I am just gonna put it bluntly. Some people just full out power trip when they are put in a position of power. That is a serious problem especially with a company such as pokemon. That judge should not have been put in that position. In vancouver regionals last year their were 2 judges I saw being quite aggressive over a spectator standing in the wrong area during a round was beginning. The spectator genuinely had no idea and the judges treated him very poorly.
Same exact thing happened to me at Worlds last year as a spectator, I contacted customer support right after and they apologised for the situation, as spectators are there to spectate and support the event, hobby and people, not just be a source of money and be mistreated.
I got permission to film from the head of staff, but one of the judges found it personally awful that I was doing vlogs and wanted to have a dad conversation with me. Was kinda weird.
This is Alex, just wanted to say it was awesome meeting you! I’m sorry for what happened with the judges, I will recommend all my homies and locals to your channel for sure and will say hi to you at future events
This is honestly very disheartening as a new competitive player. Situations like this and the one mentioned in your video are the reasons people don't want to attend tournaments. You shouldn't have to walk on eggshells and be in fear of something very absurd like this happening at a tournament.
literally im in the same boat, super new into tcg as well so hearing this is very alarming especially cuz i want to go to orlando later this year. no one should have to experience anything even close to this
As someone that was at San Antonio and goes to events frequently, it's frustrating to hear this happened, but it does sound like there was some sensitive information about the emergency situation, and where in Pokemon there is specifically having a history where people lack empathy about upsetting situations, it's really hard to provide the benefit of the doubt. An organizer's job is to prioritize the needs of the many, and when you could end it by removing the issue and continuing with the event, it doesn't make this any less upsetting, but it's difficult for everyone to ensure empathy the whole time
With that in mind, I wouldn't want an experience like this to keep you from going to events, they can be a lot of money, but it's an opportunity to meet countless people of countless backgrounds all united out of love of the same game
This is why I subscribe; your introspection of your actions AND other people really highlight the competitive and cooperative nature of Pokemon. You learn lessons every chance you get, even after going through a terrible event. Keep up the spirit and great attitude. ✌️
Hey! I'm judge who plays ampharos! I'm glad you enjoyed meeting me. I dud even know who you was til Charlotte and one if my fellow staff told me you mentioned me here. Thank you! I'm happy I was good highlight for you. 😊
Ayyy!! Yeah it was a pleasure meeting you! I actually even played Amoharos ex to the regionals in Charlotte this past weekend and somehow convinced a good amount of other people to use it in their decks as well lol! ⚡️⚡️ Hope all is well :)
Getting accused of something I can prove I didn't do and having no one believe me is one of the most upsetting things to me. Bob is a complete jerk. Im sorry you had such a bad experience. I hope the next one is better!
Hi Christian, please don’t let these experiences put you off playing, I started watching your content in 2022 and it inspired me to get back into Pokémon, I’m now the TO of the local gaming store I work at and I’m attending my first regional in Liverpool next month, that’s all from watching your content! Have a great 2024 and keep putting out the awesome videos!!
That's a wild story! It really sucks to get accused of something you didn't do, especially when they wont listen to you in the heat of the moment. Judges really need to be self-aware about their own emotions. It sounds like you really did nothing wrong. Glad you were able to deescalate the situation and get your name cleared!
"Bob" definitely sounds like the kind of person who gets a little bit of power and decides to abuse it as much as possible. I also suspect he's a little jealous of your success which is why he was asking you all those weird questions.
honestly those two judges should be called out those people should not be in their positions of power based on how they reacted and acted towards you super scary!!! if anyone should be banned its them.
That's definitely not a great experience. Honestly, you should file an official complaint to TPCI. Judges, staff, and an official rep should act with much more professionalism. There should be a review on how they handle situations, and clearly, there has to be accountability for judges.
Could really feel how emotional you got with the photage of you being very down, i'm sorry to hear that happen to you, you really look like a cheerful and enthusiastic person and it sucks when that type of stuff happens to people like you, hope you get over it soon🙏🤞😢
It’s all good fam 😮💨 They definitely could have understood since I repeated myself 3 times to the judge and even showed them the picture but they were tunnel visioned and had their mind made up already 😮💨
Bro this sucks, I hate you had to experience this. I actually had something very similar happen, I was shuffling my opponents deck and their sleeves started to stick together and wouldn’t fold properly, I didn’t want to mess up their sleeves so I looked down quickly to make sure I wasn’t messing up his stuff, then he proceeded to cuss me out and accuse me of cheating. I told him to call a judge and he didn’t. I hate when you are trying to have fun and then your opponent gets upset and starts making accusations. You are an awesome dude and an awesome player! Please keep doing what you’re doing!
What a rollercoaster, but a really nice video the way you talked about it. Usually people really try to play the symphaty card and just blame everything on everyone, but you really tried to take away what you could have done (except with Bob, cause you just couldnt do anything there except not go behind the curtains). Thank you for sharing your lessons with us, will for sure help me in the future. (Also wtf why is it normal the way the air companies do things, like overbooking their flights. I have no commercial airplane experience because I live in Europe and we usually travel by car/train/bus. But that's seriously insane! Makes me so sad that bigger companies can get away with bs just because of money)
I remember meeting you at NAIC this past summer, and every interaction I had with you was awesome. I remember feeling like although we didn’t know each other personally, I saw how invested you were in our conversations. I’ve always loved your vlogs, so having that experience with you was really cool. I’m sorry you had to go through this experience🙁 I hope this doesn’t impact your time at future regional events. I hope to run into you again at least! I plan to be at Charlotte and Knoxville!
