Shonen Jumps are back! Anaheim announced for April!

[senseker]

Originally Posted by Pojo

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Announces the Return of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME SHONEN JUMP Championships;

Premiere Event is scheduled for Anaheim’s Convention Center April 25-26

El Segundo, CA – (April 10, 2009) – A new day is dawning in competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) play.* Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE) is unveiling today their plans to bring back the SHONEN JUMP Championships, the largest and most prestigious Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG tournament series in North America.* Adding a level of mystery to the event, a new Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s SHONEN JUMP Championship prize card will be revealed for the first time.
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KDE’s SHONEN JUMP Championship series will begin April 25-26 in the “Big A” (Anaheim, CA) at the Anaheim Convention Center.* Each registrant will receive their KDE “official” identification card at the event.* The registration fee is $20, and each player will receive five booster packs just for participating.
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“Duelists have patiently waited for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. to outline our plans for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME SHONEN JUMP Championships and now we are,” said Yumi Hoashi, Vice President of Card Business for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. “The SHONEN JUMP Championships, by their very nature, are created to be enjoyed by as many players as possible and are some of the most celebrated events we hold each year.* Those who cannot make this SHONEN JUMP Championship can follow round-by-round coverage online at www.yugioh-card.com/en/events.”
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SHONEN JUMP Championship Anaheim details:* The Anaheim Convention Center doors will open promptly at 8:00 a.m. for registration with Round One beginning at 10:00 a.m.* The top 16 finalists for the SHONEN JUMP Championship along with the top 32 Duelists of the Sunday Regional will qualify to participate in the 2009 U.S. National Championship, which will be held later in the year.
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Great family fun:* The SHONEN JUMP Championship in Anaheim offers exciting Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG side events for moms, dads and brothers and sisters not in the main tournament.* The side events for both Saturday and Sunday include Win-a-Mat events, a Team Dueling competition, and special events for Duelists under 13.* There will also be a Regional Qualifier on Sunday.
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SHONEN JUMP Championship prizes: Prizes include brand new Top 16 SJC game mats, Nintendo* DSi™ units with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009, Wii™ units and******* Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Wheelie Breakers, a 32 GB iPod Touch installed with Konami Mobile Games, a paid trip to the U.S. National Championships, and a complimentary subscription to SHONEN JUMP magazine for the Top 16.
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New Duelist Rankings:* KDE has developed their own proprietary ranking system, called COSSY [Konami Card Game Official Tournament Support System], which will be used at the first SHONEN JUMP Championship in Anaheim.* “By using COSSY in the first event it allows all players to start advancing up the rankings at the same time.* New Duelists have just as much chance to rise in the rankings as veterans.* This is the ranking system that is currently used in Japan,” added KDE’s Hoashi.
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For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or the SHONEN JUMP Championship series, please visit www.yugioh-card.com.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

ok guys i'm at disneyland on my blackjack so listen up. top 16 get mats, and SJ subscriptions, NOT every prize on the list. come on! We added the mag subscriptions after so that's where the confusion came from. here's the breakdown: 1st place gets card, flight & hotel to Nats (for guardian too if winner is 17 - under), mat, subsciption. 2nd gets card, 32gb touch, docking station, mat, subsription gonna post before i get logged out.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

continuing from the line for space mountain 3rd place gets card, wii, wheelie breakers mailed after it releases, mat, mag subscription. 4th gets wii, wheelie breakers mailed, mat, mag. 5 - 8 gets DSi, WC2009 mailed on release, mat, mag. 9 - 16 get WC2009 mailed, mat, mag. ALL players get 5 packs of Crimson Crisis. Also, rankings have nothing to do with being suspended. Don't assume UD suspended players will be admitted until you've read an official statement. There will be even more going on at this SJC than we've announced thus far, so stay tuned.

Originally Posted by PKpwnage

Regarding invites: I don't think it would be very nice if Konami took away invites. There were a lot of people (including me) who worked hard to top regionals. If it's an open event, that would be even more insulting. "Here, we're gonna devalue your hard work just to get a few more people in attendance

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

Konami can't take away invites, because we don't have them. Tournament data is Upper Deck's property.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

I don't care what anyone else has said in any other thread here or at another board, or at any event. There has been no official statement as of yet on the status of players suspended by Upper Deck. Or WOTC. Or any other gaming company out there. When there is, then you will know for certain.

Official word has not been posted, which means anyone giving an "answer" isn't giving an actual answer.

And can I say it again? Resetting Rankings has nothing what so ever on earth to do with anyone's status of being allowed to play. My rankings will be reset too, but I can't play.I don't care what anyone else has said in any other thread here or at another board, or at any event. There has been no official statement as of yet on the status of players suspended by Upper Deck. Or WOTC. Or any other gaming company out there. When there is, then you will know for certain.

Official word has not been posted, which means anyone giving an "answer" isn't giving an actual answer.

And can I say it again? Resetting Rankings has nothing what so ever on earth to do with anyone's status of being allowed to play. My rankings will be reset too, but I can't play.]Player data for tournaments sanctioned by Upper Deck is Upper Deck's property. Konami does not have access to it and I can't imagine any scenario where it would be legal to buy or sell it.

So if you've earned an invite at a tournament sanctioned by Upper Deck, no, it is no longer valid. You will have to qualify again.

Yes, I know Magic is letting everyone with a previous Yu-Gi-Oh! invite participate in Magic's Nationals. How they plan to do that, I have no idea, because Yu-Gi-Oh! players aren't awarded certificates and there isn't a public list of qualified players. Why would Upper Deck hand player data over to WOTC, either? WOTC is a competitor too!

