VGC '12 Locations - Canadian Nationals Announced (Updated March 4th)

dtrain · Sep 16th, 2011, 8:14:30 PM

Now that P!P has released information regarding the new system for playing at pokemon events, I found information on pokegym.net the locations for tcg regionals. Seeing as how it will be a 2 day event, these are likely going to be the locations for our VGC regionals. VGC regionals will be held on November 13. The locations are (sorted alphabetically by state or province):

Regionals
November 13th, 2011

Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Convention Center)
Lake Buena Vista, FL (Royal Plaza)
Ft Wayne, IN (Allen County War Memorial Coliseum)
Crestwood, MO (Yeti Gaming)
Salem, OR (Oregon State Fair and Expo Center)
Providence, RI (Rhode Island Convention Center)
Doswell, VA (The Farm Bureau Center at the Meadow Event Park)

April 15th, 2012

Surrey, BC (Central City Shopping Centre)
Pleasanton, CA (Alameda County Fairgrounds)
Colorado Springs, CO (Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Athens, GA (Classic Center)
Toronto, ON (Venue Undetermined in the Greater Toronto Area)
Philadelphia, PA (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Houston, TX (Houston Hilton North)
Madison, WI (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Nationals

Birmingham, UK: March 3rd at National Exhibition Center
Essen, Germany: March 10th at Messe Esse
Paris, France: March 17th at Espace Champerret
Madrid, Spain: March 24th at IFEMA
Milan, Italy: April 1st at Centro Congressi Milanofiori
Indianapolis, USA: June 29th - July 1st, 2012 at Indianapolis Convention Center
Toronto, Canada: June 30th - July 1st, 2012 at Hilton Double Tree Hotel

nightwolf · Sep 16th, 2011, 8:25:00 PM

I'm sure by October all the locations will be released for the November regionals and possibly the April regionals also idk

Tyler · Sep 16th, 2011, 9:36:04 PM

http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-...championships/

ultimatedra · Sep 16th, 2011, 9:47:47 PM

Denver, CO - April 12 2011

SupremeDirt · Sep 17th, 2011, 6:19:47 PM

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A Travel Award for the winner (including a parent or legal guardian for players under 18) to the 2011 Pokémon Video Game U.S. National Championships at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, OR the 2011 Pokémon Video Game Canada National Championships in Toronto, ON.*

I just couldn't help but notice this.

My god.

VGC is going to spread to Canada now, I can actually compete.

**TheMantyke** · Sep 17th, 2011, 7:04:24 PM

The Southeastern Regional isn't listed right as I move to Atlanta. Crap! Let's hope it shows up before October ends either where it was or somewhere nearby.

nightwolf · Sep 18th, 2011, 1:05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat ultimatedra

Denver, CO - April 12 2011

so is arizona not getting a regional? o.o

Feathers · Sep 18th, 2011, 1:08:49 AM

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I just couldn't help but notice this.

My god.

VGC is going to spread to Canada now, I can actually compete.

Basically my reaction, though I'm in Vancouver so it wasn't hard for me to get to Seattle. But seriously, this opens up a whole new game for the Smogon Canada chapter. I see a lot of bibarel jokes in the future, however.

On one hand, yay! Canada!, but on the other hand, we have to wait for worlds before we can meet our friends from the south.

**voodoo pimp** · Sep 18th, 2011, 1:57:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat Feathers

Basically my reaction, though I'm in Vancouver so it wasn't hard for me to get to Seattle. But seriously, this opens up a whole new game for the Smogon Canada chapter. I see a lot of bibarel jokes in the future, however.

On one hand, yay! Canada!, but on the other hand, we have to wait for worlds before we can meet our friends from the south.

Too bad it's doubles, or Bibarel might actually be viable now.

ultimatedra · Sep 18th, 2011, 3:46:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat nightwolf

so is arizona not getting a regional? o.o

When talking to my PTO today at the battle roads, she said "I don't remember - i will get back to you."

I fixed my post to remove any possible misinformation.

Bruno Magno · Sep 18th, 2011, 7:15:11 AM

Probably there won't be a national in Italy :/ There were about 100 persone at VGC11 on Rome

Havak · Sep 18th, 2011, 8:00:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat Bruno Magno

Probably there won't be a national in Italy :/ There were about 100 persone at VGC11 on Rome

While this thread is for US Regional tournament locations, I'll still say don't worry just yet about Italy's National tournament not happening. As far as I'm aware there hasn't been a step backwards in VGC yet - TPCi have done very well in expanding. The French National tournament has consistently had the least number of players (except for Italy this year), yet it has always happened since 2009. I wouldn't expect the Italy National to be scrapped.

Edit: US & Canadian* (going to have to get used to saying that!)