Sorry this happened to you I barely know you personally and I know you’re a genuine nice guy sorry this happened stay strong bro cya at Charlotte homie!
I’m so sorry this happened to you. It’s hard to believe with how well mannered and nice you always are. I think Pokémon needs to do a better job hiring staff for these events. There were issues earlier this year where someone was accused of cheating and it basically came down to staff picking favorites and just doing a bad job. Also, when you give some people any amount of power they tend to abuse it and it sucks. They should be fired for treating you like that. Completely unacceptable behavior from staff. Do better(whoever hires these people) you need to remember his name and post it here so we can get him fired. This is traumatic shit to go through. Especially so far from home. This person should NEVER hold power.
I’m truly sorry that you had an awful experience at the Regional. The event was about bringing people together and have a great time, not confronted by a head staff about something you didn’t do wrong. I hope it doesn’t discourage you from attending future Regionals. Remember, the community is here for you, so you can talk to us whenever you’d need it.
I appreciate hearing your side of the story. I really feel that the judge was on a power trip. Vlogging is commonly done and, frankly, is free advertising for the event. If they don’t want you to film these situations then there should be clear postings saying so. And it’s highly likely that every single shot that you have will have a similar judge situation in the far background. It was clearly a power trip that he escalated and didn’t know how to get out of (hence the talk behind the curtain). It’s a bad reflection on the event staff really.
I just hope BOB gives you like an apology gift on what happened or something cause what he did really affected your event experience, especially being a head judge or something, cause being like an event organizer, you must make sure the people experiencing the event have a good experience. That's literally their job and the fact that he doesnt believe your alibis and disregard the evidences, wouldn't even cover his excuse of "because there was an emergency situation".
Hey man. I don’t know you personally, but I’ve watched you a long time and respect you as a player because you seem genuinely like a good person. I’ve had power tripped organizer and event staff run ins before. It ruins the game and is ultimately why I decided to become staff myself, to call attention to it and help to be a force against it. Keep your head up and keep pushing man 😊 you got this
I was waiting for this video because I really wanted to know the whole situation in detail. When you’re accused of something, it’s always also hard to prove people wrong even tho you didn’t do the thing that you were accused of because when someone is pretty much sure of something, the person will believe in himself and so then he thinks that what you’re saying isn’t true. Man I hate those situations even tho it doesn’t happen to me at all.
I had a similar issue with United but the difference is the app wouldn't let me check in early which was my whole plan. The issue I had too was the reason I booked that flight was what I was doing was time sensitive. So the scramble to get a flight that would get me to where I needed to go was stressful. The worker at the desk was literally no help either. My fiance had to literally look up airports in the general area of where I needed to go and have to ask the guy if they had flights going there and when.
United airlines is the worst traveling company ever. I'm French, I had to use it to travel from Paris to Guatemala. A 16hrs travel turned into a 56hrs nightmare. We were stucked at NYC, we had no support, we had to find out by ourselves that we needed to go from an airport to an other at NYC. Finally they booked a new plane for us in an other company... But when we registered the other company just said "who are you guys?"... haha, Nightmare.
The Bob situation sounded absurd… besides the obvious, it was also extremely rude of him to ask how you make money. That’s none of his business and had nothing to do with the situation.
Dude what a rollercoaster of an event! Sounds like you had some bad luck stacked against you from every direction lol. Are you going to these events alone? I've really been enjoying online learning and want to try locals at least but even going there by myself for the first time is intimidating lol
Heya Just leaving a quick comment to clear things up for you in your second situation. While I don’t have knowledge of the entire situation I want to clear up some misconceptions for you for the future. 1. Emergency issues are typically not going to be broadcasted unless absolutely necessary for players to know so to reasonable that you didn’t have any idea it was going on. 2. DQs Cannot be done from the word of a single judge even the event organizer. It requires the Organizer, the Head Judge for TCG, and Safety/Security Head to issue a DQ, this is the system of checks and balances to prevent situations where a single judge has this say. 3. Bans so have the same ish process, but much more complex and never immediate. Bans need a ticket to be submitted to Pokémon support and then a team looks into the case and then issues penalties based on situation.
This is one of the main reasons I don't want to go to one of these events ever. I get that the staff are underpaid, but the amount of cases of judges and staff power-tripping is disturbing. That along with the amount of travel costs makes it really not worth it to go to an event just to play a card game and meet randoms who also play it. Much better to save the money for a better vacation trip.
I think just simple cut is good. At the end of the day is not your card and mash shuffle will damage the card in a way. I personally gets tilted when people just shuffle my deck without telling me they gonna shufle not cut
Absolutely disgusting how you were treated. As someone designing my own TCG and learning TCG history, I took notes on how bad situations like this can happen. Were I the judge's boss, Bob would have been dismissed on a non-optional break for 15 minutes while I listened to your story. Bob would be told that he just ruined this participant's experience and threatened his livelihood and that I expected either a genuine acknowledgment of the needlessly aggressive behavior and an apology for it, or his judge's badge. I'd also buy you a booster pack or something as an apology trinket and hand you a business card and say that I'd check out your channel and support your endeavors. Admin rules would be made to prevent future situations from playing out like this, as well. My hypothetical TCG company wouldn't need the bad press and my players wouldn't need the terrible experience. Judge qualifications would take into consideration if the would-be judges actually played the game or had at least studied the rules thoroughly. They would be told that participant & viewer experience matters and they are expected to serve that whenever possible.
