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@braverius

10 months

running into incredible opponents on the new bo3 ladder

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@braverius

10 months

a ~PG-rated version of @MandoVGC 's iron bundle shirt

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@braverius

2 years

@WolfeyGlick going to assume this is a guide on how to use volcarona

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@braverius

4 years

@WolfeyGlick regular people see coal in their stocking, are disappointed, and place it in fire vgc players see coal in their stocking, are overjoyed, and place it in water

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@braverius

10 months

Peoria VGC Regionals day 2 masters division teams

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@braverius

10 years

Made myself a helpful flowchart to help me think through how to play vs Landorus-T, hopefully it can help you too! http://t.co/NgeNoLXmpA

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@braverius

5 months

it's april 15 2024. VGC reg G is announced. the format's logo is just the green bay packers logo. it has the same rules and pokemon as reg F except all of the bear pokemon are suspiciously banned from the format

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@braverius

8 years

Hey it's @CybertronVGC and @Shadypenguinn on the air mic

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@braverius

2 years

genning mons is the pokemon vgc equivalent of driving 5mph over the speed limit

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@braverius

8 years

i want santa to bring me a nebby plush for christmas but of course that won't happen since santa carries his toys in a bag

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@braverius

5 years

what i mean by "organic" competitive pokemon is actually competing against your opponent not referencing your decision tree every 5 seconds in order to figure out how many u-turn cycles are left in your incineroar's retirement plan

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@braverius

6 months

0-3 +12cp toward the stipend 👍

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@braverius

7 years

Going to take this opportunity to call out @Nowakgolfvgc as a fraud. You claim to be no Wak but what's this, hmmmm??

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@braverius

8 years

2014-2016 World Champions @WolfeyGlick @SHADEviera @pokemon_tcg

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@braverius

5 years

i legitimately want to play vgc again but i have nothing fueling me. and the only fuel i run on is pure vengeance and chaos someone please put a chip on my shoulder. if youve ever wanted to verbally flog me about anything now is a perfect opportunity

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@braverius

7 years

2013 "i learned a lot about this game from reading some team reports from good players on nugget bridge" 2017: "I WATCHED A POPULAR VGC PLAYER STREAM BATTLE SPOT AND SUBSCRIBED TO THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND GOT INSPIRED BY THEIR UNIQUE TURTONATOR STRATEGY"

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@braverius

1 year

oh cool, they came out with a dragon eeveelution

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@braverius

8 years

Worlds wasn't the first tournament that @WolfeyGlick won by using time to his advantage

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@braverius

8 years

Screen peeking: discreetly looking at the opponent's screen Screen peaking: moving the screen to its highest point to stop screen peeking

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@braverius

8 years

The first major tournament featuring the new VGC timer will be in a city in which the most prominent landmark is a gigantic clock

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@braverius

2 years

suspicious that there are plant-based fake meats but no meat-based fake plants

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@braverius

5 months

won the Bellevue PC undefeated and clinched my worlds invite! 514/500, see ya in Honolulu

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@braverius

7 years

Think Worlds was full of unique teams? Think again. Every team was a spinoff of @YureeVGC 's. Interactive flowchart:

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zach

@braverius

3 years

what have you purchased for less than $200 that usually would not cross someone's mind that you've found to be well worth the cost?

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@braverius

3 years

cant get over how these photos slowly built emphasis on the absolute solitude of this house for sale

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@braverius

7 years

When you're a Kartana and your trainer brought you to a game vs @ryuzaki_vgc

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@braverius

5 years

there is the focus sash, the choice band, and the focus band so where is the choice sash hiding and what does it do

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@braverius

6 months

Céad Míle Fáilte

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6 months

We're severely underutilizing the concept of groundhog's day. We should be ripping more animals out hiding and asking them unknowable questions about the future at least weekly

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@braverius

2 years

there are two wolves inside of you. one is pleased with your slow, steady course of personal development. the other begs for a lobotomy

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4 years

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@braverius

7 years

Is the Trick Room on this floor?

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@braverius

2 years

finally snapped today and hashed out some goals. enrolling in a cs101 course tonight. I want to be employed as a software developer by next october.

