The 0-2 Drop

Season 3 - Episode 18 This week on The 0-2 Drop we discuss Lille Regionals results, hype for the upcoming Brisbane Regionals, and our new favourite toy, Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views of The 0-2 Drop * #podcast #poddy...

Season 3 - Episode 17 This week The 0-2 Drop is joined by Milwaukee Top 8 finisher, Sierra Elsbecker. We discuss Smogon singles, VGC, and prepping for a major tournament! Sierra also demonstrates an incredible skill that leaves most of the crew speechless! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the indi...

This week on The 0-2 Drop we look at Pokémon VGC Regional results from Milwaukee and Belo Horizonte with one of our favourite guests and good friend, Alister Sandover. We also look at some Mega's in honour of the releasing today, Pokémon Z-A! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals a...

Season 3 - Episode 15 This week on The 0-2 Drop we dive into some of the more intense drama in the Pokemon Community recently! Including the recent accusations of Sexual Assault (confirmed to be attempted Blackmail) and intense discussions around religion within Pokemon! After we get through these intense discussions, we rate the Mega Pokemon from Generation 3. Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault disc...

Season 3 - Episode 14 This week The 0-2 Drop is very lucky to be joined by Marcus Dion, one of Canada's emerging great players. We chat to Marcus about his World's experience, his best results, the pain of not being able to go party when he attends Regionals in the USA. Trigger Warning: The Department of Homeland Security's 'Gotta Catch Them All' tweet and video is discuss...

Season 3 - Episode 13 This week on The 0-2 Drop, we look at the results from Pittsburgh Regionals, and one of the most recent Victory Road Tours! (One in our timezone!?!) And of cause, we get sidetracked on the way. Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect th...

Season 3 - Episode 12 This week on The 0-2 Drop we look at the results from the first Latin American and European Regionals of the 2026 season, Monterrey and Frankfurt, with the help of 3 Time Perth Regional Champion, Alister Sandover! We also talk about Alister's 2025 Worlds experience, and upcoming games such as Champions and Pokemon Legends Z-A! Support the show Follow us on X (platform fo...

Season 3 - Episode 11 This week The 0-2 Drop is joined by Perth's favourite son, Kiran Singh, aka, mevlad. Kiran joins the team to share his experience and stories from Worlds 2025, as well as discuss Global challenge #1 for the 2026 season! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals an...

Season 3 - Episode 10 This week on The 0-2 Drop we're joined by 2025 Worlds Competitor, 3-time Regional Champion, and Professional Pokémon Player, Brady Smith! Brady is incredibly giving with his stories of his Pokémon career including being a player and a coach! We had a great time with Brady, and we hope you do to! Thinking about getting a VGC coach, consider checking out Brady --> Book...

Season 3 - Episode 9 This week on The 0-2 Drop we get started with rating the Mega Pokémon, including discussing the most recently revealed Mega's such as Dragonite and Victreebel! Tune in to hear our hot takes! Stick around to the end to hear about our giveaway! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those...

Season 3 Episode 8 This week on The 0-2 Drop we discuss in detail the Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of the 2025 Pokemon World Championships! From Kevin Han scoring back-to-back World Championships in two divisions for the first time ever! To the woeful execution of the Pokemon Centre pop-up. Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinio...

Season 3 - Episode 7 This week on The 0-2 Drop we discuss the latest Regulation announcements for Pokemon VGC, Regulations H (take 2) and J. We look back at previous Reg H results and hypothesise what will do well this time, and also go through the list of Mythical Pokemon to see what is going to be top of the charts in Regulation J. This is the first time we're having two different regulatio...

Season 3: Episode 6 This week The 0-2 Drop is joined by Joseph Ugarte, aka JoeUX9. Joe talks to us about his start in the Pokémon VGC circuit, his approach to Pokémon and a little about coaching! We get some great insight to how Joe approaches Pokémon and prepares for major events. And of cause we touch on the most recent Regulation announcements by PlayPokémon. Joe's training link -->  X9...

