NeverUsed Champions League II
After a long, heated round of discussion in our format discussion thread, we have decided to change to a different format for this season. This year we will be introducing the concept of flex slots. There will be 10 slots in this tournament, with them being:
- SV1
- SV2
- Flex 1A
- Flex 2A
- Flex 3A
- Flex 4A
- Flex 1B
- Flex 2B
- Flex 3B
- Flex 4B
The current format is, as explained:
SV1
SV2
Flex 1A
Flex 2A
Flex 3A
Flex 4A
Flex 1B
Flex 2B
Flex 3B
Flex 4B
SV will be played as we know, no gimmicks involved. The Flex tiers, however, is a new concept we will be introducing this tournament. An explanation for this can be seen here as initially proposed by malekith for last WCOP. These flex tiers would play the same role as the team chosen tiers proposed on that post, with available tiers ranging from SS all the way to RBY. So in other words, the pool of available tiers will be: SS / SM / ORAS / BW / DPP / ADV / GSC / RBY.
The way it will work, albeit a bit weird at first, is actually quite simple. Lets say I, Ren-chon, am managing the MF BLOOMS with my friend Aawin, whereas Tuthur is managing the Limber Dittos, and we will be facing each other on the following week. Ideally, the tournament would have two deadlines: one for tier picking (lets say, for example, midnight EST Saturday), and one for actual lineups (11:59 PM EST Sunday). On Saturday, I PM the host my four picks: SS, SM, ORAS and GSC, while Tuthur does the same, picking DPP, ADV, RBY and BW. Once every team has made their choice, the host will announce on the manager channel on NU cord every teams pick, which is when we will be informed of them. So in this case, I now know Tuthur chose DPP, ADV, RBY and BW, and they know I chose SS, SM, ORAS and GSC. So from there, we know our match-up will be as follow:
SV1
SV2
Flex 1A => SS
Flex 2A => SM
Flex 3A => ORAS
Flex 4A => GSC
Flex 1B = BW
Flex 2B => DPP
Flex 3B => ADV
Flex 4B => RBY
Note there's no back and forth between managers and/or hosts, nor is there a priority order for picking. Every team simply blindly picks their tiers, and then we send our respective lineups by the end of the week as normal. So once tiers (flex tiers) are chosen, the tour basically plays out as normal, just with a dynamic tier ordering. Now, the week after that, we're playing Stories managing the Let Flygons be Flygons. Same thing happens here: my team picks SM, SS, RBY and BW, but their team instead picks DPP, ADV, GSC and BW. But wait, doesn't this mean there will be two BW games being played? Yes, it does. Remember: the same team can't pick two of the same tiers, but the same tier can be picked twice between both teams. I can't choose BW and BW, but I can choose BW while my opponents also choose BW. This adds a lot of strategy and decision making for managers, but that's not something I will cover here. In the event of tie breaks, it would just be played out as normal since they already use the concept of flex tiers: SV, Team A, Team B.
Since this format requires managers to communicate twice with hosts (one for flex picks, one for lineups), we will be using two separate deadlines for this: one for managers to pick their chosen tiers, and then the regular, end of the week deadline for lineups. The exact times are TBD. Once managers communicate to hosts via PMs their picks, the hosts will announce them on our nucl managers channel on discord, and then managers will have until that week's deadline to send their lineups.
SV1
SV2
Flex 1A
Flex 2A
Flex 3A
Flex 4A
Flex 1B
Flex 2B
Flex 3B
Flex 4B
SV will be played as we know, no gimmicks involved. The Flex tiers, however, is a new concept we will be introducing this tournament. An explanation for this can be seen here as initially proposed by malekith for last WCOP. These flex tiers would play the same role as the team chosen tiers proposed on that post, with available tiers ranging from SS all the way to RBY. So in other words, the pool of available tiers will be: SS / SM / ORAS / BW / DPP / ADV / GSC / RBY.
