Speed Control: A 1st Place Colombian Regional Report
My name is Juan Naar and I’ve been playing competitively since the release of Pokemon X and Y. Most of my practice comes from Battle Spot, where I gained lots of competitive knowledge and experience,...
View Article2015 International Challenge June
Registration is open for the 2015 International Challenge — June! As the final online tournament to give out Championship Points this season, players within a few points of each other will be trying to...
View ArticleTeams & Battle Videos from the VGC ’15 Australia National Championships
The Australian Pokémon Nationals were held on the 6th – 8th June. On the 7th June, for the Video Game Championship there were 321 Master, 96 Senior and 54 Junior competitors. Australia was the first...
View ArticleTeams from the VGC ’15 European National Championships
It has taken a little while for this to come about, I’m sorry for everyone who has been waiting on tenterhooks for this, but we finally have the full team lists from all of the European National...
View ArticleThe Sitrus That Got Away: A Senior Spring Regionals 4th Place Team Report
Hello Guys! My name is Jonathan Melendez, but you can also call me WackaboomVGC! I recently attended the Georgia Spring Regional Championships in Athens as a Senior. I was 5th seed in Swiss with a 5-1...
View ArticleTeams from the VGC ’15 Japanese National Championships
Information was compiled with help from Daniel Pol (Chiron), Conan Thompson (conan) and Barudoru’s blog post found here. Twitter names added if applicable A note in regards to how tiebreakers work in...
View ArticleTop Players Talk: Japanese Influence
Hey, everyone! Lucien Lachance back again with another episode of Top Players Talk! (Technically it’s Top Players Type, but that doesn’t flow off the tongue as nicely). In honor of Japan Nationals,...
View ArticleWelcome to the New Extreme: A Seattle 3rd & Madison 1st Place Team Report
Hey everyone, Harrison Saylor (Crow) here and I’m joined by Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom) to talk about the team we each piloted at various Regional Championships. So here’s how it’s gonna work – I’m...
View ArticleRuby Slippers: Top 4 Australian Nationals Report
Preamble – That Zero Two Start Feeling 2015 has not been a good season for me. Although I had expected this due to a number of real-life commitments, I didn’t expect to start 0-2 at Perth Regionals and...
View ArticleLatios Takes Flight: A Top 8 UK Regionals and Top 64 UK Nationals Report
“I can show you the world Shining, Shimmering, Spleeendid!” – Jamie Miller, 2014 Hello Nugget Bridge! It’s Eden (Xenoblade Hero) here, and this is a report on my team that I’ve used for the entire ’15...
View ArticleTop Players Talk: Mental Preparation for Nationals
Hey, everybody! Lucien Lachance back again for Top Players Talk. With Nationals in a few days, many newer players will be going in with little to no Best of 3 VGC experience, so joining me today are...
View ArticleUnited States Senior Nationals Preview: The Metagame and The Players
Hey, all! You may know me as Joe Nunziata or, if you go by my screen name, JoeDaPr0, and I have been pretty active on the metagame and player database for the Senior division. With such knowledge, I...
View ArticleChampionship Point Wrap Up: A 2015 US Nationals Preview
Editor’s Note: With the distribution of Championship Points this season, players have been playing year-round to get themselves in a favourable as possible position going into the United States...
View Article2015 United States National Championships Coverage
One of only two tournaments directly managed by The Pokémon Company International, the US National Championships is always a large event. Follow along with us both here on Nugget Bridge as well as the...
View ArticleResults & Teams from the 2015 United States National Championships
With the United States National Championships over, we only have the World Championships left to prepare for now. You can find full results from The Pokémon Company International’s National...
View ArticleMy Moth’s Got The Powder: A Top 8 Australian Masters Nationals Report
Hi there. My name is Brendan Webb, and this was my first season competing in VGC. Today I will be talking about my Top 8 placement at the 2015 Australian Nationals competition. I have never really...
View ArticleFollowing a Mix of Naive Ideals: A 2015 Season Report
This is R Inanimate, and today I’m writing about a team I’ve been using for the past few months. Unlike most of the other teams people are sharing around this time, this team did not have a...
View ArticleA Sight for Venusaur Eyes: A Georgia Top 8 Team Report
Howdy folks, my name is Joseph “lucariojr” Brummett (often misspelled at events as ‘Burmett’ or worse), and in this report, I’ll be going through my team. I don’t remember most of my matches at this...
View ArticleKings and Kahns: Kansas Regional Top 4 Report
Hey, I’m Whitney Johnson and I’m relatively new to the whole competitive Pokemon scene. I’ve been playing since good ol’ Red and Blue but didn’t get into competitive battling until the release of X/Y...
View ArticleSchrödinger’s Cat Box: US Nationals Multi Cup Champions Report
This is Team Rocket Elite and my partner is R Inanimate. Together we are Schrodinger’s Cat! We won the VGC Multi Cup Tournament side event during the 2015 US National Championship and we would like to...
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