Late post as it's been a day, but I made day 2 at Bologna!! Will try to respond to all the lovely comments and words everyone has left, but going to get some rest going into tomorrow!!
Very happy with my performance and the support I've received - wish me luck!!
#PlayPokemon
Congratulations to the 69 best players at the 🇮🇹 Bologna Special Event that advance to Day 2! 🥳
The action continues at 08:00 UTC with the Day 2 Swiss rounds! 🎮
📲
#PlayPokemon
🔴
🟣
2023 EUIC was hands down, the most fun I've ever experienced at a
@playpokemon
event, since my first back in 2016. You could feel everyone's love & excitement in the air when walking around the venue, which made me very proud of being a part of this flourishing community❤️
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Pride and an unwillingness to be open minded or adapt your ideologies is sadly always going to be one of the things that holds us back as humans.
Empathy and positivity mate, that's all everyone needs more of. Trans rights are human rights.
Surprise Bologna trip completed🇮🇹
52/898 & Day 2, which is definitely my best placement to date! Started strong, but faced tough opponents & a lot of stacked up exhaustion due to little sleep
Came into the event wanting to prove I can do more than cast, so happy I delivered! 1/?
Been hush-hush for obvious reasons, but I can now confirm I'll be joining the EUIC VGC team as a Host/Analyst! 🎤
A life-sized milestone that would not of been possible, if it weren't for the support & love from my fiance + friends ♥️
See you in London trainers🇬🇧
#PlayPokemon
Happy to say, I got engaged to my best friend and other half of 9 years on a secret getaway trip to out-of-this-world beautiful Senja, Norway❤️
Loving someone with every fiber in your body, knowing they feel the same way for you, is something truly special & everyone deserves🥰
Pretty fly for a Greek guy 🇬🇷
I wasn't expecting much when I started playing this weekend. Sucks I ran out of time to push further, but very happy with my result!
I hope we can keep hosting more frequent GC's for accessibility to all!
🌍19th/19,198th
🔥12th w/TPCi only - 60CP
Serious event management / structure reforming is needed for this, given all 3 official VGC regionals have suffered from these same conditions.
A competitive e-sports game should always be putting its player base first, no matter what the cost.
@playpokemon
please take action
It’s kind of insane that standings went up at 10:45pm, the call time is 7:45am, and they’re doing hack checks tonight. Can’t help but think that this event management is not the best for players’ health
EUIC's all wrapped up, but mate was it a blast 🔥
It has been such an honour being part of the 24' EUIC VG team - but it was made all the better thanks to my amazingly talented colleagues who really made it very special with so much laughter & joy ❤️
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Was 16th, dropped to 90th due to some bad rng and with 2 mins left before the deadline quickly locked into a game against probably the 1st/2nd place trainer who was at 1792.
Won and at least brought myself back near where I was, but lost two spots sadly. We gaming tho 🔥🔥
So with great hosting powers, come great hosting responsibilities - calling out to all EUIC VGC Competitors, Content Creators & Spectators!
If you’re interested in joining me + Komala for an interview on the couch during the event (
#Komala
’sTreehouse), reach out!
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Sooooo, I kind of got a R10 no show bye. Starting to invest stocks in the existence of a
#casterdifference
Opp unfortunately couldn't make it, but qualified for worlds with this day 2 - so congrats to them and thanks from me!!!
Debuting as a VGC Host in what is my favourite event of the year - is something I will keep very close for years to come ❤️
It's my honour to join these absolute heavyweights of casting + drip, in what will be the biggest + toughest tourney this year - bar Worlds in summer 🔥🔥
My favourite event of the year and for the second year in a row I have the grand honour of being part of the amazing casting team ♥️😭♥️
I've been having such a fun time casting this season, so will honour everyone tuning in with resonating hype and passion for the game we love!
Stockholm Reg ✅
Congrats
@MichaelderBeste
on your first major title, you've made us proud once again buddy 🔥
Had a lot of fun casting with my amazing co-casters, of which I absolutely love and have a lot of praise for, especially for my last cast of the season ❤️
#PlayPokemon
Extremely talented lineup not only for VG, but across the board 🔥🔥
Please make sure to tune in for what is going to be one of the best Worlds we've had 🌍
Unfortunately won't be able to make it to Hawaii on my side, as I'll be getting married but will be back next season 🎤💒
It's officially the month of
#PokemonWorlds
! 🌺
Now introducing your extremely talented cast of commentators who will be guiding us through the BIGGEST weekend of competition for the season.
