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Gardevoir’s Decisive Trick Room: A Pennsylvania Regional Senior Division 1st...
Hello, everyone! My name’s Michael, and recently I achieved first place in the Senior Division at the 2014 Pennsylvania Regionals in October after going 6-1 in swiss. While the general idea for this...
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You Got Mud on Your Face: An Argentinian Premier Challenge Finalist Report
Hey there, folks! I’m Agustín Bordel, a VGC player from Argentina and an avid reader of Nugget Bridge, and I’m here to tell you about my second place finish at our country’s first Premier Challenge....
View ArticleStreetPass UK Pokémon Autumn Event 2014 Grand Final
The time for the grand final is almost here! Qualifier Events have been happening since September and are still not over for StreetPass UK’s Pokémon Autumn Event 2014. The UK’s best trainers have been...
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Megazard X Steels the Win: An Australian Nationals Top Cut Report
G’day everyone! My name is Harry Boucher, and this past July I competed in the 2014 Australian and New Zealand VGC National Tournament. As this was only my second official tournament, I could not...
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The Power of Pledge: A Philadelphia Top Cut Report
Hello, my name is Jeremy Rodrigues. I’m relatively new to the competitive Pokémon community and even newer to the VGC side of things. I probably started playing VGC about seven months ago and I...
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The Life of a Wannabe Professional Pokémon Player
So you want to be a Master of Pokémon! Do you have the skills to be number one? Hi, and welcome to the tale of a young Australian named Phil Nguyen (Boomguy) who aimed to be the world’s best VGC...
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Indonesia vs Philippines November Friendly Results & Videos
Hi guys, Hashegi here again. Indonesia and Philippines played off in a friendly match, which was held on November 1, 2014. Towards the end of the season (which actually already ended, just a few weeks...
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Costa Rica vs Chile: A Latin American Encounter
Hi Nugget Bridgers, I’m Raúl Arias (RAV44) and currently the admin of a competitive Pokémon community in Costa Rica called The Costa Rica Online Challenge. I had the idea of promoting the competitive...
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Parades for Pokémon World Champion Cancelled Due to Crowds
If you’re following our Twitter account you’ve probably seen images from the Champion’s Day celebrations that were happening last weekend in Seoul. This special event was organized by Pokémon to...
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A Journey into the Darkness: A 9-0 Nationals Team Report
Hey everyone! My name is Andy Himes aka Amarillo (pronoiunced ah-mah-ree-oh) and this is my USA Nationals and season report. VGC 2014 was the first season that I’ve had that I can really call a success...
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You’re Too Slow: A Regional Finalist and Top 16 LCQ Team Analysis
Hello readers! My name is Greyson Garren, but I go by simply as GreySong on the forums. I first got my feet wet back in 2006 when the Journey Across America series was traveling all over the United...
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EV Training Horde Hotspots in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
The release of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is just around the corner so I’d like to introduce you to the EV training hotspots in the new games! Don’t know what that means? Check out our previous...
View ArticleInterview with J.C. Smith of The Pokémon Company International about...
During the 2014 Pokémon World Championships we had the chance to sit down and talk with J.C. Smith, Consumer Marketing Director at The Pokémon Company International, about the Pokémon Video Game...
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A Look into the Mind of a Weirdo: My 2014 Season
Sorry for the length of this article. This report covers my entire season. If you don’t want to read the whole thing, I recommend skipping to the Nationals section and going from there. Hey! So lets...
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The Wrath of Khan: A US Nationals Report
Hi everybody, my name is Polecat. Some of you may know me as Darkeness’s little brother while others of you may know me as “Double Poli Guy;” regardless, I felt my 2014 season would be somewhat...
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What Could Have Been: An 11th Place Indiana Regional Team Report
Introduction Hello, my name is Matt Peroutka, otherwise known as MittensAnimator. Recently I took 11th place at the Fall 2015 Regional in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Although I have only been playing...
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Pokémon-Philippines: First Big Tournament
Hey guys, Zekira G. Drake here, writing about what is undoubtedly the Philippines’ most successful Pokémon Video Game tournament. I do have to apologize for getting this out pretty late; by the time I...
View Article2015 Pokémon World Championships Location & Qualification Info
The site of the 2015 Pokémon World Championships has finally been announced alongside qualification info! Keep an eye out for flights as it will take place in Boston, MA, USA from August 21st to 23rd...
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The Look-A-Like: Top 8 Philadelphia Regionals and Holmes Premier Challenge...
Hello. My name is Nicholas Borghi. I am from South Brunswick, NJ. I started to get into VGC around three years ago, but this was the first year I took it seriously. I started building several different...
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The X Factor: A 2015 Fall Regional Team Report
I was fortunate enough to make it out to two Autumn Regionals this season. Both times, I finished at X-2, one win shy of qualifying for the Top Cut. While a 7-2 finish in the most talent-heavy portion...
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