2013 International Challenge — June
The final International Challenge of the VGC ’13 season is upon us! With 11th to 13th place in North America tied and the live events in Europe over, there has never been as much at stake as there is now. North American players will be trying to get the lead they need to best secure an invite at the US National Championships while players within 10 points of the Top 32 spot in Europe will try to ensure they keep that elusive invite to the 2013 Pokémon World Championships. Additionally, everyone who participates in at least 5 battles and doesn’t get disqualified for disconnecting will receive 5 Apicot Berries, 5 Petaya Berries, and 5 Ganlon Berries.
Registration Period
00:00 UTC, Thursday, June 13, 2013, through 23:59 UTC, Thursday, June 19, 2013 (5:00 PM PDT, Wednesday, June 13, 2013, through 4:59 PM PDT, Thursday, June 20, 2013
Competition Dates
00:00 UTC, Friday, June 21, 2013, through 23:59 UTC, Monday, June 24, 2013 (5:00 PM PDT, Thursday, June 20, 2013, through 4:59 PM PDT, Monday, June 24, 2013)
Ruleset
Prizes
- All players who end up on the final rankings (are not disqualified and have at least 5 matches recorded as played) will receive 5 Apicot Berries, 5 Petaya Berries, and 5 Ganlon Berries.
- The top 128 players in North America and the top 128 players in Europe in each age division (Juniors, Seniors, and Masters) will receive an undetermined amount of Championship Points that will count towards qualifying for the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Age Divisions
- Junior Division: Born in 2002 or later
- Senior Division: Born in 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001
- Master Division: Born in 1997 or earlier
Requirements
You must be using a Pokémon Black 2 or Pokémon White 2 game card to participate in these tournaments. You must also have a Pokémon Global Link account synced to your game card. You must have a Player ID linked to your account to receive Championship Points.
Disconnections
You must play 5 full games to be ranked on the ladder and receive your berries.. Those who do not finish their battles and disconnect to try and save their record may lose their placing on the ladder as well as receive a ban in future WiFi competitions.
About the Author
Firestorm is one of the co-founders of Nugget Bridge and the Community Manager for eSports Tournament Platform Battlefy. He has been playing Pokémon since 1999, competitively since 2007, and attending tournaments since 2010. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with a degree in Interactive Art & Technology + Communications. You can follow him on Twitter at @rushanshekar.
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Adib from Indiana, USA
Yo! I’m HONCHKROW
Finally picked a team to use in this.
araluen from Florida, USA
I want to CRITICAL HIT with AIR CUTTER!
My Armaldo will rip you to shreds due to Battle Armor, araluen7. jk!
I’m entering this one.
Chris from Hawaii
The power of ARMALDO!
Let me show you!
Got my team all ready now, can’t wait to enter my first ever competitive team!
THOWRA from New South Wales
Do you think SERPERIOR can WALK?
Settled for one of my older teams because school constantly steals my free time…
Lati from Hesse, Germany with the message: When it comes to ATTRACT, my choice always is GIRL. (How dare I actually use something appropriate? xD)
Hey guys! Just registered for this one barely. Laptop has died and my friend has brought me his desktop comp to stay up to date.
Using an update of my team from Birmingham as couldn’t rng a new member, this comp runs vista wont work
In as FroZen*, North West England – Smokescreen is the reason for Zen Mode.
Good Luck guys!!!
Registered last week but finally got my team all EV’d and locked the box today
Ryan from Pennsylvania
Message:
BICYCLE!
BICYCLE!
Just registered.
Abaris from Mexico.
“Hi, glad to meet you
I love HEROINE”
Please DC responsibly. Or better yet, DON’T DC IN THE FIRST PLACE!
External
Washington DC Time, thats kinda funny. You get it?
gonna stream my matches again
My post was a countdown combined with a serious message, not a countdown and a pun. Still funny
I imagine I’ll do the same as what I’ve done the last two times, play three matches, find out the landlord has turned the internet off, and give up for the rest of the weekend. I would be Niall the scientist from England anyway.
Yeah I know, but want just seem it a little bit funny tho :[
Yeah, my second comment was a bit harsh. Sorry.
can we back this tournament up im still catching patrats tia
I was hoping this is where I could make the public debut of my Battletoads! team; but, since this is the last IC, I might as well go out with a bang and use the less-creative team that I know definitely works.
Mr. Rock from Massachusetts.
I forget my trainer phrase but it probs has something to do with GRANDMA, SWALLOW, and/or LIQUID OOZE.
Yikes not even home and don’t have a team ready welp I feel you Scott
Entered as Priten from New Jersey
I’m using a really bad team with a bunch of random mons thrown together lol
Just had my first match against a Japanese guy using Belly Drum Politoed and Relicanth and it was pretty gg… but then my internet decided to do a hiccup and right when I was about to save the video, DC
This is not a good sign
Entered as Matthew from California.
GG LudiImpact!
In as Eric from Pennsylvania.
GOT MY FIRST WIN GUYS (1-3-0)
ID: 82-69459-30220
GG LudiImpact
Yeah today really isnt my day, I get my first win against Omega but my wifi DCs so my battle count went up but not my rating
GGs to whoever I played
GG Matty. Good luck in the rest of the tourney!
Outrage from Maryland
Seniors
last competition of my VGC 13 season cause not I’m not able to go to nats D:<
also my last tourney as a senior… welp… ;~;
EDIT: wait Matthew (x blade) did you battle me (outrage)? :3
gg if so
OH MY GOD YOU ACTUALLY DID IT AND THE FACT THAT YOUR OPPONENT GOT A CRITICAL HIT ON YOU IS FIEHQYZJNEPDJC
Just played three games, currently at 2-1, beat a wolfey clone and Biosci, and lost to Hoyle in some ggs, the ones I won were pretty darn close.
Entered about a few hours ago. Ty’Riq from Michigan. Seniors sadly