This video was made my by incredibly talented friend, Gio. Gio and I decided to collaborate and host the video on my channel in order to help get more eyes on it. Sharing the stories of the Pokemon community is something I've been passionate about for a long time, and more than most of my content I'd really appreciate your help in doing so. Liking, commenting, and most importantly sharing the video on social media and with people you think would enjoy it could really help this video reach its full potential, and could help ensure we can make more of these. As is probably apparent, Gio put an unbelievable amount of work into this video, and the better the video does the more likely we are to be able to justify more of these. I'd like to give a huge thank you to Aaron as well for sharing his story and his time filming this. Check out Gio: twitter.com/the_one_gio Aaron Twitter: twitter.com/CybertronVGC Aaron TH-cam: th-cam.com/users/CybertronVGC
The amount of work really shows, the edits are great and the video is wholesome. My only gripe was the audio quality of the interview, that could be better if you do future videos like this. I hope this blows up!
You are my Sensei, i have Sensei Zheng, Sensei Wolfe, and learned dark tricky tricky judo from Sensei Thatsa+1… thank you Aaron for always giving us content and training I’ve learned so much from you.. i love seeing the behind the curtain content More! More! More! Yall are the best
You and Wolfey have single-handedly revitalized Pokemon both as a franchise and a passion for me, not to mention your awesome content has kept me company through the depressive shitstorm of COVID. Super grateful for all the hard work and dedication you relentlessly put out; thanks for everything Aaron
@@WolfeyVGC This is such a valuable piece of history Wolfey! Especially as it chronicles the start of Esports and how video games were becoming a cultural mainstay. This story would be impossible nowadays, but it seems he was a pioneer for the new age we live in.
This is my favorite Pokemon video I've ever seen and by a pretty big margin. Could not be happier that a video like this was made and I would absolutely love to see more Pokemon stories told like this in the future. Incredible work!
I say this with upmost honesty, this feels so professonal that if it was uploaded on an offical Pokémon channel, I wouldn't be surprized. This is an amazing effort, show outs to everyone who worked on it and I'll go and throw Gio a sub because this is top notch.
Said it on Twitter and I'll say it here too. Aaron is a genuinely down to earth human being who I've had the joy to interact and speak with during our time in the WBE. Regardless of how limited our interactions were, he was always a kind and supportive individual to me. Despite having no reason to do any of it. It's something I will never forget. So to see his journey. Everything leading up to where he is now. And the beautiful presentation of it all by Gio. It's honestly heartwarming. It's inspiring and only reaffirms my belief in the fact that he has deserved and earned every single bit of this. I'm so glad that this video was made for everybody, including myself to see. I hope he continues to find the utmost of success, happiness and the world title that's simply long overdue for him at this point. Amazing work! Hope to see much more of this bro!
Damn. The family aspect of this is so wholesome. Dad driving frikkin 10 hours for an event, family vacations through aaron and lil bro winning tournaments. Aaron parents doing parenting right. I hope I can do the same for my daughter once shes older
Aaron, Wolfe, Ray, Sejun, they all got me into competitive Pokemon when I was in middle school around 2012 by watching their matches online. Even though I have never been to a live event because of my inability to travel frecuently and the part of the country I live, I've been following the scene for years because of them. Now I'm almost close to completing med school and feel like I've somehow been friends with you guys all this time, such a pleasure to see you all grow!
This was great. Though I’m older than Aaron, I look up to him. What he’s been able to do at his age is nothing short of amazing. Keep doing what you’re doing man. With school, work and TH-cam, the way you handle everything is top notch and is good motivation for many people.
Hey Wolfe, just want to say you’ve done a great job spreading the competitive Pokémon scene to a wide audience. I wholeheartedly believe that mainly you and False Swipe Gaming have made the western competitive audience what it is today. Stay groovy
It was FSG's series and Wolfe's videos that got me looking back into Pokemon since early Gen 2. Never played the games when I was a kid and ecen now I play singles on Showdown... As the biggest casual ever. But it's fun to pop in, play a few matches and move on. And that's something I wouldnt do if it wasnt for these two channels
This is so well done! I love hearing Aaron's story and how supportive his parents are. Here's to hoping this becomes the first of many docu-style vids, it would be awesome to hear more stories from the PKMN community. 👍
Amazing video, Loved watching every second of it. One thing that stood out to me was that Aaron's dad drove him an 8 hour drive for his Nationals is just amazing to me. I don't think many people would that.
When Aaron's flight was cancelled and his dad saw how sad he was and decided to drive him all the way there.. CAN YOU NINJAS STOP CHOPPING THOSE ONIONS FOR 2 SECONDS DAMN IT!!
I watch Aaron's videos religiously despite the fact I don't even play anymore. But this video just made my respect for the man go sky high. Almost shed a tear multiple times, man. This is amazing, and thankyou so much for everyone that worked so hard to bring this video to us.
Crazy to watch this channel go from an hour long unedited intro, to a video like this. It looks so professional, great work to everyone involved. Vgc history stuff is always super interesting and I'd love to see more, whether or not it has this level of production.
Cybertron is the reason I started playing VGC back in ORAS days. To this day I'm excited to hear that iconic opening of his and see the way his gears turn while in battle. I'm a forever fan and I've got to see Aaron grow up into an amazing player. Keep it up!!
