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  • @DrGiulian0
    @DrGiulian0 7 місяців тому +35

    My favorite part of day 2 was that the judges lost my ID after I gave them my deck box. When I informed them that my ID was missing they blamed me for misplacing it. It wasn’t until the player next to me also noticed his ID was missing that they took it seriously. Turns out they left a bunch of IDs on a table and forgot about them. Would have been screwed, but I had already realized by that point that they don’t care of me as a person

    • @NuLavender
      @NuLavender 7 місяців тому +1

      yeah the judges seemed more short tempered than i was used to, for reference i was playing in the digimon main event. i can fully understand it tho it was a long day and a long process for everything.

    • @SmollestPotat
      @SmollestPotat 7 місяців тому +1

      You murdered me with Nami!

    • @alexkrasnic3850
      @alexkrasnic3850 7 місяців тому

      Bandai judges are usually bad. Theres no standards

  • @KonnorA
    @KonnorA 7 місяців тому +17

    I firmly believe that chess clocks should be implemented into ALL card games if their gonna place a huge emphasis on timed rounds

  • @GdayTCG
    @GdayTCG 7 місяців тому +38

    more like worst coast pairings

  • @AdventurousGamerxD
    @AdventurousGamerxD 7 місяців тому +2

    I paid about $600 for round trip flights and hotel just for side events to be sold out before we even had a chance to get into the building because of the massive 2-3 hour long line we had to stand in day 1, got cut off from buying things from the Bandai booth inside, then day 2, again with the massive 3 hour line for side events that when we finally managed to get to the front of the line the 3v3 (the main one we wanted to do) was already sold and they have only a few others, then got to barely participate in 1 side event and barely in a 2nd cause the guy in front of me was nice enough to give me his spot before they shutdown side events altogether. I really want them to make these things more accessible, not app based that people run scripts and bot programs to ensure they get in, there are people who have to work and can't look at the app when the event goes live, just for it to be sold out in 2 minutes. I like you, also want them to care more. The game is great and the community has been great and fun and friendly, with a few exceptions of course. When people pay for flights and boarding, spend vacation time to come to these events and for them to just be ran fucking awfully just saddens me.

  • @Trinibabysham
    @Trinibabysham 7 місяців тому +5

    One judge was telling me to wait outside while my son (12 years old) was playing in the tournament. No class from that staff at all.

  • @roderickstevn
    @roderickstevn 7 місяців тому +11

    I was frustrated the my babysitter canceled last min but after hearing how bad it was by multiple ppl I'm glad she did canceled.

  • @chipmonklee
    @chipmonklee 7 місяців тому +4

    Everything that was stated here was completely well structured and totally conveyed accurately. This was my wife and i’s first ever major One Piece event together, and I was so happy playing games with her teaching and training together in our home in the weeks prior to Bandai Card Fest. We both have never ever competed in any tcg, so we were both excited and extremely nervous, but that was all good adrenaline highs to look forward to….then the event came…my god, I’ll tell you one thing, the ONLY positive I can see from this event is, if you can stay married after this, you found the ONE! Or your boys/group are tight…..LINEUPS everywhere….grueling….my wife was 4-4 amazingly, but we had to end her run bc we just weren’t cut out for this that day so we had to drop since we didn’t eat anything and didn’t get much sleep on the night prior. Just praying Bandai at least addresses this bc it could’ve really turned away new players like ourselves from attending future events!

  • @carlosmarquez441
    @carlosmarquez441 7 місяців тому +11

    Was also at the event as a spectator , it’s good to hear somebody as big as you voice their frustration. Waited in line for about three hours just to not get in as well and the side events took about two hours to fire this event was horrible to be honest 😭

  • @MindusDew
    @MindusDew 7 місяців тому +4

    Took my second loss in round 10 and missed top cut by something like 1% opponent match win difference compared to 64th. Even if I still wouldn't have made it, it just felt terrible to be denied the chance to play for the top spot for reasons that were out of my control as a player. Was honestly the most disappointing aspect of the entire weekend for me, and might keep me out of organized play until they make some serious changes

  • @evilfink109
    @evilfink109 7 місяців тому +2

    It’s actually pretty nuts too that we went so late and they never gave us time to drink or get food. Everything closed inside at about 7 and they were kicking none players out. So the only way some people were getting food was to Uber it. Run down stairs to the door and grab it. Then Hope the next round didn’t start yet. I felt so bad my 10th round opponent had to leave mid game so she could get some water because she was about to pass out.

