The (New) Biggest Pokemon Tournament of All-Time was INSANE

[@patrickduff9629]

Nekkra and Aaron, you are both incredibly skilled players but you are BY FAR my favourite commentators. You'll be talking about not just what's happening but speculating three or four steps ahead, putting yourselves in the mind of whoever is playing. The way you can identify the direction of a match really speaks to your skill and understanding of this game. And your genuine excitement when someone pulls off a crazy move or when some wild RNG happens is so relatable and so fun to hear on stream. It genuinely heightens the stakes of any match you guys commentate. I wish there was some way they'd let you do both because listening to you guys is one of my favourite parts of steam matches.

[@nunomartins467]

This is so true. The commentary at EUIC and Orlando regionals was really lackluster to me at least because I always have my expectations set to the commentary that Rose and Aaron did together at Charlotte regionals that Wolfe won. As experienced casters and really good players they provide good insight and speculation to each turn and that's what make the games feel more dynamic for the viewer.

[@SamD-td9fj]

20:20 Thanks for shouting out my team that got t16! Got to talk to James and Wolfe who were both really nice and hoping to meet Aaron and Rose next time!

[@eternalnos2179]

Porygon 2 had always been the best duck. Now it can Tera-Flying and achieve true duckhood

[@daxdleader719]

I think you mean duckdom /j

[@FungiWizard]

I’m glad wolf asked james to clarify his score, cause james saying he wasn’t happy with his result and then revealing he went 11/4 surprised me 😭

[@lukefalcon3086]

Having even half of Nekkra’s plushy collection is one of my life’s goals

[@alexemp6201]

41:17 "Well... I'm thinking..." Procedes to fking win everything

[@Mossbergg]

The person losing b2b round 1 Wolfey and round 2 Nekkra😭 bro couldnt catch a break

[@crazyrabbit23]

Wolfey looks insanely comfy

[@danielcatalan9794]

you mean.. "comfey"

[@JahimPV]

James looks insanely terapagos

[@Shiradrenaline]

God, it's such a delight when a Beastcoast vid drops. Really happy everyone got to play this time around. For everyone saying no shenanigans this time, are you not seeing BATHROBE BLANKIE WOLFEY?

[@StanleyVanMan]

I played at EUIC for my first in person tournament in the senior division and I had a blast even if I got a 3-4 record and used Rotom-Frost but my results are convincing me to keep going and play in any place I can since I’ll be in the masters division around next year. I’m already preparing 😅.

[@joegarcia0]

That's so cool man, keep it up!

[@pokeshot]

Hey I think I played you, I was using rotom mow

[@Onemagician4496]

Hi man I went 3-4 in EUIC seniors too, it was a tough tournament and I lost 2 rounds to crits 😢

[@StanleyVanMan]

@@pokeshotI THINK IT WAS YOU

[@pokeshot]

@@StanleyVanMan yeah

[@Pyrogecko08]

One thing I like about the resistance system is that it encourages players to support their opponents after their matches and maybe even check in with them later in the tournament to see how their resistance is. I think it encourages players to be friendly with each other.

[@Mossbergg]

Thats one positive but it just feels so unfair to lose placings based on something that is out of your own control

[@riley-.-]

i love these recap vids - i get to enjoy watching the streams live but to hear an in depth discussion around move choices, ev spreads and potential changes to mons to adapt help me to fix up my own teams. thanks yall

[@arealfakeidentity3355]

I had planned on entering the tournament for a while as I live in the UK but I thought I would be part of the Senior division, I then found I was only just over 1 month too old for the Senior division and the Masters division tickets had sold out I also lived so near to the venue so it hurt so much more not being able to go It's nice to see that the tournament was so big, but that just makes it so much sadder for me

[@rockbandplayit6018]

No chaotic intro? No James barefoot story? Jet lag is real lol But gg to everyone. Love that our casters are playing too.

[@Patsarebest]

It’s even worse in tcg where some people in day 2 got top 512 points bc there were that many people

[@Dragonboy1300]

one of the things that got me tight about this tour was we were about 50 players short of hitting kicker for top 512 cp. this was my worst ever finish but ignoring that, very few 5-4 players got CP because of the kicker system. I kinda wish kickers were simplified to either all positive finishes, or you got x amount of CP per round won instead with top cut placements getting extra. idk.

[@reema6322]

Yeah, it's the third time I got kicker'd out of CP, as we were just below 512 players at Stuttgart, Dortmund and Gdansk (though for me personally that did not matter at Stuttgart), not to mention the respective MSS at the events.

[@pikasnoop6552]

Chess tournaments I went to divide prize money between all people with the same score. They did use resistance for the titles and trophies. I like that solution for prizes that can be divided.

[@mettataurr]

feels so awesome to get vids like this. yall r da best!

[@xenwall]

Can someone fill me in on what the "Japan Balance" team is? Those words are hard to Google without getting erratic results.

[@Endershock1678]

I might be wrong, but I believe it’s the Fire Water Grass core with Lando and Raging Bolt.

[@jameswbaekpkmn]

Usually concludes of Urshifu Water with Rillaboom Incineroar and Calm Mind Raging Bolt as the main core. Last slots vary between Landorus-I, Flutter Mane, Amoonguss and Chien Pao. Lots of top Japanese players used this core during the global challenges.

[@xenwall]

@@jameswbaekpkmn It's THE James Baek! Thank you for filling me in, I appreciate the insight. Congrats on the Orlando performance, 60 more CP in the bank.

