WolfeyVGC I’m an audio engineer and at the beginning you asked what “this thing” in front the mic does. It’s called a pop filter and it displaces the air from plosives ( P and B sound that move a lot of air) to stop the microphone from being super boomy and shitty. Thanks for making videos and I’m glad I could do something for you in return
Me: Wolfe Glick is some kind of Pokemon super genius. He can hard read opponents and go for plays as if he knows exactly what his opponent is thinking. Wolfe Glick: So here I chose the wrong move, and it worked out well for me and it looks like I did a super cool hard read but it was completely by mistake.
@@samuellin8905 When you have a reputation for picking well thought out moves and not going for reads... Nobody predicts you to make a mistake. So if you think about it, its sort of a natural consequence of his playstyle that his mistakes look like reads.
I literally know nothing about Pokemon, stumbled across this video, then proceeded to watch and enjoy every second of it. Nice job man, super interesting!
Same! I played Pokémon as a kid. Started with Red, then Yellow, then Silver and Gold. After that, I stopped playing for whatever reason. For some reason, this video was recommended, and I watched a 1.5 hr video of two guys I’ve never heard of play a game with Pokémon I’ve never seen (besides Gengar). Still enjoyed it. Might get have to catch up on all the new gen games I never played.
@@robertrussell9680 me too! Lol I played red and my brother had blue. He played silver and I played gold. We also used to play the N64 games too and they were so much fun. I forgot the name of the party game one. And also snap lol I was hesistant at first to get back into pokemon, cause I skipped like 5 gens I think? Lol but I had a switch that I got for Zelda botw, and thought, why not? So I got Shield... Honestly, it was so much fun to get back into pokemon again! 😂🤓🤪❤️😇 If you enjoyed any of the original Gameboy pokemon games, I think you'd like the newer ones too. Well, speaking for shield and sword. Idk about the other ones and Idk if I'll play anymore of those either. Who knows. But I don't regret getting shield. It's soo much fun lol it's even cooler when you find out that there's different game exclusives and this and that. Also, the dlc is worth it if you were wondering... I was literally watching and researching the pros and cons of getting it and haven't regretted it! So much more content to make the game interesting, and more easier to do some things. Also introduces more pokemon and areas to the world. A bunch of stuff besides what I mentioned. I think it's great for passing time and playing with friends or someone else who has it. You can also trade and battle with other people online.
Old Wolfey: the villain in a kids movie Wolfey now: the nerdy and a bit older friend that the kids call for when they need help in that same kids movie
Okay so from this reaction here's what I gathered -Old Wolfe looks like he just escaped prison and finds no more joy in living -Old old Wolfe hated top cut -Wolfey has friends and felt pressured by them -Wolfey is addicted to facebook -Brendan Zheng took 2 years to beat the Delta Episode -Jonathan talks too much mid-match -Wolfey had a tourney butler -Jonathan had a tourney butler -Wolfey doesn't want people to type out links -Commentary was biased -Commentary was mind reading Wolfey -Wolfey liked using intimidate in-game and in real life -Wolfey can't count handshakes -Wolfey can't remember health points -Wolfey won a game off of a misread -Wolfey johns about his 2nd place in 2012 -Wolfey needs to drink more water probably missed some stuff, but this is what stood out to me as important.
Late comment, but wanted to say, this was the first VGC Championship Set I ever watched, and you were my first world champion. This set almost single-handedly got me into competitive pokemon, and I’ve been following you ever since. You’ve been an incredible influence. Also, stop apologizing for the long wideo length. This is EXACTLY what I wanted to watch.
"Sorry, I know this is probably more in-depth than you guys care about..." Not at ALL! This is insider baseball from a world champion! We're 100% fascinated, I promise!
Fun fact; That Tinyurl sign that you can see at 28:10 sends you to a Rick roll. I hope that person is happy that they were Rick roll me about 5 years later
Man, this story could go straight into the pokémon anime and it'd fit perfectly. Beating your best friend in the semi-final, the weight of everyone who helped you along the way on your shoulders, and a nail-bitingly close finals match. Except, you actually won the world championship. Loved the wideo!
At the risk of over-analysing a potentially non-serious comment, this is exactly one of the things Wolfe does to be great. I think a lot of people approach Pokémon thinking it's a game of how to out-predict your opponent, which it might be at lower levels of play when the opponent is bad and going for obvious moves. But at a high level, your opponent isn't bad and isn't going for obvious moves. You can try and "predict" what they will do, and the may predict your prediction, or you may end up "over-predicting" something. It ends up very messy. The trick is not try and predict what your opponent will do, but to cover for what they could do.
Sees a 1 and a half hour Wolfey wideo, 'well, that's me busy for next hour and a half'. I'm only ten mins in and know it's going to be amazing. Thanks for this, Wolfe 😁
It’s scary that I (and others) know exactly which meme you’re referencing, despite the emoji being literally the only thing that could possibly give it away.
53:47 When all you wanted was to be a cute little mouse but now you're in the most competitive world championship match with a flying snake god on your side against a fish with oversized fins and a roided out dinosaur.
Hearing the backstories, emotions, and experiences during and before this match makes it even more amazing to watch. I remember watching this live and being thrilled that you won (and how crazy everyone went when they realized why you had that now-iconic expression, lmao). I first learned about you when you were a guest in one of Aaron's videos (I think it featured a Charizard Y + Venusaur Pledge team?) back in 2015, and it's amazing to see how far you've come and how much success you're experiencing. I stopped playing VGC in mid-2018 after becoming incredibly frustrated that I hadn't won any events over four different formats. I got back into Pokemon when Sword and Shield came out, and started playing VGC again last month. I remember I was on Twitch and had your channel recommended to me in the sidebar. I didn't know that you streamed, so I immediately followed. A couple weeks later, I tuned into one of your lesson/lecture streams about "getting started in VGC," and your stream was the push that got me playing again. Pokemon was a huge part of my childhood, and being able to play it to this day and meet new people who share the same passion for it is an amazing experience for me. I know I'm not really anybody, but thanks for all the wholesome and honest content over the years. Your dedication to the game and its community really shows.
