Kid Launches 24-Hour Stream To Fund Pokemon World Championship Trip
A young Pokemon fan is currently streaming himself for 24 hours playing the Pokemon Trading Card Game as part of a fundraiser to help send him on his way to compete in the World Championships in London.
This year the Pokemon World Championships are to be held outside North America for the first time as the annual event heads to London, England, and Liam is hoping to travel there from his hometown of Chilliwack, British Columbia, in Canada. With the help of his family, Liam has started a GoFundMe page with the goal of raising $5000 CAD so that he can take that journey to potentially become the very best like no one ever was.
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In order to be invited as a competitor for the World Championships players have to participate in regionals and Liam managed to successfully qualify for the 2020 Pokemon World Championships. To qualify, Liam had to earn 350 points for his division and traveled to compete, journeying to Portland, Oregon in the USA, for instance.
Sadly, the 2020 Pokemon World Championships had to be canceled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, but this year the event will finally be making its return, to the same location it was scheduled for two years ago, at the Excel Centre in London.
"My journey started in 2017 when I played my first game of Pokemon", Liam writes, on his GoFundMe page. "I’ve been playing for a long time and have learned lots along the way. Pokemon has been a source of joy, but it has also helped me learn how to socialize with other people. Many autistic people have greater struggles with social interaction."
As he says, Liam has high functioning autism and says this means he has "hyper focus for certain things and can do really
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