BLT XIII - Manager Signups

[Vapour]

Huge shoutout to kolohe for the logo!​

• There will be 8 teams and the tournament will have about 2 weeks of manager signups, 1 month of qualifying, 7 weeks of round robin and 2 weeks of playoffs (not counting any potential tiebreakers). That places the end of the tournament sometime in June; managers are expected to be active throughout the tournament until that point.​
• Playing Managers: One manager can also be a player in the tournament. Manager pricing 20k per manager.​
• NEW: Managers may sign up in groups of 3 to follow the expansion to 12 slots following last year.​
• The tournament format is as follows:​

SV Ubers
SV OU
SV OU
SV OU
SV UU
SV RU
SV NU
SV PU
SV LC
SV Doubles OU
SV Monotype
National Dex

The Minimum number of players per team is 15 (12 starters plus 3 subs)

If you want to manage a team in BLT XIII, make a post using the below format. These are open signups, meaning any trios of users, regardless of auth status, is eligible to sign up. These pairs will be vetted and chosen by the hosts (Sificon and myself) with the help of Tournaments room staff.

Manager:
Assistant Manager:
Team Name:
Why would you make a good manager?:

Manager signups will be open for one week, or until eight suitable teams are found.

 

[mj]

Manager: mj
Assistant Managers: Xiri , samjo
Team Name: Lavender Laprases


List of Accomplishments:

Participant in BLT I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII; won PSPL with tours room twice; won CPL V; former tours room RO; participant in various PLs

As for Xiri:

Past SCL champion; four time Circuit Champion; also played/managed in multiple BLTs and TLTs; played and managed in multiple PLs; and many more accomplishments I probaby forgot

As for Samjo:

Player and manager in multiple BLTs; we managed in BLT together before for a few years; former tours room RO; goat in general


Why would you make a Good Manager?:

Xiri, Samjo and I have the most experience, and are the most dedicated to this tour historically. Xiri and I have been on the same team since BLT V (samjo and I being managers at that time with Xiri being our player), and have managed together since BLT VI (except for BLT X). We have always created a good team environment where we help everyone to improve and only gotten great feedback from our former players so far.

Together we posses almost a combined 100 years worth of life experience as well, which makes us a reliable and level headed manager trio, while also covering the holy trio of timezones (US, Europe, Asia)

 

[JoelXLeaf]

Manager: JoelXLeaf
Assistant Manager: StreetBoom and qtfox
Team Name: Scripted Slowbros

List of accomplishments:
Participant in last years BLT and TLT, Currently participating in rucl, Current tours room mod, multiple time tours room cycle winner, current tours annual cycle winner, Won AXPL2

Streetboom:
Managed for multiple TPPs, participated in wcop, lower tier world cup, axpl2 and NDAMPL, participated in TLT VIII, participated in BLT XI, supported tours in PSPL, current tours room owner, current Goat and tours room favourite!

Qtfox:
Managed for HGPL V, participated in TLT VIII and VIX, participated in BLT XI and BLT XII, Won LCBC, participated in LCPL, ISTT, MoMpl, MnMpl, NDFL, OMFL, MSPL, AXPL2 tours room owner, another Goat and favourite in the tours room!

Why would you make a good manager:
Me, Streetboom and Tip are 3 of the most active members of tours community as of rn. In Tours room awards Tip was voted as the most helpful and nicest auth whilst me and Streetboom got a decent amount of vites so We would be able to create one of the best team environments where we'd be able to support each of our teammates and keep any sort of negativity far away.

We cover timezones decently with me and Streetboom being +0 and Tip being -5. As the 3 of us are literally in tours room daily we know the talent our room has and would be able to pick hidden gems that are usually left out. Going back to tours room awards Tip was voted as favourite tours room owner, Streetboom was voted as second favourite tours room owner and I was voted as second favourite tours room moderator so we're clearly fan favourites!

Overall we work well together running tours room and we would definitely be able to work well together managing the Scripted slowbros. We cover all of the tiers pretty well based of our team tour experience and individual tours results. Also we were Scripted to win this otherwise BLT would be off script!

