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July 29, 2025 103 mins

#6pokemon1lifestory

From initially streaming the Trading Card Game to a 50-hour drive across country with two cats, from sending a random message to hugely popular creator aDrive to casting & hosting events for Pokémon, Valorant & more: discover Sierra Dawn's fascinating life story and the 6 Pokémon she would choose for her Dream Team. Come hang out with Sierra & me and let us #makeyourdaymerry !

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My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature - a pleasure to meet you! I'm a host & commentator for the Pokémon Video Game Championships Series and a content creator. You can find me as @Chazingdra on YouTube, X, BlueSky, Instagram & TikTok - on my channel I stream Pokémon games both competitively & casually including Shiny hunting, vlog events I cast, make comedy skits and loads more! Come be a part of the merriment! And there are now more than 60 episodes of the show featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond - enjoy! All episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27

Videos mentioned: Wolfe Glick's episode: https://youtu.be/7ef-AnMHrjM

Aaron Zheng's episode: https://youtu.be/f0M4tSxPGQg

Adam Dorricott's episode: https://youtu.be/WSBvNeJVSgo

Keep up with Sierra's latest and check out her streams & content! https://x.com/sierradawnx3

https://www.twitch.tv/sierradawn

https://www.youtube.com/sierradawn

 

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome! 02:12 Childhood 09:10 Sierra's 1st Dream Team Pokémon 13:40 Pokémon TCG & streaming 20:39 Sierra's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon 22:56 Moving across the country 31:17 Sierra's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon 35:21 Full-time content & COVID 42:40 Sierra's 4th Dream Team Pokémon 45:52 VGC origins 1:03:45 Sierra's 5th Dream Team Pokémon 1:05:29 Casting career 1:16:41 Sierra's 6th Dream Team Pokémon 1:21:24 Sierra's complete Dream Team & partner Pokémon 1:22:23 If Sierra were a Pokémon, what would she be? 1:22:56 Community questions for Sierra 1:39:22 What's next for Sierra? 1:40:46 What advice would Sierra give her younger self? 1:41:48 Get involved & see you next time!

Music by Tom Hiom Channel art by Lee 'Osirus' Provost Like/subscribe/notifications animation by mangofree on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/videos/subscribe-button-subscribe-73041/  

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