Thursday, June 4

I choose you: Pokémon Draft League brings pro sports excitement to the game

An early-season draft-league match comes down to the wire.

Draft league is probably nothing like the Pokémon you're familiar with. It's not training up a team of your favorite Pokémon to beat Team Rocket. It's not even like an official competitive tournament run by The Pokémon Company.

And it all started with a bumper sticker.

Steve "Magnitude" Wood is the YouTuber and sports fanatic who came up with the concept of combining his two passions. "I'm a huge Milwaukee Bucks basketball fan," he tells Ars Technica. "And I thought the Pokémon Sawsbuck looks a lot like the Milwaukee Bucks logo. One of my friends was a graphic designer, so she made me a sticker, and I got it printed and put it on my car."

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