We’ve got snow! Fincastle is covered in a “blanket of white” so League and the League Challenge today are cancelled. We will have the League Challenge next week (12/16) instead. Stay cozy today, see if you can build a snowman!
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Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Fincastle Pokemon Gym was quite the busy day. We opened with a Mid-Season Showdown, a video game tournament that falls between the levels of local Premiere Challenges and Regional Championships. As that event was entering its Top 4 playoff, players arrived and began to open their Lost Thunder pre-release packs and prepare for the fun tournament. Several of those players came in costume to vie for the title of costume contest champion. As always, we were amazed at some of the entries. Lets look at all of these events and see how things turned out. 
This Sunday at the Fincastle Pokemon Gym will be a day that should satisfy just about anyone’s Pokemon needs. If you like the video game and play in the Mid-Season Showdown, you might match up against the #6 ranked Junior in the World (that’s right, we said the World). If you follow the Trading Card Game, then surely you want to be one of the 1st to get cards from the newest set, Sun & Moon: Lost Thunder. If costuming and cosplay is your thing, then come vie for the title of Costume Contest Winner. That is about as full of a day of pokemon as one can fit into the metropolis of Fincastle! 
The Fincastle Gym Leaders are working through some new schedules, which includes an increase in the number of shows that our store, Dark Moon Cards & Games, attends. As they are on the weekends, they obviously conflict with our league at times. We’ve been working up our plans to post here, which was delayed thanks to a recent loan from a friend. Gym Leader Joel (the author of these articles) was loaned a copy of “God of War” by a friend and has admittedly been drawn into the story-line of the game over the last two weeks… playing when he should have been writing a few posts. What you can you do… it’s a really cool game. Hopefully that tidbit of info might explain if Gym Leader Joel tries to summon you with a hearty, “Boy!” during league play. At any rate, here are a few changes at our league. 
Don’t forget there is no Pokemon League this week at the Fincastle Library. That doesn’t mean you have to skip a trip to the library though! Their annual Book Sale is going on Friday and Saturday, so please stop by and support our community Library.
The Fincastle Gym Leaders came back home from their trip to the 2018 Pokemon World Championships in Nashville, TN. Upon returning, we immediately had to pack up for GEXCON, in D.C. on the following weekend, so we are unfortunately delayed in getting this report out. While not competing in the main event, Gym Leaders Joel, Logan and Georgia did try their hand at the Nashville Open, a regional-level tournament held on Saturday. They were also there to cheer on Ridge and Anna Radtke, as they competed in their first Video Game World Championship. Overall the weekend was a really cool. There were a multitude of things to see, including a massive Mega Construx Blastoise accompanied by its previous forms, a diorama to end all dioramas, a decked out Pokemon Center full of unique things to buy and of course, lots of Nashville themed decorations throughout the hall. The weekend full of competitions had its strikes and gutters, ups and downs for The Gym. As the Dude once said, you know, sometimes you eat the bar, and, sometimes uh, you know…. Alas, The Gym abides. 
The Fincastle Pokemon Gym is proud to announce that two of its own are on their way to the 2018 Pokemon World Championships in Nashville, TN, this coming weekend, August 24th – 26th. Siblings Ridge and Anna Radtke have both qualified for the video game event in their respective age divisions. They are the charter members of The Gym’s team, 
The Gym Leaders have been busier than one-eyed cat watching two mouse holes. Gym Leader Joel hoped to post this last week, but could not get free time to do so. With that being said, it’s time to catch up on happenings at The Gym. Yesterday, we hosted a League Challenge in Fincastle, while three of our leaders were battling at a League Cup in Charlotte. Last Sunday (8/12), we had another first-time winner of a Gym Leader Challenge. Let’s get to the details. 
The Pokemon Company and Play!Pokemon announced its 2018 TCG rotation… back in May. Why? “Why” is an often asked and rarely answered question for a lot actions taken by the corporation. Our speculation as to this “why” is similar to the scenario of the “Top Cut” website (remember the original online site with “Pooka”, where all net-deckers went to get their lists). The Top Cut was taking too much internet traffic away from Pokemon.com. So, Pokemon hired Pooka (the site’s creator) to write and commentate for them, thus improving their service and eliminating a competitor. Of course, dozens of other sites popped up in his absence and the entire community had to embrace net-decking just to keep up, thus turning to many other internet sources. Mission not accomplished. Our annual rotation article is our site’s biggest draw, and the subject in general draws lots of traffic to various YouTube channels and other sites. So, Pokemon’s response is… just throw it out there in May. Solid plan. The discussion of “why’s” is not why we’re here today, so let’s move on to the reason we are here, the rotation. 
The Fincastle Pokemon Gym’s card store and retail business, Dark Moon Cards and Games, just launched a new and updated Recent News About…
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Recent Fincastle Pokemon News
- SNOW DAY!!!!!
- 2018 Halloween Costume Contest and Mid Season Showdown Results
- MSS, Lost Thunder Pre-Release & Halloween Costume Contest This Sunday!
- Changes At Gym For 2018-2019 Season
- No League Sunday 9/30
- 2018 World Championships Recap & Photos From Nashville
- Fincastle’s Own “Generals” Ready For World Championships
- League Challenge Results & Congratulations to Noah R, v1.0!
- Pokemon 2018 TCG Rotation – Sun & Moon-on!
- New Site For Dark Moon C & G, Celestial Storm Pre-Releases Begin 7/21!
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