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@braverius

4 years

now you can walk into the portland regionals venue and set up your own trick room

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@Oregonian

4 years

Oregon becomes first state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms

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@braverius

6 years

me when i was young and inspired: i must explore all possible archetypes and play vgc the best way possible. i will use the strongest team, setting aside all bias, to become world champion me with my last two brain cells: lol 2012 team in 2018. hitmontop volcarona xDD

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@braverius

1 year

never thought I'd see the day where someone so very specifically outdid my 2013 japanese rng post

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zach

@braverius

7 years

im proud to be an american where at least i know my worlds invite is free

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zach

@braverius

2 years

@ChuppaVGC it's gar-gan-acl. how hard can this be

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@braverius

6 years

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@braverius

10 months

@simonxlTTV you did take one game of the set though, which tbf is impressive with six monkeys in this format

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@braverius

7 years

german vgc player: "sorry for my bad english" also german vgc player: *speaks for the next 10 minutes in perfectly clear english* you guys are too humble, as a whole your english is plenty good

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@braverius

5 years

cant believe vgc went through all of 2018 without identifying incineroar / fini / landorus cores as InFini-T

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@braverius

9 years

Feels really liberating to finally put this into words, probably my last long post for quite a while http://t.co/oUjRdUOQtm

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@braverius

3 years

@eigenrobot mass hysteria

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@braverius

8 years

Porygon2 + Araquanid = BathRoom? You've got bubbles and a duck, you're totally taking a bath.

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@braverius

7 years

I built a team with Dhelmise and Raticate on it by pure circumstance But then I realized It's Dhelicate And appropriately so

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@braverius

5 years

level 49 chesto berry amoonguss is something future generations will never be able to appreciate

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@braverius

3 years

having lunch with @OneEyedAlpaca @eigenrobot and @selentelechia , talking about kids eigen: yeah, we've been looking at what we'd have to do to accommodate a house for more kids moonbot: *sitting on his lap, grinning, holding his wallet upside down and shaking it*

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@braverius

7 years

This is Taro, our new puppy 😃

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@braverius

6 years

why does vgc not have best of 3 on showdown ladder

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@braverius

7 years

screenshot of everyone defending eevee

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@braverius

1 year

Global Challenge cutoffs, counting carts from non-TPC regions (excludes JPN, KOR, CHS, CHT): 1st: 2nd, 1847 2nd: 4th, 1831 T4: 8th, 1818 T8: 18th, 1804 T16: 169th, 1782 T32: 233rd, 1762 T64: 317th, 1742 T128: 490th, 1720 T256: 777th, 1701 T512: 1489th, 1662

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zach

@braverius

6 years

vgc players for regionals: “oh no this $50 entry fee is crazy, i now cannot afford to stay sunday night and must fly back after cut” same vgc players for internats: “we need to be there on thursday? alright saturday it is then, i’ll ask my boss for 11 consecutive days off again”

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@braverius

5 years

people have stopped comparing pokemon vgc to poker for a good reason and that's because it's no longer an apt comparison. at the start of gen 7 it became an expensive and dramatic international white elephant gift exchange

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zach

@braverius

1 year

you can spot a gastrodon user very easily by their inability to touch grass

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@braverius

2 years

booted up the laptop I used from ~2010-2014 and apparently had not touched for 8 years. look, it's the nugget bridge forums!

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@braverius

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@braverius

7 years

More thoughts: having all this season info right now makes it a hell of a lot easier to plan this season. Glad TPCi got it out so soon.

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@braverius

6 years

there's been a lot of talk about how vgc is "dying" and some productive discussion on how to fix it, and i wanted to highlight some points from what i read along with my own thoughts on it in a more formal matter:

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@braverius

9 years

when you think you're gonna be just fine and they whip out the choice band mega rayquaza

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@braverius

4 years

@ItsDanSheehan carbonation can wear on tooth enamel over time and there's a couple nitpicky issues if you're a real pedant about your dietary measures, but overall you can feel pretty safe about it especially compared to soda or sugary beverages

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@braverius

4 years

people at 1750: am i safe? i dont know man i might not be safe people at 1630: i'm feelin good. 213th place is mine

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@braverius

7 years

Alright, 2018 Worlds location guess time: Nashville and if not Nashville, Atlanta or Pittsburgh

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@braverius

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@braverius

5 years

if you want to do something simple yet extremely helpful for vgc, make a twitter account dedicated to tweeting important event matchups and results. there isn't a single source -- player, commentator, nor "news outlet" -- that has mentioned who is facing wolfe in finals tomorrow

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@braverius

1 year

some ppl are trying to compare @unironicpanda 's regs run to what Ray and I did in 14/13, but I think it's just in a class of its own, ahead of either of ours. 1st/1st/T16 at 500-800 player regionals is way more difficult to achieve than 1st/1st/T4(T8) at 100-300 player regionals

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@braverius

3 years

@selentelechia incelentelechia

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@braverius

6 years

why doesnt pokemon vgc have a youtube amv series yet tapu bulu wood hammer ohkos | sledgehammer - savant rock slide flinch compilation amv | dare you to move - switchfoot cresselia amv | sister psychic - smash mouth the hardest reads of the season amv | saw it coming - g-eazy

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@braverius

8 years

Wrote a quick guide on six Pokemon you should and shouldn't use in VGC 2017. Number 6 will shock you!

