Pokémon Ambassador & VGC Player: Joshua Lorcy's Story • Chazingdra Chats: A Pokémon Podcast

*Content Warning* Family disputes and divorce growing up (Topic 1), gang violence (Topic 2) Motivated above all else by making his mother proud, Joshua Lorcy opens up about the difficult times he experienced growing up, how he channelled his energies into competitive Pokémon and how he learned to be his authentic self. Now an official ambassador for the VGC community, discover his life story, 6 Dream Team Pokémon - and above all the passion he brings to all he does. 👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying our chat, it goes such a long way and would mean a huge amount. Thank you! @Chazingdra across all socials 🤔 Want to learn more about Lorcy? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for... Links below! 🔗 MY LINKS https://www.youtube.com/@Chazingdra https://twitter.com/Chazingdra https://bsky.app/profile/chazingdra.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/chazingdra/ https://www.tiktok.com/@chazingdra chazingdra@gmail.com Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats 👋 My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature! My passion for Pokémon has made me a host & commentator for its Video Game Championships Series, and beyond that I love taking on all kinds of challenges & adventures in the games which I stream and make videos about right here on this channel. Come join in! I'm currently playing through every generation of Pokémon & catching 'em all on stream - and I've got further big plans for Pokémon's 30th anniversary this year... 🎧 More than 90 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community including MANDJTV, WOLFE GLICK, AUSTIN JOHN PLAYS & many more - enjoy! All episodes so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin Listen on Spotify - 15,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27 We're now in Season 2! Guests: CandyEvie, Jrose11, Bonstevawich, SophChan, PhillyBeatzU, Chi-Chi, Joshua Lorcy, AuraLaur, PKMNcast, Brian David Gilbert 🎥 RELATED EPISODES Wolfe Glick - https://youtu.be/7ef-AnMHrjM Aaron 'Cybertron' Zheng - https://youtu.be/f0M4tSxPGQg James Baek - https://youtu.be/QXIqYbXMZ2o Joseph Ugarte/JoeUX9 - https://youtu.be/aDECwv0olz4 Watch my documentary about commentating the epic 2025 Europe International Championships here - https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI Keep up with Lorcy's latest and catch his fantastic content - @lorcylovesyou across socials & YouTube   🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome! 02:40 Losing Home - *CW* Family disputes & divorce growing up 14:18 Lorcy's 1st Dream Team Pokémon 23:26 Dion & Justin - *CW* Gang Violence 35:16 Lorcy's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon 39:07 Getting Back into Pokémon 56:21 Lorcy's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon 1:01:07 A Life-Changing Match 1:06:50 Lorcy's 4th Dream Team Pokémon 1:11:01 An Interview with Wolfe Glick 1:22:56 Lorcy's 5th Dream Team Pokémon 1:28:17 The Present Day 1:33:07 Lorcy's 6th Dream Team Pokémon 1:35:10 Lorcy's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon 1:36:11 If Lorcy were a Pokémon, what would he be? 1:38:08 Community Questions 1:43:13 What's next for Lorcy? 1:46:39 What advice would Lorcy give his younger self? 1:47:37 Lorcy's Rapidash Round Teaser 1:48:19 Get involved! 🙏  A HUGE thank you to my channel members & patrons at the time of recording for supporting the channel: ashthekarp, Jacrepid, CaseyPKMN, 19TokinToken, pokemontrainermike1, Shad0wFeevke, BroseidonLive, 0megasoul, drifloonsupremacyassociation, wolfganghahn2490, Rich.2288, elliefawnx, KayDeeVGC, BlueVacktor, duckyz_, GymLeader_J, indiepctv, ZiggyVanderhyden, AddiRockART, dmfried858; doobsnax, Ben Kyriakou, Casey Kort, Possumbreath, Morten Schødts Pedersen, AerialAC Click on the relevant links above to support me directly and see/hear your name here! Thank you so much either way for listening 🙏 Music by Tom Hiom Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost #6pokemon1lifestory