Tournament Challenge Cup Cup 6 - Manager Signups

[35Q71N]

Hosted by 35Q71N, Dark Pulse and Celever

(classic logo made by sharpclaw!)​

Welcome to the 6th edition of Challenge Cup Cup! The most anticipated tournament of the year is back and we are all ready to witness legendary clashes in the greatest formats of all time! After all, where else can you see such great pulls with Metronome? 151 turns in a Mystery Box format? Yep, we have that. You want to see an absolutely cracked Lechonk that almost destroyed everything? We have that too!
If the premise seems enticing, you can read below to learn more about the tournament structure and you can also join the CCC server so you won't miss the action that is going to unfold in the next weeks.

Tournament Structure
CCC6 will take place over 9 weeks. In the first 7 weeks, the 8 teams will play round robin matchups, so everyone can do a little :) and a little >:( with everyone else. The top 4 teams, determined by overall record (with games-won serving as tiebreaker), will then proceed to the playoffs, duking it out to be crowned CCCCs (Challenge Cup Cup Champions)!

Teams and Managers
Each team will have 2 managers, 13/15 starter slots and 3 substitute slots*, and will be drafted via snake format in the CCC server. Both Managers have the option to play in one of the player slots, but are not obliged to. In case of "self buy", these will occur in round 5 and 8.
Since CCC is primarily a social tour, we aim to choose competent managers that know how to build and run a team towards success but most importantly, who will be able to foster a positive and fun team environment. While past Challenge Cup Cup manager involvement will be considered, we want to have a breadth of old and new managers!

Formats:
Each team will play 13 matchups per week. That's right, we have increased the number of formats in order to address the growing randbats playerbase and to give a chance to participate to as many people as possible. But wait, there is more!
*We have decided that if we get more than 210 signups, we'll increase the number of starter slots to 15 (with 3 subs)!

As of now, the formats of CCC6 will be:

Gen 9 Challenge Cup 1v1 (bo7)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup 1v1 (bo5)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup 1v1 (bo5)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup 1v1 (bo5)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup 2v2 (bo7)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup 2v2 (bo5)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup 2v2 (bo5)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup (bo3)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup (bo3)
Gen 9 Challenge Cup (bo3)
Gen 1 Challenge Cup (bo3)
Mystery Box
Mystery Box

How does Mystery Box work?
Each week, the hosts will randomly select two outside-the-box formats to include in each weekly matchup, without repeats.

Note: even if the hosts have already come up with most of the Mystery Box formats, we prefer to have further conversations with the CCC6 managers, once they'll be announced, to take a definitive decision.

Prizes
CCC is that kind of tournament where the final prize is "the friends you meet along the way" but this year we also asked the very talented Affles to create an artwork of the mascot of the winning team!

Important dates
Manager Signups: September 22nd-October 1st
Player Signups: September 28th
Draft: October 11th/12th
Regular Season: October 13th
Playoffs: immediately after regular season ends​

Signups

To sign up as a manager, please fill out the form below. Only sign up in this thread if you want to manage. Player signups will go up on Friday, September 28th. Manager Signups will close on October 1st at 7pm GMT +1.

PS Name:
Co-Manager (required):
Preferred Mascot:
What is your managing experience, if any?
Why would you make a good manager?:

Mascots:
Challenge Cup Cup mascots must be Unevolved Pokemon with a BST less than 300. This leaves the following Pokemon available to be mascots:

Warning: too much cuteness ahead

Applin Arrokuda Azurill Barboach Bidoof Blipbug Blitzle Bonsly
Bounsweet Bramblin Budew Bunnelby Burmy Caterpie Charcadet Cherubi
Chewtle Chingling Cleffa Combee Cosmog Cottonee Dewpider Diglett
Diglett-Alola Dreepy Duskull Ekans Electrike Feebas Fletchling Flittle
Fomantis Foongus Gossifleur Gothita Greavard Happiny Hatenna Helioptile
Hoothoot Hoppip Horsea Igglybuff Impidimp Inkay Kricketot Lechonk
Ledyba Lillipup Litwick Lotad Magikarp Makuhita Mareep Marill
Meditite Meowth Meowth-Alola Meowth-Galar Milcery Morelull Munna Nacli
Nickit Nidoran-F Nidoran-M Nincada Noibat Nymble Paras Patrat
Pawmi Petilil Pichu Pidgey Pidove Pikipek Pineco Poochyena
Purrloin Ralts Rattata Rattata-Alola Rellor Riolu Rockruff Roggenrola
Rolycoly Rookidee Sandile Scatterbug Seedot Sentret Shinx Shroodle
Shroomish Shuppet Silcoon Skitty Skwovet Slakoth Slugma Smoliv
Snom Solosis Spearow Spheal Spinarak Starly Sunkern Surskit
Swinub Tadbulb Taillow Tarountula Tinkatink Togepi Toxel Trapinch
Tympole Tynamo Tyrogue Venipede Vulpix Vulpix-Alola Wattrel Weedle
Whismur Wiglett Wimpod Wingull Wooloo Wooper Wooper-Paldea Wurmple
Wynaut Yamper Yungoos Zigzagoon Zigzagoon-Galar Zubat