Who are you most excited to see on the Worlds stage? 👀
Have had SUCH a fun time with all our thrilling matches for Day 2 at EUIC. We did our best to bring the hype today - and we're looking to seal it all up in tomorrow's emphatic Championship Sunday 🏆🏆🏆
Huge congrats to our finalists
@Invicnati
@fluttim_man
!!!! 🔥🔥
#EUIC2024
I'm happy to announce the Mediterranean Cup!!
This is a 4 week charity event (streams featured on the weekend) where we'll have 4 teams go all out for the crown!
Captains:
Greece:
@KoalaT_Kosta
Spain:
@PokeAlex_
Italy:
@Alexis_Vgc
France:
@Rxdsilver
Another successful & hype event logged in the books!
I had an incredibly fun time in Utrecht, which will likely be my last casting gig for the rest of the season.
Special shoutouts to
@JamieBoytVGC
@Shmonstah
@Chazingdra
& the
@VGCVictoryRoad
team for their phenomenal show ♥️
I cannot begin to express how proud and happy I am for Aurelien, for reaching the finals of NAIC!!! You have one more final set ahead of you buddy, but you're already the champ in my eyes!! 🏆🏅
Not as noice, got absolutely decked by the big bad whale 🐳
Win and in tho at 6-2 with the Hoodra! One shot one opportunity blablabla Eminem was here
#PlayPokemon
Barcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa here we come! Love the country, love the city, love my co-casters, love the opportunity & love the game - it's an honour for EU Official streams to finally be BACK ♥️🔥♥️
So I had a new logo commissioned for me, to change it up from my current flat one. Let me know what you all think🙃
I personally love it 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shoutouts & thanks to
@luciadepalau
for creating it! If you're interested in her work, go over & give her a follow/pm!
Barca's been ticked off of the list, and what a fun event it was ♥️ Extremely proud of the team, there were a few challenges along the way but we got through them with smiles & having a good time!
Shoutouts to
@MeninoJardim
for becoming our 2nd global Worlds Invitee for 2024!
Final ranking of 1722 with a record of 22-7!!! HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who passed by the stream, you honestly couldn't have made it a better atmosphere for everyone else including myself!
SHOUTOUTS TO MY LAST OPPONENT FOR DC'ING ON TEAM PREVIEW FOR THE EASIEST WIN OF MY LIFE
Ok so, there's definitely no way NAIC VG tickets will magically become available between today & tomorrow right?
Totally asking for a friend & clearly not myself, in an attempt to quick book myself in for the trip because of FOMO
I've got my team ready for
#PlayPokemon
Bilbao Special 2022, it's currently 100% guaranteed on carrying me through to at least the semi-finals for VG 👀🥰
Just got into lovely Stockholm 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 Expecting to see a butt load of Miraidon checks + mirrors, which is why Ting Lu will probably be glued onto a lot of teams this weekend
#WoChienIsStillAWOL
From a player POV, this diversity is a huge thorn in teambuilding & matchup roulettes.
Entertainment-wise, I love how much chaos energy this brings to matches 🔥
I'm incredibly excited & honoured to be casting for 2023 Bochum Regionals!!
Joined once again by a S-T-A-C-K-E-D bunch of casters! Looking forward to giving you all the best show and bringing a couple of new tricks & friends along the way 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
#BelieveInBoyt
for Bochum
Made top cut with 6-2!! I'll be streaming tomorrow morning my top 32 run, & then immediately go into caster-mode straight after!! Shoutouts to
@RoseTowerVGC
for hosting a very smooth tourney, tune into their stream tomorrow for some 🔥🔥 $3470 raised is AMAZING, CONGRATS ALL 😍🥰
Well deserved finalists & champions-to-be! After going through hoards of world class opponents across the weekend, it all comes down to 1 final battle - you definitely won't want to miss 🔥🔥🔥
Today we crown champions in Pokémon GO, Pokémon TCG, and Pokémon VGC at the European International Championships - make sure to tune in!
