This weekend one of the biggest Competitive Pokémon events took place Generally, it’s been in Orlando. And as this event ends, The Pokémon Company has been listening to player feedback.
There have been many participants in this event, so it has been very hard to get CP, even being in a good position during the Swiss round.
So many players made the The first day the competition will last almost 14 hourss. Both in Pokémon TGC and Pokémon VGC. Players were happy with the event itself, but the main criticism was that there should be certain changes to prevent this from happening again.
Attention #PokemonVG Trainers: following our upcoming quarterly document update on 02/21. VG Regional Championships will use the same 2-day tournament structure as #PokemonTCG events.
“Play! Pokémon Tournament Rules Handbook” TCG Structure details – https://t.co/hBvmTkA6zm pic.twitter.com/ALjmH3R8VK
— Play Pokémon (@playpokemon) February 6, 2023
The main change will remove the ten round days in order to shorten the time during the first day and to be able to extend the cut to access day two. This means that the Swiss rounds can be extended until day two when there are more than 227 players.
This will allow players can rest and thus increase the quality of the fights during day two. This would also include being able to broadcast more matches live as there is more time.
These are changes that will be implemented in both Pokémon TGC and Pokémon VGC.
