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19-year-old college student from Pennsylvania has won the Pokémon World
Championships for the second year in a row. Ray Rizzo, a Drake
University sophomore, successfully defended his 2010 title in a
competition that featured 400 players last month in San Diego. Rizzo,
who hails from Marlton, Pennsylvania, but goes to school in Des Moines,
Iowa, says he’s been playing Pokémon since he was 6-years-old. The game
involves 640 different characters and players must choose a team of
Pokémon to battle against an opponent’s team. Each Pokémon has its own
set of powers and skills. As world champion, Rizzo was awarded a $7,500
scholarship and a paid trip to next year’s competition in Hawaii.
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