two for future reference can't hurt. You can feel free to post about a lot of things in the Chatterbox there (as long as it follows the forum rules), just remember that it's not a junkpile and this is an Honor Guard uniform, not a janitor's outfit.

Other news... other news... um, be sure to visit Sugarshock. Great site. Not necessarily PokÈmon related, but still a great site.

What else to say... um... oh yeah... the featured link.

don't ask, just look.

Enjoy that, but not too much. Let's see the time left on the clock... hmmm... 14 minutes and 55 seconds, just enough time for me to say goodb~~

UPDATES
another honor guard in the spotlight



monday sept. 17th 2001
(last update: 6:00 am est)


Well the new season of pokemon has officially started in the US, i think the UK, and it's finally scheduled to start up here in canada too! HOPEFULLY ytv will be showing new episodes today (even tho their webguide says otherwise,i have faith...) starting off season 4.

also, we've been able to get a partial spoiler for all the episodes in this season form
ytv. these are just the 'tv guide' descriptions mind you, and not a full spoiler, but still, if you like to be surprised, don't read it. hmmm... conversly, if you want to know what to expect (and what episodes could be safe to miss. :D ) then take a look. 

season 4 at your fingertips

 

UPDATES
johto league championships



sunday sept. 16th 2001
(last update: 5:30 am est)


poor poor miles... as you can see, he was chosen to do the update tonight... once again, feel sorry for him, as he was put on the spot at 2:30am... >:D



Hi my name is Miles… you might know me from the forums, but uh for some reason ech and pure told me to update Zeo. I wasn't sure exactly what I should update about, and well I'm still not.

 

Yes, just my luck I was given my 15 minutes of fame here at Zeo and I have no idea what to do with these 15 minutes. Lets see here, uh a lot is going on in the world, but I'm not sure about the pokemon world… umm I'm excited about the Nintendo Gamecube coming out this November 18th so I can play the new Super Smash Bros. game when it comes out on December 3rd, that kinda has to do with pokemon. I made a new pokemon deck which I'm probably going to post on the forums tomorrow morning… I mean later today. I've probably made you bored haven't I? Well uh… click this linky thing and have lots of fun.

 

oooh... clicky link

 

Wasn't that fun? Well over at the forums Eric's Mewtwo is having a naming contest (I think its over but the post is still there) for one of the new Zeo sets. Needless to say I think everyone needs to go to that post and demand that the sets name be "Zeo: Bowling for Trout" and if you don't then shame on you. Well uh… I think I'm pretty much done with this wonderful update… it is kinda long even though I had nothing really to say… Miles signing off… XENOGEARS FOREVER!



thanks miles! poor thing was put on the spot like that.

anyway, we also have a card for you today. it WAS going to be a card that was originally destined for the zeo edition, however at the last minute i chose to do something TOTALLY different... that could be with the final update is so late too.. eh heh heh.

just a card...

 

UPDATES
main archive • miles speaks • ech's tm



saturday sept. 15th 2001
(last update: 6:00 am est)

 
• well for all of you who were awaiting the pokemon johto championships, looks like you'll have to wait a bit longer. according to the kidswb schedule, they've moved it back to the 22nd and 29th..... guess no new theme song yet.
• while the nyc qualifier has been postponed, there is still a qualifier in salt lake city, memphis, and philadelphia, as well as roanoke on sunday. check out the
sts section for more details about the two of these.

• rumor has it.... (although
poinko can't remember where... or when... or even why... go flog him, not me) that the fourth pokemon movie is coming.... this november. @_@ hmmm..... that kinda makes things interesting seeing as how Mewtwo Lives hits the shelves in december, and it occurs BEFORE the fourth movie.... hmm... of course i'm sure people will start asking 'what promo do we get?!' pretty soon too.

• now here's something to think about. one of the the most sought after card in japan, birthday pikachu, is being.... released. in the latest issue of Pokemon Ni Natta Wake (on sale 09/23/01) there is a birthday pika, with new art.

rather interesting that they re-released it. wonder if it's a sign of things to come...

