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Alyssa joins the cast to talk about her experience running the recent Women's Tournament and what she thinks its impacts on the VGC scene could be! Links Women's Tournament Usage Stats: https://twitter.com/TemporalVGC/status/1304065045593239552 Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Alyssa: https://twitter.com/TemporalVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Yuree joins the cast to talk about the recent trend of rotating VGC formats! Links Players Cup Results - https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/08/25/players-cup-results/ Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Yuree: https://twitter.com/YureeVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

As we transition back into our regular format, Jeremy Odena joins the cast to talk about the Players Cup! Links Power rankings article - https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-players-cup/vgc-power-rankings/ EU Cup - https://twitter.com/VGCVictoryRoad/status/1283881372491317257?s=20 PokeCasters Charity Tournament - https://www.pokecastersnetwork.com/july-25-26 Players Cup Info - https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-players-cup/streaming/ Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Jeremy: https://twitter.com/JayOhh_12 Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

In a time where more people are becoming comfortable with sharing their stories of abuse, harassment, and trauma, it is imperative that those around them give them the support they need. Gabby and Chalkey join the cast to talk about how we can become better allies to marginalized groups within the VGC community. Believe and support victims. Black lives matter. Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Gabby: https://twitter.com/GabbySnyder Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The boys are once again joined by Blake Hopper, this time to discuss the world of competitive Pokemon GO! Links Rose Tower Quarantine Challenge Results - https://www.trainertower.com/rose-tower-circuit/ Victory Road May Challenge Results - https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/05/05/may-challenge-2020/ Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Blake: https://twitter.com/BopperVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Jake and Brendan check in after a brief quarantine break to recap the largest tournament in VGC history! Links Champions Cup Results: https://twitter.com/aDrive_tK/status/1247177944738471943 https://twitter.com/aDrive_tK/status/1246923730070233090?s=20 https://twitter.com/aDrive_tK/status/1246862294983815169 Babiri (ladder tool): https://www.babiri.net/#/teams Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Hail master and NPA Commissioner extraordinaire Ryan Tan joins the cast to talk about how to get your VGC fix during this time of social distancing! Links r/VGC: https://reddit.com/r/vgc Babiri Ladder Scraper: https://www.babiri.net/#/ Malmo Regionals Results: https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/03/09/malmo-2020-teams-stats/ Galar Friendlies hosted by: https://twitter.com/vgcstats Wolfe / aDrive Tournament: https://twitter.com/aDrive_tK/status/1239943772634591233 Victory Road Spring Challenge: https://victoryroadvgc.com/2020/03/13/vr-spring-challenge-2020/ Official Play Pokemon Twitter: https://twitter.com/playpokemon Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Ryan: https://twitter.com/Tan_VGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The boys are back after a brief break to talk about the end of Series 2 and the beginning of Series 3! Links OCIC Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/02/oceania-internationals-2020.html Collinsville Regionals Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/03/collinsville-regionals-2020.html Puerto Rico Special Event Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/03/puerto-rico-special-2020.html Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The boys are back after a brief break to talk about the end of Series 2 and the beginning of Series 3! Links OCIC Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/02/oceania-internationals-2020.html Collinsville Regionals Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/03/collinsville-regionals-2020.html Puerto Rico Special Event Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/03/puerto-rico-special-2020.html Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Judge, host, and grassroots streamer extraordinare Jen Badamo joins the cast this week to talk about all of the blood, sweat, and tears involved in running tournaments at every level. Links Galar Friendly #7 Results: https://twitter.com/vgcstats/status/1221234602162839552 Rose Tower Open #1 Results: https://twitter.com/RoseTowerVGC/status/1222115331008647168 Rose Tower Clash #5 Results: https://twitter.com/RoseTowerVGC/status/1224794608141361152 Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Jen: https://twitter.com/jenbamo Liberty Garden: https://twitter.com/LibertyGardenVG Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The first results from 2020 majors are in! Brendan and Jake run through Bochum and Dallas Regionals results and are then joined by Justin Carris to talk about preparation for live events. Links Bochum Regionals Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/01/bochum-regionals-2020.html Dallas Regionals Results - https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2020/01/dallas-regionals-2020.html Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Justin: https://twitter.com/AzazeL_the_God Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The first 2020 majors are upon us! Brendan and Jake are joined by Zach Carlson of VGC Stats fame to discuss the fledgling metagame and pick the statmaster's brain about what trends he's noticed so far in VGC 2020. Links VGC Stats: https://vgcstats.com New York MSS results: https://twitter.com/Pd0nZ/status/1214041217757044737 Other MSS results: https://vgcstats.com/#/mss Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Zach: https://twitter.com/profshroomish VGC Stats: https://twitter.com/vgcstats Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Soundproof bids farewell to Ultra Series with the help of a few friends. Join us as we run through the life and times of XL, LunaDon, RayOgre, YvelDon, and the infamous KangTorn with one of the pioneers of each archetype as a final look at the last format of Generation 7. Links Galar Weekly #3 Results: https://twitter.com/vgcstats/status/1203685926330781696 Galar Weekly #4 Results: https://twitter.com/vgcstats/status/1206693964411101184 San Diego Regionals Results: https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2019/12/san-diego-regionals-2020.html Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Joey: https://twitter.com/c9_joseph Gavin: https://twitter.com/komvgc Raghav: https://twitter.com/MudhimanVGC Joe: https://twitter.com/JoeUX9 Kyle: https://twitter.com/AnimusVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

