The Center itself seems quite small, but it is quite stimulating to the senses. (No,
unfortunately, not sexually stimulating, but I didn't expect them to sell hentai there.)

I searched for battlers, and I finally found them on the second floor. To my surprise,
there was a good amount of people in the small battling section. I didn't really think I
needed my game boy and link cable, but I brought it anyway.

After being pleasantly surprised by the number of battlers there, I quickly engaged in
conversation. I noticed one of the older African-American battlers there had a medal,
"New Jersey Champion." I wondered if he was good. He saw the game boy which I had
brought- the green and yellow "Ozzie! Ozzie! Ozzie!" One I had received in Sydney, and
asked me where I had gotten it. After saying Sydney in a tournament, he recognized
my identity.

He was currently battling, so I challenged another nearby kid, about 15, to a battle. I
began chatting with the kids nearby, and asked them if they battled with legendaries.
They were amazed that I had even asked that. "Of course!", they said.

I then noticed a stapled printed-out sheet of gameshark codes, and I rolled my eyes.
"Figures," I thought. So, I battled the kid nearby with my standard GSBot team- Jynx,
Raikou, Exeggutor, Miltank, Sandslash, and Snorlax. It didn't take long before beating
his legendary-filled team. (He quit the battle before I could finish, jerk).

So, I was ready to battle this "Anubis" fellow, the older african-american "New Jersey
Champion". He handed me a card. I thought, "He has...a calling card?" Amazed, I began
the battle. As usual, I led with Jynx, he led with Alakazam. I won't go into the details of
the battle, because it was all the same strategy- sleep the opponent with lovely kiss,
substitute, then attack away. When the opponent wakes up, they attack the sub, it
breaks, I put them to sleep again, and repeat, while leftovers recovers jynx slowly. He
didn't think to switch anyone out, so this was repeated through all six of his bloody
pokemon. At the end, my jynx had taken out all six of his pokemon, three of which were
superlegendaries (Mewtwo, Celebi, Mew). I hadn't even changed pokemon once, and my
jynx ended up at full health after leftovers. It should be noted that his Mew used
Sacred Fire on my Jynx and his umbreon used crunch.

Anyway, by now, my family wanted me to go, so I quickly headed over to the "Pokemon
Get Machine", to get an egg of a mysterious pokemon. Again, the worker at the
machine asked me about my game boy, and I explained to him about the championship.
It turns out that this man was the manager of the store, and he gave me a phone
number of Pokemon Corporate, the new company that heads all things pokemon, a
subdivision of Nintendo.
The manager wanted me to work at the store and battle kids...Heh.

All in all, here's what I learned:

1) Pokemon Corporate now heads all things Pokemon, including events. I shall
immediately contact them after the holidays and inquire about a position at the store
and ask them about events. I will MAKE SURE TO ENCOURAGE FUTURE EVENTS.

2) Game shark sux.

The pokecenter is probably worth a pretty long trip, especially because it's surrounded
by other attractions. I'd be sure to go on a Saturday or something when there are likely
to be many challengers.

That's it, and I *heart* New York. Bye Bye Rudy Giuliani!

hey eeveetrainer, i know how you feel about those cheaters and n00bs around,maybe i can set a time and date and face you someday?

I just talked my parents into going to NY city over feb. vacation, including a trip to the Pokemon center.

Unfortunatly, this means a 4 or 5 hour drive from boson

Oh well, I'll post the exact date when I find out, maybe I'll get to meet some on their.

todAYS A friday, not many people(yay) and i just went for the hell of it.when i came to the center i wasnt planning to see anubis or anybody famous,just there to pick up a mysteryegg.=(

while facing some girl, she said something about a new jersey pokechamp and i was like "where?" she pointed to the person in front of her (same table) and he raised his hand.hmm... can i face you next afterwards? he replied yes.WOOHOO! im gonna face the so CALLED new jersey champ!-_-

the girl was easy(no offence).after my battle,"anubis" and i finaly faced off.

ANUBIS-used MEW2, MEW, espeon, umbreon, LUGIA, alakazam.
cHi-cHi- used: cloy blissey 'lax ttar starmie donphan

he starts with alakazam and altho i forgot most of the battle(confusing)he had some hall of fame moments.=):

ALAKAZAM used TOXIC!
and
MEW used rollout! XD

in the end most of his pokemon were paralized and i had the most trouble with his mew2 with moveset

psychic
t.bolt
flamethrower
recover
@no item.

geez...what a n00b.
in short, snorlax sweeped the last of his 4 pokemon with spikes and i only cursed once, to ko all the par. poke.

before the match i was kinda interested how he uses those poke's to win.i mentioned the u.s champ and he said his jynx was hard.teehee.he told me that he didnt used THESE kind of pokemon to win the tournaments before so that solved the puzzle about using mew2, mew bla bla bla and be the n.y champ.

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ET: So, I was ready to battle this "Anubis" fellow, the older african-american "New Jersey Champion". He handed me a card. I thought, "He has...a calling card?" Amazed, I began the battle. As usual, I led with Jynx, he led with Alakazam. I won't go into the details of the battle, because it was all the same strategy- sleep the opponent with lovely kiss, substitute, then attack away...

It should be noted that his Mew used
Sacred Fire on my Jynx and his umbreon used crunch.

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Or it was really red or something.

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Originally posted by Porygone:
How exactly did New York get the name Big Apple anyways?

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An apple was a term used by musicians when they got a gig or job back in the 1920's - 1930's (Mostly Jazz Musicians). So to get a gig in New York - that was the place to be, Hence the "Big Apple" and it stuck.

Regards,

Specifically what day are you gonna be going? I may want to go there myself with a friend or something.

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Originally posted by St George:

An apple was a term used by musicians when they got a gig or job back in the 1920's - 1930's (Mostly Jazz Musicians). So to get a gig in New York - that was the place to be, Hence the "Big Apple" and it stuck.

Regards,

St George

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omg! i had to always go out to a nearby mickyd's when "nature calls"