Typically reaction videos are pretty dumb, but this is more of a play by play analysis. You provide more insight than someone just "reacting" to a video.
ya know, reading Jonathan's report, I realized how impactful a lot of the decisions made in this game were. Jonathan mentions several points where he talks about missing the obvious decisions, such as protecting in front of swords dance, when using eruption would have won him the second game, or how if he had just spent an hour to double check his spreads and fix his gengar's evs, he'd have a 25% chance to survive origin pulse in game two, meaning he'd have the ability to maintain weather control. It really is absolutely insane how much work is put in to be on that stage, and how deserved it truly is. Congrats Wolfe, I can without a doubt say that you've proven yourself.
@Booba I think Jonathan meant double-checking his spread before the tournament. You’re right that you can’t change anything about your team once you lock it in, and nobody cheats/hacks to do so; it’s impossible. But Origin Pulse is a really common move he could have calc’d and optimized his spread for, he only realized that in hindsight.
Legit these casters are fantastic, there's not many esports where the casters can actually live explain to the audience the thought process that the players themselves are actually going through.
This Could be 3 hours and I'd still watch every second. The World Champ giving full detailed analysis on his championship match? We are all richer for having this. Thank you.
Totally agree, hated when he said he wouldn't talk anymore of the previous night and how they build the team :( could watch a 5 hour long wideo just about that, no match needed.
@@Skylark0000 breedibg with hacked dittos is shameful! Lolol jk but I refused to do it. I used to use friend safari dittos and had like every IV spread for every egg group lol
Dude I literally watches 52 minutes of this video without even knowing. Your in depth analysis of each play actually makes this very entertaining to watch.
Wolfey: *is super methodical and strategic about avoiding RNG, making sure not to bet a World Championship on move accuracy* Aaron: I've taught you well
I'm not a Pokemon player, but these videos are fascinating to hear the background and strategy behind everything. Would definitely watch more of these!
Been a fan since just before the big blow up and I've seen all your videos now. This was kind of a big deal to watch, it feels special to have you talk us through your most career defining moment. Thank you Wolfe, that was awesome.
Honestly this was the first VGC match I ever watched, and I don't think I'd be so into the scene if it wasn't for this match. You immediately became my favorite competitor and I decided that half the reason I wanted to play was to battle against you ( as corny as that sounds) I was fortunate enough to battle you on the ladder this year where you made on hard read and smacked me, and I just use it as motivation to strive to get better because I try to set high standards for myself and I don't enjoy losing, so thank you Wolfey for really getting me into the scene that I have come to enjoy so much!
Pokemon needs to make an anime except it’s not in the Pokémon universe but in the real world and it’s about vgc. I feel like that would be interesting.
I was fantasizing about a vgc format gym league set in galar with Wolfey as the champion recently. It's important to mention that Wolfe keeps winning against challengers with stupid meme sets that they dont know how to deal with.
i think it would be really interesting if it was still in the pokemon universe, but it was very heavily focused on calculations and numbers and uses the vgc format
Over a year and a half later this is one of my favourite wideos to come back to. The analysis, the gameplay, it all comes together perfectly. I’ve watched it too many times to count at this point. To me, this game encapsulates all the things I love about vgc and I’m glad that you brought a spotlight on it
I’m 33 minutes in and honestly your analysis of turn 1 just made me realise how incredibly good at Pokemon you have to be to get to a good competitive level. Wow man. Well done.
33:34 "Sorry this is probably more in depth than you guys care about but I'm gonna talk about it." - Literally me to all my friends when I talk about Pokemon, even the friends who do play. I would like to just sit and talk to Wolfey for a few hours about this stuff, I don't get bored of it.
So when Wolfe does The Face on The Turn, everyone focuses on him, but looking at Jonathan when he SDs, that's the face of a man who knows he's screwed.
Hey Wolfey, hope you’re doing well and having a great day! 😊 Just finished watching you win the Players Cup 2!! I’m so happy for you!! Such a truly masterful display Wolfey!! Really congratulations man!! Was rooting for you the whole way and I think I speak for all of us when I say that we’re so proud of you!! 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊
I still remember watching this live. Even though I live in the SF Bay Area, I wasn't able to attend on Finals day due to the spectator rules. Wonder if TPCi will do that again this year (assuming Worlds doesn't get cancelled)
This was super helpful for learning a proper mindset in both battling and team building. I also like the retrospective on past sets, since it gives insight into your "correct" plays and the "perfect" plays, and how many times both of those align for you.
It's called a pop filter. Basically it filters out any strong "p" "b" and "t" sounds that normally sound really loud and obnoxious in recording. Basically you'll just sound really good lol
@@bepe4279 that is its true purpose in audio production. It originally was used with ribbon microphones to 'filter' out anything from entering the mechanism. The way to remove hard 'p' sounds, is to use correct mic technique. Now pop filters are used because they slightly remove those sounds, which makes it easier for amateurs.