    • @SmollestPotat
      @SmollestPotat 7 місяців тому

      i was trying to look for water around 10:00 pm and they told me if i left to look for water I would not be allowed back in. LOL

  • @Ace0741
    @Ace0741 7 місяців тому +1

    Core Tcg normally runs most California events and run them to great success. Hearing from some of them. For most things they were given extremely vague directions if any and were to standby and assist a crew of people who were obviously overwhelmed and inexperienced at running a bigger event

  • @Beachez132k_
    @Beachez132k_ 7 місяців тому +1

    It was nice to meet you bro!

  • @cameron1958
    @cameron1958 7 місяців тому +4

    I agree the staff were all power tripping hard. I told one of them to their face too lol. Glad you brought that up, I wasn't sure if my group were the only ones facing that bs literally all weekend.

    • @berlinglasgow9585
      @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

      heard the same from multiple people staff was trippin

  • @buddyWalrus
    @buddyWalrus 7 місяців тому +1

    Went as a spectator, I had fun but it was definitely disorganized. If you did the scavenger hunt you had to wait 30 min - 1 hr minimum in line to get the completion stamp, and staff would cut lines off because the sheer volume of people gathering was causing a fire hazard. Staff barely knew where lines started or ended. Retail booth line was pretty much the same. They were selling op05 boxes at $108 for a minute before they realized they were going to run out immediately, so they imposed 5 pack limit OR 1 starter deck, plus figurines. 1 hr + line for 5 packs! It would have been great to have some of the feature matches play on the stage projector so we had something to do while waiting in line. No singles vendors was a huge miss for me too.
    Side events were filled before I got in the building day 1. Day 2 I was in the line for side events for over 3 hours and the system booted me out of my event. I had to get shoehorned into a smaller event which I at least was able to play.
    If the ticket to get in the event cost $50 I doubt we would have gotten so many people and so many no shows for the main event (I heard there were ~800 no shows). I want as many people as possible to enjoy the event, but it needs to be a manageable number. Otherwise I'm happy with the promos I got, all the booths were cool, the mini concert was cool, and I got to try out the Union Arena game which was actually pretty fun.

  • @anthonybuscaino1175
    @anthonybuscaino1175 7 місяців тому +3

    i feel that a nationals should be limited to only those residing in the country. The fact that other players played annoyed me. Also 500+ no shows and no last chance entries when they couldve easily sent out a app message to those there to come between like 7-8 pm to enter wouldve been easy. Poorly run event in general. Problems we've know about all year. They need to step their game up seriously asap for events.

    • @berlinglasgow9585
      @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

      could've spent that 2+ hour delay letting spectators in!

    • @Car_D_Board
      @Car_D_Board 7 місяців тому

      Its not USA nats, its NA... Continentals?. Nats is honestly kind of a misnomer lol.

  • @mrtoxicc1594
    @mrtoxicc1594 7 місяців тому +1

    Man watching everyone’s videos about their experience really makes me glad I couldn’t go. I can’t believe someone actually got robbed at gun point thats so sad, hopefully they didn’t get hurt

  • @Toasted_Crisps
    @Toasted_Crisps 7 місяців тому

    The event was crazy, I didn’t get to experience the second day but from all the bright lights and playing for hours consecutively non stop, no chances for eating, constant repairs, the website having ridiculous load times, day 1 was an event to remember

  • @scarr009
    @scarr009 7 місяців тому +4

    Sorry to hear you had such a rough experience, especially with the frustration of having to deal with staff that is disorganized and seemingly uninformed.
    Personally, I had a great time despite the absurd hours-worth of delays, re-pairs, and general incompetence of the showrunners. I'm happy I managed to get into Top 256, but I'm sure I would've felt much differently if I was depending on R11 (which they assured us multiple times WOULD happen).

  • @nerdgroundslive4574
    @nerdgroundslive4574 7 місяців тому +2

    As a spectator it was the worst event I’ve ever attended

  • @aapb100
    @aapb100 7 місяців тому +1

    My favorite was on Friday during pre-registration being told to go into single file then told to go to 2 by 2 then getting yelled at for not being in single file: repeat

  • @MrMirofl
    @MrMirofl 7 місяців тому +1

    Sad to hear that there was next to no reasons being communicated for everything that happened... It shows a lot must have went wrong.