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zach

@braverius

6 years

gonna clear the air since some people out there have it all backwards nothing after vgc16 is worth remembering

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zach

@braverius

1 year

let's ride

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zach

@braverius

6 years

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@braverius

6 months

here are the global challenge total participation numbers and NA/EU rating zone cutoffs from 2023 these do not factor in unregistered players, which means these are the highest possible rating cutoffs

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@braverius

5 years

did you know that back in vgc 2012 scooping and throwing were bannable offenses, even if they took place outside of the event?

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zach

@braverius

9 years

so far vgc2016 feels like maybe the worst best-of-one format ever but a potentially fantastic best-of-three format

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zach

@braverius

7 years

no babies middle seat empty guy on end is a cool tcg player the holy trinity of pkmn event travel

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@braverius

6 years

are your kids swearing, or are they using fini + amoonguss? know the difference: yams: you always misuse spore shit: spored heatran in terrain eat ass: even after tailwind amoonguss’s still slower wtf: waterium tapu fini fuck: fini unfortunately can’t KO fml: fini moved last

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@braverius

1 year

Global Challenge 2 cutoffs from TPCi regions (JPN, KOR, CHS, CHT excluded): 1st: 1840, 1st 2nd: 1822, 4th T4: 1812, 7th T8: 1802, 12th T16: 1788, 62nd T32: 1769, 207th T64: 1745, 298th T128: 1722, 464th T256: 1694, 799th T512: 1656, 1447th T1024: 1615, 1780th

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@braverius

3 years

seattle friends: if you cannot get an AC unit or fan right now, check for dehumidifiers. they won't cool your room, but they'll make it noticeably easier for your body to cool itself. <30% humidity during the forecasted temps always keeps the wet bulb temp at a survivable level

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@braverius

1 year

Angel was one of the first friends I made when I started playing VGC in 2011. he took care of the people around him. he demanded and brought out the best in his friends. he was warm and welcoming to anyone he crossed paths with. rest easy friend, you will be dearly missed

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@braverius

2 years

@WolfeyGlick the power of friendship is what's happening. literally has amigo in the name

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@braverius

8 months

competing is funny because you'll suddenly start performing worse for reasons you can't explain and you might think "i guess i needed to practice more" or "i just can't play with the best anymore" when the real problem is that you didn't drink any water all day

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@braverius

6 years

customer: where are you from? me: wisconsin customer: wow, what made you want to move to seattle? me: wisconsin

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@braverius

7 years

@khalidVGC “meet nihilego, my wife, and also this is our dog, metagross”

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@braverius

9 years

Best-of-one Swiss in a nutshell http://t.co/cif2rjEnke

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@braverius

10 months

bramblin lighting

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@braverius

9 years

When you totally forget about important thinks like abilities and Toxic a Mega Sableye

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@braverius

10 months

Usage stats

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@braverius

8 years

I DID IT!! 7-2

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@braverius

5 years

i present to you the history of australia vgc summarized in one image

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@braverius

5 years

@TBFUnreality

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@braverius

9 months

did not expect to end up on the official pokemon twitch in 2023 but I suppose that's one way for it to happen

Victory Road

@VGCVictoryRoad

9 months

Watch some battles from the 2015 St. Louis Winter Regional as @Pokemon remembers highlight matches! 🔙 #PokemonORAS 🎮 VGC15 (Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire) 🟣 Live NOW on

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@braverius

1 year

just one more swiss round bro. I swear all we need is just one more swiss round. bro if we have one more swiss round all of our problems will be solved. trust me bro just one more swiss round, all they have to do is add one more swiss round to the tournament and then we won't ha

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@braverius

7 years

Huge thanks to @nidofeathers for designing the Sea Dogs logo!

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@braverius

9 years

SEVEN JAPAN ONE LAJO @Lajovgc http://t.co/8gBJlc35vu

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@braverius

8 years

could you imagine playing a pkmn match and halfway through deciding your move your opponent goes "wrong. wrong. wrong." and then makes faces

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zach

@braverius

8 years

i'm sick of these personalized cringey spinoffs of road to ranked, it's time for a new series introducing Zach Plays Pkmn and Tries to Win

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@braverius

2 months

celebrating @mont_616_pkmn 's win at montana

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@braverius

8 years

help i have never played a vgc format without amoonguss being usable how does this work

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@braverius

11 months

VGC engagement bait but more degenerate

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@braverius

8 months

vgc needs judges that walk around and judge doing nothing objective whatsoever, just sitting there and going "hmm yes, very wise" and "hmm no, very unwise" while looking at your battles and teamsheets

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