Point Buy Tournament II
General Tournament Rules
Signups
Rounds: 1 2 3
co-hosted by badalcristiano
Don't forget to save and send your logs to Earthworm after you win!.
Also, a reminder that all Pokemon bought in Round 1 would have expired by now. Don't forget!
Rules
- This will be a single-elimination tournament
- Battles MUST be played on Shoddy Battle.
- Self-KO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Freeze Clause
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Species Clause
- Timed Battle
- No Scouting
- Only Pokémon UU and below or Pokémon purchased can be used
- The winner must send a log of their match to Earthworm
The Point System
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.
There are only FOUR rounds left in the tournament, so be sure to plan your point expenditure ahead of time!
Buying Pokémon
Before you play your match each round, you can buy Pokemon at the prices listed below for a certain number of rounds. The value buys you the Pokémon for 3 matches. If you want to buy a Pokémon for 2 matches, it costs 80% (4/5) of the price. 1-use Pokémon are 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! To purchase a Pokemon, send a PM to Earthworm before you play your match for that round stating which Pokemon you want to buy and for how many rounds.
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
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 exactly 50 points on yourself each round. This is to ensure you always have at least 100 points going into a round. These mandatory self bets are not affected by any other bets, or whether or not the match gets played before the deadline.
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. To bet on a match, send a PM to Earthworm listing the winner of that match (and any others you want to bet on). After the round, all the bets you made that were correct will return an amount equal to the pool of bets on that match divided by the correct betters, regardless or whether or not they were eliminated during the round. Bets may be made publicly (in-thread), or privately (by PM). Even private bets, however, will be announced in-thread by Earthworm, but we will not announce the name of the better, only the number of bets on each player in the round.
Point Totals as of Round 4
Code:
Arin 939
kd24 359
Bobtheball4 295
ENZ0 287
San_Pellegrino 274
Seafunks 271
GARCHOMP 265
IronBullet93 264
G80 262
DarkLucario 215
Justinawe 207
Master of the Six Kings 205
danmantincan 180
legendary_07 172
zach the great 161
Limitless 108
*NEW* Comments
Arin is ahead by a very significant margin now that Gouki and Delta 2777 have been eliminated. If he isn't eliminated soon, he will certainly be the player to beat going into the final rounds. Most players seem to be stuck at around the 250 point mark, which I am sure many of you know can sustain a fairly solid team from here on in, but will it be enough to topple those with significantly higher points? Also, there will be a few new Pokemon added to the purchase list next round. Now, let's get to the pairings!
Pairings (Bracketmaker)
Master of the Six Kings vs zach the great - by forfeit, bets refunded
Bobtheball4 vs Justinawe
legendary_07 vs San_Pellegrino - activity, bets refunded
danmantincan vs Seafunks
kd24 vs IronBullet93
Lady Bug vs Arin
DarkLucario vs G80
Limitless vs ENZ0
This round's deadline is the 7th of September.