First official TE / Wizards Europe chat Wizards.com/Chat server Monday, February 10th 2003 Logged and edited by Golduck skywolf9653 enters. michel1be says, " Glen Monica, Premiere events manager " pokedutch says, " hi " wizo_pokemom says, " good morning, marsh " michel1be says, " hi Marsh " prof_theta says, " ^^ " skywolf9653 says, " Hello all! " team_europe_golduck says, " hi " wizo_pokemom says, " I see him signed on, but not in the room as of yet " pokedutch says, " btw. for all who doesn't know, pokedutch = dutchpokemaniac :D " michel1be says, " and I suppose you're from Holland ;-) " pokedutch says, " yup :P " raven_tahna says, " do you have to put the /ga behind your question, or is it a separate command? " skywolf9653 says, " Hello Pokedutch. :) " pokedutch says, " hi " raven_tahna shakes her/his head . wizo_pokemom says, " after you're done with your question, please put the /ga so they know when to answer :-) " pokedutch says, " kristin is late " wizo_pokemom says, " Welcome to the Team Europe Q and A with WotC Europe. Protocol is in effect. This will be handled a little differently from the chats with the MTs.  If you have a question or a comment to make, type a ? or a ! to the screen so you can be added to the queue.   Please have your question or comment already typed out and ready to enter when called upon to help the session run more smoothly. At the end of your question or comment, please type /ga so we know you are done with your statement.  Please do not post anything to the screen until called upon. No matter how many times you type a ? or a ! to the screen, you will only be put in the queue once until your name has reached the top of the queue.  Please be respectful of others. If you have anything to say to anybody in the room, please use a private message. Thanks and have fun! " raven_tahna says, " ?" pokedutch says, " k" --- [Break: here follows lots of random stuff before the thing actually starts] --- wizo_pokemom says, " guys, why don't we get started; first in the queue is raven_tahna. " raven_tahna says, " When will the Complete Card Reference be updated to include Aquapolis and the new promo cards? " raven_tahna says, " so, /ga " wizo_pokemom says, " Please don't blizzard wotc_glen with PMs; let him concentrate on the questions asked by those in the queue.  Thanks " wotc_glen says, " helping to get someone else in just a sec pls " wizo_pokemom says, " okay " pokedutch says, " when does kristin come? " wotc_glen says, " thats the one i am geting in " pokedutch says, " k :D " raven_tahna grins wotc_kristin enters. team_europe_golduck says, " welcome! " wizo_pokemom says, " raven_tahna, I think the question about the card reference was answered in thursday's chat; they'll do it as soon as they can, but they don't know when; there are a lot of other things on the list of to do's " wizo_pokemom says, " Welcome to the Team Europe Q and A with WotC Europe. Protocol is in effect. This will be handled a little differently from the chats with the MTs.  If you have a question or a comment to make, type a ? or a ! to the screen so you can be added to the queue.   Please have your question or comment already typed out and ready to enter when called upon to help the session run more smoothly. At the end of your question or comment, please type /ga so we know you are done with your statement.  Please do not post anything to the screen until called upon. No matter how many times you type a ? or a ! to the screen, you will only be put in the queue once until your name has reached the top of the queue.  Please be respectful of others. If you have anything to say to anybody in the room, please use a private message. Thanks and have fun! " wotc_glen says, " here she is " pokedutch says, " I see :D " raven_tahna says, " mkay, thanks " wotc_kristin says, " Hi, Wotc Kristin here! " pokedutch says, " hi " raven_tahna says, " ?" team_europe_golduck says, " hi " wizo_pokemom says, " goodmorning " wizo_pokemom says, " next question: prof_theta " prof_theta says, " Do you have any information about BattleZone in Italy?/ga " wotc_kristin leaves. wizo_pokemom says, " whoops " wotc_kristin enters. pokedutch enters. pokedutch says, " oops " wotc_glen says, " Italy is handled by the italian office, you should contact them as i dont know what they have planned " prof_theta says, " 'kay, thanks " wotc_kristin says, " Glen's screen is okay but I cannot see your answer, it's going so slowly.... " prof_theta says, " ?" team_europe_golduck says, " The javachat is much faster than the html version. Maybe you two chose different versions? " wizo_pokemom says, " michel, youre next " michel1be says, " Hello neighbours !   Which is the main website we may use if we want specific European information ? /ga " skywolf9653 says, " ?What is the status with Distributors right now in Scandanavia, with regards to getting new sets on time?