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Tournament Champions Draft Kickoff - Battle Pools

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This is Smogon Draft's first singles event for Champions! We'll be playing a custom format to simulate a 6v6 environment using Regulation Set M-A availability and mechanics. The tour will consist of battle pools followed by a single-elimination bracket with a redraft at top 32. We hope to get the draft board as ready as possible prior to the tour, but it may be updated for the redraft. Hosts are scionicle, goldmason, and Thomas18.

The following spoilers will cover signup information and rules for the tournament.

  • You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
  • You may only draft 1 Mega Evolution and the non-Mega variants of Pokémon may not Mega Evolve.
  • If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
  • For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
  • In order to help speed up the first few rounds of the draft for everybody, tournament staff will impose a 24 hour check in. What that means is this:
    • From the commencement of the draft until 24 hours after, every single competitor will need to reach out to their pool mod (either in drafting channel discussion thread, or Discord DM)
    • This message can be simple "I'm here for pool X and ready to draft", no need to be elaborate
    • Any competitor who has already made a pick does not need to check in.
    • Any competitor who has not checked in with their pool mod by the time check-in is over in 24 hours will be replaced.
  • Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
    • It is the responsibility of the player to inform the other members of the pool if they have left a pick with the pool mod so the players can properly notify the pool mod it is your turn to pick. The pool mods are not responsible for watching every pick at every hour of the day waiting to input your pick.
    • If you are skipped by the other players when you left a pick but did not inform them that you did, the skip is justified.
    • If the pool mod does not respond in a timely manner, notify 1 online Moderator for further assistance.
  • The following complex bans are in place:
    :basculegion: - No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects. :basculegion-f:
    :heliolisk: - No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail. :orthworm:
    :scovillain: - No Pokémon may use the ability Moody. :glalie:
    :vivillon: - No Pokémon may use directly sleep-inducing moves. This includes Yawn, Hypnosis, Sing, and Sleep Powder. :ninetales:
  • The following Pokémon have access to all of their non-Mega forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
    :meowstic: - Meowstic :meowstic-f:
    :gourgeist: - Gourgeist :gourgeist:
    :basculegion: - Basculegion :basculegion-f:
    :maushold: - Maushold :maushold-four:
  • If a Pokémon that is available in Champions Reg M-A is untiered, please ask a host.
  • Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
  • All games must be played in the [Champions] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
  • General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
  • In-game win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
  • Each set is a best-of-one set.
  • The following clauses apply:
    - Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
    - Sleep Moves Clause: Sleep-inducing moves are banned.
    - Item Clause: No two Pokémon on the same team can hold the same item.
    - Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat
    - OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
    - Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
    - Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
    - Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset.
  • Quick Claw and King's Rock are banned.
  • Any items unreleased in Champions Reg M-A are banned.
  • Replays must be posted to the round thread.
About Activity Decisions

Activity Decisions / Coin Flips
: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.

For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.

Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.

[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.

When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.

Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.

If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.

