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10 months

They did him so dirty 😭

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Imagining the number of broken monitors if Pokémon Showdown implemented this

Frowzy 🐿️

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10 months

Rocket League tries to stop you from rage queueing

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The Global Challenges are really something else…

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This is an interesting turn of events

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9 months

Finally 🥹

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10 months

Still can’t believe we can tell the Ogerpon form in team preview but we still couldn’t get separate Urshifu sprites…

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10 months

Initial Teal Mask VGC New & Returning Pokémon tier list

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10 months

This hit me hard…

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10 months

“gg! Sorry about the Bleakwind Storm double miss in game one and critting Ivy Cudgel four times in game two but that’s Pokémon”

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2 years

Somehow in Top 4 again 🥹

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2 years

Got 3rd place at the 2022 Pokémon VGC World Championship in London. Bittersweet to not make finals after going so far once again but this was one of the best trip I’ve ever had. Exploring London and playing at the event were both incredible! Team Paste:

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9 months

Won Peoria Regionals! It feels great to finally be back after 2019 Daytona Regionals with a top 8 and another regional win. Played my first games of the team at the Regional and was learning throughout the tournament but glad it ended up being the perfect pick! 16-1 in sets (33-8

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2 years

Losing in Top 4 again is heartbreaking but amazing set with @_KastyTP_ as he played extremely well. Maybe one day I’ll make it to finals 😭

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2 years

5-1 MADE DAY 3 AND TOP CUT VGC WORLDS FOR THE 2ND TIME IN A ROW!!!

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10 months

Intrepid Sword shouldn’t have been nerfed

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10 months

What's a competitive pokemon take that will have you like this?

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2 years

2 VGC World Championships in a row: - Best Kyogre Player - Best Kyogre + Fairy Restricted Player - Best Tornogre Player - Best North American Player - Went 6-1 in Swiss - Played Meaghan Rattle in Top 8 - Lost to Lunadon in Top 4 after being up 1-0 😭 - 3rd Place 🥉

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2 years

Pls no more dynamax or some broken mechanic in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet…

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9 months

Finally home from Peoria. Thanks to everyone who sent me kind messages this weekend! Haven’t slept since 5am yesterday so I will be taking some time to get some rest. I will reply later to some messages, coaching inquiries I’ve received alongside getting back to YouTube soon 😁

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2 years

Made it Top 8 once again

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11 months

Team I used for Worlds. Fantastic team that I didn’t do justice for how good it was. Agility Basculegion is 🔥🔥🔥

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2 years

Reorganized the shelves :]

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4 years

It took a week and being stuck in Top 20 for the last three days but we finally did it today. Reached the top rank on the Pokémon Sword & Shield Doubles Stadium Ladder once again live on Twitch. Had an absolute blast & the run + support was insane! Team:

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3 years

If I was Cyrus in the gen 4 remakes, I would want to make a new world

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2 years

Why did Gamefreak remove Misty Terrain setters and the Safeguard tm in the game with the most sleep move users available??? 😭

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3 years

My dad just passed away last night. Going to be away from social media for a bit.

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11 months

Headed to Japan for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships!

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1 year

NYC lost an amazing VGC player today. He welcomed me when I was first entering the NY VGC scene in the Masters Division. I learned a lot from him and had a lot of great memories with him. RIP

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5 years

I originally made a google doc for Hugs to get him up to speed on what most of the common VGC 2020 Pokémon could do. I'm releasing it for anyone who is converting from Singles to Doubles or wants to start learning VGC :]

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9 months

Made it to Top 4! I finally have a Pikachu medal 😊

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9 months

12-1 in Day 2 of Peoria Regionals! Finally back in Top 8 of a Regional after 5 years 🥹

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8 months

I will not engage with VGC Twitter on Christmas I will not engage with VGC Twitter on Christmas I will not engage with VGC Twitter on Christmas I will not engage with VGC Twitter on Christmas I will not engage with VGC Twitter on Christmas I will not…

Nimbasa City Post

@NimbasaCityPost

8 months

The VGC Regulation F ruleset has been announced! #PlayPokemon ▶️ Runs January 4 - April 30, 2024 ▶️ Allows the use of Pokémon added from the Indigo Disk (a full list will be available on December 25)

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1 year

Hate Garganacl mirrors? Not with this set you won't 😎

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9 months

Went 8-1 at Peoria Regionals Day 1 😁

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9 months

Looking forward to going back to Brazil! Hoping to defend the reigning Champion title 😁