This battle got me into vgc and is the reason I like it so much. The story, the commentary and above all that play and Wolfey looking at the camera, that was just *chef’s kiss*
VGC is such a bizarre format to me because you can see Primal Groudon next to Primal Kyogre up against Raichu and Hitmontop in a world championship match, and the guy with the Raichu and Hitmontop wins.
this is my fav video on your channel i watch it when i have an hour to spare i love seeing you break down your thoughts in this great moment of your life
Wolfey, no need to apologize for the length of the video! It’s really informative and the details are super helpful. You really help us get into the thought process of a champion. People who care about this stuff will watch the entire video. It’s good content!
I was actually there for this event! It was what inspired me to get into competitive, It took a few years to get to the point where I had enough time to start, but I'm competing in my first (unofficial) tournament in a week or so now and I owe it all to this match!
28:32 that handshake looks almost like a painting lmao. Wolfe seems calm, collected whereas the newcomer jonathan evans is like reaching out from his seat to meet his hand, looks a bit more thrown off lol. IDK I just find the body language funny
Amazing video, the play by play commentary was really interesting. I love how a large part of the matchup between teams with Pokémon like Mega Gengar, Mega Rayquaza and the primals was the dynamic of Raichu vs. Manectric! The resulting Rayquaza/Kyogre lead was really cool.
Watched the whole thing man I’m really happy for you Wolfe. You accomplished your dreams bud nothing in the world could be more valuable than that. Respect man you’re a legend.
This wideo was amazing Wolfey! I love hearing about what's going on in your head, especially during these super competitive matches. Helps us new players learn and get better at the game
this is the first vgc match i ever showed my father, who knew nothing about competitive pokemon. after the match, he told me he was able to understand everything that happened. truly one of the greatest matches in vgc history
WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BABAYYY! It’s actually criminal how this isn’t at a million views yet, I’ve watched this every time it’s been in my recommended for the past year.
I've watched this match so many times, but it's even more amazing to hear what your thought process was in the moment! Awesome wideo Wolfey, I'd love to see more wideos like this for sure
I've said it before, I'll say it again; someone really needs to just make an anime out of this at this point. It has everything. Promise with a friend to win worlds Battle with said friend in the top 4 You guys and your pokeball necklace during worlds Aaron commentating It just all needs to be an anime.
Rewatching this video now after seeing the players cup. It's, frankly, kinda scary how much you have improved after this match. The early game choices specially. I enjoy seeing you bring entirely different leads even if the first ones worked, just displaying the flexibility of the team to make it harder to predict pretty much anything even later into the game. I lost my train of thought but yea, good going and nice to see you have not reached your prime yet.
this is literally perfectly in depth... this is the content some of us are looking to see, AND its long, so you get paid more for it. dont ever stop super analysis
It’s still more minutes between ads than a 15 minute video with 2 ads. Seems fair to me, especially when not every ad procs. There are creators who put 3 ads in a 10 minute video. I’m not mad
Was wondering what his back ground is cuz he has no accent but evrytime he says video lolol Wolfe’s the man tho looking like a he just got finished doing a job Paul gotier cologne shoot lol #Pimpin at worlds
I was watching this live in the middle of the night (Germany timezone) and back then I wasn't that good at competitive thinking, but watching you're reactions in the facecam made me feel like I understood what was going on. Still one of the best matches I've ever seen!
BEAUTIFUL insight !!! This is the match that got me into VGC. I was a casual for 18years until I saw this match ( I'm 26 now ) . This match made me learn EVs , IVs , predictions , foresight AND hindsight . I appreciate you Wolfey . You changed my life FOREVER . Now I'm the person who teaches others about wise plays and preparing for the end game . THANK YOU WOLFEY !!! Can't wait to see you win worlds again !!!!!! Can't wait to see you in the finals !!!!!
I remember watching this match, it was filled with so much controversy and I was new to the vgc field so I ended up having a horrible opinion, befause of others, on Wolfe for a long time but now I’m so glad Wolfe has started to stream and do his TH-cam career cause now I can see who Wolfe really is and appreciate him and his plays.
Could you please elaborate? I’d love to hear it. I was already a Wolfe fan boy at the time, so that might be why I don’t remember it that way, but I was also too busy with school to be paying a huge amount of attention. Was it that his misplay was read as a really risky read, and his camera glare was taken as disrespectful?
What I remember was that the first offense was just in general what Wolfe said, the meta was trash so everyone already had disdain for the two finalist. The second was the timer situation, a lot of people were accusing Wolfe of being a time staller throughout the competition even though his opponent did the same and many do it still. There was many false accusations saying he only wins through time stalling and blah blah. And then the last was the beef between the two opponents and I know a lot of the other sides fanboys ended up painting Wolfe as an egotistical snobbish person. Now that I know Wolfe, I know he doesn’t try to timestall on purpose it’s just he’s constantly overthinking things and playing mind chess over every little situation haha I love Wolfe now and appreciate him and I just wished I didn’t listen to the idiots back then because I ended up just ignoring his adventure through the years because of some dumb opinions
great video! you should do this with all the world championships, i love your insight and view on the game. i would suggest the 2017 championship bc i think that’s an incredible and underrated series!
No, the in depth analysis is WHY I watch you. I can find meme teams and throwing for content anywhere. But I can’t think this deeply about the game on my own. Please do more content like this
I have watched this wideo 4 times over the last year; and the match itself more than I can remember and will continue to do so as Wolfe possesses a skillset like no other. Never change Wolfe
I know nothing about competitive Pokemon and there was so much information thrown into this video that I feel inspired to play some online matches. Very cool hearing your story very much enjoyed it. P.S. I wached it all the way to the end lol.