Damn dude. That’s why I just look at my opponents eyes while I’m shuffling. You will either intimidate them or they’ll fall in love with you which will cause them to misplay. Big misplay by you man. In all seriousness the value of remaining in public is beyond important no matter who you are interacting with. That judge is lucky, not everyone can keep it together while being accused and yelled at.
Completely unacceptable behavior from the Day 2 Events staff. I hope your vid/story gets some attention from TPCI or Day 2 since the evidence is pretty clear and this kind of toxicity from organizers can really damage the competitive scene. Keep it positive, because your content kills and your audience is here for you 👊
sorry you had a messed up experience brotha ,that’s ridiculous and the judge shouldn’t have came at you sideways 😔.we appreciate the info and helpful tips .Are you going to charlotte regional? Definitely be dope to meet you man
I find sometimes my opponents don’t shuffle sufficiently so I’m just doing my part to randomize better + deter cheating as well, usually when I do a shuffle it’s just as quick as a cut. But before a game I’ll give the properly 7-8 mash shuffles especially if it’s a player I have no history with. Pokemon also doesn’t ban known cheaters too 😵
@@SneakerTalkTCG I get that man, I made some kid cry back in my senior years jus because I cut his deck lol, I guess its's always better safe than sorry.
He needs to use a C-Pap machine for snoring and or if he has one he should have brought it with him lol sorry I know it take my machine every where I go.
Bruh, you really should file a complaint with Pokemon on this guy. Him and the lady that initially called you out. If you need the name of the head judge for that event, I'm sure there is a way to request it from TPCI. Or other players. Sorry this happened to ya. I definitely would have been loud with the dude. Especially if I was getting accused of something I could disprove and they just wouldn't allow it. That's just power tripping crap.
If it makes you feel ANY better (doubt it), but my friend played against a drunk person round 1 and the head judge had to get involved and the drunk guy was yelling at the judge ._. I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Please don't let it discourage you from doing you!
I'd honestly just stay away from mass shuffling opponents decks because people will feel a certain type of way with you doing that in the first place instead of a cut/tap. Damaging cards is the biggest issue no matter how careful you are people will have that on their mind.
I mean mash shuffling is the safest way to shuffle cards and not damage them, I personally play max rarity and never have an issue with people shuffling my deck until they drop it all over the place which has happened at a win-and-in match for day 2 in Pittsburgh 😵 if people are scared of their cards getting damaged and are playing at a high competitive level they should simply not play them
@SneakerTalkTCG I shuffle the same wat but when it comes to my opponents cards I just cut/tap to avoid any complaints. Lol walking on eggshells. I had the worst time at SA Regional as well, people are just miserable and ruin the spirit of the game.
Dang that really does suck! That judge seems like a really rude person to not even listen to any witnesses that you had. And on top of that the cheating accusations. Imma be honest though you were a lot better than what i would have done cause imma be honest and I feel like most people would to but I would have been going off if that happened to me.
It’s a really solid choice! Definitely a good tech against Charizard ex, Girtarina VSTAR and more! I’m personally not using it myself but 1 Raikou at a minimum is essential, the average miraidon deck plays 2 Raikou since it’s just a good card
So on issue #2 i think what could have made it smoothier once they accused you, just right away tell hey i did not record anything let me show u. Since that would clear thing up right away without the need to go further.
That would but I already had showed one of the judge the selfie photo and they dismissed the evidence and the head judge was scolding me and going off on me for like 3-4 minutes before telling me what I was being accused of. So showing them footage wasn’t a thing that came to mind 😮💨 And with them dismissing evidence already I felt like any more evidence would also be dismissed so that’s why I said I had 5 witnesses as my next step of defence. I just wish they didn’t assume I was guilty instantly and ignore everything I was saying
@SneakerTalkTCG Thx for the reply. Just to make it clear, I'm not blaming you but to show how the 1st judge / head event staff might have seen it. Someone having medical issues and the judge look over and see a camera on the table be point toward the scene. Then, when first come over to talk to you, u try to cover with showing a pic on ur phone / want him to talk to the people there. Kind of like how the way u shuffle u try to be too care you look suspicious. Your proof to him could have made him double down and think you're hiding something. The 1st judge then tells the hj their event from their point of view. So the hj just trusted it and went off. Both judge 1 and hj mishandled it, but it mostly comes from a place of wanted to protect the person having the medical issue in the first place.
Damn im sorry bro, you did everything right but unfortunately met some smll pp energy that had a power trip.. Karma will take care of them with that attitude
Honestly sounded like this Bob dude was a low key SneakerTalkTCG groupie that wanted to go on a little power trip. You should’ve stood your ground since he had no evidence whatsoever of you recording the “emergency incident”. There was absolutely nobody above them? Like a director or someone even higher. Should’ve put them on blast and exposed them!
