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Champion’s Day in Korea Celebrates Sejun Park’s World Championship Win
Pokémon Korea hosted the Champions Day event at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul from November 15th to 16th, 2014 to celebrate the first ever Korean World Champion, Sejun Park (pokemontcg). Junichi...
View ArticleStarting a Pokémon League: Tips and Troubleshooting
The season is in full swing and Worlds information has even been announced! This has gotten a lot of people excited about the upcoming World Championships, and of course how one qualifies for them! I...
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NorCal TOurnament Report: A Judge’s Perspective
Introduction Hey everyone, it’s your friendly neighborhood TO, Nic! I’m here to talk about something that a number of people have been asking for over the past year or so: a tournament report… from the...
View ArticleContest: Win a Copy of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have finally been released worldwide and our friends at Nintendo of Canada have been kind enough to provide us with a digital copy of each game again. As we have...
View ArticleBreeding Perfect Pokémon in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
The following is an update to the guide “Breeding Perfect Pokémon in X and Y” I wrote last year. The same basic principles apply, but a few of the locations and starting points have changed. Changes in...
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Making a Splash: A Top 8 Philadelphia Report
Hello, I’m Paul Chua. Some of you may know me better as pwny person. I started playing VGC in 2010, but didn’t really have a breakthrough until 2012, where I placed top 4 in the Seniors division at my...
View ArticleGoldenrod Rollouts Crowned Season 3 NPA Champions
The third season of the National Pokémon Association has come to a close and of the sixteen teams that entered, one has emerged victorious! Congratulations to the Goldenrod Rollouts who defeated the...
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Begin Again: First Place at the StreetPass UK Autumn Grand Final
“They say that Wii Us are reserved for kings. That trophies are the realm of those who deserve them. And in a critical hit, in the missing of a stone edge, fortunes change. Through every bubbling comes...
View ArticleStandard Ruleset for 2015 VGC Season Updated
The Standard Ruleset has been updated. All tournaments that are a part of the Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC) will use these rules starting January 1st, 2015. As many have predicted, it will...
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Flawless or Bust: How to Catch Perfect Legendary Pokémon in Omega Ruby &...
The following is a guide on how to catch “perfect” Legendary Pokémon in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. It will be broken down into two parts: Tips on how to catch “perfect” Pokémon and Recommended...
View ArticleVGC ’15 Pokémon Speed Tiers
The standard ruleset for VGC 2015 has just been announced, and with a whole new group of available Pokémon, it’s more important than ever to fine-tune your own team’s EVs to outrun the right threats....
View ArticleNo More Johns? – A Mini-Treatise on Consistency and Efficiency
With VGC 2014 in our rear view mirror and the inevitable rule changes for the VGC 2015 season coming up, we can now view this year’s season with optimistic criticism in earnest retrospect. Many areas...
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Reborn in Flame: Texas Champion Team Analysis and Tournament Report
Hey guys! My name is Cedric Bernier, but you might know me as Talon. Or maybe not. Probably not, actually, which is completely understandable considering I haven’t had a large presence online since...
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An Early VGC 2015 Metagame Overview: 50 Pokémon to Prepare For
VGC 2015’s rules have finally been announced. Players, I imagine, are now scrambling to figure out what teams and Pokémon they’d like to try first and to figure out what their opponents are likely to...
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A Different Garchomp: NorCal Regionals 3rd Place Team Report
Hi, I’m Demitrios Kaguras, and I managed to place 3rd at the San Jose Regional Championship. I was very happy with this, considering it was my first tournament as a master. I’ve been working on...
View ArticleCommon Cognitive Biases in Competitive Pokémon
In competitive Pokémon, as well as in many other competitive games, a player must make a series of judgments in order to create situations that benefit the player, with the ultimate goal of winning a...
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Follow Me: 2014 Pokémon World Champion Team Report
This is a translation of 2014 World Championships Masters Champion Sejun Park’s team report by Edward Fan (iss) and Y. J. Kim. The original is located at Sejun’s blog and we would like to thank him for...
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The Dynamic Duo: Runner-Up at PokéMelbourne’s Spring Tournament
Hi everyone, my name is Emma Williams and this is the team I used to win 2nd place at a local grassroots tournament in Melbourne, Australia. These grassroots tournaments are held about 3-4 times every...
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Here at the Battle Resort, We Do Nothing but Surf: A Return to 1000 Wins in...
Hey readers, how have you been enjoying ORAS so far? After doing a bunch of in-game activities, I eventually found myself back at the Battle Maison. Although disappointed that the Battle Frontier had...
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One Year of VGC and Counting: Indonesia’s ORAS Opening Tournament
Hey guys, Hashegi’s here again! Today I won’t be talking about International Friendly matches. Rather, I would like to tell you a story about Indonesia’s ORAS Season Opening Tournament. Even though...
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