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5 years

The only VGC 2020 Team Building Guide you need to build a successful team:

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3 months

On my way to London 🇬🇧

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1 year

The Hong Kong Pokemon Qualifier stream has spectator mode and it looks nice! Hope we can get it implemented for NAIC and Worlds 🙏🏻

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11 months

Ursaluna players trying to figure out who has the faster bear

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2 years

After a tough 3-2 start, I was able to win 5 straight sets to go 8-2 and make Day 2 at San Diego Regionals :]

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9 months

Just like when VGC players make their quitting post on Twitter only to be found playing ladder a few weeks later

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@IGN

9 months

Despite its Farewell Tour last year, McDonalds has announced the return, once again, of the fabled McRib. It will return to the fast food chain on November 15, 2023.

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2 years

The only player who went X-1 who didn’t get a bye into top 16 and has to play an extra round of Top Cut… 💀

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10 months

Kingambit when Urshifu came back

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9 months

13-1 finish in Swiss. 5-0 in Day 2 and won 11 sets in a row 😁

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5 months

It is that time of year again…

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1 year

The Global Challenges are really something else…

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2 years

Incineroar helped pay for college 🙏🏻

BillaVGC

@BillaVGC

2 years

Big update to the #LimitlessVGC database with all the 2022 VG events. Did you know that Incineroar helped trainers earn more than 400k $ ? And according to our database, @JamesWBaek can call themselves the most successful Incineroar player! Link in the replies, RTs appreciated🙌

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11 months

Finished 2-3 in Day 1 of the World Championship eliminated by Wolfe for the final loss. Disappointed and have mixed feeling because there were some things out of my control (outside of the game) that tilted me but in the end, I just wasn’t good enough this year 😔

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1 year

Here is the team I used to make Top Cut at the San Diego VGC Regional Championship. Linked below are the teambuilding process video, a showcase video and the rental code/paste. One of my favorite Gen 9 teams I've used and went undefeated to Masterball Tier last night on stream!

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1 year

7-0 start at Charlotte Regionals and guaranteed Day 2. Finally out of the slump I’ve been in. Dondozo was cursed 🥹

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5 years

I finally won a super-major in Latin America after getting second last year. It feels incredible to win the last big major on the Nintendo DS family. Looking forward to the new era of VGC on the Nintendo Switch. Thanks to everyone who has supported me!

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1 year

Can’t believe they made an article about my stream match lol

Dot Esports

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1 year

Something new to try against Amoonguss.

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10 months

Today I learned from casual ladder that Quick Claw activates and showcases the animation even if you or your opponent forfeits the game…

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1 month

How would you feel if you were matched up against this team at NAIC?

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4 years

Some things I would like to see added in the DLC for competitive: - Online spectator mode - IV reducing bottle caps - Way to easily farm EV reduction berries - An NPC that sells EV stat wings - Adjustable battle timer options - Music variation in irl competitions - Save Replays

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Now that I'm back home and in good spirits from my thoroughly enjoyable trip to Japan, I'd like to write a bit about my experience at Worlds this year. I've received several messages asking me what happened, and as for most other competitors, it was an absolute disaster. Possibly

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10 months

VGC

Grandma Field

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10 months

Chespin is gaming.

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5 months

The team that allowed me to have one of the best VGC seasons in the history of the game and paid my student loans multiple times over. Art by @Artpharos

Pokémon

@Pokemon

5 months

What an amazing rendition of your team! Looks great, Trainer! 😍 We love seeing your Pokémon in action—share your favorite Pokémon teams with us as we countdown to #PokemonDay !

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9 months

Showcased my Peoria Regionals Winning team on YouTube. Go check out the video and grab the paste + rental code down below!

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1 year

Name Pokémon in Regulation D that are doing well but feel underwhelming when you try them. Mine currently are: - Zapdos - Farigaraf - Heatran - Landorus-T - Chi-Yu - Dragonite - Amoonguss

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10 months

Now that Pittsburgh Regionals is over, I want to give thanks and a huge shout out to the organizers + staff at this event. This was one of the most well-run regionals I have ever attended. Tournament went smoothly, and we finished at a very reasonable time.