• anf finally, PKMNX has been helping us out with the wotc chats when pure was away. we now have a raw log of the august 16th chat, which you can find over in the
WotC Chat Section.



have a good weekened everybody, and good luck to those of you playing in the qualifiers! hope to see you in san diego

 

UPDATES
4th movie rumor • new birthday pika • chat log • qt's today



friday sept. 14th 2001
(last update: 3:30 am est)

 
well today is the day that gamecube is launched in japan... and only two months until it shows up here.

anyway, magmar2000 one of our affiliates has given us some cool ecard video. man.... these games look fun. i mean who DOESN'T want to drop rocks on a machop's head?! okay... so we really have no idea what these are from... or what you do, but they sure look cool! hmmm.... my best guess is that the larvitar/pika game is from the ana promos

more fun than you can fit in a 2" square!




chat madness!

yesterday was another fun-filled chat as the two dark members of wotc took over again. it was a bit more controlled this week than last, but it was still no less the fun.

misbehavin'

 

and that poor sneasel. i mean it looks like she's banned for life. <sniff> in japan she's feared and respected, and as a cool name... but here... they don't let her in tournaments, they mock her with giant "BANNED" pictures, and most of all.... she's called a 'Sneasel'. i mean people say 'gesundheit' when she introduces herself.

....yes, poor ms. sneasel should really get a lawyer and sue...

case #1903: sneasel vs the public

UPDATES
Sneasel Sues! • WotC chat log • pokemon eFun!



thursday sept. 13th 2001
(last update: 3:30 am est)

 
not very surprisinly, the qualifier scheduled for nyc this weekend has been postponed. currently we don't know when it will be held, but dmtm assured us that it will be rescheduled.

also, there is a wotc chat tonight, even tho mtm is stranded in vermont right now. looks like either dmtm will fly solo, or he'll have the help of 'dark master in training', dark apprentice steve.

and we're also working on the
sts pages as well... we have some reports to do up (eh heh heh... pure and i kinda forgot to write ours up.) as well as more researching.



new tomo card

here's a great card for any deck.... it can really disrupt any dark deck, but just make sure not to use it against you. :D

through the darkness (standard)
through the darkness (vs style)

and in addition to this, we also have a problem with the 'vending' set. the co-ordinators can't come up with a name! hmmm.... so unless they think something up, it'll be called "bowling for trout" edition. ;)

so why not help them think up a name.... (although that bowling for trout IS catchy. hmm) and post your suggestions in the
forum topic

UPDATES
Ray of Light • QT Update



wednesday sept. 12th 2001
(last update: 2:30 am est)

 


"this is not a battle between the united states and terrorism...
but a battle between the free and civilized world and terrorism."

- tony blaire, prime minster of great britian



not really much else to say, as the honerable mr. blaire says a lot. something like this really effects everyone. as everything is still developing and being unvieled, all that one can really do is attempt to live lives as well as they can. we send our deepest consolances to everyone that has family or know people in the areas... and also those who them themselves live in new york and washington and who are directly effected by this... the ones that have had to live this firsthand, and whom could have easily been effected more.

again, after this there is a need for donations.... they are in great need for blood, and anyone that can give blood, is urged to. contact your local redcross to find out how to go about and do so. and even if you're too young to donate blood, perhaps donate time and volunteer to hand out drinks or refreshments. pure, vash and i all went to donate blood yesterday... and while i was able to make an appointment, pure had a long wait.... you can read about it on
sugarshock.

once again, pure and i, along with everyone else give our deepest condolences to everyone involved in this, and God bless everyone.

ech and pure.

Links

cnn.com
yahoo
canoe

vash's photos
zeo forums topic

donation guidelines
america's blood centers
american red cross
canadian red cross


UPDATES



tuesday sept. 11th 2001
(last update: 1:30 pm est)


pretty much everyone has heard about the horrible terrorism that happened earlier today (and for all we know is still going on).....

people i know have been checking in all day....vash is fine, his family is fine, and some other people i know down in that area of new york are ok.

vash was on his way to work when the towers were attacked. they announced over the intercom what had happened and as vash got off he took these pics with his handspring's digital camera. this is from midtown, about three or four miles away from the world trade center. vash says the pics really didn't turn out, cause you cannot see all the smoke and dust that was billowing in the air, but here they are.....

photos

vash said the whole city is just shut down....trains, subways, tunnels and bridges. he's stuck at work til they open up the public transportation. he went out a while ago to get some food, and says there are f-14's flying overhead. a plane will go by and people think it's another attack.

i hope the casualties are as minimal as possible, and i'd like it if the forum goers or people in general just wanted to sign in in the
forum topic, so we know how you're doing.


