The World Cup of Pokemon III - Registration Thread

Jackal* · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:13:25 PM

As the metagame shifts from ADV to DP, many things change, but the one constant is that everybody wants to be the best. Well, it's that time again to prove that your country reigns supreme - time for the World Cup of Pokemon.

Last year, team Asia took home the honours in an intense square-off against USA Central. Who will take home the glory this year? It's time to find out!

Rules:

This years tournament will apply DP standard metagame rules. These are[taken from Smogon Tournament 4]:

-6 on 6 D/P battles played on the shoddybattle program.
-Pokemon that are considered "Uber" are banned from use on a player's team.
-Species Clause: You must use six different Pokémon on your team. You can't have two Chimchars on your team.
-Self-KO Clause: You cannot use moves like Explosion or Destiny Bond on your last Pokémon if it will force a tie.
-Sleep Clause: You can only put to sleep one Pokémon on an opponent's side at any time. If you use Spore to put one Pokémon asleep, you cannot use it again to put another Pokémon asleep until the first one wakes up.
-Freeze Clause: If at anytime two different Pokémon are frozen on a player's field, then the player that froze the two Pokémon loses.
-Evasion Ban: Moves that specifically increase evasion are banned. Double Team is an example of a banned move.
-OHKO Ban: Moves that have a chance of OHKOing a Pokémon are banned. An example is Sheer Cold.
-Battle Timeout must be on.
**-No scouting other peoples teams. You cannot watch ANY battle of the people in your division. Also, to prevent scouting in general, I give every participant the right to ask someone to stop watching their battle (To prevent person X from scouting on behalf of person Y in the divsion). If there are any problems, contact me of Shiv and it will be dealt with.**
-Send a log to Jackal or Shiv (C/P it) via Smogon PM of your battle to confirm your victory.
-Also, be sure to follow the Basic Tournament Signups Thread

Format:

This years format will be quite different from both previous years. We felt last years tournament was too short, and furthermore, not all the teams got to square off. This did not allow for the best representation of skills. Thus, for this edition, we decided to make it more of a battle royal, while trying to avoid a standard "pairings" format.

There will be a number of teams (yet to be decided, reliant on number of applications, either 8,12,16, most likely 8) that will be created based on the best battlers of several regions across the globe. These teams will be comprised of 8 battlers and 2 subs.

In the first round, the battlers will be split up into divisions of 4. Each battler will battle each other battler in the division once, round robin style, for a total of 3 battles. Points will be awarded to each team based on number of wins of its battlers. A win earns you 1 point. Placing first in your divsion nets your team an extra 2 points, and placing second nets you 1.

The top two seeded battlers in each division will move onto the second round. A three-way tie for one of these positions will be broken by number of pokemon killed. If there is still a tie, then winner of the head to head between the tied battlers advances. If there is a three way tie for most killed, then go to first complete all three battles advances. This is the most fair way to go about things.

In the second round and all subsequent rounds, a standard bracket will be constructed, placing a one seed against a two seed, and insuring members of the same team do not face off. If three of the final 4 members are from one team, the remaining member that is not of that team will battle all three team members, and if he wins all three, he will be declared the winner.

As a result, there will be an individual award of achievement, and ultimately a team winner, the team with the most points.

Applying:

This is, ultimately, an invitational tournament. Thus, I cannot promise that everyone will get a chance to play. It is NOT based on who posts first. I will ask everyone to post their Shoddy aliases, along with their two team preferences. This is based on country of residance, country of birth or nationality. For example, if you live in Texas, but are of Chinese descent, you could choose team Asia as your first choice to represent your background and team USA south as your second choice. The order you put is entirely up to you, but keep in mind some teams will be harder to make than others.

This is NOT a finalized roster by any means, but sign up for one/two of the following for the sake of organization:

Canada
Asia
South America
Oceania
UK
Inland Europe
USA East
USA West
USA South
USA Central (mid+midnorth)

Team Formation:

Shiv and I will be selecting Captains based on reputation/reliability and also skill to choose 7 people and 2 subs from the applicants to round off their team. They also have the ability to recruit people who did not post who they feel would be good enough to compete.

That should be everything! I hope we can all have a great tournament this year, and may rivalries be revived! Feel free to smack talk, but keep it civil. Contact Shiv or myself for any comments/questions/concerns.

ALSO there is a website in the makings that will be completed shortly, so that is something to look forward to. In the meantime here are the previous tournaments:

World Cup I
World Cup II

I can only show the signups of the first one cause the other threads had to be deleted because Nintendo couldnt find out skarm was Canadian. xD

That should be it, Registration is open!

PS: Canada will win without a doubt who defies.