It made me cry. When I heard your dad drove you when you missed your flight, what an amazing family and person you are Aaron. 🙂 thanks wolfey this video made my day
I never expected to get so emotional while watching a video about a competitive Pokémon player but Aaron's story almost brought a tear to my eye. Also shout-out to Gio, all the effort he put in really shows! My only criticism is that it wouldn't have hurt to equip Aaron with a microphone of his own since the echo did get a bit rough at times.
This brought a tear to my eye - been watching both you and Aaron for many years, really goes to show how brilliant Pokemon is for such a number of people and the pair of you have brought a lot of those people together.
This is so good. I love Aaron's videos and I watch them practically every day. It's so refreshing to watch someone so positive and wholesome, breaking down the game in such an analytical way. Never tilting from bad RNG, acknowledging when luck helps him out, and talking through each turn and how to mitigate different RNG based mechanics. Luck stuff aside, he's such a helpful teacher and passionate player - and a super hype commentator! What an awesome video - thanks Gio and Aaron and Wolfe for collaborating and making this. It's so interesting to hear what it like to compete at such a high level from you who experienced it first hand.
Wow this totally came out of left field and I am absolutely floored at the production quality. Gio, your product is top notch, Wolfey, this is one of the best platforms i could imagine to host this on considering the growing popularity of the channel and the audience, and of course, Aaron, in a field with so much negativity and toxicity you are always by #1 go to for someone who looks on the bright side of things, regardless of how many will o wisps you miss.
This video is incredibly well done, I really love it! The editing is great and it's formatted very well. I'd love to see more videos in this style. Plus I'm always happy to learn more about some of my favorite VGC players. Now if only he could hit a Will-O-Wisp.
Hey Aaron! Found ur channel when I first started playing VGC in 2017 and have been following u since! I remember running into u on the ladder and u wrecked me in 2 turns! Your videos have helped me grow a lot as a player and I hit top 150 on the ladder in sword and shield in the earlier seasons! Credit goes out to u for the accomplishment I was able to achieve thanks to ur educational yet entertaining content!
This video was amazing and I honestly shed a tear when Babytron won the championship and you saw Aaron jump up and cheer. Well done to everyone involved and a continued massive respect to Aaron for all his hard work. I wish I had found him earlier because I love VGC now and I know he would have pulled me in if I had known better earlier.
Having been part of the competitive scene for so long... having always played, competed, watched and followed closely its development... and seeing this being made about Aaron, the first Top VGC player to share his knowledge, a senpai to many of us looking to improve over the years, and one of the main references of the scene... It made me feel very emotional and nostalgic, I am so happy this was made, this is one of my favourite videos period. Gio, Aaron, Wolfey and everybody else envolved, you all did an amazing job
Wow! This video is completely awe inspiring. Wolfey, you and Aaron are the two players I started following in 2017 when I decided it was time to try VGC instead of just Singles on Showdown. You guys are truly an inspiration to me. I lost my motivation for competitive Pokemon shortly after the pandemic started and the first event I was ever about to take part in got cancelled, but lately I've wanted to get back into it and this video was exactly what I needed to really cement that desire. Absolutely amazing work from all parties involved in the making of this.
this video genuinely made me cry, not only from the care put into it and the love in these stories but it reminded me that aaron and his little brother were what got me into competitive pokemon at the time. i was around his little brother's age and aaron was the same age as my older cousin who actually got me into the series, reminded that my experience mirrors his makes me so emotional. he even went to the tournament where brendan won!
I teared up a lot during this video. I can empathize with having supportive parents who believe in your dreams as much as you do. I can only pray that I do that well as a parent. Aaron was my first true exposure to competitive pokemon just a couple years ago. His perspective is amazing, and he seems so friendly and down to earth. I'm so glad you guys made this video in his honor. He deserves all the accolades, and hopefully he can become world champion someday.
This was absolutely beautiful, really inspiring. Three days ago, I told myself: "You have started to watch Wolfey and somehow competitive Pokémon has always been something you wanted to do but never started. Why not start now?" and yesterday I have successfully bred a perfect IV Cottonee with Prankster (still working on that nature tho!) and trust me, I felt like "wow this is already a step. It's a good step." I can imagine how some people might laugh "it's just one Pokémon with perfect IVs, nothing more" but to me this is a huge deal. Everybody starts at the bottom and this video showed me that no matter what: You can achieve big things if you try your best. Really excited for everything to come for me :)
This video made me cry, I am really thankful for this awesome job. Aaron's story is always inspiring for any players and content creators as myself, I am really glad to be in this community and know this story.
These "The Smash Brothers" style docs are starting to pop up more and more recently and I am here for it. Whether it's Smash, YU-GI-OH, or Pokemon, learning about these rich competitive scenes is always super interesting and I'm super glad to see one like this come to life on this channel!
@@ducky36F A channel called Roobindale (also known as Swagkage) has been working on one for a bit I believe. I think the first section of it has been out for a while now, but the full thing hasn't come out yet.
Both Wolfey and Cybertron have been such an inspiration for people who love Pokémon. I’ve been able to love and appreciate competitive Pokémon thanks to them and have gotten into building competitive teams and going to tournaments. Always keep up the great content as I love all the videos!
