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Born | December 6, 1995 Virginia, US | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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League | Play! Pokémon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Beastcoast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018–2021 | Panda Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 - present | Beastcoast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wolfe Glick (born December 6, 1995),[3] also known as Wolfey or WolfeyVGC, is an American competitive Pokémon player, streamer and YouTuber. He is the 2016 World Champion of the official Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC) format,[4] and has won numerous other VGC competitions. Glick was also one of the first people to have completed a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Emerald Kaizo, along with Pokémon Challenges.[5]
Glick has been called one of the most renowned VGC players of all time,[6] and his unique strategies often strongly influence the metagame.[7][8] His YouTube channel, WolfeyVGC, posts videos about competitive Pokémon content[9] and is the only competitive Pokémon channel to hit 1,000,000 subscribers.
Education[]
Glick has degrees in Economics and Computational Modelling and Data Analytics from Virginia Tech. Before making competitive Pokémon his career, Glick worked as a government analyst.[5]
Competitive Pokémon[]
Glick made his debut into competitive Pokémon in 2011 as a freshman in high school.[10] He made it to the World Championships, placing 6th overall. He won the Washington, D.C. Regionals and US Nationals in Indianapolis to qualify.[11][12]
Following his 2nd placing at the 2012 World Championships, Glick's team was added into the Pokémon World Tournament facility in the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 games. Accessible via an optional download, the "2012 Masters Division Challenge"[13] allowed players to battle against an in-game trainer with his team.[14] The battle followed the same ruleset as the 2012 VGC format.[14]
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In 2016, while attending Virginia Tech,[10] Glick won the Pokémon VGC World Championships, collecting $10,000 in prize money. This achievement is generally regarded as the peak of his VGC career.[15] Glick played Johnathan Evans in the 2016 finals and beat him 2–0 in their best of 3 set, being crowned the World Champion.[4][15]
From 2011 to 2019, he qualified for Worlds every year, qualifying again in 2022 and 2023, being the player with the most World Championships' participations in competitive history. After he won the 2019 North American International Championships and the 2020 Player's Cup II, Glick became the first player to win a Regional, National, International, World Championship and a Player's Cup.[16][17] Additionally, Glick has qualified the most times for World Championships, reached the most top cuts (round of 24) at World Championships and has played in two world finals (the only other person to ever do so is Ray Rizzo).[5]
Following his 2020 Players Cup II win, one of Glick's Pokémon, a Coalossal, was distributed to Pokémon video game Sword and Shield players via a Mystery Gift in-game code.[18]
Esports teams[]
In 2018, Glick joined the esports team Panda Global, departing in 2021.[6] Glick joined the competitive Pokémon section of the esports team Beastcoast in 2022.[19]
Tournament placings[]
Regional Championships[]
Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
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DC Regionals 2011 | June 11, 2011 | Masters | 1st |
Virginia Regionals 2015 | February 15, 2015 | Masters | 8th |
Florida Regionals 2015 | March 1, 2015 | Masters | 1st |
Massachusetts Regionals 2015 | May 17, 2015 | Masters | 1st |
Pennsylvania Regionals 2015 | October 11, 2015 | Masters | 1st |
Florida Regionals 2016 | February 28, 2016 | Masters | 1st |
Georgia Regionals 2016 | May 21, 2016 | Masters | 3rd |
Orlando Regionals 2016 | October 16, 2016 | Masters | 3rd |
Georgia Regionals 2017 | January 14–15, 2017 | Masters | 5th |
Charlotte Regionals 2018 | March 17–18, 2018 | Masters | 1st |
Madison Regionals 2019 | June 1-2, 2019 | Masters | 3rd |
Collinsville Regionals 2020 | February 29 - March 1, 2020 | Masters | 2nd |
Secaucus Regionals 2022 | May 21-22, 2022 | Masters | 3rd |
Orlando Regionals 2023[20] | February 4–5, 2023 | Masters | 1st |
Knoxville Regionals 2023[21] | February 25–26, 2023 | Masters | 5th |
Charlotte Regionals 2023 | March 25-26, 2023 | Masters | 9th |
Fort Wayne Regionals 2023 | April 1-2, 2023 | Masters | 9th |
Hartford Regionals 2023 | May 20-21, 2023 | Masters | 3rd |
Pittsburgh Regionals 2024 | September 9-10, 2023 | Masters | 2nd |
Charlotte Regionals 2024[22] | January 20-21, 2024 | Masters | 1st |
Orlando Regionals 2024[23] | April 13-14, 2024 | Masters | 1st |
National Championships[]
Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
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US Nationals 2011 | July 3–4, 2011 | Masters | 1st |
US Nationals 2012 | June 30 – July 1, 2012 | Masters | 1st |
US Nationals 2013 | July 5–7, 2013 | Masters | Day 1 |
US Nationals 2014 | July 4–6, 2014 | Masters | Day 1 |
US Nationals 2015 | July 3–5, 2015 | Masters | 8th |
US Nationals 2016 | July 1–3, 2016 | Masters | Day 1 |
European Internationals 2017 | December 9–11, 2016 | Masters | 11th |
Oceania Internationals 2017 | March 10–12, 2017 | Masters | 9th |
North America Internationals 2019[24] | June 21–23, 2019 | Masters | 1st |
North America Internationals 2022 | June 24-26, 2022 | Masters | 9th |
North America Internationals 2023 | June 30 - July 2, 2023 | Masters | 17th |
European Internationals 2024 | April 5 - April 7, 2024 | Masters | 13th |
North America Internationals 2024 | Masters |
World Championships[]
Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
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Worlds 2011 | August 15, 2011 | Masters | 6th |
Worlds 2012 | August 12, 2012 | Masters | 2nd |
Worlds 2013 | August 9–11, 2013 | Masters | 25th |
Worlds 2014 | August 15–17, 2014 | Masters | 9th |
Worlds 2015 | August 21–23, 2015 | Masters | 12th |
Worlds 2016 | August 19–21, 2016 | Masters | 1st |
Worlds 2017 | August 18–20, 2017 | Masters | 15th |
Worlds 2018 | August 24–26, 2018 | Masters | Day 1 |
Worlds 2019 | August 16--18, 2019 | Masters | 32nd |
Worlds 2022 | August 18–21, 2022 | Masters | Day 1 |
Worlds 2023[25] | August 11-13, 2023 | Masters | Day 1 |
Worlds 2024 | Masters |
Other Events[]
Tournament | Date | Age Division | Placing |
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Players Cup II | 2020 | Masters | 1st |
2023 Global Challenge I | 2023 | Masters | 6th |
2023 Global Challenge II | 2023 | Masters | Top 64 |
References[]
- ↑ Glick, Wolfe [@WolfeyGlick] (April 16, 2023). "Today I reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube. When I started making YouTube videos, my goal was to hit 100K subscribers - and I didn't think it would be possible. A million wasn't even unthinkable, it was laughable. And yet, for a little while now, I've known it was coming" (Tweet). Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Twitter.
