This tournament is designed to remove three large parts of the game, in order to examine in detail one aspect of competitive Pokemon: Skill. This will be achieved by making sure that each player is always using the same team as their opponent.
Here is what is removed:
There is no need to build a "good" team, your opponent will always start with whatever you do. You may try building a team which you will be more comfortable with than your opponent, but will not have a material advantage.
You will not be guessing about your opponent's team during the battle, you will know exactly what choices they have and may make your moves accordingly. This lack of uncertainty allows for much more long term planing.
There will never be an uneven team matchup, which often makes a match one sided despite even skill levels and effort put into team building.
Rules that will be static regardless of matches:
Timed Battle ON
Sleep Clause ON
Self-KO Clause ON
Random Battle OFF
Moody is banned.
The following options are up to the player:
Team Preview -- Each player can determine if they want Team Preview in their match or not.
Evasion Clause -- Players may opt to use Double Team or whatever in their movesets, given the match does not become a 50/50.
OHKO Clause -- Players can opt on whether they want OHKO moves or not for their team.
Released Status -- Players may opt to use unreleased items and unreleased ability/gender combinations. If an unreleased ability is used though, egg moves/tutor moves from previous generations will not be allowed in conjunction with these unreleased abilities.
Battle Style -- Players may opt to make this Singles, Doubles, or Triples.
Species Clause -- Players may have as many of the same Pokemon as they want given it is not a crapshoot. (I.E. 6 Scarfchomps with Outrage.. This will be expanded upon later.)
Freeze Clause -- Players may select if they want Freeze Clause on or off.
Strict Levels -- Players may opt to specify which Pokemon are at which level.
Specific Generation -- Players may opt to play whatever generation they would like.
Apart from the Moody Ban, there will be two other restrictions for teambuilding.
No crapshoots -- Any team that basically relies on luck. Ex: Metronome on all 6 mons, Same mon 6 times with choice scarf + SE Move, will be banned. For this reason, Moody is banned.
No excessively long teams that were designed to stall themselves out. If a match goes past 250 turns, the player that did not make the team wins.
To have a team approved, it must be publicly posted in the thread with restrictions and clauses on the bottom. The sets must be copied exactly as instructed in the OP. If nothing is listed, 31 IVs in all is assumed. If a player does not copy the team right, that player will automatically lose the match (3 matches make up one round.) Either I or a TD will approve a team by underlining that person's name in the round.
A vs B
To clarify, this is a best of 3. Players A and B will play each other in three games. One will require both of them to both use A's team and follow the rulesets A has provided. Another will require both of them to both use B's team and follow the rulesets B has provided. The third will require both of them to both use the hosts' team and follow the hosts' rulesets. The team and ruleset the hosts will require you both to use will change every round. Collaboration with teambuilding is encouraged.
Signups end: Monday July 2 at 11:00 PM EST
Signups:
Earthworm
dragonuser
mostwanted
Mithril
Noodlez
Cristal
MikeDecIsHere
Pkrs
Lady Bug
Heist
199 Lives
Tiffanyy
Django Reinhart
.Robert
Omicron
FelixMinamimoto
ENZ0
ThePillsburyDoughboy
Ningildo
Darkhallway
Soulwind
Marshall.Law
BKC
ThatsMyLatios
Asek
D4RR3N
Hangover
pokebasket
McMeghan
complete legitimacy
mfhoundoom
keelhauled
Cicada
SOMALIA
Expert Physics
HoiPolloi
AuraRayquaza
Rydro
HardCore
DarkLoïc
davidness
Double01
dragonboy52
Eo Ut Mortus
MOET
Frz
Kojes
CheezItKing
Brotom
SethZiBritannia
IceCarAdler
Pedrock
DC.
DarXide
viashinomage
Zebraiken
Ravix
Orichalcos Owl
Ginku
Ciele
~GreenCore
[K-12] The Madchine
Basti
Grimm70
Dracule Mihawk
idiotfrommars
Light The Thunder
blarajan
ShadowFC
Blue Eon
Immoral Wombat
First 7 picked do not get in:
[02:18:25] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:26] <&wormbot> The number 68 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:27] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:27] <&wormbot> The number 50 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:28] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:28] <&wormbot> The number 47 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:30] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:30] <&wormbot> The number 62 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:31] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:32] <&wormbot> The number 58 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:32] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:33] <&wormbot> The number 53 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:33] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:34] <&wormbot> The number 47 has been randomly selected.
[02:18:36] <@Andrew> !rng 41 71
[02:18:37] <&wormbot> The number 59 has been randomly selected.