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[jackuzzler]

Manager: jackuzzler
Assistant Manager: haxlolo RoyalReloaded
Team Name: Grittiest Golurks
Why would you make a good manager?: The three of us all have experience managing on the site, and have participated in BLT. Royal has participated for many years, including winning one year, and is a great Monotype player and manager, with additional experience in LC. Lolo is a great OU and UU player, and according to my research he also has NatDex experience. I'm an active player and manager, I've managed UUFPL, MFPL, MWP, and a variety of other random tours/WCs, with additional experience in some subforum team tours, adding to my ability to support my team in some lower tiers. I think this is my third year signing up with Royal, so surely it's time we are allowed to win this tour.

 

[RoyalReloaded]

Manager: jackuzzler
Assistant Manager: haxlolo RoyalReloaded
Team Name: Grittiest Golurks
Why would you make a good manager?: The three of us all have experience managing on the site, and have participated in BLT. Royal has participated for many years, including winning one year, and is a great Monotype player and manager, with additional experience in LC. Lolo is a great OU and UU player, and according to my research he also has NatDex experience. I'm an active player and manager, I've managed UUFPL, MFPL, MWP, and a variety of other random tours/WCs, with additional experience in some subforum team tours, adding to my ability to support my team in some lower tiers. I think this is my third year signing up with Royal, so surely it's time we are allowed to win this tour.

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confirming, not only are we capable of drafting and preparing a ready team but we are guaranteed to create a fun environment for everybody involved (right, vapo…?)

 

[haxlolo]

Manager: jackuzzler
Assistant Manager: haxlolo RoyalReloaded
Team Name: Grittiest Golurks
Why would you make a good manager?: The three of us all have experience managing on the site, and have participated in BLT. Royal has participated for many years, including winning one year, and is a great Monotype player and manager, with additional experience in LC. Lolo is a great OU and UU player, and according to my research he also has NatDex experience. I'm an active player and manager, I've managed UUFPL, MFPL, MWP, and a variety of other random tours/WCs, with additional experience in some subforum team tours, adding to my ability to support my team in some lower tiers. I think this is my third year signing up with Royal, so surely it's time we are allowed to win this tour.

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confirming

 

[Fragments]

Manager: Fragments
Assistant Managers: Howkings Frixel
Team Name: Pillsbury Fidough Boys
Why would you make a good manager?: In the past year I've managed and won 3 tours and made finals of 5 others. Overall I've managed 40+ tours and made playoffs in all but a few. I have managed BLT 3 years in a row, making semis 3 years ago and finals the past 2 years in a row. Howkings has been managing for almost a decade, including tours featuring BLT tiers such as OUPL (finals), UUCL (semis), and every LC team tour where he has never missed playoffs. He also recently managed and won ORASPL, and has managed SCL where his team just barely missed playoffs. Frixel managed and won BLT 2 years ago, recently won PTSL, and has also managed tours such as PTPL and WCs where he lead Portugal. He has also played in many other tournaments including SCL and won OSDT. We bring the most combined manager experience and accolades of any manager trio and can guarantee our draft will be a playoff contender with a fun team environment to boot.

 

[Frixel]

Confirming, I've only missed poffs once in non WCs tournaments, looking forward one more BLT

Manager: Fragments
Assistant Managers: Howkings Frixel
Team Name: Pillsbury Fidough Boys
Why would you make a good manager?: In the past year I've managed and won 3 tours and made finals of 5 others. Overall I've managed 40+ tours and made playoffs in all but a few. I have managed BLT 3 years in a row, making semis 3 years ago and finals the past 2 years in a row. Howkings has been managing for almost a decade, including tours featuring BLT tiers such as OUPL (finals), UUCL (semis), and every LC team tour where he has never missed playoffs. He also recently managed and won ORASPL, and has managed SCL where his team just barely missed playoffs. Frixel managed and won BLT 2 years ago, recently won PTSL, and has also managed tours such as PTPL and WCs where he lead Portugal. He has also played in many other tournaments including SCL and won OSDT. We bring the most combined manager experience and accolades of any manager trio and can guarantee our draft will be a playoff contender with a fun team environment to boot.View attachment 812039

 

[Kafkafka]

Manager: Kafkafka
Assistant Manager: zuzhouwawa SeaLife
Team Name: Genshin Dragonailongs
Why would you make a good manager?:
All we 3 are good current-gen players and our playing experiences covered all tiers in this tour. We are newcomers for community in SV, but we are pretty active and hardworking. In the past 2 years we have accumulated lots of records and manager-experiences.
zuzhouwawa is a good lower tiers player who made finalist in BLT last year, won Ubers Open,got into Grand Slam poff and won Ubers circuit. He managed and won CNPL last year, and be managing this year asw.
SeaLife is a super newcomer in Doubles OU community, who made finalist in BLT last year and OSDT last year, was the 2nd best new battler in the whole smogon in 2025. He managed DWCoP last year.
I Kafkafka made finalist in OU Fall ssnl and semifinalist in OU circuit poff in 2025, participated in LTWC LCWC PUWC PUCL RUGL RUCL UPL and perform well. I've managed lots of World Cup like DPPWC(champion) PUWC(2nd) UWC(final ongoing) and ADVWC WCAP(both in poff). I also managed something like NDFL CNPL and RUPL.

