44 ItsAXN - Pokémon GO World Champion 2023, Streamer & Content Creator

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This episode comes in a big week for competitive Pokémon: it's the Europe International Championships, and it is my honour to present the Pokémon GO World Champion 2023 ItsAXN. Discover his path to glory and get inspired: his introduction to the franchise with Pokémon Sapphire & learning the competitive side of the video games, how his mother really got him into Pokémon GO & how family continued to play a pivotal part in his journey, the drive AXN feels now to give back to the community that has given him so much - and as always, find out the 6 Pokémon that have been there for AXN along the way that he would choose for his Dream Team... Don't miss your chance to get a World Champion's insight: hang out with AXN & me and let us #MakeYourDayMerry ! Please do like & subscribe if you're enjoying it :) (I apologise for overblown audio from my end at points during this episode!)

Want to hear more from AXN? Head to my Patreon linked below for his Rapidash Round, 15 or so minutes of quickfire bonus questions he hasn't prepared for! Discover his advice for aspiring Pokémon GO World Champions, take a deeper dive into his winning Portland Regionals 2023 run, hear more about his journey playing the video games competitively & whether he'd lean back in to that, find out what he'd like out of spinning a PokéStop in real life and so much more - let the merriment continue! https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra

Catch AXN's brilliant streams & content and keep up with his latest news!
https://www.twitch.tv/itsaxn

https://www.youtube.com/@ItsAXN

https://bsky.app/profile/itsaxn.bsky.social

https://x.com/ItsAXN

And 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. I'll be casting the Europe International Championships for the Video Game the week of this episode's release and you can find me as @Chazingdra on YouTube, X, BlueSky, Instagram & TikTok - I stream Pokémon games Tues-Thurs 5:30 GMT both competitively & casually including Shiny hunting (though not the week of this episode's release due to EUIC!), vlog events I cast, make comedy skits and loads more! Come join in the merriment!
https://www.youtube.com/@Chazingdra

https://twitter.com/Chazingdra

https://bsky.app/profile/chazingdra.bsky.social

https://www.instagram.com/chazingdra/

https://www.tiktok.com/@chazingdra

And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats:

https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

If you enjoyed, do give the show a rating & review and let me know in the comments - it would be lovely to hear from you & it really helps! You can also watch the episode on YouTube (link above), where you can see AXN's Dream Team Pokémon and share in the smiles! Leave a comment over there too - I'd love to know your thoughts on what AXN has shared with us, and what your own Dream Team would be... And plenty more episodes where this one came from, so enjoy! Any feedback you have and any suggestions for guests, feel free to get in touch - chazingdra@gmail.com 

And why not join the friendly Merrifolk? Become a member of my Discord community Chazingdra's Chocolate Factory here - if you enjoy all the treats that the Pokémon video games have to offer, competitive or casual, then it's the place for you. It would be a pleasure to welcome you :) https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke

(N.B. Music for the show coming soon!)

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome!
03:16 Introduction to Pokémon with Sapphire
09:28 AXN's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
11:49 Reintroduction to Pokémon with Y
17:19 AXN's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
20:05 Playing Pokémon Video Games Competitively
24:39 AXN's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
27:34 Playing Pokémon GO Casually
33:19 AXN's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
35:56 Winning NAIC 2022
51:02 AXN's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
52:33 Winning Worlds 2023
1:09:32 AXN's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:10:03 AXN's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
1:12:08 If AXN were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:13:22 Community Questions for AXN
1:17:27 What's next for AXN?
1:18:30 What advice would AXN give his younger self?
1:19:56 AXN's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:20:57 Get involved & see you next time!

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