Aeroblacktyl · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:14:50 PM

Asia

Max* · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:17:30 PM

Shoddy nick: Max

First team: Team Asia
Second team: USA East

:)

dak · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:17:40 PM

team germany/europe gonna win!

Team: Europe/Germany
Second Team: UK
Shoddy Nick: Dak

DarkRoseBlood · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:18:20 PM

Can I join?
Nickname: DarkRoseBlood
Team Central US
Team South US

goofball · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:19:12 PM

Yep Looks like another easy win for Team Asia...

im asia captain xD pl0x

oh I'm suppose to

1st: Asia
2nd: South (texas rawr)

CaptKirby · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:21:19 PM

I could be on either the Southern or Central USA, since Texas is both!

spies · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:24:51 PM

shoddy nick: spies
Team South America
no second option because I don't really have one and I don't think South America will have a lot of people anyway..

jc_rcw · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:28:09 PM

shoddy nick: jc_rcw

Team: South America!
Team2: USA South.

lets do it.

*JabbaTheGriffin+* · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:28:35 PM

Shoddy Nick: Jabba/JabbaTheGriffin
Team: USA East
Team 2: Inland Europe since I'm German I guess :/

Raito Light · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:29:21 PM

Team USA-South or Team USA-Central, for the same reasons as CaptKirby.

Shoddy Nick: Raito Light

SSBM roy · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:29:45 PM

Shoddy Nick: SSBM_roy
First Choice: USA Central
Second Choice: USA East

3N3MY · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:30:41 PM

If I'm considered:

Shoddy Nick: 3N3MY/Da 3N3MY
First Choice: Team USA East
Second Choice: Team USA Central

obi* · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:31:02 PM

Shoddy alias: Graviton
Team: US West or Central. I'll pick later based on who has the coolest dudes.

Pilocus · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:33:10 PM

Shoddy Nick: Pilocus
Team 1: USA South
Team 2: USA Central

EsBueno · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:34:11 PM

Shoddybattle name: EsBueno

Team 1: Oceania
Team 2: UK

Brawley · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:34:38 PM

Shoddy Alias: Brawley
Team 1: Asia (Parents are from India)
Team 2: USA South (Living is Texas)

lol I picked the same as Goofball. XD

Shupo · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:35:02 PM

Shoddy nick: Tochukaso
Team1: USA South
Team2: USA East

Hipmonlee* · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:35:47 PM

I'll play for NZ.

Have a nice day.

Floppy · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:36:41 PM

shoddy nick: Floppy

East U.S.A baby

NatKing · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:36:48 PM

Shoddy Nick : Melon
Team: UK / Europe.

Looking to enter another Smogon Tournament, and not get drawn against #2 on the shoddy ladder first round this time, (salaspectrum)

Taylor · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:39:11 PM

Shoddy Username: Taylor / prince_arrogant

Team #1: UK
Team #2: USA East

imperfectluck · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:41:56 PM

shoddy nick: kd8otome
Team Asia
Team USA Central

Karrot · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:43:53 PM

Shoddy Nickname: Karrot / Kingra
Team 1: Asia
Team 2: USA South

I failed miserably in ST4 after two very nice early round battles and lost kind of pathetically. I want to avenge myself!

Andeby · Feb 16th, 2008, 7:44:38 PM

Team: Europe/Norway
Shoddy Nick: Andeby

Supporting Europe

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:17:30 PM	#3
Max* Marie! Marie! Marie! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,226	Shoddy nick: Max First team: Team Asia Second team: USA East :) __________________ Pomposity is when you always think you're right. Arrogance is when you know.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:17:40 PM	#4
dak I could be banned! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 699	team germany/europe gonna win! Team: Europe/Germany Second Team: UK Shoddy Nick: Dak Last edited by dak; Feb 17th, 2008 at 9:38:20 AM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:18:20 PM	#5
DarkRoseBlood Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Woodlands, Texas Posts: 269	Can I join? Nickname: DarkRoseBlood Team Central US Team South US __________________ FC - 1933 7927 7201 If I ask for a Pokemon, please post in my thread, if I already asked for that Pokemon, don't get mad, I forget those things. My thread - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36980 WITH NEW MILD GRASS 67 MOLTRES Last edited by DarkRoseBlood; Feb 16th, 2008 at 8:14:51 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:19:12 PM	#6
goofball Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,330	Yep Looks like another easy win for Team Asia... im asia captain xD pl0x oh I'm suppose to 1st: Asia 2nd: South (texas rawr) Last edited by goofball; Feb 16th, 2008 at 10:38:06 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:21:19 PM	#7
CaptKirby Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: on a branch, sleepin' till it's night Posts: 3,040	I could be on either the Southern or Central USA, since Texas is both! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/disgorg...7621887977678/ my pokemon toys

