Aug 13 - 15, 2012
Waikōloa Village, Hawaii
2012 World Championships
HeartGold & SoulSilver - BW: Dark Explorers
• The 2012 Pokémon World Championships took place in Hawaii for the third and final time. It was a two-day event, 3 counting the LCQ. The main event consisted of 7 Rounds, followed by a Top Cut of 16 on Sunday. 127 players competed in the main event.
• Like the Worlds before it, this year included a Last Chance Qualifier. LCQ competitors played 6 rounds on Friday, of which only players with an undefeated record of 6-0 earned a Last Chance Invite.
• This was the first season to incorporate Championships Points, a far superior system than ELO Premier Rankings. (Players were no longer pressured to drop mid-event just to keep their "ELO" high enough to earn an invite.)
Invite Threshold
~ Players with a certain amount of Championship Points were invited to Worlds.
~ Players that placed Top 'X' at their countries' National Championship, (varied by country), earned an Invitation to Worlds.
~ Players that went undefeated in the LCQ earned an automatic Invitation to Worlds.
Prizing:
~ Prized out as scholarships.
• 1st Place
$10,000
• 2nd Place
$7,500
• Top 4
$5,000
• Top 8
$1,500
(The Top 4 finishers received an automatic invitation to the 2013 World Championships.)
(The Top 4 finishers received 2 Booster Boxes from every set for an entire year.)
Legal Sets:
HGSS01 - HGSS25
BW01 - BW44
BW50
Host:
Nick McCord
TCG Casters:
This year was unofficially casted by "The Top Cut" youtube channel.
Kyle Sucevich
Drew Holton
Jimmy O'Brien
Ben Potter
Prizing:
Host:
Nick McCord
TCG Casters:
This year was unofficially casted by "The Top Cut" youtube channel.
Kyle (Pooka) Sucevich
Drew Holton
Jimmy O'Brien
Ben Potter