I could watch 100 hours of this commentary. Not only am I big entertained, but I've also been wanting to get into VGC for a few years now, but I always felt like I wasn't good enough and I didn't quite know how to reach that next level. But seeing such a high level of play and hearing the inner workings of what's happening is really useful in terms of "how do I play this game". Thanks Wolfe, I hope to see a million more wideos like this
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WolfeyVGC I’m an audio engineer and at the beginning you asked what “this thing” in front the mic does. It’s called a pop filter and it displaces the air from plosives ( P and B sound that move a lot of air) to stop the microphone from being super boomy and shitty. Thanks for making videos and I’m glad I could do something for you in return
Watched until the end. Love you wideos
Finn Kelley what no it doesn’t, it catches the air you’re throwing at it with your diaphragm and stops that air from bottoming out the compressor
New wideo?
nice. when i commented it had 69 likes btw
Me: Wolfe Glick is some kind of Pokemon super genius. He can hard read opponents and go for plays as if he knows exactly what his opponent is thinking.
Wolfe Glick: So here I chose the wrong move, and it worked out well for me and it looks like I did a super cool hard read but it was completely by mistake.
just like Folagor did to him at London International 2016, but in that case was because Folagor doesn't even dominate type chart
When you parry a move in Smash on accident but your enemy commends it. “Hehe lol, ye, am good”
alexa holy shit I found you
@@samuellin8905 When you have a reputation for picking well thought out moves and not going for reads... Nobody predicts you to make a mistake. So if you think about it, its sort of a natural consequence of his playstyle that his mistakes look like reads.
Why not many comments?
wolfe in wideos: :3
wolfe at pokemon championships 2016 looking at his opponent: >:(
real life intimidate
@Spencer Duggan did you mean *where?
Also, he wasn't using his glasses, so he didn't see a shit, but it was for the intimidation to work properly... It is all about strategy.
@Gregory Mirabella if u knew what he meant why did u have to point that out, god I hate these types of stupid comments
@@anasanam6812 because i don't know what he means.
Christian Fuenzalida but Incineror still intimidates while wearing safety goggles🤔😏
It’s amazing how Wolfe de-aged over the years
Jooj Paulo HONESTLYYYY HAHAHAH TRUTH 🙏🏻
Went full Benjamin button!
Jooj Paulo It was all the stress over trying to win
How old is wolf?
I’m glad it ain’t just me 😂. Dude looks like he’s 32 in 2016.
I literally know nothing about Pokemon, stumbled across this video, then proceeded to watch and enjoy every second of it. Nice job man, super interesting!
Thank you!
you should play! the actual games are much less involved than this
Same! I played Pokémon as a kid. Started with Red, then Yellow, then Silver and Gold. After that, I stopped playing for whatever reason.
For some reason, this video was recommended, and I watched a 1.5 hr video of two guys I’ve never heard of play a game with Pokémon I’ve never seen (besides Gengar).
Still enjoyed it. Might get have to catch up on all the new gen games I never played.
@@robertrussell9680 me too! Lol I played red and my brother had blue. He played silver and I played gold. We also used to play the N64 games too and they were so much fun. I forgot the name of the party game one. And also snap lol
I was hesistant at first to get back into pokemon, cause I skipped like 5 gens I think? Lol but I had a switch that I got for Zelda botw, and thought, why not? So I got Shield... Honestly, it was so much fun to get back into pokemon again! 😂🤓🤪❤️😇
If you enjoyed any of the original Gameboy pokemon games, I think you'd like the newer ones too. Well, speaking for shield and sword. Idk about the other ones and Idk if I'll play anymore of those either. Who knows. But I don't regret getting shield. It's soo much fun lol it's even cooler when you find out that there's different game exclusives and this and that.
Also, the dlc is worth it if you were wondering... I was literally watching and researching the pros and cons of getting it and haven't regretted it! So much more content to make the game interesting, and more easier to do some things. Also introduces more pokemon and areas to the world. A bunch of stuff besides what I mentioned.
I think it's great for passing time and playing with friends or someone else who has it. You can also trade and battle with other people online.
Bruh the god responded to you
How
U don’t even like pkmn and Wolfe acknowledged you?!?
SENPAI WOLFE NOTICE ME BRUH WTF
Old Wolfey: the villain in a kids movie
Wolfey now: the nerdy and a bit older friend that the kids call for when they need help in that same kids movie
I would like but I don’t wanna ruin the number
@@deadchannel8613 Well now you can.
Lex Hammond nooooo why’d you ruin it :(
character development
Nah, Wolfe was just using Pressure.
in four years, we should have "wolfe glick reacts to wolfe glick reacts to wolfe glick winning pokémon world championships"
Yeeeees
WolfeyVGC is that a promise?
And the new championships
Does that mean a 4 hour video? Nice
Nah its definately gonna be a 365 day vid
Wolfe: "this video is so long, I hope you don't mind"
Also Wolfe: "ONE HOUR INTRO"
*wideo
He said video!
Prime Eraser y do you use w?
Wolf says wideo for some reason
@@dalfo3018 its a meme on channel where he replaces v's with w and g's with j
Most watch this finals for the gameplay
But only intellectuals watch it for the Wolfe face at the prediction.
:)
:D
And because views are good for the TH-cam algorithm
Just remember it wasn’t predictions it was “covering options”
That's the day I became a Wolfey fan lolz.
Commentators: *complimenting wolfey's skill*
Wolfey: I think that's where I lost my water bottle...