/ga " wotc_kristin says, " Scandinavia: Trendus for Sweden, Midgaard for Norway and Denmark or what do you want to know specifically? " wizo_pokemom says, " the queue order right now is as follows: golduck, pokedutch, tahna, theta, and sky " wizo_pokemom says, " please wait till I call on you to ask your question, okay? " wotc_glen says, " about the website is believe the main website is www.playingpokemon.com " wotc_kristin says, " Any Danish or Norvegian organizers not receiving their Pokémon materials let me know and I'll contact those responsible. Same for Sweden... " wizo_pokemom says, " next question: golduck " team_europe_golduck says, " What is the chance of seeing Super Battlezone in Europe? If it won't happen, what will be the next Pokémon Premiere Events in Europe? " team_europe_golduck says, " ... /ga " wotc_glen says, " I dont know for sure if super battlezone will come to europe but we are discussing premier events at the moment. as soon as we managed to find something well let you know " wizo_pokemom says, " pokedutch? " wizo_pokemom says, " (next up: tahna, theta, then skywolf...) " pokedutch says, " Do you allready have any information about the pokemon tournaments at gencon and at what day they are?/ga " wotc_glen says, " GenCon is Us related, i dont have any say in the programming of these events. the best you can do is check the gencon webiste, not sure if thatone is still maintained however " pokedutch says, " k" wizo_pokemom says, " next: tahna " raven_tahna says, " Will there be any chance of winning promo's not released in Europe, since we were kind of forced to skip year 3 partly and go directly to BZ. I.e. will we get the opportunity to earn such cards as Lily Pad Mew or other season 4 or higher promo's?/ga " wizo_pokemom says, " (after him: theta, sky, golduck) " wotc_glen says, " the website www.gencon.com still works and features all future Gencons " pokedutch says, " not www.genconUK.com? " wizo_pokemom says, " theta? " prof_theta says, " What shall we do with the Italian mis-translations that keep plaguing the Italian sets since Neo: Genesis? Judging became quite a bit of a nightmare, especially with those "including damage" (instead than "other than damage") on N3 Suicune and "if both" (instead of "if either") on N4 Chansey, forcing players to dismantle decks minutes before the tournament start just because they can't access the Card Reference.../ga " wotc_kristin says, " We're currently discussion this here in the office but no decision has been made yet. I'll let you know as soon as I have a yes or no. To be continued.... " wotc_glen says, " thatone works aswell pokedutch " pokedutch says, " k" wizo_pokemom says, " next: skywolf " skywolf9653 says, " I know for a while there, Distributors in Scandanvia were having problems getting sets out due to  "internal didifficulties" has that been resolved now? " wotc_kristin says, " italian office again " prof_theta says, " thx " wizo_pokemom says, " okay...um, I think the current question is Skywolf's.  guys, please don't post comments to the room, as it makes everyone confused, okay? " wotc_kristin leaves. wotc_kristin enters. wotc_kristin says, " We have people responsible for the Pokémon league both at Midgaard and at trendus but if you have problems there contact me directly and I'll try and solve them for you: debrank@hasbro.co.uk " wizo_pokemom says, " (next up after Sky's question is answered: golduck) " wizo_pokemom says, " (queue as it stands at the moment: golduck, pokedutch, tahna " wizo_pokemom says, " golduck " team_europe_golduck says, " I'm trying to paste my question " wizo_pokemom says, " okay " team_europe_golduck says, " The Leagues in Norway still haven't gotten the BattleZone kits which arrived around January 15th in other European countries. " team_europe_golduck says, " We have tried to contact the Norwegian distributor, but they haven't gotten the kits from Denmark, which haven't got them from Wizards Europe. " team_europe_golduck says, " What's the current status of the kits? /ga " wizo_pokemom says, " please remember to put a "/ga" after your question is typed, so our guests know when to start typing their answers... :-) " team_europe_golduck says, " *who " wotc_kristin says, " Okay, I'll contact Norway because I've sent those kits already more than 2 or 3 weeks ago.... Same goes for Denmark! I'll go after it! " wizo_pokemom says, " ladies and gentlemen: real life calls me for a few minutes, as I need to run my son to school.  the queue as it stands now is pokedutch and tahna; please keep yourselfs in order for a few min, okay?  thanks much... " raven_tahna gives a thumbs up to that wizo_pokemom says, " (next: pokedutch, tahna, golduck " pokedutch says, " Are there allready any dates when the stadium/gym challenges in europe are? " pokedutch says, " /ga " wotc_glen says, " at the moment there are no stadium and gym challenges sheduled, we are thinking of alternatives that could happen. more info will follow " pokedutch says, " k" wotc_glen says, " you had a question tahna ? " raven_tahna says, " When  will any rewards, such as exlusive professor promos, be sent to those Delegates that live in Europe? " raven_tahna says, " Was the answer by Kristin about the office discussion meant for me or for Skywolf?