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Welcome to Cycle 3 of the Random Battles Ladder Tournament! This cycle will run for 7 days, finishing on the and will take place on the [Gen 3] Random Battle ladder.
To sign up, simply create an alt on Pokemon Showdown with the prefix RBLT13L followed by your forum name or something similar and easily recognisable.
Signups
To allow the hosts to find the winners of the cycle, all RBLT signups must be posted in this thread to count. If you qualify on the ladder but did not post, your spot will be given to the player with the next highest Elo. No exceptions will be made to this rule. To sign up, copy the given format below, providing your forum username, PS username, and laddering alt.
HTML:
Forum Username:
PS Username:
Ladder Tour Alt:
Forum Username: martha
PS Username: martha
Ladder Tour Alt: RBLT13L martha
Tournament Information
After each laddering cycle has concluded, the hosts will screenshot the ladder at the time of the deadline.
The top 4 people on the ladder using RBLT alts will be added to a single elimination playoff bracket, which will start after the last laddering cycle has concluded.
Matches will be best-of-three; both players choose a past generation of randbats and Game 3, if needed, will be played in Generation 7 randbats.
Tournament Rules
Do not forfeit your games intentionally to provide a win for another ladder player, and do not ask another ladder player to forfeit their game to provide a win for you.
Do not use other accounts to match up with yourself and "boost" your Elo to rank higher on the ladder.
Do not game the system to help yourself or another user win in any other way.
Schedule
Cycle 1 (RBY): 20th August - 26th August
Cycle 2 (GSC): 27th August - 2nd September
Cycle 3 (ADV): 3rd September - 9th September
Cycle 4 (DPP): 10th September - 16th September
Cycle 5 (BW): 17th September - 23rd September
Cycle 6 (ORAS): 24th September - 30th September
This laddering cycle will end on Sunday, 9th September at 11:59 PM GMT+1.
If you have any questions regarding this tournament, do not hesitate to contact the hosts A Cake Wearing A Hat and martha. Good luck to all participants!