Last weekend, on Friday August 15th, the very first performance of the new Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions concert had it’s debut at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC. SPLI Co-Founders JDubz and Glux took the trip down to see the show, of course! We have just about the entire concert (minus part of one song, when Glux’s phone died and she had to switch to recording on the 3DS lol!) available on YouTube, so please check it out! We hear rumors that the concert might come to NY later this fall, so be sure to keep checking the Pokemon website for upcoming tour dates. This was a great show and all Pokemon fans should try to see it!
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SPLI 2nd Anniversary Details!
This weekend is SPLI’s highly anticipated 2nd Anniversary event!! We have been very busy preparing for the big day, as we see this event as not only a chance to have a big party – but also to say thank you to all of our fans! For this event, we are planning to host tournaments for the two most popular game franchises on Long Island for Nintendo fans… that is of course, Pokémon and Super Smash Bros!
SPLI is hosting our 2nd Anniversary event at Empire Gaming (located at 337 Main Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735) on August 17th from 12pm-6pm! We have lots of gaming activities planned, such as:
- Pokémon Triathalon
- Pokémon X&Y Singles
- Pokémon X&Y Doubles
- Pokémon X&Y Triples
- Triathalon Competitors must compete in all three tournaments using the SAME TEAM!!
- Competitors will be ranked based on performance of all three tournaments to crown the overall Pokémon Triathalon champion of SPLI!
- Triathalon Tournament Rules:
- Flat Rules
- Singles – 3 v. 3
- Doubles – 4 v. 4
- Triples – 6 v. 6
- Must use same team for all three phases of Tournament
- All Pokémon permitted EXCEPT Legendaries! Pokémon do NOT need to be Kalos-born!
- Registration open 12pm – 1pm
- T.O. JDubz
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Hosted by CROSSFIRE Smash Tournaments
- Registration open 12pm – 1pm
- T.O. theDuL0R
- Wii U Demo Station
- NoA Official Rep Derek will be hosting demos of the latest Wii U games, such as Mario Kart 8 and Wii Sports Club!
- There will be free giveaways!!!
- SPLI Lounge
- Don’t want to compete, but you want to hang out and get StreetPasses, freeplay random games and such? No problem! Come chill on the couches of the SPLI Lounge and play whatever games you like!
- Cosplay Contest
- Wear your favorite Nintendo related Cosplay! Best costume gets a prize!
We are working on some additional activities at the event too, but we want to save some suprises! One thing we will definitely tease right now is that we will be making a HUGE announcement at the end of the event, so be sure to stay to the end so you don’t miss out!
Remember, this is a FREE event open to all SPLI members. The Pokémon Triathalon will not have an entry fee, the prizes for this tournament have been donated by SPLI members. Please note that the Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament is being run by CROSSFIRE Tournaments and not SPLI, so please direct any questions regarding that tournament to our partners at CROSSFIRE!
PAX Panel: Pokemon X&Y Competitive Trainer Seminar!
Here’s a special treat for all of you attending PAX East 2014 at the Boston Convention and Expo Center: StreetPass Long Island, StreetPass NYC and The Pocket Players are hosting a Pokemon panel! It’s called the “Pokemon X&Y: Competitive Trainer Seminar” and our goal is to help you improve your battle skills. We are going to discuss the different strategies to breed, train and battle using all of the new features that Pokemon X&Y have to offer.
The panel will be located at the Badger Theater at PAX East 2014 on Saturday, April 12th from 1-2pm. This panel is located within the convention and attendees are required to have an official PAX East badge in order to attend. Please arrive early as space is limited!
For more information, please click here!
“I Luv SPLI” Poetry Winners
StreetPass Long Island recently concluded the “I Luv SPLI” Poetry Contest for Valentine’s Day. All winners will receive a Shiny Luvdisc holding an Ability Capsule. Now we are proud to present the top winning poems!
1st Place – Lissanne L.
SP-L-I (or 33 Pokemon hidden in 16 lines of a florid love poem)
SP on! Probe…Oh! Pass you!
Ho, ho, ho, I must rate you.
Be sharp and flow it ‘Fantastic’
And from you, your sprite’s beauty flies
Cherry be your hair and inky sable eyes.
‘Ell hath Dark Rays that tore us apart.
