Kenny's adoring fan.
So my first Underground article. Pretty sweet right? I’m guessing that you’re in one of two camps right now as you’re reading this…
You’re one of my millions of loyal followers and are excited to see me finally writing an Underground article, and can’t wait to see what science I’m going to drop on you in the next few thousand words.
OR.
You’ve never heard of me and were expecting a Fulop article and are now considering canceling your underground subscription unless I give you a reason to do otherwise. So, I’m here to do that.
Why Me?
Firstly, let me come clean about one thing: I’m nowhere near the level of player that Fulop, Kettler, et al are. I don’t pretend to be a master of the game, I’ve never won Nationals, I’ve never qualified for Worlds, etc. If you’re looking for a decorated champion, I’m not going to be that guy.
What I am, however, is a decent player with an incredible passion for both the game of Pokemon and writing about the game of Pokemon. I’d like to think that I know what I’m talking about when it comes to Pokemon, and that my dedication to writing (I’ve written on a semi-weekly basis for SixPrizes for months now), shows that clearly enough. I also test with some absolutely fantastic players, and feel that I can hold my own both when playing the game and when writing about the game.
My biggest strength is probably my ability to theorize and more over, my ability to tune decks. My friends and I speak a lot in private about the different roles players take on a testing team. Some players are deck builders who can create off the wall things that occasionally work, others are purely players who have no ability to create decks, but can play them better than anyone and can find faults in them.
I feel that, although I’m neither an incredible player nor an incredible deck builder, what I am is a bit of a middleman, in that I have an ability to tune decks. What this means is that I’m not going to be able to create the deck from scratch, but I will be able to test it and notice what’s wrong with it, and offer small suggestions.
Like a chemist, Kenny hones the perfect formula for a deck.
Essentially my strength lies in refining deck lists until they are the most efficient version possible.
My biggest weakness in the game is getting put on tilt. There have been multiple matches that I could’ve won if only I hadn’t convinced myself that I was worse than my opponent, or after getting a crap hand had decided that the game was his.
I need to work on keeping myself in the game for as long as possible and understanding that I’m equal with anyone that I could be playing against, regardless of their past accomplishments or name recognition. This isn’t to say that I’m one of the best players in the world, but rather that I shouldn’t put myself out of contention before the game even begins.
Now that I’ve shared those little tidbits with you, I hope that you’ll read this article with no preconceived notions about my status as a player, and more than anything I hope that you learn something from reading this and can use it to further yourself as a player.
If you do happen to like this article and gain some value from it, please let Adam know, or “Like” this article, so that I’ll continue to get UG gigs and won’t have to live on the streets any longer, using junk commons as my only barrier to the elements. =[
With all the introductory stuff out of the way, let's get down to the topic at hand...
