Hello and welcome to the second iteration of the Hispanic Grand Slam! For the first time, this event will be integrated into the Hispanic Circuit, becoming the second stage to qualify to the final playoffs. Therefore, throughout the month of November, you will have the opportunity to leverage your competitive skills and knowledge about Pokémon to earn a spot in the playoffs and achieve glory!
In order to focus competitive efforts of our players throughout this month, four featured formats have been selected:
Week 1: SV OU
Week 2: ADV OU
Week 3: SV UU
Week 4: SV Doubles OU
The activities that will take place in the Español room, in accordance with this selection, will be the following:
1. Ladder Tournament
In order to participate in the Ladder Tournament, you will be required to register in a separate thread, by means of a fresh account with a certain prefix that will be specified beforehand. While climbing up the ladder, all your battles should be public. The Ladder Tournament will consist of 4 cycles, with the prizes for the top players being as follows:
In order to focus competitive efforts of our players throughout this month, four featured formats have been selected:
Week 1: SV OU
Week 2: ADV OU
Week 3: SV UU
Week 4: SV Doubles OU
The activities that will take place in the Español room, in accordance with this selection, will be the following:
1. Ladder Tournament
In order to participate in the Ladder Tournament, you will be required to register in a separate thread, by means of a fresh account with a certain prefix that will be specified beforehand. While climbing up the ladder, all your battles should be public. The Ladder Tournament will consist of 4 cycles, with the prizes for the top players being as follows:
- Top 1: Direct qualification to Hispanic Circuit playoffs as top seed
- Top 2: +25 points in the Grand Slam leaderboard
- Top 3: +15 points in the Grand Slam leaderboard
- Cycle 1: SV OU (November 3, 00:00 GMT to November 9, 23:59 GMT)
- Cycle 2: ADV OU (November 10, 00:00 GMT to November 16, 23:59 GMT)
- Cycle 3: SV UU (November 17, 00:00 GMT to November 23, 23:59 GMT)
- Cycle 4: SV Doubles OU (November 24, 00:00 GMT to November 30, 23:59 GMT)
- Cycle 2: ADV OU (November 10, 00:00 GMT to November 16, 23:59 GMT)
- Cycle 3: SV UU (November 17, 00:00 GMT to November 23, 23:59 GMT)
- Cycle 4: SV Doubles OU (November 24, 00:00 GMT to November 30, 23:59 GMT)
*Note: In order to claim any of these prizes, it will be mandatory to clear the cutoff for ladder tournaments, i.e., to be tracked in the actual leaderboard at the end of the cycle (this means reaching around top 500). As guidance, you can check this by searching your name in the corresponding ladder. If the ladder displays the message "No one has played any ranked games yet", that will mean that you were not able to overcome this cutoff.
*Note 2: If a player earned their spot in the Hispanic Circuit during a previous cycle of the Ladder Tournament, they will still be allowed to participate in subsequent cycles, but their rating will not be taken into account. However, if a player earns some points due to reaching Top 2 or 3, and then qualifies directly to Hispanic Circuit during the following weeks, their points will not be transfered to the next player in the leaderboard. For instance, if Elian makes it to Top 2 during the Week 1 Cycle, and then ends at Top 1 during Week 2, he will still retain the 25 points, even though these will not be taken into account in the Grand Slam Leaderboard. Conversely, if Elian happened to reach Top 1 during Week 1 and 2, then Top 2 of Week 2 would get their spot to Hispanic Circuit playoffs, and Top 3 and 4 would get the +25 and +15 bonuses, respectively.
*Note 2: If a player earned their spot in the Hispanic Circuit during a previous cycle of the Ladder Tournament, they will still be allowed to participate in subsequent cycles, but their rating will not be taken into account. However, if a player earns some points due to reaching Top 2 or 3, and then qualifies directly to Hispanic Circuit during the following weeks, their points will not be transfered to the next player in the leaderboard. For instance, if Elian makes it to Top 2 during the Week 1 Cycle, and then ends at Top 1 during Week 2, he will still retain the 25 points, even though these will not be taken into account in the Grand Slam Leaderboard. Conversely, if Elian happened to reach Top 1 during Week 1 and 2, then Top 2 of Week 2 would get their spot to Hispanic Circuit playoffs, and Top 3 and 4 would get the +25 and +15 bonuses, respectively.
2. Featured Trivias
Every Saturday, a trivia with questions related to the featured format of the week will take place. No beforehand preparation or signups are required, so just pay attention to the Español room! The trivia will consist of 10 questions, so you will be able to earn as much as 10 points per trivia if you are able to answer all the questions correctly!
3. Featured Tournaments
Every Wednesday, you will be able to show off your competitive skills on a double-elimination tournament of the featured format! Points of the Grand Slam leaderboard will be distributed as follows:
- Winner: +10 points
- 2nd place: +8 points
- 3rd place: +6 points
- 4th place: +4 points
- 5th place: +2 points
4. Various Tournaments and Activities
If you do not feel so confident with the spotlight formats, you will be able to earn some points in single-elimination tournaments of many other varied formats during the remaining days! Points for these will be split as follows:
- Winner: 6 points
- Finalist: 4 points
- Semifinalists: 2 points
On certain days, there will be no classical tournaments, but some other activities inspired by hosts from our subroom Eventos! Please pay close attention during the explanation of these games, as very specific details may make the difference between getting disqualified and coming back to win the game! Distribution of points will vary among these activities and will be unfolded right before the start, with up to 8 points for the winner!
Leaderboard
All points earned through different methods will be considered for the Grand Slam Leaderboard! At the end of the month, the top 12 players, along with the 4 winners of the Ladder Tournament cycles, will get a spot in the Hispanic Circuit playoffs. You can check more information about this part in the informative thread from the Hispanic Circuit!
Schedule
*This is provisional and may be subject to changes. All times are expressed in GMT.
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