Tournaments ADVPL V - Announcements and Administrative Decisions

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Host Team: goldmason, Lialiabeast, grape tylenol
Tournaments Rules and General Guidelines
Spreadsheet
(coming soon!)​

This thread will handle all the information that players and manager will need for the tournament. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either one of the hosts. The reward for winning this tournament is a custom avatar to be used on Pokemon Showdown.

How does ADVPL work?

There will be 8 teams, each with their own manager and assistant manager. Management duos 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 7 weeks, with a new opponent each week. This will culminate with a Playoffs week consisting of the Top 4 teams overall from the 7-week main season.

How does one signup as a player?

Player signups are projected to begin later today (Sunday, March 9th) and will be open until 24 hours before the auction (see below; about two weeks). You should include your name, timezone, metagames you are willing to play, and any expected inactivity. Do not sign up if you cannot commit to the entire tournament. ADVPL IV is expected to run from the first week of April to the end of May.

If I am selected as a captain, can I still play for my team?

Each team will be allowed to self-purchase one manager for 15k or both for 40k auction credits. Managers must inform the tournament hosts 24 hours before the auction date.

When is the ADVPL V Auction?
March 23rd, 2025.

When does ADVPL V Week 1 start?
March 23rd, 2025.
The General Manager of a team is essentially the boss of a team. The GM is the final word in all decisions (barring the hosts) regarding their team. The GM decides which players play on the team, who plays in what position, and even handles the team finances. Managers also make sure that the team keeps running on a day to day basis. If a team fails to complete their matches by the end of the allotted time, the onus is on the manager to inform the hosts as to what happened in order to make sure that proper activity calls are made.

Because of these responsibilities, The General Manager is probably the most important part of the team. As such, the position of GM is not one to be taken lightly.

• General Managers are chosen largely on a subjective opinion of the hosts as well as ADV Moderation Team as to who they believe would be fit for the position. Being fit for the position includes the knowledge of excellent battlers in the community (for fielding a competent team), having above average activity on the forums, Pokémon Showdown and/or Discord (in order to ensure that you don’t abandon your team), as well as possessing a necessary amount of “gravitas” (If you can’t make a player do what you tell them to, such as play an undesirable metagame, you’re not going to make a good manager).

General Managers are required to acquire one Assistant Manager. The General Manager gets full sovereignty in choosing their assistant manager. The assistant manager is essentially the second in command for the team. They have all of the functions and roles as the General Manager does, the GM just trumps them in head-to-head decisions.

Lastly, the General Manager has the following duties:

• They shall choose one Assistant Manager.
• They shall make the hosts aware of any player retentions by the time player signups close.
• They shall be present at the live auction, or appoint someone (the Assistant Manager) to participate in the live auction in their stead.
• They shall send the hosts weekly rosters.
• They shall ensure to the best of their abilities that their battlers complete their matches on time.
• In the event that a match fails to be completed, they shall inform the hosts as to why the match failed to be completed, and what their battler did in order to finish the match.
• They shall communicate any grievances with the hosts.
Total money for teams is 140,000 credits.

In the weeks preceding the Live Auction, a time will be chosen where at least 1 Manager or Assistant Manager from each team can meet and perform a live auction in order to choose players. The Manager and/or Assistant Manager present will be expected to remain at the auction for the entire duration, which should take approximately 3 hours.

Once a time is set, all attending Managers + Hosts will enter the place where the auction will be held - most likely a group chat for the auction. Spectators are allowed to join in to watch the auction, but will not be able to speak. Discussion on the bidding should be relegated to the ADV Discord.

The hosts will first ask a team to nominate a player. The order by which teams will nominate players will go in a randomized snaking pattern from the first chosen team to the last chosen team, then the last chosen team to the first chosen team. Details of said player will be displayed and bidding will commence, starting at 3000 credits, with the nominating team automatically placing the first bid. The auction will then be in real time. Managers will simply put in their bids in the chat, raising a minimum of 500 credits. If after 15 seconds there are no new bids, the player is sold to the highest bid in the channel. Updated credit totals will be displayed and then the next manager in the rotation will be prompted to nominate a player.

