Pokémon Championship qualifier event in L.A.

[PokeCardTrainer14]

Ive been playing Pokemon for 14 years!! Its in my blood! 7 years aint nuthin kid!!

[thomasmu15]

Playing Pokemon before they were even born. Man I feel old. Already been 13 years? Wow.

[9ALDO]

solo....ami me gusta tambien.

[rulerpower]

iive been playing pokemon for 7 years

[SilverDusk1]

dressing up as pokemon in public is so degrading....

[Noxus909]

I honestly don't get why people who say they have been playing longer feel they need some sort of recognition for it. Who cares how long you have been playing? I grew up when pokemon was first released, but I don't feel superior than new/younger players. Be welcoming to all the newcomers.

[Zentro705]

lol really? charizard? them playing for only a few years is quite evident. they have no idea when it comes to choosing tournament quality pokemon.

[RandomDeathChild]

Press "9" for a bunch of virgins

[RandomDeathChild]

hold "2" for sexy face

[raney150]

@CirnoTheStrongest 4th gen did suck, but I like 5th gen

[Mileyhardrocker]

ive been playing for 15 years and i went to this im the girl in 1:06. the guy post this video while i was playing 5 years ago.. this is the awsome est they gave us free goodies like a key chain of the event.

[flamelibra3041]

ill bet ya i could beat them all up xd

[pikapoo25]

"Pokemaniac"?! You can't even pronounce it right!!!

[darky595]

IM A POKEMON MANIAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eviloatmeal]

Oh my gosh, girls in e-sports?!

[VGMimix]

2:39- on...

Yep that guys homo, I can tell by his voice, it never passes me by.

He's going to hell.

[Lightstar805]

some creepy people at that convention... :x

[jdawson62]

I would've entered the contest if they allowed level 100 pokemon.

[PlainAverage]

Wonder how many tourneyfags were there.

Other than that, the little kids looked like they were having fun. :) I miss the good old days of Pokemon when everyone had their own unique team. Now it's gotten so competitive that you can't go one battle without seeing the same team most everywhere...I still love these games though.

[Solo2555]

@PlainAverage I agree... I fell under the trap of over-competitiveness and go for the Pokemon that are strong.

Like what one of the Elite Four said in the games Heartgold/Soulsilver said, that a strong trainer is one who battles his best with Pokemon that he likes.... or something like that.

[blueberry2326]

LUCARIO FTW! They obviously love him, I mean they have him everywhere :)

[Joemy4]

Anyone else notice the majority of winners are asian XD

[SecGohan]

I am Lucario and I welcomed you to this tournament.

[Kxisxmyxbf]

1:02 infernape cry ^.^ I swear if they had a tournament for knowing a pokemon by its cry, i would seriously win! NO JOKE!!

[Roboyoshi15]

I'm gonna come out and say I'm a noob at competitive pokemon. I don't have the patience to get the right natures, moves and levels. I just like to get gym badges, defeat poke terrorists , and become champion. I've been playing Pokemon since Red first came out.

[Weapon0fCho1ce]

@Roboyoshi15 dude what you have no patience for is what MAKES the game for me. Just spent from 4 pm to 12:30 am EV training my staryu. Going back to school and raping my friends with it afterward was icing on the cake. :D

[Weapon0fCho1ce]

@Roboyoshi15 LOL poketerorrists just made my day XD

[AestheticFlavor]

Pretty pathetic if you're 21 years old and still playing Pokemon.

[Weapon0fCho1ce]

@AestheticFlavor I'm going on nineteen and im still playing. Unless the games become absolutely HORRIBLE, i could see myself playing PAST twenty one. Video games are video games, regardless of whether it's CoD or Pokemon. Get over it.

[AestheticFlavor]

@Weapon0fCho1ce:

Pokemon is a fairytale fantasy game for little children. It's embarrassing if you're a grown 21-year old man, still playing this game. And, by the way, "Call Of Duty" is based on the reality of war combat. Real life situations. Not girly, colorful-looking, creatures.