Zap dose thoughts thrown from my heart.
With a spear. Oh, Fear, oh rapid dash
To the Unknown, a Tranquil crash.
Happiny ever after.
I peek at you and Venus soars,
Lifts me spir’t from gloom’s doors.
Nine tales from you, all evil tales fracture far
A slow king grovels to Scherazade’s star.
You have stories to seal in me like a star.
Me and you, SPLI.
2nd Place – Jordan W.
Joining from an early stage,
On accomplishing group resurrection,
Rewriting gaming history on every page,
Driving up the region’s gaming perception,
Another group but not the ordinary,
Now thrusted in lime’s light,
Lovers profess on pocket monsters scary,
Officially great in their own right,
Valor and spirit enthused from each member,
Each with 3DS in hand,
StreetPassing as gone a twitter,
Supporting Nintendo’s greatest fans,
Please continue into future’s hands,
Lined up with fun events,
I’ve been very fortunate to know you all with time well spent.
Thank you to everyone who participated! We “luv” you too!
Pokemon X&Y Event: 2/23
Do you want to be the very best, like no one ever was?? Then come prove your Pokemon prowess at StreetPass Long Island’s Pokemon X&Y Event at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY. The event will start at 12pm on Sunday, 2/23! RSVP on Facebook now!
- Pokemon X&Y Tournament: Prepare yourself for the upcoming official PVGC tournaments by battling your fellow SPLI members! We will be using the official tournament rules set forth by The Pokemon Company: Doubles Standard Format. Please remember that all Pokemon entered in this tournament must be Kalos Native (meaning it must be a Pokemon that was hatched or caught in the Kalos region. You can tell if your Pokemon is Kalos Native if there is a blue pentagon on their Pokemon details screen.) but they can be from the National Pokedex. The winner of the tournament will win a shiny competitive-ready (perfect IV’s, ability, nature, etc.) in-game Pokemon and a perler bead Pokemon prize! As usual, the final round will be broadcast on our big display monitor for everyone to see!
- Pokemon X&Y PR Video Contest: Have you created the coolest Pokemon X&Y PR Video for your trainer character? We will be hosting a PR Video Contest and whoever has the best video will win a great prize! Show off your style, video editing, favorite Pokemon, or whatever you want! All videos will be broadcast on our big screen display monitor for all attendees to see, and we will vote by applause to determine the winner.
- Pokemon Rumble U Freeplay: Throughout the event, we will be hosting Pokemon Rumble U on the Wii U for SPLI members to play. Bring down your Pokemon NFC figures to trade with other members too! StreetPass Long Island even has some NFC’s to give away during the event, so you won’t want to miss it!
- Pokedex 3D Pro Quizzes: For those who want to show off their Pokemon knowledge, we will switch back and forth from Rumble U to Pokedex 3D Pro, and offer prizes for the winners! We have some great prizes thanks to donations from SPLI members.
- Pokemon TCG fans are welcome to bring their decks and battle each other! Note: Since SPLI is exclusively a Nintendo video-game based group, we aren’t hosting an official TCG tournament, but Empire Gaming manager Joe has all of the info for upcoming TCG League games! You can also pick up new X&Y TCG packs at Empire Gaming!
Pokemon X&Y Meetup!
Now that Pokemon X&Y have been out for a few months and the PVGC in Massachusetts is fast approaching, it’s time for the StreetPass Long Island Pokemon X&Y Meetup! Join us at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY for tournaments, quizzes, giveaways and more!
DATE: Sunday, 2/23/14
TIME: 12pm – 5pm
WHERE: Empire Gaming – 337 Main Street, Farmingdale, NY
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1480365758857417/
More details regarding tournament rules and prizes will be revealed at a later date so stay tuned! RSVP on the Event Page to stay updated on all important information. See you there!
SPLI Proposal at the Pokemon X&Y Launch Event!
(This blog entry originally appeared on the Glux Blog, written by SPLI Co-Founder Debbie G.)
Friday, October 11, 2013 was a night I will NEVER forget! It was the night of the Pokemon X&Y Launch Party in NYC, and also the day before the “Nintendo Communities: StreetPass, Pokemon and Beyond!” panel at New York Comic Con.