also, those of you who are able, please take the time today to go donate blood. especially in the areas of the attack, but even if you aren't, at least you can feel like you're doing something. i think we all have grown to realize that disasters can strike just about anywhere. here are some links for blood donation information.

blood donation guidelines

america's blood centers
american red cross
canadian red cross


call your local blood bank, hospital or red cross for more info, or call 1-888-BLOOD-88. please.....they desperately need it. not only in the united states but canada as well. if you are 18+, or 16-17 with parental permission, weigh at least 110 pounds and are healthy, please help. go as a group, there are people who are badly injured and need your help.

i hope you are all doing ok....there is just too much horror in the world lately.
pure and ech




more sts stuff comin' your way!

we're rapidly adding to the sts section, trying to get the most useful information possible. Pure right now is currently doing some writeups from the past sts's she's attended (yeah... i gotta do that too...) as well as researching plane fares to try and let people get an idea of how much it'll cost them to fly to san diego this winter.

check back for all this helpful hints soon.



promo 40!

seems like dmtm was right when he was talking about promos... and he just didn't want to give too much away.

after much searching, we have managed to find that elusive promo 40 which dmtm denied all knowledge of.... and it's even an english first release too it looks like.

another day in paradise

ooooh.... hawaii... ;)

hmmm... the real question is, how does one get one of these elusive promos.... :D

gengar sans toploader

UPDATES
ss updated • smug tyranitar • coro coro!



monday sept. 10th 2001
(last update: 3:30am est)


what do fried eggs, a sneasel and an
anthromorphic persian have in common?

an update at
Sugarshock of course!

you can check out a bunch of cool new stuff at pure's other site including a really hot anthromorphic persian picture, some fake cards, and more "purity sightings"

if have you no idea what i'm talking about, get your daily dose of sugar now! the pit of dispondency never gets old if you're feeling down.... and you can already read about my (mis)adventures as a computer-fixing-guy....

shocking

 



mega hyper

its the mega hyper coro coro special! ....or whatever its called. :D pure spent the day scouring and searching and scanning the lastest corocoro for all the poke goodies.

....man, i want to go to japan as does pure... and then we looked at airfair. O_O' let's just say north america isn't looking too bad for the time being. eh heh....

all your coro coro in an easy to carry package

...and in addition to the corocoro... we also have the start of a new series of cards. (its NOT the next zeo edition... we're still working on those) each month in coro coro there's an 'interesting' little pokemon comic, with some of the most interesting characters and drawings you'll see. tonight we have the first of those.... Smug Tyranitar.

whatchudoin'lookinatme....

UPDATES
ss updated • smug tyranitar • coro coro!



sunday sept. 9th 2001
(last update: 5:30am est)


uh.. where's the report?! O_o

well, hack and megs got to the sf qualifier... and from the sounds, they had a great time too. in fact, as of 11pm est, they were still there! ...and as of 5am, they still haven't gotten back to give us a report! :P

anyway, it sounds like there was a good turnout, and if its any indication, this sts will be pretty cool! i think there are already 8 people from zeo that are pretty much assured to get to san diego this winter, with many more trying to make arrangements.

speaking of making arrangements, hotels will be goings fast i'm sure, as people start to make reservations. pure spent the day updating the sts page with information about san diego as well as hotels in the surrounding area. of course we've never really been to san diego so we can't really tell you how good each hotel is, but it's a start!

livin it up, in the hotel california...

 

 



git cher promos

and while pure was updating the sts section, i updated the american promo section. it's now once again complete and up to date with every american promo, as well as the special release cards.

promotional consideratin required...

UPDATES
american promos • sts info!



saturday sept. 8th 2001
(last update: 2:00am est)


misdreavus promo

hey look at that!

thanks to
poinko from the zeo forums, we now have a picture of the new Misdreavus Promo availbe this week at the pokemon league!

 

 



san fransisco qt

are you ready?!

the sts is upon us and that qts start TODAY!

if you can manage to get to Neutral Grounds today, you'll get a chance to meet the Analayst Hackman, as well os zeo member MegaX!

we hope they both have fun at the qt and BRING BACK SOME PICTURES this time! :D

UPDATES
misdreavus promo • sts qt



friday sept. 7th 2001
(last update: 4300am est)


well! guess who's updating.....pure!

ech's internet connection abruptly died on him, so that landed me with the update for today. what do we have for you? let's take a look here...i'm sure i can come up with something nice to give you.....



wotc chats are back!

um, not that they haven't been going on....it's just i haven't been on. so, uh, finally at long last we have the zeo wotc chat transcripts up and running again. i spent about five hours on this one, so go take a look!

