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When Pok\u00e9mon first came out in the late 1990s, many thought it would be nothing more than a fad<\/a>. How wrong they were.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, hundreds of would-be trainers made their way to Monona Terrace for the annual Madison Pok\u00e9mon Regional Championships. Competitors faced off over two mediums: the classic handheld video games and the trading card game. Some of the matches were even commentated by professional gamers and streamed live<\/a> on Twitch, according to The Cap Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

With cash prizes of up to $5,000, the hobby your grandparents insisted<\/em> on pronouncing \u201cPOH-kee-MAN\u201d has turned extremely profitable. And the highest scoring players advanced to the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships<\/a> in Washington D.C. later this summer.<\/p>\n

More than 900 gamers competed at the Madison event. That\u2019s impressive for something that was supposed to go out of style before Y2K. And it might be an even more massive draw if only people knew about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody really understands that there\u2019s a game behind the trading cards,\u201d head judge Rick Mitchell told WKOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But for those who do understand, Pok\u00e9mon can be a positive outlet. Gwen Cox has found her best friends through the game, she told WMTV<\/a>. (This was a big local TV news<\/a> story!)<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how bad you\u2019re doing, everyone still wants to be talking to you about their teams and everything they\u2019ve been strategizing about,\u201d the 16-year-old said. \u201cHow (good) your team was, what you could possibly change. Everyone is so kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some attendees were just there for the love of the game. For many, Pok\u00e9mon is a cultural touchstone. It\u2019s something millennials have a personal relationship<\/a> with it. I remember Pok\u00e9mon getting banned at my elementary school because of the feckless wheeling and dealing it created among us card collectors. I can recall having cards taken away from me for looking at them during class.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m getting paid money to write about an international tournament centered around those cards. Who\u2019s the Pok\u00e9mon master now?<\/p>\n

The Pok\u00e9mon World Championships will be held in Washington, D.C.<\/em> from Aug. 16-18<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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