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:13:25 PM	#1
Jackal* I'm not retarded I'm Canadian it's different Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada eh Posts: 4,780	The World Cup of Pokemon III - Registration Thread As the metagame shifts from ADV to DP, many things change, but the one constant is that everybody wants to be the best. Well, it's that time again to prove that your country reigns supreme - time for the World Cup of Pokemon. Last year, team Asia took home the honours in an intense square-off against USA Central. Who will take home the glory this year? It's time to find out! Rules: This years tournament will apply DP standard metagame rules. These are[taken from Smogon Tournament 4]: -6 on 6 D/P battles played on the shoddybattle program. -Pokemon that are considered "Uber" are banned from use on a player's team. -Species Clause: You must use six different Pokémon on your team. You can't have two Chimchars on your team. -Self-KO Clause: You cannot use moves like Explosion or Destiny Bond on your last Pokémon if it will force a tie. -Sleep Clause: You can only put to sleep one Pokémon on an opponent's side at any time. If you use Spore to put one Pokémon asleep, you cannot use it again to put another Pokémon asleep until the first one wakes up. -Freeze Clause: If at anytime two different Pokémon are frozen on a player's field, then the player that froze the two Pokémon loses. -Evasion Ban: Moves that specifically increase evasion are banned. Double Team is an example of a banned move. -OHKO Ban: Moves that have a chance of OHKOing a Pokémon are banned. An example is Sheer Cold. -Battle Timeout must be on. -No scouting other peoples teams. You cannot watch ANY battle of the people in your division. Also, to prevent scouting in general, I give every participant the right to ask someone to stop watching their battle (To prevent person X from scouting on behalf of person Y in the divsion). If there are any problems, contact me of Shiv and it will be dealt with. -Send a log to Jackal or Shiv (C/P it) via Smogon PM of your battle to confirm your victory. -Also, be sure to follow the Basic Tournament Signups Thread Format: This years format will be quite different from both previous years. We felt last years tournament was too short, and furthermore, not all the teams got to square off. This did not allow for the best representation of skills. Thus, for this edition, we decided to make it more of a battle royal, while trying to avoid a standard "pairings" format. There will be a number of teams (yet to be decided, reliant on number of applications, either 8,12,16, most likely 8) that will be created based on the best battlers of several regions across the globe. These teams will be comprised of 8 battlers and 2 subs. In the first round, the battlers will be split up into divisions of 4. Each battler will battle each other battler in the division once, round robin style, for a total of 3 battles. Points will be awarded to each team based on number of wins of its battlers. A win earns you 1 point. Placing first in your divsion nets your team an extra 2 points, and placing second nets you 1. The top two seeded battlers in each division will move onto the second round. A three-way tie for one of these positions will be broken by number of pokemon killed. If there is still a tie, then winner of the head to head between the tied battlers advances. If there is a three way tie for most killed, then go to first complete all three battles advances. This is the most fair way to go about things. In the second round and all subsequent rounds, a standard bracket will be constructed, placing a one seed against a two seed, and insuring members of the same team do not face off. If three of the final 4 members are from one team, the remaining member that is not of that team will battle all three team members, and if he wins all three, he will be declared the winner. As a result, there will be an individual award of achievement, and ultimately a team winner, the team with the most points. Applying: This is, ultimately, an invitational tournament. Thus, I cannot promise that everyone will get a chance to play. It is NOT based on who posts first. I will ask everyone to post their Shoddy aliases, along with their two team preferences. This is based on country of residance, country of birth or nationality. For example, if you live in Texas, but are of Chinese descent, you could choose team Asia as your first choice to represent your background and team USA south as your second choice. The order you put is entirely up to you, but keep in mind some teams will be harder to make than others. This is NOT a finalized roster by any means, but sign up for one/two of the following for the sake of organization: Canada Asia South America Oceania UK Inland Europe USA East USA West USA South USA Central (mid+midnorth) Team Formation: Shiv and I will be selecting Captains based on reputation/reliability and also skill to choose 7 people and 2 subs from the applicants to round off their team. They also have the ability to recruit people who did not post who they feel would be good enough to compete. That should be everything! I hope we can all have a great tournament this year, and may rivalries be revived! Feel free to smack talk, but keep it civil. Contact Shiv or myself for any comments/questions/concerns. ALSO there is a website in the makings that will be completed shortly, so that is something to look forward to. In the meantime here are the previous tournaments: World Cup I World Cup II I can only show the signups of the first one cause the other threads had to be deleted because Nintendo couldnt find out skarm was Canadian. xD That should be it, Registration is open! PS: Canada will win without a doubt who defies. __________________

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:14:50 PM	#2
Aeroblacktyl Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 7,771	Asia Last edited by Aeroblacktyl; Feb 16th, 2008 at 10:53:21 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:24:51 PM	#8
spies Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lima, Perú Posts: 1,194	shoddy nick: spies Team South America no second option because I don't really have one and I don't think South America will have a lot of people anyway..

