Tournament Announcing a $500 prize pool BW DOU tournament! [not signups]

[Checkmater]

Pack an umbrella, because in little over 2 weeks signups for a $500 prize pool BW DOU tournament will be posted! Funded by a connoisseur of the BW Doubles meta, in this thread are all the details you need to know to pave your way (and pay your bills) by making it big as a professional Smogon Doubles Player.

What is BW Doubles?
You can find the rule set and metagame discussion, as well as other resources here.
When will the tour start?
Signups will be posted Aug. 24th.
Who is eligible to enter?
Anyone not currently tour-banned. Entry is free!
What is the tournament format?
The tournament will be 2 week rounds, bo3 single elimination.
How is the prize pool distributed?
1st place: $350,
2nd place: $100,
3rd & 4th place: $25.
Who's running the tournament? Who can I yell at about not getting my activity win?
I will be hosting the tournament, with close guidance from the DOU tierleaders.

This thread is also doubling as the meme/hype thread, so feel free to spam mish and/or go wild

 

[Arcticblast]

BW $MOGON DOUBLE$ OVERU$ED

 

[Checkmater]

btw you can find the Doubles Discord here! Discuss BW in the #oldgens channel

 

[Mizuhime]

I suppose I'll have to join this

 

[DaAwesomeDude1]

hi i am a struggling college student currently working a minimum wage tutoring job so i would really appreciate it if you guys let me have the win

 

[zaaya]

tfw balls deep in retirement then y'all fuck around and make a $500 prize pool tourney LMAO
time to learn BW bois :^)
in!!

 

[xJoelituh]

For $500, I'll main any tier.

 

[Givrix]

 

[Weshbien]

oh la con de vos morts

 

[Fakes]

in

e:// oh sorry still banned

 

[Fryguy2003]

Do you have to be over 18 to enter?

 

[Z Kicks]

mish

 

[lhce628]

why this format when only 8 ppl will sign up for it's live tour

in.

 

[TheFourthChaser]

 

[KyleCole]

 

[Arcticblast]

For those of you building new teams, here are some helpful hints:
- Sleep Clause is enabled, because sleep in BW is ridiculous. There's no powder immunity like in gen 6, and the sleep timer resets when a sleeping Pokemon switches out. This means HypnoGravity is technically not banned, but you're probably better off not using it.
- Sky Drop creates a game breaking glitch and is banned.
- Don't look at any BW team I've ever built for inspiration. They are all terrible.

 

[Yuichi]

Here's another tip:
Dont eathquake gengars

 

[Bdlc]

500$ '-' in af

 

[Platinum God n1n1]

in

 

[Arcticblast]

[not signups]

obligatory tag of Bdlc and n1n1

 

[Checkmater]

signups go up tomorrow at 3 pm est!

 

[Checkmater]

signups are now up here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/500-prize-pool-bw-doubles-ou-tour-signups.3640965/

 

[talkingtree]

We're streaming a round 1 matchup of DaAwesomeDude1 vs AtmosphereVGC at 7:30pm EDT tomorrow, Sep 6! Visit twitch.tv/the_pwnemon to come check it out with some commentary and hype for the tour

EDIT: It's been moved to Saturday, September 8, at 4pm EDT

 

[Checkmater]

Thanks to everyone for participating! I had a blast hosting the tour, and I hope everyone enjoyed playing and watching the games

The winners are:

DaWoblefet for 1st place
marilli for 2nd place
Ninjadog13 and Frania tied for 3rd/4th place

Congratulations!

 

[MajorBowman]

To clarify, the top 4 should send me their PayPal info so I can relay all 4 to chaos. Do not contact chaos directly. You can send it to me via discord or smogon pm, I dont have a preference. Congrats to all 4!

DaWoblefet marilli Ninjadog13 Frania