How to participate
Video Game Championship
Pro Tip: You really want to do 1-4 before you get to the venue!
- Know your PlayerID or get one!
- Register online for VG!
- Create your team in the Standard Video Game format.
- Place your team in your Battle Box!
- Print and fill out your team list!
- Charge your game the night before.
- Navigate to the Battle Box and shut/sleep your game.
- Enter the venue at 9am on February 14.
- Open/wake your game and hand it to the staff at the Battle Box table.
- Take back your game and go to the check-in table.
- Bring your filled out list to the player meeting.
Swiss rounds best 2 of 3 Saturday; Top Cut (8/16/32 depending on attendance Sunday)
Trading Card Championship
- Know your PlayerID or get one!
- Register online for TCG!
- Create a Legal Trading Card Game Format Deck
- Saturday Boundaries Crossed through Phantom Forces are OK – STANDARD Format
- Sunday Black & White through Phantom Forces are OK – EXPANDED Format
- You may change your deck, but if you do you need a new list on Sunday.
- All Standard Format decks are also Expanded Format decks
- Print and fill out your deck list:
- Masters – pay at the ticket booth.
- Enter the venue at 9am on February 14.
- Check in at the check-in table and get your wristband.
- Bring your filled out list to the player meeting.
Swiss rounds best 2 of 3 Saturday (Standard); Top Cut or T32 Swiss+Top Cut Sunday (Expanded)
Parents and Rides of Championship Players
Bringing someone but not playing? You can get a free wristband to be in the venue with your player. You can join side events, but not the main event. Each player can have 1 ride or up to 3 immediate family member wristbands. How do you get your wristband?
- Accompany your player as far as the check-in step.
- Sign up: print your name, players name and relationship.
- Speak to the nearby staff member who will review your sign in and give you a wristband.
Attend the Community Expo – 9am – 4pm
- Come to the ticket booth at 9am – 3pm.
- Pay $5
- Receive a wristband good for venue admission and enjoy:
- Big screen championship matches.
- Demonstrations of Trading Card and Video Game.
- Creative Center (Drawing Pokémon)
- Side Events (includes $5 credit toward 1 event)
- Raffle Prizes