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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Aug 19

Another season, another round of Alpensee appearances at Worlds! Finabas, @im-ryo.bsky.social , Choc & Sela represented us at the most stacked Worlds in history. We'll be back in force next year, see you in SF! 🌊 🌉

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Aug 14

Last week VividArise managed to best us in a friendly, but as the saying goes: You either win or you learn!
Now the time has come to lock in on cheering on our worlds-players!🌊

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Aug 7

Friendly-season continues, as we faced off against Team Switzerland last week! ⛰️
After a rough start we gave them a good fight, but they still managed to eke out the win. Onward and Upward! 🌊

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Aug 6

Worlds is just over a week away and what better way to prep than a dedicated Alpensee bootcamp! 🌊
@im-ryo.bsky.social, Sela and Choc got in some serious prep with support from @paulkoll.bsky.social, Markus Hamann, Baked and Incineroar Jr. himself.
Now we‘re ready to make big moo-ves! 🐮

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Aug 1

We want to give players the opportunity to prep for Worlds, so our Wednesday tours will remain in Regulation I until then 🌎
You can join our tour discord to keep up to date with any news and receive reminders for sign-ups, check-in etc. ➡️ discord.gg/fJBVMmmdDH
#pokemonvgc

Serebii.net @serebii.bsky.social · Jul 31

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Ranked Battle Regulation J ruleset has been officially revealed. Use 2 Restricted Pokemon including Mythical Pokémon

Runs from September 1st 2025

Details being added @ serebii.net

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Jun 4

We brought the content to Bologna! 🎥
A spectacular stream match from @im-ryo.bsky.social, a feature interview with @shmon.bsky.social and Choc taking the secret sauce all the way to a Top 64 finish 🐢
And that's a wrap on EU events for this season, but we still have some invites to lock 🌊
#pokemonvgc

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · May 20

Utrecht Results 📝
The end of the season is closing in and we are on the hunt for those final points with four Day 2s and a Top Cut Win & In for Choc!
Only Bologna and NAIC left to lock our invites 🌊
#pokemonvgc

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · May 6

How i feel going into the last round of a Regional after having played 7 Rounds of balance

Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · May 2

I'm back with a new article about why the damage rolls for Surging Strikes are more consistent than for Wicked Blow. If you enjoy reading this article let me know, i might torture myself by calculating the damage rolls for Scale Shot and Population Bomb!
medium.com/@paulkoll/wh...

Why Single Strike Urshifu is more consistent than Rapid Strike

How damage rolls work and why multi-hit moves deal more consistent damage

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · May 1

Regulation I has officially started and Caly-Shadow has already established itself as a top tier threat 🐴
Catching a min attack Calyrex in-game can seem like a hassle, but did you know there's an easy way to check Atk IVs before throwing the ball?
Here's how! 🌱
#pokemonvgc #playpokemon

Strength Sap recovers a Pokémon HP by an amount equal to the target's atk stat (before the drop). This allows you to check the atk stat by using strength sap with a pre-damaged Pokémon and calculating the difference in HP.

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Apr 29

No European major without Alpensee!
Our lone warrior @paulkoll.bsky.social went all the way to Spain to do us proud, recovering from a 0-1 start to play in his second ever win-and-in 🙌
Now he can finally leave Reg G behind to join our double-restricted prep for Utrecht 🌊
#pokemonvgc #playpokemon

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Apr 28

This is number 3 after Montanuniversität Leoben and TU Vienna

Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Apr 28

Starting a new sidequest to play Pokemon at as many universities as possible. Today: Universidad de Sevilla

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Apr 17

I’m sitting in a common area at my university, everyone here is busily preparing for exams. They don’t know, that the only thing I’m studying is my gameplans for Sevilla. Somehow I’m still managing to procrastinate by writing this…

Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Apr 14

I have just published my new article about compound probabilities in Pokémon! I explain why it feels like moves miss more often than they should, how this can impact a tournament, and introduce a tool to help players estimate how much RNG they can afford.
medium.com/@paulkoll/ch...

Chi-Yu’s Graph of Ruin: How much inaccuracy can you afford?

Using compound probabilities to estimate how much RNG is acceptable in a tournament setting.

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Apr 7

I just published a new article expanding on a topic i briefly touched on in my last one: the concept of Known Unknowns and why they are important in VGC. I hope you enjoy reading it!
medium.com/@paulkoll/kn...

Know your Unown

Why it is important to keep in mind what you know and what you don’t when playing VGC

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Apr 6

a row of cartoon characters are lined up in a row

ALT: a row of cartoon characters are lined up in a row

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Mar 31

I've just published a new article about applying the ideas of behavioural economics to VGC and how it can help us avoid unnecessary mistakes! I hope you find it interesting!
medium.com/@paulkoll/la...

Latios vs. Latias: Why we play the way we play

Using behavioural economics to understand how we make decisions in Pokémon VGC

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Mar 27

I just won my first ever limitless tour!

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Mar 25

Stockholm Results 📝
Usually, this is where we would highlight our Day 2 players but as you can see, this was not our weekend 😢
However, being a team is about more than just celebrating success together, so we won't let this get us down 🌊
#pokemonvgc #playpokemon

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Alpensee eSports @alpensee.bsky.social · Mar 3

A lot of our players went to EUIC and managed to get some very nice results! 📝
Congrats to Choc, who made it all the way to a Top Cut win-and-in, and Cyberman for making his first Day 2 in the biggest tournament yet! Baked did Groudon proud ☀️
See you in Stockholm 🇸🇪
#PokemonVGC #PlayPokemon

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Feb 24

So close

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Feb 24

EUIC was a bit of a mixed bag. I wanted to do better than 4-4 and i thought i had prepared really well, but in the end i have to admit i wasn’t good enough. On the other hand, this was one of the most fun weekends of my life. I’m very motivated to do better next time!

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Paul Koll @paulkoll.bsky.social · Feb 22

Won Multibattles!
Thank you @shmon.bsky.social and super-sub Cyberman for playing with me!!!

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Laura | ラウラ @larus21.bsky.social · Feb 20

Cheering on all my friends at #PokemonEUIC this weekend 🌟
#pokemonart

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