I am getting really tired of seeing the same decks over and over.  You know, 
Haymaker, Raindance, Damage Swap with Mime and Chansey, it is getting really 
annoying.  Here is a game where the point is to have fun.  Now you go and 
play against a 6 year old who spent his weeks allowance to play a few games 
with his favorite pokemon and what do you do?  You jab his pikachus, 
Thunderpunch his squirtles, and Hydro Pump his Charmanders.  This kid spent 
money, he made a simple deck that he thought might be fun to play because it 
had his favorite pokemon.  In his first game he gets real excited, waiting 
all week, trading for his favorite cards and it all comes down to this: You 
jab his lone Pikachu.  It's all over.  The kid lost, odds are it's a single 
elimination tournament and he is out.  That kid will probably never play 
pokemon again.  His cards will probably be sold, it's really no telling what 
you did to him in the long run.  It's all because you play a cheap haymaker 
deck, and didn't even give the kid a chance.  You could of at least let him 
get out more pokemon, even kill a few of yours just to not hurt him.  You 
KNOW you can win easily even if he only has one prize left, so why don't you 
at least let him play a little, do what he came to do?  It's just like he 
comes, pays, trades a little, the first game starts and he is overjoyed 
because he got his favorite pokemon in his hand.  You go first, the kid is 
happy, the battle begins with a pokemon he LIKES,suddenely "Jab, I win."  I 
urge you to first of all build an original deck, and second of all, give the 
kids a chance, they may be the future of the game, as you become less 
interested they become more, don't cut them off before the race starts.
-Brett3@aol.com