Credit to Pokemon.com for the picture
& Scott is cute.
Since the dropping of the OVGC tournament, Smogon has lacked any real VGC tournaments. With the new format just being announced, this tournament is going to be taking place with the new 2016 ruleset. Although a trophy is not the prize for this tournament, the winner will receive a Custom Banner to be displayed on their profile.
This tournament will be a Swiss tournament with 8 rounds and a top cut following. I will be using a program called battlefly to make and control the bracket.
2016 Rules
- Battles will be 4v4, You bring 6 Pokemon but only use 4
- All battles will be best of 3, not just top cut.
- All discovered Pokémon will be allowed except the following Mythical Pokémon: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, and Hoopa.
- Teams may have no more than two of the following Pokémon: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde.
- You are not allowed to switch anything besides the order of your Pokemon between games 2 and 3. This includes Evs and moveset.
- You may switch teams in between rounds.
- Games should be played on Smogon's PS server using our custom timer and client. USING THE VGC2016 CHALLENGE IN OPTIONS
- Teams will be required to be submitted each round in a link given at that time.
- Special Clause
- Item Clause
- Self KO Clause
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move or redo the battle with the same teams but different moves. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move or redo the battle with the same teams but different moves. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
Matches
ShinySopheon gets a bye!
toxigen734 vs Ksh13
Eternal Spirit vs obii
Scotti vs Finchinator
Melvilicious vs LLeonard
Pkrs vs Xia
Shiny Girl vs LightningLuxray
Spitzkopf Larry vs Laga
Shrug vs HANTSUKI
Raseri vs PumpedAaron
Narumaki vs Sapientia
jacob vs AAamen
yoman5 vs Dalele
NOVED vs nvakna
absdaddy vs Dawgie
KratosMana vs LuxrayVGC
Dark G vs ShadowQuinn
Lionyx vs -Voltage-
davidness vs atomicllamas
Farmer vs Lorda Floterchai
Confide. vs snagaa
Fortune vs unfixable
Khaytra vs Steven Stone
Stratos vs le fat kid
Oma vs Hyogafodex
MissingNoL vs FLCL
Laurel vs Nido-Rus
MattaPod vs Arifeen
Paraplegic vs Vinc2612
Demantoid vs Nelson Tangela
OrangeDonphan vs Arcticblast
TheFourthChaser vs Asuya
Kiyo vs Bouffalant
Mishimono vs Ace Emerald
Yoda2798 vs 6tennis
Stathakis vs Serapis
Sneakers vs Roxer
Level 51 vs Tricking
SamVGC vs teal6
Drake'sProdigy vs ssneak
thecrystalonix vs praj.pran
Lord Qwilfish vs Reynord
DaAwesomeDude1 vs Menezjul
Mr. NudistoBeach vs scald
miltankmilk vs Bushtush
dih vs SharpManAreEpic
n10sit vs The Idiot Ninja
charroshi vs Mysterious M
JJGhost vs Shaneghoul
checkmater75 vs Syncrasy
Level 56 vs iZocker
Brian12345 vs Anguizh
CorruptedOmega7 vs kamikaze17
Cronenberg vs kingmidas
jeran vs DaFlo
rozes vs We R DNA
Imanalt vs BLINGAS
megacyber vs shaian
Impact vs Lohgock
tennisace vs Haruno
Particular1 vs raikoo
Mizuhime vs LJDarkrai
GiraGoomy vs qsns
Rewer vs Kyle Ayala
ANTEMORTEM
ZANBAKUResh vs soulgazer
Hingo vs Rayzark
Megazard vs DragonWhale
astroboy vs Arnoob
Staraptor vs Disenchanted
hyw vs Lord Wallace
henry vs Jhon
Silverwhiteblue vs ~GreenCore
NightLight26 vs NicoReaper
Krauersaut vs Dragonzen
BKC vs Peli
killzz vs Exalyn
asianturtlefrenzy vs GymNMons
Weebl vs NightFox
FireMage vs NorwegianGuy
Derivatives vs Lunar.
blarajan vs idiotfrommars
Contact your opponents right away, Deadline will be Wednesday December 30th at 11:59pm Est. Remember each round is a best of 3 and you may not switch teams during the round, in between rounds you are allowed to switch however, PM a team to a td or myself to protect yourself
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