The way it will work, albeit a bit weird at first, is actually quite simple. Lets say I, Ren-chon, am managing the MF BLOOMS with my friend Aawin, whereas Tuthur is managing the Limber Dittos, and we will be facing each other on the following week. Ideally, the tournament would have two deadlines: one for tier picking (lets say, for example, midnight EST Saturday), and one for actual lineups (11:59 PM EST Sunday). On Saturday, I PM the host my four picks: SS, SM, ORAS and GSC, while Tuthur does the same, picking DPP, ADV, RBY and BW. Once every team has made their choice, the host will announce on the manager channel on NU cord every teams pick, which is when we will be informed of them. So in this case, I now know Tuthur chose DPP, ADV, RBY and BW, and they know I chose SS, SM, ORAS and GSC. So from there, we know our match-up will be as follow:
SV1
SV2
Flex 1A => SS
Flex 2A => SM
Flex 3A => ORAS
Flex 4A => GSC
Flex 1B = BW
Flex 2B => DPP
Flex 3B => ADV
Flex 4B => RBY
Note there's no back and forth between managers and/or hosts, nor is there a priority order for picking. Every team simply blindly picks their tiers, and then we send our respective lineups by the end of the week as normal. So once tiers (flex tiers) are chosen, the tour basically plays out as normal, just with a dynamic tier ordering. Now, the week after that, we're playing Stories managing the Let Flygons be Flygons. Same thing happens here: my team picks SM, SS, RBY and BW, but their team instead picks DPP, ADV, GSC and BW. But wait, doesn't this mean there will be two BW games being played? Yes, it does. Remember: the same team can't pick two of the same tiers, but the same tier can be picked twice between both teams. I can't choose BW and BW, but I can choose BW while my opponents also choose BW. This adds a lot of strategy and decision making for managers, but that's not something I will cover here. In the event of tie breaks, it would just be played out as normal since they already use the concept of flex tiers: SV, Team A, Team B.
Since this format requires managers to communicate twice with hosts (one for flex picks, one for lineups), we will be using two separate deadlines for this: one for managers to pick their chosen tiers, and then the regular, end of the week deadline for lineups. The exact times are TBD. Once managers communicate to hosts via PMs their picks, the hosts will announce them on our nucl managers channel on discord, and then managers will have until that week's deadline to send their lineups.
The hosts for this edition will be goldmason Zacpz and adorluigi, thank you for your contribution and willingness to host this year's NUCL! For now, everyone knows the rest: keep things civil, no meme sign-ups, and only post here if you truly intend on managing and being active through the tournament. Users who have an active managing ban, or have been recently banned or infracted (up to staff discretion and depending on gravity of said infractions) in NU are barred from managing or being an assistant manager for this tournament.
If you are a returning manager, make sure to identify the team which you are reclaiming by the letter assigned to it. Returning managers will be given priority to reclaim their existing teams, but they may not take over a team that was not previously theirs.
Manager name:
Assistant manager: (if there's any)
Team name:
Returning manager:
Previous team:
Example:
Manager name: Danny
Assistant manager: zS
Team name: The Martini Sippers Spindas
Returning manager: Yes
Previous team: A
Manager name:
Assistant manager: (if there's any)
Team name:
Returning manager:
Previous team:
Example:
Manager name: Danny
Assistant manager: zS
Team name: The Martini Sippers Spindas
Returning manager: Yes
Previous team: A
For new managers, the returning managers have priority to claim their previous teams, so when choosing a team to take over, try to choose one that will not be taken. Below are the list of teams, their assigned letter, and list of retains:
Manager name:
Assistant manager: (if there's any)
Team name:
Team preference 1:
Team preference 2:
example:
Manager name: Pokeslice
Assistant manager: ishtar
Team name: The Can I Have More Lumi Pics Dittos
Team preference 1: B
Team preference 2: C
Manager name:
Assistant manager: (if there's any)
Team name:
Team preference 1:
Team preference 2:
example:
Manager name: Pokeslice
Assistant manager: ishtar
Team name: The Can I Have More Lumi Pics Dittos
Team preference 1: B
Team preference 2: C
- Both managers can self buy for each team;
- Self buy prices will be 15k for one manager, 35k for both;
- Due to drastically different formats, this year we will not have retains. This way, every team is given a clean slate to work with;
- Every team must have a minimum of 14 players (10 starts + 4 subs);
- Every team will be given a budget of 140k for self buys and auction
NUCL I Teams:
Team A
Dappled Decidueyes Team B
Free Snowshrew Team C
Full Moon Absols Team D
Globogym Purple Cobras Team E
Rabiascas Team F
Rag-n-Tag Rotoms Deadline will be Sunday, December 7th 11:59GMT -5, but may end sooner if candidates are exceptionally good. If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of the hosts or a NU staffer.
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