>>38880513Was the event listed on pokemon's website, as in, was it a sanctioned event? Pokemon players (in my area) used to have a really weird tendency to not attend non-sanctioned events. The LGS using social media to advertise the event is also a huge benefit to promote people showing up. Not sure what all was utilized in your scenario.
I don't know your area or the current scene, but my area used to have an organizer that ran most of the events within a huge radius (including prereleases) anywhere that they would have him. This was about 3 years ago, but maybe try and connect with your local playerbase by chasing a random event and giving/getting contact info for your LGS.
If you've tried and you just live in a dead zone, that sucks... sorry, trainer.
>>38880546The Blastoise ability combos well with other water energy-reliant attackers like Articuno or Blastoise GX, but Charizard is the current best choice of theme deck due to the number of Tag Team GX targets in the meta. Blastoise is alright, but it's not because of Pidgeot.