No one's being "stupid" or "idiotic" or "greedy" or any other adjective you want to come up with. The data belongs to Upper Deck. There are (thank goodness) privacy laws in existence to prevent companies from buying and selling people's personal data.

That's life.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

I don't care what anyone else has said in any other thread here or at another board, or at any event. There has been no official statement as of yet on the status of players suspended by Upper Deck. Or WOTC. Or any other gaming company out there. When there is, then you will know for certain.

Official word has not been posted, which means anyone giving an "answer" isn't giving an actual answer.

And can I say it again? Resetting Rankings has nothing what so ever on earth to do with anyone's status of being allowed to play. My rankings will be reset too, but I can't play.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

The trip to Nats is only for the first place winner, people. The entire top 16 does not get a trip to Nats.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

Oh - product prizes - everyone who enters gets 5 packs, there aren't additional product prizes for the top finishers. Packs for everyone, and the top 16 get the prize breakdown listed earlier.

It's like buying 5 packs of cards and getting a tournament thrown in.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

I'll just point out that NONE of you know anything about our licensing agreements (Konami doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!), or how much any of this stuff actually costs.

Or how we're moving the budget around, and what we have to pay for.

Originally Posted by purity_reloaded

HMMMMM maybe people should bring lots of quarters to Anaheim.

Continue your discussion here.

[The Fiend Commander]

What deck do think is gonna win it GB's,Lightsworn,Twilight or a Monarch variant.

[Lime Cat]

What I want to know is who's jugding/head judging this event?

[r3skyline]

i still find it hilarious that tsengfox is still complaining. regardless, it's still complaining.

[NeXusFrank88]

Originally Posted by Lime Cat

What I want to know is who's jugding/head judging this event?

I am.

Also, I think that Julia's responses should be added to the OP, since most of them were very important.

[Da King]

Yes....the Prize Breakdown for 1st-16th will be asked ALOT again.

[Gatsby]

Hmm..first SJC of this year that won't be severely dominated by Blackwings though I expect them to make a splash.

[slypher2005]

I wonder how many more locations there gonna be and if any are going to be in Canada.

[xSlipknotx]

senseker - Why no b00000bsz?

And I love the new prize system.

With that complimentary SJ subscription, do you get Dandylion w/ it?

[Rogue Prototype]

Subscribing to this fascinating discussion on netdecking.

[D-Rose]

Originally Posted by Da King

Yes....the Prize Breakdown for 1st-16th will be asked ALOT again.

what is it? lol.

[natas666]

Originally Posted by KidRock

what is it? lol.

SHONEN JUMP Championship prizes: Prizes include brand new Top 16 SJC game mats, Nintendo* DSi™ units with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009, Wii™ units and******* Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Wheelie Breakers, a 32 GB iPod Touch installed with Konami Mobile Games, a paid trip to the U.S. National Championships, and a complimentary subscription to SHONEN JUMP magazine for the Top 16.
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[CVH]

Place your predictions now! Glads are obviously gonna be everywhere, but imo a twilight sack will win this, though there will be more glads in top 16. monarchs will also make their presence felt, and if someone can pilot blackwings correctly we may see 1-2 in the top as well.

[natas666]

gladiators running
either
cat or monk will win

or maybe a combination of cat/monk

who knows....but its gonna be glad sacking over lightsworn in second

twighlight is gonna be third

with other random stuff throw below that

[MrSoada]

Yay more SJCs.
I want Emon to come to this one so he can get banned again.

[Ashlock]

7 GB decks top(1 Wins.) 4 Tele-dad. 2 Lightsworn. 1 Plant. 2 Spellcaster.

[Sangaera]

Originally Posted by MrSoada

I want Emon to come to this one so he can get banned again.

Lol.

Personally I would like to see Monarchs reappear on the scene. Would be nice to see a pre-RGBT Blackwing do well too.

[D-Rose]

do you guys think the banned people will still be banned? i think they need to make sure people that were banned stay banned

[natas666]

Originally Posted by recdude

7 GB decks top(1 Wins.) 4 Tele-dad. 2 Lightsworn. 1 Plant. 2 Spellcaster.

0 teledad will top.....>.>;

0 spellcaster


plants might tho...but...yeah

[CVH]

i still hold my opinion of twilight, it's a better lightsworn, and depending completely on the players in top 16 and what they run, it could probably win this.

[judgeman]

Id pick sworn over gb, ive been testing both and glad loses to sworn alot, barring bad luck or something. Depends on who sides better.

[D-Rose]

Originally Posted by recdude

7 GB decks top(1 Wins.) 4 Tele-dad. 2 Lightsworn. 1 Plant. 2 Spellcaster.

8 GB (1 wins)
4 LS
2 twilight
1 dad variant
3 others

[natas666]

Originally Posted by KidRock

do you guys think the banned people will still be banned? i think they need to make sure people that were banned stay banned

Banned Players are only

Suspended from participating in a UD tournament for any game.


Its konami now....so.....they are no longer banned players ...at least from the game of yugioh...

[CVH]

Originally Posted by KidRock

do you guys think the banned people will still be banned? i think they need to make sure people that were banned stay banned

i'm pretty sure they're unbanned... but the good thing about this is even if they cheat, they'll just be asking to be banned under the new system. and if they've learned what they did is wrong and have changed or were banned unjustly in the first place, it offers a clean slate.

[bigdog123]

Originally Posted by judgeman

Id pick sworn over gb, ive been testing both and glad loses to sworn alot, barring bad luck or something. Depends on who sides better.

ls beats glad first game most times its all about the side gb can pick up the next game because of lim d-fissure and d.d crow