VGC '12 Korean Championships

Bangisan · May 31st, 2012, 4:05:38 PM

http://pokemonkorea.co.kr/html/WCS/wcs2012.asp

Next week (the weekend of 9th and 10th of June) it will be the Korean VGC championships in Seoul.

Bangisan · Jun 10th, 2012, 6:03:11 AM

Korean finals must have finished. Any new or video? If there are videos of Japanese final, there should be videos of Korean final too.

Cybertron · Jun 10th, 2012, 11:01:45 AM

My Korean friend told me he finished 4th. I'm not sure what he meant when he said this: "middle school 3rd people won the prize," but it might mean someone who is young (ie. someone who would be a Senior) won, much like Sejun last year. I'll try to get more information later.

EDIT: Got confirmation that the person that won was born in 1997, meaning he is a Senior. I think this means there will be 1 Korean Junior, Senior, and Master at Worlds even though there are only 2 age divisions there.

Pokérob · Jun 11th, 2012, 4:42:34 AM

Bumping this thread for anybody who has found a youtube video of the finals or anything. Nice thread Bangisan especially if we take in the fact on how successful (before you all say it, I'm defining successful on the basis of how far they got, not on how they did) they were last year with just 2 participants in each division!

KiwiDawg7 · Jun 11th, 2012, 9:38:55 AM

Yea I guess we are just waiting for a vid.
Aw I kinda wanna meet some of them haha

Plusle · Jun 11th, 2012, 11:30:44 AM

I looked on the Pokemon Korea website and all I could find about the event was this but I could not translate it as it is an image not text.

Bangisan · Jun 12th, 2012, 8:26:21 AM

Hasn't anyone found any video of Korean championships? I've been searching in Youtube but nothing.

KiwiDawg7 · Jun 12th, 2012, 9:32:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Plusle

I looked on the Pokemon Korea website and all I could find about the event was this but I could not translate it as it is an image not text.

Event was on June 9 and 10... In Seoul, TCenter...
Thanks to all the great trainers, participants, staff, parents blahblahblah
here are the proud winners of Nationals!
VGC Juniors: Donghoon Joo
VGC seniors/ masters: Wonseok Jang
TCG Juniors: Hyuk Kim
TCG Seniors/ Masters: Gunoo Kim

congrats to all winners, now go showcase your skills in Hawaii!
Hot footage will be released soon! Please expect some great action!

And that's the end of it

Bangisan · Jun 12th, 2012, 2:58:56 PM

I wonder if they use a metagame similar to the japanese one.

Waiting for the videos to see the winner's team x3

Brandon13569 · Jun 12th, 2012, 3:25:11 PM

They use very bulky Hitmontops with Feint from what I've battled against on Wi-Fi. But yes, its similiar to Japan, though they favor gastrodon over Rotom-W.

**ΩDonut** · Jun 13th, 2012, 8:47:40 AM

I found blog posts on the tournament, complete with pictures:

http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?b...o=110140255643
http://pokemon-cache.tistory.com/493

EDIT: And a battle video of the finals! Looks like Masters\Seniors were played side-by-side.
I think this might be Juniors, but the streaming is terribly slow and makes you sit through ads.

Cybertron · Jun 13th, 2012, 9:35:30 AM

Since there seems to be a lot of false statements with Japan and Korea regarding VGC this year, I'll post what I know. I am not 100% sure about this, but here is the information I am fairly sure is correct about Korea:

They only have 2 divisions, similar to VGC 2009/2010. There is no "Seniors" Category, rather Seniors play with Masters.
Similar to Japan, they had a Wi-Fi qualifier this year. I think the Top 32 or 64 were invited to Nationals.
There is only 1 invite/trip per division this year.
This year's Seniors/Masters winner was actually a Senior. This means that there will be 1 Junior, Senior, and Master at Worlds. (Including Sejun Park)
Their finals was played in a best 2 of 3 format. Looking at OmegaDonut's videos, the first was Game 1 of Juniors as well as Masters while the second was Game 2 or 3 of Masters. I am assuming this, but I think I'm correct because the two teams in both videos look like they are the exact same.
I'm almost sure they had a best 2 of 3 finals now. In OmegaDonut's first video the player on the bottom (with Thundurus/Terrakion/Politoed/Kingdra) won but in the second (which I believe was Game 3), the player with Ferrothorn won. That means we're missing a 3rd game.

And with that, I'll leave one last link with you guys. It's a sped up, faster version of what I believe is the very final Masters match. (Basically a much better version of OmegaDonut's second link)

KiwiDawg7 · Jun 13th, 2012, 10:52:03 AM

http://blog.naver.com/gun4828/100159954244
Is this the missing vid?? seems different

Cybertron · Jun 13th, 2012, 10:55:39 AM

Nice find, looks like that's game 1 and 2 combined. I was right :D

Brandon13569 · Jun 13th, 2012, 11:15:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat KiwiDawg7

http://blog.naver.com/gun4828/100159954244
Is this the missing vid?? seems different

lol @ the song choice. TTS Twinkle :D

KiwiDawg7 · Jun 13th, 2012, 11:37:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Brandon13569

lol @ the song choice. TTS Twinkle :D

psh. I was on mute. didnt even know there was music :P
But yay! its complete!
P.S. and according to some of the descriptions, it seems that the Korean VGC Community is pretty organized, with several sites, blogs, and wifi tournaments