Bruno Magno · Sep 18th, 2011, 8:44:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat Havak

While this thread is for US Regional tournament locations

Reading the title i supposed it was a general topic :/

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Originally Posted by Fat Havak

I wouldn't expect the Italy National to be scrapped.

I hope it! On other states (especially USA and Japan) was VGC publicized?

SupremeDirt · Sep 18th, 2011, 9:51:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat Feathers

Basically my reaction, though I'm in Vancouver so it wasn't hard for me to get to Seattle. But seriously, this opens up a whole new game for the Smogon Canada chapter. I see a lot of bibarel jokes in the future, however.

On one hand, yay! Canada!, but on the other hand, we have to wait for worlds before we can meet our friends from the south.

Fuck yeah. I'm really hoping that it's going to be Vancouver/Toronto for our regionals.

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Originally Posted by Fat Havak

While this thread is for US Regional tournament locations

Why just US Regionals? Is it really that hard to keep them all in the OP?

Havak · Sep 18th, 2011, 10:41:51 AM

While this is a non-issue discussion, I'm all for including all VGC locations in one thread. But the OP clearly states Regionals which so far only happen in the US and Canada, and considering Europe is going to remain largely unchanged, we won't have any information regarding our National locations until April or May - and they'd likely still occur in June & July. Little point to discussing them or adding them here when they're that far away and well, there's nothing to discuss yet anyway.

nightwolf · Sep 19th, 2011, 3:52:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat ultimatedra

When talking to my PTO today at the battle roads, she said "I don't remember - i will get back to you."

I fixed my post to remove any possible misinformation.

alright then.

FearZeCrawdaunt · Sep 19th, 2011, 4:57:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat SupremeDirt

Fuck yeah. I'm really hoping that it's going to be Vancouver/Toronto for our regionals.

I think we get two regionals outside of nationals. My bets are Vancouver and Montreal. Outside chance = Calgary>Montreal since Montreal is a 6-7 hour drive from Toronto. Calgary is 12 hours away from Vancouver however. Ottawa is even closer to Toronto, and other than these cities, the next major city that's not in Ontario, BC or Alberta would be Winnipeg, which is only about 2/3 the size of Calgary.

That said, Winnipeg is at least far enough away from Vancouver and Toronto that it would genuinely warrant it. Calgary -> Vancouver is 12-13 hours in good weather, but if it were in November that's a 15-16 hour drive depending on road conditions, whereas Winnipeg is a full 24 hours to Toronto.

Looks like Winnipegers are gonna have to wait for TPCi to come knocking on their door.

david stone · Sep 19th, 2011, 5:18:21 PM

Was that supposed to be Denver in April of 2012?

If so, that's exciting news.

Alakapimp · Sep 19th, 2011, 5:43:39 PM

st louis is also confirmed for november, and Houston for april

mattj · Sep 19th, 2011, 6:11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Alaka

st louis is also confirmed for november, and Houston for april

Could you possibly link to the source? The regional championships were in Chesterfield or Crestwood last year if I recall correctly. They may have moved, or "St. Louis" could just be a generalization for either location. Either way, that's only like 30 mins tops from my house.

Alakapimp · Sep 19th, 2011, 6:24:44 PM

I was told by the North Texas PTO who has been talking to the PTO for that area because it is the closest event to north texas, and she is going to staff. She announced it to us a battle roads. Not sure on exactly where, she just said St Louis.

mattj · Sep 19th, 2011, 6:42:42 PM

Yeah, St. Louis, Chesterfield, and Crestwood are like right in the same area. I was just curious if it had moved at all. Thanks so much for confirming this!

soul_survivor · Sep 19th, 2011, 7:12:57 PM

Are there any confirmed vgc events for Northeastern locations yet?

coolbiz · Sep 19th, 2011, 7:41:55 PM

Southeastern?

NatGeo · Sep 19th, 2011, 7:42:32 PM

just when i Moved to ohio from houston.....

X_X

There aren't any locations near me yet that I can see, though I might actually be able to make the canade ones if its close enough conisdering im way in the northern part of ohio