I’ve never thought of Pokémon much in a serious light until about half a year ago - roughly when I found Wolfe’s channel. Now at 22, I love the idea of playing competitively, and wish I got involved when I was younger. I may not have had any success, but I would like to believe it would have given me the ability to enjoy competitive Pokémon much in the way Wolfe and Aaron do. Not only have they had fun from their youth playing a video game they care about, but they can continue to do so with the love and support of their individual communities and the Competitive community. While I don’t believe I’ll ever have the skills necessary to compete in a tournament, nor the ability to master and memorize certain facts and elements, I do still enjoy practicing, building teams (usually not very good ones, instead opting for silly, fun and thematic ones) and more. To both Wolfe and Aaron; thank you for continuing to showcase competitive Pokémon. People like me can still enjoy the thrill of competitive Pokémon without being good at it ourselves. Especially for people like me, who feel too old and inexperienced to start, we can enjoy high-stakes, high-intensity battles. Tournaments, random online battles, whatever it may be. Please continue all the hard work you’ve put in for the community (but don’t overwork yourselves)! We appreciate it, even if we don’t voice it, and maybe even more than you can imagine.
This wideo is actually incredible. I loved watching Aaron talk about his story and learned so much about the history of the scene. I love watching your competitive pokemon history wideos and would love to see more
This was incredible Wolfey. What an incredible member of the community Aaron is, and how lucky he is to have a friend like you to make this content in his honor
While Wolfey and his vids made me interested into VGC some years back, it was Aaron vids, guides and his vgc series that i watched the most and learned from them, its so nice to see this video and how supportive this community can be, props to you Wolfey and Gio for making this video, its pretty entertaining and would be great to see more of this format
So fucking huge video. You guys captured perfectly the essence of what this game means, or should means, to everyone of us who keep playing through the years, im legit on tears hahaha. I made my few steps like playing the IC of Berlin en 2019, and it is still one of the best moments of my life, even ending up 3-6, the sensation of competing with the best in the world, and sharing this with all the friends you made along the way, its just speechless. Thank you so much for reviving this part of o me, and for making me remenber why i am still playing this game. Greetings from Spain.
This is such a beautiful tribute to a man that’s done so much for the Pokémon community at large. I watch his vids all the time and it’s helped me get a greater understanding and appreciation for VGC and competitive Pokémon overall. Both he and you have really helped rekindle my love of Pokémon since Sw/Sh released
This is quite probably one of the most touching stories that I have seen. I remember when small 14-year-old me was watching the national championships and was like " I wanna get better at this", and Aaron's channel was the first one I found, and then in 2016 when Aaron was commentating and Wolfe won I was glued to my phone the whole time. Little did I know that 8-9 years later I would be in my senior year of college and still watching videos from the two of you. This video not only touches me because of Aaron's story, but also I got to take a look at my past and to see how you all have had an impact on me. I hope you all keep creating, and creating an impact, both in the community and outside of it. You all are great! Gio I hope you can make more videos like this, because I will for sure be watching them
This is an absolutely amazing video! I’m pretty new to Pokémon scene and don’t know too much, so videos like this where we can see the story behind the players is just perfect! Thank you to everyone who put in the work to make this video happen and I would definitely love to see more in the future. Also fun fact, I actually saw Aaron’s speech live, so it was cool to see it featured.
This was a phenomenal video. Incredibly well produced and edited. I loved watching Aaron's videos to get into competitive Pokemon battling and I'm so grateful for you guys highlighting him and the tremendous influence he has had on the game. Awesome work!
This was so well made and put together! The storytelling, transitions, music, those first-hand videos from past competitions! Fantastic work Gio, Wolfe and everyone else who contributed. Looking forward to seeing more of these stories!
I'm happy you made this! Cybertron is for sure my favorite player! He taught me soo much and by watching his content I've become a player that realistically can crack the top 100 in the world in any given season! Not only that but his great attitude even when losing is sooo admirable! And he helps me sleep too I oftentimes throw on a r2r playlist to play in the background while i sleep! Three cheers for THE MAN AARON "CYBERTRON" ZHENG!
This gave me chills and almost brought me to tears :') I follow you, Aaron and James since the begining leading my way into competitive, thanks for all the work you guys put in it! I'll also check Gio from now on! Shout out from a brazilian fan!
Incredibly high quality production, it felt like a Netflix special. A great story, super well told, genuinely brought me to tears. I loved seeing those little snippets of Traylor, Rizzo, Glick, and others too, that was very fun. Stunning content, keep it up!
This did my heart good to finally see a spotlight on Aaron. He's a good dude, excellent player and dynamic content creator I watch daily and he deserves the praise he gets.
4:29 Idk why but hearing that brought me to tears... What a father you have man... Your so blessed... That means your father truly loved his son knowing you were devistated over a game! Something im sure he couldn't relate to at al!! But it didnt matter he just wanted to make his son happy and that is truly a beautiful thing.. me as a son whos father never even bought me a pair of shoes or a tshirt .. just makes me happy knowing that theyre are amazing dads out there so thanks dad for your unconditional love to your son
As a kid I remember playing the original Red and Blue version and having a wonderful time playing and trying to be the best player in my friend group… Fast forward to present day as an adult, and I’m more excited to be like Aaron’s father! How amazing to have both of your kids be able to chase their dreams and make it onto THE WORLD STAGE FINALS!! This was obviously a labor of love. Thanks for sharing this.
