Indonesia vs Malaysia September Friendly Results & Videos
Hi guys, Hashegi here again. Indonesia and Malaysia played off in a friendly match which was held between September 26th and 27th, 2014. This event was proposed by the Indonesian VGC Community. Like the Indonesia vs Taiwan friendly, the trainers playing were directly chosen by their respective community leaders or the country’s tournament organizer. Neither of these countries have Premier Challenges yet though Pokémon competitive battling in Indonesia and Malaysia have been around for some time. Before the rise of Pokemon X and Y, the Pokemon competitive scene in Indonesia was mostly seen in simulator battles, but recently we have been growing the Indonesian VGC community with a mission to take Indonesian VGC to the international level. This is one of our main reasons for creating friendly matches towards the end of the X and Y season. Official Southeast Asia VGC Tournaments, Taiwan and Hong Kong included, are under direct supervision of The Pokémon Company (not TPCi). What we want to get from these friendlies is for them to notice that there are dedicated players in Southeast Asia, not only Japan and Korea. It is true that their number of participants overwhelm us, but SEA player skills are on par with much of the international community. Standouts include a Senior division player from Singapore who made it through the Last Chance Qualifier in DC this year or the Masters division player who made it through in Vancouver last year. A Malaysian Masters division player was also able to get through to the top 8 at the Australian National Championships — one round away from an invitation to the World Championships.
In order to spread out our love for VGC, we’ve set up friendly showmatches with our neighboring countries. To actually hold the interest of players in Indonesia, our community is holding a weekly tournaments with the same system as TCG Leagues. Without official support, more people are interested in playing the TCG here so though most of them are hit and run participants, there are still a number of dedicated players. This was originally posted in Indonesian here. It has been published again in English for you below:
- Format: VGC ’14
- Tournament Type: Wi-Fi
- Tournament Format: Best of Three, Random Pairings
- Date & Time: Friday, 26th September 2014 to Saturday, 27th September 2014
- Registration: Invitational Only
- Trainers: 5 Trainers from each Country
Trainers List
| No. | Name | IGN | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oktavian Jason (witzel) | Jason |  |
| 2. | Jack Kurniawan (azukanakano) | Azuka | |
| 3. | Bima Amalsyah (whoopie) | Atlanta | |
| 4. | Ama Bon (amadayo) | Ama | |
| 5. | Michael Tamara Putra (kitsunesei) | Michael | |
| 6. | Zhou Hong | xShinji |  |
| 7. | Zarif Ayman | Hikari | |
| 8. | Muhammad Hairul | atoi94 | |
| 9. | Muaz Rosjaisam (MuazikaZX) | MUAZIKA | |
| 10. | Destiny Soo | DestinySky | |
| 11. | Christo Luckysto Ferdinand (Sub) | Crhisto | |
| 12. | Vincent (Sub) | s3nrin | |
Pairings and Results
| No. | Name | IGN | Score | IGN | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jack Kurniawan | Azuka | 1-2 | Hikari | Zarif Ayman |
| 2. | Ama Bon | Ama | 2-0 | MUAZIKA | Muaz Rosjaisam |
| 3. | Michael Tamara Putra | Michael | 2-0 | DestinySky | Destiny Soo |
| 4. | Bima Amalsyah | Atlanta | 0-2 | atoi94 | Muhammad Hairul |
| 5. | Oktavian Jason | Jason | 2-1 | xShinji | Zhou Hong |
| FINAL SCORE | |
3-2 | |
INDONESIA WON | |
Videos
- Jack Kurniawan vs Zarif Ayman
- Ama Bon vs Muaz Rosjaisam
- Michael Tamara Putra vs Destiny Soo
- Bima Amalsyah vs Muhammad Hairul
- Oktavian Jason vs Zhou Hong
Teams
1. Oktavian Jason
2. Jack Kurniawan
3. Bima Amalsyah
4. Ama Bon
5. Michael Tamara Putra
6. Zhou Hong
7. Zarif Ayman
8. Muhammad Hairul
9. Muaz Rosjaisam
10. Destiny Soo
Shout Outs
- Michael Pond Wijaya, the Tournament Organizer of Indonesia, for letting trainers play
- Wilson Kin-chan Choong, for accepting the proposals of this Friendly Match
- Both Country Trainers, for putting your best efforts to play this game
- Christo Luckysto Ferdinand and Vincent, Indonesia’s back up players
- Nugget Bridge, for letting me post this International Friendly Report
- and all the users who are still reading this super boring Report!
Indonesia is planning to play in another event in Southeast Asia, this time against Philippines this November before ORAS release. Hope it will go well!
About the Author
ryuhashegi Pokemon Competitive Battler Since 2011, but went into VGC since 2013. One of the mastermind in making an Indonesian VGC Community and forum http://pkmn-id.com Right now he is more into building the Community rather than polishing his Battling Skills. But he still has a dream to win the Nationals in his home Country, Indonesia where there would be one some time soon enough.
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Really glad to see Indonesia active on the VGC scene. My dad’s an expat in Indonesia so I feel somewhat attached to the country lol.
Do you guys have any Premier Challenges? If not, I certainly hope you guys do get!
Sadly, Indonesia does not have Premier events right now.
Awesome! Go Malaysia! It’s a shame I’m not living there now but its still awesome to see my country getting to do stuff. i recognize some of the names too!