We’re well on our way through the first round of voting. Things will certainly heat up as this time we’re in the Volcano Bracket, named for the Volcano Badge received from Cinnabar Island in the Kanto Region. This set of Pokemon includes some more unique Pokemon in my opinion. A lot of fan-favorites which got mentioned in the initial seed thread are in this bracket. In my copy of Pokemon Yellow, I just chose to glitch a Mew and use him to replace the very Abra I needed for the event. Will Mew eclipse Alakazam in the coming bracket? We shall see… (Be sure to tell us why in the comments along with your votes!)

For information on the overall polling and how these Pokemon were picked, check out the first and original poll for this March Madness Bracket found here.


Galvantula vs. Fletchling
Slowking vs. Alakazam
Samurott vs. Psyduck
Torterra vs. Poliwhirl

Slowbro vs. Scizor
Ditto vs. Suicune
Steelix vs. Krookodile
Charmander vs. Mew

Vote for the Pokemon that you think should win the matchup. Please vote on every matchup.
Please cast your votes in the following format, bolding the Pokemon that you choose to advance:
Pidgey vs. Raticate
Sandslash vs. Dratini

Polls are open until Thursday, March 17th, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST. Gotta vote em' all! (and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Make a Team of just green Pokemon to celebrate!)

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@Shadowlink

Does it cost money? I apparently don't have enough things to play.

And when do I sleep? GOOD QUESTION.

@Mr_Mustache

Nah you can play for free if you want. Get some basic decks and free digital boosters.

Actual RL card packs give you codes and things to unlock more stuff, and specific decks, but it's perfectly playable on it's own.

@Shadowlink

Fletchling doesn't take the bait of your name-calling. Fletchling is secure in how awesome it is.

@J.K. Riki

And it proves this by wearing douche glasses?




EDIT: Actually that picture is probably a little too Aussie-specific.

Lets try a more widely known douche:




Fletchling is the Justin Bieber of Pokemon. And JKR is the loony swooning fangirl

"OMG SO CUUUUUUTE!"

Puke.

@Shadowlink

Can you earn better cards for free?

@Mr_Mustache

If they haven't changed things, then yeah. Certain modes give you booster packs as prizes. But you're subject to RNG.

Could be something rare. Most likely gonna be garbage

But that's normal for everyone.

@Shadowlink

Seems fair.

Walkin' through tall grass, hey what's flying
It's so amazing, what I be spying
It's totes adorbs and it's got big bright eyes
My first Pokemon you know it's no surprise
And I was like
Fletchling, Fletchling, Fletchling oooh
Like Fletchling, Fletchling, Fletchling oooh
Like Fletchling, Fletchling, Fletchling oooh
I know you'll always be mine

@Shadowlink

Tell me what I need to do. I'm interested. Maybe our good friend JKR will follow suit.

http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/play-online/download/

That's the download page.

Just grab it from there and follow along I guess. There's a lot of how to play info around too.

@J.K. Riki

That is genuinely awful. Have you no shame sir?

@Shadowlink

Well, the process has started. If only JKR would start his process like he teased..

@Shadowlink

Frankly I think I improved the song tremendously, but to each his own. I understand if SHADOWLINK PREFERS CLASSIC BIEBER.

@J.K. Riki

You utter bastard. I tip my hat to you


THIS ISN'T OVER JKR.

I'LL GET YOU YET. AND YOUR LITTLE BIRD TOO.

@Shadowlink

And what happened to the last person who said something like that?



Better take an umbrella out there with you. At least Fletchling doesn't know water attacks and is too sweet to attack you or anyone else anyway. Phew. Imagine if you were speaking ill of Wartortle!

@J.K. Riki

I like Wartortle. Wartortle is a cool pokemon.

Fletchling is not.

Shadowlink said:

@J.K. Riki

I like Wartortle. Wartortle is a cool pokemon.

Well see, we agree on stuff.

@J.K. Riki

Considering Wartortle is my least favorite in that Evo chain, that's still some really cool art. Makes me appreciate the guy a bit more.

@DrFinkelstein

He has those cool ear wings though.

Pokemon TCG deal might be too good for my computer, no lie. msi file wouldn't initialize properly last attempt..

@Mr_Mustache

I don't know what that's about...and Google tells me .msi is the install file?

Specs are on the site, but I can't imagine they'd be too onerous. What version of Windows are you running?

@Shadowlink

XP! Thats AFTER Vista...right?