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Introduction
Major League is back!
Once again it will be a gens 1-6 OU league consisting of 4 conferences, groups of either 9 players each, leading 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 (gen 1-4 ties must be repeated). 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 1 or 2 players for each OU tier. So players play 9 or 10 battles of their selected OU tier and 6 or 7 of other OU tiers. There will ideally be 6 players each gen 1-6 OU who play the tier home. Conferences will also roughly correspond to time zones. The Top 4 ranked players from each conference will be seeded into the Major League RoA playoffs, consisting of a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, all first-to-3-wins.
Due to the type and limited size of the tournament, players will be approved to compete by the hosts. 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). This year a team of Eseque, Mister Tim, phosphor and myself will each be responsible for a conference and also equally share the hosting of the overall tournament. Lutra will host the spreadsheet as usual.
The tournament is planned to last a total of 6 weeks - 4 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. #1-#4 playoff seeds will be assigned to each of the 1st ranked players in their conference, while #5-#8 will be assigned to 2nd and so on, with most wins, least adjudged wins, least deadline violations determining the subranking.
The Major League RoA 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 – October 13th (05:59 AM EDT)
Week 1 – October 14th
Week 2 – October 21st
Week 3 – October 28th
Week 4 – November 4th
Signup Example
Signups | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Playoffs
Introduction
Major League is back!
Once again it will be a gens 1-6 OU league consisting of 4 conferences, groups of either 9 players each, leading 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 (gen 1-4 ties must be repeated). 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 1 or 2 players for each OU tier. So players play 9 or 10 battles of their selected OU tier and 6 or 7 of other OU tiers. There will ideally be 6 players each gen 1-6 OU who play the tier home. Conferences will also roughly correspond to time zones. The Top 4 ranked players from each conference will be seeded into the Major League RoA playoffs, consisting of a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, all first-to-3-wins.
Due to the type and limited size of the tournament, players will be approved to compete by the hosts. 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). This year a team of Eseque, Mister Tim, phosphor and myself will each be responsible for a conference and also equally share the hosting of the overall tournament. Lutra will host the spreadsheet as usual.
The tournament is planned to last a total of 6 weeks - 4 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. #1-#4 playoff seeds will be assigned to each of the 1st ranked players in their conference, while #5-#8 will be assigned to 2nd and so on, with most wins, least adjudged wins, least deadline violations determining the subranking.
The Major League RoA champion gets the opportunity of displaying
RBY OU
Banned Moves
Dig, Double Team, Fissure, Fly, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Dig/Fly Glitch Prevention + Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Pokémon
Mew, Mewtwo.
Clauses
Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
GSC OU
Banned Moves
Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Pokémon
Celebi, Ho-oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo.
Banned Moveset Combinations
Hypnosis|Lovely Kiss|Sing|Sleep Powder|Spore AND Mean Look|Spider Web (Sleep 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, 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 for Pokémon with more than one ability.
Banned Items
Soul Dew
Clauses
Baton Pass Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
BW OU
Banned Pokemon
Arceus (All Formes), Blaziken, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Dugtrio, 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 Ability Combinations
Drizzle + Swift Swim , Sand Stream + Sand Rush, Drought + Chlorophyll
Clauses
Sleep Clause, Species Clause, (Team Preview).
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
Baton Pass, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves), Swagger.
Banned Items
Gengarite, Kangaskhanite, Lucarionite, Mawilite, Salamencite, Sablenite, Soul Dew.
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Moody, Shadow Tag.
Clauses
Sleep Clause, Species Clause, (Team Preview).
Banned Moves
Dig, Double Team, Fissure, Fly, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Dig/Fly Glitch Prevention + Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Pokémon
Mew, Mewtwo.
Clauses
Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
GSC OU
Banned Moves
Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Pokémon
Celebi, Ho-oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo.
Banned Moveset Combinations
Hypnosis|Lovely Kiss|Sing|Sleep Powder|Spore AND Mean Look|Spider Web (Sleep 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, 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 for Pokémon with more than one ability.
Banned Items
Soul Dew
Clauses
Baton Pass Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
BW OU
Banned Pokemon
Arceus (All Formes), Blaziken, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Dugtrio, 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 Ability Combinations
Drizzle + Swift Swim , Sand Stream + Sand Rush, Drought + Chlorophyll
Clauses
Sleep Clause, Species Clause, (Team Preview).
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
Baton Pass, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold (Evasion + OHKO moves), Swagger.
Banned Items
Gengarite, Kangaskhanite, Lucarionite, Mawilite, Salamencite, Sablenite, Soul Dew.
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Moody, Shadow Tag.
Clauses
Sleep Clause, Species Clause, (Team Preview).
The Schedule
Signups Close – October 13th (05:59 AM EDT)
Week 1 – October 14th
Week 2 – October 21st
Week 3 – October 28th
Week 4 – November 4th
Signup Example
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