Season 3: Episode 5 This week on The 0-2 Drop we are joined by one of our favourite Pokémon content creators, AndyLaVGC! The full team gets together to draft 11 Worlds qualified players each, 2 each from NA, EU, LA and Japan, and 1 each from OCE, APAC, and a Free pick! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are thos...

Season 3 - Episode 4 This week on The 0-2 Drop we look at the upcoming World Championships from a VGC perspective. As well as talk about all the news from the most recent Pokémon Presents! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views of The 0-2 Drop * #...

Season 3 - Episode 3 This week on The 0-2 Drop we have the great privilege of speaking with the 2024 NAIC VGC Master Champion, Patrick Connors! Pat talks to The 0-2 Drop about his 2024 NAIC victory, 2025 Worlds Prep, and a few casual topics including best foods and Spiderman Movies. We thoroughly enjoyed speaking to one of the nicest guys in VGC, and we hope you enjoy this episode as much as we di...

This week on The 0-2 Drop we chat about our most recent event, The 0-2 Drop Invitational, VR July Tour #1, Generation 10 hopes, and immediately retconning our Best Pokemon Available In Generation 9 competition! Trigger Warning 1:25:00 - Burping Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and...

This week on The 0-2 Drop we look at some results from recent events including Victory Road June Tour #3, the St Jude's VGC Tour, and Singapore Nationals! Changes for the 2026 season have been announced and the Oceania Region continues to get left behind. We review the changes and discuss while TPCi likes serving pineapples to OCE players. We also preview the upcoming 0-2 Drop Invitational, h...

This week on Th 0-2 Drop we look the results from Japanese National Chamionships, and the most recent VR Tour! We also discuss our Best Pokemon of Generation 9 competition which has been happening in our bonus content, The Bottom Cut, for the past year! We have reached a top 9, and our subscribers have been given the opportunity to boot one of them out to give us a clean top 8.  We hope you enjoy!...

This week on The 0-2 Drop we are joined by one of our favourite Aussie players, Dimitri Koziaris, aka. DimtheSim! We chat to Dim about his introduction to Pokemon, his 2025 season, Worlds prep, and of cause, NAIC results. Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily refl...

This week on The 0-2 Drop, we are joined by one of our favourite Perthians, Kiran Singh, who discusses some big upcoming events with the Team. The 0-2 Drop Invitational, coming in July, Mario Kart Comp and Draft League going on in The 0-2 Drop Discord, and of cause, NAIC and Worlds Prep! We hope you enjoy! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as Twitter) on @The02Drop_vgc * The...

This week The 0-2 Drop is joined by two great guests with 5 Regional Championships between them, Gabriel Agati, and Alister Sandover! We get to find out about Agati's starts to competitive Pokémon and have the opportunity to talk frankly about the current qualification system for Worlds 2025 (and beyond, maybe).  We thoroughly enjoyed chatting to the champs, and we hope you do to! Support the...

Portland was our most recent Regionals for competitive Pokemon! We try to talk about it, but get horribly sidetracked thanks to our B-Team ring in, Jamie Hodge! Frequent listeners of the show will remember Jamie from previous episodes, and look forward to the distraction he brings! Please enjoy this ADHD fueled episode of The 0-2 Drop   Support the show Follow us on X (platform formally known as T...

We're back from Australia's biggest Pokémon event, the Melbourne Regional Championships. We look back at our results from this tournament, and celebrate our newest Oceanic Region Champion, Kuro! We also look at results from the other events from this weekend, including Santiago, Utrecht, and Thailand Master Ball League. We hope you enjoy! Support the show Follow us on X (platform formall...

Thank you for tuning into The 0-2 Drop again, as we prepare for the biggest event in Australia's history! In this episode we talk about the Grand Challenge, a local Cup, Cooked or Cooking for Melbourne, Melbourne Regionals prep, Would You Rather! We are joined in this episode by by local player, Matt Slocum, who helps us to rebuild another Type on the Type Chart! Support the show Follow us on...