May 31st, 2012, 4:05:38 PM	#1
Bangisan Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 220	VGC '12 Korean Championships http://pokemonkorea.co.kr/html/WCS/wcs2012.asp Next week (the weekend of 9th and 10th of June) it will be the Korean VGC championships in Seoul. __________________ 2011 Madrid VGC Participant

Jun 10th, 2012, 6:03:11 AM	#2
Bangisan Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 220	Korean finals must have finished. Any new or video? If there are videos of Japanese final, there should be videos of Korean final too. __________________ 2011 Madrid VGC Participant

Jun 10th, 2012, 11:01:45 AM	#3
Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	My Korean friend told me he finished 4th. I'm not sure what he meant when he said this: "middle school 3rd people won the prize," but it might mean someone who is young (ie. someone who would be a Senior) won, much like Sejun last year. I'll try to get more information later. EDIT: Got confirmation that the person that won was born in 1997, meaning he is a Senior. I think this means there will be 1 Korean Junior, Senior, and Master at Worlds even though there are only 2 age divisions there. Last edited by Cybertron; Jun 10th, 2012 at 11:14:40 AM.

Jun 11th, 2012, 4:42:34 AM	#4
Pokérob Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 353 Cambridgeshire UK	Bumping this thread for anybody who has found a youtube video of the finals or anything. Nice thread Bangisan especially if we take in the fact on how successful (before you all say it, I'm defining successful on the basis of how far they got, not on how they did) they were last year with just 2 participants in each division! __________________ VGC 2012 National Paris - 3rd Place Attended all VGC 2012 European Nationals 2012 Worlds VGC Participant - Representing the UNITED KINGDOM!

Jun 11th, 2012, 11:30:44 AM	#6
Plusle Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,041	I looked on the Pokemon Korea website and all I could find about the event was this but I could not translate it as it is an image not text. __________________ VGC 2011 Seniors UK 1st \| VGC 2012 Seniors UK 4th \| Worlds 2011 18th \| Worlds 2012 19th \| Winter Battle and International Challenge January Seniors 1st

Jun 11th, 2012, 9:38:55 AM	#5
KiwiDawg7 Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 121 Atlanta, GA	Yea I guess we are just waiting for a vid. Aw I kinda wanna meet some of them haha

Jun 12th, 2012, 8:26:21 AM	#7
Bangisan Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 220	Hasn't anyone found any video of Korean championships? I've been searching in Youtube but nothing. __________________ 2011 Madrid VGC Participant

Jun 12th, 2012, 2:58:56 PM	#9
Bangisan Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 220	I wonder if they use a metagame similar to the japanese one. Waiting for the videos to see the winner's team x3 __________________ 2011 Madrid VGC Participant

Jun 12th, 2012, 3:25:11 PM	#10
Brandon13569 Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 80 Memphis, TN	They use very bulky Hitmontops with Feint from what I've battled against on Wi-Fi. But yes, its similiar to Japan, though they favor gastrodon over Rotom-W.

Jun 13th, 2012, 8:47:40 AM	#11
ΩDonut sometimes experimentation begins with "let's multi battle strip pokémon" Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,691	I found blog posts on the tournament, complete with pictures: http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?b...o=110140255643 http://pokemon-cache.tistory.com/493 EDIT: And a battle video of the finals! Looks like Masters\Seniors were played side-by-side. I think this might be Juniors, but the streaming is terribly slow and makes you sit through ads. Last edited by ΩDonut; Jun 13th, 2012 at 9:12:37 AM.

Jun 13th, 2012, 9:35:30 AM	#12
Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	Since there seems to be a lot of false statements with Japan and Korea regarding VGC this year, I'll post what I know. I am not 100% sure about this, but here is the information I am fairly sure is correct about Korea: They only have 2 divisions, similar to VGC 2009/2010. There is no "Seniors" Category, rather Seniors play with Masters. Similar to Japan, they had a Wi-Fi qualifier this year. I think the Top 32 or 64 were invited to Nationals. There is only 1 invite/trip per division this year. This year's Seniors/Masters winner was actually a Senior. This means that there will be 1 Junior, Senior, and Master at Worlds. (Including Sejun Park) Their finals was played in a best 2 of 3 format. Looking at OmegaDonut's videos, the first was Game 1 of Juniors as well as Masters while the second was Game 2 or 3 of Masters. I am assuming this, but I think I'm correct because the two teams in both videos look like they are the exact same. I'm almost sure they had a best 2 of 3 finals now. In OmegaDonut's first video the player on the bottom (with Thundurus/Terrakion/Politoed/Kingdra) won but in the second (which I believe was Game 3), the player with Ferrothorn won. That means we're missing a 3rd game. And with that, I'll leave one last link with you guys. It's a sped up, faster version of what I believe is the very final Masters match. (Basically a much better version of OmegaDonut's second link)

Jun 13th, 2012, 10:52:03 AM	#13
KiwiDawg7 Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 121 Atlanta, GA	http://blog.naver.com/gun4828/100159954244 Is this the missing vid?? seems different

Jun 13th, 2012, 10:55:39 AM	#14
Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	Nice find, looks like that's game 1 and 2 combined. I was right :D