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| Published May 9th, 2014 by Thage
If you haven’t seen part one yet, I recommend you check that out first, as a lot of the ideas from that article will be mentioned in this and later parts of the series. For those ... Read More →
| Published May 7th, 2014 by Dreykopff
The first National Championship of the season was also our first look at the metagame developing in Europe outside the United Kingdom. With a three week break between National Championships, much can change between the event ... Read More →
| Published May 2nd, 2014 by Havak
The first European National tournament of the season takes place this weekend in Bochum, Germany. Due to no Wi-Fi events taking place this time, this year no player will have a first round bye. This tournament ... Read More →
| Published April 27th, 2014 by Scott
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 events and highlight important trends ... Read More →
| Published April 23rd, 2014 by Thage
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be bringing you a series of articles explaining what I believe are some of the core concepts that you can use when playing in the Pokémon Video Game Championships. While ... Read More →
| Published April 19th, 2014 by Braverius
The second set of events since the release of Pokémon X & Y have finished and it’s time to look at what Pokémon were used by players who occupied the top of the standings in April. ... Read More →
| Published April 12th, 2014 by Scott
Well, here we are, the last weekend of North American VGC Regionals. After this week, we should know basically who will be getting stipends to play in US Nationals because Premier Challenges are not taken into ... Read More →
| Published April 8th, 2014 by Huy
We have the teams of the 32 participants of last week’s Asia Cup finals! The best players from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Phillipines, Indonesia, and Malaysia faced off in a Wi-Fi tournament to see ... Read More →
| Published April 5th, 2014 by Scott
This weekend there are some Regionals. Hooray! Who is going to those Regionals, you ask? More importantly, who do you not have to worry about because I accidentally placed some weird internet curse on them by ... Read More →
| Published March 31st, 2014 by tanzying
On Sunday, the 23rd of March, Japanese Pokémon players gathered in Osaka to watch the culmination of the biggest grassroots tournament circuit in the country with the VGC ’14 ruleset: the Battle Road Gloria National Finals. ... Read More →