Relatable 100
Bruh
I left
Okay so from this reaction here's what I gathered
-Old Wolfe looks like he just escaped prison and finds no more joy in living
-Old old Wolfe hated top cut
-Wolfey has friends and felt pressured by them
-Wolfey is addicted to facebook
-Brendan Zheng took 2 years to beat the Delta Episode
-Jonathan talks too much mid-match
-Wolfey had a tourney butler
-Jonathan had a tourney butler
-Wolfey doesn't want people to type out links
-Commentary was biased
-Commentary was mind reading Wolfey
-Wolfey liked using intimidate in-game and in real life
-Wolfey can't count handshakes
-Wolfey can't remember health points
-Wolfey won a game off of a misread
-Wolfey johns about his 2nd place in 2012
-Wolfey needs to drink more water
probably missed some stuff, but this is what stood out to me as important.
Thank you for your service, I still watched the whole video lol
What is a tourney Butler?
Agreed
best comment
@@lucassilva9237 a tournament butler… a butler for a tournament
"again, it wasn't a read. i was just covering options." the modesty and honesty
Late comment, but wanted to say, this was the first VGC Championship Set I ever watched, and you were my first world champion. This set almost single-handedly got me into competitive pokemon, and I’ve been following you ever since. You’ve been an incredible influence. Also, stop apologizing for the long wideo length. This is EXACTLY what I wanted to watch.
i got into competitive because I wanted to win and I was tired of losing
@@unbound2424.
Now that’s character development.
@@BupPotato facts dude is about to get his own 0 to hero anime
@@erimercado7700 i think we found the next world champion
@@pumpkinkurbis Wolfe should mentor him
"Sorry, I know this is probably more in-depth than you guys care about..."
Not at ALL! This is insider baseball from a world champion! We're 100% fascinated, I promise!
For real, wolfe explaining everything that went on in his head is making me understand the plays and match A LOT better!
yea bro this so helpful to us all
(possibly unpopular opinion, but who cares) This >>>>> specs incineroar
I love hearing about what's going on in peoples heads when there doing something
I clicked the video because I wanted some in-depth analysis
Fun fact; That Tinyurl sign that you can see at 28:10 sends you to a Rick roll. I hope that person is happy that they were Rick roll me about 5 years later
It got me too
it sent me to the tinyurl website, showed me the redirect link and i just sighed and clicked the redirect link to give the man what he wanted.
7 years... aye
Man, this story could go straight into the pokémon anime and it'd fit perfectly. Beating your best friend in the semi-final, the weight of everyone who helped you along the way on your shoulders, and a nail-bitingly close finals match.
Except, you actually won the world championship. Loved the wideo!
Wasn’t his best friend at the time
@@ZBatt1 yes, but he beat him with the power of future friendship!
With the rival from gen 1 theme no less lol
Remember kids, you’re not reading, you’re “covering options”.
At the risk of over-analysing a potentially non-serious comment, this is exactly one of the things Wolfe does to be great. I think a lot of people approach Pokémon thinking it's a game of how to out-predict your opponent, which it might be at lower levels of play when the opponent is bad and going for obvious moves. But at a high level, your opponent isn't bad and isn't going for obvious moves. You can try and "predict" what they will do, and the may predict your prediction, or you may end up "over-predicting" something. It ends up very messy. The trick is not try and predict what your opponent will do, but to cover for what they could do.
On the contraire, every time I cover options I'm just going to say it was a hard read
@@Naxtor72 thats the trick. when your playing your covering option. but when you tell the story it was all hard reads
@@boo453 In singles, it's definitely much more about predicting but covering options is still very important.
I can’t watch the video right now because I’m covering options a book
Sees a 1 and a half hour Wolfey wideo, 'well, that's me busy for next hour and a half'. I'm only ten mins in and know it's going to be amazing. Thanks for this, Wolfe 😁
:)
Spoiler: it was, in fact, amazing.
@@CJ-rx5fi lol it was indeed
Wolfe 🏅Wolfe
LOL
Wolfe: Thanks for the gold kind Wolfe
It’s scary that I (and others) know exactly which meme you’re referencing, despite the emoji being literally the only thing that could possibly give it away.
Who gets it has been on the internet way too much
Wolfe for president?
I don't play competitively at all so thank you so much for making the huge excitement of that match accessible to me.
Actual Pokemon master loves my Pokemon comment -- makes this one of the best days ever. Thank you Wolfe Glick!
53:47 When all you wanted was to be a cute little mouse but now you're in the most competitive world championship match with a flying snake god on your side against a fish with oversized fins and a roided out dinosaur.
It took me longer then i want to admit to figure out you were talking about the raichu
Po the Raichu in the Legendary palace, 2016 colorized.
the evolution of pikachu surrounded by 3 of the strongest mons in pokemon competitive history (excluding xerneas and smeargle)
He was just doing his best
What a coincidence. Or there is no coincidence. 😮
Hearing the backstories, emotions, and experiences during and before this match makes it even more amazing to watch. I remember watching this live and being thrilled that you won (and how crazy everyone went when they realized why you had that now-iconic expression, lmao).
I first learned about you when you were a guest in one of Aaron's videos (I think it featured a Charizard Y + Venusaur Pledge team?) back in 2015, and it's amazing to see how far you've come and how much success you're experiencing.
I stopped playing VGC in mid-2018 after becoming incredibly frustrated that I hadn't won any events over four different formats. I got back into Pokemon when Sword and Shield came out, and started playing VGC again last month. I remember I was on Twitch and had your channel recommended to me in the sidebar. I didn't know that you streamed, so I immediately followed. A couple weeks later, I tuned into one of your lesson/lecture streams about "getting started in VGC," and your stream was the push that got me playing again. Pokemon was a huge part of my childhood, and being able to play it to this day and meet new people who share the same passion for it is an amazing experience for me.
I know I'm not really anybody, but thanks for all the wholesome and honest content over the years. Your dedication to the game and its community really shows.
