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The fact that “Let’s fucking go” has reached widespread use in the Chinese online community is hilarious.

Getting stuck in spreadsheet hell and losing himself just to realize he lost his love and passion for the game and having to learn to play the game again without the spreadsheet, it's like it's straight out of a movie.

Cool you found PChinese

There’s and episode of the Pokémon Black and White anime where Ash goes to get a gym badge from the flying gym. To his shock, he finds a line of people waiting to battle Skyla. With each person, she examines their Pokémon and decides in her head if she would win or lose. Then, she either awards a badge or denies one completely based on her mental image of the battle. Ash thinks this is terrible and demands a real battle. Luke’s run was blessed because he found the true spirit of Pokémon.

watching the chats spam emotes in unison almost made me tear up, games can truly bring so many people together

Dang he got so good at the math of Pokémon that he didn’t even need the spreadsheet to win the game. His strategy for winning was insane

The game knowledge and will to not KO the reshiram with full hp is insane

Thank you so much Jan for making this! I'm also a Chinese living abroad and really share the same feeling of what Luke said after the run. We are extremely privileged to have the means and support to live abroad and experience what most of the Chinese speaking community cannot access. Through the love of a game Luke connected people across language barriers and made us all in one as nuzlockers. This is so POWERFUL in today's world especially where geopolitical conflict is on the rise, where someone above tries to divide us through fear and hatred based on nationality and ethnicity. The moment people posting Azumarill in chats across platforms shows how POWERFUL we are when we CONNECT with each other. We didn't let prejudice divide us in that moment like they want us to.

The spreadsheet has real Pchal doing EK early game vibes.

11k attempts is crazy lmao

"How can we both be the biggest" well the greater mystery is how every pokemon fangame is the hardest game ever made

Once again, figuring out how to reach the Chinese market proves to be a wise business decision

The spreadsheet method losing his way is giving me a lot of nostalgia for the Pokemon Black and White anime where Ash and Cilan taught Skyla that she has to actually fight her battles not just do them mentally

Brother Feng smiles down proudly at this monumental story of the champion of the East. Luke is the goat

YO WHAAAAAAAAAAAT I've been subscribed to Luke FOR YEARS and I didn't know he was this good at English. I knew him from his random pokemon challenges, even bought Pocket Academy because I saw him play it. This is the collab I didn't know I need. THANK YOU BOTH.

Seeing pChal in the english stream makes me so happy. Nuzzlocking can often be seen as a sort of doomer topic with people grinding attempts to death but truly the runs that make it the farthest are the ones that are allowed to make it far. The love for these games and community that I see in this video is inspiring.

17:15 Oh hey look, Jan and Moxi are in chat spamming Azurills too lmao.

lukes english is almost too good, “crucial” is such a good word. good on him for such amazing language

I love Luke's channel and he was one of the first nuzlockers I watched when I started watching Pokemon content on bilibili. Super cool to see him featured on your channel! Edit: His "Can I beat Pokemon ... With only (Pokemon) series is amazing as well

The multiverse getting crazy

Thanks for the shout out to AT. It’s unbelievable how much he changed so much of our lives.

Damn he’s so precise, hearing him explain his elite 4 thought process was nice

Toriyama will always be in our hearts

Cool to see that "lets fucking go" is a universal phrase haha

The fact that Nintendo views rom hacks as a form of piracy really shows that they don’t understand what Pokémon is at its core. They throw out half-baked games for maximum profit nowadays. There’s a reason you rarely see people playing through sword/shield again whereas challenge runs of gens 1-6 are thriving. It’s very heartening that people from so many different places have connected with each other over a Pokémon game that is now almost 20 years old, but is still alive thanks to rom hacks and a dedicated fanbase.

this video is so cool! love jan’s focus on the multicultural nature of the scene and i think he makes a really good point about how awesome it is that we’re so able to be connected with people all around the world. great vid from jan and awesome run and content from luke! much love ❤

The best Nuzlocker in history vs the best Nuzlocker of today

I'm really enjoying the video so far! Big fan of the new direction you're taking your content, I can't wait to see what you'll make next :]

Love this type of content PChal. Love when you shed light on other nuzlockers. Any where we can watch the full final run?

idk why but Luke is such a wholesome person

Top tier video Jan. Keep up the good work! loving these videos where you introduce other nuzlockers

What a great video! Its really cool to get to know more nuzlockers from other scenes. Luke you're the goat.