/ga " wailam enters. wotc_kristin says, " The office discussion issue was about the remaining promo cards of the year 3 league " raven_tahna says, " yup " wotc_glen says, " the promocards for professors are sent out by mike gils from the US, he coordinats that program " raven_tahna says, " thank you " team_europe_golduck says, " ok, my turn then? " wotc_glen says, " yup gold " Your message contained banned text. raven_tahna says, " ?" Your message contained banned text. team_europe_golduck says, " I have a question about European professors " team_europe_golduck says, " I have two friends who both passed the test in late November/early December and then faxed their papers to Wizards Europe. " wotc_glen says, " and that question is ? " team_europe_golduck says, " Their names are Simon Methi (Norway) and Rolf Moll (Germany). But neither of them have appeared on the Professor list yet. Can you check what's happened? /ga " wotc_glen says, " how and where did they do the test? i believe you need to take the online test to become a professor " team_europe_golduck says, " they did take that test " team_europe_golduck says, " And got papers they needed to send to Wizards Europe " wizo_pokemom says, " back, thank you " team_europe_golduck says, " "Parential consent" or something like that " team_europe_golduck says, " And they faxed it to the Wizards Europe office " team_europe_golduck says, " (with "that", I mean the online test) " wizo_pokemom says, " golduck, anything to add...or can glen and kristin go ahead and answer? " wotc_glen says, " we just checked here real quick and found the one from rolf moll but not the one of simon, to be sure you can always fax it again on the new number INT-32-2/4673366 T.a.v Peter Coenen " team_europe_golduck says, " sorry, I didn't think about writing /ga a second time :( " wotc_kristin says, " working on a answer " wotc_kristin says, " an answer ;-)) " wizo_pokemom says, " no problem, golduck...this format is new to all of us :-) " raven_tahna leaves and gives his question to pokedutch raven_tahna leaves. team_europe_golduck says, " thanks, I'll tell Simon to fax it again " sparcky enters. wizo_pokemom says, " was anyone after golduck?  if not, go ahead, pokedutch " wotc_glen says, " Pokedutch is up i believe " pokedutch says, " k" sparcky says, " lekker op tijd " pokedutch says, " Will there be a repeat of this chat for European players?/ga " wizo_pokemom says, " (pokedutch, then golduck) " wizo_pokemom says, " (pokedutch, then golduck) " wotc_kristin says, " Dat verstaat niemand " wotc_kristin says, " Is it once a month? " sparcky P bodragon enters. wotc_glen says, " If the organiser of this lets us know, i dont have a problem doing this again. We received the info about this yesterday on a retailer meeting. " pokedutch says, " k" skywolf9653 says, " I would love to do this once a month, if that works out for WotC Europe. " michel1be says, " a ? " wizo_pokemom says, " (queue: golduck, then michel " crysnia enters. team_europe_golduck says, " When you decide which country to organize Premier Events in, how do you decide it? Based upon the number of active players, the number of sanctioned event per year...?  /ga " crysnia leaves, heading for The ISRP Lobby. wotc_kristin says, " Yes, that works.... but not on a Monday anymore: Tuesday or Wednesday if possible " team_europe_golduck says, " I would recommend Tuesday, many Pokémon Leagues are on Wednesdays and Saturdays, making Wednesday a bad day " wotc_glen says, " that depends on the lvl of the premier event. high lvl events are chosen more carefuly then lower lvls, as for example stadium challenge is biger then gym challenge. " pokesensei enters. wotc_glen says, " but the active countries have a bigger chance on getting one. " skywolf9653 says, " ?What date and time would work best for WotC Europe for next month's chat? /ga " team_europe_golduck says, " As an example, Denmark got a Gym Challenge last year, while Norway, Finland and Sweden didn't. Was this because Denmark had more active tournament play at that time? " wizo_pokemom says, " (queue: lets finish golduck's question, then michel, then skywolf " team_europe_golduck says, " and /ga " wotc_kristin says, " Tuesday the 11th of March at 4 o clock Belgian time? " pokedutch says, " I'll agree with that " wotc_glen says, " gym challenges last year were requested by distributors aswel, i dont know alot of details about that as i wasnt in this position yet " wotc_glen says, " For info Belgian time is CET :_ " prof_theta enters. spugenigma enters. team_europe_golduck says, " Ok. My question is done ;) " michel1be says, " Could Wizards Europe run, or be involved in, a big event in France ? /ga " wizo_pokemom says, " (next up: skywolf " elies_pokemon_man says, " ?" skywolf9653 says, " Are there plans to run Super Battlezones in Europe in the coming weeks? /ga " wizo_pokemom says, " can michel's question be answered first, please? " wizo_pokemom says, " then sky's " wotc_glen says, " If the event will take place in France it is up to the French office then. but normally we didnt plan on organizing bigger events. " wotc_glen says, " thatone was for michel, on to sky's Q " wizo_pokemom says, " (question queue: after skywolf's question is answered, it will be elies_pokemon_man's turn " wotc_glen says, " Super battlezone is ran in the US, at the moment there is no plan to run it in Europe " wizo_pokemom says, " elies, go ahead with your question, then it will be pokedutch " elies_pokemon_man says, " Could Wizards Europe run, or be involved in, a big event in sweden?