Hey everyone! I’m Willem Geurts, otherwise known as AbsurdityVGC. I hail from the Netherlands, and have been playing VGC since 2017. My first event ended up being the Leipzig Regional in 2018. There I made a bad meta-call with my team and was plagued by the infamous freeze-glitch that frequented official events early on in that circuit. As a result, ...
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A Dream Worth Screaming for- A Worlds 1st Place Team Report
Hello! My name is James Evans, and I’m the 2018 Pokémon Senior World Champion. I started playing VGC in late 2016, but found out about it in 2014, when I went to spectate the 2014 World Championships. Since then it’s always been my dream to become the world champion, and it took several regional wins as well as an internats ...
Read More »Trapped in Tennessee! – 5th Place Worlds Report
Hello, my name is Ethan French and I am a first year master from the UK. I started playing VGC towards the end of VGC17 and have continued to love playing it ever since. My best performances have been a regional win and top 8 in the latest internationals. This will be a report on the team I used to ...
Read More »Prepare for trouble, Make it double
Hello guys, I’m Gabriel Agati (@AgatiGa on Twitter) and I’m here again to share a team that I’ve been using for a while online. The name of this team report comes to the fact that, thanks to Incineroar, this team has double Intimidate, Fake Out and Knock Off. It’s a very bulky, solid team, built around standard, top tier Pokémon. ...
Read More »This is so sad Alexa Play Despacito – Worlds Top 16 Report
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 ...
Read More »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 »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 »No Substitute for Sun – Top 16 NAIC / Season Report
What’s going on guys? My name is Leonard Craft III, but some of you might know me better as DaWoblefet. I’ve been playing VGC since 2013, but I’ve been enjoying Pokémon all of my life. In addition to competing at tournaments, I like to explore the inner workings of the game with mechanics research, and I also love to press ...
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 ...
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