The Pokemon X&Y Launch Event was looking to be like an out of control party. People had been lining up for days in front of the Nintendo World Store to attend the event and be some of the first people to buy the newest generation of Pokemon games. Unfortunately, I had arrived late with JDubz and a group of friends, and we were placed wayyyyy back in the line, which was by that time wrapped around 49th Street towards 5th Ave. (Nintendo World Store is on 48th Street – the line was literally wrapping around the entire block!) I was feeling upset because I wasn’t sure if we were ever going to get into the Event, which was set up with a large stage, a DJ booth, demo stations, inflatable Pokemon Starters, and so much more.
Eventually, JDubz and I heard word that since we were panelists for the upcoming Nintendo panel the following day, that we would be given VIP bracelets and would finally be able to get into the event! Hooray! We made it into the staging area and started collecting the cool swag they were giving out, such as paper hats for the different starters, a Pokeball cartridge holder, art cards from the games, as well as posters. (I heard that other people got X&Y Dog Tags and pins… no idea where those were being given out lol!)
After a few minutes checking out the pandemonium of the event – there were hundreds of people in the area! – I was approached by a Pokemon staff member, asking if I wanted to join a costume contest. Since I was in my Pikachu cosplay outfit, I figured why not and headed backstage. The staff members kept adding more cosplayers, but made me stand at the end of the line for some reason. I didn’t read too much into it.
When it was my turn to go up and show off my costume, the hostess was acting kind of weird and so was the Pikachu mascot. We were dancing around and suddenly the hostess declared that Pikachu had something to say and that she needed a translator. Of course, I tried to volunteer, since I too was Pikachu that day, but they ignored me. Suddenly, JDubz appeared on the opposite side of the stage, offering to translate. Pushing past Pikachu, JDubz said, “Debbie [Gluxbox] I choose you!” Then he dropped to one knee, and produced a custom-made Pokeball with a diamond ring inside, and said, “Will you marry me?”
It was an incredible moment. Hundreds of people were cheering and screaming. I pulled JDubz up and gave him a big kiss. And then I grabbed the mic from the hostess to confirm, “Yes! I SAY YES!!!” JDubz began whispering in my ear that he had been working with Nintendo of America and The Pokemon Company for the past nine months to orchestrate this proposal. There are no words to properly express how I was feeling. Flabbergasted? Overwhelmed with joy? Incredible??? A combination of those and every other emotion. I was crying tears of joy and feeling on top of the world. This was such a romantic, sweet and unique proposal and I never saw it coming!
If all of this wasn’t cool enough, we were amazed when we started seeing people sharing articles on Facebook and Twitter posts about JDubz’s proposal before we’d even announced it to our families. Websites like Kotaku and Nintendo Enthusiast were covering the story, and we even got a personal “Congratulations” from Nintendo of America’s Twitter page! There are several videos of the proposal on both Vine and YouTube, so I’ll post a few links here in the blog. If you see any photos or videos that I haven’t shared here in this blog, then that means I haven’t seen it yet! Please send me any photos/videos from JDubz’s proposal to gluxbox@yahoo.com! Thanks to everyone who sent their well-wishes to us, we couldn’t be happier!
I promise I will write another blog about NYCC and the StreetPass Panel very soon. Just let me enjoy Cloud Nine for a few more days please! 😀
What You Missed: SPLI First Anniversary/Pokemon Party!
August marks the first anniversary of StreetPass Long Island, and we decided to throw a huge event to celebrate! Since Pokemon is wildly popular in our group, and the new Pokemon X&Y games are due out this October, we thought it might be fun to host a Pokemon Generation 5 Send-Off Party for our First Anniversary. The party included a PVGC Doubles Tournament, a Cosplay Contest, a Plushie Contest, as well as Trivia and Funfest Missions! There was pizza, cookies, cake and prizes for all who attended!
If you weren’t able to make it to our First Anniversary Party (what a shame!) please visit Clash Tournaments on Twitch TV to watch a recording of the live stream! We hope you enjoy it!
