Hi! Let's play some DPP.
1. The hosts of this tournament are Bad Ass and BKC. We will be using the Smogtours Pokemon Showdown DPP OU ladder for this tournament, not a new one. This will ensure maximum activity and competition.
2. The qualification period for the DPLT will run for a total of 28 days with 7 day cycles, which is 1 month to put things into perspective. After each 7 day cycle, the top 4 accounts that appear on the leaderboard (using ELO) at the end of the cycle with the sign-up criteria explained in #3 below will qualify for the playoffs of the OLT, which will be a 16 man, best of three, double elimination tournament. The tournament is not seeded. Pairings for the qualified 16 are randomized. The ladder is not reset after each cycle, only alts are (meaning you create new alts after each cycle).
3. We are not requiring you to sign up for this tournament! In order to preserve the spirit of the days of Shoddy Battle ladder, we are allowing, even encouraging you to play on whatever random alt you want! However, the alternate account you use must have "LTX" (where X is the cycle number) as a tag. Furthermore, anyone qualifying for the top 4 in any cycle must post in that cycle's thread, tagging both me and Bad Ass and confirming your alt, much like you would in a suspect test. Pretty easy process.
[00:58:45] ___: how many alts are we allowed to sign up with
[00:58:48] ___: 1?
[00:58:56] %BKC: you dont have to sign up at all
[00:59:03] %BKC: you can use as many as youd like
[01:01:48] ___: you dont even
[01:01:51] ___: have to post in the threaD?
[01:01:57] %BKC: not if you dont want
Hopefully this clears it up.
4. Don't be dumb and cheat. Yes, we are checking all top 4 accounts for registration date. All cheaters will have to face the punishment of smelling one (1) of BKC's really, really bad farts. Don't do it. To avoid this, do not register your account for any cycle (this includes cycle 1) until AFTER it has began.
This cycle starts at 3:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Sunday, February 21st and ends at exactly 3:30 PM EST the next Sunday. The 3:30 PM end time is to give the three major time zone blocks -- North America, Europe, and Oceania -- a chance to qualify without having to be up at an unreasonable hour. To avoid any unclarity, we will be taking a screenshot of the ladder exactly as it stands at 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time each Sunday and using that to determine qualifiers.
THE DEADLINE IS 3:30 PM EASTERN TIME NEXT SUNDAY.
Best of luck and have fun! If you have a really great game on the ladder, feel free to post it in the thread (after the cycle ends is fine if you don't want your alt revealed till then).
This round will take place on PS Main server, NOT ON SMOGTOURS!!
This round will take place on PS Main server, NOT ON SMOGTOURS!!
1. The hosts of this tournament are Bad Ass and BKC. We will be using the Smogtours Pokemon Showdown DPP OU ladder for this tournament, not a new one. This will ensure maximum activity and competition.
2. The qualification period for the DPLT will run for a total of 28 days with 7 day cycles, which is 1 month to put things into perspective. After each 7 day cycle, the top 4 accounts that appear on the leaderboard (using ELO) at the end of the cycle with the sign-up criteria explained in #3 below will qualify for the playoffs of the OLT, which will be a 16 man, best of three, double elimination tournament. The tournament is not seeded. Pairings for the qualified 16 are randomized. The ladder is not reset after each cycle, only alts are (meaning you create new alts after each cycle).
3. We are not requiring you to sign up for this tournament! In order to preserve the spirit of the days of Shoddy Battle ladder, we are allowing, even encouraging you to play on whatever random alt you want! However, the alternate account you use must have "LTX" (where X is the cycle number) as a tag. Furthermore, anyone qualifying for the top 4 in any cycle must post in that cycle's thread, tagging both me and Bad Ass and confirming your alt, much like you would in a suspect test. Pretty easy process.
[00:58:45] ___: how many alts are we allowed to sign up with
[00:58:48] ___: 1?
[00:58:56] %BKC: you dont have to sign up at all
[00:59:03] %BKC: you can use as many as youd like
[01:01:48] ___: you dont even
[01:01:51] ___: have to post in the threaD?
[01:01:57] %BKC: not if you dont want
Hopefully this clears it up.
4. Don't be dumb and cheat. Yes, we are checking all top 4 accounts for registration date. All cheaters will have to face the punishment of smelling one (1) of BKC's really, really bad farts. Don't do it. To avoid this, do not register your account for any cycle (this includes cycle 1) until AFTER it has began.
This cycle starts at 3:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Sunday, February 21st and ends at exactly 3:30 PM EST the next Sunday. The 3:30 PM end time is to give the three major time zone blocks -- North America, Europe, and Oceania -- a chance to qualify without having to be up at an unreasonable hour. To avoid any unclarity, we will be taking a screenshot of the ladder exactly as it stands at 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time each Sunday and using that to determine qualifiers.
THE DEADLINE IS 3:30 PM EASTERN TIME NEXT SUNDAY.
Best of luck and have fun! If you have a really great game on the ladder, feel free to post it in the thread (after the cycle ends is fine if you don't want your alt revealed till then).
This round will take place on PS Main server, NOT ON SMOGTOURS!!
This round will take place on PS Main server, NOT ON SMOGTOURS!!
