Details for Pokémon VGC ’14 European National Championships
Just a few short weeks after the final set of regionals in North America end, all eyes will be on Europe as the first Championship Point events in the region begin. Today, we received the first...
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Villians Always Plot in the Dark: NB Major Top 32 & Seattle Runner-Up Report
This is R Inanimate. With a new team that I’ve been working on since the January regionals, I ended up reaching the Top 32 in the 3rd Nugget Bridge Major tournament, followed shortly by making a deep...
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A Certain Sword Rains Supreme: An NYU Grassroots Tournament 1st Place Report
Hi, I’m cute user Sapphire Birch! I’ve been playing VGC since 2008 but in the last year or so I’ve started playing less and less since I often played the Pokémon TCG instead. Since I am usually playing...
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2014 North American Spring Regionals Preview Part 2
Well, here we are, the last weekend of North American VGC Regionals. After this week, we should know basically who will be getting stipends to play in US Nationals because Premier Challenges are not...
View ArticleResults from the VGC ’14 Spring Regionals
The final Pokémon Video Game Regional Championships in North America have come to a close and we’re just tallying up the Championship Points now. Who placed in the top cut in tournaments across the...
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Synthesising Victory: 2014 Asia Cup 3rd Place & Japanese Qualifier 1st Place...
This is a translation of Bicho‘s team and battle reports from the 2014 Asia Cup. The Japanese Wi-fi qualifier for the Asia Cup was hosted by R_Justice on the 2nd of March 2014 and involved about 128...
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Do you like my Scarf? A Seniors Georgia Regionals Team Report
Hello reader, and thank you for reading my report of the recent April Regionals. I’m known as Crys here on Nugget Bridge and primarily CrystalNinetales on Showdown (among many other names). I’ve been...
View ArticleNugget Bridge Major 3 Top 8 is Here
After 8 grueling Swiss rounds and 3 more top cut rounds the top 8 of the Nugget Bridge Major has been decided. These players have all earned an invitation to this Summer’s Nugget Bridge Invitational...
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A Microwave, (Thick) Fatty, and Low-Hanging Pants: Kansas City Regional Report
Hello everyone, JRank here again! It’s been a while since I wrote an article (that being my 2013 U.S. Nationals report), but now I’m here to share yet another one! This time I attended the Overland...
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U-Turn Makes My Turn: Asia Cup 9th Place and Korean Qualifier 1st Place Team...
Hello Nugget Bridgers, my name is Keewan. Let me introduce my self! I am a competitive VGC player living in Korea and I like rain teams and blitz tactics. I really hate SMEARGLE and Sand Veil Garchomp...
View ArticleThursday Nights with Bearsfan: Collin H. (TheBattleRoom) & Gerry T. (Thage)
Under the Bridge co-host Matt S. (bearsfan092) is re-launching his Thursday night stream on the Nugget Bridge Twitch Channel focusing on interviews and highlight battles against other players in the...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Spring Regionals
The second set of events since the release of Pokémon X & Y have finished and it’s time to look at what Pokémon were used by players who occupied the top of the standings in April. Keep in mind...
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Charizard the Benchwarmer: Top 4 Washington Regionals Report
After going 4-3 at the Oregon Regionals I retired my Safeguard/Swagger team and began testing out new team ideas, playing with sun teams for the most part. I tried out Venusaur because it was a natural...
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The Wild Wild Wet: Top 8 Seattle Regionals Team Report
This team actually began with an attempt to use Shedinja. A common Shedinja strategy is to have a partner use Soak on it, turning it into a Water type and leaving it vulnerable to only Electric and...
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Will-O-Miss: A Seniors 9th Place Madison Regionals Report
Hi all! My name is Umayr Shaikh, but people know me as ushaikh17 here on the forums. This weekend I attended the Madison Regionals and competed in the Seniors division. Despite large number of seniors...
View ArticleDodrio Cup Signups Have Begun
The long awaited Dodrio Cup is now here. The Dodrio Cup is the Nugget Bridge twist on 2013′s CoroCoro Cup. While we cannot give Worlds invites, you can earn a spot in the Nugget Bridge Invitational...
View ArticleBuilding a Foundation in Pokémon: Part One
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be bringing you a series of articles explaining what I believe are some of the core concepts that you can use when playing in the Pokémon Video Game Championships. While...
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Who Says Rain isn’t Good? Pokémon Regionals Report
Hello this is Drizzleboy. My brothers and I had recently placed well at Regionals in the Senior Division so I wanted to show you guys the team. Since 5th generation I have been having trouble adjusting...
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Barking at the Bubble: 11th Place Utah Team Report
Hello! For anyone who has battled me or seen me battle in the last 6 months, you’ll probably recognize this team. I’ve been using this for a long while improving it and trying to get it to work as best...
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A Saint, 2 Kings and 3 Espers: A Nugget Bridge Major Top 16 Team Analysis
My name is Simon and I just got Top 16 in the Nugget Bridge Major. I’ve had a rough season in the Video Game Championships circuit. The only thing keeping my spirits up was the Major and “I was happy”...
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