"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Tuesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Tuesday?" A voice from in the well shouts back, "Because on Tuesday, it's your day in the well."
Hi guys, I'm BKC/Kevin, 24/M/Prague. I'm half Czech, half American and have gone back and forth between the two countries my entire life. I've been contributing to and playing tournaments on Smogon for over a decade now.
I was a huge fan of the first three generations of Pokemon as a kid, but eventually I got tired of beating the Elite Four over and over, and played sports for a few years instead. Then, at the age of 11, I learned of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, and the spark was relit. After some browsing of the game on Youtube - I believe this was the first video I came across - I eventually stumbled upon Wi-Fi battles; finally, battling other people was a reality. The battle that inspired me was, of course, the legendary Marriland vs. Untouchable; it made me want to post my own battles on Youtube. For my twelfth birthday, I received a DS Lite and Pokemon Diamond, and was utterly enamored with the game. (I'm incredibly excited for the remakes.) I learned everything I could about those mysterious EVs, IVs and natures, then was ready to go as soon as I turned thirteen and made my original Youtube account, BlazeKickinChicken then later BlazinKickinChicken. Sadly, they're both gone now, but here is a relic from those days.
After I'd been playing for a few months, I started seeking out stronger competition, away from Youtube; I started at GameFAQs, then shifted to Marriland, and eventually found myself on Smogon. I slowly started playing Wi-Fi less and less and on simulators (Shoddy Battle and the earliest days of Pokemon Online) more and more. I also started contributing to the Rate My Team forum, as I loved teambuilding and still do. Eventually, I found myself in the Smogon tournament scene, and my exploits there are what I am primarily known for.
I restarted my Youtube channel a few years ago, and you might be familiar with it; it is filled with lengthy, old gen-focused diatribes that draw on my years of competitive experience. Alternatively, if you are familiar with False Swipe Gaming's channel, then I'm involved there too; pokeaim introduced me a few years ago, and I've been writing the videos ever since Kangaskhan.
I'm also known for some of my Strong Opinions. Here are the most notable: I have expressed a severe distaste for the willfully ignorant/stupid/mean-spirited shit-talking culture that takes precedence over the game of Pokemon and has become increasingly prominent each year for the past eight years, I believe that tournaments should be restructured more in the interest of better competition (bo3 team tours, double elim, seeding, locking in a pre-submitted set of teams, and doing something about the builder/player dichotomy), and most radically, I believe contributors to Smogon should be paid.
Beyond Smogon/Pokemon, I also utterly loathe the word "content" in its current definition for anything and everything (a Youtube video, a newspaper article, a forum post, a Tweet, a book, a film, a song...). My favorite word is effervescent.
Speaking of beyond Pokemon, I've been an avid music listener for around seven years. I used to be known for being quite the metalhead, and still love a lot of the genre, but I've branched out over the past few years (I had a Swans obsession for some time). I've posted about my favorite albums before. Besides music, over the past year and a half or so, I've begun a journey to becoming a movie buff as well. As my avatar may have given away, my favorite movie is Logan. Here are some of my other favorites. I'd like to write/have some sort of career in film, so I've been getting more into the foreign classics. However, I'm not above watching something silly - just today, I watched the 2008 masterpiece Wild Child with my girlfriend. I'm very lucky to have her in general, as she tolerates my Pokemon antics. When I'm with my buddies in the states, I enjoy being a degenerate/goofball.
I have had all sorts of adventures both on and off Smogon over the years and always like discussing whatever comes up, so feel free to ask me anything.
Hi guys, I'm BKC/Kevin, 24/M/Prague. I'm half Czech, half American and have gone back and forth between the two countries my entire life. I've been contributing to and playing tournaments on Smogon for over a decade now.
I was a huge fan of the first three generations of Pokemon as a kid, but eventually I got tired of beating the Elite Four over and over, and played sports for a few years instead. Then, at the age of 11, I learned of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, and the spark was relit. After some browsing of the game on Youtube - I believe this was the first video I came across - I eventually stumbled upon Wi-Fi battles; finally, battling other people was a reality. The battle that inspired me was, of course, the legendary Marriland vs. Untouchable; it made me want to post my own battles on Youtube. For my twelfth birthday, I received a DS Lite and Pokemon Diamond, and was utterly enamored with the game. (I'm incredibly excited for the remakes.) I learned everything I could about those mysterious EVs, IVs and natures, then was ready to go as soon as I turned thirteen and made my original Youtube account, BlazeKickinChicken then later BlazinKickinChicken. Sadly, they're both gone now, but here is a relic from those days.
After I'd been playing for a few months, I started seeking out stronger competition, away from Youtube; I started at GameFAQs, then shifted to Marriland, and eventually found myself on Smogon. I slowly started playing Wi-Fi less and less and on simulators (Shoddy Battle and the earliest days of Pokemon Online) more and more. I also started contributing to the Rate My Team forum, as I loved teambuilding and still do. Eventually, I found myself in the Smogon tournament scene, and my exploits there are what I am primarily known for.
I restarted my Youtube channel a few years ago, and you might be familiar with it; it is filled with lengthy, old gen-focused diatribes that draw on my years of competitive experience. Alternatively, if you are familiar with False Swipe Gaming's channel, then I'm involved there too; pokeaim introduced me a few years ago, and I've been writing the videos ever since Kangaskhan.
I'm also known for some of my Strong Opinions. Here are the most notable: I have expressed a severe distaste for the willfully ignorant/stupid/mean-spirited shit-talking culture that takes precedence over the game of Pokemon and has become increasingly prominent each year for the past eight years, I believe that tournaments should be restructured more in the interest of better competition (bo3 team tours, double elim, seeding, locking in a pre-submitted set of teams, and doing something about the builder/player dichotomy), and most radically, I believe contributors to Smogon should be paid.
Beyond Smogon/Pokemon, I also utterly loathe the word "content" in its current definition for anything and everything (a Youtube video, a newspaper article, a forum post, a Tweet, a book, a film, a song...). My favorite word is effervescent.
Speaking of beyond Pokemon, I've been an avid music listener for around seven years. I used to be known for being quite the metalhead, and still love a lot of the genre, but I've branched out over the past few years (I had a Swans obsession for some time). I've posted about my favorite albums before. Besides music, over the past year and a half or so, I've begun a journey to becoming a movie buff as well. As my avatar may have given away, my favorite movie is Logan. Here are some of my other favorites. I'd like to write/have some sort of career in film, so I've been getting more into the foreign classics. However, I'm not above watching something silly - just today, I watched the 2008 masterpiece Wild Child with my girlfriend. I'm very lucky to have her in general, as she tolerates my Pokemon antics. When I'm with my buddies in the states, I enjoy being a degenerate/goofball.
I have had all sorts of adventures both on and off Smogon over the years and always like discussing whatever comes up, so feel free to ask me anything.
