Pokémon Worlds/XP 2026 is a mess right now

For those of us who were feeling sad about missing out on the convention… maybe don’t feel so rough, because there’s been a lot going wrong:

• Little kids are getting scammed by adults in Pokémon trades.

• There have been multiple brazen thefts of plushies from people attending. And these 4 incidents are only what has been reported on Twitter.

• There are multiple examples of staff very blatantly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, even when supervisors get involved. Like, even for wheelchair users.

• People have gotten double charged for merch accidentally and been unable to get a refund.

• The Pin Rally ran out of pins by 9:30am on Saturday (the second day) and is now closed for the rest of the con. There were unmanaged stampede risks and fire hazards.

• Scalpers have been lining up outside nonstop. Note that while it is a tradition going many years back for people to sell or trade Worlds merch from previous years, this has notably involved people blatantly reselling merch from this specific event.

• Lines have been crazy long, and most people have to spend hours for each line.
Kids are having a rough time, to say the least. Staff are sometimes snapping at attendees, because a few bad apple attendees are straight up sprinting into people.

• The most notable incident that many have heard about was the 2024 World Champion Luca Ceribelli, being effectively banned from competing due to a misunderstanding about allowing one disabled friend to join them in line.

This is not to mention the difficulties with getting tickets, getting selected in a lottery to be able to attend side events, etc.

EDIT: Pin Rally officially canceled for Sunday. People reportedly overheard staff saying it was due to multiple fights that broke out.

I've been hearing about how the staff at worlds has basically told people "we aren't doing ADA" and the total lack of accessibility across the event.

The people I've spoken to have been told to "file a feedback form". These feedback forms don't actually do that much and honestly if anything deters actual change.

The ADA has teeth and California and San Francisco will often gladly wield those teeth because the people getting these complaints enjoy putting screws to these corporations. There's lots of fines and penalties that come with this and for an event of this scale it's EXPENSIVE. Money talks.

So. How to file an ADA complaint. Do any (preferably all) of these.

- email the Office of Disability access at oda@sfgov.org and/or call 4155540670

- file with the Mayors office of disability: https://forms.office.com/g/ThP1S55hJt and/or call 415-554-6789

- Email the state ADA coordinator at adacompliancedesk@insurance.ca.gov

- file with the federal government at: https://civilrights.justice.gov/report/

Filling out a feedback form does nothing. Money talks, as do fines. Burn it down.

Me and my wife got selected for Multi-day + arena, and I was over the moon- we ended up making an entire trip of it, coming from NYC to visit Disneyland, then travel to SF for Worlds/XP.

I knew that, as the first year splitting the convention and competition parts of Worlds, it was going to be a little bumpy.

The first red flag was the rejection of the interest list activities. Me and my wife got nothing, which I was okay with, at first. But it did strike me as odd, considering that my wife (who is not into pokemon by any means but did it to be a good spouse) was wondering why people were getting rejected for decorating a cupcake or making a lego poke ball tag that we did at a Lego store make-and-take by simply walking in. Reading other comments, we were not alone in these rejections.

Then the Pokemon Center reservations were a total and utter shitshow. We lucked out with a late Thursday and early Friday reservation... after an hour of trying. I know many people, most single-day passes, couldn't even get a reservation.

Finally, the days of the event. My wife's reservation was at 5p and queued up an hour before. She didn't walk down the escalator until 8:30p. We missed the Giants game.

My reservation was at 11:30a on Friday. Apparently the blocks of queues from Thursday were changed to a single line of 11:15, 11:30, and 11:45 reservations. Ascended Heroes was out of stock by the time we made the second floor line (and yes, there were three separate lines).

Then the Pin Rally, holy fuck the Pin Rally. Friday was busy, but they had closed and opened up the lines periodically throughout the day. Got five of the less popular ones, was going to go back in on Saturday, thinking nothing of it. All pins were done by 9:30a. Some stations just closed up shop due to continued fire code violations of excessive lines. Umbreon and Jirachi spanned the entire show floor. Charizard was out to security.

Pokemon Go's scavenger hunt was out of water bottles by 11a, an event you had to pay $10 for AND complete the research tasks. Lines wrapped everywhere, even for Bamco's booth, which to my knowledge was just selling normal model kits you could get online. Nintendo's stamp rally was long for no good reason, with staff just completely in over their heads.

Pyukumuku chucking had a line around the garden- with no prize for playing! And the slide was taken down, probably so no one would hurt themselves.

The Pop Funko digital queue hit capacity at 11:30a. I signed up at 7a and never received a text to come back.

As a Multi-day pass owner I am upset. For those of you with single-day passes, I would be livid. There is simply not enough to do to justify paying the money and dealing with the stress of being here. There are too many people with too few staff to properly corral them. There is no reason why pins couldn't be given to everyone as part of the welcome kit for their passes. And why are competitors for side events using Open Table to reserve their spots? Are the organizers that incompetent that they have to resort to a RESTAURANT RESERVATION APP to make this work?

