... Mostly what I hate are people who brag up and down about their 
fabulous raindance decks (or whatever) and CANNOT for the LIFE of 
them develop a deck that is origional and creative.

~Feel free to flame, I've got the marshmallows ready for smores.
~The Pokemon Lady
klvyonne@aol.com


For the "for what it's worth" column.

Lots of valid points in the above discussion.  Certainly trash 
talking can be ill timed, and acting proud of a deck you did not 
conceptualize and create is bush league.  But don't assume all rain 
dance decks are from pre-constructed decks or know concepts.

Many discoveries are made in the world by different people at about 
the same time on an independent basis.  Believe it or not, my son and 
I did not consult any guides at all and studied the cards and came up 
with what we later discovered to be called a rain-dance deck.  We 
love our variations on the theme. Everything about the deck is 
therefore,  original and creative.  Most of the ideas have been his.  
He has won a local tournament 3 times in a row with the deck.  The 
other kids didn't complain when they had to play him but, they did 
moan a bit.  Again for what it is worth, he put together a completely 
different deck (energy denial) with my help and encouragement to 
do something different, and won his fourth in a row the other day.

If you are competing for prizes, the idea is to do your best to win.
Practice and experiment all you want when you want but, come 
tournament time...

Chet