  • @MarkyMarkGiles
    @MarkyMarkGiles 7 місяців тому

    I'm very sad to hear about your experience at the event :( I was so excited to see you and the crew and even moreso that you made it into top cut. I hope that next time the event runs smoothly for all involved. We all love playing this game and searching for the one piece

  • @gregyin7666
    @gregyin7666 7 місяців тому

    Event was a mess, but a lot of the time based stuff came as a result of the the massive delay at the start of the day. The event HAD to get everyone out into their cars by midnight because la convention center shuts the parking lot at 12, so I think a lot of policies were put into place to try and make that deadline.
    That being said, it’s mind boggling that none of the organizers thought to test how to give out byes beforehand. It’s common knowledge at this point that bcp malfunctions in regular circumstances, so why would you think it would go smoothly in a more complicated scenario.

  • @berlinglasgow9585
    @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

    Friend of mine still arrived before 9, not only did he not get his participation pack which they refused to issue him once he noticed, somehow he wasn't in the tournament judge claimed he was late despite the round being delayed like 2 hours

  • @KevinMartinez-ox4wg
    @KevinMartinez-ox4wg 7 місяців тому

    For those of us who got the 2 round byes, it definitely made it feel like more of a disadvantage. I myself like most was playing sakazuki. Easily one of, if not, the deck that requires the most brain power use in the game. I was mentally EXHAUSTED by the time I had to start. Didn't help that right off the bat I had to play another invite player as the first opponent. Even though I won, it felt like an uphill battle right then and there. After that 2nd repair in round 5 I think it was, I went from a good hand a favored matchup, into a bad matchup and horrible hand (even with mulligan). By the end of it all, my head was pounding it hurt so bad. Love the game, but this tournament was just unacceptable.

  • @jperkinstheatre
    @jperkinstheatre 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for the vid!
    Was there too, crazy how terribly run it was.
    It's nuts that buy player didn't play until after the lunch break

  • @jetinny
    @jetinny 7 місяців тому +1

    Had fun getting cutoff at 8:59am and hearing the tourney got delayed 3 hrs

  • @Delpilar6637
    @Delpilar6637 7 місяців тому

    I completely agree with what you mentioned about bandai fest. BCP worked fine for BSS and Digi but thats because they had less players, if they used RK9 it would have been much better. I ended up 8-2 as well and was looking forward to win my way into top 64. I think it's ridiculous to not be told the number of rounds for a tournament only the day of for it to be changed after. Congrats on the placing and hopefully someone at bandai/PlayTCG watches this and does better next time. Looking forward to the tournament report!

  • @mauriciogarnier5778
    @mauriciogarnier5778 7 місяців тому

    Love how you are openly talking about the problems while most content creators for OP are just avoiding the bad stuff like nothing happen.

  • @SirStingyTCG
    @SirStingyTCG 7 місяців тому

    I know not a major focus of the video but I also agree that there shouldn't be a single x-1 not getting top 8. Sucks to miss out on a serial from tiebreakers.

  • @nettocasket
    @nettocasket 7 місяців тому +1

    It was a terrible experience for sure but I was happy to meet you Will

  • @uchilaandre
    @uchilaandre 6 місяців тому +2

    Damn imagine saying that USA was gonna take worlds pretty easily and then not even getting top 4. Ooof

  • @paulberman9259
    @paulberman9259 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for making this video, I was very disappointed with a ton of things how it was ran and you hit most of the concerns I had. Also the time rules for top cut and honestly time rules in general need to be adjusted.

  • @chadb0x
    @chadb0x 7 місяців тому +1

    they should hold this somewhere besides LA they should hold these events in somewhere in the midwest. LA was gonna be way too much for me, lol and someone got robbed of coarse lol

  • @sansta1997
    @sansta1997 7 місяців тому +2

    Gunpoint robbery has to take the cake

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому +1

      Then they were like…y’all have to wait outside you can’t be in here. Absolutely no regard for the safety of their players

  • @bennymccoy8178
    @bennymccoy8178 7 місяців тому

    I was a player and what I experienced at this event makes me not want to join another ever again but probably will cause I love this game. Overall hated it and hope they get their shit together in the future

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому

      That’s the problem right. The game is amazing and the player base is amazing.

  • @IpoteticAMVsChannel
    @IpoteticAMVsChannel 7 місяців тому +1

    Well, clearly is the organizers fault, EU managed to organize basically the same event with even more players, and it was smooth, also, not to mention it was streamed!

