Lol this is why nobody trusts LCS's anymore. 1. Shops start drama about charging market on BB/WF 2. Their friends then start posting about how their allocations are "small" Essentially, they are working to push FOMO and get people to pay market because "it won't be available". I would not be surprised if they have a Discord/group chat to push this narrative. It happens almost every set. You can literally type in the search bar on X and find shops pushing this narrative almost every set. Look at it like this. I produce 2 pizzas and there are only 2 people eating, those people are eating good. But if I produce 1000 pizzas but I now have 2000 people wanting to eat, everyone gets less. Sure, I might give a few extra slices to those loyal customers, but no longer does everybody get a whole pizza to themselves. Now translate that to cards. Even if Pokemon produces the same amount of product or more product, there are an unimaginable number of stores now carrying product that did not even carry Surging Sparks on release. I mean, even places like Dick's and Ace Hardware are getting Pokemon from distribution. Even if allocations are "smaller", that does not mean the set won't be available. How many LCS's got Blooming Waters recently? Now compare that to the large amount Target has restocked in the last two weeks. LCS's are splitting a large amount of product amongst a larger amount of stores. And considering that I'm sure Pokemon has noticed distributor and LCS greed, I would not doubt they feel the best way to get product to collectors is to send it to big box. I will only believe this narrative if shops produced undoctored screenshots with undeniable proof that allocations are drastically cut/small shops will not get product or if Pokebeach names his "big distributor" source that claimed this when he pumped out the article.