Managers: it is necessary for you to field a roster of 10 starters and a minimum of 4 substitutes. Playing Managers and retains are included in the roster number. Players will be locked into playing only the tiers they signed up for the entirety of the regular season AND playoffs (excluding tiebreakers). This still applies to players who go for 3k! Going between ADV OU and ADV OU Bo3 is permitted.

There is no midseason this year. Therefore, it is highly recommended that all teams spend all of their credits in the auction, as there is no use for them afterwards.
The league stages consist of a Round Robin tournament. Every team will face every other team once through 7 weeks of play. Each manager will submit to the hosts a roster no later than the deadline of the previous week. This roster will list the starting players and what metagames they will play.

When the week starts, teams' players will face off in their respective metagames / tiers. The ADV OU 1 from Team A will face the ADV OU 1 from team B, ADV OU 2 will face ADV OU 2, and so on. Whichever team wins the most battles will be declared the victor for the week. Rather than score based on how many individual battles a team wins, the primary thing that matters is who beat the most teams. As such, points are awarded based only on wins and losses versus teams as a whole, not individual players. Beating a team in a week’s matchups is worth two points, tying with a team is worth one point, and losing is worth none, simple as that. At the end of the round robin, the top four teams in the points proceed to the playoffs. Semifinals will see #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs #3, Finals will be the winner from each of the semi-final rounds.

There are a few regulatory things during the league stages that need to be outlined.

1. Substitutes – At any point in time during the week, a team may make a substitution for a currently slotted player. In order to do this a manager must post in the thread, tagging the hosts, the opposing managers and the opposing player stating which player is substituting out, and which player is substituting in. A player that has substituted out for a week cannot be substituted back in. In addition, in order to catch any attempts at garnering favorable matchups in RBY OU (where the lineup you choose affects pairings), all substitutions are subject to veto by the hosts if the substitution is suspected to be attempting to “game” the system.

2. Trades - Trades are allowed before the start of Week 1. Both managers must confirm with the host team to complete a trade. Hosts can veto a trade if it is deemed completed lopsided.

3. Activity decisions – There are inevitably times where two players simply fail to complete a match; however, the nature of the tournament system sometimes makes it advantageous to purposely fail to play (such as when a team is up 5-4 in a week). Because of this, it is necessary to make activity decisions on matches. Hosts are required to make thorough investigations regarding each and every potential failed match during a week. If both parties are deemed to be equally apathetic or enthusiastic about getting the match done, but just have not had the opportunity to make it happen, the match will result in a no contest. However, if it is deemed that one party made significantly more effort than the other in attempting to get the match done, then a win will be awarded to that player. Things that will make it very likely that you will lose via activity include: failing to VM your opponent immediately upon the week’s start, scheduling a match and being documented as missing the match time, failing to provide any concrete times for which you can be reached, failing to respond to an opponent’s VM at all. Note that this is a tournament that requires a very high level of activity and diligence, if you don’t think you can get your matches done, quite simply don’t sign up.

4. Rule Breaking – There is no excuse for breaking any of the predetermined rules. If you are caught breaking a rule, you will lose your match. There is no lenience with regards to this. Break a rule, you lose. Period.

5. Reversing Rulings - No ruling will be retroactively overturned once the week following the week that the ruling has been made has ended. This includes: activity rulings / rulings based on rule breaking / anything else under the sun. I'm not going back in time to reevaluate every single decision I've made throughout the tournament on Week 9 because you think you were gypped 1-2 wins along the way and now they're the difference between you and a playoff spot. Any appeals to a ruling must be made during the week that the ruling is made; beyond that, all rulings are final once the week ends.

Tournament Schedule

Teams:
:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish - SEA + Hclat
:claydol: Goo Goo Claydolls - SEROO + Lhions
:delibird: Degenerate Delibirds - Empo + JabbaTheGriffin
:kingdra: Whirlands Kingdras - -Howkings + Triangles
:gastly: Spartoi Elites - Endill + ziloXX
:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences - Colteor + RealJester
:magneton: Locked-In Magnetons - Plague + violet river
:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls - Zpanther19 + FJ2K

Retains and Self Manager Purchases:
The deadline for retains and manager self purchases is 24 hours before the auction time.

:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish: 81k
SEA Selfbuy - 20k
Hclat Selfbuy - 20k
Lily - 19k

:claydol: Goo Goo Claydolls: 115k
Lhions Selfbuy - 15k
Sheik : - 10k

:delibird: Degenerate Delibirds: 100k
JabbaTheGriffin Selfbuy - 20k
Empo Selfbuy - 20k

:kingdra: Whirlands Kingdras: 125k
Triangles Selfbuy - 15k

:gastly: Spartoi Elites: 88k
Endill Selfbuy - 15k
FatFighter2 - 24k
Kollin7 - 13k

:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences: 110.5k
Monai - 19.5k
AC7 - 10k

:magneton: Locked-In Magnetons: 95k
Pak - 20k
violet river Selfbuy - 15k
mielke - 10k

:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls: 109.5k
Zpanther19 Selfbuy - 15k
Quinn - 15.5k

Reminders
  • Replays are required for all matches.
  • Slots: ADV Ubers/ADV OU/ADV OU/ADV OU/ADV OU Bo3/ADV UU/ADV RU/ADV NU/ADV PU/ADV LC
  • Each team will have minimum 14 players (10 starters + 4 substitutes). You will have 140k credits to work with.
 
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Re: Auction

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Kristyl20500
Hacker14000
Siglut13000
Fear7000
col496000
shiloh5500
Voyager5000
BigFatMantis5000
Figull4004500
Zcarlett4000
Zacpz4000
Ajencis3500
neomon3500
ExguardiaN3000
Msousa3000
teamo3000
Coconut3000
LBN3000
AC70
Monai0
Shitrock enjoyer25000
Magician15000
LpZ14000
feen10000
ojr8000
ADV Andy5500
CyberOdin✝5000
Baddy3000
BeeOrSomething3000
muks3000
Django3000
Just_Leonardo3000
pixie9093000
adorluigi3000
Rabia3000
Estarossa3000
Quinn0
Zpanther190
Heysup30000
Real FV1317000
Nal10000
Eeveeto9500
reggg7000
Zelph4000
BIG WILL4000
Charliezard73500
Rambode3000
Sato073000
gulch3000
Elian3000
aurora3000
Oathkeeper3000
BP3000
BlackKnight_Gawain3000
lolebruh3000
coco3000
Sheik :0
Lhions0
ima23500
Parpar16500
mayopockets15500
naere13000
Stox5000
TyCarter4500
Dababy24000
Texas Cloverleaf3000
fakenagol3000
sugarhigh3000
Montreal3000
watashi3000
ez3000
JabbaTheGriffin0
Empo0
Gilbert arenas21000
Hydronics12500
evakiyama!5000
uppa5000
Sachumberto5000
Xiri4500
MeEsSm4000
Vileman3000
scionicle3000
tigersuit3000
Zerkas3000
Quarante83000
Vermillion Gangsta3000
Sophocles__3000
qsns3000
SEA0
Lily0
Hclat0
gostop21000
Don Eduardo18000
robjr15500
Alder ST14000
eden8500
SpoiledBerries8000
oliveroddish7500
THE_CHUNGLER6500
Void6500
avarice6000
blunder5500
Medeia5000
nishikino kotori3000
Triangles0
Shing18500
mind gaming13500
Kaboom10500
Colin10000
Amity10000
Charmriah6500
Fogbound Lake5000
Lady Bug4500
sayyonara4500
Stories3000
Oskari3000
DugZa3000
Sabelette3000
mielke0
violet river0
Pak0
Shiba15000
Drud14000
Bughouse9000
Johnald8000
Caloom6000
Lyra5000
Raichy4000
Spreek3000
Lazuli3000
jam3000
HANTSUKI3000
susciety3000
Lasen3000
Thor3000
rineko3000
gorgie3000
Kollin70
FatFighter20
Endill0
Heysup30000Goo Goo Claydolls
Shitrock enjoyer25000A Flock of Smeargulls
ima23500Degenerate Delibirds
Gilbert arenas21000Aquacorde Anglerfish
gostop21000Whirland Kingdras
Kristyl20500Sky Pillar Salamences
Shing18500Locked-In Magnetons
Don Eduardo18000Whirland Kingdras
Real FV1317000Goo Goo Claydolls
Parpar16500Degenerate Delibirds
mayopockets15500Degenerate Delibirds
robjr15500Whirland Kingdras
Magician15000A Flock of Smeargulls
Shiba15000Spartoi Elites
Hacker14000Sky Pillar Salamences
Alder ST14000Whirland Kingdras
Drud14000Spartoi Elites
LpZ14000A Flock of Smeargulls
mind gaming13500Locked-In Magnetons
naere13000Degenerate Delibirds
Siglut13000Sky Pillar Salamences
Hydronics12500Aquacorde Anglerfish
Kaboom10500Locked-In Magnetons
Nal10000Goo Goo Claydolls
Colin10000Locked-In Magnetons
feen10000A Flock of Smeargulls
Amity10000Locked-In Magnetons
Eeveeto9500Goo Goo Claydolls
Bughouse9000Spartoi Elites