[hajihajihajiha]

@AestheticFlavor the thing is though, cod is fucking boring after a while.

[Weapon0fCho1ce]

@AestheticFlavor If you think that CoD has ANY base in reality, youre severely retarded. And its not for little children. Do you realize what it takes to fully master this game. Sure, its easy to pick up and play, and thats what the younger kids like, but its difficult as fuck to MASTER. THAT is what people like myself enjoy about this game. Criticising Pokemon for being childish then saying no, CoD is a game for MEN is complete bullshit. They BOTH take skill and theyre BOTH childish, especially

[Weapon0fCho1ce]

@AestheticFlavor (Cont) when you compare CoD to REAL war, you twat.

[raney150]

@AestheticFlavor Pokemon is a fun game to play no matter the age :)

Call of Duty is an FPS that is the same thing year after year after year. Pokemon requires strategy and they switch it up on you a lot. Like changing the IV and EV systems and adding new types. Oh and changing the definition of special and physical moves. Pokemon>some FPS game. then again I hat the whole FPS genre.

[Bored4life729]

Haha, I was just old enough to play when Yellow came out :)

[METROIDFAN258]

Kid: "Uh... I've been playing for about 4 years."

Me: "Cool. I've been playing for 11."

[MrPokecow]

Look at those kids holding their Ds. Bitch, I still got my GAMEBOY.

[raney150]

@MrPokecow I do too, although mine broke 2 years ago :(

[MrPokecow]

@raney150 Don't you just hate when that happens?!?!

[raney150]

@MrPokecow  Yeah, but with nintendo that doesn't happen often.

[spiro37]

@MrPokecow now thats what im talking about! Original gameboy ftw :D

[raney150]

@METROIDFAN258 and me: Yeah, I have been playing 13 years

[spiro37]

@METROIDFAN258 :D

[09WaffleMan]

@METROIDFAN258 it isnt the kid's fault that he wasnt born when pokemon first came out, he is like 8 so he started when he was 4. dont be a jerk cause he isnt in his 20s and has nothing better to do but be rude to little kids

[ThePoopsack69]

Little girl with the Mence won... WOW.

[ChristianHHS1016]

Lemme guess, Us smogon guys are banned b/c we are too good right?

[Weapon0fCho1ce]

@ChristianHHS1016 lol most likely. We'd end up destroying most teams. These kids are like eight to twelve, max.

[ShAdOwXsNiP3R]

I know they make ur Pokemon lv.50 but still. torterra? really? it has so many weaknesses to the metagame.

[SpynoltheHedgehog]

I could their butts cause I LOVE pokemon

I can beat anybody including I have almost every starter that existed.... Right now!:)

Plus pokemon is not only for little kids

Didn't anybody see adults winning there too!

You can't judge people for what they like.

Let them have fun with what they like.

[ShAdOwXsNiP3R]

Meh..I could beat them...Their teams looked noobish.

[Garother]

@ShAdOwXsNiP3R so in what category? i think there were different gametypes. you could see one of them very well were all were supposed with lv50 pokemon.

[ElmoStalkzYou]

I've played this game for as long as I can remember. I'm not afraid to admit I love pokemon. And I know, if I were there I would've kicked some butt.

[TehQuban]

wow i was bored and i looked up pokemon on youtube wtf.

[KH9506]

I think the dude at 0:39 was trying to pawn off his sad pokemon addiction on his son. lol

[ThisGuyWithTheGuitar]

@KH9506 I wonder if that was even his son...lol

[Screenamerockz]

lets see what happens if i bring in a r4.....

[whiplash1028]

2:47 does he have eyelashes?

[jandrewluna333]

Imagine someone bringing an action replay

[Luckyrob72]

2:38 ....need I type more? lol...

