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What We Learned: 2014 North American Regionals Edition
During every Pokémon event, we learn a little bit about the game of Pokémon and the community that surrounds it that is worth reflecting on. This Masters-centric column will appear following major...
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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures: Kansas Regionals Top 8 Team Report
Hello guys! It’s LPFan here bringing you a VGC team report. The final wave of regionals was gruesome, but I managed to place 5th at the VGC ’14 Kansas Regionals, which is my very first top cut of the...
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No Hax Assurance! 2nd Place Madison Regionals Team Report
What’s good Pokémon community? I spent a good 10 minutes thinking about how to creatively start this report, but in the end I gave up. I guess an introduction is a good start. For those of you who...
View ArticleArash’s Shiny Mamoswine to be Distributed at Nationals & Korean National...
Two pieces of news related to Nationals hit recently and they come in a good news / bad news format. For the bad news, we’ve learned that the Korean National Championships have been postponed due to...
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GyaraDos Veces Dieciséis
Before spring regionals, Harrison (Crow) wanted to build a team around Mega Kangaskhan + Mega Venusaur. I kind of just threw four Pokémon out there that seemed like they’d work. They kinda did. He...
View Article2014 International Challenge — May
The first International Challenge of the VGC ’14 season has been officially announced and with it comes news that the Top 128 players in North America and Europe in each age division will receive...
View Article2014 Germany National Preview
The first European National tournament of the season takes place this weekend in Bochum, Germany. Due to no Wi-Fi events taking place this time, this year no player will have a first round bye. This...
View ArticleResults from the Pokémon 2014 Germany National Championships
The European portion of the Pokémon Video Game Championship Series has kicked off with the very first National Championship of the season! With such a large amount of Championship Points at stake and...
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Defiant Swagger in the Emerald City: Top 16 Seattle Regionals Report
Introduction I’m Sprocket, also known by my real name of Matthew Crews. I hail from Phoenix City in the Arizona Region, a relatively obscure city somewhere in the southwest United States. The weather...
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Takes it Like a Champ! Asia Cup Spring 2014 Report
Hello everyone! My name is Ama Bon and I am from Indonesia, a country that has a very small competitive Pokémon community. You can find me on Nugget Bridge (amadayo), Twitter (@ama_dayo), or on X/Y...
View ArticlePokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Announced for November 2014 Release
Today, we received some surprising news about new games in the Pokémon franchise for release later this year in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. They are widely believed to be remakes of the...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Germany National Championship
The first National Championship of the season was also our first look at the metagame developing in Europe outside the United Kingdom. With a three week break between National Championships, much can...
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Mime Time: A Long Beach 16th Place and Salt Lake 3rd Place Report
Hello, my name is Bridger Snow, known as squirtwo here on Nugget Bridge. I am going to give you a look at a slightly different, yet highly effective Trick Room team that I used to take 16th place at...
View ArticleNintendo DS WiFi Connection Send Off Tournament on May 18th
On May 20th, 2014 the online servers that provide service for Nintendo DS and Wii games will shut down. Once that happens, the online functionality of titles like Pokémon Black & White 2, Pokémon...
View ArticleJapan Cup Results & Japan’s Worlds Invite Number Increased
The VGC ’14 Frequently Asked Questions page on the Japanese Pokémon Global Link has just updated and it has confirmed that the number of Worlds invites to Japanese players has been increased to the Top...
View ArticleBuilding a Foundation in Pokémon: Part Two
If you haven’t seen part one yet, I recommend you check that out first, as a lot of the ideas from that article will be mentioned in this and later parts of the series. For those of you who read and...
View ArticleNugget Bridge Major 3 Finals Stream Sunday
This Sunday, May 11th, is not only Mother’s Day but we will be hosting the finals of the Nugget Bridge Major. Both finalists have conquered 447 other players, eight Swiss rounds, and five top cut...
View ArticleNugget Bridge Major 3 Champion Crowned
After several grueling months the third Nugget Bridge Major finally has a champion. DarkAssassin beat Bjart in dominant fashion in the finals securing victory in only 2 games. DarkAssassin bested 448...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Perth & Adelaide Regionals
Greetings from the land of kangaroos and koalas! The Australian Regionals circuit started this weekend and what a weekend it was. There were many exciting battles had and even some chaos in the Perth...
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The Tree That Surprises Germany! A Top 8 National Report
Hello Nugget Bridge community! Lajo here, some may remember my name from my report from last year of the sun team that finished at Top 8 in Bochum. Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to get the paid...
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