Come join us for the ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday, March 21st at the Hoffman House Banquet Hall
7550 East State Street At the exit ramp at I-90/39 & Business 20 (State St exit), turn right...1 block down the road at the first stop light, you'll see the Holiday Inn on the right side of the road, turn right there. (Keep in mind, there are some areas of road construction on I90 coming from the north just before the business 20 State St exit, with reduced speeds posted at 45mph, and possibly other areas, so allow extra time. Check here to see if your route is under any construction) We have reserved their entire Hoffman House Banquet Hall, Also, here's a link to the other area hotels.... We're also pleased to have internet access for our event, so that we can keep everyone updated with the results as we go!
Registration for the Tournament
will open at 9am, We're expecting a large number of players, anywhere from 150 - 200, so
Decklists MUST be turned in AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Remember, the following sets are legal for play in this Modified tournament. The tournament is run using the Modified Format and Swiss pairings. See the Tournament Rules for additional information about the Modified and Swiss formats. The number of Swiss rounds run will depend on total attendance of the event. After Swiss rounds are complete, there will be a cut to single-elimination finals. The number of players to qualify for the finals will depend on the total attendance in each age division, with a maximum of 16 players playing off in any one division. Due to the number of players we will likely have, (anywhere from 150-200) we anticipate having 6 rounds for the Juniors and Seniors with Top 8 Finals, and 7 rounds for the Masters with Top 16. I have a tentative timetable below. S/P/T Championship events have a K-Value of 32, same as Regionals and Nationsl. For more information on K-Value, Ratings, and Rankings, click here. Prizes are awarded to the top 8 players in each age division. The divisions are: Junior Division: Born in 1998 or later Participants will receive a Pokémon TCG S/P/T Championships promo card and a commemorative S/P/T Championships pin, while supplies last, all just for playing! The top 8 finishers in each of the three age divisions will receive the following prizes:1st Place
2nd Place
3rd & 4th Place
5th through 8th Place
* Players can win multiple travel stipends. Travel stipends must be collected by the winner of record
Here's the tentative timetable for the tournament:
Also of interest - Pokemon Products - Jimmy Ballard's store, Collect a Card N Comics, be on site with lots of items for sale to help you with your State Championships experience. They'll have booster packs, Preconstructed Theme Decks, sleeves, dice, individual cards for sale...Plus he's even got the brand new Sky High Collector Tins! They'll also have snack items like chips and candy bars for sale in our room as well. So bring along some spending money to pick up those items you want!
Food - We may not bring in outside food for meals, but if you'll be spending the day with us, bring along a few dollars and there will be plenty of things to eat. I have arranged to have a waitress station at the far corner of the room (close to the back kitchen exit for them) where players can place their orders with the waitress, they'll be given a number, and the waitress will call their numbers when their food is ready. I have spare tables where people can eat. We will have the following items on the menu: Art Corner - Once again, we'll have an Art Corner set up where players can color from any number of Pokemon 'Color ME' pages, but this year I'll also have a lot of the cardboard deck/card storage boxes that kids can decorate... I've got stickers and various things that kids can use to "decorate their deckboxes", with glue, tape, markers, whatever they like. I'll have Event helpers there to oversee things. You can also Make your own Trainer Card, and Make your own Pokemon card too. Contests - I'll have several contests going on during the event, with some fun items to win... Art Contest - Create your own Pokemon related masterpiece there at the event in our Art Corner or bring your own submission with you to enter. Let's see just how creative you all can be! Dice Dilemna! - Be the closest one to guess the number of dice in the jar and win 4 Booster Packs! Counter Counting! - If you guess the closest number of damage counters in the jar, you'll win 4 Booster Packs! Chansey's Chance Raffle - Get a raffle ticket for each Chansey card you donate from any set to Devin's Chansey Collection, more for rares and EXs! We'll draw for 6 Booster packs to 2 separate winners. Pikas for Packs Raffle - Get a raffle ticket for each Pikachu card you turn in, from any set, for Troy's daughter Danielle's Pikachu Collection. 2 separate winners will get 6 booster packs each. Booster Box Raffle - Only $1 will get you a raffle ticket for the chance to win an entire Booster Box of the newest set, Platinum! So bring along a few spare bucks and you might just go home with a whole box! You're from WHERE?!? - We'll have some random giveaways based on where you've come from, so be sure you put your city and state on your Decklists so we can get you added to our big area Player Map! It's a Flip-A-Thon! At various times we'll have a set of 4 people, each given a coin to keep flipping until they get tails. The last person remaining will win a booster pack! Later, the winners of each 'round' will be able to battle each other to see who gets the title of Best Flippin' Flipper at States! Pokemon Hats! - I have personally sewn these cute fleece Pokemon Hats and will have drawings for each of them separately. I may have more of them finished by the date of States too, and I'll likely have a few of each design.
Side Events - We will have various side events that players can sign up for that will be run after the Main Event, during the Top Cut, for those of you who want to stick around and keep having some more fun with your Pokemon friends. Some may include an Unlimited tourney or a regular Modified (either free for lesser prizes or for a $5 fee for larger prizes), a Theme Deck Challenge + booster packs, a booster Draft. Player interest will determine what ones we go with. So what should I bring to this event or do to prepare? I would suggest that you come to this Premiere Event as prepared as possible, so that your experience will be as fun and stress free as it can possibly be. We want you to have a great time, we don't want you to be nervous or freak out because you forgot something or didn't realize you needed to do something. So here are some tips for you to make sure you have a great tournament...
We want you to have a wonderful day at a great competition! I'll have more details posted shortly! Stop back often! You can find detailed information for the State Championships Events on the Official POP Website
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Print your decklist out ahead of time so that you can have it all filled out when you get there (and make sure it's neat so we can read it!) That way you can have fun talking with everyone, browsing at the store or making new friends. There will be a lot going on that morning, and you can easily get very distracted trying to write out a decklist there. You don't want to have a mistake on your list that might cost you a match, when it could have easily been avoided by writing out your decklist ahead of time at home. 