Good luck to every aspiring manager signing up, and have fun!

Click here to join our Discord server if you plan to be part of CCC6 so you won't miss out on anything!​

 

[PrinceOfAllTacos]

PS Name:PrinceOfAllTacos
Co-Manager (required): rabbit13
Preferred Mascot:Wynaut (the legion returns!)
What is your managing experience, if any? couple tours room blts, all editions of wcor and managed this years winning rbtt and hcpl teams. Rabbit managed in hcpl as well and led his team to finals.
Why would you make a good manager?:We're both active members of the community and familar with the playerbase and what it takes to build a good environment.

 

[rabbit13]

PS Name:PrinceOfAllTacos
Co-Manager (required): rabbit13
Preferred Mascot:Wynaut (the legion returns!)
What is your managing experience, if any? couple tours room blts, all editions of wcor and managed this years rbtt and hcpl teams. Rabbit managed in hcpl as well and led his team to finals.
Why would you make a good manager?:We're both active members of the community and familar with the playerbase and what it takes to build a good environment.

And we would have won those HCPL finals too, if it weren't for those meddling Slakings!

I mean, confirmed.

 

[meamPearl]

The One Who Extinguished The Flame: meamdefinitely4 aka meamPearl

The One Who Didn't Extinguish The Flame: O1V7O2X9O

Preferred Mascot: Nymble

What is your managing experience, if any?
I once again possess no managerial experience. However, my partner in crime has managed OMFL and made semifinals, so while we don't have the most experience in terms of management, my co-manager has seen success in their short campaign, and along with my ability to be chronically online and hyper-engaged in various online events (hence when I won Summer Circuit Survivor lmfao), I have no doubts we can leverage a strategic and social game and not only construct a winning team, but also a team that knows what "positive vibes" are.

Why would you make a good manager?
I have expansive experience in CC as a whole. I've peaked top 30 on both the 1v1 and 2v2 ladders of the current gen, and I've been drafted in LJDA, the Spanish CC tour, 2 years in a row with around a 50% winrate and I was drafted in last year's CCC with a 50% winrate playing Mystery Box.
Meanwhile, the highly esteemed O1V7O2X9O has had success in a wide variety of randbats fornats, such as being a staple in Gen 4, including playing in RBTT and WCOR while having solid records in both tours, on top of being a solid all-rounder, with good performances in gens 9, 2, and more. Also, there is a strong, positive, linear correlation between being good in main rands gens and being good in CC, and I'm fairly certain that my co-manager will continue to keep that correlation standing.
My co-manager is also reserved and rational, and able to make strategic decisions while also maintaining a positive atmosphere, and I know how to be a cheerleader (insert 2023-2024 RBEL). We can balance a winning team with a happy team, and we should not be underestimated.

(Also our team name is a reference to a rhyme)
(Also pt 2 Stan KATSEYE)

 

[O1V7O2X9O]

The One Who Extinguished The Flame: meamdefinitely4 aka meamPearl

The One Who Didn't Extinguish The Flame: O1V7O2X9O

Preferred Mascot: Nymble

What is your managing experience, if any?
I once again possess no managerial experience. However, my partner in crime has managed OMFL and made semifinals, so while we don't have the most experience in terms of management, my co-manager has seen success in their short campaign, and along with my ability to be chronically online and hyper-engaged in various online events (hence when I won Summer Circuit Survivor lmfao), I have no doubts we can leverage a strategic and social game and not only construct a winning team, but also a team that knows what "positive vibes" are.

