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Director, Global Esports & Events Producer @Pokemon | Opinions are my mine

Bellevue, WA
Joined July 2009
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Chris Brown
2 years
How it started: How it's going:
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Over 3,300 players at our North American Championships across 4 games makes this event not just one of the biggest Pokémon tournaments but one of the biggest tournaments in all of gaming. Thank you everyone for bringing it to life! #PlayPokemon
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2 years
4 days until we kick off the 2022 @pokemon World Championships! #playpokemon
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Thank you to our 200+ judges and 500+ production and TPCi staff for making the first @pokemon World Championships in Europe a reality!
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2 years
Come a long way since my first Pokémon tournament in 1999! Thank you all for watching the Pokémon Presents this morning and hope you can catch the @pokemon World Championships August 18 - 21st! #playpokemon
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2 years
Some shots of the first @Pokemon US Regional Championship in 2 years in this weekend in Salt Lake City! #playpokemon
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2 years
2 days until we kick off the 2022 @pokemon World Championships! Who will be there? #playpokemon
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3 years
Supporting evidence for @Pokemon as an esport: •World Championships since 2004 with 49 countries/regions •$4m+ in annual prizes (pre-covid) •Millions of viewers •Likely the industries largest open in-person competitions supporting 3 products (TCG, RPG, Fighting Game)
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3 years
Pokémon an eSport? 🤔
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2 years
3 days until we kick off the 2022 @pokemon World Championships in Europe for the first time! #PlayPokemon
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2 years
This is a great space in Salt Lake City for @pokemon Regional Championships! Expecting nearly 1,000 players for our first US event since 2020. #playpokemon
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2 years
It’s good to be back! @Pokemon #playpokemon
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Chris Brown
3 years
My wife’s pulls from a single @pokemon Celebration box (4 packs). #playpokemon
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2 years
Today we announced @PokemonUnite is coming to the 2022 World Championships! Want to support Pokémon esports? I'm looking for awesome candidates for two positions currently: Esports Manager: Broadcast Producer:
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9 months
Updates to our 2024 Championships *Worlds prize pool across TCG, VG, GO, UNITE is now $2m *International Championships across TCG, VG, GO is now >$500k *Regional Championships where all of TCG, VG, and GO are featured is >$100k. #playpokemon
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Chris Brown
7 years
The @pokemon Anaheim Regionals top 16 teams / results. #PlayPokemon
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6 years
The @pokemon World Championships made CNN's this week report: #playpokemon
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Chris Brown
8 years
. @pokemon GO is insane. 300 people in Bellevue park chasing Charmander
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Chris Brown
8 months
Visited Japan’s Champions League last year. The TCG tournament format is Swiss Bo1, 30 min round timer, no xtra turns, unfinished games = loss for both players. No extra turns (post time) means the next round starts about 10 minutes after time is called for previous. Thoughts?
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1 year
The @pokemon World Championships is coming August 11 - 13 in Yokohama! #playpokemon
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The @pokemon European International Championships is live! Over 4,000 players across all games makes this our largest tournament ever. #EUIC2024 #PlayPokemon
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2 years
Today we start the journey back to Worlds with the release of the @pokemon premier event Covid-19 precautions & opening of reg for the first events in 2 years. Lots of work from a ton of people behind the scenes globally to put this together.
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Chris Brown
3 years
Lost in the @Hot_Bid & Summit drama is just how hard it is to go full time in Smash. The Smash community suffers from a brain drain because it's entirely grassroots. Imagine if all these people could be full time operators & content producers of a developer backed Smash League.
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DC was a friend and was instrumental to the last 6 years of our Pokémon broadcasts. He would like to say content falls in two buckets: "When will this end?" or "I hope this won't end!" He always pushed for the highest quality and will be greatly missed.
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Chris Brown
7 years
Growth of @mlg events and NA esports 2006 - 2017 has been impressive (ATL photo from @MrAdamAp & rest from my collection)
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Chris Brown
2 years
New trophies - because we operate multiple age divs and reward each member of the team based game with a trophy we handed out 15 champion trophies (5 for UNITE, 3 for TCG, 3 for VG, 2 for GO, 2 for PT). And 15 Finalist trophies. And 30 semi-finalist/3rd/4th trophies. 60 in all!
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@MrAdamAp
Adam Apicella
7 months
I’m sure the .0025% of gamers at the top are stoked that there are $10s of millions in prize money being inflated into esports But am I crazy in thinking we lost what made everyone love it? Thousands of people in one room playing games. Seems like that worked for
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2 years
Thank you all for attending and watching #PokemonWorlds2022 - and see you in Yokohama next year!