In a follow-up to Episode 11, Jake and Brendan run through some of the old Pokemon that made their way into the Galar Pokedex and discuss their place in the recently announced VGC 2020 metagame. Links VGC 2020 rules: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2020-pokemon-video-game-championships-vgc-format-rules/ Daytona Beach Regionals Results: https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2019/12/daytona-regionals-2020.html Galar Weekly 1 Results: https://twitter.com/vgcstats/status/1198469959182995456 Galar Weekly 2 Results: https://twitter.com/vgcstats/status/1201240094239121408 Galar Weekly 1+2 Combined Usage: https://twitter.com/vgcstats/status/1202047231345356800 Jake's 80's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7hGqtT0aAjbfPOzpirzyx4?si=VrCIGr-YTWC_PQLioSK7Iw Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The new games have been released into the wild! Jake and Brendan cover some of the last Ultra Series majors then jump right in to the wonderful world of Galar to talk about some of the newly introduced Pokemon. Links Portland Regionals - https://results.trainertower.com/standings.php?id=301 LAIC - https://results.trainertower.com/standings.php?id=303 Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Jake and Brendan talk about two of the last Ultra Series regionals, then Jason Krell joins the cast to discuss his thoughts on journalism in VGC! Links Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Jason: https://twitter.com/Krellitlikeitis Richmond Regionals: https://www.nimbasacitypost.com/2019/11/richmond-regionals-2020.html Nanterre Special Event: https://victoryroadvgc.com/2019/11/03/teams-paris-2020/ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Salazzle Truther and Cottonee Exhibitionist Jamie Boyt joins the cast to talk about when and why standard Pokemon just don't do the job. Links Knoxville Results: https://victoryroadvgc.com/2019/10/13/knoxville-regionals-2020/ Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Jamie (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JamieBoytVGC Jamie (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieBoytVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Jake and Brendan are joined by recent Top 8 Worlds finisher and frequenter of locals Stephen Mea to discuss the current state of locals and their effect on both the circuit and the game overall. Links to all results discussed on this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RtoytIX2z4loboiAbEpiswfXKGGAO4JW8NPAIg0uOl0/edit?usp=sharing Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

