Tournament UUCL I - Manager Signups

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Underused Champions League I
(Intro stolen and adapted from NUCL II - Manager Signups)

Underused Champions League is an auction-based format consistent of 8 teams playing head-to-head for 7 weeks. That means that we are initially looking for 8 managers + assistant managers. The format for this tournament will be the following:
  • SV1
  • SV2
  • Flex 1A
  • Flex 2A
  • Flex 3A
  • Flex 4A
  • Flex 1B
  • Flex 2B
  • Flex 3B
  • Flex 4B
The way flex slots will work is: every week, each team will be able to pick 4 different tiers for their flex picks, ranging from SS all the way to RBY, for a total of 8 tiers picked between Team A and Team B. While individual teams may not pick the same tier twice in the same week, a matchup may have two of the same tier if both teams pick it. Ex.: Team A can pick SS SM ORAS ADV while team B picks SS ORAS BW GSC; however, team A can't pick SS SS DPP RBY. Refer to the format explained below for a more thorough explaination on how everything works.
The current format is, as explained:
SV1
SV2
Flex 1A
Flex 2A
Flex 3A
Flex 4A
Flex 1B
Flex 2B
Flex 3B
Flex 4B

2 Slots of SV will be played with no gimmicks involved. Flex tiers, however, are a new concept we stole from NU we will be introducing this tournament. An Explaination for this can be seen here as initially proposed by Malekith for WCOP. These flex tiers would play the same role as the team chosen tiers proposed on that post, with available tiers ranging from SS to RBY. So in other words, the pool of available tiers will be: SS / SM / ORAS / BW / DPP / ADV / GSC / RBY.

The way it will work is quite simple. Let's say I, Lyssa, am managing the tycoons with my friend Bouff, whereas Estarossa is managing the ladies, and we will be facing each others on the following week. The tournament will have two deadlines: one for tier picking (lets say, for example, midnight EST Saturday), and one for the lineups (11:59 PM EST Sunday). On Saturday, I PM the host with my four picks: SS, SM, ORAS and GSC, while Estarossa does the same, picking DPP, ADV, RBY and BW. Once every team has made their choice, the host will announce on the manager channel in UU cord every teams pick, which is when we will be informed of them. So, in this case, I now know Estarossa chose DPP, ADV, RBY and BW, and they know i chose SS, SM, ORAS and GSC. From there, we know our match-up will be as follow:

SV1
SV2
Flex 1A => SS
Flex 2A => SM
Flex 3A => ORAS
Flex 4A => GSC
Flex 1B = BW
Flex 2B => DPP
Flex 3B => ADV
Flex 4B => RBY

Note there's no back and forth between managers and/or hosts, nor is there a priority order for picking. Every team simply has to blind pick their tiers, and then send their respective lineups by the end of the week like usual. So once flex tiers are chosen, the tour plays out as normal, just with a dynamic tier ordering. Now, the following week we'll be playing against ASKOV managing the ASKOVillains. This time, we decide to pick SM, SS, RBY and BW, while their team picks DPP, ADV, GSC and BW. Does this mean two BW games are going to be played? Yes, it does. Reminder: the same team can't pick two of the same tiers, but the same tier can be picked twice in the same matchup. I can't chose BW two times, but i can chose BW and so can my opponent. This adds a lot of strategy and decision making for managers and teams involved. In the event of tiebreaks, they'll be played out normally, with lower seed picking first.

Since this format requires managers to communicate with the hosts twice (first for flex picks, then for lineups), we will be using two seperate deadlines for them. Exact times are TBD and will be discussed once we have our 8 manager pairs. One managers communicate to hosts their picks via PMs, the hosts will announce them on our uucl managers channel chat on discord, then managers will have until that week's deadline to send their lineups.

The hosts for this edition are goldmason, HSOWA and Nashrock. The manager selection process is, for the most part, subjective. However, users who have shown strong involvement in UU and have no active or recent punishments will be favoured over users who fail to meet the criteria.
Manager name:
Assistant manager: (if there's any)
Team name:

(note that there isn't a specific theme for team names but they'll be subject to approval)
  • Only one manager can self buy for each team;
  • Self buy price will be a flat 20k;
  • Every team must have a minimum of 13 players (10 starts + 3 subs);
  • Every team will be given a budget of 130k for self buys and auction

Deadline for signups will be Sunday, July 13th at 10:59 GMT+2, but may end sooner if candidates are exceptionally good. If you have any questions, feel free to ask any UU staff members. Also yes, this will be a custom avatar tournament.
 
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Manager name: AJ
Assistant manager: Taka
Team name: Azelf on the Shelf

I’ve been active in this community a very long time. I managed UUSD to finals and lost, I’ve managed UUFPL to finals once and won and semi finals and lost three times. I think my success as a manager in UU tours speaks for itself.

I would like to once again manage an official UU team tournament. I will work on finding a co manager this week.
 
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Manager Name: Mister McLovin
Assistant Manager: haxlolo
Team Name: AVALOLOS


Lolo and I have consistently been involved in the competitive scene and bring solid experience as team managers. We've both led our national teams through high-level tournaments such as the World Cup of Pokémon and the Retro Cup of Pokémon. Lolo, in particular, has managed twice in the EPL—winning one edition—and has three campaigns as manager in UUFPL under his belt.


