(Custom Avatar Prize) Smogon VGC Winter League II - Player Signups

[Sapphire]

(I would consider getting a Gen 9 logo but that's a lot of work lol)

I'm deciding to release player signups a week early! Signups will be open from December 5 to December 16.

Winter League Overview:

• There will be 8 teams in Winter League II. Teams will field 8 starters and a minimum of 3 substitutes. There is no maximum team size.
• We will draft using an auction of 120K credits, with each bid (for a player) starting at 3k.
• Format Overview is as follows:
  • 8x VGC 2023 Series 1
    • After much polling and discussion amongst the community and managers, we have agreed upon the following format:
    • 6 closed teamsheet slots (with gentlemen's agreement for open) and 2 open teamsheet slots (which CANNOT be closed)
• There will be no retains in this iteration of VGC PL.

The managers for this tournament are below!
Dewford Dozos: zee EVIL z0mOG
Kiloude City Kilowattrels: Zelda yuki snow-pokepoke
Driftveil Dirges: baaaaaat Megamite RK_pocoyo
Po Town Gholdengos: Nails Spurrific Grandmas Cookin
Kyoto Kingambits: -Howkings JoeUX9 NJ11
Eterna City Flower Tricks: Helios of Sun izzy22x gahaku
Glaseado Mountain Greedents: PsychedVGC Darts
Zui Zoruas: Tyo Wille duckpond

Signup Format:
Name: this can be a different name than your Smogon account if you go by something else in the VGC community
Account Verification: PLEASE PROVIDE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOR VERIFICATION:

• A Smogon account older than 30 days OR with a minimum of 5 posts
• A Twitter account registered in February of 2022 or earlier
• A Discord account that is 6 months old or older
• FAILURE TO MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THESE CRITERIA WILL MAKE YOU INELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT

Bio: A place to tell managers more about yourself! This could be accomplishments, experience, or just more about you!

Blank Template:
Name:
Relevant Social Media:
Teamsheet Preference (noted above):
Bio:

Teamsheet

Example Signup:
Name: Eeveon7
Relevant Social Media: Eeveon7♪#6561 (Discord), Eeveon7 on Twitter and Smogon
Teamsheet Preference: Closed
Bio: World's best benchwarmer

The tournament will be expected to start in late December and run for 7 weeks of regular season with 2 potential playoff weeks. Please only sign up if you are willing to make such a time commitment.
Below is the updated proposed timetable:

Manager Signups Dec 5 - Dec 11
Player Signups Dec 5 - Dec 16
Draft: Dec 17 Saturday 11:01 AM GMT-5
Week 1: Dec 21 - Dec 27
Week 2: Dec 28 - Jan 3
Week 3: Jan 4 - Jan 10
Week 4: Jan 11 - Jan 17
Week 5 Jan 18 - Jan 24
Week 6: Jan 25 - Jan 31
Week 7: Feb 1 - Feb 7
Semifinals: Feb 8- Feb 14
Finals: Feb 15 - Feb 21
(Yes weeks start on Wednesday)

 

[Grandmas Cookin]

Name: GrandmasCookin
Relevant Social Media: @GrandmasCookin_ on twitter, GrandmasCookin#5797 on discord
Bio: addicto

 

[MissingNoL]

Name: MissingNoL
Relevant Social Media: MissingNoL#8910
Bio: 3x Regional Top 4, 2x Regional Top 8, 2x Regional Top 16, Top 16 Anaheim Open. Played one year of NPA. Working as an elementary school teacher, gotta make the kids proud

 

[ProssettiVGC]

Name: ProssettiVGC
Relevant Social Media: Discord: Prossetti#4146, ProssettiVGC on Twitter and Smogon
Teamsheet Preference: Open
Bio: 15-30th place Smogon Spikemuth Cup, willing to work with captains and teammates to practice and improve, murkrow enthusiast

 

[Mr.GX]

Name: Mr.GX
Relevant Social Media: Discord: Mr.GX#0898, Twitter: @MrGX_VGC
Bio: Cat.

 

[Roversombra]

Name: Roversombra
Relevant Social Media: Roversombra on twitter Roversombra#2603
Bio: Sometimes, I make good jokes (in fact, if anyone picks me I will do good memes about the team's run :D). Results: 10 on a maths test.

