Next Destinies Prerelease Celebration
Granada Hills – Saturday, January 28, 2012
Join us at the most comfortable pre-release location in SoCal for a great celebration of the new release! Admission $25 Play 3 rounds with a 40 card deck made from 6 packs of the new set and receive:
- 2 more packs of Next Destinies!
- A promo card and Next Destinies themed gift*
- Keep the 6 packs you played with in the event!
We provide basic energy to help you make your deck.
There is ONE seating for this event:
- Morning - Registration 10:00 – 10:45AM
Do you like the experience of no rush, no stress & no cash needed at the event? Then, buy PRE-Registration Tickets from Eventbrite:
http://pokemon-nextdestinies-gh.eventbrite.com/
If you do, then your spot is guaranteed if you check in before registration closes for that stating. Tickets from one seating are good at the other seating, if there is space available! Did I say no stress?
Extra Fun at this event:
- Door prizes – 4 random goodness giveaways per round.
- Video Game League – between rounds and during setup – with prizes
Links:
Torrance – Saturday, February 4, 2012
Join us at a great new pre-release location in SoCal for a fun celebration of the new release! Admission $25 Play 3 rounds with a 40 card deck made from 6 packs of the new set and receive:
- 2 more packs of Next Destinies!
- A promo card and Next Destinies themed gift*
- Keep the 6 packs you played with in the event!
We provide basic energy to help you make your deck.
There is ONE seating for this event:
- Morning - Registration 11:00 – 11:45AM
Do you like the experience of no rush, no stress & no cash needed at the event? Then, buy PRE-Registration Tickets from Eventbrite:
http://pokemon-nextdestinies-tor.eventbrite.com/
If you do, then your spot is guaranteed if you check in before registration closes for that stating. Tickets from one seating are good at the other seating, if there is space available! Did I say no stress?
Extra Fun at this event:
- Door prizes – 4 random goodness giveaways per round.
- Video Game League – between rounds and during setup – with prizes
Links:
Posted by admin on January 7, 2012 at 9:25 pm under Premiere Events.
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Psych up*
The early season Pokemon Trading Card Game City Championships are here!
Come to all of these three city championship events and have a BLAST:
- Chatsworth – Friday, November 25, register Noon – 1PM
- Granada Hills – Saturday, November 26, register 9:45-10:30AM
- Ventura – Saturday, December 3, register 11:00-11:45AM**
All events include:
- Door prizes every round – Pokemon themed items or Boosters
- VGC tournament – between TCG rounds, only for those in the TCG event
Chatsworth – Black Friday
This is event is at the very cool All Ways Gaming venue, hosted by the gracious proprietress and her gamer staff. They have a snack bar and tons of product. Plus, they trade and sell Pokemon singles. Do your Black Friday shopping in the morning, then join us for amazing competition. Here are the links for this event:
- Friday, November 25, register Noon – 1PM
- View our map & driving directions
- Get a pre-registration ticket and then just check in with your completed deck list before registration closes at 1PM; you are guaranteed a seat with Pre-registration! http://cc11chatsworth.eventbrite.com/
- Official Pokemon.com listing: http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-play/tournament_id/11-11-000446/
Granada Hills – First City Championship Saturday
This is event is at the most comfortable Pokemon TCG venue in Southern California, the OSFL School. Here are the links for this event:
- Saturday, November 26, register 9:45 – 10:30AM
- View our map & driving directions
- Get a pre-registration ticket and then just check in with your completed deck list before registration closes at 10:30AM; you are guaranteed a seat with Pre-registration! http://cc11granada.eventbrite.com/
- Official Pokemon.com listing: http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-play/tournament_id/11-11-000447/
Ventura – Second City Championship Saturday
Seth, the proprietor at Seth’s Games and Anime is a gamer himself, and welcomes you to his shop. They have snacks and Pokemon product. If you’ve been to Seth’s before, be prepared – he’s opening up the play space for us to accommodate 80 at this event. Ventura is not so far, so come on out and challenge a very motivated and capable band of local players for this CC. Here are the links for this event:
- Saturday, December 3, register 11 – Noon**
- View our map & driving directions
- Get a pre-registration ticket and then just check in with your completed deck list before registration closes at Noon; you are guaranteed a seat with Pre-registration! http://cc11ventura.eventbrite.com/
- Official Pokemon.com listing: http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-play/tournament_id/11-11-000447/
Video Game Side Event details for all three City Championships in this article:
- Must be entered in the TCG event!