This is super awesome! I’m glad to hear he won the run! But it’s so cool that he is able to bring multiple regions together and help bring nuzlockes to another part of the world.

Glad to hear you're working on Run & Bun and away from League. League fucked up my life, and a lot of others I know, and it's kinda funny that a video about a Chinese player is what brought that problem to light too. Cheers Jan, I hope you stay clean and I hope Lukey keeps doing awesome stuff. That was the cleanest R&B E4 I have ever seen.

Great content Pchal! Love seeing you use both your expert analysis and empathy for fellow nuzlockers in your videos.

I vaguely remember a similar experience with you in emerald Kaizo where you would reset often early without perfect encounters but said fuck it lower the level cap by 1 to increase runs past gym 1 to decrease burnout. Good to see the community progressing in the right ways. That and introducing candies. Still can’t believe people used to do runs without them

Something about seeing a wall of Chinese text suddenly being interrupted by a bunch of kekw emotes just made me feel so weirdly happy and connected

i kinda love the evolution of pChal becoming the Nuzlocke Historian. What a great vid to watch and see this beloved way to play grow into more pokemon fans!

The rise of the Chinese scene reminds me of the Hollow Knight Chinese players. They are absolutely crazy!

im thankful for pChal showing me this guy who i most likely never would have known. i love stories like this. a lot of people have this mindset of "it's just a video game why go through all of this" and i can in some ways get that, but to me i see a beautiful story about persistence and dedication for what is just a "video game". seeing a person's ability to dedicate themselves to what may seem like the silliest things yet still persisting and continuing for seemingly just the want to say "i did it!" will always be a beautiful yet silly way to display what humans are capable of.

18:51 this right here is why I could never even consider doing a hardcore nuzlocke. For me, the pokemon I'm journeying with are what matter, and grinding run after run just turns them into tools to be optimized. Its even more so for me because I'm a writer. I like to come up with stories and characters to go with my playthroughs, and you just can't do that when every single one of them is expendable. I respect the intelligence, determination, and skill that goes into these things, and I like hearing the stories from afar. I could just never do it myself.

What a fascinating video, thank you! Also, I just want to say I’m loving the new pChal. I feel like there is new life in your content and I’m really enjoying your own gameplay. Best wishes and thanks for the years of entertainment.

Nice video Jan. Reminds me of your OG stuff. Well done

Thanks for sharing this Jan, this was super interesting.

What a sick video Jan! Just an absolute master class in quality content. Massive Gz to Luke, 6 months is inspirational levels of dedication!

dawg you’re almost at a million subs? I legit started watching you because you were just one of the best nuzlockers in the entire world at 50k subs and now you’re like.. fuckin famous man. Let’s go, always been a youtube frog but i’ve popped in on a few streams here and there

yo well done on the integrated add read you make us want to continue watching to see the rate of attempts whilst your talking about the ad, very Mr beast esc but with your own touch. very well put together (also the rest of the video is very good!!!) keep up the good content! :)

ngl i needed a vpn, and i was excited to put your name in to support your channel. been watching for years, love the new content from this year

I was glad to hear the uplifting update at the end of the video. Good on you.

I love that Luke has picked up some of the colloquial phrases as well and how much he seems to be enjoying it

Wonderful video Jan! Great story telling. And thank you for introducing us to this amazing streamer!

videos like this are definetly worth the wait :D

This crossover is crazy

This is so cool. What a gem of the interwebs bringing folks together from all over to witness something in shared admiration and love of their (our) childhood era reimagined in grueling planning and execution to feel like a Pokémon Champion. So dang wholesome!

The OST started at the right time, really gave me goosebumps. 17:12

I heard every single “OHKAY!” emote in the chat in Jan’s voice 😆

Never have i seen a chat go that smoothly, it makes a man cry

Great video!! Fun watch and love the style

This made me tear up. Thanks for sharing this experience with us. Hope he continues to thrive and connect communities.

I forgot how fun nuzlocke videos can be, glad to have you back man!

Really cool to see other nuzlockers from a bunch of other places thanks PChal.

PChal ad segments are some of the best I've seen. They manage to make me not skip them, which is wild to me.

