Subj : Pokmon Tournament canceled after finalists protest absolute disre
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jun 07 2023 12:00:03

Pokmon Tournament canceled after finalists protest absolute disrespect shown 
by organizers

Date:
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:58:09 +0000

Description:
A high-profile Pokmon tournament has been called off in the wake of protests 
from disgruntled players.

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Pokmon Korea was forced to cancel a tournament in response to a creative 
competitors' protest against the organizer. 

The 2023 TrainersCup, a virtual Pokmon Scarlet and Violet tournament for 
South Korean players, was canceled after the top four competitors agreed to 
protest the event in response to absolute disrespect shown to players, 
resulting in their disqualification at the hands of tournament officials. 

In a Tweet , NashVGC shared their side of the story, stating that the top 
four players of the TrainersCup second ladder tour planned to protest their 
discontent with Pokmon Koreas approach to the tournaments by engaging in a 
Metronome battle on stream. 

For those who arent in the know, Metronome is a unique attack in Pokmon that 
causes the monster using it to perform a random attack. In practice, this 
means that their battle would have been completely random, rather than a 
showcase of Pokmon excellence as desired by Pokmon Korea. 

Nash and co. organized the protest to highlight issues within our community 
which they firmly place at the feet of the tournament organizer. These 
include no irl events, constant problems in the tour system, disregarding 
younger divisions [and] absurd compensations for the problems they caused. 
How we got disqualified for playing Metronome. pic.twitter.com/AR6ukdApMU 
June 3, 2023 See more 

Unfortunately for the protestors, the group was disqualified before the event 
could take place. Blue, one of the trainers, was disqualified without telling 
him why. Betago, who was brought in to replace Blue, agreed with the three 
original protestors and joined them in their plans for the metronome battle. 

On June 3, this resulted in all four players being disqualified. According to 
Nash, Pokmon Korea disqualified them on the grounds of causing harm to other 
participants as well as other actions that Nintendo deems inappropriate. 

It would seem that, while the Pokmon Company is capable of making the best 
Pokmon games , it still has growing to do when it comes to building healthy 
relationships with top-level Pokmon trainers. One thing's for sure: after all 
that drama, I'm in dire need of a nice, long Pokmon Sleep .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/pokemon-tournament-canceled-after-finalists-pro
test-absolute-disrespect-shown-by-organizers


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