This was just beautiful. It was interesting, emotional, the production was phenomenal, just everything about this video is great. And the story of Aaron Zheng's journey is just so interesting and heartwarming, it truly is inspirational to all of us Pokemon players. Aaron genuinely seems like one of the nicest people in the scene. I love it ❤️
I am glad finding this kinda content in Wolf's channel after browsing in his channel. I really loved watching VCG 2018 and re-watched some of 2016. I grew really attached to arron as a commentator. Thank you for all the hard work, everyone.
This video is amazing! What a great unexpected surprise. I'm blown away by both how well this is produced as well as how touching it was. Phenomenal work Gio!
This is so inspiring. I am 30 years old and I watch every video that Aaron puts out.I've modeled my gameplay around his and I was able to make top 500 ranked doubles! Truly a staple in the Pokemon community. I really am grateful for seeing this video and I am looking forward to continuing to get better every day and someday win a tournament and make it to a VGC tournament. Thank you for this video Wolfey, a legend in your own right!
im starting to get into competitive pokemon specifically VGC and this is a huge inspiration for me to get into this incredible community and start pushing to take this more seriously. Thank you
Let's go Wolfe! What an example of using your platform for good! Thank you for working on this project. And thank you Gio, who I wasn't familiar with, for actually making this doc!
Wolfey you are amazing for this. Cybertron is one of my favorites to follow and watch play. You both teach me so much about competitive battling. Thank you for all you do!
What an incredible video. Both Aaron's story and the production of the video itself. Thank you, Wolfe and Gio, for sharing such great content through this channel, and Aaron, for sharing a beautiful chapter of his life and Pokemon history :D
Sincerely, the best Pokémon related content I’ve ever watched. Pokémon is seen as a kids game among my ‘peers’ and at 30 years old watching Aaron and Wolfe specifically gave me confidence to embrace my love for Pokémon rather than hide it away like a dirty little secret, that there is an enormous community of people my age who still love the game and now I confidently tell people that I love the game. Thank you for your content guys, it literally means the world ❤️
Thank you so much to everyone in this community. I love (competitive) Pokemon, but my anxiety gets the better of me and so the few events I've been to were more stressful than fun. Thanks to y'all I can still enjoy the games and events. The Worlds stream is the highlight of the year. This documentary perfectly captures how I feel about competitive Pokemon.
Very impressive video. I thought for sure pokemon made it because of how professional the quality was. Not only was the quality top notch, the video told a heartwarming story of one of our favorite community members. Would love to see more of these. Awesome job to everyone involved.
The quality of this video even gets back that suspense of these classic sets that I have seen, well, more than once. This interview does the GOAT of out game justice.
What an awesome video ! Thank you gio and wolfey for this. You're the one guys. And is beautiful to see the whole Carreer of Aaron until then, who is one of the Best person un the VGC community, simply loved it
This video was made my by incredibly talented friend, Gio. Gio and I decided to collaborate and host the video on my channel in order to help get more eyes on it. Sharing the stories of the Pokemon community is something I've been passionate about for a long time, and more than most of my content I'd really appreciate your help in doing so. Liking, commenting, and most importantly sharing the video on social media and with people you think would enjoy it could really help this video reach its full potential, and could help ensure we can make more of these. As is probably apparent, Gio put an unbelievable amount of work into this video, and the better the video does the more likely we are to be able to justify more of these. I'd like to give a huge thank you to Aaron as well for sharing his story and his time filming this.
Check out Gio: twitter.com/the_one_gio
Aaron Twitter: twitter.com/CybertronVGC
Aaron TH-cam: th-cam.com/users/CybertronVGC
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The amount of work really shows, the edits are great and the video is wholesome. My only gripe was the audio quality of the interview, that could be better if you do future videos like this. I hope this blows up!
You are my Sensei, i have Sensei Zheng, Sensei Wolfe, and learned dark tricky tricky judo from Sensei Thatsa+1… thank you Aaron for always giving us content and training I’ve learned so much from you.. i love seeing the behind the curtain content More! More! More! Yall are the best
Wolfe you are an incredible friend thank you for this beautiful biopic for you dear dear friend i love this and you both! Thank you!
I'm really grateful for Gio and Wolfe for making this happen - thank you so much and I hope everyone enjoys 💙
I love watching road to ranked, and you and Wolfey got me into playing VGC, thanks ❤️
You and Wolfey have single-handedly revitalized Pokemon both as a franchise and a passion for me, not to mention your awesome content has kept me company through the depressive shitstorm of COVID. Super grateful for all the hard work and dedication you relentlessly put out; thanks for everything Aaron
Forever the Goat, Keep up the good Work g
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You deserve this!
A lot of love went into every frame of this video, I truly hope you enjoy.
It shows. Well done!
This was amazing work Gio. Loved watching it!
Thank you for all your hard work. Your a good friend. Really loved this short documentary.
the attention to detail and the immense amount of dedication you put into your work is beyond inspiring, Gio, thank you!
You’re killing me with this one
what an unbelievable video. love the preservation of the history that means little to some but SO MUCH to so many of us
Thank you for the support dawg it is very much appreciated
@@WolfeyVGC This is such a valuable piece of history Wolfey! Especially as it chronicles the start of Esports and how video games were becoming a cultural mainstay. This story would be impossible nowadays, but it seems he was a pioneer for the new age we live in.