It was wild fam, I was convinced he might’ve been a lowkey troll fan at first with how rude he was being but then to find out they weren’t joking was wild to me with how disrespectful they were. And yeah they were the highest in power at the event head coordinator or something like that. 😵😮💨 I honestly considered it but just wanted to post the 2 tournament related videos and move on from it
That’s crazy how someone that high up would treat competitors that poorly…everyone was a grown adult and he decided to act like a child and treat you like a child. I definitely feel for you bro, but do wish you would’ve stuck it to him. As a grown man, can’t let another grown man treat you like that fam!
Seems like you didn’t have the best time. Multiple bad experiences and the miraidon gods punished you in every matchup?! I absolutely hate flying and stories like yours really support my hate for it. Sucks being in aus, no one notable ever turns up to regionals events here 😂.
if this person had been more pleasant woudl you have minded showing the recordings? (I know its an invasion of privacy but its a good way to clear suspicion)
Seems like bob and all the staff involved should remember who they are working for and what are the values the pokemon company tries to promote. These guys are more fit to work at an airport security or something . If I where you I would Escalate the situation to the national council and get those guys being scolded for an hour and getting them jobs that do not require human interaction. Because even if you were recording an emergency situation that is not the way for them to solve it. Bob if you re reading this : you and the people involved in this incident are all assholes. I suggest you all get a course on how to become Disney park staff because that is the attitude I would expect from all of you guys at an event where the main goal is to have fun.
Hate to say this but damn, everyone is on the same damn plane. If anything happened to the plane... just saying. Such a terrible experience to hear about. Sorry to hear all this shit happened to you. 😞
😮💨 yeah I know my situation is definitely not as bad as some others, there were people who were travelling to super far away places like Australia and the headache they’d have it way worse than mine 😵. Such a rough trip lol hope I don’t have to have one like it again anytime soon
Yeah the cheating accusations suck. But that’s how it goes sometimes. If it was the only incident it wouldn’t have been a big deal whatsoever. Just a nuance you have to be careful of.
Glad to have found your channel today though. Seeing a more “ vulnerable “ version of someone is a comforting experience when devoting time to someone’s content. Your really also pushing me towards Miraidon gang. ⚡️
Hey guys happy holidays! You can watch the San Antonio Vlog here if you missed it! th-cam.com/video/NRK1gJHrOVc/w-d-xo.html
I am just gonna put it bluntly. Some people just full out power trip when they are put in a position of power. That is a serious problem especially with a company such as pokemon. That judge should not have been put in that position. In vancouver regionals last year their were 2 judges I saw being quite aggressive over a spectator standing in the wrong area during a round was beginning. The spectator genuinely had no idea and the judges treated him very poorly.
Same exact thing happened to me at Worlds last year as a spectator, I contacted customer support right after and they apologised for the situation, as spectators are there to spectate and support the event, hobby and people, not just be a source of money and be mistreated.
I got permission to film from the head of staff, but one of the judges found it personally awful that I was doing vlogs and wanted to have a dad conversation with me. Was kinda weird.
Anyone who thinks vlogging is awful definitely has some deep rooted issues or inner conflicts 😵😮💨
Judges are weird
Sorry to hear this happened to you man. I Know event staff are stressed but folks have to take a breathe and chill
When I was talking to Bob I even mentioned I understand he might be stressed in these situations and he said he wasn’t stressed at all 😮💨😅
This is Alex, just wanted to say it was awesome meeting you! I’m sorry for what happened with the judges, I will recommend all my homies and locals to your channel for sure and will say hi to you at future events
This is honestly very disheartening as a new competitive player. Situations like this and the one mentioned in your video are the reasons people don't want to attend tournaments. You shouldn't have to walk on eggshells and be in fear of something very absurd like this happening at a tournament.
literally im in the same boat, super new into tcg as well so hearing this is very alarming especially cuz i want to go to orlando later this year. no one should have to experience anything even close to this
As someone that was at San Antonio and goes to events frequently, it's frustrating to hear this happened, but it does sound like there was some sensitive information about the emergency situation, and where in Pokemon there is specifically having a history where people lack empathy about upsetting situations, it's really hard to provide the benefit of the doubt.
An organizer's job is to prioritize the needs of the many, and when you could end it by removing the issue and continuing with the event, it doesn't make this any less upsetting, but it's difficult for everyone to ensure empathy the whole time
With that in mind, I wouldn't want an experience like this to keep you from going to events, they can be a lot of money, but it's an opportunity to meet countless people of countless backgrounds all united out of love of the same game
This is why I subscribe; your introspection of your actions AND other people really highlight the competitive and cooperative nature of Pokemon. You learn lessons every chance you get, even after going through a terrible event. Keep up the spirit and great attitude. ✌️
Appreciate you man ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey! I'm judge who plays ampharos! I'm glad you enjoyed meeting me. I dud even know who you was til Charlotte and one if my fellow staff told me you mentioned me here. Thank you! I'm happy I was good highlight for you. 😊
Ayyy!! Yeah it was a pleasure meeting you! I actually even played Amoharos ex to the regionals in Charlotte this past weekend and somehow convinced a good amount of other people to use it in their decks as well lol! ⚡️⚡️ Hope all is well :)
@SneakerTalkTCG it's nice to see other trying it after I told you I played it 😉
Getting accused of something I can prove I didn't do and having no one believe me is one of the most upsetting things to me. Bob is a complete jerk. Im sorry you had such a bad experience. I hope the next one is better!
