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Fans have realised thatPokemon TCG Pocketwonder picks are predetermined.
Theres a lot of evidence for this.
Players have noticed that notifications of completing collections pop up before theyve even selected an upside-down card.
So much forslowing down screen recordingsor picking your lucky spot.
My system has always been to pick the spot where the card originally was.
The hit rate seems pretty good.
However, some people are up in arms about the illusion of choice.
They want a real choice.
They want to know where the cardsactuallylanded post-shuffle, and if they were anywhere near picking the right spot.
They want the horror, the agony, the I-came-so-close-to-alt-art-Gengar-ex-but-yet-so-far.
It doesnt appeal to me.
Much like my colleague Eric Switzer,I dont thrive on this FOMO.
If anything, it does the opposite.
My wonder energy has been languishing as a filled meter for days now.
Im not going to waste a fifth of my total on a random pack of commons.
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Ive collected all but one of the Genetic Apex exes now (Gyarados still eludes me).
I dont need another full art Dedenne, thank you.
I guessed my usual spot, exactly where the Gengar had been pre-shuffle, and was one space away.
It had evaded me.
But now I know it was pre-determined.
If Id have picked bottom left (who does that?
), I would have still received the Koffing I got in place of my beloved card.
Gengar would have been shown to be somewhere different.
At that point when youre faced with five face-down cards, it is Schrodingers Gengar.
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Its both there and not there.
The game just decided, and the 20 percent roll didnt go in my favour.
The game shafted me.
Its not my fault.
This knowledge has led me to let go of every wonder pick Ive ever missed.
Im lighter, less burdened.
Who cares where I click?
My fate is predetermined.
The illusion of choice has been lifted, and Im finally free.
Help your friends out and they may just return the favour.