  • @geckomaster25x
    @geckomaster25x 7 місяців тому +6

    Best coast is trash 🗑

    • @geckomaster25x
      @geckomaster25x 7 місяців тому +1

      I really wish you'd been at the Columbus, Ohio regional last year. Really surprised no one made a video on that one. Sounds like Nats was a similar experience but with air conditioning

  • @grimeyguy9989
    @grimeyguy9989 7 місяців тому

    I’ve heard nothing but horror stories so far on the one piece side but I’m curious if the other 3 games going on had any difficulties or if they used a different TO

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому

      Heard digimon had a small hiccup other than that I’m unsure

    • @blkvicePU
      @blkvicePU 7 місяців тому

      BSS had 0 issues, but it was a $250k cash prize pool invite only event. Can't let that have hiccups.

  • @PandaCamVideos
    @PandaCamVideos 7 місяців тому

    You had it down to the T. It was a terrible event cutting the last round last minute with no explanation was crazy

  • @InfernityB
    @InfernityB 7 місяців тому

    Been playing TCG events since 2008, and this is the worst ran event I've ever attended lol
    Congrats to you and Impact on top 64!
    Eric Quintana and I had a rough day at 7-3

  • @NuLavender
    @NuLavender 7 місяців тому

    best coast pairings wasnt too bad for me in digimon but i would so much rather use something else, especially after the app stopped working.

    • @NuLavender
      @NuLavender 7 місяців тому

      what was bad was someone in the app having a 4-0 score....... in round 3

  • @MrMirofl
    @MrMirofl 7 місяців тому +1

    btw i like your intro :D

  • @davidogburn5374
    @davidogburn5374 7 місяців тому

    As much as I don't want to blame judges, I have so many horror stories of judges supporting cheating during this event.

  • @DatPurpleCow
    @DatPurpleCow 7 місяців тому

    Nami and Usopp's clothes were taken 😂

  • @MrCjgroff
    @MrCjgroff 7 місяців тому

    You said the quiet part out loud. Everything you said was true as I saw it as well, and likewise, I just want this fixed.

  • @rickycalarco7651
    @rickycalarco7651 7 місяців тому

    Well said. Tournament was trash.
    Concert saved the weekend for me. Easily would of traveled for that.

  • @PikaThePokePimp
    @PikaThePokePimp 7 місяців тому

    wasn't the tournament cut short from the venue itself kicking out everyone?

  • @BiGGs16
    @BiGGs16 7 місяців тому

    Right there with you brother it wasnt just a you thing. Wouldnt let my wife in after 5 minutes past 5 for spectators and the whole ordeal just left a bad taste despite the visual appeal just didnt seem like a professional event.

  • @stereoraediova
    @stereoraediova 7 місяців тому

    It feels like every single part of the One Piece TCG is mismanaged, I swear. Tournaments, the app, the production, balancing, a lot of it is getting out of hand and I think it's coming to a head. Either we see some changes quick, or this game is dead after OP-10 imho.

  • @DoubleAABTRY
    @DoubleAABTRY 7 місяців тому

    Just a fyi rob Lucci 4C doesn’t have counter WTW

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому

      Yes I noticed. Meant to pitch the Rebecca XD

  • @IlPrescelto92
    @IlPrescelto92 7 місяців тому

    I didn't read any of these things happening on europe nationals so i thing they DO care but NA nationals were just under bad organization.

  • @parkerdmay
    @parkerdmay 7 місяців тому

    I will never recover from the psychic damage of this tournament and I didn't even play in it!

  • @DjLeoPeralta
    @DjLeoPeralta 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing !

  • @andresgenshinclips4229
    @andresgenshinclips4229 7 місяців тому

    It definitely wasn’t Core’s fault. CoreTCG never had these issues.

  • @brmax5503
    @brmax5503 7 місяців тому

    I agree with everything you said
    Worst event I’ve ever been 2
    Made me rethink if I really want to keep playing this game
    Of course I am because I’ve been to other great events

  • @christianybarra3434
    @christianybarra3434 7 місяців тому

    Hard agree with everything you said

  • @Rcastro3392
    @Rcastro3392 7 місяців тому +6

    Definitely fair to criticize but I would cut Bandai some slack. Bandai gave participants and spectators a bunch of free, valuable promos just for showing up. The organizers themselves outside of Bandai were pretty trash though for sure. We can probably expect them to not be there again next year.