This is the most beautiful Pokemon comment I've ever read
@@Akyure bless
Not gonna lie, I was kinda worried I made it *too* much, but I'm glad to see that it's not
We need a Pokemon documentary like the Smash doc.
@@somebonehead Wholesome competitive pocket monsters youtube channel comment *o*
10/10 would read wholesome experiences again. I hope the VGCs have been going good :)
Typically reaction videos are pretty dumb, but this is more of a play by play analysis. You provide more insight than someone just "reacting" to a video.
Yes but people click on it more if I title it reaction
It’s like seeing into his brain
Gigantamax Brain
😊😊
Wolfey hard reads his audience, world champ difference baybee
The fact that Brandon Zheng had to finish the fucking delta episode between rounds just to unlock M-Ray mid tourney is honestly hilarious
Man had 2 years to finish it and yet he didn’t.
ya know, reading Jonathan's report, I realized how impactful a lot of the decisions made in this game were. Jonathan mentions several points where he talks about missing the obvious decisions, such as protecting in front of swords dance, when using eruption would have won him the second game, or how if he had just spent an hour to double check his spreads and fix his gengar's evs, he'd have a 25% chance to survive origin pulse in game two, meaning he'd have the ability to maintain weather control. It really is absolutely insane how much work is put in to be on that stage, and how deserved it truly is. Congrats Wolfe, I can without a doubt say that you've proven yourself.
How to comp players change evs like that in the tournament tho, do they change them in legit ways or do they hack
@Booba I think Jonathan meant double-checking his spread before the tournament. You’re right that you can’t change anything about your team once you lock it in, and nobody cheats/hacks to do so; it’s impossible. But Origin Pulse is a really common move he could have calc’d and optimized his spread for, he only realized that in hindsight.
Legit these casters are fantastic, there's not many esports where the casters can actually live explain to the audience the thought process that the players themselves are actually going through.
This Could be 3 hours and I'd still watch every second. The World Champ giving full detailed analysis on his championship match? We are all richer for having this. Thank you.
Totally agree, hated when he said he wouldn't talk anymore of the previous night and how they build the team :( could watch a 5 hour long wideo just about that, no match needed.
Facts
Ezrael: "1 Egg hatched"
Wolfey" "302 Eggs hatched"
Both rookie numbers
@@finnafishfl maybe for shiny hunting but for iv breeding once you get a 6iv ditto it’s pretty easy from there
@@Skylark0000 breedibg with hacked dittos is shameful! Lolol jk but I refused to do it. I used to use friend safari dittos and had like every IV spread for every egg group lol
@@finnafishfl Well RNG manipulated perfect dittos aren’t hacked, so I imagine thats what most competitive players would use.
Ezrael: "0 PP up"
Wolfey: "3 PP up"
sorry.
The most iconic turn, and it was basically a "bad play".
Somehow that makes it even better!
Dude I literally watches 52 minutes of this video without even knowing. Your in depth analysis of each play actually makes this very entertaining to watch.
Wolfey: *is super methodical and strategic about avoiding RNG, making sure not to bet a World Championship on move accuracy*
Aaron: I've taught you well
Day seven of asking my guy WolfeyVGC: build the Eiscue team. #cuecrew
:O
Yes pls
#CueCrew >:)
#cuecrew
better be choice specs
I'm not a Pokemon player, but these videos are fascinating to hear the background and strategy behind everything. Would definitely watch more of these!
1:18:45 What you were all waiting for
Thank you
That one always makes me laugh 😂
Thanks
Thanks man
Thanks
Been a fan since just before the big blow up and I've seen all your videos now. This was kind of a big deal to watch, it feels special to have you talk us through your most career defining moment. Thank you Wolfe, that was awesome.
Honestly this was the first VGC match I ever watched, and I don't think I'd be so into the scene if it wasn't for this match. You immediately became my favorite competitor and I decided that half the reason I wanted to play was to battle against you ( as corny as that sounds) I was fortunate enough to battle you on the ladder this year where you made on hard read and smacked me, and I just use it as motivation to strive to get better because I try to set high standards for myself and I don't enjoy losing, so thank you Wolfey for really getting me into the scene that I have come to enjoy so much!
Pokemon needs to make an anime except it’s not in the Pokémon universe but in the real world and it’s about vgc. I feel like that would be interesting.
I was fantasizing about a vgc format gym league set in galar with Wolfey as the champion recently. It's important to mention that Wolfe keeps winning against challengers with stupid meme sets that they dont know how to deal with.
So they should just hold a vgc tournament ?
Yeah they do that bud.
Sounds like Gundam Build Fighters, great idea.
@@sirocco2810 no he's saying they should make an anime about vgc
i think it would be really interesting if it was still in the pokemon universe, but it was very heavily focused on calculations and numbers and uses the vgc format
Love your vids man, you are the main reason I got into competitive pokemon!
WolfeyVGC Although you may have ruined my sleep schedule lol
All free time is now diverted to Pokémon time
I took a thirty minute nap and came back. It’s still the intro.
XD
Over a year and a half later this is one of my favourite wideos to come back to. The analysis, the gameplay, it all comes together perfectly. I’ve watched it too many times to count at this point. To me, this game encapsulates all the things I love about vgc and I’m glad that you brought a spotlight on it
28:10 Clicked on link, sent to TH-cam, mad props to the lad who decided to Rick Roll everyone watching the match
It was funny
I am Jafar can’t believe you are jafar.
LOL didn't notice this until I read your comment
1:26:35 RIP to the Judge who Wolfey left hanging lol
Yikes...I cringed for him
Jotaro Kujo, what are you doing here?
