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Ban World Championship Pokémon Center

Ban World Championship Pokémon Center

Closed — 28 supporters Verified

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Chibi P.
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Sage L.
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Jonathan S.
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Started by Andrew Carbon 10 years, 2 months ago

The Pokémon Company doesn't want guests to stop by and enjoy the World Championships live. But fans are more than welcome to spend their money at the Pokémon Center there?

2016 marks the 20th anniversary of Pokémon and this is how they choose to celebrate the World Championship. This ban is insulting to the Pokémon community as a whole who have supported the franchise throughout its lifespan. Especially to fans who booked expensive hotel and flight reservations months in advance and can no longer cancel said reservations. This wouldn't have been as much of an issue if the Pokémon Company had announced the guest ban sooner instead of waiting until just a week before the event.

This petition is more of a boycott. A boycott against buying from the Pokémon Center at Pokémon Worlds. Guests who booked reservations and can no longer enjoy the event live will not buy a single Shirt, Plush, Deckbox, or even Card Booster Pack from the Pokémon Center there. If the Pokémon Company and Nintendo won't listen to our voice, then maybe they'll listen to our wallets.

Updates

August 15, 2016

The response to this boycott shows how many people feel insulted by these last minute changes. It is exhausting to fight a company this large but knowing so many of you are refusing to spend your money here keeps me going.

11 Comments

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Richard Hannah
10 years ago Featured

I agree with this. Countless people flock to the location of a World's tournament every year to enjoy the event, whether they qualified or not. This set up is horrible and really ruins the mood for spectators and players.

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Walter Ulloa
10 years ago Featured

I thought this was because of a capacity issue which was recently brought to the event coordinator's attention. Either way I believe worlds has always been very generous by allowing it to be open to the public. I have no problem with their decision whether it was caused by capacity issue or a new change to limit attendees.

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Anonymous
10 years ago Featured

That's simply inconsiderate. If it's a security issue, it's easily resolved. This is pretty ridiculous. Really shows people how money orientated the company is and their mission statement is totally debunked. I will cease to purchase all pokemons products until this is reconciled.

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Sage Logan
10 years ago

Not fair!

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Jonathan Smith
10 years ago

Nintendo get your priorities straight.

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Jonathan Smith
10 years ago

This is absurd for the Pokemon company and Nintendo to even think about this. I will not be buying any Pokemon merchandise, until this has been made right for fans everywhere.

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Concerned Tcg Collector
10 years ago

Outrageous that they would do this

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Jonathan
10 years ago

Veramente assurdo, non capisco queste mosse e sinceramente non vedo più lo spirito vivo del gioco.