WorldPingMeet the real-life Pokémon professors, the unsung heroes of competitive monster-battling
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They offer advice, referee card games and manage players’ tantrums – we caught up with some of the volunteer profs who keep the competitive game going at this year’s world championships Professors may be the most revered characters in the fictional w…
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- Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:14 UTC.
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