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When I was 7 or so I went to the first US mall tour. It was super crowded, the pikachu car was there, pokemon shit everywhere. They had tournaments for both the video and card game, and I entered the game tournament.
I can't remember exactly how it was structured, but you could win gym badges and I was like "oh shit yes time to be the POKEMON MASTER". Unfortunately, when my mom signed me up she put me in the wrong category, since there were different cups for different levels I guess. I ended up battling a high level Onix with a level 13 Paras and lost immediately.
My memory is really spotty about that day, but I don't think I was super upset about it, which is weird since I cried at the drop of a hat at that age.
Props to the kid I battled though, I guess he felt sorry for me so he said I did good and told me he got worried when I used stun spore and paralyzed his Onix.
T-thanks, dude.