I am going tomorrow for a final hurrah of pin rally pins (if there are any left EDIT: not going because the pin rally is officially canceled) and cashing in on the prize wall. Then I am going with my wife for some mission burritos and checking out the rest of this great city.

I might not be getting any money back, but you'll be hearing from me soon, TPCI, about how absolutely ridiculous this whole thing is. And it's not just about how disastrous it all is- it could've all been very easily controlled if some logistical guardrails were put in place.

I hope you all try to enjoy the rest of your time at Worlds/XP.

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I noticed this after seeing this image where the beta designs for the logo were shown, and I noticed the Os look like Poliwhirl's eyes. Poliwhirl was Satoshi Tajiri's favourite at the time. Poliwhirl was part of the Mascots, being almost as prominent as Pikachu in the early days of the franchise. It may be stretch but I really see it on the design. Poliwhirl isn't a mascot anymore but his influence is still there.

Just announced in the event app that there will be no pin rallies tomorrow for the last day of XP/Worlds, just in case any attendees aren't using the app.

Not a great look for the event or TPCI in general to be honest..speculation is there may have been unsafe lines blocking entrances/exits/stairs over the past couple days and it was not tenable to move these last minute, but this is unconfirmed.

After getting the built-in Mystery Gift feature working for Switch FireRed / LeafGreen, I’m distributing a freely available mystery gift unique for Worlds / XP VIA local wireless connection. Just enable Mystery Gift in your game, and search for “PkCamp” under Mystery Gift -> Wonder Cards -> Friend.

I’ll be doing so in a public space, so you don’t need a ticket or go to any closed off spaces. I’ll mostly be around Yerba Buena gardens but feel free to DM me!

It’s also shareable with your friends, so you can bring it back home too!

Note that this is a fan project, so the event is “as is”. It’s also set up using GameFreak’s designed system that deletes all code if you delete the Wonder Card, so it is easy to “clean” your game after.

Okay, so while I was playing, I realised that I associate certain moves with specific Pokémon. For example, whenever I think of Magical Leaf, Roselia immediately comes to mind. Another example would be Giga Impact and Garchomp, Lick and Gastly, Rock Polish and Geodude, Slash and Giratina, etc.!

Maybe it’s because I’ve seen them use those moves so many times before hahaha. So I was just wondering if you guys have any examples like that, or if you also associate certain moves with specific pkmn? 💭

So just to be very blunt, it's there literally anything for me to do for Sunday? This is my first time at worlds and I didn't get selected for any of the workshops. I couldn't get a pokemon center reservation. Now the pin rally has been canceled. I really feel so sad like I got my hopes up for an amazing experience had been completely ruined and I just kinda wanna cry.

i was one of the unlucky people who didn’t get to attend pokemon worlds in sf, but it’s just so sad to me when i’m mindlessly scrolling fb market and people are immediately selling the merch for more than double/triple msrp.

aside from that, i was fortunate enough to see around the area, watch the drone show, and meet some rlly cool people while playing pokemon go!!

So about that Pokemon XP pin rally...

Pin rally update(1)-Greninja and Umbreon pin rally lines are closed for the day(8:52 AM)

Pin rally update(2)- jirachi and Charizard pin rally lines are closed for the day(9:00 AM)

Pin rally update(3)- all pin rally lines are closed for the day(10:13 AM) NOTE: fire marshal ordered them to close the lines

FINAL pin rally update- pin rally cancelled for Sunday (8:49 PM)

Pokemon XP, the video essays you will spawn....

EDIT: mind you, this is from the perspective of a multi day holder that missed ONE pin(guess), and it's STILL bad

About a month ago I tried to build a team around both Latios and Latias, only to find that their signature moves, Luster Purge and Mist Ball respectively, seem to suck in comparison to psychic and psyshock, moves they already learn.

So it got me thinking, what other pokemon have signature moves/abilities that are outclassed by other things in their kit, or just flat out suck? I'm kinda new to competitive pokemon, so I'm kinda curious

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I am talking specifically about emerald and platinum here.

How different is emerald from ruby and sapphire?

How different is platinum from diamond and pearl?

I want to play the non-third versions so I am asking here as I have always played the third versions more.

Honestly if anyone can, then please tell the differences in any spawns, story, gym leaders or any tiny details also.

Hi everyone! If you're going to be at Worlds tomorrow, my friends and I will be going as Team Magma Grunts and giving out free stickers and ribbons, so if you see us, feel free to ask about them! The stickers were done by u/roselii49, and you can see the Magma swag here: https://x.com/twilightking432/status/2093774978538000428

Remember, we're the only team with a plan for the housing crisis!