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9 years
So 10 hours ago the fire Marshall kicked smashers out of a entirely different venue. http://t.co/RoueExXOxU
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2 years
It’s good to see the community back at events! If you attended or watched EUIC how did you think the return to @pokemon Internationals has gone? #PlayPokemon
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2 years
Incredible amount of @Pokemon esports content this weekend on Twitch - awesome seeing all these games together. #PlayPokemon
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7 years
Door are open @Pokemon World Championships!! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
6 years
Here is a look back to past @HCS @halo @mlg championships 2005 NY, 2007 Vegas, 2013 Seattle, 2018 Seattle - production gets better every year!
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2 months
Thank you everyone for attending @pokemon EUIC and making it a great event!
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The first @Pokemon GO World Champions have been decided - a fantastic finals with lots of crowd energy! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
10 months
Thank you everyone for joining us in Yokohama for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships! #PokemonWorlds
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Chris Brown
5 years
Thank you to our over 150 staff, production personal, volunteers, Casters, and translators for putting on a fantastic @Pokemon North American Championship! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
3 years
Sorting old @pokemon cards - this is the price list kid me created in 2000. How does this look vs 2021? #playpokemon
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7 years
2017 @pokemon World Championships in Anaheim - time to prepare for event! #PlayPokemon
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11 months
There has been a lot of discussion of multi-game esport events and their benefits. The @pokemon North American Championships features 4 different games coming together as one Pokémon community. #PlayPokemon
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10 months
And also the new costreaming guidelines are out! #playpokemon
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2 years
The 2022 @pokemon world championships begins tomorrow! Today we distributed the welcome kits to competitors - hope they help on the journey this weekend.
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2 months
Right after our 4,500 player European Championships we have nearly 4,000 players in Orlando for Regionals - good luck to all the players competing this weekend!
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5 years
Huge thanks to our over 250 judges, staff, translators, and production crews, from over 20 countries, for the support to put on our largest Pokémon tournament ever. #playpokemon @Pokemon
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3 years
Still think this was a good move.
@rishissb
Rishi
3 years
On this day 10 years ago, the Unity Ruleset Committee announced that Meta Knight would be banned from competitive Brawl
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The 2022 @pokemon World Championships in underway! #PlayPokemon
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2 years
We are live with @pokemon European Championships! 4 broadcasts (TCG / VG / GO / POKKEN) on Twitch. Watch on #playpokemon
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4 months
The Liverpool Regional this weekend is massive - largest ever in Europe. And just one week after Charlotte was the largest Regional ever anywhere. Community keeps growing, great to see everyone come together! #PlayPokemon
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4 years
What a difference 20 years make. My badges from playing in the 1999 Summer Training Tour as a kid to running @Pokemon tournaments all over the world with a huge team of incredible trainers. Happy #PokemonDay #PokemonDay2020 #Playpokemon
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2 years
Thanks for being part of the opening day of the 2022 @pokemon World Championships! #PlayPokemon
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4 years
More @Pokemon Players Cup information released today! #PlayPokemon @playpokemon -
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Huge crowd for the Pokémon UNITE grands finals at our European Championships! #PlayPokemon
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3 years
#PlayPokemon store level play return to Australia and New Zealand (subject to local restrictions).
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3 years
The first @Pokemon World Masters TCG champion from 2004 has been revealed as the final boss! Watch on #playpokemon
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3 years
Now that we've seen the first final boss @RayRizzoVGC - how is everyone enjoying the production of the @Pokemon Players Cup 25th Invitational? #playpokemon
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10 years
I present to you the commentator crew of @Pokemon US Nationals #PlayPokemon http://t.co/tYEsoCCj0U
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Chris Brown
3 years
So happy for @_samox_ and the @metagamedoc team for winning esports content series of the year! Thank you all for the support! #esportsawards happy 20th anniversary Smash Melee!
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3 years
The @Pokemon Players Cup IV open qualifiers are coming up! Check out the announcement here! Big changes are Swiss for the VG/TCG first weekend of Region play and a deeper prize pool. #playpokemon
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3 years
I'm hiring! Want to help players participating in @Pokemon Premier Events and Esports? Check out the job listing here:
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10 months
Excited to see everyone in Yokohama for Worlds! Opening ceremony is less than 3 days away!
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Chris Brown
2 years
Thank you to our over 240 judges, talent, and production crew who made EUIC a success! On to the next one! #PlayPokemon
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Play Pokémon
2 years
Thank you to our amazing staff for making the 2022 European International Championships possible. Congratulations to all our winners we who had exhilarating battles over three days for #PokemonTCG , #PokemonVG , #PokemonGO , and #PokkenTournamentDX !
