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Pokemon TCG News
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  22] 
I spent a good part of the weekend helping my 6 and 8 year old put decks together - their first battle drug on for over an hour, but they're getting the hang of it. My daughter tried a water deck, but had a poor choice of cards, and couldn't hold up against my son's psychic deck. Here's some recent news in the world of Pokemon TCG:

Pokémon Announces 2007 Battle Road Tournaments

Pokémon Players to Compete in Free Event Earning Premier Ratings; Potential Qualifiers Enter in the World Championships

BELLEVUE, Wash.—May 8, 2007—Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in trading card games, today announced the Pokémon® Trading Card Game (TCG) Battle Road Tournaments. Battle Road Tournaments provide players with the opportunity to increase their premier ratings, which can earn them an invitation and Travel Award to the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, this August. The Pokémon TCG Battle Road Tournaments will take place May 26th –June 24th. Pokémon TCG tournaments and leagues test a player’s Pokémon TCG skills, strategy, and creativity.

Pokémon TCG Battle Road Tournaments are free events, open to all players. Competitors are divided into three divisions: Junior Division (born in 1996 or later), Senior Division (born in 1992, 1993, 1994, or 1995), and Masters Division (born in 1991 or earlier). Prizes are awarded to the top two players in each age division. First-place winners will receive eight Pokémon booster packs, and a Victory Medal—Gold promo card. Second-place winners will receive four booster packs. The Pokémon TCG World Championships is an invite-only event, and players must participate in a qualifying tournament, or hold one of the highest premier ratings in their division, to receive an invitation.

Who: Pokémon TCG Players and Public

When: May 26th–June 24th, 2007

Where: Cities across the U.S.

For more information, or to find Battle Road Tournaments near you, please visit http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Looking for a few good anime fans
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  18] 
I'm looking for a few people who are well-versed with anime - either specific shows, like Pokemon, Digimon, DBZ, or in general, to help keep our site updated. You only need to know basic (very basic) HTML tags, and no other technical expertise is required.

Drop me a line at scott (at) ripside (dot) com.

Thanks!

Scoots

Friday, May 4, 2007

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Tournaments Coming!
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  11] 
The Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Preview Tournament is coming to a city near you! Here's the press release from Pokemon.com:

Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced its upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) Diamond & Pearl Prerelease tournaments in multiple locations. Prerelease tournaments provide players the opportunity to preview and play with not-yet-released cards from the upcoming Diamond & Pearl expansion. The Pokémon TCG Diamond & Pearl Prerelease tournaments will be held during the weekends of May 12th and 13th and May 19th and 20th.

Players are divided into three division: Junior Division (born in 1996 or later); Senior Division (born in 1992, 1993, 1994 or 1995) and Masters Division (born in 1991 or earlier). An admission fee is charged at the door and varies depending on event location. The entry fee includes six booster packs of the Pokémon TCG Diamond & Pearl, from which each player will build his or her deck. Players may keep these cards at the end of the event. All participants will receive a Pokémon TCG Diamond & Pearl Prerelease promo card and a Diamond & Pearl promotional item, while supplies last. Players who complete the tournament will also receive two additional booster packs of Diamond & Pearl cards.

WHO: Pokémon TCG players and the general public

WHAT: Pokémon TCG Diamond & Pearl Prerelease tournament

WHEN: May 12th - May 20th

WHERE: Cities all across the U.S.

Saturday, Apr 14, 2007

WebChat Back!
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  15] 
I've also got WebChat back up and running. Use the "WebChat" link on each OBV site's menu to open up the chat frame at the bottom of the window.

Scott

PV Topsites/Links Catalog Back Online
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  11] 
I've setup the Links Catalog service again - sometime over the last year we lost the domain "LinksCatalog.com", after letting it expire accidentally (the new owners snatched it up after less than 24 hours and are asking a ridiculous price for it now).

For now, the site is running at http://links.onebigvillage.com.

Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007

EX COLLECTOR’S TINS
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  7] 
The people at Pokemon USA, Inc. keep pushing out the new products, this time it's an EX Collector's Tin, set to be released on March 21. Each tin will have four EX booster packs, two Power Keepers and one EX Delta Species and one EX Dragon Frontiers. They'll also throw in one of three cards from the new Diamond and Pearl set: Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup.

With three different designs, every 2007 Pokémon TCG: EX Collector’s Tin features a great window design for players to display their favorite card, and each comes with one of three foil Diamond & Pearl Pokémon cards that will give players and collectors a sneak-peek at the next highly anticipated Pokémon TCG expansion.

The Pokémon TCG: EX Collector’s Tins go on sale in stores March 21st, just in time for Easter gift-giving and are each priced at $12.99. Each of the four booster packs inside contains nine randomly inserted game cards.

For more information, visit www.pokemon-tcg.com.

Thursday, Mar 1, 2007

W/B, Kenji
[Scoots - OneBigVillage] [Comments  -  7] 
As you might or might not notice, I'm getting more of the old sites back up. The PV Topsites, Speakout.onebigvillage.com, and OBV itself are all back online now. Comments will be OFF, until I get a graphical confirmation number feature added (which I've done on other sites). We won't turn comments back on until we can block some of the automated spamvertising. Scoots

Saturday, Feb 24, 2007

I am Back
[kenji - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  4] 
I am back so you going to see alot of pokemon news before any other pokemon news have it. Pokemon Village is the leader of the Pokemon Community. and hope to keep giving fans the information they want and easy.

Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007

EX Power keeps Tournaments
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  51] 
The Pokemon TCG keeps going strong! Here's the latest from Pokemon USA:

Local Players to Participate in Exclusive Card Expansion Preview Tournaments

BELLEVUE, Wash.-January 16th, 2007-Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced its upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) EX Power Keepers Prerelease tournaments. Prerelease tournaments provide players the opportunity to preview and play with unreleased cards from the upcoming EX Power Keepers expansion. The Pokémon TCG: EX Power Keepers Prerelease tournaments will be held during the weekends of February 3rd and 4th and February 10th and 11th.

Players are divided into three divisions: Junior Division (born in 1996 or later); Senior Division (born in 1992, 1993, 1994 or 1995); and Masters Division (born in 1991 or earlier). An admission fee is charged at the door and varies depending on event location. The entry fee includes six booster packs of the Pokémon TCG: EX Power Keepers, from which each player will build his or her deck. Players are free to take the cards home at the end of the event. All participants will receive a Pokémon TCG: EX Power Keepers Prerelease promo card and an EX Power Keepers notebook, while supplies last. Players who complete the tournament will also receive two additional booster packs of EX Power Keepers cards.

Saturday, Dec 2, 2006

EX Power Keepers Expansion Unleashes Potent Forces
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  4] 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME EXPANSION PUTS THE REINS OF POWER IN PLAYERS’ HANDS!

EX Power Keepers Expansion Unleashes Potent Forces

BELLEVUE, Wash.—November 27th, 2006—Pokémon USA Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced the latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, EX Power Keepers, to be released on February 14th, 2007. The expansion features over 100 cards, including powerful Stadium cards that will lead players to build amazing new decks.

In EX Power Keepers, players will discover great powers that will challenge them to learn the secrets of the most elite Trainers ever. In addition to a wide variety of all-time favorite Pokémon, the release will also introduce new game strategies through four new Stadium cards that will have even the most experienced players testing new combos and revealing new winning tactics!

The Pokémon TCG: EX Power Keepers expansion will be available in two 60-card theme decks, Mind Game and Dark Blast, and in booster packs. Theme decks and booster packs go on sale in stores on February 14th, priced at $10.99 for the theme decks and $3.49 for the booster packs. Each booster pack features nine randomly inserted game cards. Theme decks include a unique coin, an updated rulebook, card list, a one-player playmat, and damage counters.

For more information, visit www.pokemon-tcg.com.

About Pokémon USA

Pokémon USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, publishes the Pokémon Trading Card Game outside of Japan and manages the property outside of Asia which includes licensing, marketing and publishing activities, an animated TV series, movies, the official Pokémon website and the online retail site www.pokemoncenter.com. Celebrating its 10th worldwide anniversary in 2006, Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 for play on Nintendo’s Game Boy® and has since evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Pokémon was introduced in North America in September 1998 and today is one of the most popular toy and entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.

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Contacts:

Ashley Allman, 206-344-3133, ashley@barokas.com

Relocation
[Scoots - OneBigVillage] [Comments  -  6] 
Sorry about the site the last few days, I'm relocating everything to our private datacenter in Chicago, and its taking awhile to transfer all the database files. All the sites should be back to normal by Monday. Scott

Sunday, Jul 30, 2006

Special Anime Elite Promotion
[Scoots - Village Anime] [Comments  -  290] 
Richard sent along info on this promotion over on Anime Elite:

Anime Elite announces a special promotion to new and existing customers that will be valid for the duration of this summer! For a limited time, regardless of order size, you can save 10% by using coupon code "save10". Limit one per customer, and not valid on shipping and handling. Check them out today at Anime Elite - Your Anime Super Store!

Thursday, Jul 13, 2006

Pokemon Announces U.S. National Championship Winners
[Scoots - Pokemon Village] [Comments  -  113] 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

POKÉMON ANNOUNCES U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNERS

National Championships are Largest Pokémon Tournament in the History of the Trading Card Game

BELLEVUE, Wash.—July 5, 2006—Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in trading card games, today announced the winners at the Pokémon® Trading Card Game (TCG) National Championships. Top four winners in the 10 and younger age category include: Andrew Krekeler, Dave Richard, Ben Capriola, Matt Sbaa; in the 11 to 14 category: Bobby Malec, Pablo Kingsley, Blaine Dollar, Jonathan Bristow; and in the 15 and older category: Martin Moreno, Eric Ennocenti, Seena Ghaziaskar, Tom Dolezal. In addition to being named a Nationals Champion or Finalist, these players also earned entry and Travel Awards for the 2006 Pokémon TCG World Championships™, scholarships, and other prizes.

The competition took place in Columbus, Ohio, on July 1-2. The Pokémon TCG World Championships take place at the Hilton Anaheim in Anaheim, California, August 18-20. The Pokémon TCG World Championships is an invite-only event, and players must participate in a qualifying tournament to receive an invitation. As a way to test players’ skill, creativity, and strategy, Pokémon Organized Play events and tournaments promote good sportsmanship and a fun gaming environment for all ages.

WHO: U.S. Pokémon TCG Players

WHAT: Pokémon TCG National Championships winner

WHEN: July 1-2, 2006

WHERE: Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High St., Columbus, Ohio

For more information, please visit http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/. For an interview with any of the players, contact Ashley Allman or Hillary Lyons.

Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006

JapaneseAnimeWorld.com
[Scoots - Village Anime] [Comments  -  3706] 
Japanese Anime World, a proud supplier of thousands of unique anime items, has announced that it is now carrying over 4,500 products including Anime DVDs, Backpacks, Apparel, Keychains, T-Shirts, Manga, Snacks, Calendars, and more! In need of cash, and love anime? Join up for their affiliate program and make money by referring people to their store! Visit them today and enjoy great discounts on merchandise from your favorite anime series.

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