#PokemonEUIC
#PlayPokemon
#EUIC2023
And the
#MediCup
has officially begun! Week 1 we've got 🇫🇷 France Vs 🇬🇷 Greece & 🇪🇸 Spain Vs 🇮🇹 Italy!
I've made a website for you to all check out the events info!
Stream will be going live Sat 28th & Sun 29th!
@CheckPointOrg
Retweets appreciated!!
This GOAT just won this tournament with 10 round fatigue past midnight in Greek time, only to 2-0 all of his opponent's in top cut today!!! I've never seen a player pick up VGC in such a short time & have such an amazing spike in skill + performance!! Well deserved 100% ❤️🇬🇷
I just won Smogon Major that had 600+ checked in players. I am sooooo happy right now, really wanted a good result and that's more than what i expected. Huge shoutout to my friend
@PasDerVGC
for taking my idea and building a great team that i used today to win. Ggs everyone!
I don't usually post irl things, but had to give a massive shoutout to Mrs Koala-T for being the best thing that's ever happened to me :) Having your partner be your best friend is quite an indescribable feeling I wish onto everyone
And yes, that is a brownies bday cake yo
Late Dortmund appreciation post, but yeah had an absolute blast this past weekend!! A huge thank you to my amazing co-casters, production + tournament staff and all players + spectators for making the tournament so fun!
Congrats to
@Pika_VGC
for the deserved win!
#PlayPok
émon
Finally, thank you to my fiance & all of my friends ❤️
Your support is what pushes me to be brave enough to navigate uncharted waters & put myself out there.
If anyone has any constructive feedback, please feel free to reach out! I'm a sucker for improvement, so any is welcome!
A day full of Pokémon wins!
1. Registered for VG Lille Regionals
2. Found out Empoleon's actually viable for once
3. Barca social caster post dropped and EU's back with official broadcasts
4. Pikachu gave me a
#giftedcopy
for the DLC
Thanks for the lovely code
@PokemonNewsUK
❤️
Guaranteed to be a belter of a weekend folks, so don't miss out on both streams -
@riopaser
can't attend both regionals at the same time, so get CP whilst you can if you're lucky!
We're back! And as you can tell,
@VGCVictoryRoad
's taking it up a gear and giving a whole new meaning to this being a "Special" Event!
I'm very proud to be a part of this fantastic crew, so be sure to tune in for some 🇪🇸 muy caliente 🇪🇸 streamed matches over the weekend!
First Reg G tour in EU - absolutely hyped to bring all the action with my fellow lovely casters!! ❤️❤️
Terapagos about to go craaaaaaazy 🐢
#PlayPokemon
It's going down at the 2024 Stockholm Regional Championships this weekend! Take a look at our amazing cast of commentators who will be breaking down all the action for us throughout the broadcast ✨
@HopeMullinax
This means so much buddy, thanks for the kind words ❣️ I'll unfortunately be missing worlds this year, as I'll be getting married instead!!
I'll be swiftly back next season though, hope you enjoy worlds 🎉🥳🌍
Congrats to my fellow casters! I know everyone puts their best foot forward to make the show as exciting & fabulous as possible, so I'm defo looking forward to watching the streams ♥️
Also contemplating whether I should start streaming again & have a watchathon or not
Didn't get the result I was going for, since all it takes is one moment of painful rng to ruin it all xD
HUGE thanks to everyone that passed by the marathon 7 hour stream, once again it's thanks to you that I actually enjoyed yesterday!!
More regular streams & effects to come🙃
Congratulations to 🇺🇸 Patrick Connors (
@pat_con5
), your 2024 North America International Champion! 🌎🏆
Patrick's previous achievements:
▶️ 2024 Orlando Regional Top 64
▶️ 2023 Orlando Regional Top 64
People on vgc ladder need to SERIOUSLY get a grip & stop being pathetic losers by using the last minute DC thing. I'm genuinely praying gamefreak patches it up when the new DLC releases in Summer ☹️ Earlier I had 3 continuous matches which dropped me by around 200-300 ranks
What a crazy weekend! I was flattered to get the call on Thursday for joining the
@VGCVictoryRoad
casting team at the 2020 Malmo Regional!