 

wotc goodess!


l
et's see...what else....

hackman is busy getting ready for the qualifier this weekend. i'm off to the new york city one next weekend. i'll probably get creamed since i know i won't have time to prepare. ah well. good luck hack! let's hope all those analysts he did will enable him to flatten the competition. good luck to all of you who are participating in sts qualifiers these next few weeks!

i did some updating to the sts qualifier page last night, go take a look if you missed it...in the coming weeks i hope to be adding some more to that section as well as to the wsts section.


hmm....been a while since we had a fake card.....

sorry about that. ech and i are hammering out the details of our sets now. i've been working on a couple tho...if you are a regular in the zeo 24/7 chat, you might have encountered the monster depicted on this card....if you haven't, consider yourself fortunate....

the terrible.... tumbling.....



stay tuned for more!

i have 2, count 'em, 2, coro coro sections to get up, and i hope to get those done by this weekend. ech's been working really hard to get the blanks sections updated and secured, and we've a few new kinds of blanks and tutorials in the works. i'm also hoping to have an update over at
sugarshock this weekend, including more cards, my birthday section, and a new pinup!

see you all later! hope you have a good day.

UPDATES
wotc chat fun! sts qualifiers new fake card! and lots more to come....


thursday sept. 6th 2001
(last update: 5:00am est)


tourin' the nation

wow... the sts season has quickly fallen upon us again... this time vying to go to san diego.

now even if you're over 14 and can't win the free trip, you should still check out the qualifier in your area... many of them are holding booster drafts which are a LOT of fun.... i've you've never been in one, it's really an experience worth living. i know i tried to hold one at my league, with mixed results.... everyone was grabbing the rares. @_@

here are a few tips for making the most out of your drafting experiences.

i'll have a draft and....


anyway, pure worked hard on the sts section, adding in a BUNCH of info for all the qualifiers. dates, locations, times, contact info..... you can find a lot of it in the

wcsts qualifier page!

we have more in store for the sts section as well.. including some guide to the san diego area, infomation on hotels and travel, as well as some other cool things. hmm... maybe we should bring back the countdown clock. ;)

UPDATES
sts madness



wednesday sept. 5th 2001
(last update: 5:30am est)


[carefully makes a fresh table... makes sure that tuesday's table is intact...]

eh heh... monday kinda was hit with the curse of "forgetting to make a new table" and thus will be lost forever. <sniff> monday served us well, and shall be sorely missed...

• The last of the STS packages have been shipped out today and should be arriving in your hot little hands soon. and this isn't the last promotion either. we've already thought up the wcsts promotion (tres cool i might add...) and we're working on zeo and sugarshock shirts as well as a set of sugarshock buttons. watch for details soon.




nothing small about it

more information has been released about Pokémon Mini... the next big (ugh... no pun intended) thing from nintendo featuring our favorite poke's

warning: large tumbs may crush unit

the unit will ship in japan this november for about $40 US and include the game "pokemon party mini." and three other games, "pokemon pinball mini", "pokemon zany card" and "pokemon puzzle collection" will retail for about $10. ...and i am sure that many more games will follow suit.

the main draw backs that i see to this are, the fact that it's in black and white... not much room for expansion there, but it's surprisingly clear. and the fact that... this is the actual size. @_@ [invisions everyone holding their thumbs to the screen] i would say the unit roughly measures 4 inches by 2 inches... great for people with small hands, but a nightmare for those without.
japanese release date is november, and i'd bet that we'll see it here before christams... it just seems like a christmassy thing that niintendo would push. i mean seriously... what else IS there pokemon-wise this holiday season? :/



blanks find a new home!

well.... we now have (almost) all the blanks back up and availble for download. they were being housed by vash, however he unfortunatly had to shut down the server as he lacked a static ip address.

in steps qasic, who is graciously letting us use some space on
qasic.net for the blanks archives. thanks to both qasic and vash who have helped us move the blanks from being hosted onsite to getting good offsite hosting.

check the sidebar for the current links.

