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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Hackmons Premier League, the team tournament that showcases what the best Hackmons players have to offer!
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Overview
Teams - Managers
Pink Giraffes (rightclicker , Yoko) 
Followers of the Purple Frog (Ivar57 , TTTech) 
Nefarious Necrozmas (aerobee , Chessking345) 
Cult of Celesteela (Fish Gaming , GhastlyPixie) 
Glorious Registeel Robot Revolution (augustakira , pannu) 
Sunday Red Groudons (The Guy Who Has Many Alts , NightEdge) How this works
There will be 6 teams this year. Each team will have 10 starters and at least 4 subs (minimum roster size of 14). The players are bought using the 125k credits that managers receive during the auction. Managers and co-managers will be allowed to purchase themselves as players for their team at a fixed price of 13.5k. The managers must inform the hosts (Test Rex and BoingK) of all self-purchases before the beginning of the auction. Teams can win their weekly matchups by winning 6 of the 10 matches their players have to play.
This year's tiers will be: Gen 9 BH, Gen 9 BH, Gen 9 BH, Gen 8 BH, Gen 7 BH, Gen 7 PH, Gen 6 PH, Gen 6 PH, Gen 9 Hackmons Cup Bo3 and Gen 8 Hackmons Cup Bo3.
It is recommended that all games are played on SmogTours with the current version of the format corresponding to those listed above - for tiers that are not challengeable challenge codes for the games will be provided. Games can be played on the Pokemon Showdown main server if and only if both players agree, but run a higher risk of interference from server restarts/crashes. The result between players may be decided in a best-of-one or best-of-three at both players' discretion. If both players would like to play a best-of-three, there must be an agreement that is publicly stated before the first game of the set, otherwise the result will decided in a Bo1 by default. This does not apply to the Gen 9 Hackmons Cup and Gen 8 Hackmons Cup, which are both best-of-three by default.
Points will be awarded according to the result in a week: a win is 2 points, a draw is 1 point, and a loss awards no points. In addition, the manner in which the round has been won will also be recorded, i.e. the difference between a team's wins and losses in a specific week's round (referred to as "Win Differential").
Playoffs:
Each team will play one another in a round-robin regular season format. Based on the final standings, the top 4 teams will enter the knockout phase of the tournament, with the semi-finals consisting of the first seed playing the fourth seed, and the second seed playing the third seed. Finals will then consist of the winners of each semi-final draw.
Tiebreaker
In the event of two teams being tied for a spot in the finals based on points and win differential, or there is a tie in the final round itself, we will have a tiebreaker round(s).
Tiebreak Procedure:
Both teams submit one meta. The tiebreaker will consist of both team's choices and gen9 BH (gen 9 BH can't be chosen by either team).
In the event of both teams choosing the same meta, the third slot will be chose at random between the remaining tournament metas.
Substitutes
Substitutes are to be used in the case of extenuating circumstances, whether on the first day of the week, or the last. At the same time, players should be relatively well-aware of who all are available to play in the opponent's camp. If last-minute substitutes are being frequently used or abused and the hosts find explanations unsatisfactory, the hosts still reserve the right to veto them. Teams are only granted a maximum of two substitutes per week to prevent the abuse of substitutions. Any substitutions after the second will be vetoed.
Trades
There will be no trades this year - all roster decisions will be final, so draft carefully!
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