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PS NU MicrotoursWhat is a microtour?
A microtour, similar to a minitour, is a tournament with a theme attached to it, playing standard NU with an extra set of rules added in. However, unlike minitours, these will be hosted live in a public group chat on Pokemon Showdown, making them much more fast-paced. One of the biggest issues with minitours is that they take forever to complete, and many players who enter (or who would otherwise enter) are burnt out by the first couple of weeks. Microtours attempt to fix that issue; as every player is present during the tour's duration, it ensures as many players will complete their games as possible, appealing to players who simply want a short break away from the standard.
The Process
These tours will be hosted twice a week on a biweekly basis (that is, twice during week 1, take a break for week 2, then twice for week 3 and so on). The scheduled times for the week will be listed below along with the theme of the week, and you must build your teams ahead of time if you want to join these tours. You have plenty of time to both build and test in between weeks, so take advantage of that!
When signups for a tour begins, I will announce it in the NU room on Pokemon Showdown (I go by "Blast Chance" there) and create a separate public group chat to start the tour in. Signups will last for 10 minutes, and from there it will work just like a normal room tour: single elimination, best of one matchups until a winner is determined. Outside of that, just remember to report any rulebreaking to me; if a player's team is illegal under the microtour's ruleset, that player will be automatically disqualified, and repeated offenses will result in a blacklist and eventually banning from these tours.
Current Schedule (EST)
Friday, November 27 at 3 PM
Wednesday, December 2 at 5 PM
Weekly Theme
I may or may not get a banner at some point
PS NU Microtours
A microtour, similar to a minitour, is a tournament with a theme attached to it, playing standard NU with an extra set of rules added in. However, unlike minitours, these will be hosted live in a public group chat on Pokemon Showdown, making them much more fast-paced. One of the biggest issues with minitours is that they take forever to complete, and many players who enter (or who would otherwise enter) are burnt out by the first couple of weeks. Microtours attempt to fix that issue; as every player is present during the tour's duration, it ensures as many players will complete their games as possible, appealing to players who simply want a short break away from the standard.
The Process
These tours will be hosted twice a week on a biweekly basis (that is, twice during week 1, take a break for week 2, then twice for week 3 and so on). The scheduled times for the week will be listed below along with the theme of the week, and you must build your teams ahead of time if you want to join these tours. You have plenty of time to both build and test in between weeks, so take advantage of that!
When signups for a tour begins, I will announce it in the NU room on Pokemon Showdown (I go by "Blast Chance" there) and create a separate public group chat to start the tour in. Signups will last for 10 minutes, and from there it will work just like a normal room tour: single elimination, best of one matchups until a winner is determined. Outside of that, just remember to report any rulebreaking to me; if a player's team is illegal under the microtour's ruleset, that player will be automatically disqualified, and repeated offenses will result in a blacklist and eventually banning from these tours.
Current Schedule (EST)
Friday, November 27 at 3 PM
Wednesday, December 2 at 5 PM
Weekly Theme
Misc.
- Please save all replays and PM them to me on PS; I'm going to be using many of these tours to experiment with potential changes to the tier and possible impacts. It doesn't take more than a few seconds, and you shouldn't have that much to hide in these tours!
- Players are encouraged to use the time in between schedules as a discussion period / set dump, sharing cool ideas they had and how effective they were in practice. Spectators can also use the replays to do the same.
- Obviously be sportsmanlike, this is literally the last type of tournament you should get upset about losing for any reason.
- No, there isn't a prize for winning, but there never is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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. For reference, the following are now legal to use in NU: Altaria, Ampharos, Beedrill, Camerupt, Glalie, Lopunny, Pinsir, Sceptile, and Steelix (base forms only of course).