- Use a Black or White cartridge only.
- Fill out a VG registration slip.
- Play begins after round 1 of the TCG event and runs between rounds – it works, trust me!
- Put your VGC modified format legal team in a Battle Box (more info on this soon).
- Prizes include Pokemon theme items and boosters!
Important Footnotes
*Gothitelle is going to wreck some setups. Psych up for her.
**I know it says 9-10am on the Pokemon.com site for Ventura. Slip of the mouse. I’ll get it corrected ASAP.
Posted by admin on November 16, 2011 at 11:04 pm under Premiere Events.
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Breaking News: the Los Angeles area* PTOs have put together a
City Championship Marathon
between Christmas & New Years!
- Monday – December 26 – Montclair, Gameology (by Second City Gym, 100 seats)
- Tuesday – December 27 – Pasadena, Game Empire (by PTE Games, 100 seats, guaranteed this time, says PTE Games)
- Wednesday – December 28 – Upland (was Rancho Cucamonga), Mon Store (by PTE Games, 60 seats)
- Thursday – December 29 – El Segundo, Library (by Second City Gym, 70+ seats)
- Friday – December 30 – Fountain Valley, Library (by Chrisbo, 60+ seats)
- Saturday – December 31 – Lancaster, Bases Cards & Comics (by PTE Games, 100 seats)
EPIC!
Bookmark this post for more details: dates & times, preregistration, maps & all!
*You may object that Fountain Valley is not even in Los Angeles County. Complain to
Arte Moreno, not me!
Updates:
- Nov 22: seating estimates; Montclair location.
- Dec 6: Rancho->Upland. Link from the seats numbers to the pre-registration links!
Posted by admin on November 8, 2011 at 7:12 pm under Premiere Events.
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The new Pokemon Premiere Events season is upon us! Starting with
Autumn Battle Roads
Second City Gym Schedule
- Friday, September 23 at 5:30pm. Seth’s Games and Anime, Ventura
- Saturday, September 24 at 10am. OSFL School, Granada Hills
- Sunday, October 2 at 1pm. All Ways Gaming, Chatsworth
- Saturday, October 15 at Noon. Santa Maria Mini-con, Leisure Time Games.
Local B.R. by Second City Gym Judges
- Saturday, September 17 – Norwalk – Judge Leo Orta
- Saturday, September 17 – Lancaster – Judge David Mara
- Saturday, October 8 (tentative) – Costa Mesa – Judge Chris Boutcher
And don’t forget our
City Championships
- Friday, November 25 – Chatsworth – All Ways Gaming
- Saturday, November 26 – Granada Hills – OSFL School
- Saturday, December 3 – Seth’s Games and Anime – Ventura
- December, Tentatively between Christmas & New Year – El Segundo – Library
Posted by admin on September 4, 2011 at 9:01 pm under Premiere Events.
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Thanks to all who attended or brought a player to the Emerging Powers prereleases! Our players are fantastic people and know how to have fun!
Here is the early info on Battle Road – Autumn and Cities events!
Battle Road – Autumn
Sept 23 – 5:30 PM Ventura
Sept 24 – 10:00 AM Granada Hills
Event #3 TBD
Event #4 TBD
City Championships
Nov 25 – Save the date! Location TBD
Nov 26 – 10:00 AM Granada Hills
Dec 3 – 11:00 AM Ventura
Somewhere between Christmas & New Year – TBD!
Get your decks ready. See you at Pokémon League!
Posted by admin on August 21, 2011 at 10:41 am under Premiere Events.
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The PokeGym