i am fan of of this era of the TCG game mostly because i felt it was far more open to tactics.

it is to me what the 3rd gen of the main pokemon video game was.

it just feels more fun to me than what happened after wizards of the coasts stop being part of the TCG and all those changes to the game happened

Uh, it is not open to more tactics.
the First and Second generations (WotC produced up to Skyridge, the 16th set, and only the first three actually appeared in the games) revolved around 4 decktypes: Haymaker, Stall, DO THE WAVE and Exeggutor.
If anything, the new cardsmakes the game more open to different tactics and deck styles.

the WotC era is liked because they were "old school" and everybody recognizes them, but it's when Pokemon USA that the cards start to get actually decent and the game skyrockets in popularity.

You're entitled to your opinion that the original was the best, but it shows that you haven't played the newer sets yet (you'll know that there are very little changes to the game, and if anything, it's easier and more fun to play), and it's ignorance like that which annoys me.

stall and exeggutor suck compared to haymaker. do the wave is just (or should be) haymaker + jigglypuff line.

I love GBC era but there is way less actual tactics in it. DP era actually can reasonably compete with any good CCG. There's actual variety and a lot less coming down to the draws.

I'm up for BS1 block matches whenever I guess