Commentators Announced for the 2014 Pokémon World and US National Championships
The Pokémon Company International has chosen its commentators for the 2014 United States Pokémon National Championships and the 2014 Pokémon World Championships! A few new faces will join the familiar faces from last year to help fill out the more comprehensive stream schedule announced earlier.
In the video game, we will see the return of the most experienced commentary in the community with two of Nugget Bridge’s co-founders, Scott Glaza (Scott) and Evan Latt (plaid), back on mic. Evan’s play-by-play and Scott’s analysis provided the best commentary our game has seen at the VGC ’13 World Championships last year in Vancouver as they helped veterans and newcomers alike follow the complicated thought processes and interactions that happen in high level Pokémon play.
Joining Scott and Evan will be veteran player Duy Ha (Duy), who many in the community may know as one of our tournament hosts and most well-known for being one win away from reaching the World Championships in three different seasons in a row. Duy has casted many tournaments for Nugget Bridge in the past as well both online and at live events such as Regional Championships and Premier Challenges. His experience and skill will surely be an asset to the team.
The last addition to the video game crew will be Justin Flynn (TheJustinFlynn) who started training for competitive play in tournaments with the release of Pokémon X & Y and steadily built up a fan base with regular content produced around the Video Game Championships. He is no stranger to performing live in front of large audiences with his almost daily stream and most recent stint as a host for Twitch’s E3 broadcast earlier this month.
The trading card game will see the return of last year’s knowledgeable casters in Josue Rojano (Crimz), Josh Wittenkeller (TheJWittz), and Dylan Mayo (Exobyte). Joining them to round out the crew will be the most experienced caster in the game, and one of Josue’s fellow Top Cut co-founders, Kyle Sucevich (Pooka) who has been commentating for tournaments since 2011.
If you missed the stream schedule, here it is again. You can tune in at the recently updated Pokemon Twitch channel once it starts up.
- Saturday, July 5, noon–5 p.m. EDT: Video Game
- Saturday, July 5, 5–9 p.m. EDT: Trading Card Game
- Sunday, July 6, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. EDT: Trading Card Game
- Sunday, July 6, 2–5 p.m. EDT: Video Game
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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