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This is the Administrative Decisions and Commencement thread for GSC PL IV. This thread will handle all the information that players and teams would 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.
There will be 8 teams in this tournament. Each team will have a manager and a co-manager. There are six slots for each team every week, and each team must have at least 8 players picked from the auction, which will be held in the GSCPL groupchat on Pokemon Showdown. The live auction will be in Snake order in regards to how teams nominate players. Each team will be given 80,000 credits with which to conduct their auction. The auction will be held when there can be representative from every team present. The Player Signups thread will be locked 24 hours before the auction.
Reminder that following this decision, each team will be allowed up to two manager self buys, with the first self buy having a price of 15k and the second self buy having a price of 30k. Managers must let us know if they plan to buy themselves before the Players Signups close!
There is no retains since we have two more teams than last year!
Every team will be playing every other team for the first 7 weeks of the tournament. For each win, a team is awarded two points. For each tie, a team is awarded one point. For each loss, a team is awarded no points. The top 4 teams after 7 weeks will move onto the playoffs.
Managers should DM one of the hosts (which host will be made clear before the deadline) to submit their lineups each week. The deadline to DM hosts with a lineup will be at the same time as the deadline for the previous round. However, DMing a host early is allowed and encouraged; the earlier the hosts get all the lineups in, the earlier they can release the next round!
At any point in the week, a team can substitute out a player from a game if they are inactive or cannot play the game due to IRL issues or a schedule that does not match up at all with their opponent. In order to make a substitution, the manager must post the substitution in the week thread, tagging the hosts, the opposing managers, and the opposing player, stating which player is being subbed out and who the substituting player is. However, a player who has been substituted out for a week cannot be substituted back into a slot in the same week. In addition, the hosts can veto any substitution if they believe the reason for substitution is to gain a 'favourable' player matchup in the OU slots, where player order matters.
There will be no trades allowed. If a bought player is inactive/cancers, they can be reported and replaced with a player from the undrafted pool of players. Hosts will have final discretion on what constitutes inactivity or cancering, and all situations will be treated on a case-by-case basis. After week 3 of the tournament, managers can still report inactive or cancering players, but they will not be allowed to pick a replacement player.
Reminder that following this decision, each team will be allowed up to two manager self buys, with the first self buy having a price of 15k and the second self buy having a price of 30k. Managers must let us know if they plan to buy themselves before the Players Signups close!
There is no retains since we have two more teams than last year!
Every team will be playing every other team for the first 7 weeks of the tournament. For each win, a team is awarded two points. For each tie, a team is awarded one point. For each loss, a team is awarded no points. The top 4 teams after 7 weeks will move onto the playoffs.
Managers should DM one of the hosts (which host will be made clear before the deadline) to submit their lineups each week. The deadline to DM hosts with a lineup will be at the same time as the deadline for the previous round. However, DMing a host early is allowed and encouraged; the earlier the hosts get all the lineups in, the earlier they can release the next round!
At any point in the week, a team can substitute out a player from a game if they are inactive or cannot play the game due to IRL issues or a schedule that does not match up at all with their opponent. In order to make a substitution, the manager must post the substitution in the week thread, tagging the hosts, the opposing managers, and the opposing player, stating which player is being subbed out and who the substituting player is. However, a player who has been substituted out for a week cannot be substituted back into a slot in the same week. In addition, the hosts can veto any substitution if they believe the reason for substitution is to gain a 'favourable' player matchup in the OU slots, where player order matters.
There will be no trades allowed. If a bought player is inactive/cancers, they can be reported and replaced with a player from the undrafted pool of players. Hosts will have final discretion on what constitutes inactivity or cancering, and all situations will be treated on a case-by-case basis. After week 3 of the tournament, managers can still report inactive or cancering players, but they will not be allowed to pick a replacement player.
Reminder that following this decision, each team is allowed up to two manager self buys, with the first self buy having a price of 15k and the second self buy having a price of 30k. Managers must let us know if they plan to buy themselves before the Players Signups close!
Sleepy Snorlaxes - BeeOrSomething and Mashing
Bone Crushers - FNH and Siatam
Ladder-Bayleef Saints - MrSoup and BigFatMantis
Amp Plains Zapdos - Staxi and Rubyblood
Royal Raikous - Fantos13 and Estarossa
Cursed Tyranitars - vani and Isa
Shunkō Jolteons - Raichy and ziloXX
Vaporized Vaporeons - Nalorium and Justamente
Sleepy Snorlaxes - BeeOrSomething and Mashing
Bone Crushers - FNH and Siatam
Ladder-Bayleef Saints - MrSoup and BigFatMantis
Amp Plains Zapdos - Staxi and Rubyblood
Royal Raikous - Fantos13 and Estarossa
Cursed Tyranitars - vani and Isa
Shunkō Jolteons - Raichy and ziloXX
Vaporized Vaporeons - Nalorium and Justamente
Week 1
Royal Raikous vs Bone Crushers
Shunkō Jolteons vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Cursed Tyranitars vs Vaporized Vaporeons
Week 2
Shunkō Jolteons vs Cursed Tyranitars
Bone Crushers vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Royal Raikous
Amp Plains Zapdos vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Week 3
Cursed Tyranitars vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Royal Raikous vs Shunkō Jolteons
Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Bone Crushers vs Vaporized Vaporeons
Week 4
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Shunkō Jolteons vs Bone Crushers
Ladder-Bayleef Saints vs Royal Raikous
Amp Plains Zapdos vs Cursed Tyranitars
Week 5
Royal Raikous vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Shunkō Jolteons
Bone Crushers vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Cursed Tyranitars vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Week 6
Cursed Tyranitars vs Royal Raikous
Amp Plains Zapdos vs Bone Crushers
Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Shunkō Jolteons
Ladder-Bayleef Saints vs Vaporized Vaporeons
Week 7
Shunkō Jolteons vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Bone Crushers vs Cursed Tyranitars
Royal Raikous vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Royal Raikous vs Bone Crushers
Shunkō Jolteons vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Cursed Tyranitars vs Vaporized Vaporeons
Week 2
Shunkō Jolteons vs Cursed Tyranitars
Bone Crushers vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Royal Raikous
Amp Plains Zapdos vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Week 3
Cursed Tyranitars vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Royal Raikous vs Shunkō Jolteons
Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Bone Crushers vs Vaporized Vaporeons
Week 4
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Shunkō Jolteons vs Bone Crushers
Ladder-Bayleef Saints vs Royal Raikous
Amp Plains Zapdos vs Cursed Tyranitars
Week 5
Royal Raikous vs Amp Plains Zapdos
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Shunkō Jolteons
Bone Crushers vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Cursed Tyranitars vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Week 6
Cursed Tyranitars vs Royal Raikous
Amp Plains Zapdos vs Bone Crushers
Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Shunkō Jolteons
Ladder-Bayleef Saints vs Vaporized Vaporeons
Week 7
Shunkō Jolteons vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
Bone Crushers vs Cursed Tyranitars
Royal Raikous vs Sleepy Snorlaxes
Vaporized Vaporeons vs Amp Plains Zapdos
GSC OU
GSC OU
GSC OU
GSC Ubers
GSC UU + Aero
GSC NU
GSC OU
GSC OU
GSC Ubers
GSC UU + Aero
GSC NU
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