[juan10191019]

lol i'm reading most of the comments and i agree. if anyone that's been a pokemon fan since it came out would be there the little kids would be crying to there parents. :D

[SinFromFar]

Good place to hijack lil kids ds

[UltimaEdge]

man, most of these kids werent even born when pokemon first came out. ORIGINAL FANS FTW

[ChaostheClown]

@UltimaEdge fuck yeah! ^.^/ \^.^ high five!!! :D

[SuperJonnyMario]

@UltimaEdge agreed

[ltswordsman9]

i would go there but i would feel like a dork with all those little kids

[ltswordsman9]

if they had one for mw2 there would be all of those freaks online that get nukes in 2 minutes there

[cactu]

Bet no one of those kids even knew anything about EVs and stuff, i would beat their ass oldschool 151 only.

[srallison20]

this just shows pokemon is 4 any age 

[person1236806]

they shuld have this for mw2

[EspadaGrimmjow6]

Damn it... my pokemon are no where near the power of theirs... I need to train.

[N4g1th350ul]

i thinks its ok when litle boys and girls play pokemon or other "childgames" but when some perents do play those ames i thinks its xD hmmm a little bit strange o.o

[SchumanJi707]

@N4g1th350ul get the stick outta your butt anybody can play Pokemon nothin wrong with it

[N4g1th350ul]

@SchumanJi707 ähm no?

[ChaostheClown]

@N4g1th350ul what about teenagers and people in their early to mid twenties? cuz i know plenty of those.

we were all fans when we were little kids, and some of the old gameboy games, for instance, still kick ass as a sweet RPG. it was red and blue on the original gameboy that started this entire craze, there wasn't even a show before that. sooo YEAH. lol. suck on that childhood hater >:O

hahaha :P

[N4g1th350ul]

@ChaostheClown i'm no childhood hater XD

i'm 18 today and love digimon xDD

[ChaostheClown]

@N4g1th350ul oh gawd i was into digimon too when i was a kid xD hahaha. idk..i think it's hard enough refocusing on pokemon to pick up another memory >_>

<_<

[mrgoodfight14]

all of u alls r noobs lol

[evonnerocks123]

Whats that one thing for the wii I saw? I've been behind due to some other things but man this looks so cool!

[jmacalangi]

4898 9732 0107 if u wish to battle a worthy opponent.

[tERtasdf]

the adults there are destroying the children, what a cruel world

[mbr05c]

@tERtasdf It's divided out by age group, none of the really young kids are being beaten by the older ones.

[tERtasdf]

@mbr05c thats cus older people belong in the real world

[joe44000]

@freakylocz14 its always little kids there last year all of the people there were like 6 years old and only 8 people were in the senier area including me

[Metallicazman12]

At 2:10 it's Marriland!!!!!

[Castburg]

@Metallicazman12 So, he lives in California?

[CharonEX]

Man, I was so pissed off that I missed the Pokemon Video Game Regionals near me. I just wanted to go and watch a tournament since it's been my absolutely dream to at least get to the Nationals. Hopefully next year, I'll be 18, I'm going to go and participate.

[biancster9]

wow how i wish i can join this 2010's championships i had this wild dream stepping at the battlefield with my pokemon team that's toughened up

[gladis518]

pokemon! pokemon! pokemon! pokemon! pokemon! pokemon! pokemon! pokemon! HELL YEAH KIDS!!! POKEMON FTW.POKEMON 4 EVER!

[sticky1296]

i cam in second at one of these a while ago not nearly as big as this one though lol

[Typhlosion1572]

Most of the people there look like noobs

[The4anime]

at 2:34 its marriland

[GuardianZax]

I've played pokemon since I was 3 years old so 11 years of Pokemon!

[GuardianZax]

Wow I see myself fromt two years ago!

1:39 I am at table 8 with the blue shirt, glasses, longish hair. Wow I was looking all over youtube for something like this. I was 12 when I did this tournament. And there was o

[RAWRAWRWAR]

fatass

[CrazyAssMusik]

too bad you cannot use tyranitar becuase of it's weaknesses... that's my fav pokemon ;(

[MONEYBAG56]

you cant use it in tournaments?