@@RamdozaCh Watching my favorite vgc champion.......yare yare daze
NOOOOO poor judge!!!!
Drink the pain away judge.
Wolfe: this wideo is so long I hope you guys don’t mind
Me: I’m essential on house arrest
How are you essential on house arrest?
Sha Bala hey man, you can’t have a house arrest without someone under house arrest. The someone part is very essential
Anton Nabadnamer basically
You should also react to the 2015 italian national final , in wich Pardini won with a 1hp Bisharp
:O
Can you link it? Can't seem to find it...
@@jonathanbernhard5418 search 2015 italian national vgc
i love how much caos Wolfeys "wideos" used to be, I MISS IT!
Bro wolfey looks badass back then holy shit. I’ve never seen a more looking gangsta Pokémon trainer then Wolfey bro.
I’m 33 minutes in and honestly your analysis of turn 1 just made me realise how incredibly good at Pokemon you have to be to get to a good competitive level. Wow man. Well done.
33:34 "Sorry this is probably more in depth than you guys care about but I'm gonna talk about it." - Literally me to all my friends when I talk about Pokemon, even the friends who do play. I would like to just sit and talk to Wolfey for a few hours about this stuff, I don't get bored of it.
Fr
these videos that go over very important pokemon matches are super interesting and entrataining. you should do it for every final honestly
So when Wolfe does The Face on The Turn, everyone focuses on him, but looking at Jonathan when he SDs, that's the face of a man who knows he's screwed.
Hey Wolfey, hope you’re doing well and having a great day! 😊 Just finished watching you win the Players Cup 2!! I’m so happy for you!! Such a truly masterful display Wolfey!! Really congratulations man!! Was rooting for you the whole way and I think I speak for all of us when I say that we’re so proud of you!! 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊
Hey Wolfe, love your content and you are super entertaining! Excited every time i see you uploaded!
Thank you dog man
Thank you dog man
Thank you dog man
Thank you dog man
Thank you dog man
I still remember watching this live. Even though I live in the SF Bay Area, I wasn't able to attend on Finals day due to the spectator rules. Wonder if TPCi will do that again this year (assuming Worlds doesn't get cancelled)
:)
This was super helpful for learning a proper mindset in both battling and team building. I also like the retrospective on past sets, since it gives insight into your "correct" plays and the "perfect" plays, and how many times both of those align for you.
It's called a pop filter. Basically it filters out any strong "p" "b" and "t" sounds that normally sound really loud and obnoxious in recording. Basically you'll just sound really good lol
Caesar Bryant oh, I thought it was to protect the mic from spit🤣🤣
@@bepe4279 that is its true purpose in audio production. It originally was used with ribbon microphones to 'filter' out anything from entering the mechanism. The way to remove hard 'p' sounds, is to use correct mic technique. Now pop filters are used because they slightly remove those sounds, which makes it easier for amateurs.
Louie Hills sick!
Technically, does it do both?
@@bepe4279 oh it definitely does both 🤣
Oh cool
This battle got me into vgc and is the reason I like it so much. The story, the commentary and above all that play and Wolfey looking at the camera, that was just *chef’s kiss*
Listening to this man dissect his own finals match is insane. The level of detail and explanation is incredible.
VGC is such a bizarre format to me because you can see Primal Groudon next to Primal Kyogre up against Raichu and Hitmontop in a world championship match, and the guy with the Raichu and Hitmontop wins.
Making mistakes yet it pays off? I prefer the term:
“Calculated Risk”
this is my fav video on your channel i watch it when i have an hour to spare i love seeing you break down your thoughts in this great moment of your life
"This is a long one for me"
Future Wolfey: laughs in 4 hours of Glaceon
Wolfey, no need to apologize for the length of the video! It’s really informative and the details are super helpful. You really help us get into the thought process of a champion. People who care about this stuff will watch the entire video. It’s good content!
I was actually there for this event! It was what inspired me to get into competitive, It took a few years to get to the point where I had enough time to start, but I'm competing in my first (unofficial) tournament in a week or so now and I owe it all to this match!
Can I get an update on your journey?
I love how someone had to play the delta episode the entire day just so they could mega evolve Rayquaza.
A year later it’s time for a wolfie reacts to wolfie reacting to wolfie winning chanmpionship
28:32 that handshake looks almost like a painting lmao. Wolfe seems calm, collected whereas the newcomer jonathan evans is like reaching out from his seat to meet his hand, looks a bit more thrown off lol. IDK I just find the body language funny
Amazing video, the play by play commentary was really interesting. I love how a large part of the matchup between teams with Pokémon like Mega Gengar, Mega Rayquaza and the primals was the dynamic of Raichu vs. Manectric! The resulting Rayquaza/Kyogre lead was really cool.
"And Wolfe was wearing glasses, to show that time had passed."
i understood that reference and that makes me feel vewwy special :]
Great video Wolfe, haven't seen it yet but it's probably true lol
:)
*wideo
Watched the whole thing man I’m really happy for you Wolfe. You accomplished your dreams bud nothing in the world could be more valuable than that. Respect man you’re a legend.
Wolfey: This wideo's so long I hope you don't mind,
Me in isolation watching his back catalogue to fill out my days: ... ... ...
This wideo was amazing Wolfey! I love hearing about what's going on in your head, especially during these super competitive matches. Helps us new players learn and get better at the game
"for a minute I thought Meowth was in my room, I'm like, what's that?" he's lost it
this is the first vgc match i ever showed my father, who knew nothing about competitive pokemon. after the match, he told me he was able to understand everything that happened. truly one of the greatest matches in vgc history
Nodody:
Wolfey: “ I think I lost that water bottle at that tournament”
😂😂😂
Love you man ❤️
The only player to admit losing his bottle!
WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BABAYYY!
It’s actually criminal how this isn’t at a million views yet, I’ve watched this every time it’s been in my recommended for the past year.
anyone notice how wolfes handler went to give him a high-five after he won and was left hanging
Oof
Poor guy
I've watched this match so many times, but it's even more amazing to hear what your thought process was in the moment! Awesome wideo Wolfey, I'd love to see more wideos like this for sure
I've said it before, I'll say it again; someone really needs to just make an anime out of this at this point. It has everything.
Promise with a friend to win worlds
Battle with said friend in the top 4
You guys and your pokeball necklace during worlds
Aaron commentating
It just all needs to be an anime.
You should do it. Dedicate your life to learning how to animate and become famous for this
Rewatching this video now after seeing the players cup. It's, frankly, kinda scary how much you have improved after this match. The early game choices specially. I enjoy seeing you bring entirely different leads even if the first ones worked, just displaying the flexibility of the team to make it harder to predict pretty much anything even later into the game. I lost my train of thought but yea, good going and nice to see you have not reached your prime yet.
this is literally perfectly in depth... this is the content some of us are looking to see, AND its long, so you get paid more for it. dont ever stop super analysis
Woah there fella, there are some wideo in your ads that I’ll watch anyways ‘cause I love you
:3
It’s still more minutes between ads than a 15 minute video with 2 ads. Seems fair to me, especially when not every ad procs. There are creators who put 3 ads in a 10 minute video. I’m not mad
Was wondering what his back ground is cuz he has no accent but evrytime he says video lolol Wolfe’s the man tho looking like a he just got finished doing a job Paul gotier cologne shoot lol #Pimpin at worlds
Mikey Khan yeah it took me a while to figure out that he does that on purpose as a joke lol
Shoutouts to Aaron Cybertron Zheng! Great dood, so cool to hear that the two of you have been best Pokemon buds since the beginning :D
35 minutes in:
“We are ready for Game 1 of the finals!”
You’re insane wolf. I really hope you win 2023! Good luck
I was watching this live in the middle of the night (Germany timezone) and back then I wasn't that good at competitive thinking, but watching you're reactions in the facecam made me feel like I understood what was going on. Still one of the best matches I've ever seen!
28:08 The link leads to a Rick Roll lol
I can confirm
yeah I tried it
He said dont do it lol
C’mon guys you need to comment something like “I really thought this was a Rickroll” so people visit the link.
This game was what really got me into VGC despite the meta. Thanks always Wolfey
This is incredible content, Wolfe. You're such an admirable guy and I love hearing the story of your success from your POV.
I can't explain just how much valuable information this format provided.
I hope you get back to it sometime cause its pure gold
BEAUTIFUL insight !!! This is the match that got me into VGC. I was a casual for 18years until I saw this match ( I'm 26 now ) . This match made me learn EVs , IVs , predictions , foresight AND hindsight . I appreciate you Wolfey . You changed my life FOREVER . Now I'm the person who teaches others about wise plays and preparing for the end game . THANK YOU WOLFEY !!! Can't wait to see you win worlds again !!!!!! Can't wait to see you in the finals !!!!!
I remember watching this match, it was filled with so much controversy and I was new to the vgc field so I ended up having a horrible opinion, befause of others, on Wolfe for a long time but now I’m so glad Wolfe has started to stream and do his TH-cam career cause now I can see who Wolfe really is and appreciate him and his plays.
Could you please elaborate? I’d love to hear it. I was already a Wolfe fan boy at the time, so that might be why I don’t remember it that way, but I was also too busy with school to be paying a huge amount of attention. Was it that his misplay was read as a really risky read, and his camera glare was taken as disrespectful?
What I remember was that the first offense was just in general what Wolfe said, the meta was trash so everyone already had disdain for the two finalist. The second was the timer situation, a lot of people were accusing Wolfe of being a time staller throughout the competition even though his opponent did the same and many do it still. There was many false accusations saying he only wins through time stalling and blah blah. And then the last was the beef between the two opponents and I know a lot of the other sides fanboys ended up painting Wolfe as an egotistical snobbish person.
Now that I know Wolfe, I know he doesn’t try to timestall on purpose it’s just he’s constantly overthinking things and playing mind chess over every little situation haha
I love Wolfe now and appreciate him and I just wished I didn’t listen to the idiots back then because I ended up just ignoring his adventure through the years because of some dumb opinions
wolfe saying "wideo" does something weird to my heart rate.
great video! you should do this with all the world championships, i love your insight and view on the game. i would suggest the 2017 championship bc i think that’s an incredible and underrated series!
I‘ve not been here in a while, this is way more sophisticated than I recall
No, the in depth analysis is WHY I watch you. I can find meme teams and throwing for content anywhere. But I can’t think this deeply about the game on my own. Please do more content like this
I have watched this wideo 4 times over the last year; and the match itself more than I can remember and will continue to do so as Wolfe possesses a skillset like no other. Never change Wolfe
I know nothing about competitive Pokemon and there was so much information thrown into this video that I feel inspired to play some online matches. Very cool hearing your story very much enjoyed it.
P.S. I wached it all the way to the end lol.
My favorite video you've ever made :)
I could watch 100 hours of this commentary. Not only am I big entertained, but I've also been wanting to get into VGC for a few years now, but I always felt like I wasn't good enough and I didn't quite know how to reach that next level. But seeing such a high level of play and hearing the inner workings of what's happening is really useful in terms of "how do I play this game". Thanks Wolfe, I hope to see a million more wideos like this