A longstanding tradition in the Italiano room has been to host the SIBB (Super Italian Bros Brawl), a 6v6 singles tournament with one very important gimmick, the available Pokemon are sent by YOU.
In simple terms, you will need to send a custom set and, after our balancing council approves it, your pokémon will be added to the roster. Oh and when I say custom, I mean it! the only thing that stays normal is your pokemon's stats and typing; as for moves, item and ability you can choose ANYTHING that is coded on Pokemon Showdown! This results in an open team sheets metagame where the only limit is your creativity.
Here are two set examples from lat year's edition:
Giokio (Mawile-Mega) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Atk / 96 Def / 20 Spe
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Knock Off
- G-Max Steelsurge
- Parting Shot
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Atk / 96 Def / 20 Spe
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Knock Off
- G-Max Steelsurge
- Parting Shot
waffle2o25 (Mismagius) @ Ghost Gem
Ability: Magician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Astral Barrage
- Psychic Noise
- Curse
- Trick-or-Treat
Ability: Magician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Astral Barrage
- Psychic Noise
- Curse
- Trick-or-Treat
As far as I remember, Smogon hasn't had a tournament quite like this, and i'm happy to share it with a broader audience now that me and my co-hosts diegoyuhhi and waffle2O2O have already 4 years of experience in hosting it.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
SIBB stands out not only because of the creativity of the sets but also due to the way it's run.
The tournament will be split into three phases, submissions/testing, qualifying and playoffs. Details on how many players will make it into playoffs will be announced at the end of the qualifying phase based on the number of participants.
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions for your mons are open from now till April 5; 23:59 GMT +1.
In the form we also ask for your Smogon account name and your discord tag, so that we can contact you if needed.
Anyone can submit a mon, even if they're not interested in competing.
IMPORTANT: Submitting your pokemon doesn't mean you will be able to play with it instantly, in fact, to prevent the metagame from becoming discount Pure Hackmons, a council will evaluate every single submission and either approve or reject it; sometimes we may even take the freedom of making small changes on our own accord. We try to contact the sender every time we do so to check if they are ok with it, but if we are unable to for whatever reason, we ask you to please understand the changes.
You can submit your Pokemon HERE
To help people with their set creation we have a set of GUIDELINES that if followed, practically guarantee that your submission is going to be approved.
With the end of the submission window, we will take one additional week to further test and balance all the Pokemon and synergies we might have missed during the first three weeks.
Our testing will be public for the whole month, and you can come in the Italiano room to see and help us with it.
Already approved pokemon will be listed HERE along other useful resources
/challenge gen9customgame @@@ Dynamax Clause, Endless Battle Clause, Evasion Moves Clause, HP Percentage Mod, Force Open Team Sheets, Sleep Clause Mod, Forme Clause, Terastal Clause
QUALIFYING AND PLAYOFFS
Qualifying for playoffs is different from normal tournaments. You will need to take part in a series of official room tours that will be hosted in the Italiano room. Since the room tour format doesn't allow us to realistically track people, we will consider anyone that joins said official room tours to be partaking into the tournament.
Every official room tour will award points for a leaderboard that will be periodically updated in this thread (using Pokemon Showdown! usernames).
The participants with the most points will then compete in a traditional style of single elimination BO3 format until the winner is decided.
IMPORTANT: A Smogon account is REQUIRED to be eligible for playoffs, even if you can engage in the whole rest of the tournament without one.
Submitting your pokemon helps us track you, especially if you use a different nickname in every site.
And last but not least if we are unable to find you because you didn't provide a way to contact you will not be able to play in playoffs even if you're first in the leaderboard.
NOTES
We encourage everyone to take part in the format, either as competitor or as a spectator that takes part in unofficial room tours that will be hosted daily in the Italiano Room.
You can join the discussion in the dedicated Smogon thread, in the Italiano room's Discord, or in the Italiano room itself, where me and the other organizers are most active.
However, if you don't have all this time to dedicate to the SIBB, you can expect this tournament to be a roughly 2-3 week commitment for qualifying, and the remaining weeks for playoffs.
THERE IS NO NEED TO POST “IN” IN THIS THREAD; SUBMIT YOUR MON AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ROOMTOURS TIMES AND DATES
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