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5 years

TOP 4 OMG I GOT A PIKACHU TROPHY 😱😱😱

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3 years

@WolfeyGlick

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10 months

When they lead sun and you dodge Sleep Powder turn one

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1 year

8-1 at Portland Regionals and moving onto Day 2 with no Flutter Mane, Arcanine or Amoonguss 😊

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2 years

11-3 Top 8 :D

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2 months

7-0 start at LA Regionals going into Day 2 :)

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5 years

Please don't let VGC 2021 allow restricteds Please don't let VGC 2021 allow restricteds Please don't let VGC 2021 allow restricteds Please don't let VGC 2021 allow restricteds Please don't let VGC 2021 allow restricteds Please don't let VGC 2021 allow restricteds Please don't...

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10 months

Made Day 2 at Pittsburgh Regional. Really happy with how I played and felt I’ve played some of the best mons I have in a while 🥰

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2 years

7-2 Day 2 at NAIC 😭

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6 years

My first foreign Regional Championship and my first Regional Championship win! Thank you everyone for the support! Amazing weekend with everyone! Thank you @emforbes_vgc & @MeninoJardim so much for the help! MVPs: Salvare000 (Gengar), Railgun (Azumarill) & MisakaImouto (Clefairy)

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3 months

8-1 start at Orlando Regionals! Really happy about my level of play recently. Hoping to make it far tomorrow 😁

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2 years

Finished 7th at NAIC! Wish I was able to go a bit further and show how strong the team was (especially on stream 😅) but the lack of experience with the team post EUIC showed. Regained some of my tournament instincts that I felt I had lost and secured my Day 2 Worlds Invite 🥳

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2 years

6-1 :D

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5 years

Finished Third Place at the 2019 Pokemon VGC World Championship this past weekend in Washington DC. Feels incredible to do well in Washington DC where my first World Championship was in 2014 and Top Cut after being one win away in my last Day 2 performance back in 2016.

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4 years

I made 10 different Series 7 VGC Crown Tundra rental teams including different weather teams, balance teams, offense teams and more! Feel free to try them out! Video:

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3 months

7-2 after losing to Covert Cloak Venusaur and Snow. Finally broke the EUIC curse!

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1 year

No more Day 2 invite chasing

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10 months

Now that we’ve had Terastalization for an entire season, have your initial opinions changed at any point?

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5 years

Been working for the past few days on the first episode of Baek to Basics which will be my VGC 20 Teambuilding guide. I've changed my perspective on teambuilding a lot since the 2018 guide and excited to share it! Here's a sneak preview! Coming out on 1/1/2020!

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8 months

Megas > Z Moves >>> Terastalization >>>>> Dynamax

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4 years

… really?

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5 years

0-1 to 6-1 I’m crying 😭

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3 months

Played the most demoralizing set of my career against a snow team. Game 1: Win Game 2: Double Blizzard Freeze into staying frozen Game 3: Instant Two Sheer Colds hit my Pokémon that just wall Articuno 😭

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4 years

Don't underestimate Bronzor...

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1 year

😍😍😍

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7 months

8-1 start at San Antonio Regionals! Very happy as I had no prep and no expectations coming into the event with a team I never used until today 😁

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@JamesWBaek

5 years

Feeling better now. My friends are the best in the world and the community is amazing. Thanks everyone who cheered me on this weekend. Hopefully I can still do well in Sword and Shield. ☺️

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10 months

So there’s less than two weeks until Peoria Regionals… Can we get official confirmation on the Regulation E ruleset soon and before October?

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5 years

Won Daytona Regionals! Third Regional win in the span of one year! Shoutouts to @OweVGC and @emforbes_vgc for the help on the last minute team and matchups.

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7 months

“Wait Hydro Pump is 80 accuracy? I thought it was 85.” - Iron Bundle user @JoeUX9

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10 months

Things I miss from Japan: - Easily accessible, great quality cheap food - Konbini - Affordable vending machines - Onsens Things I like in the US: - Korean BBQ - Easily accessible trash cans - Not humid weather - Jaywalking

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6 years

During today's stream, I got an email from Twitch and I am now officially a Twitch Partner! Thank you to everyone who has shared my streams or shows up to my streams as you are the ones who made this happen! Can't wait to see what the future holds! 😇

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11 months

Feels bad not being able to play Day 2 Worlds for the first time since 2019 😭

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1 year

NYC ➡️ Vancouver

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2 years

I just want to know if Trick Room Indeedee-F is allowed or not :/

Play Pokémon

@playpokemon

2 years

With #PokemonVG returning to the competitive circuit in January, we've updated our Rules & Formats documentation to ensure you're prepared to battle! Find more details under the "Video Game and Resources" section here -