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 ...
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Everything’s Coming Up Aces – Top 16 NAIC Team Report
Art by the amazing @TamtamVGC! It was about time. Introduction Hey there. My name’s Jake, and this past weekend, I placed 12th at the 2018 North American International Championships. If you know one thing about my Pokémon career, it’s that this tournament has plagued me ever since I started playing. Between 2015 and 2017, I had 5 different chances to ...
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 ...
Read More »SiuHin – Hong Kong MSS & Regional Champion Report
I am Yuen Nga Hin (SiuHin) from Hong Kong. Twitter: @SiuHinVGC Blog: http://siuhin.blog.fc2.com HKVGC website: http://playpokemonhk.com Despite winning a few Midseason Showdowns and an Open in my four years of VGC career, (and getting four consecutive Worlds invites), I hadn’t (until now) won any Regionals. Fortunately, this year I won the biggest tournament in Hong Kong! Many thanks to my ...
Read More »The Worst One and the Cracked Limits – 2018 VA & Madison Regionals Top 4 Report
Hello, my name is Brian Youm, but most of you probably know me as Seven_Poke. I started VGC in 2016 as a senior, and gained a renewed interest in VGC in 2018 after failing to get a Worlds invite in 2017 (as a Master). These two Regionals meant a lot to me because I was determined to show everyone that ...
Read More »Big Mama! – Top 8 Roanoke Regional Team Report
Hey there everyone! My name is Andrew Davis, and you may recognize me from the Tri-State Area VGC scene or from my YouTube Channel where I do VGC Battles. I have been playing VGC since the 2015 season, and I competed at Worlds in 2016. Since 2016, I have taken a more casual approach to VGC, going to events mostly ...
Read More »Alex’s Bizarre Adventure – Top 8 Collinsville Regional Report
Hello everyone! My name is Alex Arand (@AlexTheRNGLord) and I am sharing my team that I used to get to the Top 8 of Collinsville Regionals. I started playing VGC last year in the Chicago-land area, I have been playing the game since I was 7 with Pokémon Diamond version being my first game ever and favorite of the series. ...
Read More »It’s Never Too Late for One Last Ride – 2018 Madison Regional 2nd Place Team Report
Hello, my name is Jake Smith, but those of you on showdown and twitter probably know me as TheLoanRanger. I have only been a VGC competitor for about a year and a half (my first event was in December 2016), and this was my first Regional top cut ever! I had a ton of fun, and getting to use Mudsdale ...
Read More »大嘴姨妈雨!Gothi-Maw-Rain – Virginia Regional 2nd Place Report
Hi there, my name is Yanqing Sun and I’m here to introduce the team I used at the Virginia Regional Championships. I have been playing Pokémon since Gen 1 and knew about the EV stuff since Gen 2. I started to play online single battles in Gen 3 (RSBOT, Shoddy Battle, etc.), but after I went to College in 2010, ...
Read More »Focus Blast is good as long as it connects – Prague Special Event 3rd Place Team Report
Hey there! My name is Fabian, I go by Baked online (@baked_vgc on Twitter), and I am a relatively new player from Germany with a 20th place finish at EU Internats last November being my only notable previous accomplishment. With Prague being a comfortable 3 hour drive away and free of entry fee, there was no reason for me not ...
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