This is in reply to Cougar's article on Professor Oak. (3/1/00)

Your reasons for not liking Oak are absolutely wrong.  If using it makes you
discard alot of cards, you probably didn't need them anyway.  Since I build
my decks well and tweak them to perfection, I put in only cards which are
going to help me win, therefore, I use them, and hardly ever discard more
than a couple cards when I Oak.  Actually, why would you be Oaking when you
are discarding cards you need anyway?  The whole point of Oaking is to get
rid of your crappy hand or to get a card you desparately need. 

A possible solutioin for all you Oak haters out there:  Play an energy out of
your hand before you Oak, or use retrieval to get it back when you need it,
item finder for your discarded trainers, and put the Pokemon you need on your
bench before you Oak. 

Comments go to:
Radar (seamorebns@aol.com)