Week of August 24, 2003

Sandstorm Locator Du Jour

A Quick Diversion: I gotta go to work now. And I'm hungry. Dilemma dilemma...

Big Daddy Snorlax at WizPOG posted this up yesterday, but unfortunatly I didn't catch it until now... If you're trying to find a spot to play in that Sandstorm Pre-release tournament, look no further! Nintendo's Organized Play website posted this just yesterday and it has some of the locations for the Sanstorm pre-release tournaments. I'm told that there might be more listed soon (I sure the heck hope so, there's been nothing in the San Francisco Bay Area for ages!)

http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/events/sandstorm_locator_start.html

If you go to one of these though, do your Uncle Nick a favor and collect the entire set! If you can get me a cardlist of the set, I'll be your best friend....

ADV Episode spoiler for you!

A Quick Diversion: School!! Aaaah! Run for your life!!! *gets eaten by his 20 lb. Algrebra book*

Hello, one and all! I'm Scyther no 123, aka Scyther.

You may have seen me around GenCon (I had a Scyther on the front of my shirt and "Scyther no 123" on my back).

Well, after talking with Nick15, he finally let me in on the fakecard.com action... I'm a new anime news scout (for now. :-p) While surfing, I came accross some very interesting anime news.

In Japan, the newsest episode is episode 317, "Bodyguard of the Watmel Field" Looking ahead at the episode names, I found something that caught my eye in the ADV series. NOTE: If you want to wait and see it in the US or where ever, then click a link now, because this is a heafty spoiler.

Epsidode 320, not a special, a real episode, is called "Enter Misty: Togepi and the King of Illusions!"... Hmm... I wonder who is coming back (insert sarcasm here)... I don't know any further than that (on that episode), but I do know that a new special will feature her and that Electabuzz crazy girl, Casey. (Casey will have a Meganium, too... yay.
So 2 new episodes, 1 plain, another special, both featuring Misty.

Thats all for now, and expect to get my Sandstorm scans sunday or monday!

Oh, yeah

A Quick Diversion: I'll be off for most of this extended weekend, as I'm riding an air-o-plane home to visit the folks! Also, chemistry still sucks.

Heh, forgot to make mention that the forums are back up, though you smart, smart visitors probably already knew that. ^^;

On a side note, we at the FakeCard forums are trying to run a REAL democracy through NationStates.net! Pretty much I create a new NationState, but everyone gets to vote on the issues that come up. Right now we're voting on stuff before signing up, so jump in early!

My haul from the hunt.

A Quick Diversion: Don't forget! Tonight, August 27th, is when it will be the clearest to see Mars! And you won't be able to see it again for another... well... you most likely won't be alive to see it the next time.

-Five Eon Ticket Card-es
-Four pin sets (two Silver Version, and two Gold Version)
-Three Hoenn Dex posters (like the one from Nintendo Power a while back)
-Four Pokémon figures (Articuno, Charizard, Mewtwo (yay!), and Mew (more yay!).)

So, now I'm gonna share the wealth. Give the posters, Eon Tickets, one Gold Version pin set, and one Silver Version pin set to some of my friends. I'm keeping the figures, though! Mwa ha ha!

Oh. Yeah. One more thing! While I was there, I met Meowth346 (owner of PA! affiliate, Pokémon Forever). He was a pretty cool guy. We just talked about stuff. Nothing much. Though, he did show me his plans for the next version of his Pokédex. That way, once it is up, I can say, "Hey, I saw that when it was just a sketch!" Umm... yeah.
And if you ever doubted his advanced knowledge of the games, doubt no more. I saw his Japanese copies of Pokémon Yellow and Crystal. He tells me he always gets the Japanese versions as soon as they're available so he can get the data himself ASAP. Sounds like a good idea if I ever did hear one.


So, that was my fun-filled day. How was yours?

Gone Eon Ticking.

A Quick Diversion: I got Soul Calibur II (GCN) and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (GBA) today. Yay! Both equal much fun.

If anyone cares, I'll be going to the Eon Ticket tour at the Mesa, AZ Toys 'R' Us. If you want to meet me (just to shoot the breeze or whatever), I'll most likely be the guy with the following characteristics:
- Glasses
- Cargo shorts
- Navy blue Big Dogs t-shirt (has "Spider-Dog" design on the back)

Perhaps I'll use this as a way to advertise PA!... maybe I'll try and print some of my fake cards... even though it won't be great. I lack any sort of good printing resources. Ah, well.


BPM, signing off.

Winnah Combusken Promo

A Quick Diversion: I'm boring.

I have two versions of today's news. The long version, and the short version. ....

The Long Version:
Nintendo has a new Pokémon league.
It will be releasing promos for the league.
One of the promos, as Son of Leod on the 'Gym pointed out, is a "Winner" Combusken.
Enjoy.

The Short Version:
Hi.

Collect Your Official Collectors Tin

A Quick Diversion: It's hot today.

System is down

A Quick Diversion: Chemistry sucks. :'(

Blarg. Forums have been down since yesterday early, and now apparently the server the forums were on is down, too. I've been trying to talk to the host, and hopefully everything will be cleared up soon. Sorry about all that.

ADV4 EX1 News.

A Quick Diversion: September is the official month of ARTWORK for yours truly. First of Kaiserin Myuu gives me a challenge to draw 6 pictures using 6 art styles in two weeks. That'll be neat. Then I'm also gonna work on another 15 minute short film with my friends for our (public access) TV SHOW. On top of that, I have a little comic I'm gonna be working on called "Moose River", to which I intend on having 100 copies made to be released at various San Franciscian record stores and/or sold. ... Then maybe I'll also get around to working on Razzo. And not to mention school starts this week, another glorious semister of general education film courses. Bleh. ... So yeah.

Miscellaneous Pokémon News

A Quick Diversion: I'm back in school. Started last Monday. What a bummer.
But it IS my last year. And I have only four classes (out of seven periods, one being lunch). That's cool.
But one of them is Calculus BC. Which is one of the two hardest classes on campus. It made my brain explode.

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The Actual News:

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

If you haven't noticed yet, there is now a commercial being aired for the new Pokémon Pinball. And it's out, I think. I haven't checked yet. And I won't bother. I just spend my only $50 reserving Soul Calibur II for GameCube. So, I have no money to get Pinball. Which is sad. I need another Game Boy game to keep me busy when GameCube is no accessable.

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Nintendo's TCG League Season One Kits

Thanks to Noah121 from PokéGym, we now know the contents of the league kits. Don't click that link if you don't want to be spoiled, eh!

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Rarity EXchange

According to this topic at the Gym, the rarities in EX: Ruby & Sapphire have been mixed slightly. Now, instead of a Pokémon-ex card replacing a normal rare card, it'll replace a holographic rare card instead. Which does make sense, but makes it harder for you to get the Pokémon-exs. Ah, well.

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Border Change



As you can see from this scan, the design of the cards have changed slightly. Already. The border now has a row of gray lines. Makes it look more like something from the Card-e Block. I personally won't complain. But it'll probably be slightly annoying to all blankers out there.

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