February 28, 2014

Fourth in the world!

When I first began to play Pokemon competitively, it was a "Rubicon" for me because it changed my life forever. This essay tells how it affected me, what came out of it, and how I made it.

How I started to play:
My first experience with Pokemon was at a fast food restaurant. Seriously. I was five years old, and my little brother Zachary, my dad and I were driving back home. We were all hungry, and we stopped at Burger King for lunch. It happened that the toy theme for the kid’s meal was Pokemon cards, following the release of the Sinnoh region expansion of Pokemon. I got my first two cards there, two Piplup, and I was hooked. I went to Burger King several times after, and soon I had about twelve.
On my sixth birthday, I received a theme deck as a present. (Theme decks are starter decks with sixty cards for beginners). I played at home for a year, and when I was seven, I started to play at league, my first step to playing competitively.
Over the course of the year, I played Saturdays at league. I got better and better, and attended a few small tournaments, not dominating but doing well at some. At 8, I played a small tournament in which I got 2nd with a half-competitive deck. I was beat in the top two by Calvin Conner, who next year would advance to the senior division at age twelve (Divisions are chosen by age).
Starting to play competitively:
The first time I played in a large tournament was at the Washington State Championships. I entered with the popular Eelektrik deck, going 4-2. I whiffed Top Cut at 9th place, but it was still good practice for me.
Afterwards, I decided to keep playing competitively and not give up. I would play in small tournaments for the rest of the season, but next year, halfway through the competitive season, I was ready. And I was coming fast.
Getting an invite to Worlds ...

The rest of Sammy's story here.

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