In conclusion, we have enough playing and managing experience to manage a team well. We promise to be responsible if we get a team!

 

[Howkings]

Manager: Fragments
Assistant Managers: Howkings Frixel
Team Name: Pillsbury Fidough Boys
Why would you make a good manager?: In the past year I've managed and won 3 tours and made finals of 5 others. Overall I've managed 40+ tours and made playoffs in all but a few. I have managed BLT 3 years in a row, making semis 3 years ago and finals the past 2 years in a row. Howkings has been managing for almost a decade, including tours featuring BLT tiers such as OUPL (finals), UUCL (semis), and every LC team tour where he has never missed playoffs. He also recently managed and won ORASPL, and has managed SCL where his team just barely missed playoffs. Frixel managed and won BLT 2 years ago, recently won PTSL, and has also managed tours such as PTPL and WCs where he lead Portugal. He has also played in many other tournaments including SCL and won OSDT. We bring the most combined manager experience and accolades of any manager trio and can guarantee our draft will be a playoff contender with a fun team environment to boot.View attachment 812039

Yes Sir!

 

[zuzhouwawa]

Manager: Kafkafka
Assistant Manager: zuzhouwawa SeaLife
Team Name: Genshin Dragonailongs
Why would you make a good manager?:
All we 3 are good current-gen players and our playing experiences covered all tiers in this tour. We are newcomers for community in SV, but we are pretty active and hardworking. In the past 2 years we have accumulated lots of records and manager-experiences.
zuzhouwawa is a good lower tiers player who made finalist in BLT last year, won Ubers Open,got into Grand Slam poff and won Ubers circuit. He managed and won CNPL last year, and be managing this year asw.
SeaLife is a super newcomer in Doubles OU community, who made finalist in BLT last year and OSDT last year, was the 2nd best new battler in the whole smogon in 2025. He managed DWCoP last year.
I Kafkafka made finalist in OU Fall ssnl and semifinalist in OU circuit poff in 2025, participated in LTWC LCWC PUWC PUCL RUGL RUCL UPL and perform well. I've managed lots of World Cup like DPPWC(champion) PUWC(2nd) UWC(final ongoing) and ADVWC WCAP(both in poff). I also managed something like NDFL CNPL and RUPL.

In conclusion, we have enough playing and managing experience to manage a team well. We promise to be responsible if we get a team!

Confirming

 

[SeaLife]

Manager: Kafkafka
Assistant Manager: zuzhouwawa SeaLife
Team Name: Genshin Dragonailongs
Why would you make a good manager?:
All we 3 are good current-gen players and our playing experiences covered all tiers in this tour. We are newcomers for community in SV, but we are pretty active and hardworking. In the past 2 years we have accumulated lots of records and manager-experiences.
zuzhouwawa is a good lower tiers player who made finalist in BLT last year, won Ubers Open,got into Grand Slam poff and won Ubers circuit. He managed and won CNPL last year, and be managing this year asw.
SeaLife is a super newcomer in Doubles OU community, who made finalist in BLT last year and OSDT last year, was the 2nd best new battler in the whole smogon in 2025. He managed DWCoP last year.
I Kafkafka made finalist in OU Fall ssnl and semifinalist in OU circuit poff in 2025, participated in LTWC LCWC PUWC PUCL RUGL RUCL UPL and perform well. I've managed lots of World Cup like DPPWC(champion) PUWC(2nd) UWC(final ongoing) and ADVWC WCAP(both in poff). I also managed something like NDFL CNPL and RUPL.

In conclusion, we have enough playing and managing experience to manage a team well. We promise to be responsible if we get a team!