[@zaxtonhong3958]

Wolfey, of course. But also Incineroar

[@5secondenergy308]

attended EUIC as a spectator for my first ever event! It was cool seeing all the big names i see on stream in person and it was cool to just be there.

[@VGCBenji]

Love y’all talking about the flaws of resistance. Keep using your voices and things might change!

[@daxdleader719]

As a singles player, running max speed so you have a slow pivot move in trick room has gotta be my favorite vgc-ism

[@adamwasburn-moses2284]

Rose has such a good radio voice/energy

[@joserockzvgc]

Can someone elaborate more on how the resistances work ? Like a little bit more in-depth if you have time

[@Abdus_VGC]

Can we all agree that Cornerstone Ogerpon is nuts, since it's sturdy you always want 252Atk/252Spe/Jolly which does immense damage with ivy cudgel to majority of Pokemon in the meta, one shots physically bulky Incineroar with rock Tera at -1.

[@averageblader4883]

It is not, you said it yourself, it need to tera rock to ko incineroar at - 1, and even then incineroar itself can tera, and sturdy isnt that valuable because the opponent can just double target into ogerpon if it ever is too threatening, the rest of ogerpons just add way more value

[@Abdus_VGC]

​@@averageblader4883then you run Adamant with Tailwind support

[@Endershock1678]

Honestly, it’s very good. It’s not amazing, but it would definitely be a top 20 Pokémon if it wasn’t competing in usage with 3 other Ogerpon forms who are all incredibly broken.

[@BluWoolify]

Watching the on my way to Perth Regionals, excited to play in that event

[@jukaiforest]

Hope we get to see Rosemary play in a feature match one of these days. She's got so much knowledge and I bet seeing her in a tournament match is rad.

[@teriso1793]

"I played as many florges as ogerpon wellspring" - wolfe glick

[@algar6616]

Love these chats folks

[@mambamd1190]

Is Bubble Theory a hungrybox joke

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@iamphoenixfire]

As someone who has been rooting for normal ursaluna since day one I’m so happy it won a championship. Ursaluna sweetie I never doubted you

[@JLM4772]

OH HE WENT WOLFE THE GOAT

[@K2KingTwo]

Wolfe in Orlando 👀#B2B

[@Kier_1]

Yes

[@lanomar5]

Congrats Rose! I am so jealous

[@McDrewbii]

Okay but why was EUIC hosted in a city that isn't in the EU???

[@weightedundermountainofbook]

Go learn geography

[@Endershock1678]

@@weightedundermountainofbook No, they’re right. Brexit. Does it really matter, no, but they’re technically correct.

[@C-Kipp]

I brought Sneasler and Magmar to EUIC because I don’t like good stuff

[@kushgodreturns5873]

Respect the dog

[@winterwatson6437]

wolfey is such a goblin 🤩

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

I'm getting some deja vu. Isn't this the 3rd time in like 2 years we've gotten a record in attendance? Also random thing but as someone who keeps up with a ton of franchises, I'm impressed there Hasn't been anything crazy bad like with Yu-Gi-Oh/Konami making worlds a private event only for Konami staff and worlds qualifies

[@jamesaditya5254]

damn, Orlando was more than a year ago?

[@Endershock1678]

After Covid, people want to go in and play their favorite games with people who love the same game. Yugioh also hit a record number YCS not too long ago iirc

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

@@Endershock1678 I agree but why are you randomly saying that in relation to what I said?

[@Endershock1678]

@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan It’s to reinforce my point. Pokémon is hitting record attendees for this reason, here’s another example of something else hitting record attendance for a similar reason. Yugioh was a relevant example because you brought it up in your own comment, that still achieves the goal of furthering my point. I’ve been writing persuasive speeches for Uni for the last three weeks, my brain is on clarify everything you with additional examples mode.

[@doug7511]

Ehat a stacked group for the vid

[@danielcatalan9794]

I miss nekkra's bangs

[@seymourflux747]

among us

[@Warlord_Megatron]

-I found amongus- I'm a mature individual

[@wb6515]

Love you wolf, but I die a little inside everytime you unnecessarily say 'like', which is a lot...

[@mel_mudkip23]

wolfey needs a neck shave

[@warstallion6729]

I fully recognize that I am terminally online, but I beg of you guys to not abbreviate championship points

[@Hermelin69]

Honestly this is just your own brainrot, I hope you get to recover from that

[@FlesterVids]

You don't like see pee?

[@LeebobVGC-]

no.. its pokemon, calm down

[@jamesaditya5254]

I legit have no idea what the connotation even was before I read similar comments from older videos. Context provides clearance. If it bothers you, as someone else already mentioned get that brainrot in order

[@micabryant4513]

I love this group but can you please do something about your mic setups because the audio is terrible and it makes This podcast hard to listen to Zheng and Wolfe in particular had terrible audio!

[@Justjoey17]

4-5 is bad bro. Yall just sucking up to the woman. So cringe.

[@jamesaditya5254]

what's your personal record on an IC? Sounds like you heard "4-5 is tremendous" and just went to town with the comment.

[@eamk887]

Let me guess, you don't know anything about Pokemon tournaments?

[@Drakoth01]

What was your record?

[@micabryant4513]

Step up and you go 4-5 against the best players in the world...after earning your right to be there in the first place. Once youve done all that i'll still tell you to shove your pointless negativity where no sun light can reach! 😂

[@starshot3390]

very sad to see reg f going very soon 🥲 it's so diverse