eden8500Whirland Kingdras
Johnald8000Spartoi Elites
SpoiledBerries8000Whirland Kingdras
ojr8000A Flock of Smeargulls
oliveroddish7500Whirland Kingdras
reggg7000Goo Goo Claydolls
Fear7000Sky Pillar Salamences
Charmriah6500Locked-In Magnetons
THE_CHUNGLER6500Whirland Kingdras
Void6500Whirland Kingdras
Caloom6000Spartoi Elites
avarice6000Whirland Kingdras
col496000Sky Pillar Salamences
shiloh5500Sky Pillar Salamences
blunder5500Whirland Kingdras
ADV Andy5500A Flock of Smeargulls
evakiyama!5000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Stox5000Degenerate Delibirds
uppa5000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Lyra5000Spartoi Elites
Sachumberto5000Aquacorde Anglerfish
CyberOdin✝5000A Flock of Smeargulls
Voyager5000Sky Pillar Salamences
Fogbound Lake5000Locked-In Magnetons
BigFatMantis5000Sky Pillar Salamences
Medeia5000Whirland Kingdras
TyCarter4500Degenerate Delibirds
Xiri4500Aquacorde Anglerfish
Figull4004500Sky Pillar Salamences
Lady Bug4500Locked-In Magnetons
sayyonara4500Locked-In Magnetons
Zelph4000Goo Goo Claydolls
Zcarlett4000Sky Pillar Salamences
Dababy24000Degenerate Delibirds
BIG WILL4000Goo Goo Claydolls
Zacpz4000Sky Pillar Salamences
MeEsSm4000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Raichy4000Spartoi Elites
Ajencis3500Sky Pillar Salamences
neomon3500Sky Pillar Salamences
Charliezard73500Goo Goo Claydolls
Vileman3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
scionicle3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Spreek3000Spartoi Elites
tigersuit3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Rambode3000Goo Goo Claydolls
Lazuli3000Spartoi Elites
Baddy3000A Flock of Smeargulls
ExguardiaN3000Sky Pillar Salamences
BeeOrSomething3000A Flock of Smeargulls
jam3000Spartoi Elites
Texas Cloverleaf3000Degenerate Delibirds
Sato073000Goo Goo Claydolls
gulch3000Goo Goo Claydolls
Stories3000Locked-In Magnetons
Elian3000Goo Goo Claydolls
aurora3000Goo Goo Claydolls
fakenagol3000Degenerate Delibirds
Oskari3000Locked-In Magnetons
Oathkeeper3000Goo Goo Claydolls
muks3000A Flock of Smeargulls
Django3000A Flock of Smeargulls
Msousa3000Sky Pillar Salamences
BP3000Goo Goo Claydolls
Just_Leonardo3000A Flock of Smeargulls
pixie9093000A Flock of Smeargulls
DugZa3000Locked-In Magnetons
sugarhigh3000Degenerate Delibirds
HANTSUKI3000Spartoi Elites
teamo3000Sky Pillar Salamences
Zerkas3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
susciety3000Spartoi Elites
Coconut3000Sky Pillar Salamences
Quarante83000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Vermillion Gangsta3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
Sabelette3000Locked-In Magnetons
Sophocles__3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
adorluigi3000A Flock of Smeargulls
BlackKnight_Gawain3000Goo Goo Claydolls
Montreal3000Degenerate Delibirds
qsns3000Aquacorde Anglerfish
watashi3000Degenerate Delibirds
Lasen3000Spartoi Elites
Rabia3000A Flock of Smeargulls
ez3000Degenerate Delibirds
Estarossa3000A Flock of Smeargulls
nishikino kotori3000Whirland Kingdras
Thor3000Spartoi Elites
rineko3000Spartoi Elites
LBN3000Sky Pillar Salamences
lolebruh3000Goo Goo Claydolls
coco3000Goo Goo Claydolls
gorgie3000Spartoi Elites
Kollin70Spartoi Elites
Sheik :0Goo Goo Claydolls
AC70Sky Pillar Salamences
mielke0Locked-In Magnetons
Quinn0A Flock of Smeargulls
Lhions0Goo Goo Claydolls
Monai0Sky Pillar Salamences
FatFighter20Spartoi Elites
violet river0Locked-In Magnetons
SEA0Aquacorde Anglerfish
Zpanther190A Flock of Smeargulls
JabbaTheGriffin0Degenerate Delibirds
Triangles0Whirland Kingdras
Empo0Degenerate Delibirds
Endill0Spartoi Elites
Pak0Locked-In Magnetons
Lily0Aquacorde Anglerfish
Hclat0Aquacorde Anglerfish