After their regular run through the ladder and locals, Jake and Brendan veer into another doubles format called Doubles OU that happens to be run by Jake. How does it compare and contrast to VGC? Listen and find out! Links Ontario PC - https://twitter.com/SpookyMegamite/status/1173064076106375169 Edinburgh PC - https://twitter.com/ThinkJamieKean/status/1173254125112496129 Valladolid PC - https://www.abyssalruins.com/torneos/valladolid-pc-vgc-2020-1/ Sao Paulo PC - https://twitter.com/CronoOak/status/1173540268144037889 Valencia MSS - https://www.abyssalruins.com/torneos/valencia-mss-vgc-2020-2/ Guadalajara MSS - https://twitter.com/KamuiGP/status/1173447293158264832 Chicago MSS - https://twitter.com/_ChicagoVGC/status/1173401493086646272 Valencia MSS 2 - https://www.abyssalruins.com/torneos/valencia-mss-vgc-2020-1/ Palamos MSS - https://www.abyssalruins.com/torneos/palamos-mss-vgc-2020-1/ Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

The first wave of tournament results from the 2020 season is in! Jake and Brendan discuss what hit and what missed at the first post-worlds tournaments. They are then joined by Blake Hopper to dive into teambuilding and preparing for tournaments in post-worlds metagames. Links New York City PC Results: https://twitter.com/Pd0nZ/status/1168389824916721664 London PC Results: https://twitter.com/OrpingtonVgc/status/1168614830833623040 Mexico MSS Results: https://twitter.com/charlypastrana/status/1168885478214569987 Melbourne Open Results: https://results.trainertower.com/standings.php?id=295 DC Open Results: https://results.trainertower.com/standings.php?id=294 Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Blake: https://twitter.com/BopperVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Jake and Brendan recount the events of the 2019 World Championships - the good, the bad, and especially the ugly. But first Brendan exposes himself as a dexiteer in a fun new segment that shines a light on some of the lesser-loved Pokemon. Links Worlds Day 2 Results and Teams on Victory Road: https://worlds.victoryroadvgc.com/standings Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Worlds! Brendan and Jake talk all about the biggest tournament of the season, from players to teams and everything in between. What archetypes will show up to Washington D.C., and who will be piloting them? Links Pokemon Power Rankings Article: https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/worlds/2019/vgc-power-rankings/ Play! Pokemon Leaderboards: https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/leaderboards/ CP Sheet curated by Pd0nz et al: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kMVJCmIKhwSHU0mjqHis0mC9rt_KtDrVNJ_8bs-S_pU/edit#gid=1014958384 Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Results from the Mt. Silver Circuit Finals and Zelda Worlds Challenge are in, what players and teams made a splash this time around? Jake and Brendan are then joined by Tommy Cooleen to talk about the life cycle of an archetype throughout a format. Links Mt. Silver Circuit Finals Top 8: https://twitter.com/mt_discord/status/1153392268155510785 Zelda Worlds Challenge Top Cut: https://twitter.com/mt_discord/status/1155489868400795648 Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Tommy: https://twitter.com/TmanVGC Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Brendan and Jake run through the newly released schedule for Regionals in the 2020 season and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. Justin Burns then joins the cast to talk about his experience on the snowball and what he would do to improve the Play! Pokemon circuit. Links Official 2020 Regionals Schedule: https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/pokemon-tournaments/regional-championships/ Social Media Soundproof: https://twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: https://twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: https://twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Justin: https://twitter.com/JustMrBurns Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio

Brendan and Jake launch Soundproof, a new competitive Pokemon podcast focusing on the official Video Game Championships. After a brief introduction, they move on to the Ladder's Greatest Hits and a recap of the 2019 North American International Championships. Aaron Traylor joins the cast to talk about his experience at NAIC and the team he built with the NAIC champion, Wolfe Glick. Links NAIC Top 64 (Trainer Tower): www.trainertower.com/2019-north-ame…-championship/ NAIC Top 64 (Victory Road): victoryroadvgc.com/en/2019-season-…internationals/ NAIC Top 64 Restricted Pairs: twitter.com/TemporalVGC/status/1143921242522697728 Aaron's Candle: www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/…ndle-593760552 Social Media Soundproof: twitter.com/SoundproofCast Brendan: twitter.com/mrbdog46VGC Jake: twitter.com/MajorBowman_ Aaron: twitter.com/TBFUnreality Logo by Smogon user AmirAlexander Music by PokeRemixStudio