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If you wish to play in the Almost Any Ability Premier League, you must sign up in this thread. The Almost Any Ability Premier League is a 7-week event at minimum and has the potential to stretch on a bit further depending on tiebreak situations. Only sign up if you can be active for the majority of this time, as a high level of activity is expected. This includes several things, such as communicating with your team and getting your games done, as well as maintaining a competitive attitude even after your team has already been eliminated. It is in your own best interest to show off your best side. For general guidelines on what to do and what not to do, refer to Luigi's guidelines here.
- Managers will be allowed to purchase themselves and/or their assistant manager as players for their team for a fixed price of 12000 credits.
- There are no retains.
- The total number of teams will depend on the number of player signups but is expected to be 6.
- Each team must draft a minimum of 11 players (8 players + 3 subs) using 100000 credits. The minimum cost of each player is 3000 credits.
- Trades may not occur.
- Tourbanned users may not participate.
- There will be a severe penalty for any team that picks up a known alt of a banned player, or any player masquerading as another person to lower their cost in the auction. This has not been a big issue in the past, but it is important to establish that both parties will be penalized immediately and harshly if they are found doing so.
- In the event that a player displays excessively unsportsmanlike behavior or breaks any of the PS Global Rules or Smogon-wide posting rules (including in team discords), the hosts will investigate on a case-by-case basis. In the event that a player must be ejected from a team for their behavior, managers will be allowed to pick one player from the undrafted pool at no cost.
- The tiers* for this year are SV Almost Any Ability (3 slots), SV Almost Any Ability Ubers, SV Almost Any Ability UU, SS Almost Any Ability, SV National Dex Almost Any Ability, and SV Almost Any Ability Doubles.
- If signups are insufficient to support eight slots, we may reduce back to six slots; the reduced slots will be decided by looking at the sign ups so far. Players will have the option to drop out if their preferred tier does not make it.
TO SIGN UP UP, PLEASE THE FORM RIGHT BELOW THIS BIG PURPLE TEXT. DO NOT POST ANY MEME SIGNUPS.
>> FORM TO SIGN UP <<
If you are interested in playing, be aware that any team may buy you, and you are expected to play for any one of them. Only list tiers in your signup that you are willing to play. While these aren't binding, it will affect how the managers will see you, and you are expected to play them if necessary. If you would not consider seriously playing a tier in a tournament, do not list it. Do not make dumb joke posts about playing tiers you don't care for.
You are generally expected to participate in your team's Discord. While we understand that activity levels may vary, this is the core portion of AAAPL and what makes it fun. Your team's Discord server is where your team will hang out, discuss strategies, and just have fun without worrying about the game. This is where teams come together (or fall apart), and it is likely the most integral part of the entire tournament.
Teams (w/ Discord links for the public ones):
The Ursa Train - Kinetic and Betticus IV 
The Charming Charizzards - Atha and ghostlike 
The Looming Lioones - GhastlyPixie and Yoko 
The Dave Dhelmises - dhelmise and Dave 
The Radiant Rayquazas - Glory and Swas 
The Psycho Psyducks - Chessking345 and SpaceSpeakers Signups will be open until <t:1754686800:F>. Have a great season, everyone!
>> ONE MORE TIME, << THE FORM TO SIGN UP
>> Player signups so far <<
(Sheet updates every ~2 hours; if your signup isn't showing the correct tiers, let me know)
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