Flashback photos: Pokemon masters compete in Duluth

Hundreds of Pokemon video game player of all ages participated in the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Family, friends and spectators view Junior division match in progress at the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Family, friends and spectators view Junior division match in progress at the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Elijah Colie, 6, of Union City is informed by Marcia Malaka that he has advanced to the nationals during the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Elijah Colie celebrates with siblings as his mother Dana reviews schedule for nationals during the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Several members of the Florida State University Pokemon League hang out in the lobby during registration for the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Game Tables are set up for Pokemon Video Game Players to battle for a spot at the 2011 Pokemon World Championship at the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Jahnelie Rodriquez, 6, travelled with her family from Fort Bragg, NC to compete in the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Jahnelie Rodriquez, 6, Fort Bragg, N.C., signals to family as she waits in the finalist lounge to compete in the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Jahnelie was invited to nationals. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Senior division winner Natalie Kaspszak, 13, of Phoenix, Ariz., is presented to the crowd and congratulated by Master of Ceremony Nick McCord at the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Owen Adkins, 5, of Dayton, Ohio, competes in the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Pokemon video game players of all ages competed in head-to-head competition in the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Memphis, Tenn.'s Brandon Mitchell's parents looks on in the background on as he competes with Natalie Kaspszak of Phoenix, Ariz., in the senior division at the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
Hundreds of players lineup and register for the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Saturday, June 4, 2011. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
The crowd looks on as Brandon Mitchell, Memphis, Tenn., and Natalie Kaspszak of Phoenix, Ariz., compete head-to-head in the senior division at the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on June 4, 2011. Natalie won and Brandon placed second. BRENDA J.TURNER/WWW.KACOM.COM.
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