Special thanks to
@tapu_kyriakou
&
@MudsdaleVgc
for being fantastic castors/mentors with a LOT of patience with me being a such a newb! (1/2)
We're back in the UK! Get ready for the 2024 Liverpool Regional Championships broadcast this weekend, hosted by your lovely cast of commentators below ✨
🚨2025 Season Updates 🚨
- New Worlds qualification system confirmed
-- Set number of masters players qualify (75) for NA/Europe, (50) LATAM, (20) Oceania
- Locals reduced by 2 BFL's & lower CP PC's / League Challenges
This is actual WILD, there's so much to process 🤯🤯🤯
HUGE shoutouts to both
@RoseTowerVGC
for hosting & having me on once again as a Caster, but even MORE importantly to everyone that's helped out SO much with the amazing amount of money raised to all 3 causes!!
I also made it into top 16 cut, but unfort wasn't able to play! RIP🙃
🏆
@MeninoJardim
is the Champion of the Solidarity Challenge with his miracle Rillaboom! We have also currently raised $3790 for causes helping to combat racial discrimination! 🎁
A huge thanks to everyone involved this weekend, we've accomplished something amazing together! 💪
A huge thanks to everyone that took time out of their day, to pop over for a chat & to congratulate me for my debut! The positive feedback throughout the weekend, kept my hype + positivity going!
I was nervous going into this & the exhaustion built up, so it means a lot ❤️
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2nd most hype major event of the VG season each year - make sure to get your tickets in around 10 days time from now folks 🔥🔥🔥
Also pretty cool I made it into the promo vid, last year was honestly the best time and I was very appreciative of the opportunity 🤩
#PlayPokemon
The 2024
#PokemonEUIC
informational hub is now live! Learn more about what's to come for the second International Championships of the season via the link below ⬇
🔗
Hi, I'm Joe Brown, aka Xeminan!
I have 8 years of experience casting competitive Pokémon. I've also casted League of Legends, TFT, Pokémon Unite, and more!
I'm mainly a Play-by-Play Caster. Here are some of my commentary highlights from 2023!
DMs open, and RTs appreciated!
Pretty lit roster, solid way to kick off Reg G! 💯
Looking forward to seeing
@WolfeyGlick
's fantastically unhinged energy from the caster-side of things 🔥🔥🔥
We're coming to you LIVE at the 2024 Indianapolis Regional Championships this weekend!
Please welcome your casters guiding us throughout the competition... but wait - is there a wolf🇪 among us?
Groudon about to be on stream!
Shout-out to
@PokeKosta
for being 6-1 currently!
At least a couple of Kyogre with a great record!
Markus Stadter
@13Yoshi37
approves 👍
Get tuning in!
#PlayPokemon
Very excited to tune in, solid caster picks all around!
Seeing as more & more viable VG casters are making the step up, it'd be great to see opportunities given to casters from varying ethnic backgrounds - as I know quite a few people from the Oceania region who'd be interested!
And that concludes W1 of the
#MediCup
everyone! Thank you all so much for turning up to check out the feature matches on all 4 streams 🙃🍻
Here's the website for you to check out all individual scores, I'm waiting on forms to display the pokemon used!
Ended up going 16-3 with a rating of 1680 in the Players Cup II IC! Hopefully safe which a few of us think should be the case🙃Happy with how I went both days, had started off at 10-0 which was fun🥳🐨
Shoutouts to everyone for passing by both streams, was honestly a blast🤣💚
First off, I have to thank
@Pokemon
&
@skatieb
for this dreamlike opportunity, of trusting in me to take up the role of VGC Host/Analyst❤️
I wouldn't have made it this far, if it weren't for the incredible support of
@VGCVictoryRoad
& CSL across the years + this season🔥❤️
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If you're interested in even more VGC Circuit gameplay, tune in to my friend
@Alexis_Vgc
's The Rise of Galar Circuit! You can play up to 15 tournaments per month, based off of a Twitch Prime Sub to his channel / or $5 sub👌
Collect Knight points to qualify for the Grand Finals!
My brother-in-law wasn't able to make it this year, but his body-size cardboard copy was able to instead!!
So far there are no complaints, given he's been such a great listener 🙃
Aaaaaand say hello to your latest official London VGC 2020 Worlds competitor! I played poorly over the weekend, but was able to clinch my Worlds Invite in Sunday's Orpington MSS! Happy to be 23rd overall & 4th for Berlin Stipends in Europe going into Bochum Regionals next week!!!