UPDATES
blanks! • pokemon mini....



tuesday sept. 4th 2001
(last update: 5:00am est)


STS Qualifiers start this weekend, and if you're in the SF bay area, and get to go to the one there, make sure to say hello to The Analyst, hackman! Its being held on Nuetral Ground in San Francisco. 560, Showers Dr. MountainView, CA. Registration ay 9, play at 11. For more information check out the website.
• The last of the STS packages will be shipping soon.... pure just has to pop them in toploaders and put them in the envelopes.... look for them to be sent off in the next couple days, and to start arriving early next week.




vs in English!

tis not a lie....

people who were lucky enough to get to go to the tropical mega battle last month have a very rare prize indeed.... VS cards in their native languages. Thanks to SteveP from
Wizpog, we have scans of the 30 vs cards that were handed out as decks to the attendies.

they're not wotc, they're not official, but they're english

you can tell that these were made by media factory, and are not official english variants because they still use the japanese placings and font styles. the english cards we saw in corocoro use the traditional 'stacked' energy placement, and a different font structure as well.

of course, it still remains to be seen how these will end up when/if the set comes out in english.


UPDATES
english vs scans


monday sept. 3rd 2001
(missing in action)



oh no!

monday fell victim to something i like to call 'forgetting to create a new table when updating at 5am'

<sniff> may it rest in peace... [plays taps.mp3]

UPDATES
monday, we hardly knew ye


sunday sept. 2nd 2001
(last update: 5:00am est)


since i know i'll invariblly forget later unless i make a note here so i can see it later.... (i have my calender on the phone go off....) today is my sister's birthday... she's finally a teenager. (my poor parents... >:D) and i would give her some cool pokemon thing except she's 'too cool' for poke-ee-mon now. ah well... i'll get her something nice... maybe teach her new bird some russian swears... ;)

anyway, pure got home without any delays this time (yaaaay) and she also got to meet ryle and dune during her layover in texas! [grumbles] lucky ryle and dune.... wish i coulda seen pure yesterday... anyway, they had a really good time, and once pure recovers from her taxing 'vacation' she should tell us more about it.



the nintendo show shows... mini? O_o

yesterday and today mark the annual Nintendo show... and nintendo promsed a poke-filled parade this weekend (i guess to make up for the 'excellent pokpresence at spaceworld... -_-) and so we have....

Pokemon mini?! O_o

yup... announced last night was what looked like the successor to pocket pikachu... i little pocket sized b/w lcd pokemon game. howevern it is a lot more than pocket pika. it has a built in tilt feature as well as the usual pika things, and it also has the ability to play different games... and what looks like a kind of 'versus mode' if you link two of them up. interesting....

the pokemon mini 'console' currently has 4 different games, including a pinball game and collections of various puzzles. not bad for a 4 inch big thing, huh?

while the pokemon mini is cool, i personally would have liked to see some pokemon advance info... ah well.... c'est la vie



custom blank work

did a bit of work over in the custom blanks section today... mainly gearing up for all the new blanks to be posted. we do have a couple new ones tho, but when we're done we'll have american, japanese, and universal (read: vs/ecard)

thanks to anguris (who kinda does what we tell him.. like the zeo gopher. ;)) we also have jpg and psd symbols for all the customs!

custom tailored

UPDATES
pokemon mini • custom blanks



saturday sept. 1st 2001
(last update: 5:00am est)


september! yaaaay! only three more months until the wcsts! pure and i will be there... hack vash and mech should be there.. how about YOU? i'll try and spend some time in the sts section this weekend as well as getting the site cleaned up a bit more... guess we have some time to kill before we start on the next set, eh? ;)

anyway, pure is finally homeward bound from utah.... she'll be back in her own apartment... away from being away... let's all hope she has a better trip home than she did going there. man... i thought i had bad luck on planes... pure seems to have it to. hmm.... we'd better not travel together or else we're liable to end up in south america or something. :D



a couple old cards...

this aslo gives us a bit of a chance to post some of our older cards... maybe compair them to the newer ones... :D

lets see here... today we have a couple of really old cards.... one by jolt, and the other two by ryle... the cards themselves were made by pure tho if i recall... it was so long ago... well over a year... three more cards in the tomodaichigai edition.

hey! look at that! its an original neo blank.... i made those waaay back in january 2000.... they sure don't look good compaired to today's standards, huh?

Eevee (by jolt)
eevee (by ryle)
espeon (by ryle)

UPDATES
few old cards. • main archive



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