Gamers catch the Pokémon fever during world championships event in Anaheim

Photo Gallery: 2017 Pokemon World Championships

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Trading card seniors Emery Taylor, left, competes against Piper Lepine during day one of the 2017 Pokémon World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on Friday. (Kevin Chang/ Times OC) (Kevin Chang/ Daily Pilot)

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Video game masters Ethan Simpson, left, competes against Andrea Di Francesco during day one of the 2017 Pokémon World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on Friday. (Kevin Chang/ Times OC) (Kevin Chang/ Daily Pilot)

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Day one of the 2017 Pokémon World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on Friday. (Kevin Chang/ Times OC) (Kevin Chang/ Daily Pilot)

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Trading card masters compete during day one of the 2017 Pokémon World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on Friday. (Kevin Chang/ Times OC) (Kevin Chang/ Daily Pilot)

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Gold, silver and bronze Pokemon trophies on display during the 2017 Pokémon World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on Friday. (Kevin Chang/ Times OC) (Kevin Chang/ Daily Pilot)

By Alex Chan

Aug. 22, 2017 2:45 PM PT

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They came. They saw. They caught them all.

The 2017 Pokémon World Championships descended upon the Anaheim Convention Center from Aug.18 to 20. The three-day event attracted more than 1,000 players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game and video game. The players arrived from more than 30 different countries.

Competitors played in the presence of fans, with more than $500,000 in scholarships and prizes up for grabs.

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Alex Chan left Times Community News in 2017. She was a features reporter for the TimesOC section of Times Community News, and previously covered education for TCN’s Daily Pilot. Before joining Times Community News, she spent two years writing for the Orange County Register’s Varsity Arts section. She earned her degree in literary journalism from UC Irvine.

Gamers catch the Pokémon fever during world championships event in Anaheim

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