Arnold Hepner (and Dad)

Season Recap: Finished with 1370 CP and 4th in Oceania Juniors! 3 Top 8 regional finishes Top 128 EUIC Top 64 NAIC 12 Cup wins, 12 Challenge Wins We championed Raging Bolt most of the season. Next season our goal is to convert one of those Top 8s to a regional win!

Yet another botched Pokemon Center bookings from Pokemon…shadow dropping the booking with no warning and sending the competitor email notifications out after all the spots for Thursday were gone…and not being able to register without leaving a phone number blank…it’s comical

Well this one is a first….Arnold and I both won the challenge today +15 x 2!

First event of the 2026 season - 2/0/1 at @gamescorner_au League Challenge for +15CP!

We are locked in! Now time to test…

2nd full season and 2nd worlds invite! This time I did it in style finishing 4th in Oceania Juniors! See you in Anaheim!

It’s kinda disappointing they didn’t raise the invite numbers for Oceania. It can be argued that our Senior division might be the best in the world and only gets 10 invites.

I’m starting the bring back OCIC petition today! Sydney is a premier destination without a regional the past two seasons…and Oceania desperately needs their IC back! Repost this and spread the word if you would attend an IC in Australia @playpokemon @Pokemon

Oceania Worlds Invites totalled 45 players across 3 divisions: 22 Masters 12 Seniors 11 Juniors By State: VIC - 15 (9 MSTR, 3 SR, 3 SR) NSW - 13 (5 MSTR, 4 SR, 4 JR) QLD - 8 (4 MSTR, 2 SR, 2 JR) SA - 4 (9 MSTR, 3 SR, 3 JR) NZ - 3 (1 each div.) WA - 2 (1 MSTR, 1 SR)

Great thread from Chris. I think Top X was a good change for Masters this season, but a complete disaster for the younger age divisions. Pokémon has turned into a travel sport for Jrs & Srs if they want to compete for Worlds. Would love to see a Points Bar return for Jrs & Srs

As a parent, I relate to much of what is being voiced in this post. I enjoyed the ride this year along with Arnold but we definitely missed a lot of school and “being a kid” moments in order to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve our goals.

Would like to give a massive thank you to @Wet_Goose for all the coaching and advice this season…we couldn’t have done it without you you are truly the Goat!

Finished Day 2 6-3-1 for 47th/330 at NAIC and +150 CP. That wraps up the season with 1370 CP and 4th overall in Oceania Juniors! What a fantastic weekend and so happy with the results!

Day 2! with a clutch win-and -in and now 2 rounds to go!

Made it to New Orleans now we have some time to kill before check-in at our Air BnB

Here we go again! See you in New Orleans #playpokemon

Top 8 at Melbourne Regionals playing Iron Joltik! Had a blast and played really well both days! That’s 3 for 3 Top 8s in Australia this season!!!!

The people’s champ!

Anyone know when will get priority registration emails for NAIC??