You can find matchups and drafts in these docs:
https://spo.ink/champions_kickoff_battle_pools_1_64
https://spo.ink/champions_kickoff_battle_pools_65_128
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Battle Pool #1: Heinny (heinny), Astoria (advmvnt), Scribble (scribble1414), Black117 (black117)
Battle Pool #2: EmperorAry (emperorary), yapo (yapo15), trishulaa (trishula), nefertum_1 (lat8711)
Battle Pool #3: Hydra_Y21 (itz_hydra), Sibwind (testing_innit), Ehmcee (ehmcee), ogalbina (ogalbina)
Battle Pool #4: GrandmasterCake (grandmastercake), TheRam7 (theram7), c1utch (clutchsometimes), Jurassicpig44 (jpig44)
Battle Pool #5: Phonytail (phonytail), subzero_slammer (subzero7939), GamerOfTheYear2020 (kungfupanda4), platanopower420 (platano_power_420)
Battle Pool #6: Maxomega (max0mega), cactusway (cactusway), E Man (e_man.), Iride (goniochromismm)
Battle Pool #7: Sieeeffmon (sieefffmon), DiamondScyther (diamond_bradyb), Murp3 (fried.onion), PrinceOfAllTacos (princeofalltacos)
Battle Pool #8: Shadow2054 (shadow2054), 1 True Lycan (1truelycan), An Agent of Chaos (maybe_regtejrjrjjy), GoldenCyber (goldencyber)
Battle Pool #9: sujaybhoite (kisukkkeee), ksavage91 (ksavage), jecotto03 (jecotto03), ConquestGanda (conquestganda)
Battle Pool #10: Ryueen (laxusstormbringer), ElysianSoul (elysiansoul222), DonMarto (donmarto), RainChillin (therainisheavy)
Battle Pool #11: lolmy (.nojobs.), jricky (jricky), Oopsie Peach (brotheryubby), nelluc (nelluc_)
Battle Pool #12: talentea (michaelstorengothacked_48929), not mishmesh (mishmeshseph), burstslinky (mr_e_77), SageSpike (sagespike)
Battle Pool #13: ZetaAlfa (zetaalfa), BagelJohn (bagelitojuanito), HisuAvalugg (ethant0), Lou2697 (lourinaldi)
Battle Pool #14: Stallion (og.stallion), Dr. Geo (geo44241), Fish and Chips (sturgeonstories), ElyFlyGuy (ely8526)
Battle Pool #15: sn00syw00sy (snoosywoosy), Lyssa (minamifangirl), Andrew M (awesomechrisbosh), SixftHax (sixfthax)
Battle Pool #16: godlybhai (godlybhai), ZebstrikemDown (zebstrikemdown), napimsiken (napimsiken), strikeyy (_strikeyy_)
Battle Pool #17: Xev (.xev.), Minissou (minissou), Msousa (msousa), eliminathan (eliminathan_)
Battle Pool #18: Capitão General (capslock3009), Animepedia (iktasolork), Lupsss (lupss), Fierce Flamethrower (fierceflamethrower)
Battle Pool #19: CoolEvan1098 (n3evan), Shockerj321 (shockerj123), MizuriKip (mizurikip), Lux2821 (lux2821)
Battle Pool #20: desi (dessieee), ButterCHOKE (butterchoke), guigaxs2000 (guigaxs2000), Donnel (donnyatelo)
Battle Pool #21: ThinkingSceptile (sceptilescythe), Radox786 (movo0699), The Hisui Region (thehisuiregion), a fairy (afairy)
Battle Pool #22: yuramas (yuramas), impersonxtor (thekillerof_impersonators_alt2), CyndaKill-SH (cyndakill_igt), kurse (kurzv)
Battle Pool #23: Neil445 (ananya_445), SIrKill (sirkill), MCOBSOK (brave_badger_19006), TheHelixFossil1 (thehelixfossil1)
Battle Pool #24: im_m0rtal. (im_m0rtal.), Portrait or Ruin (liarssmile), royzer (.royzer), Kingsous (kingsous)
Battle Pool #25: Manan999 (manan999), MuffinMelody (muffinmelody), Bastien_YG (bastienyg), Whammerist (whammerist)
