#vgc 2024

[happylilraichu]

{ He/they }

Over the past weekend, I finally got to fullfil a dream I've had for years and compete in an official VGC Pokémon tournament!! I attended the Oceana Regionals in Melbourne, and for those two days my heart was full to bursting with joy - Pokémon holds such a special place in my life that I don't think anything else can ever compare to, and there were multiple points over the weekend where I was legitimately holding back tears because my happiness was overwhelming~!

Everyone I met was so friendly and kind, swapping stories of our favourite Pokémon and games, more experienced competitive players happy to share advice with those of us who were new, plushies everywhere, people carrying their favourites in arms and bags, sitting them on the table beside them during matches. When applause broke out from one end of the hall (usually around the people competeing in the Pokémon Go championships), everyone whose hands were free would join in, even if we weren't sure who we were clapping for, just to share in the celebration. The feeling of community in that room was one that I'll be carrying in my heart and treasuing forever!

In terms of the actual competition itself, preparing was definitely a learning curve - I've been playing these games since I was six, and while I consider myself a good trainer, and in the last few years I've gotten confident in breeding Pokémon for specific moves, natures and abilities, learning EV training was a whole new challenge, which I honestly couldn't have handled without my friend Richard, who I owe so much for tackling the maths for me, and also for drawing on his own VGC experience to tell me whether or not certain ideas I had would actually work or be worthwhile.

While I don't know if I'll get enough points in my first year of competitive play to qualify for Worlds (you need 400, I currently have 4), I do know that this is something I want to keep doing!! Obviously attending events is dependent on my health, finances and having the time (uni comes first), taking my love of Pokémon to this next level has brought me so much joy, and I want to keep chasing this beautiful feeling for as long as I can!!

Below the cut (to stop this post getting even longer) are full details of my team, these six wonderful Pokémon who I'll treasure forever~ Thanks for all your hard work guys - I couldn't have done it without you~!!

Meowscarada ♂️ Name: Vervain Tera Type: Grass Ability: Overgrow Nature: Serious Item: Leftovers Moves: Flower Trick / Toxic Spikes / Knock Off / Brick Break

Incineroar ♂️ Name: Franklin Tera Type: Fire Ability: Intimidate Nature: Docile Item: Rocky Helmet Moves: Darkest Lariat / Fire Punch / Fake Out / Parting Shot

Primarina ♂️ Name: Selkie Tera Type: Water Ability: Liquid Voice Nature: Lonely Item: Sitrus Berry Moves: Encore / Alluring Voice / Perish Song / Moonblast

Raichu ♂️ Name: Raichu (Unable to be nicknamed as was from an event) Tera Type: Flying Ability: Lightning Rod Nature: Relaxed Item: Clear Amulet Moves: Fly / Grass Knot / Thunderbolt / Electro Ball

Walking Wake Name: Leviathan Tera Type: Fire Ability: Protosynthesis Nature: Careful Item: Covert Cloak Moves: Hydrostream / Sunny Day / Dragon Pulse / Flamethrower

Bloodmoon Ursaluna ♂️ Name: Spelaeus Tera Type: Fairy Ability: Mind's Eye Nature: Hardy Item: Life Orb Moves: Protect / Earth Power / Blood Moon / Moonblast

[generichoneydew]

In honor of Wolfe Glick performance at worlds

This was funnier in my head

33/52

[polarticket]

yeah okay

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAA HOW THE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN

the fucking horses i cannot wait for reg H

we will never recover from swsh dlc

[indecisive-v]

drawing today has been funny bc instead of having the usual music in the bg i've just had youtube open to pokemon vgc world championships 2024 and a tab open to the tournament pairings, so sometimes i'll look at the screen for a reference and i'll instead be greeted by the devastating news that the player i'm cheering on just lost a match

[lemonmcgee]

Amoonguss threw the first brick at Stonewall

[supernerddaniel]

Local enby redyes hair, repaints nails, is now ready for Pokemon Worlds 2024 Championship Sunday

[kitschyliepard]

Ahhhhhh all the battles I caught on day 2 were so exciting! I was thinking about skipping the premier challenge this month but now I'm all motivated Work is gonna be nuts this week I'm traveling at least 3 of the 5 days so far so, I didn't think I'd be up for it...BUT I've also really enjoyed regulation F...idk if I'm gonna run pelipper and friends again or if I'm gonna change it up a bit and try something else at the last minute.

