Home game: I usually battle at home with my mother. Shes also in the league. I play my mom a few times a week. She does beat me sometimes. Dylan- I remember the days back at Nayatt when you were the little boy that would follow me around because you had a … Prize Package: I got four packs of cards， it was pretty cool. I used to think they gave out medals and trophies but they give out packs of cards to improve the deck. I did get some rare cards; Nidoking and Celebi Prime. Ticket to anywhere: Japan. Thats where Pokmon comes from， and Im thinking they have the (card game) pre-releases before America. Getting into the game: One day I looked at a catalog and I decided I wanted to join. It was Pokmon magazine. I had gotten a platinum collecting pack for a birthday. Ive been collecting the cards for about five years. Lunch with anyone: Albert Einstein. Id ask him， definitely， What was the firspokemont thing you ever made? Matthew is a fifthgrader at Kent Heights Elementary school. His favorite subject is math. Susan and Todd Flanagan are his parents and he has one brother， Andrew， 12. The family has lived in East Providence for eight years， the last four in Riverside. #inline_ad {padding: 5px 0px;font-size: 9px;color: #999999;border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;}#inline_ad IMG {margin: 5px 0px;} Favorite food: Seasoned Pacific salmon. My mother makes it. Dear Brenda & Bruce and family， Please accept our sincere sympathy on Eddies sudden passing. Such a painful shock … How to play: First you have to start with the basic Pokmon. You have your active Pokmon and if you have any other Pokmon you put them on the bench. Its a five Pokmon bench. You have a seven card hand to begin with， and six prize cards. You earn cards for knocking the opponents Pokmon cards out. Why play? Its just the battling， basically. Its kind of like a blood rush， trying to figure out what cards to play and how youre going to go against them. Spare time: I like to read. I also like to play Stratego. Im also in the Rhode Island Childrens Chorus and I just had a concert yesterday (Sunday Dec. 19). Im more of a music guy. My brother is more of a sports guy. Im in the school chorus. I used to play three instruments. I quit the instrument lessons for a YMCA after-school program. Its kind of like an after-school club. I hang out with friends， have a snack， do homework and theres an activity in the middle. EAST PROVIDENCE Matthew Flanagan， 10， was named a Pokmon City Champion， taking third place in the junior division for the 2010 Warwick Pokmon City Championship game held in early December. The Pokmon Trading Card Game is based on a cartoon originating in Japan. Matthews mother， Susan Flanagan， brings him to Warwick to play the game with other game enthusiasts at Veterans Gaming many Saturday mornings. He has been playing the game about a year， but collecting the cards for half a decade. Matthew is a fifthgrader at Kent Heights Elementary school. His favorite subject is math. Susan and Todd Flanagan are his parents and he has one brother， Andrew， 12. The family has lived in East Providence for eight years， the last four in Riverside. Playing the game: I really have my own way of playing but I was taught how to play when I got into the league. Favorite present: Mashoonga sticks. Its hard plastic in the middle and like a huge stick of Styrofoam. Its covered with kind of like cotton. Andrew and I use these to fight. Do you watch the cartoon? Sometimes. Ive watched it for a year. Travel tales: We had gone to San Antonio， Texas. We actually have family over there， great-uncle Sonny and great-aunt Minnie. We did visit the Alamo. It was pretty cool. You could see the bullet holes in the fort. Dear Cathy and John， War are so sorry for your lose. I will always remember Alicia fondly. She was a beautiful soul … Play based on opponents cards? Sometimes its that， or I just do it out of luck， what cards are best against the opponents Pokmon. Printed word: Theres a Percy Jackson series. Percy Jackson is the character. Rick Riordan is the author. Its actually based on Greek mythology and he fits it into the real world， which I think is really cool. pokemonEastBay，BrendapokemonEastBay & Bruce: My deepest sympathies and condolences for your loss! I was so saddened to hear of Eddies … (Editor：admin) |