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Teams from the VGC ’14 Perth & Adelaide Regionals
Greetings from the land of kangaroos and koalas! The Australian Regionals circuit started this weekend and what a weekend it was. There were many exciting battles had and even some chaos in the Perth...
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An Eerie New World: An Analysis of Generation 6 Movepool Additions
Hi. My name is Dark51, and you may recognize me as a familiar face from the Pokémon Showdown community. Quite recently, I struck up a conversation with PM6491 (Pokemaster649) about some of the...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Brisbane & Sydney Regionals
Greetings again from the land of Australia. We had our biggest event for Pokémon in the country over the weekend at the Sydney Regionals with 219 people (167 Masters, 47 Seniors and 11 Juniors)...
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2014 United Kingdom National Preview
After an intense German National, and the International Challenge, the second European National tournament of the season is finally upon us. Players from all over the United Kingdom and Europe will...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Melbourne Regional Championship
Melbourne held its Regional Championship over the weekend and managed to make it the biggest Pokémon event in the country to date, eclipsing Sydney’s record last week by over 100. There were a total of...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Auckland Regionals
New Zealand held its first ever Pokémon Video Game Regional Championship over the weekend in Auckland with 50 Masters, 22 Seniors, 4 Juniors and a full house of spectators. For the tournament format,...
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Unleashing the Full Potential of Mega Evolutions
While Pokémon has always been a source of intense strategic play, the addition of mega evolution has added another level of intensity to the game. These insanely powerful Pokémon are staples to nearly...
View ArticleThree Habits of Ineffective Players
Competitive Pokémon is a game that has been growing rapidly, with Regional and National Championships in North America and Europe having as much as a 300% increase in participation from last year. One...
View Article2014 May International Challenge Retrospective
The dust has settled on the first Wi-Fi tournament with something at stake and sign-ups for the next are already open. After the debacle that was last year’s Wi-Fi system, it was pretty clear that...
View ArticleChampionship Point Wrap Up: How Well Do You Need to Do at US Nationals?
Hi everyone, I’m Gavin Michaels, otherwise known as kingofmars, and I’ve been keeping track of everyone’s Championship Points, or CP, for this entire season in this handy spreadsheet. For those...
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VGC 2014 Metagame Overview
While we’re pretty far along in the VGC 2014 format, with US Nationals upcoming I would imagine a lot of players are dusting off their 3DSs and getting reacquainted with Pokémon VGC. For some players,...
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2014 United States Pokémon National Championships Preview
We’re just a day away from play beginning at the 2014 United States Pokémon National Championships, which is noteworthy, because tomorrow is a Friday, decisively not the day the tournament normally...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 United States National Championship
46 of 491 players finished with a record of 7-2 or better on Friday at the United States Pokémon Video Game National Championships allowing them to move on to Day 2 of the competition. These are the...
View Article2014 Australia Pokémon National Championships Preview
Australia & New Zealand will be holding their 2nd VGC national event so many thanks to Nintendo Australia & New Zealand for organizing the event. My name is Phil Nguyen but you may know me by...
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What We Learned: 2014 US Nationals Edition
During every Pokémon event, we learn a little bit about the game of Pokémon and the community that surrounds it that is worth reflecting on. This Masters-centric column will appear following major...
View Article2014 Pokémon World Championships Invitee List
With the Australia National Championships finished, we’re done with every tournament in the Pokémon Championship Series this season and can finally take a look at who has an invitation to the 2014...
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2014 Pokémon Video Game World Championships Masters Division Preview
Each of the participating country’s National tournaments have concluded. The best players in the world have defeated their local rivals. This weekend, the 2014 World Championships are upon us, and...
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Meet Team North America: 2014 World Championships, Masters Edition
This weekend, 20 of the best Pokémon trainers on the continent will represent North America in the Masters Division at the 2014 Pokémon Video Game World Championships. This article will aim to...
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What We Learned: 2014 Pokémon World Championships Edition
During every Pokémon event, we learn a little bit about the game of Pokémon and the community that surrounds it that is worth reflecting on. This Masters-centric column will appear following major...
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Teams from the 2014 Pokémon World Championships
The metagame has evolved significantly over the course of the season as you can probably tell from Scott’s retrospective, so what did we see at the season’s ultimate event? The World Championships is...
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