Showsni

Thanks for the detailed answer. Very valuable information and i appreciate your time to help :)

I've been meaning to say this for a while, but many congrats on 3rd place. See you in Hawaii!

Hi there. Im from the UK too and just wanted to ask you some simple questions if you wouldn't mind. Firstly, i am new to competitive Pokemon battling, although i am not new to the competitive scene as i play the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card games all over the world. I have played the majority of Pokemon games from the GBC Yellow all the way to Black. I want to start playing in events though like online and at tournaments (Such as the VGC.) So i have a couple of questions:

What does it take to become a good competitive Nintendo DS Pokemon player?
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How long did it take you to become good and how did you do it?
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Do you think its too little too late for someone with no competitive pokemon knowledge to Win/Top a large tournament and make a name for himself even though competitive pokemon has been out for awhile?

Thats it for now. I would really appreciate if you answer my questions as i would gain valuable information. Thank you :)

-Dan Walker

Haha that's a good statement to make! Yeah I'll see you in Hawaii, if you want to train at all then hit me up on PW and I'll discuss it with you in private away from public ears. ;)

Thanks! Saw you'd qualified at Paris, good job. Kind of conflicted about the Oxford/Cambridge thing, since I always supported Cambridge in the boat race before I went to Oxford...

Hey Showsni, I really enjoyed reading your smogon interview. I qualified at Paris for Worlds this year and I look forward to seeing you there dude. I just noticed your masters in maths at Oxford, I might not study at Cambridge University but as one currently situated here I think if I knew that back in 2011 I would've felt that I let down the Cambridge Blue haha.

If you want to train at all during the Summer I should be avaliable, although my training scheme is something I'd rather discuss in private with you once our studies are complete for this year.

Hope all is well, see you at Waikoloa!

Hey Showni, are you up for a VGC interview for my VGC Spotlight thread? LMK thanks :D

you, sir, are made of win

http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=827

FUCKING AWESOME

Hi man i saw your battle with the Assist V-Create Victini and i was impressed.It seemed a fun and hilarious strategy to sweep your opponent with!
Can you send me your team to test it?