Karl wrote:Wrathy wrote:Karl wrote:Wrathy wrote: Sadly I already waste much more money than I’m proud of on Pokemon cards every month... so I’m unlikely to acquire this.
How much does it cost to stay competitive in the pro Pokemon card scene? Just curious.
At my level? Couple of hundred a month. Travel to events and keeping up to date with the new sets (they have an annoying habit of releasing money cards every three months) along with the heroin-esque rush of buying packs (it's just glorified gambling) adds up.
Still, it stopped me drinking and kept me relatively mentally stable when I was out of work, so it's a price worth paying.
Cool, it seems expensive but I guess anything that involves travelling around to various tournaments would be a similar outlay. And it sounds like you get a lot of hours of enjoyment out of it!
You mentioned in another thread that you're hoping to compete internationally, right? Good luck!
Yeah that’s exactly it, anyone who plays sports for a team or whatever is probably paying around the same. If I had a little more self control I could probably save money by not buying sealed product but as it stands I’m okay. :p
And yup, probably be next season (from September) before I step up but I just won my first big tournament at the weekend which puts the World Championships within reach. I would need four more wins at that size of event over the next five/six months to do it which is possible but unlikely. I’m definitely going to the Uk Regional championship in June though
Johnny Ryall wrote:Is there a phone version of tcg? I'd be more likely to play that than hearthstone
Kind of, there’s a computer/tablet version which some people with androids can anger on their phones and stuff, though it’s not officially on there. I found the online game really tough to get into because you can’t really buy the good cards either through grinding for packs and getting mad lucky or by using codes from boosters to trade a bunch of sealed packs in the game for singles. Lots of fun once you do get set up tho!