Chazingdra Chats with PM7, Hugely Popular Pokémon Content Creator

#6pokemon1lifestory

'There's nothing more beautiful in this world than getting invested in something that doesn't really matter - because you can make it matter.' Well, with his undying drive to create, John aka PM7 has made Pokémon matter to his 1 million subscribers & counting, and now you have the chance to discover the life story of this phenomenally popular content creator: how he got his start with Pokémon, with YouTube, how his dedication saw him thrive all the way up to those 1 million subscribers - and, as always, find out the 6 Pokémon most special to John over the years that he would choose for his Dream Team. His enthusiasm is infectious and the pearls of wisdom keep on coming: hang out with John & 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

PokeaimMD's episode: https://youtu.be/N2t7J779Lgc

Truegreen7's episode: https://youtu.be/Rt-VZAAFkeE

Tom Rocks Maths' episode: https://youtu.be/m2yYNnSXugI

PTCGRadio/Ross Gilbert's episode: https://youtu.be/9qij6ELMjXk

My Safari Week 2024 video - I RAN AWAY from a SHINY Pokémon after 50,000 ENCOUNTERS: https://youtu.be/ZRwMjqVQeT4

 

Check out John's fantastic content! https://www.youtube.com/@PM7

 

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome! 02:20 Finding his first Shiny 10:25 John's 1st Dream Team Pokémon 15:50 Creating a Pokémon website 28:57 John's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon 31:58 Going to a PokeMoshPit tournament 43:10 John's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon 48:13 Joining the second season of the Global Battle Association 57:41 John's 4th Dream Team Pokémon 1:02:08 Creating a new YouTube channel 1:19:25 John's 5th Dream Team Pokémon 1:22:26 Reaching 1 million subscribers 1:31:06 John's 6th Dream Team Pokémon 1:34:14 John's complete Dream Team & partner Pokémon 1:35:49 If John were