“The End of the Line” – Lessons, Experiences, and Memories of the 2017-18 Season
“PND”—Post-Nationals Depression. Dating back to the days of US Nationals, especially coming to prominence over the last few years of the tournament’s existence, it refers to the effect of spending 4 days at the biggest Pokemon event of the year,…
On Chasing Top 16: The Travel and the Motive
Initially, this was something I planned to write at the end of the season as part of a series of articles going over a year in a review—a recap of my travel undertaken in pursuit of a Top 16 berth,…
On Transparency, Ethics, and Publishing
Most of the time when I write, it’s about an idea or concept, with examples to work through that idea. Today, though, I need to reverse that: I have a story to tell, then want to get into the ideas…
On Cheating, Peer Pressure, and Recognition in the TCG
Dear recently aged-up Master, Senior, Junior, long-time player, parent, or other interested reader, This, I’ll admit, is something I don’t relish writing, but is something I think needs to be said. One of the most profound effects of last season’s…
On Editorializing Social Thought and Discourse
I don’t particularly go looking for controversy—generally, doing so strikes me as bad practice. Once in awhile, though, it manages to arise out of the day-to-day. On Friday, over in my editing world of SixPrizes, we had an article discussing…