Hi Christian, please don’t let these experiences put you off playing, I started watching your content in 2022 and it inspired me to get back into Pokémon, I’m now the TO of the local gaming store I work at and I’m attending my first regional in Liverpool next month, that’s all from watching your content! Have a great 2024 and keep putting out the awesome videos!!
That's a wild story! It really sucks to get accused of something you didn't do, especially when they wont listen to you in the heat of the moment. Judges really need to be self-aware about their own emotions. It sounds like you really did nothing wrong. Glad you were able to deescalate the situation and get your name cleared!
Classic judge power trip, I hope that judge sees this and considers thier massive mistake.
You definitely handled this better than me. I'm a quiet person but I would've thrown chairs with that guy.
"Bob" definitely sounds like the kind of person who gets a little bit of power and decides to abuse it as much as possible. I also suspect he's a little jealous of your success which is why he was asking you all those weird questions.
Sorry that all of those things happened to you! But you made it out with more experience. You are a strong person now.
honestly those two judges should be called out
those people should not be in their positions of power based on how they reacted and acted towards you
super scary!!! if anyone should be banned its them.
That's definitely not a great experience. Honestly, you should file an official complaint to TPCI. Judges, staff, and an official rep should act with much more professionalism. There should be a review on how they handle situations, and clearly, there has to be accountability for judges.
Could really feel how emotional you got with the photage of you being very down, i'm sorry to hear that happen to you, you really look like a cheerful and enthusiastic person and it sucks when that type of stuff happens to people like you, hope you get over it soon🙏🤞😢
Sorry about this, don’t worry tho man! When you are on top people try to tear you down! Keep doing your thing and being the great guy that you are
Very sad incident , i don’t think they understood that we where taking a selfie :(
It’s all good fam 😮💨 They definitely could have understood since I repeated myself 3 times to the judge and even showed them the picture but they were tunnel visioned and had their mind made up already 😮💨
Entitlement at its finest..
Bro this sucks, I hate you had to experience this. I actually had something very similar happen, I was shuffling my opponents deck and their sleeves started to stick together and wouldn’t fold properly, I didn’t want to mess up their sleeves so I looked down quickly to make sure I wasn’t messing up his stuff, then he proceeded to cuss me out and accuse me of cheating. I told him to call a judge and he didn’t. I hate when you are trying to have fun and then your opponent gets upset and starts making accusations. You are an awesome dude and an awesome player! Please keep doing what you’re doing!
What a rollercoaster, but a really nice video the way you talked about it. Usually people really try to play the symphaty card and just blame everything on everyone, but you really tried to take away what you could have done (except with Bob, cause you just couldnt do anything there except not go behind the curtains). Thank you for sharing your lessons with us, will for sure help me in the future. (Also wtf why is it normal the way the air companies do things, like overbooking their flights. I have no commercial airplane experience because I live in Europe and we usually travel by car/train/bus. But that's seriously insane! Makes me so sad that bigger companies can get away with bs just because of money)
I remember meeting you at NAIC this past summer, and every interaction I had with you was awesome. I remember feeling like although we didn’t know each other personally, I saw how invested you were in our conversations. I’ve always loved your vlogs, so having that experience with you was really cool. I’m sorry you had to go through this experience🙁 I hope this doesn’t impact your time at future regional events. I hope to run into you again at least! I plan to be at Charlotte and Knoxville!
Sorry this happened to you I barely know you personally and I know you’re a genuine nice guy sorry this happened stay strong bro cya at Charlotte homie!
I’m so sorry this happened to you. It’s hard to believe with how well mannered and nice you always are. I think Pokémon needs to do a better job hiring staff for these events. There were issues earlier this year where someone was accused of cheating and it basically came down to staff picking favorites and just doing a bad job.
Also, when you give some people any amount of power they tend to abuse it and it sucks. They should be fired for treating you like that. Completely unacceptable behavior from staff. Do better(whoever hires these people) you need to remember his name and post it here so we can get him fired. This is traumatic shit to go through. Especially so far from home. This person should NEVER hold power.
I flew United from Sydney to San Francisco and it was the worst flight experience ever. Sorry you had to deal with all this!
I’m truly sorry that you had an awful experience at the Regional. The event was about bringing people together and have a great time, not confronted by a head staff about something you didn’t do wrong. I hope it doesn’t discourage you from attending future Regionals. Remember, the community is here for you, so you can talk to us whenever you’d need it.
you deserved better!
you are such a cool person and help the scene grow with all your videos
Appreciate you fam! 🙏🏻 hope nothing like this happens again
Oooo my blood would be boiling man, I know I couldn’t leave without telling bob where to put his playmat
But good on you for staying calm and cool I forgot to add, you did the right thing and that’s all that matters ❤
I appreciate hearing your side of the story. I really feel that the judge was on a power trip. Vlogging is commonly done and, frankly, is free advertising for the event. If they don’t want you to film these situations then there should be clear postings saying so. And it’s highly likely that every single shot that you have will have a similar judge situation in the far background. It was clearly a power trip that he escalated and didn’t know how to get out of (hence the talk behind the curtain). It’s a bad reflection on the event staff really.
hey, I’m sorry this all happened to you 😔 and i hope this all never happens again I’m sure up coming regionals are going to be much better. ❤
I just hope BOB gives you like an apology gift on what happened or something cause what he did really affected your event experience, especially being a head judge or something, cause being like an event organizer, you must make sure the people experiencing the event have a good experience. That's literally their job and the fact that he doesnt believe your alibis and disregard the evidences, wouldn't even cover his excuse of "because there was an emergency situation".
