2024 Orlando Regional

Orlando Regional 2024

Last year I was planning to attend the Orlando Regionals, that making it my first in-person competition. However, I would not be able to save enough money to attend. Maybe one day in the future I will be able to attend.

I had a lot of fun watching the 2024 Orlando Regional last week. It wasn't until Swiss Round 8 that I'd realize Wolfe (Wolfey) Glick had entered the competition. I slept through most of the rounds from round 3 - 8. It wasn't until I checked the results on RK9's website that I saw Wolfe Glick and Neil Patel (Neil_VGC) as competitors. There was no doubt Wolfey would make it to or close to the finals like he has in other competitions. Out of the few trainers, I was rooting for to make it to the finals on Day 2. Neil was someone I have dreamt would make it to the finals. That day would be April 15, 2024, but I never thought I'd see Neil and Wolfey battle in the finals. This match was something I wasn't prepared for.

I was barely awake while watching them battle in the Final round. I was hoping Neil's Urshifu would have taken Amoongus' HP low enough to KO with a Close Combat. That was not the outcome in Game 3, where Wolfe's Amoongus ended up surviving the Close Combat. The best thing from their match was seeing Amoongus Spore the Urshifu, who would then wake up after 1 turn of sleep. It would have been amazing if that Close Combat was enough to KO Amoongus.


Its no surprise to fans that Wolfey had what it took to win 2 Regionals in one year. Honestly, I'm looking forward to seeing if he can win a third.


The Ineffable Downfall of Neil_VGC



The downfall of NeilVGC hours after his Orlando Regional Finals match against Wolfey. It appears someone leaked DM messages between them and Neil_VGC. I will not go over it in this blog, since this blog was meant to only go over the Orlando Regional Championship and nothing off topic. He may have done whatever he did a few years ago, and DM'd about it to a friend. Watch what you DM people on social media, you never know when it will come to haunt you in the future and destroy your career. That and force you to shutdown a Youtube community you built from the ground up.

Links to Twitter Post that you can go through to see what Neil_VGC shared in a DM. 

Twitter Post:

https://x.com/richlesbianceo_/status/1779978867324735548
https://twitter.com/adrn_egg/status/1780042263042707827
https://twitter.com/ThisIsMater/status/1779817446288871443

I would watch as both Discords for Neil was taken down one-by-one. The Discords being "Team Life Orb" (main) & Patreon Membership only "Lustrous Orb"; followed by his Patreon page itself and Youtube channel. Instead of deleting his Youtube Channel, he could have kept it up and went on to disable the comments on each video.


This image of Amoongus (below), should be enough to know what Neil_VGC's situation was about.



Additional Links:

Orlando Regional 2024 (Finals) - Neil Patel vs Wolfe Glick

eSports.net - Pokemon Orland Regional Sees Wolfe Glick Defend His Title

The Sun (UK) - PAY DAY I’m a Pokémon World Champion and a last minute flight just made me $6k


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