Confirming

 

[Mik3y]

Manager: Mik3y
Assistant Manager: AJ siras
Team Name: Neon Nihilego
Why would you make a good manager?: Our trio brings a lot of tournament experience to the table. I managed PTPL VII and won the tournament, and I’ve also played in tours such as OUPL, in addition to reaching playoffs in the last edition of BLT.AJ brings even more experience, having managed UUFPL four times, as well as UUCL, UUSD, PUPL, and UUPL. He has also played two editions of BLT, winning one of them.Siras is also very experienced, having managed several tours including RUPL, two editions of PTPL, UBERSWC, and RUBD.

 

[siras]

Manager: Mik3y
Assistant Manager: AJ siras
Team Name: Neon Nihilego
Why would you make a good manager?: Our trio brings a lot of tournament experience to the table. I managed PTPL VII and won the tournament, and I’ve also played in tours such as OUPL, in addition to reaching playoffs in the last edition of BLT.AJ brings even more experience, having managed UUFPL four times, as well as UUCL, UUSD, PUPL, and UUPL. He has also played two editions of BLT, winning one of them.Siras is also very experienced, having managed several tours including RUPL, two editions of PTPL, UBERSWC, and RUBD.

Confirming

 

[hex]

Managers: hex, big tony 2014, clean
Team Name: Sand Castlevania
Why would you make a good manager?: I've managed an extremely large handful of tours, with a pretty good playoff rate across my time on Smogon / managed wcop + scl. Tony has managed tours like PUBD (won), ZUPL, PUWC, and is currently managing PUCL. Clean plays OU / has managed OUPL and will help pickup that side of the team while Tony and I remain low tier chuds. Myself, Tony, and clean have all participated in BLT as players/managers and together we're able to help and prep basically all tiers in the format.

 

[clean]

Managers: hex, big tony 2014, clean
Team Name: Sand Castlevania
Why would you make a good manager?: I've managed an extremely large handful of tours, with a pretty good playoff rate across my time on Smogon / managed wcop + scl. Tony has managed tours like PUBD (won), ZUPL, PUWC, and is currently managing PUCL. Clean plays OU / has managed OUPL and will help pickup that side of the team while Tony and I remain low tier chuds. Myself, Tony, and clean have all participated in BLT as players/managers and together we're able to help and prep basically all tiers in the format.

fine

 

[Jeza.p]

Manager: mind gaming
Assistant Manager: purbaj Jeza.p
Team Name: Phantowers

Why would you make a good manager?:

Mind Gaming is Currently managing in SPL, with extensive experience across multiple official tournaments. Managed Germany in the 2023 World Cup, leading the team to the semifinals. Also managed in OUPL and various side tournaments.
As a player, Mind Gaming has one of the best records in official tours and is also a SCL champion.

Purbaj is an Experienced SV OU player with extensive participation in numerous side tournaments. Currently competing in Round 5 of OST, with additional playing experience in NUFL, NUCL, and LTWC representing Asia.
On the managerial side, Purbaj managed OUFL and won the tournament, and also contributed as support staff to the Dynamos during SCL, bringing both competitive insight and strong team support.

Regarding myself, I have managed across a wide range of team tournaments, including UUPL, UUCL, RUPL, ZUPL, UMPL, UUWC, NUWC, and many others, consistently leading teams to strong performances and multiple playoff appearances.
Major achievements include NFE PL 2024 and PPL 2025 titles, as well as two UUFPL championships (2023, 2025). Also secured the Espanol PL 2024 title, alongside victories in Teamballo 2024, Chinese PL 2025, and Bangladesh PL 2025.

 

[purbaj]

Manager: mind gaming
Assistant Manager: purbaj Jeza.p
Team Name: TBD

Why would you make a good manager?:

Mind Gaming is Currently managing in SPL, with extensive experience across multiple official tournaments. Managed Germany in the 2023 World Cup, leading the team to the semifinals. Also managed in OUPL and various side tournaments.
As a player, Mind Gaming has one of the best records in official tours and is also a SCL champion.

Purbaj is an Experienced SV OU player with extensive participation in numerous side tournaments. Currently competing in Round 5 of OST, with additional playing experience in NUFL, NUCL, and LTWC representing Asia.
On the managerial side, Purbaj managed OUFL and won the tournament, and also contributed as support staff to the Dynamos during SCL, bringing both competitive insight and strong team support.