Bob is most likely a narcissist and needs to be fired and never allowed to hold positions of power.
Hey man. I don’t know you personally, but I’ve watched you a long time and respect you as a player because you seem genuinely like a good person. I’ve had power tripped organizer and event staff run ins before. It ruins the game and is ultimately why I decided to become staff myself, to call attention to it and help to be a force against it. Keep your head up and keep pushing man 😊 you got this
Also I appreciate your transparency!
So sad to hear your story during your tournament. Hope your next tournament will be more enjoyable.
I was waiting for this video because I really wanted to know the whole situation in detail. When you’re accused of something, it’s always also hard to prove people wrong even tho you didn’t do the thing that you were accused of because when someone is pretty much sure of something, the person will believe in himself and so then he thinks that what you’re saying isn’t true. Man I hate those situations even tho it doesn’t happen to me at all.
Hope you’re doing better man you didn’t deserve this
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I had a similar issue with United but the difference is the app wouldn't let me check in early which was my whole plan. The issue I had too was the reason I booked that flight was what I was doing was time sensitive. So the scramble to get a flight that would get me to where I needed to go was stressful. The worker at the desk was literally no help either. My fiance had to literally look up airports in the general area of where I needed to go and have to ask the guy if they had flights going there and when.
United airlines is the worst traveling company ever. I'm French, I had to use it to travel from Paris to Guatemala. A 16hrs travel turned into a 56hrs nightmare. We were stucked at NYC, we had no support, we had to find out by ourselves that we needed to go from an airport to an other at NYC. Finally they booked a new plane for us in an other company... But when we registered the other company just said "who are you guys?"... haha, Nightmare.
You’re strong I wouldn’t have been able to hold in my anger with someone talking to me like that
They're really trying to make it as miserable as possible to fly now
Yeah 😵
The Bob situation sounded absurd… besides the obvious, it was also extremely rude of him to ask how you make money. That’s none of his business and had nothing to do with the situation.
I went to a regionals one time, and it was crazy. There were a lot of cool people there though. Like wolfe glick for instance.
They’re definitely a fun time! And yeah some super famous players like Wolfe attend from time to time!
Dude what a rollercoaster of an event! Sounds like you had some bad luck stacked against you from every direction lol. Are you going to these events alone? I've really been enjoying online learning and want to try locals at least but even going there by myself for the first time is intimidating lol
Heya Just leaving a quick comment to clear things up for you in your second situation. While I don’t have knowledge of the entire situation I want to clear up some misconceptions for you for the future.
1. Emergency issues are typically not going to be broadcasted unless absolutely necessary for players to know so to reasonable that you didn’t have any idea it was going on.
2. DQs Cannot be done from the word of a single judge even the event organizer. It requires the Organizer, the Head Judge for TCG, and Safety/Security Head to issue a DQ, this is the system of checks and balances to prevent situations where a single judge has this say.
3. Bans so have the same ish process, but much more complex and never immediate. Bans need a ticket to be submitted to Pokémon support and then a team looks into the case and then issues penalties based on situation.
This is one of the main reasons I don't want to go to one of these events ever. I get that the staff are underpaid, but the amount of cases of judges and staff power-tripping is disturbing. That along with the amount of travel costs makes it really not worth it to go to an event just to play a card game and meet randoms who also play it. Much better to save the money for a better vacation trip.
This is ridiculous man I’m so sorry to hear this. I would have 100% filed a report against this judge though.
What tf bro, I'm so sorry this happened man. I hope you have great holidays!
😮💨😵 happy holidays fam!
Air Canada + Pearson airport (worst airport in Canada) = worst travel experience ever.
I think just simple cut is good. At the end of the day is not your card and mash shuffle will damage the card in a way. I personally gets tilted when people just shuffle my deck without telling me they gonna shufle not cut
Bro I am so sorry for you and the way you were treated and I hope that you have a great day
At least nothing will get worst than this
It’s like a series of unfortunate events.
For real 😮💨
Absolutely disgusting how you were treated. As someone designing my own TCG and learning TCG history, I took notes on how bad situations like this can happen. Were I the judge's boss, Bob would have been dismissed on a non-optional break for 15 minutes while I listened to your story. Bob would be told that he just ruined this participant's experience and threatened his livelihood and that I expected either a genuine acknowledgment of the needlessly aggressive behavior and an apology for it, or his judge's badge. I'd also buy you a booster pack or something as an apology trinket and hand you a business card and say that I'd check out your channel and support your endeavors.
Admin rules would be made to prevent future situations from playing out like this, as well. My hypothetical TCG company wouldn't need the bad press and my players wouldn't need the terrible experience. Judge qualifications would take into consideration if the would-be judges actually played the game or had at least studied the rules thoroughly. They would be told that participant & viewer experience matters and they are expected to serve that whenever possible.
