{"id":3915,"date":"2024-08-20T00:08:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/20\/pokemon-world-championship-boots-competitor-from-semifinals-over-seemingly-lewd-gesture-sparking-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T00:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:08:28","slug":"pokemon-world-championship-boots-competitor-from-semifinals-over-seemingly-lewd-gesture-sparking-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/08\/20\/pokemon-world-championship-boots-competitor-from-semifinals-over-seemingly-lewd-gesture-sparking-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon World Championship Boots Competitor From Semifinals Over Seemingly Lewd Gesture, Sparking Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon World Championship competitor Ian Robb had seemingly defeated opponent Fernando Cifuentes in the quarterfinals of the Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game, advancing to the penultimate round of the Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s most prestigious competitive event. 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I fully understand them wanting to discourage gestures like that,&#8221; one fan wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pkmntcg\/comments\/1ev0s97\/comment\/lioagf5\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robb, for his part, has been mostly silent, though he did post his support for Cifuentes on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ian__Robb\/status\/1825239562987467077\">X\/Twitter<\/a>. &#8220;I\u2019m cheering for him today. After meeting him and his dad I could tell how much making cut at worlds meant. 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