Regarding myself, I have managed across a wide range of team tournaments, including UUPL, UUCL, RUPL, ZUPL, UMPL, UUWC, NUWC, and many others, consistently leading teams to strong performances and multiple playoff appearances.
Major achievements include NFE PL 2024 and PPL 2025 titles, as well as two UUFPL championships (2023, 2025). Also secured the Espanol PL 2024 title, alongside victories in Teamballo 2024, Chinese PL 2025, and Bangladesh PL 2025.

Confirming, We are here to win the tour!

 

[mind gaming]

Manager: mind gaming
Assistant Manager: purbaj Jeza.p
Team Name: TBD

Why would you make a good manager?:

Mind Gaming is Currently managing in SPL, with extensive experience across multiple official tournaments. Managed Germany in the 2023 World Cup, leading the team to the semifinals. Also managed in OUPL and various side tournaments.
As a player, Mind Gaming has one of the best records in official tours and is also a SCL champion.

Purbaj is an Experienced SV OU player with extensive participation in numerous side tournaments. Currently competing in Round 5 of OST, with additional playing experience in NUFL, NUCL, and LTWC representing Asia.
On the managerial side, Purbaj managed OUFL and won the tournament, and also contributed as support staff to the Dynamos during SCL, bringing both competitive insight and strong team support.

Regarding myself, I have managed across a wide range of team tournaments, including UUPL, UUCL, RUPL, ZUPL, UMPL, UUWC, NUWC, and many others, consistently leading teams to strong performances and multiple playoff appearances.
Major achievements include NFE PL 2024 and PPL 2025 titles, as well as two UUFPL championships (2023, 2025). Also secured the Espanol PL 2024 title, alongside victories in Teamballo 2024, Chinese PL 2025, and Bangladesh PL 2025.

confirming

 

[LogIce]

Manager: LogIce
Assistant Manager: trace LBN
Team Name: Malignant Chained
Why would you make a good manager?: I have experience captaining tours like NDPL, NDCL, Doubles Derby (2x), Doubles WC, and most recently RBTT, trace is trace, LBN is currently managing RUPL and has good results across lower tiers, national dex, and monotype. I think our combination of good time zone coverage, tier coverage, and ability to create a positive team environment will set us apart this tour.

 

[big tony 2014]

Managers: hex, big tony 2014, clean
Team Name: Sand Castlevania
Why would you make a good manager?: I've managed an extremely large handful of tours, with a pretty good playoff rate across my time on Smogon / managed wcop + scl. Tony has managed tours like PUBD (won), ZUPL, PUWC, and is currently managing PUCL. Clean plays OU / has managed OUPL and will help pickup that side of the team while Tony and I remain low tier chuds. Myself, Tony, and clean have all participated in BLT as players/managers and together we're able to help and prep basically all tiers in the format.

Confirming

 

[AJ]

Manager: Mik3y
Assistant Manager: AJ siras
Team Name: Neon Nihilego
Why would you make a good manager?: Our trio brings a lot of tournament experience to the table. I managed PTPL VII and won the tournament, and I’ve also played in tours such as OUPL, in addition to reaching playoffs in the last edition of BLT.AJ brings even more experience, having managed UUFPL four times, as well as UUCL, UUSD, PUPL, and UUPL. He has also played two editions of BLT, winning one of them.Siras is also very experienced, having managed several tours including RUPL, two editions of PTPL, UBERSWC, and RUBD.

Confirming

 

[LBN]

Manager: LogIce
Assistant Manager: trace LBN
Team Name: Malignant Chained
Why would you make a good manager?: I have experience captaining tours like NDPL, NDCL, Doubles Derby (2x), Doubles WC, and most recently RBTT, trace managed last year and has managed many major tours like NPA. LBN is currently managing RUPL and has good results across lower tiers, national dex, and monotype. I think our combination of good time zone coverage, tier coverage, and ability to create a positive team environment will set us apart this tour.

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confirmin'

 

[Yash Vortex]

Manager: MrAldo
Assistant Manager: Yash Vortex Vulpix03
Team name: Pacifidlog Poliwraths
Why would you make a good manager?: MrAldo has Won PSPL for Competitive Tutoring, Won RUPL once, couple playoffs contentions in ORASPL. And I am managing a team In MOMPL. And for Vulpix03 we all now his accomplishments He is managing a SPL team and manage SCL also and made it to Playoff and they also managed tour like DPPPL , PUPL , ORASCL , RoAPL and many more. We 3 have dedication to manage our team to the victory and willing to give our best to this tour

 

[Vulpix03]

confirming