Damn dude. That’s why I just look at my opponents eyes while I’m shuffling. You will either intimidate them or they’ll fall in love with you which will cause them to misplay.
Big misplay by you man.
In all seriousness the value of remaining in public is beyond important no matter who you are interacting with. That judge is lucky, not everyone can keep it together while being accused and yelled at.
Hey Christian, I don’t know if you remember me but I was the one who asked you to sign my deck box at the free tournament at Manta Trading on Friday.
Hey! I remember you since it was just the other week ahaha! Nice meeting you :) hope you had a fun day and happy holidays too!
Completely unacceptable behavior from the Day 2 Events staff. I hope your vid/story gets some attention from TPCI or Day 2 since the evidence is pretty clear and this kind of toxicity from organizers can really damage the competitive scene. Keep it positive, because your content kills and your audience is here for you 👊
If this was me i would be crying to no sweat bro
Appreciate you watching fam and understanding 🙏🏻
L judge
1st game why shuffle? Cut in to 3 or 4 piles and restack.
Shuffling is a normal common practice Im not risking someone cheating and stacking their deck at a event I pay $600 to attend
Sorry to hear what happened, new Godzilla's fire tho. So kinda makes up for day 2 cup
🙏🏻 Yeah Godzilla was definitely entertaining 👌🏻
Christian definitely has Bob's picture pinned to a board. 😈
Pokémon official should be more aware of people like them
Love the rant
thanks
Thanks for watching!
sorry you had a messed up experience brotha ,that’s ridiculous and the judge shouldn’t have came at you sideways 😔.we appreciate the info and helpful tips .Are you going to charlotte regional? Definitely be dope to meet you man
Nah but the cut off time on flights in Toronto is jacked up haha. I almost missed my flight home last time I was in Toronto😭
Can I ask why you shuffle your opponents deck though? I typically just cut it.
I find sometimes my opponents don’t shuffle sufficiently so I’m just doing my part to randomize better + deter cheating as well, usually when I do a shuffle it’s just as quick as a cut. But before a game I’ll give the properly 7-8 mash shuffles especially if it’s a player I have no history with. Pokemon also doesn’t ban known cheaters too 😵
@@SneakerTalkTCG I get that man, I made some kid cry back in my senior years jus because I cut his deck lol, I guess its's always better safe than sorry.
Traffic area of planes is called incoming taxing area by the way unless knowledge lol. Sorry I know your sorrows of traveling.
He needs to use a C-Pap machine for snoring and or if he has one he should have brought it with him lol sorry I know it take my machine every where I go.
Bruh, you really should file a complaint with Pokemon on this guy. Him and the lady that initially called you out. If you need the name of the head judge for that event, I'm sure there is a way to request it from TPCI. Or other players.
Sorry this happened to ya.
I definitely would have been loud with the dude. Especially if I was getting accused of something I could disprove and they just wouldn't allow it. That's just power tripping crap.
If it makes you feel ANY better (doubt it), but my friend played against a drunk person round 1 and the head judge had to get involved and the drunk guy was yelling at the judge ._.
I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Please don't let it discourage you from doing you!
I try to never fly anything but Delta. They're the least worst. To be clear: they are absolutely awful.
I think those staff were bitter and jealous.
I'd honestly just stay away from mass shuffling opponents decks because people will feel a certain type of way with you doing that in the first place instead of a cut/tap. Damaging cards is the biggest issue no matter how careful you are people will have that on their mind.
I mean mash shuffling is the safest way to shuffle cards and not damage them, I personally play max rarity and never have an issue with people shuffling my deck until they drop it all over the place which has happened at a win-and-in match for day 2 in Pittsburgh 😵 if people are scared of their cards getting damaged and are playing at a high competitive level they should simply not play them
@SneakerTalkTCG I shuffle the same wat but when it comes to my opponents cards I just cut/tap to avoid any complaints. Lol walking on eggshells. I had the worst time at SA Regional as well, people are just miserable and ruin the spirit of the game.
Dang that really does suck! That judge seems like a really rude person to not even listen to any witnesses that you had. And on top of that the cheating accusations. Imma be honest though you were a lot better than what i would have done cause imma be honest and I feel like most people would to but I would have been going off if that happened to me.
Hey, I’m sorry you had that bad of an experience with judges. Most of them are great people
Wow I don't think it's right that a single person should have so much control over your destiny. There should be more oversight for these things.
I need help, should I add tapu koko ex to my miraidon deck I’ve been using it on tcg online and it’s pretty good, or I can add another raikou
It’s a really solid choice! Definitely a good tech against Charizard ex, Girtarina VSTAR and more! I’m personally not using it myself but 1 Raikou at a minimum is essential, the average miraidon deck plays 2 Raikou since it’s just a good card
@@SneakerTalkTCG Before i played Miraidon w/ Iron Hands, i played charizard ex and got FLATTENED by Tapu Koko ex
Thanks I have 3 raikou and 2 tapu koko now
Also check into luxray V I like him more than tapu koko
What is a emergency situation?
A term they can use to label a variety of different reasons
@@SneakerTalkTCG ok thank you 😊
So on issue #2 i think what could have made it smoothier once they accused you, just right away tell hey i did not record anything let me show u. Since that would clear thing up right away without the need to go further.