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:28:09 PM	#9
jc_rcw Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: :D Posts: 289	shoddy nick: jc_rcw Team: South America! Team2: USA South. lets do it.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:28:35 PM	#10
JabbaTheGriffin+ I'm a very neat monster. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: stacking traiths Posts: 1,121	Shoddy Nick: Jabba/JabbaTheGriffin Team: USA East Team 2: Inland Europe since I'm German I guess :/ __________________ yeah!

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:29:21 PM	#11
Raito Light Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 48	Team USA-South or Team USA-Central, for the same reasons as CaptKirby. Shoddy Nick: Raito Light

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:29:45 PM	#12
SSBM roy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 393	Shoddy Nick: SSBM_roy First Choice: USA Central Second Choice: USA East __________________ ♔♕♖♗♘♙♚♛♜♝♞♟ Last edited by SSBM roy; Feb 16th, 2008 at 7:44:40 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:30:41 PM	#13
3N3MY Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hard Hittin' Posts: 305	If I'm considered: Shoddy Nick: 3N3MY/Da 3N3MY First Choice: Team USA East Second Choice: Team USA Central Last edited by 3N3MY; Feb 16th, 2008 at 8:07:22 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:31:02 PM	#14
obi* is a contrarian grammarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In the helmet on normalcy. Posts: 4,790	Shoddy alias: Graviton Team: US West or Central. I'll pick later based on who has the coolest dudes. __________________ expelliarmus: i heard obi lost a battle once [2009 Jul 27] [11:44:20]<Barnaul> [wikipedia-notice]: accept a homosexuality! After 2007 sysop permission cannot be granted to user without homosexuality acception

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:33:10 PM	#15
Pilocus Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: [Insert Witty Lication Here] Posts: 420	Shoddy Nick: Pilocus Team 1: USA South Team 2: USA Central

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:34:11 PM	#16
EsBueno Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	Shoddybattle name: EsBueno Team 1: Oceania Team 2: UK

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:34:38 PM	#17
Brawley Joshe loves kittens Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 210 Posts: 1,539	Shoddy Alias: Brawley Team 1: Asia (Parents are from India) Team 2: USA South (Living is Texas) lol I picked the same as Goofball. XD __________________ Last edited by Brawley; Feb 16th, 2008 at 7:39:28 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:35:02 PM	#18
Shupo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 440	Shoddy nick: Tochukaso Team1: USA South Team2: USA East

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:35:47 PM	#19
Hipmonlee* Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,308	I'll play for NZ. Have a nice day.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:36:41 PM	#20
Floppy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: you moter's A: Posts: 1,135	shoddy nick: Floppy East U.S.A baby __________________ does anyone want to battle me im new and like the ou Last edited by Floppy; Feb 16th, 2008 at 7:39:49 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:36:48 PM	#21
NatKing Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: england. tea and crumpets, anyone? Posts: 1,335	Shoddy Nick : Melon Team: UK / Europe. Looking to enter another Smogon Tournament, and not get drawn against #2 on the shoddy ladder first round this time, (salaspectrum) __________________ the poster formerly known as melon Last edited by NatKing; Feb 17th, 2008 at 3:31:57 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:39:11 PM	#22
Taylor unlimited Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: England Posts: 2,614	Shoddy Username: Taylor / prince_arrogant Team #1: UK Team #2: USA East Last edited by Taylor; Feb 17th, 2008 at 12:06:55 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:41:56 PM	#23
imperfectluck it's a rainy day Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 788	shoddy nick: kd8otome Team Asia Team USA Central

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:43:53 PM	#24
Karrot Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 825	Shoddy Nickname: Karrot / Kingra Team 1: Asia Team 2: USA South I failed miserably in ST4 after two very nice early round battles and lost kind of pathetically. I want to avenge myself! Last edited by Karrot; Feb 16th, 2008 at 7:46:07 PM.

Feb 16th, 2008, 7:44:38 PM	#25
Andeby Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 740	Team: Europe/Norway Shoddy Nick: Andeby Supporting Europe __________________ Brawl FC:1590 6125 7318 Diamond FC:3222 3672 0444 Last edited by Andeby; Feb 17th, 2008 at 3:12:53 PM.