[CrazyAssMusik]

you can: but surf quads on it and it's commonly used, on top of that many other x2 weaknesses(its rock/ground) and grass quads on it but not many poeple use grass moves

[NinjaAlchemist23]

@CrazyAssMusik wow... Tyranitar is NOT rock/ ground. It is Rock/ DARK making it quad weak to only fighting. I've been playing since the series first came out... I'm 18... I went to the one in '08... Would've won if they would've let me in... I was one of the first people there, and yet they had a "raffle" to see who got in... Nope, didn't get in. I battled a majority of people there and I was undefeated... I was SOO upset.

[Lugia625]

Awesome!!! When is the 2010 (or next) video game championships!?

[jgkeys1995]

:42 sec gay dad.

[egg151]

Wow seriously? Pokemon still had a community? I thought the whole thing died after they started adding more then 150.

[XemofrogXx2]

lol i'm so going to the next championships XD does any1 know where and when it is?

[chainofazns]

@XemofrogXx2 im soo gonna go as soon as i get my pokemon heart gold and pokemon soul silver

[freakylocz14]

Is there an age limit for this?

[awesomeaang]

nope

[freakylocz14]

Good because I'm 19 and considering entering the 2010 VGCs.

If it's just gonna be all kids it should be a breeze.

[awesomeaang]

haha you would be saprised

[freakylocz14]

Maybe if people from Smogon or other competitive battling communities showed up.

[chainofazns]

@awesomeaang ditto and i will pwn all of yhou w/ only pokemon from the kanto jonto and hoenn pokemon im 13 now im probally going to start with secptile then blazekin then blastoise thene raquaza then espeon and if all htose fail then i would use smergle w/ hyper beam,blast burn, hydro cannon, and frenzy plant

[awesomeaang]

do u have a wii

[awesomeaang]

do you have a DS or a wii because i will be happy to battle you

[chainofazns]

sdly i dont im gonna get one soon ..mayby i do have gbasp to transfer to a friends ds tho

my okemon w/ there moves thati would use:

sceptile: leafblade,falseswipe,dragon claw, irontail or hyperbeam

blazekin: blazekick, firepunch, overheat, and ember

blastoise: hydrocannon,hydropump, hyperbeam, surf

raquaza hyperbeam, extremespeed,surf, and dragonclaw

swampert: mudshot mudslap surf and muddywater

smergle hyperbeam blastburn hydrocannon frenzyplant. wats your team and moves?

[awesomeaang]

i guess i won if you dont have a DS

[NJSportsFan1]

seriously??

damn i wish they had one of these for final fantasy dissidia

[chainofazns]

@NJSportsFan1 i know huh

[GuardianZax]

I would destroy!!!

[tylervsmith]

There are different age groups.

[Darkspine18]

@freakylocz14  Me too haha i'll be 19 in june ^_^

[JeanaWantsPudding]

@freakylocz14

2 divisions at regionals: Juniors (born 1998 and after) and Seniors (born 1997 and before). You won't get to face any children.

[freakylocz14]

@JeanaWantsPudding

Meh 1997 is the year my kid sister was born.

I hope serious competitive battlers will be there.

[JeanaWantsPudding]

@freakylocz14 Well good luck to you and her, I'm trying with my own kid sister (1999) and one of my best friends.

[Gamr10000]

@freakylocz14 Sorry, but when you go further down the line in seniors... you meet other adults/teens

[2693supermario1]

@freakylocz14 how old to u have to be to enter

[TrainerDerek]

@freakylocz14 It's divided into age groups. TONS of people over 20 go.

[ThePokemaster23]

everyone go look at my pokemon club video on my favorites

[Mileyhardrocker]

i mean in white with the pokemon case of chimchar piplup turtwig

pokemon! the girl in time 1:06

[Mileyhardrocker]

im in this video the girl in dark pink but i have short hair now not long. my friend code upon request! check my site!