Chad is better than you
@@WolfeyVGC Wolf you blocked me on twitter and I haven't even interacted with you. Coward.
This is my favorite Pokemon video I've ever seen and by a pretty big margin. Could not be happier that a video like this was made and I would absolutely love to see more Pokemon stories told like this in the future. Incredible work!
Thanks John
I absolutely am in the same boat
I agree. This video was amazing. Amazing story.
Such a fantastic video. Love Aaron and Gio did an amazing job.
Thanks Joey
Really great job
Aaron Zheng sets the standard for what many of us professional adults consider an amazing hobby that keeps us sane.
@Nora this isn't the time nora
incredible video :)
Oh hello sir
Thank you Jacob
@alpharad hi Ellie’s friend
I say this with upmost honesty, this feels so professonal that if it was uploaded on an offical Pokémon channel, I wouldn't be surprized. This is an amazing effort, show outs to everyone who worked on it and I'll go and throw Gio a sub because this is top notch.
This is so wholesome. Aaron is such a good face for the scene. He is knowledgeable and it’s clear he puts a lot of heart into everything he does.
This is so incredibly well produced holy moly. Best Pokemon video I've seen in a long time.
Said it on Twitter and I'll say it here too.
Aaron is a genuinely down to earth human being who I've had the joy to interact and speak with during our time in the WBE. Regardless of how limited our interactions were, he was always a kind and supportive individual to me. Despite having no reason to do any of it. It's something I will never forget. So to see his journey. Everything leading up to where he is now. And the beautiful presentation of it all by Gio. It's honestly heartwarming. It's inspiring and only reaffirms my belief in the fact that he has deserved and earned every single bit of this. I'm so glad that this video was made for everybody, including myself to see. I hope he continues to find the utmost of success, happiness and the world title that's simply long overdue for him at this point. Amazing work! Hope to see much more of this bro!
These feels like a netflix documentary, huge props guys! and so nice to see it focus on Aaron, he's so wholesome and educational
Damn. The family aspect of this is so wholesome. Dad driving frikkin 10 hours for an event, family vacations through aaron and lil bro winning tournaments. Aaron parents doing parenting right. I hope I can do the same for my daughter once shes older
the quality on this is actually crazy, good job Gio!
I love how proud y'all are to share your friends' stories like this, really beautiful stuff. What an incredible path to follow
This video is absolutely incredible! I love Aaron's story and the presentation of this video is insane!!! Great job Wolfe & Gio 💖
we need to know your story
When is yours James?
Super insightful on VGC history too as someone not very involved in the scene. Big thanks to all involved
Thank you for watching!
this video is so sweet and encouraging, i don’t know much about competitive pokemon; but this video really did make me tear up haha
Thank you for watching!
Aaron, Wolfe, Ray, Sejun, they all got me into competitive Pokemon when I was in middle school around 2012 by watching their matches online. Even though I have never been to a live event because of my inability to travel frecuently and the part of the country I live, I've been following the scene for years because of them. Now I'm almost close to completing med school and feel like I've somehow been friends with you guys all this time, such a pleasure to see you all grow!
This was great. Though I’m older than Aaron, I look up to him. What he’s been able to do at his age is nothing short of amazing. Keep doing what you’re doing man. With school, work and TH-cam, the way you handle everything is top notch and is good motivation for many people.
I think my favorite part of this video is learning that Aaron's intro hasn't really changed in eight years. Don't mess with perfection. Great vid.
Hey Wolfe, just want to say you’ve done a great job spreading the competitive Pokémon scene to a wide audience. I wholeheartedly believe that mainly you and False Swipe Gaming have made the western competitive audience what it is today. Stay groovy
It was FSG's series and Wolfe's videos that got me looking back into Pokemon since early Gen 2. Never played the games when I was a kid and ecen now I play singles on Showdown... As the biggest casual ever.
But it's fun to pop in, play a few matches and move on. And that's something I wouldnt do if it wasnt for these two channels
This is so well done! I love hearing Aaron's story and how supportive his parents are.
Here's to hoping this becomes the first of many docu-style vids, it would be awesome to hear more stories from the PKMN community. 👍
Thanks for watching
Amazing video, Loved watching every second of it.
One thing that stood out to me was that Aaron's dad drove him an 8 hour drive for his Nationals is just amazing to me. I don't think many people would that.
When Aaron's flight was cancelled and his dad saw how sad he was and decided to drive him all the way there.. CAN YOU NINJAS STOP CHOPPING THOSE ONIONS FOR 2 SECONDS DAMN IT!!
This is hands down the best piece of VGC content ever made on TH-cam.
Love both Aaron and World Champ Wolfey Glick, keep crushing it guys! 🙌
I watch Aaron's videos religiously despite the fact I don't even play anymore. But this video just made my respect for the man go sky high. Almost shed a tear multiple times, man. This is amazing, and thankyou so much for everyone that worked so hard to bring this video to us.
Crazy to watch this channel go from an hour long unedited intro, to a video like this. It looks so professional, great work to everyone involved. Vgc history stuff is always super interesting and I'd love to see more, whether or not it has this level of production.
Cybertron is the reason I started playing VGC back in ORAS days. To this day I'm excited to hear that iconic opening of his and see the way his gears turn while in battle. I'm a forever fan and I've got to see Aaron grow up into an amazing player. Keep it up!!
