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Show Pokemon USA That We Care!
GymLeaderPhil

March 13, 2003

 I will now give you the unlisted Corporate Offices for Pokemon USA, Inc. Phone Number.

Contact them at:
1-646-497-0400

I could care less what you say to Pokemon USA. They probably could care less too. However even if your telephone call to Pokemon USA is negative or positive, we must show support for the Pokemon Trading Card Game after Wizards of the Coast loses the rights to produce the cards.

There is really no way to turn The Pokemon Company's decision to choose another company to produce the cards. However as players here in North America, Europe, and Australia, it is our duty to continue playing and supporting the game NO MATTER WHO HAS THE LICENSE! With your help, we can start organized play as soon as the new company starts producing cards. Professors and Master Professors can easily help by continuing to build local player pools prior to the change of operations!

yoshi1001 from the Wizards of the Coast's PokeGym Message Boards has been an amazing source of advice for players and other Pokemon fans in the community. In responce to a topic concerning the loss of the license to Wizards of the Coast, he had this to say:

"Pokemon is not dead. It is as alive as ever. What is required now is some faith that things will work out."

Please, consider, help, and aid our process to continue this great game. When Decipher lost the license to produce a Star Wars CCG the players joined together as a community, despite disputes and past history, to continue the game they loved to play. While we will continue to have cards printed from another company, we must show our interest in organized play. We must continue further. We showed TPC and Wizards of the Coast before that players older than 15 should still be able to play at premiere events. Wizards of the Coast has already laid the blueprints for success...

So many people have changed and molded the Pokemon Trading Card Game to what it is today. For good or bad reasons, they still had a place in history. People like Michael Gills, Patrick Swift, Kirein Chase, Michael Proch, Heidi Craig, Bryan Gividen, Michael Martin, Juan Manuel Gerardo, Chris Boutcher, Richard Walkoski, Stephen Mumford, Phillipe van Lieu, Pojo, CRIMINAL, Lee Singleton, Jonathan Schweppe, Kitty Fox, Jake Bales, Purity, Ech, Marill, Poncho, Tom LaFleur, (Derek) Satoshi, Baboon, Beedrill300, Steven Reich, Aaron Teare, Josh Morris, Underdog, Spike, Matt Moss, Crash Landon, Pokenaut, Renee Martinez, FlareonMaster, IQ,  Howard Lee, Shawn Smith, El Ravager, Michael Guptil, Gordon Kane, Ron Roby, Thomas Ybarra, PokeMom, Chipmunk, Douglas Zuver, Lurili, BJJ763, Phil Mondello, Michel Delhausse, IPGeek21, Edo, UKPokemonPro, GrayFox, Scott Gerhardt, Magmar2003, ClefairyDoll, Kevin Chen, Brian Brokaw, Greg Hodgkinson, Gymbo, Jason Klaczynski, Steven Diamond, Bret Larwick, Twinsen21, TR Cassidy, Miguel Aragoncillio, John Hornburg, Martin Moreno, Pokemon Lady, Usagi Chan, Jackie, Myuu, IRC Goliath, GLitcH (Gary), Every Master Professor, Every Professor, Every Primere Tournament Organizer, The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, Wizards of the Coast, and MANY MORE.

The question is... will you also join that list for the game? I will continue to support the game, calling companies till we figure things out. But there is only so much I can do. I need your help. The community needs your help. The Pokemon Trading Card Game depends on you.

Philip McKinney
GymLeaderPhil
blingbling@pojo.com

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