[invudvah]

I'm 17 and I've been a big fan of Pokemon since the beginning. I would love to go to one of those. But we don't have any that i know of in Western Canada. I love the father-son part because it's a good way for them to bond :)

[shshashake]

The kid of 0:29 really depresses me. How badly he's going to get tortured in High School :(

[ThePokemaster23]

i completly agree with you.you wanna join a pokemon club

[NesoDomino]

2:33 the right guy, I think this is Marriland

[Mosquitox216]

That's Paul Hornak (zerowing on Smogon). Marriland was, however, the head judge at VGC 2009.

[hisleadinglady89]

FUCK YEA!!!!!!

[LightingProduction]

I wish i whent I would kick some but to all the amitures that have gone

[LuigiMario119]

ive been playing 1996-2009 LOL

i wish i was there i would have won :D

[RyanEnty1611]

same

[Soap360]

fuck i wanna punch the kid at :28 sooooo bad

[vyndash]

lmfao same here

[chaotchaot]

ahahahah same!!

[ScorchingAxel]

you've been playing for four years you say? interesting.

I'VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE 1998!!

[kingrocker123]

whens the next 1 please tell me

[paintballpaul01]

omg no fucking lives...

[0othelonetigero0]

thats better than my life., i sit at home watching maury and fingering my butt =(

[dalecarey]

there all nerds yea i like pokemonj but not that mutch to go to an event there all sad and should get lives or jobs!

[dudeboysavsme]

who says they dont have lives? just because they play the game and went to this event? i play pokemon and i wish i could go to something like this. its all about seeing how well you stack up with other people. its not a life sucking activity.

[mikey119]

their fucking 8 years old leave them the fuck alone you troll.

[dalecarey]

your mums a troll

[miguelbravo1243]

2:27 Ur lucky i didn't participate if i did i would slaughter u all with my EV trained swellow.

[SAREDOG]

2:27..... damn you... I've been playing for over 11 years

[Csonic11]

poke freaks that what they should call them

[BigBis1337]

actually the name is poke maniacs.

[hydrodioxid]

thats gay

[mariomatrix779]

ha i played for 6 years

[mariomatrix779]

easy

[ZeldaKid5000]

I have a life so i would never enter i only watched this vid to laugh at people (and i did) but i could easilly woup nearlly anybodys ass yea if you wana know my team well ya know its like why would u ask but anyway if u wana know dont know why but just send me a messsage. youve probablly worked out by now that im making this comment reddicuaslly long so to say it shortlly i like PRAWNZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mumble04]

u obviously dont have a life play da game also n say gay shit like PWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fukin loser

[halolegostudios]

those damn addicts we have pokemon card tournies at my school i won im the best at my school!

[ALLxRANDOMNESSxPWNS]

wow obession took over... i mean i like it but damn im not like.... pokemon... in my sleep

[creed55566]

pokemon pokemon pokemon sucks balls

[mumble04]

u suk balls ya cunt

[WalkaFilms]

Really? Do people have no life?

[pussyboy099]

i like to enter but do not how

[ZeroxShadowscape]

Some kid nicknamed his Charizard Sunkist lolz XD

[BlueAura790]

And they would probably check the DS cart while they go to the Tourny grounds. Maybe. Like I said, I'm not sure, haven't been to one.

[runescapereppjt95]

lol the last guy sounded like a gay poke maniac XD.

[xxxcrazydgirlxxx]

im a pokemon maniac and i am going to sign up for competition no matter what it takes to win i am ready!!

[silvernblaze]

Anyone notice every DS is the same

[BlueAura790]

They could bring their own DS, but it was mandatory to use a DS. I assume if someone was going to slip an AR or something, it was like..."

I'll take your DS cart, follow me*puts in Tourny DS* You're ready to go"..

Or something like that, I'm not sure...

[paintkiller93]

:O I WAS THERE AT THIS TOURNAMENT (although i'm not in the video) i also saw the final battle for the seniors in person.

[EyePodX]

0:12 LMAO!!!!

nerd fest!