Schedule out shortly!
 
Re: Schedule

Week 1:​

:delibird: Degenerate Delibirds vs Whirland Kingdras :kingdra:
:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences vs Spartoi Elites :gastly:
:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:
:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls vs Goo Goo Claydolls :claydol:

Week 2:​

:delibird: Degenerate Delibirds vs Goo Goo Claydolls :claydol:
:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish vs A Flock of Smeargulls :wingull:
:gastly: Spartoi Elites vs Whirland Kingdras :kingdra:
:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:

Week 3:​

:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences vs A Flock of Smeargulls :wingull:
:claydol: Goo Goo Claydolls vs Whirland Kingdras :kingdra:
:gastly: Spartoi Elites vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:
:delibird: Degenerate Delibirds vs Aquacorde Anglerfish :chinchou:

Week 4:​

:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish vs Sky Pillar Salamences :salamence:
:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls vs Whirland Kingdras :kingdra:
:gastly: Spartoi Elites vs Degenerate Delibirds :delibird:
:claydol: Goo Goo Claydolls vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:

Week 5:​

:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish vs Whirland Kingdras :kingdra:
:claydol: Goo Goo Claydolls vs Spartoi Elites :gastly:
:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:
:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences vs Degenerate Delibirds :delibird:

Week 6:​

:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish vs Spartoi Elites :gastly:
:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences vs Goo Goo Claydolls :claydol:
:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls vs Degenerate Delibirds :delibird:
:kingdra: Whirland Kingdras vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:

Week 7:​

:delibird: Degenerate Delibirds vs Locked-In Magnetons :magneton:
:chinchou: Aquacorde Anglerfish vs Goo Goo Claydolls :claydol:
:wingull: A Flock of Smeargulls vs Spartoi Elites :gastly:
:salamence: Sky Pillar Salamences vs Whirland Kingdras :kingdra:
 
Re: Quarante8

Due to a technical issue, Quarante8 was listed as being eligible to play OU (Bo1) on both the player sheet and during the auction despite tier locking out of it during his sign up. Since all teams were drafting under the assumption that Quarante8 would be able to play OU (Bo1), the host team has decided that Quarante8 will be eligible to play OU (Bo1).
 
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