Today was a rather tiring, but fulfilling day at my local League.
In addition to our typical League shenanigans - for which we had a rather respectable turnout in spite of it being Father's Day - we also had a small party with our League. Today was also the Finals Day for Pokémon's North American International Championship, so the League's professors planned for a watch party today. The store generously provided us some pizza, we had baked goods, soda, and generally made merry while we had Standard play firing alongside our NAIC Watch-Along.
But also, we had six new players show for League today, with myself and one of the other professors at some point digging through a box of "League Bulk" - extra cards that have been donated to our League, either by the professors or by other players, to give out to players who need the extra cards for their decks - to help two of the players build not one but three total decks.
So in addition to running our Standard League Play, the three professors present today helped the new players with rules interactions when they came up, aided in building three separate decks, and coordinated with the store to throw a small party.
All of this without me shuffling up a single deck.
This is the sort of day I love to have at my local League. Give or take the party, which was nice, but not the main part of what made today feel so good.
So many people, including so many new players, all coming together, having fun, and my being able to help them in various ways, helping to foster that sense of community. That is why I became a Pokémon Professor, and that is by far and away my favorite part of the Pokémon TCG at this stage. If I never had to shuffle up a deck to play another game of Pokémon, but in exchange I got see more days like today happen regularly at the League? I'd be happy with that.
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