When it comes to UU team tours, we successfully led Latin America to the finals of the most recent UU World Cup. We're confident that we have the leadership, experience, and commitment to take a UUCL team all the way, and would be excited to do so under the Avalolos banner.
 
Manager Name: Mister McLovin
Assistant Manager: haxlolo
Team Name: AVALOLOS


Lolo and I have consistently been involved in the competitive scene and bring solid experience as team managers. We've both led our national teams through high-level tournaments such as the World Cup of Pokémon and the Retro Cup of Pokémon. Lolo, in particular, has managed twice in the EPL—winning one edition—and has three campaigns as manager in UUFPL under his belt.


When it comes to UU team tours, we successfully led Latin America to the finals of the most recent UU World Cup. We're confident that we have the leadership, experience, and commitment to take a UUCL team all the way, and would be excited to do so under the Avalolos banner.
AVALOLOS. (confirm)
 
Manager name: AJ
Assistant manager: Taka
Team name: Azelf on the Shelf

I’ve been active in this community a very long time. I managed UUSD to finals and lost, I’ve managed UUFPL to finals once and won and semi finals and lost three times. I think my success as a manager in UU tours speaks for itself.

I would like to once again manage an official UU team tournament. I will work on finding a co manager this week.
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Manager Name: killintime
Assistant manager: Accel
Team name: TBA

Me and Accel are long time UUsers who've had various positive results across multiple gens. I've had the opportunity to learn about managing these past few team tours and I hope to learn even more in this next tour alongside accel.
 
manager name: gulch
assistant manager: Estarossa
team name: vanilluxe iced latte :vanilluxe:

LADIES ARE BACK AND REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD

esta and i have both been heavily involved in the uu community, managed uupl to a finals appearance and have both made playoffs runs as managers for several other tours
 
Manager name: vivalospride
Assistant manager: Pak
Team name: Mikan Island Monster Carrots

Pak and I have devoted our life, blood, sweat, and tears to the UU community for the vast majority of our adult life (we are losers).
 
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Manager name: vivalospride
Assistant manager: Pak
Team name: TBD

Pak and I have devoted our life, blood, sweat, and tears to the UU community for the vast majority of our adult life (we are losers).
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Manager name: Plague
Assistant Manager: seraphz
Team Name: Soul Dew Syndicate :latios: :latias:

I have reached playoffs as a manager in the last Edition of UUPL, plus i'm managing SSPL right now and have managed PTPL and ADVPL with a 100% playoffs rate (winning the latter) with all of those tours having having a tier featured in UUCL.

Seraphz played UU in a lot of tours, including the last edition of UUPL. He also has managed UUWC and UUFPL, besides other tournaments such as ORASPL and 2 editions of PUPL.
 
Manager name: Jeza.p
Assistant manager: dunoks
Team name: :lokix: Gilderoy Lokix :lokix:

I’ve had the privilege of leading Team France in both the UU and NU World Cups, while also managing across a wide range of prestigious tournaments, including PTPL, HPL, BSSPL, UUbersPL, RUPL, and several others.
Since beginning my managerial journey on Smogon in 2023, I’ve built a consistent and proven track record of success. I reached the finals of the Spanish PL (EPL) in 2023 before capturing the title in 2024, and more recently added championship wins in the most recent NFE PL, the Teamballo (Italian PL), and the latest edition of the Chinese PL.
I bring structure, vision, and a deep commitment to building winning environments.

Alongside my co-manager Dunoks, with who I’ve shared multiple successful campaigns, including the UUSD, we’ve developed a strong and complementary partnership. Together, we are the reigning UUFPL champions and proudly hold the distinction of being the only manager duo to have won the tournament twice in 2023 and 2025.

And now, it’s time for the next chapter. Gilderoy Lokix, as a franchise, has never lost a tournament, and we’re not about to break that streak in this UUCL.
Gilderoy Lokix isn’t here to make friends.
Gilderoy Lokix is here to make history.

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Manager name: Plague
Assistant Manager: seraphz
Team Name: Soul Dew Syndicate :latios: :latias:

I have reached playoffs as a manager in the last Edition of UUPL, plus i'm managing SSPL right now and have managed PTPL and ADVPL with a 100% playoffs rate (winning the latter) with all of those tours having having a tier featured in UUCL.

Seraphz played UU in a lot of tours, including the last edition of UUPL. He also has managed UUWC and UUFPL, besides other tournaments such as ORASPL and 2 editions of PUPL.
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Thank you so much to everyone who signed up! Managers for the first edition of UUCL will be:

Team A: Mikan Island Monster Carrots (vivalospride and Pak)
Team B: Vanilluxe Iced Latte (gulch and Estarossa)
Team C: we had an entire week to pick a name and weren't able to (Killintime and Accel)
Team D: Twinkatons (avarice and -Howkings)
Team E: The Amazing(ly unranked) Ambipoms (Petros and starbitstorm)
Team F: Gilderoy Lokix (Jeza.p and dunoks)
Team G: Soul Dew Syndicate (Plague and seraphz)
Team H: Azelf on the Shelf (AJ and Taka)

Congrats to everyone who got chosen and also congrats on the worst team names of all time i'm never getting talked out of themes again. While we are at it, glad to announce that the hosts for this first edition of UUCL will be goldmason, HSOWA and Nashrock. Please thank/welcome them and be nice to them through the entire tournament. Signups up in a bit and good night.
 
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