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Welcome to the sixth annual
Random Battles Team Tournament! In RBTT, eight teams battle it out to prove their skills in randomized formats.
Tournament Formats
Each team will play 12 matchups per week, with all formats played as best of 3. The formats are:
Gen 9 Random Battle
Gen 8 Random Battle
Gen 7 Random Battle
Gen 6 Random Battle
Gen 4 Random Battle
Gen 3 Random Battle
Gen 1 Random Battle
Gen 8 Battle Factory
Gen 8 BSS Factory
Gen 9 Hackmons Cup
Gen 8 Random Doubles Battle
Mystery Box
(Note: do not list "Mystery Box" in your signups.)
What is Mystery Box?
Mystery Box is a weekly slot that enables RBTT to remain as format-inclusive as possible while also giving drafted subs a more pivotal role. Each week, the format in the Mystery Box slot will change to a random selection from the pool below.
In the round-robin phase of the tournament, a format will be randomly chosen from the Mystery Box each week, with no repeats; thereafter, Mystery Box converts to a multi-format Bo3 slot wherein Game 1 will always be Gen 9 Random Battle, and the following game(s) are loser-choose from any extant Mystery Box format. Tiebreaker weeks will also follow this structure.
The Mystery Box formats are:
Code:
Gen 5 Random Battle
Gen 2 Random Battle
BDSP Random Battle
Gen 7 Bring 12 Pick 6 Random Battle
Gen 7 BSS Factory
Gen 9 Doubles Hackmons Cup
Gen 9 Monotype Random Battle
Teams and Managers
Each team will have 12 starter slots and 3 substitute slots, and will be drafted via snake draft format on
January 14th. Each team, in a randomized order, will select 1 player each round, with draft order reversal at the end of each round (i.e. teams will draft in the following order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, repeat). The draft order is:
Koraidon,
Mewtwo,
Hoopa,
Palkia,
Latias,
Yveltal,
Chien-Pao,
Zarude.
The participating teams and their managers are:
Team Koraidon managed by
Celever and
Syrinix
Team Mewtwo managed by
javitu and
Rage
Team Hoopa managed by
Irpachuza and
not a racist
Team Palkia managed by
Tarrembeau and
Xceloh
Team Latias managed by
Magmar54 and
MichaelderBeste2
Team Yveltal managed by
pokeblade101 and
Roginald
Team Chien-Pao managed by
frostyicelad and
articoo
Team Zarude managed by
LoSconosciuto and
za
Signups
To sign up for the tournament, please fill out the form below.
Signups will close on Friday January 13th. The tournament will begin on Monday January 16th, and the regular season is expected to run the following seven weeks, with two weeks of playoffs immediately afterwards and tiebreaker weeks inserted when necessary. Please state any potential inactivity during this timeframe when signing up. Please copy and paste the form below.
Note: Neither permalocked nor blacklisted users are eligible to play in RBTT VI.
Important: You may list individual formats in the Mystery Box in your preferences, but please also put at least one of the tournament's primary formats in your signup if you actually want to be drafted. Do not just sign up for "Mystery Box".
Code:
Smogon Username:
PS Username:
Preferred Formats:
Timezone:
Foreseeable Inactivity:
The winning team will get a team-wide custom avatar on Pokemon Showdown!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask any managers or staff members in our
PS Room. Good luck to everyone signing up, and have fun!
