Good morning everyone! My name is Stephen and I won 2019 Toronto VGC regionals in Masters. I promised a War Story, which can be found below, but I hope you don’t mind listening to me talk about the team a bit. It’s just standard Moon TornOgre, but I’d like to think that my version had some cool differences. The Team ...
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ZyGod’s Wrath – Collinsville Top 4 Team Report
Hi, my name is Alex Arand, also known as AlexTheRNGLord. I first started playing VGC after joining my local league, where we had somewhat casual play. Then I discovered Pokemon Showdown and Smogon, and played online casually for a while until 2016, when I began playing competitively. I’ve been playing competitively since post-2016 Worlds, starting out as a Senior. I ...
Read More »The Red Moon Rises – A Top 4 Greensboro Regional Report
Hello VGC community! I’m Santino Tarquinio (@supah_santi), but you probably know me better as Santi or my Showdown alt “reggie from NoA”. I’m a relatively new player to the scene and 2019 is my first serious year competing. I’m a pretty big fan of Trick Room teams, and had previously built a hard TR team in Sun Series featuring a ...
Read More »Shining in the Rain – Costa Rica Special Event Champions Report
Hello everyone! My name is Victor Gonzalez from Costa Rica, more commonly known as “Vic”, and I’m the champion of the recent Special Event held in Costa Rica. To let you know a bit about me, I’ve been playing competitively since the end of 2015. I’ve competed at the last 3 World Championships, making Day 2 in 2016. The other ...
Read More »La banda del Tacchino! – A Top 8 Regional Report
Hello! My name is Riccardo Appamea, known online as @Fire_Gohan, and I’ve been a VGC player for over 3 years. I love playing unconventional teams, as they’re the type to get me hyped up and motivated to win matches. In 2016, I was on the verge of Top 16 in the European International Championships, placing 20th. I also placed 50th ...
Read More »A Rainbow after the Rain – Greensboro Regional Champions Report
Hey all, my name is Alex Williams (@Weeblewobs on twitter). I recently moved to St. Louis but I’m originally from Cleveland Ohio, which lucky for me, happens to be the land of plentiful locals. I wouldn’t call it free though because there is a lot of talent in those locals, and you’ll find yourself facing Worlds caliber players such as ...
Read More »Bringing the Drought to Cannes – A Top 8 Report
Hi, my name is Bartosz Ekiert, also known as Naociak. I still think of myself as a relatively new player, as I started playing VGC seriously after Worlds 17. Since then, I’ve managed to cut a few events, the most recent one being the Special Event in beautiful french Cannes. Other than that I also cut the Bremen, Tours and ...
Read More »The Truth Takes Over Collinsville! – A Top 4 Regional Report
Hello everyone. My name is Allan Martinez. I am a player from Southern California, who has had a pretty good 2019 season overall. I attended my first regional in 2013 at the age of 14 years old, where I pretended I was 15 so that I could play in the Masters Division. I started playing more competitively in 2016. Throughout ...
Read More »Crikey Mate! Greninja Conquers Oceania – A Top 16 International Report
My name is Graham Amedee AKA Ammodee, and I’m a VGC player from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I have been playing in VGC competitions since 2015. However, I only started taking the game more seriously in 2017. I am mostly known for building hyper-offensive unorthodox teams, e.g. using Mega Lopunny, Blacephalon, Greninja, and Drampa. I am also known as the John ...
Read More »Black Hole Eclipse of the Heart – Top 16 Oceania International Championship
Hello, my name is Jesse Beard and I am a long-time onlooker and first-time contributor in the VGC Community. I have been playing Pokémon my whole life, going way back to my first game in Pokémon Yellow, however, I was first exposed to the competitive scene in 2015 when I stumbled upon a YouTube video of a Pachirisu winning the ...
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