Why would you make a good manager?
I have expansive experience in CC as a whole. I've peaked top 30 on both the 1v1 and 2v2 ladders of the current gen, and I've been drafted in LJDA, the Spanish CC tour, 2 years in a row with around a 50% winrate and I was drafted in last year's CCC with a 50% winrate playing Mystery Box.
Meanwhile, the highly esteemed O1V7O2X9O has had success in a wide variety of randbats fornats, such as being a staple in Gen 4, including playing in RBTT and WCOR while having solid records in both tours, on top of being a solid all-rounder, with good performances in gens 9, 2, and more. Also, there is a strong, positive, linear correlation between being good in main rands gens and being good in CC, and I'm fairly certain that my co-manager will continue to keep that correlation standing.
My co-manager is also reserved and rational, and able to make strategic decisions while also maintaining a positive atmosphere, and I know how to be a cheerleader (insert 2023-2024 RBEL). We can balance a winning team with a happy team, and we should not be underestimated.

(Also our team name is a reference to a rhyme)
(Also pt 2 Stan KATSEYE)

confirming!

 

[Amaranth]

PS Name: Amaranth
Co-Manager (required): Adelynn
Preferred Mascot: Vulpix-Alola
What is your managing experience, if any?: a few RBTTs + every WCoR since inception + HCPL winner + last CCC sandiles manager + some other bozo tours like spl scl + some turbo bozo tours like roapl rcop rbypl rwc dpl dwc + fossil stuff (egl etc)
Why would you make a good manager?: my managing experience. last year i made a sheet with Every Single Signup and rest assured the same will be done to ensure our draft is of the highest quality. i treat CCC like i would SPL. both me and Adelynn are certified snipers on button clicking duties as well

 

[Adelynn]

PS Name: Amaranth
Co-Manager (required): Adelynn
Preferred Mascot: Vulpix-Alola
What is your managing experience, if any?: a few RBTTs + every WCoR since inception + HCPL winner + last CCC sandiles manager + some other bozo tours like spl scl + some turbo bozo tours like roapl rcop rbypl rwc dpl dwc + fossil stuff (egl etc)
Why would you make a good manager?: my managing experience. last year i made a sheet with Every Single Signup and rest assured the same will be done to ensure our draft is of the highest quality. i treat CCC like i would SPL. both me and Adelynn are certified snipers on button clicking duties as well

confirming
I've managed team Ralts last ccc and made playoffs, going for the win this year!!

 

[Scizor Boladão]

PS Name: Scizor Boladao
Co-Manager (required): Grillo
Preferred Mascot: Bagon
What is your managing experience, if any?: I managed CCC V and LJDAs with Grillo (the spanish CCC) and very important tours like two PTPLs, three EPL and a WCOR for Brazil. Grillo managed and won an EPL too.
Why would you make a good manager?: I am an active player in RB community, I managed like 100000 tours I got positive in like 3 CCCs and won once and I have some aura

 

[Grillo]

PS Name: Scizor Boladao
Co-Manager (required): Grillo
Preferred Mascot: Bagon
What is your managing experience, if any?: I managed CCC V and LJDAs with Grillo (the spanish CCC) and very important tours like two PTPLs, three EPL and a WCOR for Brazil. Grillo managed and won an EPL too.
Why would you make a good manager?: I am an active player in RB community, I managed like 100000 tours I got positive in like 3 CCCs and won once and I have some aura

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[Click>Think]

PS Name: Clickdontthink
Co-Manager (required): Sapphire
Preferred Mascot: Shroomish
What is your managing experience, if any? I have 6 years of experience in managing teams in a high speed work environment with tight deadlines and huge expectations. Through leveraging soft skills, I've managed to lead our group of enthusiastic and committed newcomers to new heights as we've consistently pushed the envelope and outdone the targets set for us by top brass. The Team™ has been the envy of our peers as we have won multiple team of the month awards and even with some recent shuffling around of members, we've stayed the course and continue to believe in each other. Rogers Telecommunications Inc has not, nor will they ever, have a team that embodied comradery and success like ours did!

Ain't done shit on forums other than winning WCoR bout a week agoooooo: that said, my co-manager needs no intro

Why would you make a good manager?: see above



Edit: I've BtA'd the tour host in cc many a times + won a couple room tours so i'm an expert in this field

 

[Sapphire]

confirming, have experience managing VGCPL and VGC WCOP, as well has hosting literally every Smogon VGC Team Tour in the past 3 years.
Most recently won LJDA and WCOR, have lots of Challenge Cup and Rands experience, hoping to have a fun 4th CCC as manager this year!