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Vandy323 takes a shiny Solosis into gym management

Pokémon: This Gym of Mine adds town restoration and reputation to his shiny-only Psychic challenge.

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I Became a Shiny Pokémon Gym Leader!I Became a Shiny Pokémon Gym Leader!

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  1. 0:46Vandy chooses Psychic as his gym specialty and Solosis as his starter.
  2. 2:20Resetting produces a shiny Solosis before his arrival in Umbal City.
  3. 3:36Rough Rider Racer supplies an early test for the new gym leader.
  4. 8:01Mayor Dalton explains reputation, gym rules and investments in the town.
  5. 13:12Gym challengers provide prize money for restoration plans.
  6. 17:05A cavern encounter with Rough Rider Racer prompts another round of team-building; the rematch arrives at 19:49.

Vandy323 names his character YDNAV, chooses Psychic as his specialty and starts resetting for a shiny Solosis. Getting the right starter is only the beginning: his first day as a gym leader soon includes a defeat at the hands of Rough Rider Racer.

"I Became a Shiny Pokémon Gym Leader!" is an edited stream adventure in the fan-made game Pokémon: This Gym of Mine. Alongside catching eligible teammates and defending his gym, Vandy has Umbal City's reputation and building investments to consider. The video includes a sponsored segment. It was the most-watched of his six uploads this week, reaching about 40,000 views, and carries by far the most daily momentum among his videos.

The hunting has a personal detail tucked inside it: Vandy says Woobat was his first-ever shiny Pokémon. Viewers, meanwhile, are discussing Shroomish's eligibility for the team, the audible reactions in a hunting montage and whether he realized unlimited healing items were available.

The other five uploads continue his Legends ZA challenge, billed as staying in his room until he catches every available shiny. Day 6's title announces that he called in help. Away from that series, "Shiny Hunting other Poketubers' Fugitives!" keeps drawing views with its pursuit of Pokémon other shiny hunters failed to catch.

The channel added roughly 1,000 subscribers over the week, while daily views are now more than triple their usual level. Nearby gaming channels have had varied weeks: Mehalic POPs has substantial viewing activity, while Eltk is quieter than usual. For Vandy, the distinctive new assignment is being responsible for a town as well as a shiny team.

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Where next?

More from Vandy323This week on the channel +112K views this weekFour Pokétubers take a Borderlands detour with Vandy323UnitedGamer, RaidAwayPlus and Patterrz join Vandy in one of his favorite game franchises.Channel: Vandy323 · Story of October 13, 2026 Also in Strategy, simulation and role-playing gamesViews jump 13x the channel's usual paceGbay99 gives his Classic WoW journey a finale"The End of the Era." follows months of leveling detours, arriving alongside a sharp rise in daily channel views.Channel: Gbay99 · Story of November 12, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 23x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel takes on Hegseth's "doozy" of a press conferenceThe monologue moves from a Thomas Massie impeachment filing to Trump phoning C-SPAN, then closes with a parody trailer for Melania: The Series.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 12, 2026

What viewers say

  • my baby boy shroomish needing to be able to learn psychic to stay on the team was devastating
    @TigerMarigold64See it on YouTube
  • 32:53 I love how all we perceive from Vandy in this hunting montage is his audible reactions, not even his physical reaction (especially 33:27 - 33:28 and 33:31 - 33:32) 😂
    @alexheldmanSee it on YouTube
  • 26:39 did you ever learn you could get unlimited healing items from her
    @jasontheman360See it on YouTube
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  • Vandi didn't realize he'd turned on 'hard mode' for this run.
    @Ldeer1337See it on YouTube
  • These streams were so much fun. I’m glad to see the video
    @kirstynquinn6602See it on YouTube
  • 40:20 Ralts: “Haha… That tickled!”
    @ChazzDiBianco728See it on YouTube
  • This video reminds me of a Shorts series that Pikaboo did as a "Day in the Life" for this game. It's really cool to see a completely shiny playthrough of this as well (props to SirGary ofc)
    @alexheldmanSee it on YouTube
  • 1:55 I'm glad that what I mentioned here tees up the mention of the backend mechanics of this challenge pretty early on lol (re-established at 40:08)
    @alexheldmanSee it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on Vandy323 right now

✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Pokémon in Legends ZA! | Day 39,551 views · 2026-11-05 ✨I Called in Help. TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Pokémon in Legen…9,456 views · 2026-11-09 ✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Pokémon in Legends ZA! | Day 47,915 views · 2026-11-06 ✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Pokémon in Legends ZA! | Day 56,528 views · 2026-11-06 ✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Pokémon in Legends ZA! | Day 74,137 views · 2026-11-10 Shiny Hunting other Poketubers' Fugitives!101,300 views
The facts
Channel
Vandy323
Subscribers
143,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
143,389
Videos published this week
6
Video published
November 10, 2026
Video views so far
40,320
Views on its first day
33,377

The numbers

Here is Vandy323's week in subscribers, views and uploads.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
UrbanLoon
1,075,299
Mehalic POPs
968,907
The Comeback Kids
803,673
ThatGuyFromCollege
441,615
jillyeon
430,437
Yardis
182,211
spoonkid6
173,865
Vandy323
143,389
Eltk
11,776
subscribers
143,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
total views
13,692,119
views per day
60,165
typical day: 18,283
first-day views of each video posted this week
I Became a Shiny Pokémon Gym Leader!
33,377
✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Poké…
8,997
✨I Called in Help. TRAPPED Until I Catc…
9,271
✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Poké…
7,542
✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Poké…
5,841
✨TRAPPED Until I Catch Every Shiny Poké…
3,904
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
jillyeon
174,000
ThatGuyFromCollege
159,000
Eltk
147,000
Yardis
144,000
Mehalic POPs
144,000
Vandy323
143,000
spoonkid6
134,000
The Comeback Kids
128,000
UrbanLoon
119,000
As of November 12, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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