Battle Pool #26: pinkes (tobiassamuel), urban (theurbandear), jscurf (jscurf), SoggyDoggySage (soggydoggysage)
Battle Pool #27: TWiTT (toopsies), Axelraid2828 (axel_28), LeftoverHotdish (leftoverhotdish), sqoiche (cbmarcus)
Battle Pool #28: OhioGengar (lucarioman20), Treyunt (treyunt), BLAZING HAWK (carson1115), Sanskiller55 (sanskiller55)
Battle Pool #29: Clb7 (cliffb7), reconjack (reconjack), Almighty Rye (rye8116), Natesgr8r yk (natedog0196)
Battle Pool #30: RealBlackbeard (realblackbeard), Nozzermat (nozzermat), Rosewood (rosewoodgd), Exyss (exyss)
Battle Pool #31: VoidOfDarknesss (.voidofdarkness), gengariza (gengariza), mikejohns (ferocidad_), legonene (legonene)
Battle Pool #32: Swagata Mitra (theswaggyboii), NateAim (nateaim), gxewho? (mysticalleafeon_), JCaps (jcaps)
Battle Pool #33: Jadinobambino (freewave88), aeth (badelineceleste), Bananacrazy111 (piranhaplant), Decidueye409 (decidueye409)
Battle Pool #34: Blitzburgh (blitz1511), AAAspot (azar.16k), jozar (jozar5439), Tamamo (tamafuyu)
Battle Pool #35: Zong200 (zong200), kirby6728 (applozz), Azcelerator (azcelerator), nezumi (anonezumi)
Battle Pool #36: benjaboynl (benjaboynl), Xinc (xincmars), Puckbud (puckbud), zachmander (zachmander)
Battle Pool #37: HikawaNozomi (lunisakihikawanozomi), Sy1h (sy1h), Vapour (waysofvapo), Bibleman9 (_bibleman)
Battle Pool #38: CFMathMaster (cfmathmaster), urhere (urhere), Flapple1 (anonymouspineapple), daddydaveslidinintourdms (daddydaveslidinintourdms)
Battle Pool #39: KillerBeetle (siddhantlikegon), berna- (bernaftw), jebistee (jebistee), cicepece11 (cicepece69)
Battle Pool #40: Idyll (idyllanth), trace (sennarin), ReverseTracebacks (reversetracebacks), hovicaa (h0vic)
Battle Pool #41: Batmen (niccotin69), Atha (atha__), Mokratha (mokratha), DJS (djs3850)
Battle Pool #42: 40kultra (thatsmonicaurutora), 64 Squares (64squares), blast406 (dmadd97), JCMShadow (jcmshadow)
Battle Pool #43: JRoberts (jaken.off), RavenEyeKSR (.raveneye), Vulpix03 (vulpix03), JaCubAsAlways (jacubasalways)
Battle Pool #44: chimechoo (chimechoo), old lemons (old.lemons), yerdunc (yerdunc), ITZWhateva (itzwhateva)
Battle Pool #45: ETJX (etjx_11037), OdinRM (odinrm), Zygarde12 (brooks_y), doogalhh (doogalhh)
Battle Pool #46: MachJacob (machjacob), Bruno7 (bruno_almeida_7), thebeardydragon (thebeardydragon), P is For Penguin (pisforpenguin)
Battle Pool #47: Mok3s (mok3s), Wincon (winkon9944), gary buster holmes (killinitin), TheGrandAdmiral (thegrandadmiral7075)
Battle Pool #48: Amaske (amaske), Meta (metariolu), The Dovahneer (dovah5767), Nigthingale (nightingale_23)
Battle Pool #49: Princess Autumn (princessautumn), Vazquez 2.0 (tomatoroth), Hacker (doormoney), Roller K (rollerk)
Battle Pool #50: porcupine21 (ejectbuttonphydefamoonguss), Tjb145 (tjb1451), SamPamJamLam (sambolambo), Sumbble (sumbble)
Battle Pool #51: Mitchell0904 (mitchell0904), sablolol (sablo), Jimbocephus (xxjimboxx), Dddddsf (braybray_49)
Battle Pool #52: Aleksanteri (aleksanteri.), theuncultured (theuncultured.), LogIce (logice), Sizzlipede & Snom (anobodydraft)