/ga " wailam leaves. wizo_pokemom says, " (queue: after this question has been answered, it will be pokedutch's turn to ask " wotc_glen says, " same answer as before i am afraid, we didnt really plan on organizing bigger events. But people volunteering orgainzing bigger events can always talk to their local distributor and maybe we can work something out " wotc_kristin leaves. wotc_kristin enters. wotc_glen says, " *organizing that is " elies_pokemon_man says, " thx:+) " ultron_33 enters. wizo_pokemom says, " pokedutch, go ahead " pokedutch says, " Do you think that the next stadium challenge would be again in Amsterdam?/ga " ultron_33 leaves, heading for The Lobby. wizo_pokemom says, " (golduck, you'll be up next, after 'dutch's question is answered " wotc_kristin leaves. wotc_kristin enters. wotc_glen says, " gym and stadium challenges are bigger events. At the moment Wotc has no plans on organizing them themselves, but as stated above, people that are interested in organizing one can always talk to their local distributor to try and work something out " pokedutch says, " I can do it but i'm just 15 :P " wizo_pokemom says, " golduck, go ahead with your question " wizo_pokemom says, " if anyone else has questions, please get into the queue now " team_europe_golduck say, " How is the situation for Pokémon in Europe right now? Is there a good number of Leagues and sanctioned tournaments, and how are recent sets (Expedition and Aquapolis) selling? /ga " [Here they said something about the number of Sanctioned events was fine, and that they expect it to increase with BZ. I didn't get a log of this short part]   wotc_kristin says, " Don't know about the sales of the recent sets. " prof_theta says, " Do you know when localized Expedition boxes will come out?/ga " wotc_kristin says, " End of February " prof_theta says, " thanks " wizo_pokemom says, " (golduck, you'll be next... " wizo_pokemom says, " golduck, go ahead " team_europe_golduck says, " Is there any chance that Wizards Europe could " team_europe_golduck says, " make a full list of European Leagues (BZs)? " team_europe_golduck says, " That'd really help " team_europe_golduck says, " Because there are no "official" list. Pokémon Belgium and Pokémon Team Europe have lists, but they're not full nor official " team_europe_golduck says, " slash ga " team_europe_golduck says, " *lists " pokedutch enters. wizo_pokemom says, " (queue: pokedutch, you'll be next, after golduck's question is answered.. "              wotc_kristin says, " This list will be sent to Mike Gills this week and he'll put it on the website " wizo_pokemom says, " go ahead, pokedutch " wizo_pokemom says, " if anyone else has questions, please get into the queue; if not, we'll let our guests go home for dinner ;-) " pokedutch says, " when do we all get the knocked out again, because I signed me in at the site with my new adress, but I never got the november edition and are there comming more of them?/ga " pokedutch says, " ^^ " wotc_kristin leaves. bodragon enters. wotc_kristin enters. wotc_glen says, " the new knocked Out should be sent out in about a month " st0neyte enters. wotc_kristin says, " My pleasure, will have to leave in 5 minutes though, Glen will also always join " wizo_pokemom says, " any other questions? " skywolf9653 says, " Folks, time to wrap it up here, please. " wizo_pokemom says, " was there a date and time we wanted to do this again? " ---- [Missing text here, but March 11 at 4 PM CET was decided] thogroar enters. team_europe_golduck says, " The winner of the "Team Europe's new logo"-poll has been chosen. " team_europe_golduck says, " until today, TE members voted through the website " st0neyte enters. team_europe_golduck says, " here is the winner: " team_europe_golduck says, " http://home.online.no/~eovestre/pokemon/logo_iddi.jpg " spugenigma says, " Yay! " spugenigma says, " I'll tell Iddi ^^ " pokedutch D pokedutch D pokedutch says, " :D " wotc_kristin says, " Goodbye for now... " sparcky p sparcky says, " :p " prof_theta says, " bye, and thank you a lot ^^ " wizo_pokemom says, " thank you very much, kristin and glen " wotc_glen says, " Later all :) " pokedutch enters. team_europe_golduck says, " Now I will create a new design for the website, with the new logo and all. It should be ready in a week, hopefully. " skywolf9653 says, " Thanks agin everyone for Coming! " michel1be says, " bye Kristin, thanks to you and glen " thogroar leaves. spugenigma says, " Thanks to all of you. " pokedutch says, " shall I make a layout for the website? " team_europe_golduck says, " Thanks to everyone for showing up, and thanks to Glen and Kristin! :D " Log by Golduck http://team-europe.cjb.net/ (Do not remove this :P)