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Spreadsheet | Signups | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Playoffs
Introduction
Major League returns with ORAS OU added to the mix.
It will be a gens 1-6 OU league consisting of 4 conferences, groups of 15 players each (later going into playoffs). Each player in each group will play all others in the group once home and away, earning a point for each win, with tied battles not counting. Home is playing your selected tier and away is playing your opponent's selected tier (playing the same tier twice possibly). Each conference will have at 2 or 3 players for each OU tier. So players play 15 or 16 battles of their selected OU tier and 12 or 13 of other OU tiers. Conferences will also roughly correspond to time zones. Top ranked players from each conference will be seeded into the Major League OU playoffs, consisting of a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, all best of 5.
Due to the type and limited size of the tournament, players will be approved to compete from the signups in Week 1. Two factors will be considered when approving players: primarily, a very good commitment to play tournament matches (i.e. it's rare for them to have dead games, activity awarded against them or be subbed out); secondarily, a good reputation for being fiercely competitive (i.e. they have good tournament results).
The tournament is planned to last a total of 9 weeks - 7 weeks for qualification and 2 weeks for playoffs. Players will play 2 opponents home and away each week in qualification, while in the playoffs players will take turns to pick tiers from gens 1-6 OU, the player with the highest seed picking first.
The Major League OU champion gets the opportunity of displaying
in their signature, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd in a conference can display
,
and
respectively. These players will be listed in the RoA Hall of Fame.
The Schedule
Signups Close – March 27th
Week 1 – March 28th
Week 2 – April 4th
Week 3 – April 11th
Week 4 – April 18th
Week 5 - April 25th
Week 6 - May 2nd
Week 7 - May 9th
Playoffs - May 16th
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Spreadsheet | Signups | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Playoffs
Introduction
Major League returns with ORAS OU added to the mix.
It will be a gens 1-6 OU league consisting of 4 conferences, groups of 15 players each (later going into playoffs). Each player in each group will play all others in the group once home and away, earning a point for each win, with tied battles not counting. Home is playing your selected tier and away is playing your opponent's selected tier (playing the same tier twice possibly). Each conference will have at 2 or 3 players for each OU tier. So players play 15 or 16 battles of their selected OU tier and 12 or 13 of other OU tiers. Conferences will also roughly correspond to time zones. Top ranked players from each conference will be seeded into the Major League OU playoffs, consisting of a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, all best of 5.
Due to the type and limited size of the tournament, players will be approved to compete from the signups in Week 1. Two factors will be considered when approving players: primarily, a very good commitment to play tournament matches (i.e. it's rare for them to have dead games, activity awarded against them or be subbed out); secondarily, a good reputation for being fiercely competitive (i.e. they have good tournament results).
The tournament is planned to last a total of 9 weeks - 7 weeks for qualification and 2 weeks for playoffs. Players will play 2 opponents home and away each week in qualification, while in the playoffs players will take turns to pick tiers from gens 1-6 OU, the player with the highest seed picking first.
The Major League OU champion gets the opportunity of displaying
RBY OU
Banned Pokémon: Mew, Mewtwo.
Banned Moves: Dig, Double Team, Fissure, Fly, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Dig/Fly Glitch prevention + Evasion + OHKO moves).
Clauses: Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
GSC OU
Banned Pokémon: Celebi, Ho-oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo.
Banned Moves:Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Moveset Combinations: Hypnosis|Lovely Kiss|Sing|Sleep Powder|Spore AND Perish Song AND Mean Look|Spider Web (Sleep Perish Trap)
Clauses: Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
ADV OU
Banned Pokémon: Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Moves on Pokémon: Ingrain on Smeargle.
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
DPP OU
Banned Pokémon: Arceus (All formes), Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Garchomp, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Manaphy, Mew, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Salamence, Shaymin-Sky, Wobbuffet, Wynaut.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Abilities: Sand Veil and Snow Cloak.
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
BW OU
Banned Pokemon: Arceus (All Formes), Blaziken, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Manaphy, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Thundurus, Tornadus-Therian, Zekrom.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Items: Soul Dew.
Banned Abilities: Moody, Sand Veil and Snow Cloak.
Banned Combinations: Drizzle + Swift Swim , Sand Stream + Sand Rush, Drought + Chlorophyll
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Team Preview Clause.
ORAS OU
Banned Pokemon: Aegislash, Arceus (All Formes), Blaziken, Darkrai, Deoxys (All formes), Dialga, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Greninja, Groudon, Groudon-Primal, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyogre-Primal, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zekrom.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves), Swagger.
Banned Items: Gengarite, Kangaskhanite, Lucarionite, Mawilite, Salamencite, Soul Dew.
Banned Abilities: Moody, Shadow Tag.
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Team Preview Clause, Baton Pass Clause.
Banned Pokémon: Mew, Mewtwo.
Banned Moves: Dig, Double Team, Fissure, Fly, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Dig/Fly Glitch prevention + Evasion + OHKO moves).
Clauses: Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
GSC OU
Banned Pokémon: Celebi, Ho-oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo.
Banned Moves:Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Moveset Combinations: Hypnosis|Lovely Kiss|Sing|Sleep Powder|Spore AND Perish Song AND Mean Look|Spider Web (Sleep Perish Trap)
Clauses: Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
ADV OU
Banned Pokémon: Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Moves on Pokémon: Ingrain on Smeargle.
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
DPP OU
Banned Pokémon: Arceus (All formes), Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Garchomp, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Manaphy, Mew, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Salamence, Shaymin-Sky, Wobbuffet, Wynaut.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Abilities: Sand Veil and Snow Cloak.
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
BW OU
Banned Pokemon: Arceus (All Formes), Blaziken, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Manaphy, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Thundurus, Tornadus-Therian, Zekrom.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Items: Soul Dew.
Banned Abilities: Moody, Sand Veil and Snow Cloak.
Banned Combinations: Drizzle + Swift Swim , Sand Stream + Sand Rush, Drought + Chlorophyll
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Team Preview Clause.
ORAS OU
Banned Pokemon: Aegislash, Arceus (All Formes), Blaziken, Darkrai, Deoxys (All formes), Dialga, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Greninja, Groudon, Groudon-Primal, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyogre-Primal, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zekrom.
Banned Moves: Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves), Swagger.
Banned Items: Gengarite, Kangaskhanite, Lucarionite, Mawilite, Salamencite, Soul Dew.
Banned Abilities: Moody, Shadow Tag.
Clauses: Sleep Clause, Species Clause, Team Preview Clause, Baton Pass Clause.
The Schedule
Signups Close – March 27th
Week 1 – March 28th
Week 2 – April 4th
Week 3 – April 11th
Week 4 – April 18th
Week 5 - April 25th
Week 6 - May 2nd
Week 7 - May 9th
Playoffs - May 16th
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P.S. Valentine is going to help me. Remember Smogon Classic is around the corner, so weigh up carefully whether you can commit to this.
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