[quote=@prettydrops]
[@Balthazar007]question... if there's nine contest gyms and each one gives you one golden ticket to enter a contest, and it takes 5 ribbons to get to the grand festival, then shouldn't there be ten ribbons to get in total to do two grand festivals- therefore, 10 contest gyms? or maybe it's easier to make it so that nine contests ribbons = one grand festival instead of splitting it up into two? 

I appreciate your making contests more involved! I just had to double check though haha. if it helps, I personally wouldn't mind having only one grand festival. whatever is easier for you!
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Well, a golden ticket is used up if you don't win the contest. So you'll have to go get another golden ticket to enter again. And there are two grand festivals a year, not because you have to win or even compete in them both, but so that you can TRY to win twice a year. 

Also, I wanted you to figure this part out through game play, but I bet you would ask. You cannot beat the same Contest Gym twice in a row, but you can revisit after beating a certain number of others. 

The point of all this is that I don't expect you to ALWAYS win. And unlike the games, there is no turn off the gameboy and restart until you win option.