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Tournament NDUPL I - Manager Signups

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National Dex Ubers Premier League I
Approved by entrocefalo and Bobsican

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the first iteration of National Dex Ubers Premier League. This tournament will have 6 teams, each with their own manager and assistant manager. Managers will do a SPL-style auction on Pokemon Showdown!, where they will take turns nominating and bidding in an auction for players who signed up to assemble their teams with limited credits available. The teams will then play one another for 5 weeks, with a new opponent each week. This will culminate with a Playoffs week consisting of the Top 4 teams overall from the 5-week main season. This puts the estimated end of the tournament in early to mid-May, so make sure you can be active until then if you wish to participate!

The following tiers will make up the 6 slots for each team in :
  • SV ND Ubers
  • SV ND Ubers
  • SV ND Ubers (Best of 3)
  • SV ND Ubers UU
  • SV ND Ubers Doubles
  • SV ND Ubers Draft

Other details
- This tournament will be hosted by Murphy Lawden.
- Team managers may elect (and are recommended) to have a co-manager.
- Teams must have a minimum of 8 players (6 starters and 2 substitutes).
- Each team has a 90,000 credits budget.
- BOTH Managers may self-purchase prior to the auction, with the first purchase costing 10,000 credits and the second purchase costing 12,500.
- The auction will be held in National Dex Events on Pokemon Showdown!



We shall start by selecting the team managers, which have important responsibilities such as drafting a team, submitting weekly lineups, and making sure their players are prepared and scheduling games. As mentioned above, managers are recommended to have a co-manager; you may decide on a co-manager after you have signed up, or if you cannot find a co-manager before the auction begins, you may select one from from the pool of players you draft. The manager selection process is mostly subjective. The hosts (me) alongside the rest of the moderation team will select the managers we feel are most strongly suited for the tournament. No joke signups or unrelated posts. Furthermore, any users banned from National Dex or National Dex Ubers discord cannot manage in this tournament. Your post will be deleted if you do not meet these requirements. Only post in this thread if you are serious about managing, and do so in the following format:

HTML:
Team manager and co-manager (if applicable):
Team name:
Your accomplishments:
Why would you make a good manager?:

MANAGERS WILL BE SELECTED AROUND Monday, March 9th, 2026, but may be chosen beforehand if we determine we have adequate signups. Good luck and have fun, everyone!
 
shadow slowbros
sequoia and SpaceSpeakers

i made top 8 ndubers circuit, retired uubers council member and won open + ndampl as manager and uubers starter. i also have managing experience from sdpl where i made playoffs twice in a row and made finals tiebreak as well as rcop us west, ive also played in like 50 teamtours or something.

spacespeakers was an ndubers circuit finalist and has managed many tours including istt, wcop, and rcop.
 
Team manager and co-manager (if applicable): Jumpheart and Iride
Team name: :Giratina: Altered Forme Devils :Giratina:
Your accomplishments:
Collectively me and Jumpheart have interacted with a lot of high quality teamtours. I'm currently in AGWL and won OMPL and UMPL as a player in the same year, and have also managed in NDWC, NDPL, NDCL, and the recently won Ubers UU PL. Jumpheart is a regular in the Natdex Ubers community and succesfully managed Solomods PL to finals 3x.
Why would you make a good manager?: I've made it my commitment to invest entirely in all aspects of ubers in particular and also have more baseline experience as a manager than most of the signups pool when it comes to drafting and facilitating a positive team environment. Our goal will be to not only ensure that everyone on our team is satisfied with their intended accomplishments, but can also find a way to express enjoyment in their respective tiers in a way that is both succesful and innovative for others to watch. To this extent, as a managing pair our strengths will mainly consist of having a flexible approach to supporting the people we draft as well as being proactive in ensuring all teambuilding needs are met to the fullest throughout the tour.
 
:Chi-yu:
Dark Sun Followers
Ass-man: Xurkiyee

I'm former ND Ubers Council and Former ND Ubers UU Council. I have prepped ND Ubers in two NDPLs, NDBD, NDCL, and NDFL I. Also prepped Ubers UU in NDOTSL II. Xurkiyee is former ND Ubers UU council and gets good placements in both ND Ubers UU and ND Ubers tours. Xurkiyee just won NatDex CL as manager. I have managed several teams in the NatDex section and won SSNDPL and NDOTSL I as manager.

Have a good idea of what the pool for each tier is due to interacting with the ND Ubers community for years.

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:Chi-yu:
Dark Sun Followers
Ass-man: @Xurkiyee

I'm former ND Ubers Council and Former ND Ubers UU Council. I have prepped ND Ubers in two NDPLs, NDBD, NDCL, and NDFL I. Also prepped Ubers UU in NDOTSL II. Xurkiyee is former ND Ubers UU council and gets good placements in both ND Ubers UU and ND Ubers tours. Xurkiyee just won NatDex CL as manager. I have managed several teams in the NatDex section and won SSNDPL and NDOTSL I as manager.

Have a good idea of what the pool for each tier is due to interacting with the ND Ubers community for years.

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u forgot cancering ndcl xDDDDDDD
 
Team manager and co-manager (if applicable): Swas and Anchor9

Team name: :zygarde-complete: Zealous Zygardes :zygarde-complete:

Your accomplishments: I'm Nat Dex Ubers council and have regularly played this tier for the past six months or so, going 5-2 in NDPL V and 5-0 in NDCL I. Anchor also played and won a week in NDPL V, and was excellent support in rest of the weeks. Both of us are also active in the Nat Dex Ubers server and have a good grasp of the tiers.

Why would you make a good manager?: We have a lot of commitment to this tier and I have prior managing experience, in addition to our general interest in this tier. We will do our best to have an enjoyable experience for all our players and give them all the support they need.
 
Team manager and co-manager (if applicable): Swas and Anchor9
Team name: Zealous Zygardes
Your accomplishments: I'm Nat Dex Ubers council and have regularly played this tier for the past six months or so, going 5-2 in NDPL V and 5-0 in NDCL I. Anchor also played and won a week in NDPL V, and was excellent support in rest of the weeks. Both of us are also active in the Nat Dex Ubers server and have a good grasp of the tiers.
Why would you make a good manager?: We have a lot of commitment to this tier and I have prior managing experience, in addition to our general interest in this tier. We will do our best to have an enjoyable experience for all our players and give them all the support they need.
Confirming.
 
:Chi-yu:
Dark Sun Followers
Ass-man: Xurkiyee

I'm former ND Ubers Council and Former ND Ubers UU Council. I have prepped ND Ubers in two NDPLs, NDBD, NDCL, and NDFL I. Also prepped Ubers UU in NDOTSL II. Xurkiyee is former ND Ubers UU council and gets good placements in both ND Ubers UU and ND Ubers tours. Xurkiyee just won NatDex CL as manager. I have managed several teams in the NatDex section and won SSNDPL and NDOTSL I as manager.

Have a good idea of what the pool for each tier is due to interacting with the ND Ubers community for years.

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confirming

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