Sep 16th, 2011, 8:14:30 PM	#1
dtrain Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 591 That was fun! I hope we can CRITICAL HIT again sometime.	VGC '12 Locations - Canadian Nationals Announced (Updated March 4th) Now that P!P has released information regarding the new system for playing at pokemon events, I found information on pokegym.net the locations for tcg regionals. Seeing as how it will be a 2 day event, these are likely going to be the locations for our VGC regionals. VGC regionals will be held on November 13. The locations are (sorted alphabetically by state or province): Regionals November 13th, 2011 Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Convention Center) Lake Buena Vista, FL (Royal Plaza) Ft Wayne, IN (Allen County War Memorial Coliseum) Crestwood, MO (Yeti Gaming) Salem, OR (Oregon State Fair and Expo Center) Providence, RI (Rhode Island Convention Center) Doswell, VA (The Farm Bureau Center at the Meadow Event Park) April 15th, 2012 Surrey, BC (Central City Shopping Centre) Pleasanton, CA (Alameda County Fairgrounds) Colorado Springs, CO (Crowne Plaza Hotel) Athens, GA (Classic Center) Toronto, ON (Venue Undetermined in the Greater Toronto Area) Philadelphia, PA (Pennsylvania Convention Center) Houston, TX (Houston Hilton North) Madison, WI (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center) Nationals Birmingham, UK: March 3rd at National Exhibition Center Essen, Germany: March 10th at Messe Esse Paris, France: March 17th at Espace Champerret Madrid, Spain: March 24th at IFEMA Milan, Italy: April 1st at Centro Congressi Milanofiori Indianapolis, USA: June 29th - July 1st, 2012 at Indianapolis Convention Center Toronto, Canada: June 30th - July 1st, 2012 at Hilton Double Tree Hotel Last edited by Firestorm; Mar 4th, 2012 at 6:26:21 PM.

Sep 16th, 2011, 8:25:00 PM	#2
nightwolf Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 77 Arizona	I'm sure by October all the locations will be released for the November regionals and possibly the April regionals also idk __________________ "You really do remember me this time? I'm SO FLATTERED...But you're too late!!" - Axel to Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II

Sep 16th, 2011, 9:47:47 PM	#4
ultimatedra Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 636 Salt Lake City,UT	Denver, CO - April 12 2011 Last edited by ultimatedra; Sep 17th, 2011 at 8:48:26 PM. Reason: Correcting my bad hearing.

Sep 17th, 2011, 7:04:24 PM	#6
TheMantyke Relentless Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,174 Atlanta, GA	The Southeastern Regional isn't listed right as I move to Atlanta. Crap! Let's hope it shows up before October ends either where it was or somewhere nearby. __________________

Sep 18th, 2011, 7:15:11 AM	#11
Bruno Magno Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 746 Italy	Probably there won't be a national in Italy :/ There were about 100 persone at VGC11 on Rome __________________ On hiatus due to parents [ PokeCheck ] [ Trade Thread ] [ RMT ] [AWE]MichaelK: Ive been doin lc for a bit and I gotta say its kinda fun Billy Pones: Is LC overcentralized as OU? I was planning to start testtestaway: Nothing is as overcentralied as OU. I'd rather drink diarrhea than play OU.

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Tyler No Longer Live Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 631 Honey Badger don't give a shit.	http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-...championships/

Sep 18th, 2011, 10:41:51 AM	#15
Havak I'm the Best. You're a Towel. Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,279 Manchester, England, UK	While this is a non-issue discussion, I'm all for including all VGC locations in one thread. But the OP clearly states Regionals which so far only happen in the US and Canada, and considering Europe is going to remain largely unchanged, we won't have any information regarding our National locations until April or May - and they'd likely still occur in June & July. Little point to discussing them or adding them here when they're that far away and well, there's nothing to discuss yet anyway. __________________ UK VGC 2009 - Top 32 UK VGC 2010 - Top 32 UK VGC 2011 - Top 8 \| UK Nationals: 1-Up Events 2011 - Top 4 I chase the dream, not the competition.

Sep 19th, 2011, 5:18:21 PM	#18
david stone Fast-moving, smart, sexy and alarming. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,152	Was that supposed to be Denver in April of 2012? If so, that's exciting news. __________________ Previously obi. Technical Machine, a Pokemon AI. "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu

Sep 19th, 2011, 5:43:39 PM	#19
Alakapimp All washed up Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,110 Salt Lake City, UT	st louis is also confirmed for november, and Houston for april __________________

Sep 19th, 2011, 6:24:44 PM	#21
Alakapimp All washed up Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,110 Salt Lake City, UT	I was told by the North Texas PTO who has been talking to the PTO for that area because it is the closest event to north texas, and she is going to staff. She announced it to us a battle roads. Not sure on exactly where, she just said St Louis. __________________

Sep 19th, 2011, 7:12:57 PM	#23
soul_survivor Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 876 StatenIsland, NY	Are there any confirmed vgc events for Northeastern locations yet? __________________ FC: 2709 6546 0200

Sep 19th, 2011, 7:41:55 PM	#24
coolbiz Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 625 portal eye'd	Southeastern? __________________ My Pokecheck #smogonwifi is a awesome place (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡zıqןooɔ \|\|ʕ ●ᴥ●ʔ \|\| coolbiz ノ( º _ ºノ)

Sep 19th, 2011, 7:42:32 PM	#25
NatGeo ♭ Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,428 ♯	just when i Moved to ohio from houston..... X_X There aren't any locations near me yet that I can see, though I might actually be able to make the canade ones if its close enough conisdering im way in the northern part of ohio __________________