The players unanimously decided to run Metronome-only teams in the 2023 Pokémon Trainers Cup, South Korea's national championship, as a means of protesting the design of their circuit, and the official decision was made today.
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The four winners of Korea’s largest Pokémon competition last week were disqualified, and now Pokémon Korea (TPCK) has permanently barred those players from competing in its circuit. The players unanimously decided to run Metronome-only teams in the 2023 Pokémon Trainers Cup, South Korea’s national championship, as a means of protesting the design of their circuit, and the official decision was made today.
The entire finals would have been decided by chance and luck rather than strategy because Metronome is a Pokémon move that chooses a random attack for the user. If you need more information about Top Korean players being permanently banned from Pokémon following a protest by Metronome, then read carefully, and don’t forget to share with your friends.
The four champions were eliminated from the competition and denied entry to the World Championships on day two after submitting their teams before the finals. And today, TPCK took additional action by kicking the players off its circuit.
The top four competitors were informed via email that they were all disqualified from competing in the Pokémon Trainers Cup finals in South Korea, effectively canceling the competition, according to VGC player Nash. Additionally, they were denied Day 2 invitations to the World Championships later this year as a result.
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The players wanted to send a message to The Pokémon Company and have their voices heard, not to win the championship. Even though they were disqualified before the event could be streamed, the VGC community was aware of their efforts.
One of the eliminated players, Nash, noted on Twitter that Pokémon Korea had added a few additional grounds for their bans in addition to the previous one, the most important of which was the use of hacked Pokémon. He tweeted, “Changing and adding reasons just now seems intentional.
That wasn’t the point of their protest, hacked Pokémon or not. Players from Asian regions have expressed their dissatisfaction with their circuits’ functioning throughout the season. For instance, their qualification processes frequently favor best-of-one games over best-of-three contests. The Pokémon Company (TPC), however, has responded to players who have brought up these issues with a mixture of silence, disqualifications, and bans.
The VGC community showed their support for the Korean players after hearing about the bans today. Wolfe Glick, the 2016 Pokémon World Champion, noted that if TPCK had paid attention to the players’ arguments, the outcome might have been different. Instead, it appears as though TPCK is punishing anyone who attempts to speak out in favor of the real change.
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