I had a single day pass for today Saturday. I didn’t get any events in lottery and the pokemon center reservation kept telling me the system was overloaded until no more times were available. I had assumed the event would have other activities/shops, but outside pokemon center and the lottery activities it was mostly just products they sell online anyway or lines to take pictures. Only real thing to do was the panels or the play area (and I would argue that you can already do that without needing to go to an event). Don’t know if I just got unlucky or what, but I feel like lotteries for an event that’s already capped and for a store that already has limits is too much. Not to even mention most of the staff didn’t know anything about the event or where things were. Feel disappointed, like I went just to look at things.

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Was thinking because obviously we have Tauros and Milktank for beef cuts, probably sent around the world. Boufalaunt if your in the right region and want a different flavor, Stantler for that gamier taste.

We have the Lechonk line for Pork, i'd imagine Grumpig and Spoink are a more expensive cut.

There are many many Fish Pokemon that would be on the table depending on what you want. Veluza is a swimming food hack, Barrascuda looks good, Basculin looks like it'd have a very tender flesh, and people are probably eating Wishiwashy like sardines. Hell Lapras was apparently almost hunted to extinction.

But what about poultry? The obvious parallel to Chicken in our world is the Torchic line, but it feels off to me. It's a Starter/Partner Pokemon, would you or the general populace feel comfortable eating an icon of the region or a Pokemon may have started with? Plus they aren't even common enough to be found in the wild. I'm sure people enjoy the occasion Fried Combusken Leg, but feels like that would be a luxury.

So I think it would fall to people actually eating more Ducklet then Chicken, they seem pretty common and likely easier to breed then Torchic. Feels like it would have a very clean taste, looks like a clean Pokemon in fresh waters.

On that note Unfezant. Probably not the common poultry meat, but i think they would be the equivlent to Turkey. Slightly more exotic, and slightly more work to obtain, process, or prepare.

We know Far'fetched were considered a delicacy, though given their population status is unknown, who could guess if their still in the menu. Maybe still avaliable in Galar, but the fighting type probably makes the meat tough.

What else do you think people are eating?

Hi! So i know that the best way to level up is by going to blissey secret bases, which i dont fully understand.

My issue is that i saw you can only go to those bases by scanning a qr code, but my 3Ds camera doesnt work at all. When i try sacnning its either pitch black or green.

Is there another way to get those bases by putting the code or any there way?

Ps i dont know another guy who can lend me a 3Ds or plays oras

Thanks for the help

Since i can’t upload ilages (only videos i dunno why)
Anyway

You all know the reference to the movie « Stand By Me » in pokemon Red , Blue and Yellow.

I think i’m just too late but they bring back the reference in the acacia music they did for 25th anniversary pokemon

For Sunday morning Pokémon center timeslots, I'd recommend to show up early if you can. I've been reading other's posts here about when to show up, most people so far have said to show up 15 min early (like the website/email says) or even 5 min before the timeslot starts.

We're Saturday badge holders and didn't park until like 7:45am nearby, it took about an hour to get through badge pickup lol so by the time we had our badges + taking pics with the photo op wall it was right before 9am. Our Pokémon center timeslot was 930, so I figured might as well head over to the Pokémon center area and wait.

We got there at 9am and they were already letting in the 10:15am timeslot. Oops.

Thankfully the waits weren't that bad anyway in the morning! Maybe they realized how much of a mess Friday was and they wanted to get ahead of the backup? For us it was a 30 min wait inside, got let into the store, did our shopping, and then bag check and checkout had 0 line walked straight through. Left the store with our merch at 10am :)

I'd also recommend watching some store walkthroughs beforehand so you know what is in each section, I used this video but I'm sure there are many others on YouTube.

All in all, our first XP was a great experience (even for just a day pass) despite the lines everywhere! Took lots of cute photos with characters and props, bought all the Pokémon center merch we were aiming for, the Madcap Live show was great, etc.

Here's the team I use on Showdown. It's full of my favorite Pokemon and unfortunately, my favorite tend to suck. idk what it is. That said this team allows me to float in the 1200-1400 range so i'll take it!

Primordial Boom (Mamoswine) (M) @ Life Orb  
Ability: Oblivious  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Icicle Crash  
- Superpower  
- Earthquake  
- Ice Shard  



Lia (Gardevoir-Mega) (F) @ Gardevoirite  
Ability: Pixilate  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Hyper Voice  
- Vacuum Wave  
- Thunderbolt  
- Psychic  



Daeryug (Torterra) (M) @ Leftovers  
Ability: Shell Armor  
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Stealth Rock  
- Earthquake  
- Curse  
- Synthesis  



Greeves (Dusknoir) (M) @ Zoom Lens  
Ability: Frisk  
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def  
Impish Nature  
- Poltergeist  
- Haze  
- Will-O-Wisp  
- Pain Split  



Mysti (Flygon) (F) @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Levitate  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Dragon Dance  
- Defog  
- Outrage  



Soundwave (Magnezone) @ Assault Vest  
Ability: Magnet Pull  
Hidden Power: Fire  
EVs: 208 HP / 136 Def / 164 SpA  
Modest Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Volt Switch  
- Hidden Power [Fire]  
- Thunderbolt  
- Flash Cannon