Pokèmon Video Game Showdown!

Pokèmon Organized Play is holding a "Pokèmon Showdown" video game tournament for the DS games, with the winners going to the TCG World Championships to duke it out! Read the details below.

Register now to put your battle skills to the test!
The Pokémon Video Game Showdown is a BATTLE of the best Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl players from Japan and the United States. Two Qualifier Tournaments will be held in the United States this summer, and the top eight finishers in each age division will win a trip to compete at the final Pokémon Video Game Showdown in Orlando, Florida.
All Pokémon Trainers must complete the following steps at Showdown.Pokemon.com to participate in a Pokémon Video Game Showdown Qualifier Tournament:

1. Get a My Pokémon account.
   
2. Pass the Pokémon Video Game Showdown Quiz.
   
3. If the number of players eligible for participation in a Qualifier Tournament exceeds the number of spaces available, players will be selected at random, and invitations will be distributed to selected players.
   

Do you think you have what it takes?
Learn more about the Pokémon Video Game Showdown and register today at the official Pokémon Video Game Showdown website!

Bellevue, WA - May 15, 2008 - Pokémon USA, Inc., has announced the first-ever Video Game Showdown, pitting the most skilled Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl players from the United States and Japan in a battle to determine the ultimate champion. The Pokémon Video Game Showdown will take place August 16 in Orlando, Florida and will feature 32 of the most talented players from each nation.
To win a seat in the Pokémon Video Game Showdown, players must compete and win at one of two Qualifier Tournaments taking place in Los Angeles and New York on July 12 and July 19, respectively. A total of 256 players in each city will battle for sixteen paid trips for two to Orlando to compete in the Pokémon Video Game Showdown. To enter for a chance to play in the Qualifier Tournaments, players must register and complete a Pokémon online quiz at http://showdown.pokemon.com.
"Pokémon strives to create fun products and events for players of all skill levels and interests," said J.C. Smith, director of marketing for Pokémon USA, Inc. "The Pokémon Video Game Showdown provides the most skilled Pokémon players an opportunity to determine who is truly the best."

I didn't get in but I can take it out in an idiot(Drew333) that did.
Me-><-Drew333 Current score 46 to 5. It wouldn't really matter since I don't have money to get to L.A.

A little update on the video game challenge. Clint didn't make the online drawing either. But we went to Los Angeles anyway because we tagged it onto another trip we were going on. We were hoping Clint would get picked out of the crowd.

The online qualifiers that showed up were sparse. There was a nice crowd. They made you put your name in the hat and they drew out numbers. First they let all the junior players in. That was very nice. then it came time for the Seniors and they drew out about 25 (I forget the exact number). Clint was the second to last to be drawn. We get inside for the tournament and we count the numbers. Turns out there was only 64 players in the Senior field--Total. We were expecting 128 players like the online qualifier stated. Sadly, Pokemon chose to only make the field 64 players. Personally, I think they could have taken all the seniors like they took all the juniors and made a lot more people happy. Expanding on that, I think they could have invited more alternates by email to this event. I saw that the New York event did have a field of 128 players in Seniors and only about 30 online qualifiers showed up there too. New York chose to keep the field at 128.

Best news is that there was an announcement that there will be more video game showdowns in the future. They mentioned one next year. And I also heard that the TCG world and the video game finals will not be at the same time so perhaps a person may qualify for both.