While on the subject of Pokémon TCG miscellanies, I want to take out a post to discuss the local TCG registration system for competing in local tournament events. Owing to my current lack of suitability with the physical TCG, I've never really used the system to participate in those great events, but my TCG fellows often do. Besides convenience, though, the system also has a way of delivering other "gains" as well as "pains" when registering for those events, and that becomes a partial focus for this discussion - perhaps slightly in jest.
First up is the system itself. For those great events, many of them (especially the high level ones) require pre-registration, and the system facilitates that. Players sign up for an event through the system, and a few days prior to the event, players are selected by a draw to fill the pre-registration spots. Those who don't get a spot through the draw can try to take part in the event through on-site registration to fill for the no-shows, unless the event does not allow for pre-registration, in which case the players are resigned to their fate by the system.
The workings above are more or less the "gains". As for the "pains", some of my TCG fellows consider that the system may have a "mind of its own", with some players accepted for some events and not accepted for others. Furthermore, the events to which the players are accepted are sometimes ones that are out of town - certainly necessitating travel arrangements for that purpose - while they aren't accepted to the ones in town that are more convenient for them. It's often a strange situation even with the system...
...and for that, some players have started to make that jest about the system. The jest involves taking plenty of time to practice their TCG skills only to get shot down by the (pre-)registration system when it comes time to compete in an event, which may force them to take extra effort to go through on-site registration for the event, including arriving early and camping out. Even then, the on-site registration involves another draw, which is further a jest to how things are basically decided by draws (along with just being able to show up to the events themselves).
Even though (pre-)registration is normal and expected for taking part in competitive events, especially for the Pokémon TCG, the ways of the local system for that seem to be just as ornery as they are useful, leading to some players to poke fun at it. Despite all the "pains" that the system presents, there's still a lot of "gains" to be gotten from it, the most important thing being to be able to play competitively. The necessities of the system might just outweigh its quirks, and the only thing left to do is to take that both in jest and in stride.
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