Point Buy Tournament II
Welcome, Smogoners, to the second Point Buy tournament!
General Tournament Rules
co-hosted by Earthworm
This event will test not only your skill at battling, but also your predictions, and your ability to build teams under strict guidelines. You will have a budget of ‘Points’ that you will be able to use to ‘Purchase’ Pokémon for use in your team. Not happy with your low Point total? Bet on other matches to try and get some more of those Points you love so much!
The Rules
- This will be a single-elimination tournament
- Battles MUST be played on Shoddy Battle.
- Self-KO Clause
- Only Pokémon UU and below, or Pokémon bought, can be used
- Sleep Clause
- Freeze Clause
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Species Clause
- Battle Timeout must be ON
- No Scouting
Each entrant will be given a starting grant of 300 Points. Over the course of the tournament, you will be using those Points to buy Pokémon to use. The Points can also be used for betting on matches, both your own, and those of others. Keep in mind that this will be a long tournament, though, and so don’t blow all your points at the start! Those that successfully manage their Points will have a large advantage in this competition.
Buying Pokémon
As the tournament progresses, there will be opportunities for you to purchase Pokémon from the OU and BL tiers. Every Pokémon in the OU and BL tiers has been assigned a Point value, as seen below. The value listed is for buy a Pokémon for 3 matches. If you want to buy a Pokémon for 2 matches, it only costs 80% (4/5) of the price. 1-use Pokémon are a mere half of the price listed. Keep in mind that a 3-match Pokémon bought before round 2 will expire after round 4, whether or not you used it in all of your matches!
Prices
These are based upon the usage statistics on the Standard Ladder in June. They will remain fixed throughout the tournament. All UU Pokemon may be used without being purchased.
Scizor: 250
Heatran: 225
Salamence: 220
Tyranitar: 180
Gyarados: 175
Gengar: 170
Jirachi: 170
Rotom-A: 170
Starmie: 165
Infernape: 160
Metagross: 155
Swampert: 145
Blissey: 125
Machamp: 120
Lucario: 120
Azelf: 115
Breloom: 115
Gliscor: 100
Flygon: 100
Skarmory: 95
Vaporeon: 95
Jolteon: 90
Suicune: 85
Dragonite: 85
Celebi: 80
Magnezone: 80
Zapdos: 75
Kingdra: 75
Togekiss: 70
Bronzong: 70
Forretress: 65
Aerodactyl: 65
Electivire: 60
Empoleon: 60
Weavile: 55
Dusknoir: 50
Ninjask: 50
Mamoswine: 50
Hippowdon: 50
Snorlax: 50
Umbreon: 40
Tentacruel: 40
Roserade: 40
Smeargle: 40
Porygonz 35
Heracross 30
Cresselia: 30
Abomasnow: 30
Crobat: 25
Gallade: 25
Froslass: 25
Yanmega: 25
Shaymin: 20
Honchkrow: 20
Raikou: 15
Staraptor: 10
Betting
You will be required to make a bet on yourself against the House every round. You must make a bet of 50 points on yourself each round. This is to ensure you always have at least 100 points going into a round.
You may also choose to bet on matches you are not a part of, if you like. First of all, all bets made on other matches must be exactly 50 Points, no less, no more. When you bet on a match, you will pick who you think will win the match. After the round, all bets for each individual match will be tallied. The entire pool of Points bet on a particular match will be evenly distributed amongst the people who wagered on the winner. Bets may be made publicly (in-thread), or privately (by PM). Even private bets, however, will be announced in-thread by Earthworm or myself, but we will not announce the name of the better, just the amount, and on who.
Players:
coolking49
little loven
Iconic
Accipender
locopoke
Arin
DragonKnight
LinIsKorean
DCJ
Bluewind
Night-san
alive
IronBullet93
Yondie
shipowdon
_Flygon_
DarkLucario
SilentEcho
Eo Ut Mortus
Doctor Octagonapus
Delta 2777
ILoveLiza
Master of the Six Kings
PttP
Lakers
danmantincan
Towelie
tophway
seven7xenon
B-Lulz
drcossack
Blue_tornado
HSA
JabbaTheGriffin
Shaymin Man
Iris
Gockel
UltraSkyDive
Save The Queen
Class
JD124
ENZO
Optimusje
undisput3d
The_Chaser
manav95
Dr.Attack
Darkvirus
Alexa888
G80
snorlax
DarXidE
hanke
supermarth64
Ala
legendary_07
LeBron_James
huntofthelion
Quagsires
Sage Abdul
KingOldBoy
apologies
shartruce2