[weterpete]

LUCA!!!!

[brotoman-exe]

Day 1 Spirits Are High Wolfe Glick Can Be 2024 World Champion

Day 2 Kylan Comes In To Knock Wolfe Out The Tournament Entirely

[higunky]

there is nothing I want more than for the worlds tournament to change location and I think we should all tell the pokemon company to not host a worldwide tourism event in fucking hawai'i

[sadboimusic69]

Henry Rich's Top 8 Pokemon North American International Overqwil Team

[galladefan475]

gallade named "Ceruledge"

[cebuxgeeks]

A look back at Outbreak Cebu 2024!

We chatted with some amazing attendees at Outbreak Cebu, asking them fun Pokémon-related questions. Check out their awesome answers!

How about you? What would you answer to these questions?

Many thanks to the people from Play N' Connect for organizing the event! If you're a Nintendo fan, check them out on their socials! 😊

Music By: AdhesiveWombat - Night Shade

[iww-gnv]

Technical artist Farhan Noor’s website, Video Games Layoffs, has been tracking confirmed games industry job cuts since the start of last year. According to the site, an estimated total of 10,500 game industry workers lost their jobs in 2023. At the time of writing, the estimated total for 2024 on the same site currently stands at 3,770.

[ask-games-galore]

MYSTERY GIFT:

A Champion Time!

To celebrate the Pokémon World Championships, the following bundle will be shipped out to anyone who claims this Mystery Gift! It contains special items that represent each of the winning teams/players of this year's PWC!

Reblog to obtain this exclusive reward, delivered near-instantly through the Mystery Gift delivery system.

Expires: September 1st, 2024, 3a.m. GMT.

Rewards:

A Steenee plushie, with a lil' snorkel mask.

A replica of Mew's Unite License (not to be used in actual Unite Battles), to represent the Fennel's Mew, who was responsible for KO'ing Rayquaza during the Unite finals.

A power bank shaped like a Charjabug, a Pokémon used by Yekai0904, winner of the GO Championship.

A Booster Energy and a poster of Mecha Tyranitar from the Big Monster series of films, representing Iron Thorns EX, the main Pokémon in Champion Fernando Cifuentes' Deck!

A poster of Miraidon, the restricted legendary Pokémon used by VGC Champion Luca Ceribelli.

You may only claim this bundle once.

[felassan]

Article: 'The next Mass Effect isn’t expected until 2029 or later, report claims'

Excerpts:

"During Giant Bomb’s Game Mess Morning show on Wednesday, the site’s Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain both shared that, according to their sources, the game is still a long way off. “You want some original reporting?” Grubb said. “This game is just nowhere near coming out. “I was told that when they revealed Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in 2018, this is similar in terms of timeline. That was announced in 2018 and we’re not getting that game until maybe next year. “So now do the math for that, and we’re talking 2029 for Mass Effect 5.” Hussain replied: “I’ve heard some things as well, and this game is so far away. It is so far in another galaxy right now.” Grubb went on to claim that his sources told him the N7 Day teaser was created mainly to reassure fans that a game was in the works, rather than any sort of indication that it was coming any time soon. “When I asked, it was just like, ‘hey, is this just because they have to do something for N7 Day?’ Yes. For this thing, that’s all this is.”"

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"Grubb’s sources claimed Dragon Age: Dreadwolf was once being considered for release in September 2023, but that the game keeps getting delayed. The game’s target release window was then moved to March 2024 a while ago, but it’s currently planned to come out next summer “at the earliest”, it’s claimed. However, Grubb also said he thinks it’s “very likely” that the game’s release will get pushed back even further, “probably” to late next year but possibly to early 2025."

[source, context]