VGC ’13 Championship Points Update: International Challenge — January

With the results from the latest International Challenge released, we have an updated list of Championship Points to look at. The Seniors in particular saw some large shakeups as two players in contention for the invite worked out problems with their Player IDs and found their way onto the listings. However, there seem to be quite a few players who still did not receive any Championship Points from the tournament even though they were in the rankings. Remember to have your Pokémon Black 2 or White 2 cartridge linked to the correct Global Link account and have that opted in to the rankings!

There were also a few changes in standings due to players’ Elo ratings not being updated in time for our last update. Those are reflected below as well. European players will be covered once their live events have started.

We have included all players with at least 85 CP in the standings below. For full standings, please check the official website. All players with 85 CP or more will have a round 1 bye at the Spring Regional Championships. The Top 12 players in North America after the National Championships will receive an invitation to the 2013 Pokémon World Championships.

Important: If you have over 85 Championship Points, enough to qualify for a Bye at the next Regional, make sure you inform the staff that you have a Bye to ensure that you receive your first round Bye.

Masters

Rank	Name	Location	CP	Elo	Chg
1	Zach Droegkamp (Zach)	Wisconsin	244	1805.56
2	Ben Irons (benjitheGREAT)	Texas	214	1788.21
3	Hayden Morrison (hakemo)	California	200	1730.46
4	Scott G (Scott)	Michigan	192	1711.98	+1
5	Kamran Jahadi (Kamz)	California	190	1779.65	-1
6	Enosh Shachar (Human)	New Jersey	188	1771.33
7	Simon Yip (TDS)	New York	182	1710.03
8	Alex S (Stump)	California	180	1698.92
9	Dan Levinson (dtrain)	New York	180	1697.15
10	Kamaal Harris (FonicFrog)	Illinois	170	1771.31
11	Samuel Haarsma (DrFidget)	Michigan	166	1694.31
12	Stephen Morioka	Illinois	161	1742.14
13	Duy Ha (Duy)	California	160	1728.14
14	Benjamin Rothman (Nightblade7000)	New York	152	1732.39	+1
15	Alex Ogloza (Evan Falco)	California	149	1696.36	-1
16	Randy K (R Inanimate)	British Columbia	138	1717.93	+3
17	Aaron Zheng (Cybertron)	New York	134	1695.08	+1
18	Michael Lanzano (JiveTime)	New Jersey	130	1727.27	-2
19	Rick Guerra	New York	128	1716.97	-2
20	Greyson Garren (GreySong)	Illinois	128	1679.50	+6
21	Matthew Coyle (EnFuego)	New York	128	1667.44	+6
22	Tiffany Stanley (Shiloh)	Texas	126	1697.43	-2
23	Matt Sybeldon (bearsfan092)	Illinois	124	1741.42	-2
24	William Hall (Biosci)	Hawaii	122	1713.47	-1
25	Winston C (Chanman)	Ontario	122	1711.13	-2
26	Jacob Burrows (Noobly9730)	California	120	1753.53	-4
27	Lane Tower	Washington	120	1685.42	-2
28	Trista Medine (ryuzaki)	Louisiana	120	1681.05
29	Jonathan Rankin (JRank)	Arkansas	113	1701.83
30	Oliver Valenti (Smith)	Texas	112	1691.05	+2
31	Alan S (Dubulous)	Pennsylvania	111	1685.98	+2
32	Nico Villalobos (Calm Lava)	Oklahoma	110	1748.49	-2
33	Mathew Dotey (Knight)	California	110	1709.49	-2
34	Gavin Michaels (kingofkongs)	California	102	1695.37
35	Shingo Fukuyado (Uwaki shin)	Ontario	98	1663.89
36	Patrick B (wer)	New York	93	1714.35
37	Tyler Hagan (Tyler)	Ohio	93	1678.50
38	Travis Standiford	Missouri	90	1687.03	+5
39	thepokemaster78	British Columbia	90	1680.19	+8
40	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1728.20	-2
41	Evan L (evan)	Tennessee	90	1714.91	-2
42	Wolfe G (Wolfey)	Virginia	90	1700.36	-2
43	Demitri Camperos	California	90	1698.54	-2
44	Kristian Mosquito (Mosquito)	New York	90	1694.53	-1
45	ProtoWarrior	Washington	90	1681.20	-1
46	Edwin Baez (Chogy64)	Florida	90	1680.70	-1
47	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1680.52	-1
48	Danish Ali	Texas	90	1679.94
49	nachocheese9791 (nachocheese999)	Virginia	90	1679.82

