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Wolfe Glick
Current team
TeamBeastcoast
GamePokémon
LeaguePlay! Pokémon
Personal information
Nickname(s)WolfeyVGC
NationalityAmerican
Career information
Playing career2011–present
Team history
2018-2021Panda Global

Wolfe "Wolfey" Glick is an American competitive Pokemon player, Streamer and Youtuber. He is the 2016 World Champion of the official Pokemon VGC format,[1] as well as winning numerous other VGC competitions.[2] Glick is widely regarded as one of the best VGC players of all time[2] along with the likes of Ray Rizzo and Se Jun Park.

Wolfe's team building skills are famed across the VGC community, with his unique strategies often strongly influencing the metagame.[3]

Biography

VGC

Wolfe Glick's debut to competitive pokemon was in 2011, where he made it to the World Championships, placing 6th overall. He won the DC regionals and US Nationals to qualify.[4]

From 2011-2018 he qualified for Worlds every year and then again in 2022. After he won the 2019 North American International Championships, Glick became the first player to win a Regional, National, International and World Championship.[4]

Panda Global

In 2018 Wolfe joined the eSports team Panda Global along with his friend and fellow VGC player Aaron Zheng. He left in 2021.[2][4]

Beastcoast

Glick joined the competitive Pokémon team Beastcoast in 2022[5], which Aaron Zheng is a part of as well.[6] He stated that he was "really excited to partner with Beastcoast to help fully capitalize on this exciting moment",[5] that moment being the start of a new Pokémon generation with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Media Presence

Youtube

Wolfe Glick has 4 YouTube channels, each covering different forms of content.[7]

WolfeyVGC

Wolfe's main Youtube channel is where he posts videos on general Pokémon content. He has over 700K subscribers and has amassed over 100M total channel views.[8] The videos on this channel are popular, with many reaching over 1M views.

Wolfe often collaborates with other popular content creators such as Alpharad,[9] Ludwig[10] and Jaiden Animations.[11]

Wolfe Glick also sometimes streams on this channel, though the streams are usually moved to the WolfeyVods when they end.

WolfeyVods[12]

Wolfe uses this channel to upload replays of his previous streams from Twitch and Youtube. Created in 2021, it is relatively small and only has 21K subscribers and 660K channel views.[13]

ShortWolfey[14]

This channel exclusively uses the YouTube Shorts platform for short-form Pokémon trivia. It was made in 2021 as well and has 110K subscribers and around 60M channel views.[15]

BonusWolfe[16]

This is Glick's newest channel, made in 2022. He uses it to post full length unedited content. It has 50K subscribers and over 1M channel views.

Twitch

Wolfe has a twitch channel with over 160K followers. Although he has moved to using YouTube to stream primarily, you can still watch his past streams on Twitch.[17]

Tournament placings

Wolfe has won or achieved high placings in many tournaments:[2][18]

Regional Championships

Tournament Date Age Division Placing
DC Regionals 2011 June 11th, 2011 Masters 1st
Virginia Regionals 2015 February 15th, 2015 Masters 8th
Florida Regionals 2015 March 1st, 2015 Masters 1st
Massachusetts Regionals 2015 May 17th, 2015 Masters 1st
Pennsylvania Regionals 2015 October 11th, 2015 Masters 1st
Florida Regionals 2016 February 28th, 2016 Masters 1st
Georgia Regionals 2016 May 21st, 2016 Masters 3rd
Orlando Regionals 2016 October 16th, 2016 Masters 3rd
Georgia Regionals 2017 January 14-15, 2017 Masters 5th
Charlotte Regionals 2018 March 18-20, 2018 Masters 1st

National Championships

Tournament Date Age Division Placing
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
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

World Championships

Tournament Date Age Division Placing
Worlds 2011 August 15th, 2011 Masters 6th
Worlds 2012 August 12th, 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 2022 August 18-21, 2022 Masters Day 1

Other Events

Tournament Date Age Division Placing
Players Cup II 2020 Masters 1st

Trivia

References

  1. ^ "2016 Pokémon World Championships Masters Division Top Cut Teams". www.pokemon.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  2. ^ a b c d "In-depth with Wolfe Glick, the face of present-day Pokémon esports". Upcomer. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ^ Michael, Cale (2019-12-01). "Former Pokémon VGC world champion helps build a devastating Dracovish strategy". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  4. ^ a b c d VGCpedia (2019-01-12). "Wolfe Glick". VGCpedia. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  5. ^ a b "Beastcoast signs Pokémon Champion Wolfe Glick". beastcoast.gg. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  6. ^ "Beastcoast Adds Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng to its' Growing Pokémon Roster". beastcoast.gg. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  7. ^ "WolfeyVGC - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  8. ^ "WolfeyVGC's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  9. ^ Ruining Online with Alpharad, retrieved 2022-10-28
  10. ^ So Ludwig thought he could beat me at Pokemon..., retrieved 2022-10-28
  11. ^ I Taught Jaiden Animations COMPETITIVE Pokemon, retrieved 2022-10-28
  12. ^ "WolfeyVods - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  13. ^ "WolfeyVods's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  14. ^ "ShortWolfey - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  15. ^ "ShortWolfey's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  16. ^ "BonusWolfe - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  17. ^ WolfeyVGC - Twitch, retrieved 2022-10-28
  18. ^ "About Us". VGC guide. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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