That would but I already had showed one of the judge the selfie photo and they dismissed the evidence and the head judge was scolding me and going off on me for like 3-4 minutes before telling me what I was being accused of. So showing them footage wasn’t a thing that came to mind 😮💨 And with them dismissing evidence already I felt like any more evidence would also be dismissed so that’s why I said I had 5 witnesses as my next step of defence. I just wish they didn’t assume I was guilty instantly and ignore everything I was saying
@SneakerTalkTCG Thx for the reply. Just to make it clear, I'm not blaming you but to show how the 1st judge / head event staff might have seen it. Someone having medical issues and the judge look over and see a camera on the table be point toward the scene. Then, when first come over to talk to you, u try to cover with showing a pic on ur phone / want him to talk to the people there. Kind of like how the way u shuffle u try to be too care you look suspicious. Your proof to him could have made him double down and think you're hiding something. The 1st judge then tells the hj their event from their point of view. So the hj just trusted it and went off. Both judge 1 and hj mishandled it, but it mostly comes from a place of wanted to protect the person having the medical issue in the first place.
Damn im sorry bro, you did everything right but unfortunately met some smll pp energy that had a power trip.. Karma will take care of them with that attitude
Honestly sounded like this Bob dude was a low key SneakerTalkTCG groupie that wanted to go on a little power trip. You should’ve stood your ground since he had no evidence whatsoever of you recording the “emergency incident”. There was absolutely nobody above them? Like a director or someone even higher. Should’ve put them on blast and exposed them!
It was wild fam, I was convinced he might’ve been a lowkey troll fan at first with how rude he was being but then to find out they weren’t joking was wild to me with how disrespectful they were. And yeah they were the highest in power at the event head coordinator or something like that. 😵😮💨 I honestly considered it but just wanted to post the 2 tournament related videos and move on from it
That’s crazy how someone that high up would treat competitors that poorly…everyone was a grown adult and he decided to act like a child and treat you like a child. I definitely feel for you bro, but do wish you would’ve stuck it to him. As a grown man, can’t let another grown man treat you like that fam!
that sucks man thanks im about to attend my first regional
It happens 😮💨 Nice hope it’s a much better experience than my recent one lol!
Take a shot every time you say "emergency situation" and you'll be smashed in no time. Sorry this happened to you !
For real 😳😂😂😂 appreciate you taking the time to watch 🙏🏻
Of course bro. I'd love to know what the "emergency" situation was. Seems like something fishy man
Emergency situation
Seems like you didn’t have the best time. Multiple bad experiences and the miraidon gods punished you in every matchup?! I absolutely hate flying and stories like yours really support my hate for it. Sucks being in aus, no one notable ever turns up to regionals events here 😂.
Wait you were the one that had issues between 8 and 9? That sucks dude im sorry
I think it might’ve been something else honestly cause they started the next round started just as we were finishing up talking
if this person had been more pleasant woudl you have minded showing the recordings?
(I know its an invasion of privacy but its a good way to clear suspicion)
What recordings are you speaking of?
Ohh I instantly showed him the footage on my camera the second he asked to see it, still wasn’t enough to fully clear my name 😮💨😵
dang...must have been tought ...@@SneakerTalkTCG
That judge must really hate you or soemtjing to act as disrespectful as he did good lord.
people are just insensitive and being emotional is normal human response. Pokemon may be a card game to people but to some it is not.
Ticket
Sorry this happened to you bro.
Thanks for watching fam 🙏🏻 it happens 😮💨
Seems like bob and all the staff involved should remember who they are working for and what are the values the pokemon company tries to promote. These guys are more fit to work at an airport security or something . If I where you I would Escalate the situation to the national council and get those guys being scolded for an hour and getting them jobs that do not require human interaction. Because even if you were recording an emergency situation that is not the way for them to solve it. Bob if you re reading this : you and the people involved in this incident are all assholes. I suggest you all get a course on how to become Disney park staff because that is the attitude I would expect from all of you guys at an event where the main goal is to have fun.
Hate to say this but damn, everyone is on the same damn plane. If anything happened to the plane... just saying. Such a terrible experience to hear about. Sorry to hear all this shit happened to you. 😞
😮💨 yeah I know my situation is definitely not as bad as some others, there were people who were travelling to super far away places like Australia and the headache they’d have it way worse than mine 😵. Such a rough trip
lol hope I don’t have to have one like it again anytime soon
Wow what a jerk. I hope he's gets a stern talking after how he treated you. If not fired
Guarantee that judge can't defend the double leg. Joking, but just saying.
Next time 3 hour window NOT 2 hours
Always used to be 3 hours for international, USA/Canada has always been safe with 2 hours 🥲😵
@SneakerTalkTCG I'm that dull guy that always wants to be early to the movies lol
You’re just built differently 😂👌🏻 but hey there is a quality of life increase living a less stressful life when you’re not worried about being late!
Sounds horrible lmao
Yeah the cheating accusations suck. But that’s how it goes sometimes. If it was the only incident it wouldn’t have been a big deal whatsoever. Just a nuance you have to be careful of.
Glad to have found your channel today though. Seeing a more “ vulnerable “ version of someone is a comforting experience when devoting time to someone’s content. Your really also pushing me towards Miraidon gang. ⚡️
❤ in the game 😎