This is one of the best videos on TH-cam. Truly an amazing story!
A man so influental, he helped make Will-O-Wisp a move worth using
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god damn this was awesome, literally felt like a Netflix doc. Hope Aaron wins a world championship he deserves it
This wideo is absolutely incredible. To all the people that worked on this, you've archieved something phenomenal.
I love watching Aaron's content almost every day. Gives me the VGC games I like to watch while Wolfey focuses on other wideos
It made me cry. When I heard your dad drove you when you missed your flight, what an amazing family and person you are Aaron. 🙂 thanks wolfey this video made my day
I never expected to get so emotional while watching a video about a competitive Pokémon player but Aaron's story almost brought a tear to my eye. Also shout-out to Gio, all the effort he put in really shows! My only criticism is that it wouldn't have hurt to equip Aaron with a microphone of his own since the echo did get a bit rough at times.
This brought a tear to my eye - been watching both you and Aaron for many years, really goes to show how brilliant Pokemon is for such a number of people and the pair of you have brought a lot of those people together.
This is so good. I love Aaron's videos and I watch them practically every day. It's so refreshing to watch someone so positive and wholesome, breaking down the game in such an analytical way. Never tilting from bad RNG, acknowledging when luck helps him out, and talking through each turn and how to mitigate different RNG based mechanics. Luck stuff aside, he's such a helpful teacher and passionate player - and a super hype commentator!
What an awesome video - thanks Gio and Aaron and Wolfe for collaborating and making this. It's so interesting to hear what it like to compete at such a high level from you who experienced it first hand.
Wow this totally came out of left field and I am absolutely floored at the production quality. Gio, your product is top notch, Wolfey, this is one of the best platforms i could imagine to host this on considering the growing popularity of the channel and the audience, and of course, Aaron, in a field with so much negativity and toxicity you are always by #1 go to for someone who looks on the bright side of things, regardless of how many will o wisps you miss.
geez aaron is literally the person I mostly watch since 2014. He deserves so much
This video is incredibly well done, I really love it! The editing is great and it's formatted very well. I'd love to see more videos in this style. Plus I'm always happy to learn more about some of my favorite VGC players.
Now if only he could hit a Will-O-Wisp.
As a newer fan to VGC but always appreciating you and Aaron as content creators, I really really enjoy this kinda thing
Hey Aaron! Found ur channel when I first started playing VGC in 2017 and have been following u since! I remember running into u on the ladder and u wrecked me in 2 turns! Your videos have helped me grow a lot as a player and I hit top 150 on the ladder in sword and shield in the earlier seasons! Credit goes out to u for the accomplishment I was able to achieve thanks to ur educational yet entertaining content!
This video was amazing and I honestly shed a tear when Babytron won the championship and you saw Aaron jump up and cheer. Well done to everyone involved and a continued massive respect to Aaron for all his hard work. I wish I had found him earlier because I love VGC now and I know he would have pulled me in if I had known better earlier.
Having been part of the competitive scene for so long... having always played, competed, watched and followed closely its development... and seeing this being made about Aaron, the first Top VGC player to share his knowledge, a senpai to many of us looking to improve over the years, and one of the main references of the scene...
It made me feel very emotional and nostalgic, I am so happy this was made, this is one of my favourite videos period. Gio, Aaron, Wolfey and everybody else envolved, you all did an amazing job
I cried several times watching this. I can't wait to see what's next for Aaron and the community.
Wow! This video is completely awe inspiring. Wolfey, you and Aaron are the two players I started following in 2017 when I decided it was time to try VGC instead of just Singles on Showdown. You guys are truly an inspiration to me. I lost my motivation for competitive Pokemon shortly after the pandemic started and the first event I was ever about to take part in got cancelled, but lately I've wanted to get back into it and this video was exactly what I needed to really cement that desire. Absolutely amazing work from all parties involved in the making of this.
Really enjoyed this! Thank you to all involved. Idk much about competitive Pokémon and this was enjoyable and exciting
this video genuinely made me cry, not only from the care put into it and the love in these stories but it reminded me that aaron and his little brother were what got me into competitive pokemon at the time.
i was around his little brother's age and aaron was the same age as my older cousin who actually got me into the series, reminded that my experience mirrors his makes me so emotional. he even went to the tournament where brendan won!
Gosh I sometimes forget just how excellent of an editor Gio is. Props to everyone for a truly outstanding video
I teared up a lot during this video. I can empathize with having supportive parents who believe in your dreams as much as you do. I can only pray that I do that well as a parent.
Aaron was my first true exposure to competitive pokemon just a couple years ago. His perspective is amazing, and he seems so friendly and down to earth. I'm so glad you guys made this video in his honor. He deserves all the accolades, and hopefully he can become world champion someday.
This was absolutely beautiful, really inspiring. Three days ago, I told myself: "You have started to watch Wolfey and somehow competitive Pokémon has always been something you wanted to do but never started. Why not start now?" and yesterday I have successfully bred a perfect IV Cottonee with Prankster (still working on that nature tho!) and trust me, I felt like "wow this is already a step. It's a good step." I can imagine how some people might laugh "it's just one Pokémon with perfect IVs, nothing more" but to me this is a huge deal. Everybody starts at the bottom and this video showed me that no matter what: You can achieve big things if you try your best. Really excited for everything to come for me :)
hey mate, welcome to the community, if you need some breedjects, let me know!
