I just added an update regarding Pepsi and his hip replacement surgery. Together y’all have raised $1700 out of our $5000 goal for Pepsi, thank you so much! Check out the fundraiser page to see the full update: gofund.me/45e1feb16

Announcing the details of the Pokémon GO LAIC 2026 format community tournament! Times are CST/GMT-6 Registration: is.gd/WnoOBI Event start: 11/8 8AM Registration period: 10/23 8AM* - 11/5 8PM Team entry deadline: 11/8 at 7:30AM Seeding opt-in deadline: 11/7 10PM *GMT-5

gofund.me/f8c7e29a3 Hello, I have started a GoFundMe in order to help pay for Pepsi’s hip replacement surgery. Any donations are greatly appreciated. For the time being and until Pepsi makes a full recovery, I will not be attending any in-person events. Thank you.

I will be holding a Pokémon GO Championship Series Cup (LAIC meta) online tournament on November 8, 2025. Will be sponsored by LAGr Gaming, prize pool will be a minimum $100. More details coming soon!

Had a great tine at the Rangers game on Sunday. It was a good way to get Pepsi more exposure to crowds & cheering.

Hello Professors! The Staff Application for The Toronto Pokémon Regional Championship is now open! Event Dates:  Jan 16-18, 2026   Deadline to apply: Sept 19, 2025 Please share with any Professors you know who might be interested! #PlayPokemon docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This past week PTSD has been really affecting me. From getting ill at Worlds and bringing home to my family, missing a friend’s funeral service because of said illness, my performance at Worlds, overall a lot of negative things causing me to spiral. I’m finally starting to come out of it.

Hope y’all have Dodrio for next season

Depression is really hitting hard this week.

1/2 A good friend of mine and pillar of the Pokémon TCG community, Jason Kingsford, aka JustInBasil, passed away unexpectedly in the early hours of the morning.

Hello Professors! The Staff Application for The Las Vegas Pokémon Regional Championship is now open! Event Dates: Nov 14-16, 2025 Deadline to apply: July 30, 2025 Please share with any Professors you know who might be interested! #PlayPokemon docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ending my Sublocke run, unfortunately bad mental health day got the best of me. Good luck to the rest of the racers!

I’m gonna be offline for the time being

1/2 My stats for the season. Went to a bunch of events, and even staffed a few. I realized after EUIC that fatigue would really get to me as tournaments went on, so for Atlanta I tried a new strategy to minimize fatigue.

The best boy has been best buddied!

I had the privilege of working with all of these amazing people this weekend! I look forward to working alongside them and others next season!

We had a great time in NYC/Jersey City! Onwards to our next adventure

Registration for the 🇺🇸North America International Championships will reopen Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM CDT with extremely limited spots for TCG & VG. Registration links can be found at rk9.gg/event/pokemo....

Man I suck at GBL.

Pepsi is having arthritis pain in his hips. He’s too young to have to be suffering this. Gonna do everything I can to make him comfortable, especially when traveling.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Got a nice 3-tournament day 2 streak going! Lets see if Pepsi & I can take it all the way tomorrow.

Had a blast this past weekend in Las Vegas working the Play Labs booth! I hope to have another opportunity to do it again in the future.

Neat

Made T24 in the largest Pokémon GO regional to date. 2 back-to-back top cuts, I’m feeling pretty confident going forward.

I actually made it to Monterrey after all (after not being able to get refunded flight). Feeling much better and happy to see my Pokémon family again

I will not be attending Monterrey regionals after all. My headspace hasn’t been in a great place this week.

🚨 Attention, Trainers! Registration for #PokemonNAIC opens next week! Check out the info for waves 1 and 2 below: Wave 1: April 22 - 5PM PT / 12AM UTC (+1) Wave 2: April 23 - 7AM PT / 2PM UTC

I love my staff family

Made T16 in Atlanta. The R1 loss was unfortunate but I was able to win out in losers. Met my goal of breaking the Losers R5 curse and making day 2, Pepsi & I will be back at it next weekend in Monterrey.

Hey Trainers! Here are your links for the Atlanta Championship Point Side Events on Friday! Reminder you need a Spectator or Competitor badge to sign up for these events. Registration will open later today! ✨TCG: rk9.gg/tournament/A... ✨VG: rk9.gg/tournament/A... ✨GO: rk9.gg/tournament/A...

Gonna be away from home for the next 4 weekends, so making the best of this one with family. Starting off with a smoked pork belly tonight 🐖

New hairstyle, who dis?

Due to sponsorship & licensing issues, Pepsi’s name is changed to Dr. Thunder, effective immediately.

I won a league cup today! +10 for the season and +50 for LAIC.

Hey Trainers! Its time to register for The Portland Pokémon Regional Championship,here are the links ✨TCG rk9.gg/tournament/P... ✨VG rk9.gg/tournament/P... ✨GO rk9.gg/tournament/P... ✨Spectator rk9.gg/spectator/po... Please make sure you are signing up for the correct game you want to play in!

Attention all #PlayPokemon competitors! Registration for 🇺🇸 Portland Regionals opens this Wednesday at 7pm PDT! Stay tuned for links coming soon!

Secured a Destined Rivals PC ETB! Big props to the Pokémon Center online store for implementing limits of 1.

ATL-Regional-adjacent GO events: Friends, PVPers, Pokémon GO Trainers, lend me your tap tap fingers! If you are interested in attending any of the extra events planned, please fill out our form. The venues need a better idea on numbers. forms.gle/T2cq7Wmug1eh... We're excited to see you all!

The OGL meta of week 2! - BIG drop in Wigglytuff usage: 31% to 17% - Mandibuzz out of top 10: 20% to 13% - Drapion and Cradily are settled as top meta, with Clodsire as the Pokémon to tackle both - Azumarill is still hanging on, too Full week usage in my server!

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Top 12 usage for today’s cash tournament, ty to Joqqs for compiling the data

Heading out to Vancouver, safe travels y’all!

Got a nice lucky trade today

I’ll be participating in the Pokémon GO Might & Mastery season Copycat Challenge! You can see the action at twitch.tv/justderk13

I’m probably the most consistent “Winner’s Semis & lose” trainer out there. T128 & 120CP at EUIC but disappointed for not being able to advance further

See y’all in London soon!

Paperwork has been submitted & approved. See y’all in London

Gathering the correct documents for Pepsi to travel to London has been super stressful. Vet errors caused me to run back & forth to get documents corrected. Luckily the animal reception off at Heathrow airport has been very quick with correspondence.