VGC ’13 Championship Points Update: International Challenge — March
The last International Challenge before the 2013 Pokémon Spring Regionals is finished and we now know exactly who will have a bye for the event. We’ve updated our version of the Championship Point...
View ArticlePPRNGing Fourth Gen Pokemon
There’s a distinct lack of documentation surrounding the PPRNG fourth generation functionality; there’s a lot in there, but it requires a distinct knowledge set just to crack it open. I’m going to try...
View ArticleBattle Videos from the 2013 International Challenge — March
With NA Regionals this weekend and the 2013 International Challenge — April the weekend after, you might want to study up on the strategies being used in the metagame! Fortunately, we have over 30...
View Article2013 North American Spring Regionals Preview
Sunday marks the third and final set of Regionals for the 2013 North American circuit. While there haven’t been any major format changes since the last set of Regionals, the Championship Points picture...
View ArticleLive Updates from VGC ’13 Spring Regionals
The second event of the 2013 Video Game Championships season is here! As we have for past events, we’ll be updating live on Twitter and the forums for you to know how your friends and fellow players...
View ArticleThe Nugget Bridge Major 2 Has Begun: Round 1 Pairings Posted
The first round of the Nugget Bridge Major is now underway. In total 159 players have stepped up to challenge a packed field to become the second Major Champion of Nugget Bridge. There will be 8 rounds...
View ArticleThe Elite Four Charity Water Stream
Lack of access to clean drinking water kills more people in the world on a daily basis than any violent act. Women walk hours upon hours to reach drinking water that many of us would turn our noses up...
View ArticleVGC ’13 North American Spring Regionals Results
Fall, Winter, and now Spring. The final set of regionals is over and the Championship Points picture is becoming clearer as players get very close to cinching their invites in North America. Players...
View ArticleResults from the 2013 International Challenge — April
Not even all the Regional Championships from this month have uploaded their results and we’ve got International Challenge data! Though we aren’t sure how many players have opted into the Play! Pokémon...
View ArticleDeoxys WiFi Event and Ray Rizzo’s Metagross at Nationals
Pokémon revealed two new Pokémon event distributions today. If you’ve missed out on getting a Deoxys before now, you’ll be excited to know that all English copies of the game will be able to receive...
View ArticleUpdates to the Nugget Bridge Circuit Season
When the Nugget Bridge Circuit was originally planned, news on the European VGC season was not yet released. However, with European dates and locations now available, the Nugget Bridge Circuit had...
View ArticleA Game of Throhs: March International Challenge Team Analysis
So here I am again with a March International Challenge report! I wanted to do something different for this tournament and have a good time with it. I had my eye on some Pokémon for a while and wanted...
View ArticleStats from the 2013 International Challenge — April
Just one week after the VGC ’13 Spring Regional Championships, we had yet another CP opportunity with the 2013 International Challenge — April! 10,164 Masters division players completed at least five...
View Article2013 Spring Friendly
If you’re tired after the competitive nature of the 2013 Spring Regionals and International Challenge in April, you’ll be glad to hear that the next event will feature a significantly more relaxed...
View ArticlePokémon 2013 Korean National Championships
The 2013 Korean National Championships will take place this weekend with the Trading Card Game event on Saturday and Video Game Championships on Sunday. Unlike the European and North American events,...
View ArticleVGC ’13 Championship Points Update: Spring Regionals & International...
Two events that award CP happened in April and finished updating around the same time. This is a particularly important update for Europe as we now have a finalized list of who has byes going into the...
View Article2013 Pokémon World Championships Details
We’re just over three months away from the 2013 Pokémon World Championships and information has gone live involving many aspects of the competition. Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) For players who aren’t...
View ArticleTournament of Champions Archive Video
About this time last week, The Elite Four Charity Water stream came to a close. Over $16,000 was raised by various Pokémon communities over the course of the week to bring clean drinking water to those...
View ArticleA Different Face, but the Same Old Story: March International Challenge and...
Before regionals, I was sitting at around 254 Championship Points. Everyone and their mother was telling me, “Congrats, you qualified for worlds! You probably don’t even have to try at Madison now.” Oh...
View ArticleBattle Videos from the VGC ’13 Spring Regionals
This season’s final set of Regional Championships have finished and we saw both old and new faces rise to the top and earn the title of Regional Champion. Below we have almost two dozen battle videos...
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