That was me less than a year ago! I think I might have squealed the first time I got a perfectly bred pokemon for competitive 😂
Welcome! Go for it man! Good luck, have fun
This video made me cry, I am really thankful for this awesome job. Aaron's story is always inspiring for any players and content creators as myself, I am really glad to be in this community and know this story.
These "The Smash Brothers" style docs are starting to pop up more and more recently and I am here for it. Whether it's Smash, YU-GI-OH, or Pokemon, learning about these rich competitive scenes is always super interesting and I'm super glad to see one like this come to life on this channel!
Who made a yugioh one?
@@ducky36F A channel called Roobindale (also known as Swagkage) has been working on one for a bit I believe. I think the first section of it has been out for a while now, but the full thing hasn't come out yet.
Both Wolfey and Cybertron have been such an inspiration for people who love Pokémon. I’ve been able to love and appreciate competitive Pokémon thanks to them and have gotten into building competitive teams and going to tournaments. Always keep up the great content as I love all the videos!
this is so wonderfully nostalgic and so nicely made!!! at the end of the day we're all aaron cybertron zheng fans
I’ve never thought of Pokémon much in a serious light until about half a year ago - roughly when I found Wolfe’s channel. Now at 22, I love the idea of playing competitively, and wish I got involved when I was younger. I may not have had any success, but I would like to believe it would have given me the ability to enjoy competitive Pokémon much in the way Wolfe and Aaron do. Not only have they had fun from their youth playing a video game they care about, but they can continue to do so with the love and support of their individual communities and the Competitive community.
While I don’t believe I’ll ever have the skills necessary to compete in a tournament, nor the ability to master and memorize certain facts and elements, I do still enjoy practicing, building teams (usually not very good ones, instead opting for silly, fun and thematic ones) and more.
To both Wolfe and Aaron; thank you for continuing to showcase competitive Pokémon. People like me can still enjoy the thrill of competitive Pokémon without being good at it ourselves. Especially for people like me, who feel too old and inexperienced to start, we can enjoy high-stakes, high-intensity battles. Tournaments, random online battles, whatever it may be. Please continue all the hard work you’ve put in for the community (but don’t overwork yourselves)! We appreciate it, even if we don’t voice it, and maybe even more than you can imagine.
Props to the team and their effort put into this vid!
This wideo is actually incredible. I loved watching Aaron talk about his story and learned so much about the history of the scene. I love watching your competitive pokemon history wideos and would love to see more
I was not expecting this kind of content, but I did really enjoy it. Plus, I really like this type of formats. Keep up with the amazing content.
This was incredible Wolfey. What an incredible member of the community Aaron is, and how lucky he is to have a friend like you to make this content in his honor
this is amazing. thanks for using you platform to share such an inspiring and wholesome story. vgc gang
While Wolfey and his vids made me interested into VGC some years back, it was Aaron vids, guides and his vgc series that i watched the most and learned from them, its so nice to see this video and how supportive this community can be, props to you Wolfey and Gio for making this video, its pretty entertaining and would be great to see more of this format
Wow, phenomenal content! I'm blown away that this was made by fan. Incredible Gio.
@Nadia Hamel No thank you
Y’all just did real good. I can’t say it any better than that.
Literally crying, I am so happy you exist Aaron!
So fucking huge video. You guys captured perfectly the essence of what this game means, or should means, to everyone of us who keep playing through the years, im legit on tears hahaha. I made my few steps like playing the IC of Berlin en 2019, and it is still one of the best moments of my life, even ending up 3-6, the sensation of competing with the best in the world, and sharing this with all the friends you made along the way, its just speechless.
Thank you so much for reviving this part of o me, and for making me remenber why i am still playing this game.
Greetings from Spain.
This was beautiful.
Can’t wait future ones.
This is such a beautiful tribute to a man that’s done so much for the Pokémon community at large. I watch his vids all the time and it’s helped me get a greater understanding and appreciation for VGC and competitive Pokémon overall. Both he and you have really helped rekindle my love of Pokémon since Sw/Sh released
This is such an inspiring documentary, congrats to everyone involved in the making of this masterpiece ❤️
This is quite probably one of the most touching stories that I have seen. I remember when small 14-year-old me was watching the national championships and was like " I wanna get better at this", and Aaron's channel was the first one I found, and then in 2016 when Aaron was commentating and Wolfe won I was glued to my phone the whole time. Little did I know that 8-9 years later I would be in my senior year of college and still watching videos from the two of you. This video not only touches me because of Aaron's story, but also I got to take a look at my past and to see how you all have had an impact on me. I hope you all keep creating, and creating an impact, both in the community and outside of it. You all are great! Gio I hope you can make more videos like this, because I will for sure be watching them
Wolfey and Aaron's friendship is so wholesome. :')
This is an absolutely amazing video! I’m pretty new to Pokémon scene and don’t know too much, so videos like this where we can see the story behind the players is just perfect! Thank you to everyone who put in the work to make this video happen and I would definitely love to see more in the future.
Also fun fact, I actually saw Aaron’s speech live, so it was cool to see it featured.
This was a phenomenal video. Incredibly well produced and edited. I loved watching Aaron's videos to get into competitive Pokemon battling and I'm so grateful for you guys highlighting him and the tremendous influence he has had on the game. Awesome work!
