The 2013 Pokemon World Championships
HEY! I just noticed that, despite Worlds being streamed live, THE DOUBLE BATTLE CLUB HAS BEEN QUIET! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE, THIS IS OUR METAGAME BEING BROADCASTED AND SHOWCASED WORLDWIDE!
Probably cos no one reminded everyone (aka me). Hahahaha. Anyways, here's the thread!
Finals is going to be streamed live in about 5 hours at the time of my posting. If you can, definitely show TPCi your support and watch the finals match!
Quick insert from me, we've got a really interesting finals ahead of us. Ryosuke of Japan will be facing off against Arash Ommati of Italy.
Ryosuke Kosuge (Japan), Finalist of the 2013 Pokemon World Championships
I don't know much about Arash Ommati, but he was able to defeat Enosh Shakar (US Nationals 1st Runner Up/Second Placer) and Matteo (Forgot his last name), who has been a consistently good player in VGC and even took 1st Runner Up/Second Place at Worlds in 2011. So Arash HAS to be extremely talented to have defeated such big names and make it to the finals.
Sejun Park (Korea), Top 2013 Pokemon World Championships
On the other hand, Ryosuke had to defeat Sejun Park of Korea, who has GREATLY influenced the VGC Metagame (more so than even Ray Rizzo himself), in really close matches. Sejun has always shown great skill this year, consistently topping both Korean Nationals and the Wi-Fi events, and has brought into the metagame some of the most influential sets to the metagame this year (Breloom, Liepard, etc.).
Aaron Zheng (USA), Top 2013 Pokemon World Championships
He then had to defeat Aaron Zheng, two time Nationals Champion and multiple Regional Champion/Top Cutter. Aaron Zheng is an extremely consistent player, always doing well in events EXCEPT Worlds (which changed this year, taking 3rd Place). Ryosuke defeated both of the tournament's favorites to win Worlds to get to the finals, and he did so from a Game 1 loss deficit. He has shown great skill and incredible battling prowess.
The finals is set to be an extremely interesting set of matches. I really hope everyone in the club watches, and if you can't, you can just catch up and watch later after it's streamed live. But it's better to watch while it is live because
that is what will show TPCi that what they are doing is well worth the effort.
2013 Pokemon World Championships VGC Commentators Evan Latt & Scott Glaza
While I'm talking about the quality of the TPCi's streaming efforts, I also want to bring up the commentators. While the matches themselves were great matches, what really brought the quality of the stream up were the commentators. Both are accomplished Nugget Bridge commentators with plenty of experience, and they really let it show during the stream. You are brought into the minds of high skilled trainers, and they walk you along so that you always know what is going on. It is both interesting
and educational. This effort is an amazing addition by TPCi.
And that's why everyone needs to be watching the Worlds stream in 5 hours!