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1 year
Thank you to the thousands of players and fans who attended and to our over 500 staff who helped make our Pokémon European International Championships our best yet and our largest ever! #PlayPokemon #PokemonEUIC
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2 years
We’ve kicked off day 3 of @pokemon worlds including the London Open. Over 1,500 players across 15 tournaments and 4 products playing all at once! #PokemonWorlds #PlayPokemon
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5 years
Huge thanks to our over 150 staff and production personal from 20 countries who put on our amazing @Pokemon European Championships! #PlayPokemon
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2 years
For those that played in our first @PokemonUnite championship series event this weekend - how did it go? #playpokemon
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Chris Brown
6 years
Doors are open for our @Pokemon Latin American International Championships - we’ve got life size Pokemon Stadium! #playpokemon
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6 years
Doors are open @Pokemon North American Champs - 35+ countries, $150K+ prizes, & 2,000+ players! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
9 years
This crowd is intense at #EVO2015 http://t.co/p6kQ6lGlFD
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5,000+ people for @Pokemon Worlds! #PlayPokemon
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3 years
No @Pokemon World Championships in 2021 :(. Here is to London in 2022! #playpokemon
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2 years
That’s a wrap for our return to the North American Championships! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
8 years
Can we get @Pokemon to this size? #evo2016
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10 months
Wow! What a great finish to @pokemon Worlds in Yokohama, check out this parade! #PokemonWorlds
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Great finals crowd at @pokemon European Championships for Sunday! #PlayPokemon #EUIC2024
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2 years
It's a big weekend for @playpokemon with over 100 hours of live competition across 6 channels starting soon! #playpokemon • • • • • •
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Chris Brown
7 years
Registration for 2017 Pokémon North American Championships closes in 27 days (June 28).
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1 year
Good luck to all those playing this weekend in Orlando, with over 2,500+ simultaneous competitors it will one of the largest Pokémon tournament ever in the World. #PlayPokemon
@danielZnyiri
danielZnyiri
1 year
Orlando Regional Championship 🤩
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5 years
End of a long Saturday (on schedule) - huge thanks for our hundreds of staff! Really proud of our premier event team. Today was the largest @Pokemon tournament ever with over 2,400 players playing at once. #PlayPokemon @jjhill_ii @OneHitKayOh @beardscience138 @dcwastaken
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2019 @Pokemon North American Championships Registration is open! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
4 years
US Regionals in 2020 to be streamed by TPCi:
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Pokémon World Championship teams are available as Rental Teams on the Pokémon Global Link! #PlayPokemon
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3 years
Competitive @Pokemon players, it's not to late to nominate casters or players for the @esportsawards
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Over 1,200 players for @Pokemon Bochum Regionals and 1,300 registered for Dallas Regionals this upcoming weekend - great start to 2020. #PlayPokemon
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2 years
Two new positions on our team: -esports manager: -broadcast producer:
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6 years
Players @Pokemon Regionals in the US should see some upgrades this season - first rolled out in Portland. Featuring 32 consoles including 16 for retro gaming. Great to see a plan comes together! #PlayPokemon @TheHadou @Gaming_Gen @dcwastaken @OneHitKayOh @SketchUp
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Chris Brown
3 years
Some context @AllstonMelee : in 2006 there was were no free US streaming platforms like Twitch today. This was Wife and M3D and the audience was thought as a mix 5% Smash players and 95% Halo subscribers for paid VOD on MLG.
@AllstonMelee
Allston Melee
4 years
That feeling when you're putting in way more work than your co-commentator
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Congratulations Avery, our 2023 Junior division VGC Champion! #playpokemon
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Over 2,000 attendees here in Portland for @pokemon Regionals! #PlayPokemon
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Over 2,000 players seated for on time start in 3 separate tournaments @Pokemon North American Championships - thanks to an awesome staff! #PlayPokemon
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Doors open for @pokemon North American Championships! #PlayPokemon
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Getting ready to stream @Pokemon Regionals for the first time! With @TheJWittz @Pooka311 up first! #PlayPokemon http://t.co/K6tVuA33OV
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6 months
Consistent feedback we see in post event surveys is side events could be improved - what are the big pain points and what would make a more positive sides experience? What’s going well that should continue?
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Chris Brown
5 years
Please welcome @jjhill_ii to @Pokemon as our new Player Coordinator on Premier Events - joining @dcwastaken @OneHitKayOh @beardscience138 - awesome to have you on board!
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6 years
Thanks to the over 150 volunteers, staff, judges, and production personal for putting on the @Pokemon 2018 North American Championships! With a world class staff this event would be impossible! #PlayPokemon
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Chris Brown
1 year
It's time to celebrate #PokemonDay - each February I take a look back at my collection. Here are some items from 1999 that stayed with me these last 24 years. Did anyone manage to save all the Nintendo Power Pokémon magazines?
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