I'm a TCG player who spent a lot of time playing D/P competitively when it first came out, but I stopped playing the video games when I realized TCG and VGC Nationals and Worlds always happen at the same time. In fact, I have a warstory archived somewhere on here! So, I look forward to watching the finals on the big stage every year at Worlds. I'm with the group called The Top Cut who interviewed Ray after his impressive championship repeat; I'm glad we got a chance to talk with him.
Our group got to talk with the higher-ups for Pokemon at the event and got access to do all sorts of media coverage. Throughout the weekend, we got to record a lot of the TCG games, which was the first time they allowed anyone to do that. In fact, they agreed to send us the videos of the final matches so we could provide commentary on them and post them later. If we asked, I'm sure we could get the videos for the VGC finals, too. Would anyone want to do commentary on the games if I could obtain the videos? I would do it, but I'm way out of the loop when it comes to the video game, so I would sound like an idiot. Of course, it would need to be someone who understands the competitive environment well enough to provide sensible input. If there's already videos like this out there, then I apologize and please disregard my post. Otherwise, contact me if you'd be interested because it would be a great thing for the community to have access to. PM me here or e-mail me at
thetopcutpokemon@gmail.com. Thanks, and congrats to Ray and Matteo!