    • @berlinglasgow9585
      @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

      spectators definitely did not get valuable promos

    • @Rcastro3392
      @Rcastro3392 7 місяців тому

      @@berlinglasgow9585 you’re telling me the free gear 5 luffy that’s valued at $100 isn’t valuable? Good for you

    • @berlinglasgow9585
      @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

      @@Rcastro3392 Not really, need I explain the difference between singular and plural? also it does not compare to event's participation packs each championship card being about $80-90+

    • @Rcastro3392
      @Rcastro3392 7 місяців тому

      @@berlinglasgow9585 if you want to go off on a technicality through semantics then sure, but my point still stands that you still received something for free that has clear monetary value. In the same pack there were two other cards included, so yes, there is multiple instead of singular there, since you want to be precise. Additionally, all of the demo decks for digimon, one piece, union arena were all free and have monetary value. The packs they gave away for digimon? Free for all. The sleeves and gold don for one piece? Free for all. And yet all of those things hold monetary value. You must be pretty salty for not having been picked as a participant, sorry bout it

    • @berlinglasgow9585
      @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

      @@Rcastro3392 all that has no value outside of luffy either way you want to cut a million dollar company slack for a horribly run event because they gave out free card board?

  • @adrian321prado
    @adrian321prado 7 місяців тому

    85 X-2s missed top 64😤

  • @TCGZaita
    @TCGZaita 7 місяців тому

    Why is it such a difference to Europe. We use a different Plattform from Raid´n Trade. We had no Problems. Only at the Begging The website took a long time to load due to the high number of players

  • @joecooper8527
    @joecooper8527 7 місяців тому

    Might as well do pen and paper saving the results.

  • @bryanpadilla8826
    @bryanpadilla8826 7 місяців тому +1

    Event was terrible. Worst card game event ever been at and i played Yu-Gi-Oh for 10 years

  • @solpayne7698
    @solpayne7698 7 місяців тому

    Because non players went to scalp items and sell. XD this was a seller event and it is sad. But, was happy to hear Bandai said reprint :D. Sellers are not happy and ranting hard.

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому +2

      I have a fairly large collection myself and am happy for reprints so I can finish out my stragglers

    • @berlinglasgow9585
      @berlinglasgow9585 7 місяців тому

      It was definitely a sellers event made over 1k in sales wish I could've played the event tho

  • @PikaThePokePimp
    @PikaThePokePimp 7 місяців тому

    BO3 rules is from Bandai's rules. Which is just absurd and shouldn't be that short.

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому

      It was pointed out to me in all of the rule books bandai has the TO has the final say.

    • @PikaThePokePimp
      @PikaThePokePimp 7 місяців тому

      Still set's a precedent no? @@WillToWinGaming

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому

      I’ve been to several events of course some run top cut some don’t. Yes the time rules have always been there but I think the TO’s don’t have to follow it.

  • @PlebasaurusWrex
    @PlebasaurusWrex 7 місяців тому

    It was terrible no way to sugar coat it!

  • @reafdfsagassg
    @reafdfsagassg 7 місяців тому

    why's your mic pick up your desk pounds so bad?

    • @WillToWinGaming
      @WillToWinGaming  7 місяців тому +1

      Accidentally had it off it’s stand. Was late

  • @blkvicePU
    @blkvicePU 7 місяців тому

    Imagine going through all of this just to play Bo1's lol

  • @evilfink109
    @evilfink109 7 місяців тому

    Yup this about sums it all up lol.

  • @oasisgaming7005
    @oasisgaming7005 7 місяців тому

    Wastimg time

  • @xd_nft9598
    @xd_nft9598 7 місяців тому

    thats LA for you

  • @pmgerow1
    @pmgerow1 7 місяців тому

    Yeah PlayTCG is the worst. Not worth playing their tournaments.

  • @jacksonvol1985
    @jacksonvol1985 7 місяців тому +2

    One Piece is a fun game. To bad its run by Bandi 😅

    • @kamikaze.33
      @kamikaze.33 7 місяців тому +1

      It wasn't Bandai running the event though dude. It was Best Coast Pairing's systems and I believe it was CoreTCG that was officially running the event IIRC.

    • @joshuawilliamson-mv8wp
      @joshuawilliamson-mv8wp 7 місяців тому

      I have been saying exactly thst. Best card game ran by worst company to run card games

  • @rubenmendoza2481
    @rubenmendoza2481 7 місяців тому +1

    PlayTCG! Is the only one to blame for how shit everything went, 10000%