I just wanted to thank all of the leaders and challengers for making my first league, and indeed first experience with competitive battling, a success! Unfortunately, I was unable to acquire the badges needed to challenge Giovanni - I lost to Kumo 0-3 and got walled by Jose's Cradily - but I already have ideas for how to improve my team for the next shot at Poke-glory. Sadly, I don't think I will be able to attend PAX East, as being a student is hard enough without paying round-trip airfare and hotel fees, but I look forward to seeing the batch of leaders at PAX Prime '12.
You guys stay classy