Battle Pool #53: SEROO (girlsdodrugs), Crysite (crysite), velvet (chaotickuromi), SpoopyBirbBuddy (spoopybirbbuddy)
Battle Pool #54: Doncon123 (doncon123), Big Pharma (wonderfire), Elevated (elevatedd.), Orchynx2022 (snoopy.eternal.net)
Battle Pool #55: dgrgrnd (regulus_corneas.), giove97 (giove97), lavaskull100 (lavaskull100), UselessUmbreon (umbrev.2)
Battle Pool #56: Coconut | 椰果 (coconut_tail), Ayø (ayolx.), rom1x38 (rom1x), AquaVanilla (aquavanilla_)
Battle Pool #57: Sad Skooma Cat (sadskoomacat), Arcaninebr 2.0 (feny_12plays), vengabenga (vengabenga), BurningMonSoul (burningmonsoul)
Battle Pool #58: Ghoul in PJs (ghoul_in_pjs), Keegan (keeganr_mtg), kerbecs (kerbecs2), xIcebeam (xicebeam)
Battle Pool #59: kyrogeniz (kyrogeniz), hunpoko (hunpok), Joeyatta7 (joeyatta7), Molomo (sobsweep)
Battle Pool #60: PowBoltaSaurua (powerboltasaur), Hisoka (anashisoka7), EntryHazardous (freetleforwiiu), Moron5 (deleteduser3100)
Battle Pool #61: Axrtix (knechtaxrtix), fl0cke (flowocke), SavCat (savtothecat), sequoia (prettycitrus)
Battle Pool #62: Vholtninja (vholtninja), Hamish150 (hamish250), babble (babblemonkeymario), JoelXLeaf (joelsd2005)
Battle Pool #63: Heatranator (annoyinglyshyannoyinglyshy), Thootjuh (thootjuh), Crystal Methyd (rafarou), Minatevis (minatevis)
Battle Pool #64: choptch (choptch), theQuestionMark (the_questionmark), LeBomboclats (cygnus2428), faygoes (faygoes)
Battle Pool #65: yamuko (yhymrt), Rasche (rasche.), ur moom suus (_pyrotek_), Thanos (henguinie)
Battle Pool #66: karrottensirup (zecarrot), Megastar54 (qrsd), ACExDiscostu93 (acexdiscostu93), scionicle (scionicle)
Battle Pool #67: OrnLatios (ornlatias), Jamieon (jamieon), kaminjaw (kaminjaw), HazyNoir (hazynoir)
Battle Pool #68: amyayayy (amyraaaaaa), Marshy. (marshy._.), jadeskarlettdragon (jadeskarlettdragon), GavX (xn1njax)
Battle Pool #69: Lin (perished_), takuaa (takuaa), Hiusi guy (badhacker), Down By VI (dbs.)
Battle Pool #70: xGinesect (0x0gene), diegoyuhhi (diegoyuhhi), King Choco (king.choco), Mr.Yessir (mr.yessir.)
Battle Pool #71: Osake (osake_), Deranged_Lime (deranged_lime), vmnunes (vmnunes), Rats220 (lebronfirstkin1)
Battle Pool #72: Metsfan5715 (manny6359), Vioker (vioker.), aaga (aaga), Shade1x (shade1x)
Battle Pool #73: NHLKA (cgames19), MinasDevilCrobats (andre.rm), KirbyLunchBox (kirbylunchbox), DeeColon (notnotadam)
Battle Pool #74: GypsyKing (gypsy.king), Orbitacts (orbitacts), 100percentpureheat (1004064), Babyhuey (babyhuey75)
Battle Pool #75: humptydumptyeater (humptydumptyeater), Jiggypoo (jiggypo0), CNCorsolas (gamintwo), Om3gavgc (om3gavgc)
Battle Pool #76: Thomas18 (thomas18), Real GLaDOS (jah_man03), Zooch (_zooch_), yfy (jck_ionic)

This challenge code should be used to ensure neither player breaks the rules:
/challenge gen9championsdraft @@@ -Last Respects, -Shed Tail, -Moody, -Baton Pass, -King's Rock, -Quick Claw, Item Clause=1, Sleep Moves Clause

ALL pools games are due <t:1778464800:F>


This thread and all future Champions Draft Kickoff threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
 
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