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: - ↑ Glick, Wolfe (December 3, 2019). 100K SUBSCRIBERS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohOZ-cSYxWw.
- ↑ Michael, Cale (December 14, 2020). "Wolfey Glick wins Pokémon Players Cup II". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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: - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2016 Pokémon World Championships Masters Division Top Cut Teams". The Pokémon Company. August 2016. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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: - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "A Pokémon Champion's quest to master the unmasterable" (in en-gb). Eurogamer.net. 2022-11-26. https://www.eurogamer.net/a-pokemon-champions-quest-to-master-the-unmasterable.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chillerón, Lucas (June 18, 2019). "In-depth with Wolfe Glick, the face of present-day Pokémon esports". Upcomer. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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: - ↑ Michael, Cale (2019-12-01). "Former Pokémon VGC world champion helps build a devastating Dracovish strategy". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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: - ↑ Jackman, Tom (August 31, 2012). "Wolfe Glick of McLean, 16, is two-time U.S. Pokemon champion, world runner-up". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-state-of-nova/post/wolfe-glick-of-mclean-16-is-two-time-us-pokemon-champion-world-runner-up-video-division/2012/08/31/33656f56-f2ee-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_blog.html.
- ↑ Bell, Lowell (August 16, 2022). "Wolfe Glick Reveals What It Takes To Compete In Pokemon's VGC World Championships". TheGamer. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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: - ↑ 10.0 10.1 Smith, Samantha (August 28, 2016). "Q&A;: Get to know Tech's Pokemon world pro". Collegiate Times. http://www.collegiatetimes.com/lifestyle/q-a-get-to-know-techs-pokemon-world-pro/article_635e7f70-6d3a-11e6-82d3-8b6608281f50.html.
- ↑ Doumar, Karim (July 8, 2015). "McLean's Glick Headed to Pokemon World Championship". Falls Church News-Press. https://www.fcnp.com/2015/07/08/mcleans-glick-headed-to-pokemon-world-championship/.
- ↑ Kenny, Cheryl A. (July 25, 2011). "Local Pokémon champ takes on the world". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/local-pokemon-champ-takes-on-the-world/2011/07/25/gIQA8IIA3I_story.html.
- ↑ Nichols, Scott (October 16, 2012). "Pokemon Black, White 2 DLC events coming". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
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: - ↑ 14.0 14.1 Staff, G. R. (July 5, 2012). "Best Pokemon World Championship Players Will Appear in 'Pokemon Black 2' and 'White 2'". Game Rant. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
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: - ↑ 15.0 15.1 Krell, Jason (2016-08-23). "Wolfe Glick's run at the Pokémon World Championships was nothing less than miraculous". The Meta. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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: - ↑ Bartlett, Eric (2019-06-25). "Pokemon: Wolfe Glick Makes History at the 2019 North American International Championships". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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: - ↑ Sledge, Ben (October 7, 2019). "A Fan-Made Browser Game Is Pro Pokémon Players' Secret Weapon". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
Wolfe Glick is the 2019 North American VGC Champion, a title which saw him become the first Pokémon player to have won every level of official competition.
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: - ↑ Doolan, Liam (August 15, 2021). "A New Limited-Time Pokémon Sword And Shield Coalossal Distribution Event Has Begun". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
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: - ↑ "Beastcoast signs Pokémon Champion Wolfe Glick". beastcoast.gg. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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: - ↑ Young, Georgina (February 6, 2023). "Wolfe Glick takes home Regional Championship with one of Pokémon's strangest teams". FanNation.
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: - ↑ Nair, Yash (2023-02-28). "Wolfe Glick and Markus Stadter dominate Pokemon Regional tournaments with unusual Paradox Pokémon". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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: - ↑ "2024 Charlotte Regional".
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: - ↑ "2024 Orlando Regional".
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: - ↑ Bartlett, Eric (2019-06-25). "Pokemon: Wolfe Glick Makes History at the 2019 North American International Championships". The Game Haus. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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: - ↑ Rondina, Steven (2023-08-11). "WolfeyVGC is out of 2023 Pokemon World Championship on Day 1". gameland.gg. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
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