Hi guys, Hashegi here. In this report, I am gonna discuss the Indonesia vs Taiwan VGC 2014 Friendly match which was held between August 30-31st of this year. This event was proposed by the Indonesian VGC Community. We proposed this battle during the second week of August and it happened at the end of the month. The trainers playing in this friendly were directly chosen by their respective community leaders or the country’s Tournament Organizer.
Neither Indonesia nor Taiwan have Premiere Challenges yet, which is quite sad. Indonesian itself has around 25-30 dedicated players spread across the nation; not to mention hundreds more who just play Pokémon, but not competitively. Pokémon competitive battling in Indonesia has been around for some time. I remember we had some simulator tournaments on Pokémon Showdown and Pokémon Online since 2010. However, until recently we had no VGC community. The TCG circuit always got sanctioned tournaments — and also Nationals in 2013 — but there was no sign of video game sanctioned tournaments until 2014. After the release of Pokémon X and Y, there was an online store that decided to sponsor a Pokémon tournament in the lobby of a department store. As it turned out, 123 trainers attended the tournament! That was the turning point of Pokémon competitive community. In January, Indonesia decided to join the 2014 Asia Cup which turned out pretty well. One of our trainers went to the Top 8 while another one of our representative reached Top 16. After that point, one of the leaders from a Pokémon forum in Indonesia and I decided to start an Indonesian-speaking online community to expand the level of VGC play in the country. Even though the number of players in Indonesia isn’t as high as in Japan or western countries, our trainers are also very dedicated in playing Pokémon in the Video Game Championships.
This was original posted in Indonesian here. It has been published again in English for you below:
- Format: VGC ’14
- Tournament Type: Wi-Fi
- Tournament Format: Best of Three, Random Pairings
- Date & Time: Sabtu, 30th August 2014 sampai Minggu, 31st August 2014
- Registration: Invitational Only
- Trainers: 5 Trainers from each country
Trainers List
| No. | Name | IGN | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irvan Ing (beastlife) | Kuro |  |
| 2. | Oktavian Jason (witzel) | Jason | |
| 3. | Jack Kurniawan (azukanakano) | Azuka | |
| 4. | Bima Amalsyah (whoopie) | Atlanta | |
| 5. | Michael Tamara Putra | Michael | |
| 6. | 劉建廷 (Liú Jiàn Tíng) (sayha) | Sayha |  |
| 7. | 簡劭陽 (Jiǎn Shào Yáng) (Frozereon) | バリアン | |
| 8. | 曹哲鳴 (Cáo Zhé Míng) (duoduo0517) | DUOO | |
| 9. | 杜震超 (Dù Zhèn Chāo) (ilike282) | ちっちぇな | |
| 10. | 白宇平 (Bái Yǔ Píng) (univers) | White | |
| 11. | Bryan Young (Sub) | Bryan | |
| 12. | Ditto Amalsyah (Sub) | Florenza | |
Pairings and Results
| No. | Name | IGN | Score | IGN | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irvan Ing | Kuro | 1-2 | Sayha | 劉建廷 (Liú Jiàn Tíng) |
| 2. | Oktavian Jason | Jason | 2-1 | DUOO | 曹哲鳴 (Cáo Zhé Míng) |
| 3. | Jack Kurniawan | Azuka | 2-1 | バリアン | 簡劭陽 (Jiǎn Shào Yáng) |
| 4. | Bima Amalsyah | Atlanta | 2-1 | ちっちぇな | 杜震超 (Dù Zhèn Chāo) |
| 5. | Michael Tamara Putra | Michael | 0-2 | White | 白宇平 (Bái Yǔ Píng) |
| FINAL SCORE | |
3-2 | |
||
Videos
- Match 1: Jack Kurniawan vs 簡劭陽 (Jiǎn Shào Yáng)
- Match 2: Bima Amalsyah vs 杜震超 (Dù Zhèn Chāo)
- Match 3: Oktavian Jason vs 曹哲鳴 (Cáo Zhé Míng)
- Match 4: Michael Tamara Putra vs 白宇平 (Bái Yǔ Píng)
- Match 5: Irvan Ing vs 劉建廷 (Liú Jiàn Tíng)
Teams
1. Irvan Ing
2. Oktavian Jason
3. Jack Kurniawan
4. Bima Amalsyah
5. Michael Tamara Putra
6. 劉建廷 (Liú Jiàn Tíng)
7. 曹哲鳴 (Cáo Zhé Míng)
8. 簡劭陽 (Jiǎn Shào Yáng)
9. 杜震超 (Dù Zhèn Chāo)
10. 白宇平 (Bái Yǔ Píng)
Shout Outs
- Michael Pond Wijaya, the Tournament Organizer of Indonesia, for letting trainers play.
- 白宇平 (Bái Yǔ Píng), for accepting the proposals of this Friendly Match 谢谢！
- Both Country Trainers, for putting your best efforts to play this game
- Bryan Young and Ditto Amalsyah, the Indonesia’s back up player
- Nugget Bridge, for letting me post this International Friendly Report
- and all the user who are still reading this super boring Report!
Indonesia is planning to play in another event in Southeast Asia, this time against Malaysia this September. Hope it will go well!
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