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September 2011 - Posts

  • Quality of Play Improving

    I have to say I am quite pleased recently with the quality of decks I have been encountering online. I am playing against better opponents with better decks than in the prior weeks, and that's really good to see. Recently I encountered a Mewtwo Trainerlock deck, and it was quite an exciting game. Each time I would knock out a Mew Prime he would Twins for another one and it was a tough battle all the way to the end. Initially my opponent let me knock out his starting Relicanth so that he could play Twins. He put Muk and Jumpluff in the lost zone, and twice used sludge drag when he could have used mass attack. Each time I was able to retreat the poisoned pokemon and knock out the Mew with Yanmega. later I encountered a Samurott / Feraligatr deck, unfortunately my deck came out slow and let him get two samurott's down, and I couldn't keep them tied up. I would poison and confuse one with Roserade, and he would retreat one, rain dance the water energy onto the other and just keep pounding. Don't be put off by your opponent's win count. I started looking for games with my Zekrom deck, and my first two opponents conceded within 10 seconds - but only because they didn't want to play against that kind of deck This is perfectly fine. I don't see many people playing in the Practice Match PvP area, everyone seems to head right for the Ranked Games, Which means if you don't have a top level deck, you still look for ranked games, but concede quickly to decks you can't compete against. Hope all your games are good ones. Professor Oak
  • TCGO Cards for Sale

    Yes, if you visit my site at all, you have probably noticed that I am now selling Pokemon TCGO Singles. Well, actually, I am selling the promise to trade you those digital cards. I can't actually sell you the cards but I can trade them to your account, and will do so! Right now it's a bit awkward because both people must be logged in at the same time in order for me to generate the trade. But hopefully things will get better. I have a lot of cards in stock, and I've priced them lower than their physical counterparts, so why not check them out?
  • TCGO - Getting better all the time.

    Well the codes are out and people everywhere are creating accounts and trying out the Pokemon TCGO, and I am pleased to report that the experience is improving. They have finally fixed the deceptive trade practices by making the wording in the trade screens clear. Finally! You can now buy packs in larger quantities than 1, so spending your credits has become pretty easy. All in all it's looking good, and still fun to play. Decks are starting to sprout Switch as a standard answer to cards like Beartic and Pokemon Catcher. Even my annoyance deck is starting to suffer from an opponents timely switch. I have put my opponent in trouble with a Poisoned burned and confused Reshiram, only to see it switched to the bench, cured of it's problems, and then back up and swinging. Public trading seems to be the way to go to get the cards you need, but guessing at what people want is hard, and if everyone is making dozens of public trades trying to get that one rare card, well it can make them really hard to wade through. I have seen one other site that is trying to sell the online cards, but offers no method for hooking up. You still need both people online at the same time. I will be offering online cards for sale soon, but I'm still working out the details of online connection other than by trading a million emails. Look for the announcement here soon. Oak
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