SPLI’s 30+ Person Funfest Mission Details
At our upcoming First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen 5 Send-Off Party, StreetPass Long Island is going to be hosting Funfest Missions for Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 throughout the day. Our goal is to obtain one of the hardest achievements in the game, having 30 People in one Funfest Mission! With over 50 people RSVP’ing yes to our event, we are finally going to get this Medal! All we have to do is coordinate a little bit. Just follow these simple instructions, brought to you by some jolly good blokes in the UK who pulled off this feat back in May:
…there is a Medal system in the game which essentially [is] a list of tasks to complete within the game. There are however, 2 problem medals which are to have 30 people in one Funfest Mission (These are minigames, you can learn more about them here: http://www.serebii.net/black2white2/fun … sion.shtml) and to earn 1,000 points in a Funfest mission. These are both impossible without a decent amount of people to play with.
What you’ll need:
1. One of the following: A Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL, 3DS or 3DS XL.
2. A copy of either Pokémon Black 2 or White 2.
3. Have the C-Gear turned on.
4. The “Find Lost Items!” Funfest mission. To unlock this you will need to have completed the “Collect Berries!” Funfest mission.
5. Preferably have Level 3 of the “Find Lost Items!” Mission unlocked. You can do this my completing Level 1 and 2.
6. Have access to Driftveil City (The city with the 5th badge that is next to the Pokémon World Tournament.)How to play in the event:
1. Go to Driftveil City and take one step onto the Driftveil Drawbridge (From the Driftveil side, not the Nimbasa City side).
2. On the C-Gear, select “Wireless” and then “Extralink”.
3. Talk to the “Entree” (The thing in the middle) and then select “Accept a Funfest Mission”.
4. Choose “Find Lost Items!” and select “Level 3” (Move the D-Pad right with the mission hilighted to do this). If the mission isn’t there, select “Collect Berries!” and play through that, this should unlock it. Then you should complete “Level 1” and “Level 2”. (Don’t worry if you are having trouble, this method will explain how to do VERY well).
5. When the mission starts (On any level) make your way across the Driftveil Drawbridge and collect all of the items you see (These are the shiny things) and head east to Route 5.
6. Collect the items on Route 5 and don’t bother with the ones in the grass, time is too precious for backtracking or random battles.
7. Enter Nimbasa City and make your way along the top collecting items as you go and then down and right into the Ferris Wheel area.
8. Make your way around the Ferris Wheel area collecting items as you go.
9. Exit the Ferris Wheel area and make your way South into Join Avenue.
10. Make your way through Join Avenue onto Route 4 collecting items as you go.
11. Collect items on Route 4 whilst making your way south. DO NOT LET THE TRAINER SEE YOU, this will waste precious time. To avoid the trainer that battles you every time that you are on Route 4, stay on the left most side.
12. Enter Castelia City and collect the items surrounding the fountain.
13. Take the right most path and collect the items until you get to the next screen.
14. Finally, make your way left and collect the items you see here. This is the point at which the time should run out.
If we all follow these guidelines, it should be easy to get the 30 Person Funfest Medal! We’ll see you at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY on August 18th! Registration for the PVGC Doubles Tournament will start at 11AM, with the Tournament starting at 12PM. But the Funfest Missions will be going on all day!
In addition, we also plan to play some other multiplayer games, such as Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi’s Mansion 2, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Tetris Axis, and others! Got any suggestions? Or will we be too busy funfesting??
Don’t forget, in addition to Funfest Missions, and the PVGC Doubles Tournament, we will also be hosting a Pokemon Cosplay Contest and a Pokemon Plushie Contest! This event is going to be HUGE, so be sure to attend! 😀
Plushie Contest Details!
**PLUSHIE CONTEST DETAILS**
Think you have the coolest, rarest, MOST AWESOME Pokemon Plushie on Long Island? Do you have an officially licensed Japanese Pokedoll? How about a rare, shiny-colored plushie? Something from Gen 1 that NOBODY has seen in 15 years?? Bring your coolest/rarest Pokemon Plushie to our event for a chance to win some AWESOME PRIZES. (Yes we are prepared to reward you just for having a cool plushie.) See you on August 18th!
RULES:
-You must own the plushie.
-You are in charge of your plushie; SPLI is not responsible for lost, stolen or mixed up stuffed animals!
-Your plushie must be registered (we’ll have forms) to be entered in the contest.
-Plushie Contest will take place near the END of the party. You must be in attendance to win a prize!
-NO LIMIT TO NUMBER OF ENTRIES!!! Bring ’em all!!
-Entries are not required to be officially licensed. They can also be hand-made.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
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