Two men were arrested at the Pokemon World Championships 2015 in Boston, USA following a tip-off from security staff.
The two men who were due to compete in the finals were eighteen-year-old Kevin Norton and twenty-seven-year-old James Stumbo.
They drove from Iowa to participate in the event but have since been arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as well as other firearms the Boston Police have stated.
Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald, Commander of the Boston Police district’s Bureau of intelligence and analysis, praised the Pokemon staff for their commitment to the safety of the players at the event.
He went on to describe the arrested pair and their weapons as a very real threat.
“The BPD detectives and collaborating agencies did a great job in the stop and prevention of a potential tragedy,”
He said that earlier this week James Stumbo had posted a picture of his car with two guns on the boot on a Facebook post at the start of the week. 
The championships, which took place at the weekend were invitation only and usually bring in roughly four hundred thousand entries each year according to the Pokemon Company.
The best players in the TCG and handheld divisions from more than thirty different countries take part in the event competing for top prizes of scholarship money, trophies, and merchandise.
Personally, I am happy that everyone is okay, being an old Pokemon player I have had to deal with bullies and trouble that has come along before but. Seeing as how it was actual players that wanted to start trouble this time it sits very unsettlingly for me.
Let us come to terms with this we got to thank Pokemon Company for keeping everyone safe and understanding that people like this will continue to come in and try to ruin things and all we can do is hope and pray as well as prepare that none of which we fear will come to pass in other games such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic the Gathering and event big venue gatherings not to mention Pokemon again.
It’s like Comic-Con was attacked by a gunman, but replace Comic-Con with the Pokemon World Championships 2015. To help give everyone a solid idea of just how bad it could be. Hopefully, other companies like Konami, and Wizards will take heed of how Pokemon Company handled this situation and have a plan for it as well Comic Con.
As for the players in question who would go out and do something like this, I feel great pity for them. They had the potential to actually participate in this but choose to take the latter path and almost ruined the fun for everyone. I hope those two understand that is not how you handle any situation at all. A peaceable solution is the best solution and those who aim to hurt others, in the end, will only hurt themselves…
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