My name is Simone Sanvito, I’m from Italy and I started playing VGC back in 2013, but only performed well in 2016. My best result to date would be winning the 2017 London International Championship, which almost secured me Day 2 of Worlds by itself. As a result, I took a break for the 2018 Season and only played in ...
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Tag You’re It!— A 10th Place NAIC Team Report
Hello there! My name is Kyle Livinghouse, but some of you may know me as Animus. To those of you who don’t, I embarked on my VGC journey in the early 2015 format and never looked back. Since then, I’ve attended 3 Regionals along with a few locals around the New Jersey/Philadelphia area. While the results of these events were ...
Read More »Let’s Chalk About It – Top 8 World Championship Challenge Report
Hello Trainer Tower! My name is Mattie Morgan (@MattieMooVGC) and I’m a VGC player from Ireland. I started playing VGC in 2014, and then started attending tournaments in 2016, playing in the Senior division for 2 seasons, where I won 2 Regionals and placed Top 4 in the NA International 2017. I became a Master in the 2017-2018 season, and so ...
Read More »VGC19 Hashtag Aggregator
In an effort to consolidate early VGC19 sets, teams and replays, Hibiki has created a Discord server which is pulling data from hashtags used on Twitter. This allows for all data to be captured and displayed in one easy to access location. Use the following hashtags on Twitter to have your tweets appear in corresponding channels:
Read More »2018 Pokémon World Championships Top Cut
Nashville, Tennessee: August 24-26, 2018 Placing Country Player $ Team Used 1st Paul Ruiz $10,000 2nd Emilio Forbes $7,500 3rd Nils Dunlop $5000 4th Yusei Matsuno $5000 5th Tomohiro Seki $3000 6th Arash Ommati $3000 7th Roberto Porretti $3000 8th Federico Turano $3000 9th Kiwamu Endo $1,500 10th Simone Sanvito $1,500 11th Alessio Yuri Boschetto $1,500 12th Melvin Keh $1,500 13th ...
Read More »A New Challenger Approaches – Top 32 NAIC Team Report
Hello everyone! My name is Sean Worcester, but you might see me online as TPO3 or as One Approved. I’m from Green Bay, Wisconsin which has a very strong TCG community. I played that for 10 years before my friends, who saw my enthusiasm for the video games, finally pushed me to give VGC a try. Charlotte Regionals was my ...
Read More »VGC 2019 Championship Points, Prizing and Event Information
After the longest July in recent memory, The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) has released some of the information regarding the circuit for the upcoming VGC 2019 season. It includes a few important changes from last year, but also maintains some problems many players hoped would be fixed. 2019 Changes at a Glance There are now three “Series” for locals, as ...
Read More »A Snow Warning in July
My name is Ben Grissmer, also known as Chef. I’m relatively new VGC player, starting last summer when I went to the 2017 NA Internationals. If you know me, you know I mostly stick to using the best two weathers in the game: sand and hail. In my short time playing, all my notable finishes have been using one or ...
Read More »Two Dreams, One Team – A Top 32 NAIC Team Report
Hey all! My name is Justin Frys, or @RexChaosVGC. I’m currently a 21 year old who just finished my first full season of competing in the Pokemon VGC circuit (Yes, I got into it a bit late). While I had played things like Pokemon Showdown and Battle Spot since late 2014, I only attended my first live event in February ...
Read More »Bubble Trouble- Top 32 NA International Championship Report
Hello everyone! My name is Daniel Thorpe, also known online as TTT444. I’m from the Chicago area and I’ve been playing VGC since late 2014. In this article, I’m going to talk about the team I used to get Top 32 at the North American International Championships. Team at a Glance / QR Code History of the Team/Team Building Process ...
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