Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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Thiletonomics said:
Speaking of more things that will get scalped, apparently McDonalds will be doing a Pokémon promotion, which appears to align with the upcoming Victini giveaway during the World Championship:

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Also, the official stats of Ash, Cynthia, Leon, and Diantha, were revealed in a PWC video:

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We actually got a complete list of cards for the 2022 McDonald’s promotion (said promotion was also leaked last month), it’s actually pretty bad.
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The only cards that might be worth anything are the Confetti Holo prints of Rowlet, Gossifleur, Pikachu, and possibly Smeargle for a couple of reasons (Rowlet, Gossifleur, and Smeargle are used in some rogue decks whilst Pikachu is collector bait).
 
Thiletonomics said:
Speaking of more things that will get scalped, apparently McDonalds will be doing a Pokémon promotion, which appears to align with the upcoming Victini giveaway during the World Championship:

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Also, the official stats of Ash, Cynthia, Leon, and Diantha, were revealed in a PWC video:

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I genuinely forgot that Victini existed.

I'm not sure on the context of "experience", but is it so low because he's only "10", while the other three are grown adults? I guess he really does reset each region, because you'd think given all his travelling... I'm sure Diantha's going to get her ass beat by Leon, just like Alain. A shame because her battle with Lance seemed to show that she was strategic.
 
Lucille Bluth said:
I genuinely forgot that Victini existed.

I'm not sure on the context of "experience", but is it so low because he's only "10", while the other three are grown adults? I guess he really does reset each region, because you'd think given all his travelling... I'm sure Diantha's going to get her ass beat by Leon, just like Alain. A shame because her battle with Lance seemed to show that she was strategic.
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I think it's so low because it's a global ranking and Ash isn't really bright.

Ash only went through seven regions and didn't win once in a championship.
(Alola doesn't count)

The champions probably went through many more tournaments and are easier to rank.
 
Oh, and I forgot about another TCG product that‘s coming out in a couple of months but if you know where to look you can get it as early as today.
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This is the Pokémon TCG: Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle, it’s basically a 40-count bag of mini-packs containing three cards each. It’s basically meant to be a non-candy alternative you can hand out to trick-or-treaters during Halloween.
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The theming is for this it’s basically on the packaging itself: the cards are basically Ghost/Psychic/Dark-types that match the season. Unlike the McDonald’s set all of these cards retain their original set symbols and numbers and not all of ‘em have the potential to be holo, but they do have a Pikachu Pumpkin-themed stamp on ‘em in a similar manner to other cards. The cards that are holo in the set consist of Mewtwo, Gengar, Mimikyu, Darkrai, Trevenant, Chandelure, Mismagius, Dusknoir, Gourgeist, and Hatterene.

As for the “scalping level” this product may have I‘d rate it as being low. None of the cards are particularly good in the competitive scene (Pumpkaboo has some use as a Stadium cleanser, Polteageist is a key part of the “Mad Party” deck archetype, and Mimikyu saw some play until the Dyna Tree Hill Stadium card came out) and none of the cards are of particular interest to collectors due to how easy they are to pull (reports show that the entire set can be completed with a single bag), the only way I could see someone making any money off these is if they squirrel ‘em away for a couple of years and either sell the packs or sell the entire bag. If you’re interested in picking these up for trick-or-treaters this year I’d wait until they reach a wider market come September 5th, a lot of stores will be getting these and they’ll only be $15.99 per bag unless your local scalpers are still breathing.
 
Nauseated Courgi said:
It's so weird when any pokemon puts on shoes.

Although, since unite is being talked about, check out this one:
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This is why I want costumes in the main game. A lot of the Unite costumes have been fun, then you have the Special Delivery cards and the postman Dragonite from the anime. Even if it was 1 per evo line for most evo lines.
 
Jean Lafitte 1812 said:
This is why I want costumes in the main game. A lot of the Unite costumes have been fun, then you have the Special Delivery cards and the postman Dragonite from the anime. Even if it was 1 per evo line for most evo lines.
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I wonder if Cowboy Hat Caterpie would ever be there. Then again, I feel tha they do not wan to acknowledge a forced meme by someone who keeps molesting the Pokémon Go Twitter account.
 
The Ultimate Ramotith said:
I wonder if Cowboy Hat Caterpie would ever be there. Then again, I feel tha they do not wan to acknowledge a forced meme by someone who keeps molesting the Pokémon Go Twitter account.
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Yecch, GO has enough evolution-locked costumed ‘mons and I really don’t want Niantic to add another one because of memes.
Gravityqueen4life said:
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pokemon has become so gay over the years.
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It's worth noting that this is coming from TPCi rather than The Pokémon Company or Game Freak, this is solely to get brownie points and/or tax breaks.
 
Pokémon World Championship livestreams are up on Twitch and the main site, use the schedule here to tune in on sections you want to watch. It’s also been announced that the TCG and Scarlet/Violet reveals will be shown during the closing ceremony on Sunday.

Also, the code for Victini was revealed a little while ago. It’s W0RLD22V1CT0RY and is valid until Sunday at 23:59 UTC. Here’s some general info (Serebii got the Ribbon wrong, it’s actually has the Souvenir Ribbon and not the Classic Ribbon seen here).
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Oh, and I don’t know if it’s true for everyone but the one I got has flawless IVs.

EDIT: The code for the SR Path to the Peak was revealed: Worlds22London and it has a 100k limit with the code still being valid as of ~50 minutes ago.
 
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The Path to the Peak code is still valid as of posting.

Also worth reminding people that Victini is actually legal in VGC and Ranked SwSh under the Mythicals allowed ruleset, and one of the older Mythicals that isn't a repeatable in-game event now. That little thing is a monster with V-Create.
 
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