 

[Karthik]

Name: Karthik
Relevant Social Media: Karthik#7144 on Discord, @KarthikVGC on Twitter
Bio: 74th at 2022 NAIC (6-3 record). Have played in the past couple WL/PLs here on Smogon, and was on Team India in the WCoP for the past 2 years. Also currently set to play in the Smogon 2022 Circuit Invitational

 

[udhhfd12345]

Name: Alex
Relevant Social Media: Alex123#4626 on discord, @alexqian123 on Twitter
Bio: 6-3 at Limitless Tour Cut USPA ladder tour 7-2 Champions Cup, multiple Desafio Latam top cuts. Willing to work with Murkrow Hyper offense enjoyers. Willing to keep improving my skills with captains and players.

 

[The10Phoenix]

Name: Francis
Relevant Social Media: The10Phoenix#8835 on discord, The10Phoenix on twitter and Smogon
Bio: You know that I'm good and you know that I'm bad

 

[Yourwelcomethanku]

Name: ywt
Relevant Social Media: WALLY#4434 on Discord
Bio: yes

 

[DarkraiNJB]

Name: NJB
Social Media: @NJBDarkrai, njb#8675
Bio: only irl tour has been spikemuth cup at worlds and I went x-0. lots of good results online and can contribute to bringing about a positive team atmosphere so consider picking me. I was on the 2nd place winter league team last season :)

 

[downfall18]

Name: downfall
Relevant Social Media: this smogon account, downfall#8215 on discord
Bio: Made it to losers round 5 of 2022 vgc summer seasonal. Played in the recent Spikemuth Cup and Spring Scramble. Excited to learn and play with new people!

 

[RoyalReloaded]

Name: RoyalReloaded
Relevant Social Media: royal264 on both twitter and twitch, royal#7538 on discord
Bio: Played in BLT VIII, Played in BLT IX, Won Same Duos cup #1, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe time trial world champion (just for fun)

 

[Evie]

Name: Orangex733
Relevant Social Media: (9*_*)9#2264(discord), orangex733 on twitter
Bio: 3rd at Liverpool regionals 2022 seniors, round 7 in spikemuth cup lcq, vgc summer seasonal round 7, 2nd in 2v2pl 3 if that matters, willing to put in effort.

 

[Flipsicle]

Name: Flipsicle
Relevant Social Media: Flipsicle#2116 (discord), @zeFlipsicle on Twitter
Bio: Went 5-2 in the Smogon Spikemuth Cup and got #1 on the ladder in Spikemuth multiple times, also top cut a couple of online VGC 2022 tours
Pick me if you're cool

 

[Finabas]

Name: Finabas
Relevant Social Media: Kuhl#2910 Discord, 1Finabas Twitter
Bio: New format means I am no longer an otp. Won ssnl

 

[Makima]

Name: UberVylit
Relevant Social Media: UberVylit#2218 @UberVylit
Bio: drain gang

 

[yone]

Name: Herv
Relevant Social Media: herv#2323, @lansnyderr
Bio: yea yea scramble top cut wcop winner

 

[VasinVictoria]

Name: Victoria
Social media: VasinVictoria, V'#2240
About me: I just started playing, so I'm not very good but I have played other competitive games so I have experience performing under pressure. Thanks for considering me!

 

[Pyreon]

Name: Pyreon
Relevant Social Media: PyreonPT, Pyreon#5885
Bio: I'm a player since 2015. Qualified once for Worlds in 2019 and I have a lot of experience in team tours. Played in the previous Winter League and both VGC PLs and have experience from World Cup and two seasons of NPA. Had a bad time in 2021-22 but looking forward to come back stronger in 2023 with a regional format which I'm usually better at.
Teamsheets: Closed.

 

[Kotomi]

Name: Kotomi
Releveant Media:@apronvgc on twitter
bio: reliable 3k

 

[GreyPowerVan]

Name: Shizune
Relevant Social Media: My Smogon account is fairly old but I haven't played in many tournaments -- also discord is GreyPowerVan#1822.
Bio: Trying to be serious about VGC this year since I haven't played it since DPP. I am coachable and plan on spending at least an hour or two a day studying VGC content. Worth 3k :v

 

[kumiko]

Name: TDK
Relevant Social Media: Carson#5703
Bio: haven't really played vgc prior, have looked into sv vgc and am interested in trying it out. perfectly fine benching and helping, cannot promise to put up good results. i do understand all doubles mechanics so no worries there. feel free to ask any Qs

 

[GMars]

Name: GMars
Relevant Social Media: GMars#2121 on Discord
Bio: Undefeated in Smogon VGC tours
Midseason Showdown finalist

 

[Aldrich]

Name: Aldrich
Relevant Social Media: @AldrichYan on twitter, Aldrich on Pokemon Showdown
Bio: extraordinaire benchwarmer/hypeman, PinkSylvie & eshivgc fan