Seniors

Rank	Name	Location	CP	Elo	Chg
1	April H (Phenac)	British Columbia	210	1693.90
2	Jonathan Hiller (MrFox)	Pennsylvania	190	1757.17	NEW
3	Ben Hickey (Darkpenguin67)	Maryland	190	1695.38	-1
4	Edward Fan (iss)	New York	188	1734.06	-1
5	Ian McLaughlin	Texas	188	1645.51	+2
6	Darrin C (ninten678)	Ohio	181	1691.62	-2
7	Daniel Cardenas (KermitTheFrog14)	California	180	1659.83	-2
8	Ian W	Washington	180	1643.62	-1
9	Paul C (WhatARandomName)	New Jersey	170	1723.18	-1
10	Danny Izydor	Wisconsin	140	1689.44	-1
11	DeVon Ingram (dingram)	Georgia	130	1706.87
12	Cedric B (Talon)	Texas	128	1681.46	+4
13	Aaron Grubbs (LPFan)	Texas	120	1719.18	-3
14	Jerico H	California	120	1701.49	-2
15	Cameron Swan (Drizzleboy)	Maryland	120	1698.81	-2
16	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	120	1695.60	-2
17	Jake Hwang-Twigg	Washington	120	1695.49	-2
18	Not Opted Into Rankings	CA	120	1678.78	-1
19	Justin Moore Fountain	US	112	1667.27	+2
20	Randomtron (Randomtron)	New York	110	1694.58	-2
21	Eujin J (KiwiDawg7)	Georgia	110	1679.55	-2
22	Abman261 (Abman261)	California	110	1677.64	-2
23	Allan X (Allan Xu)	Ontario	110	1663.04	-1
24	Matthew S (xblade356)	California	102	1661.08	-1
25	Grace A	Illinois	102	1603.51	-1
26	Aaron N	Washington	96	1634.78	-1
27	Umer N	Ontario	90	1632.64	+7
28	Frankie Ni (1AznDomination)	Connecticut	90	1706.35	-2
29	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1686.00	-2
30	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1664.62	-2
31	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1661.50	-2
32	Luke Lavin	Georgia	90	1659.90	-2
30	Kyle Houston	Kentucky	90	1653.71	NEW
33	Jacob P	Kansas	90	1652.03	-2
35	Johnny G	Kentucky	90	1646.38	-2
36	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1633.99	-2
37	Awais Khan	Ontario	90	1630.47	-2

Juniors

Rank	Name	Location	CP	Elo	Chg
1	Tristan L	Georgia	248	1727.29	+1
2	Brendan Zheng (Babbytron)	New York	240	1781.56	-1
3	Kendahl Burk	Washington	238	1657.27
4	Sydney M	Pennsylvania	180	1655.58
5	Jack K	Pennsylvania	160	1685.30
6	Maylee H	California	130	1698.04
7	Klara L	Georgia	118	1637.63	+4
8	Elsian A	Washington	120	1682.28	-1
9	Joey R	Illinois	120	1678.49	-1
10	Jonah Sawyer	Tennessee	120	1667.82	-1
11	Kezura Souphommanychanh	Ontario	120	1617.44	-1
12	Caleb G	Utah	110	1689.17	+1
13	Devon R	New York	110	1676.70	-1
14	Megan N	Ohio	110	1646.63
15	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	110	1632.07
16	Janelle Hagan	Ohio	110	1617.40
17	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1659.14
18	Elisa C	California	90	1647.30	+4
19	Sebastian Ledezma	California	90	1641.30	-1
20	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1639.59	-1
21	Luke Barglow	New Jersey	90	1636.70	-1
22	Not Opted Into Rankings	US	90	1634.92	-1
23	Reese Mitchell	Tennessee	90	1632.67
24	Solana Rangel	Florida	90	1632.66
25	James Reineke	Missouri	90	1632.63
26	Kaitlyn S	Texas	90	1632.00
27	James L	British Columbia	90	1630.69
28	Keegan A	Georgia	90	1630.66
29	Nicky K	California	90	1616.00
30	Emma Mowery	Texas	90	1598.37
31	Pikawott358	Indiana	90	1585.47

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.