Pokémon Pro Begs Rivals To Wash After A ‘Putrid’ Smell At A Recent Competition Made Him Throw Up

If you wish to be the perfect, like nobody ever was, you may think about having a shower and totally washing with cleaning soap each every now and then. A professional participant within the aggressive Pokémon gaming scene has accused a few of his friends of failing to stick to this primary life talent. He even claims to have thrown up at a latest match consequently.

The 2027 Baltimore Pokémon Regional Championships have been held earlier this month, with gamers competing throughout the online game and buying and selling card variations of Pokémon because the aggressive circuit will get going once more after the 2026 World Championships in August. However there was one thing rotten within the Baltimore Conference Middle that weekend, in keeping with professional participant Donghun Youm: the opposite folks he was battling in opposition to.

“Please deal with your private hygiene,” he posted on X on September 27. “I’ve had an incident [at] Baltimore regionals the place I needed to throw up on account of a close-by participant’s stench. My buddies and I couldn’t focus that spherical on account of how putrid the scent was and we even instructed a choose on account of it. Like c’mon man….”

😭😭😭 bro what??? I smelt some dangerous stenches throughout match matches however too throw up is insane, what scent does that too an individual 🤣🤣 https://t.co/EEYNMvAN1X

— Punk (@PunkDaGod) September 28, 2026

The put up shortly went viral, as allegations about pungent players are sometimes wont to, each due to present stereotypes and likewise the truth that folks practising correct hygiene is usually a wrestle in gamer-centric third locations.

“This goes for all TCGs,” one individual wrote in response. “I’ve by no means understood what’s so exhausting a few 5-min bathe and 15 seconds to use deodorant…” One other joked, “My man was combating two battles without delay.” Another person claimed they have been being utterly critical once they wrote, “I had a Redbull like spherical 3 of flame flame and that i bought gassy and was simply farting the final 3 rounds. idk if that fucked with anybody’s video games.”

Many esports and TCG execs understandably balk at their scenes having reputations for being pungent, but it surely’s additionally a problem that retains developing. Smash Bros. gamers have been put on blast. A Yui-Gi-Oh match was put on hold as a result of the gamers smelled so dangerous. An anime voice actor begged fans to bathe earlier than coming to her live performance.

Donghun Youm ended up ending sixtieth at Baltimore Regionals with a file of 9-4. “Not my finest efficiency however contemplating I locked the workforce [at] 4 am the night time earlier than I believe I did fairly alright,” he wrote on the time. Perhaps subsequent time he’ll think about packing a fuel masks with a view to crack the highest 10.