This was so well made and put together! The storytelling, transitions, music, those first-hand videos from past competitions! Fantastic work Gio, Wolfe and everyone else who contributed. Looking forward to seeing more of these stories!
I'm happy you made this! Cybertron is for sure my favorite player! He taught me soo much and by watching his content I've become a player that realistically can crack the top 100 in the world in any given season! Not only that but his great attitude even when losing is sooo admirable! And he helps me sleep too I oftentimes throw on a r2r playlist to play in the background while i sleep! Three cheers for THE MAN AARON "CYBERTRON" ZHENG!
This gave me chills and almost brought me to tears :') I follow you, Aaron and James since the begining leading my way into competitive, thanks for all the work you guys put in it! I'll also check Gio from now on! Shout out from a brazilian fan!
Muito Obrigado!
My biggest takeaway from this wideo is that we were 5 seconds away from the iconic line being “Hey guys, Aaron “Megatron” Zheng here.”
Incredibly high quality production, it felt like a Netflix special. A great story, super well told, genuinely brought me to tears. I loved seeing those little snippets of Traylor, Rizzo, Glick, and others too, that was very fun. Stunning content, keep it up!
Really awesome video and documentary of Aaron's journey! Thanks for making this!
This did my heart good to finally see a spotlight on Aaron. He's a good dude, excellent player and dynamic content creator I watch daily and he deserves the praise he gets.
4:29 Idk why but hearing that brought me to tears... What a father you have man... Your so blessed... That means your father truly loved his son knowing you were devistated over a game! Something im sure he couldn't relate to at al!! But it didnt matter he just wanted to make his son happy and that is truly a beautiful thing.. me as a son whos father never even bought me a pair of shoes or a tshirt .. just makes me happy knowing that theyre are amazing dads out there so thanks dad for your unconditional love to your son
As a kid I remember playing the original Red and Blue version and having a wonderful time playing and trying to be the best player in my friend group…
Fast forward to present day as an adult, and I’m more excited to be like Aaron’s father! How amazing to have both of your kids be able to chase their dreams and make it onto THE WORLD STAGE FINALS!!
This was obviously a labor of love. Thanks for sharing this.
Amazing video, brought me to tears. I first started getting into competitive Pokémon while watching Cybertrons videos back in 2016.
This was just beautiful. It was interesting, emotional, the production was phenomenal, just everything about this video is great.
And the story of Aaron Zheng's journey is just so interesting and heartwarming, it truly is inspirational to all of us Pokemon players. Aaron genuinely seems like one of the nicest people in the scene.
I love it ❤️
I am glad finding this kinda content in Wolf's channel after browsing in his channel. I really loved watching VCG 2018 and re-watched some of 2016. I grew really attached to arron as a commentator. Thank you for all the hard work, everyone.
This video is amazing! What a great unexpected surprise. I'm blown away by both how well this is produced as well as how touching it was. Phenomenal work Gio!
This is so inspiring. I am 30 years old and I watch every video that Aaron puts out.I've modeled my gameplay around his and I was able to make top 500 ranked doubles! Truly a staple in the Pokemon community. I really am grateful for seeing this video and I am looking forward to continuing to get better every day and someday win a tournament and make it to a VGC tournament. Thank you for this video Wolfey, a legend in your own right!
im starting to get into competitive pokemon specifically VGC and this is a huge inspiration for me to get into this incredible community and start pushing to take this more seriously. Thank you
Let's go Wolfe!
What an example of using your platform for good!
Thank you for working on this project.
And thank you Gio, who I wasn't familiar with, for actually making this doc!
Wolfey you are amazing for this. Cybertron is one of my favorites to follow and watch play. You both teach me so much about competitive battling. Thank you for all you do!
What an incredible video. Both Aaron's story and the production of the video itself.
Thank you, Wolfe and Gio, for sharing such great content through this channel, and Aaron, for sharing a beautiful chapter of his life and Pokemon history :D
LOVE this video. It’s amazing seeing the history and Aaron’s journey is so inspiring to listen to❤️
Wow, was not expecting such high quality! Amazing work, and a super wholesome story :)
Sincerely, the best Pokémon related content I’ve ever watched. Pokémon is seen as a kids game among my ‘peers’ and at 30 years old watching Aaron and Wolfe specifically gave me confidence to embrace my love for Pokémon rather than hide it away like a dirty little secret, that there is an enormous community of people my age who still love the game and now I confidently tell people that I love the game. Thank you for your content guys, it literally means the world ❤️
Why would you ever hide it though
Thank you so much to everyone in this community. I love (competitive) Pokemon, but my anxiety gets the better of me and so the few events I've been to were more stressful than fun. Thanks to y'all I can still enjoy the games and events. The Worlds stream is the highlight of the year. This documentary perfectly captures how I feel about competitive Pokemon.
Very impressive video. I thought for sure pokemon made it because of how professional the quality was. Not only was the quality top notch, the video told a heartwarming story of one of our favorite community members. Would love to see more of these. Awesome job to everyone involved.
The quality of this video even gets back that suspense of these classic sets that I have seen, well, more than once. This interview does the GOAT of out game justice.
What an awesome video ! Thank you gio and wolfey for this. You're the one guys. And is beautiful to see the whole Carreer of Aaron until then, who is one of the Best person un the VGC community, simply loved it