Chazingdra Chats with JOE 'XEMINAN' BROWN, Pokémon VGC Commentator

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Joe Brown & I shared a whole lot of laughs recording this - his infectious enthusiasm is bound to #makeyourdaymerry ! Discover Joe's fascinating life story - how he grew up 'with a video game controller in one hand', being a production assistant on Major League Baseball, two epiphanies he experienced watching the film Inception and attending the 2015 Pokémon World Championships in Boston - and find out the 6 Pokémon most special to Joe over the years that he would choose for his Dream Team...

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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

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

Sierra Dawn's episode - https://youtu.be/doOlDYM4yKs

Lee Provost's episode - https://youtu.be/WeHr0XzoTRA

Shai Burton's episode - https://youtu.be/bXUjSmLw67Q

Keep up with Joe's latest! https://x.com/xeminan

 

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome! 02:16 Growing up 10:00 Joe's 1st Dream Team Pokémon 15:55 Passion for sport 23:46 Joe's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon 29:08 High school & college 37:04 Joe's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon 42:54 Production Assistant on Major League Baseball 51:56 Joe's 4th Dream Team Pokémon 58:58 The journey to casting competitive Pokémon 1:09:22 Joe's 5th Dream Team Pokémon 1:13:35 Casting beyond Pokémon 1:25:56 Joe's 6th Dream Team Pokémon 1:29:39 Joe's complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon 1:31:18 If Joe were a Pokémon, what would he be? 1:32:42 Community questions for Joe 1:41:56 What's next for Joe? 1:43:51 What advice would Joe give his younger self? 1:45:41 Joe's Rapidash Round teaser 1:46:22 Get involved and see you next time!

Not sure what the background noise is around 1:25:00 on & off for 10 minutes - apologies about this.

Notes: - Shiny Pokémon are ultra rare alternately-coloured variants. - The 'Machampion' - Mark McQuillan of the UK famously used Machamp, a Pokémon no-one expected to have competitive success, to win the 2015 World Championships in the Seniors Division! -