hinformation taken from the pokemon professor mailing list 5/23/2002

Open to Pokemon Professors who put in a minimum of 4 hours staff time at the 2002 Pokemon World Championship, this is your chance to compete in a tournament with Wizards of the Coast employees who make the decisions about Pokemon. This tournament will end up with crowning Wizards/Professor Champion for 2002.

August 4th, 2002 starting later that day (start time will be announced on site).

It is being held during the last day of the 2002 Pokemon World Championship held at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, WA.

There is no fee for this event outside of the 4 hour minimum staff requirement.

All registered members of the Pokemon Professor program who put in a minimum of 4 hours volunteering as support staff at the 2002 Pokemon World Championship.

For more information about the Pokemon Professor Program, please visit our web site at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=pokemon/events/professorfaq

Participants in this tournament have a chance to win promo cards, product prizes, and a Pokemon Professor Jacket!

1st place

• Pokemon Professor Jacket

• 24 Neo Boosters

• Pikachu World Collection

• Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)

• 50 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types

2nd

• 36 Neo boosters each

• Pikachu World Collection

• Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)

• 25 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types

3rd-4th place

• 36 Neo boosters each

• Pikachu World Collection

• Complete set of Neo Revelation Holos (1st edition)

• 10 foil energies for each of the 6 basic energy types

5th-8th place

• 36 Neo boosters each

• Pikachu World Collection

9th-16th place

•24 Neo boosters each

• 17th-32nd place = 8 Neo boosters each

33rd and lower

• 4 Neo Boosters each

You will need to bring a 60-card deck that is legal in the Unlimited Constructed format (see below), and a deck list.

• How to fill out a deck list

• Deck building tips and strategy

• Pokemon Master Rules Updates

This will be an Unlimited Constructed non-sanctioned tournament where you will get to compete against your fellow Professors as well as against Wizards of the Coast employees! Each Wizards of the Coast employee that participates will have a bounty placed on him or her. If you meet and manage to defeat any Wizards of the Coast employee during this tournament you will collect their bounty. Bounties can include promo cards, product, and other Pokemon merchandise.

Unlimited decks may consist of cards from all Pokémon card sets and all promotional cards released by Wizards of the Coast. New card sets are allowed in Unlimited tournaments as soon as the product is available.

The following cards are banned in Unlimited tournaments:

* The promo card known as "Ancient Mew"

* _______'s Pikachu (The promo card known as "Birthday Pikachu")