Thanks for this! That's awesome what he accomplished doing this. Made the community bigger and more as a whole.

amazing video keep up the amazing work

This is actually such a beautiful video/story

its nice seeing the world come together. its amazing to see how such a little thing can bring together such a massiv amount of people from around the world.

Subbed with notifs and KZfaq didn't tell me you uploaded this

Thank you for introducing him to me! I will definitely be following him, he seems to be so cool to watch, and his streams look really interesting!

Insane , congrats to Luke 🎉 Good on this channel for sharing this 👍🏼🙌🏼💪🏼

Most wholesome video I've seen in a long while. I'm definitely going to check luke out

Oh my god the way you did the NordVPN ad is GENIUS. There have been other times that I've been impressed with how you integrated an ad. I really appreciate the way that you do this and the time spent to think of what quirky idea you have to present the ad.

this was such a sweet video. luke seems like a really cool guy!

Absolute legend. I can’t even imagine the time and effort that went into completing a feat like that, and to hear him immediately show gratitude to his fans is special. Thank you jan for sharing this and thank you luke for providing this amazing content.

eyyo the early monthly release, I SEE YOU PCHAL LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

This may not be the same game, but this video has given me a different insight to the Black ops zombies runs for Easter eggs because I'll reset 100 times before I get the right rng to lose everything 5 minutes in to my own mistakes. I think this happens to us because when we play the whole game, it refreshes the parts that are very tedious. Getting the perfect run seems to also bring too much pressure as where in an imperfect run u can always blame it on another factor while, in that perfect environment the only thing you can blame is yourself on every mistake, which is very draining to the mental. Long ass comment to say thank you for the insight into my problem I'm having and good video!

i love how you every now and then drop the League addiction meme into your videos. always cracks me aup

I think it's really important for different cultures to connect with each other, because with certain geopolitical tensions going on, people can end up hating people from countries that their governments have beef with. Like Americans and other westerners convincing themselves that anything that comes out of China or Russia is suspicious. I think actually communicating and building community with people from those cultures is really important, no matter the context, and I'm really glad you made this video

it's so impressive that luke speaks english so well and that he was commentating in both languages at the same time

Good to see the KEKW emote being embraced by the Chinese as well.

I get amazed almost everytime on how well you build your storytelling from the video to the ads.

wtf his luke face azumarill and gasp face squirtle bilibili emotes are fire af

Love watching your nuzlocke attempts but this vid is so fucking interesting!! You have a great narration style/voice for it

Really resonate with the idea of not forgetting the fact that the challenge is above all supposed to be fun. I get that as difficulty climbs, which many enjoy, we look to seek the most efficient/mathematically sound way to beat said odds, which if both are exacerbated to a high enough degree makes it more a math gacha than a game. I'm nowhere near that competitive but glad to see those that are don't lose sight of why they enjoy the games in the first place.

Thank you so much pChal. This means a lot to CN nuzlocke community. Watching a video about Luke on your channel has always been sth I’ve been daydreaming of and the dream comes true today! Also, it’s glad to see the HOF sheet I’ve updated continuously on discord appearing in this video. An awesome day of my life🎉

Both chats spamming Azumarill made me tear up, this is soooo fvcking wholesome

Honestly one of the best Nuzlocke videos ive watched. Thanks Jan!

My dude really rebranded the channel to elevate others! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I am so glad you covered Luke as a Chinese. You both are my favourite Pokémon streamers!

Hey nice job posting before the end of the month!

Good choice on the Garuda Desert music 👌🏻

I love how this guy is chill in almost every situation

2024 is the year of improved Western / Chinese Nuzlocke relations, the whole bar is hooting and hollering watching this video on the big screen rn

Now to do a soul link with Luke :P

0:59 got me in tears, before the main event even started. Thx Jan and crew.

Crazy banger video. Good shit pchal I love when things cross cultural boundaries and I hope the Chinese nuzlocke community takes off.

3:40 I love this music. I wish it was used more often

This man is so wholesome. He cooked this game so hard. I love it.

Ok but that D: Squirtle emote is just perfection

5:51 I've been recently attempting Sacred Gold in a semi Nuzlocke format. _One Encounter per route, but I get to choose and no death upon faint. Level Caps ect still apply. I dub it Euro Extream after MGS series._ *I've never related more to this moment!*