Announcement RBY Secret Santa 2022

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OP largely stolen from DOU Secret Santa Thread 2020

RBY Secret Santa 2022

Secret Santa is an event in which the members of a community anonymously exchange gifts between themselves. In this particular Secret Santa, which, deep down, will work similarly to a teambuilding workshop, each person who signs up will PM me with a Pokemon or a core (I'll provide more information on this below) they'd like someone else to build a team with. Afterwards, everyone who joined the project will receive one of the aforementioned ideas and will have to build a team with it until the submission deadline. Finally, the teams will be sent to the people who requested them and this thread will be used for further discussion. Easy, isn't it? Let's get to the rules then!

General Rules:
  • Secret Santa will be for either the RBY OU, RBY UU, RBY NU, RBY PU (new this year!) or RBY Ubers metagames. You may sign up for as few or as many tiers you would like. I will then pair you with people who selected the same tier. If you are flexible in multiple tiers, I encourage you to sign up for all of them. Only one of your tiers will be chosen.
  • Post in as well as which tier(s) you would like to possible participate in to join. You must also PM me on Smogon what Pokemon / core you are requesting for each metagame you sign up for.
  • Don't sign up if you can't guarantee that you'll be able to finish building a team in time. I'll try to keep tabs on everyone and help if needed, but depending on the amount of sign ups we get, it could be hard to do this.
  • Avoid telling people what request you sent/got, as it could ruin the project's purpose.
  • Feel free to request outside the box. I understand RBY OU for example is a tough metagame to do Secret Santa for considering the limited amount of Pokemon, but remember this is just a for fun project to celebrate the holidays. Go into this to have fun with other RBY community members, and not expecting a brand new team to appear at your door. I want to do this project because it's cute and fun, even if the end result isn't perfect.
Submission Rules:
  • Each request submission should be sent to me through Smogon PM. You don't need to do it right after signing up, but if you fail to do it until the deadline then your sign up will be void. Smogon PM makes things much easier for me than messaging me on Discord or PS! If you signed up for more than one tier, send me a request for every tier, but only one will end up being selected.
  • Requests will be looked at on a case by case basis. It is preferred that requests are kept viable, but if you really want a team with an unranked/seemingly unviable Pokemon then you can try your luck, but keep in mind that these teams probably won't be the best.
  • Cores are usually preferred over individual Pokemon unless one of the Pokemon is known to be hard to build around or straight up uncommon. Once again, this will be looked into on a case by case basis, and while I might not directly enforce anything, I could end up suggesting changes. A vague description such as "No Chansey Hyper Offense" is also acceptable.
  • If you want your requested Pokemon or core to have specific sets, you're allowed to mention it.
  • After sign ups close, I'll use the same PM each user sent with their request in order to let them know the Pokemon or core that was assigned to them. I will also tell you who you are building for. Once you're done building, bump the PM with the end result.
  • Similarly to the Pokemon/core requests, it is preferred that you keep teams viable. However, you can try to feature less common elements if you prefer it that way. Just keep in mind that the goal is not to gimp people's creativity, so feel free to go wild if it fits you best!
  • A short description is appreciated, but not required.
Recommendations:
  • Don't be afraid to join just because you feel like your teambuilding skills aren't up to par. I'm down to help everyone who feels this way (or even if you're just having a hard time finishing a team. It happens to everyone sometimes!)
  • You're allowed to change requests until the sign up deadline, but I would prefer if you didn't swap too much!
  • Have fun!
TL;DR
  • Signup in this thread and PM me your core or individual Pokemon of choice through Smogon PM before 11:59 PM GMT-5 on December 12th. Tiers will be RBY OU, RBY UU, RBY NU, RBY PU (new this year!), and RBY Ubers. You may sign up for multiple tiers (and if you do, send me multiple requests), but overall only one will be used.
  • Once the signup deadline passes (December 12th), I will use the same Smogon PM to tell you the core or individual Pokemon you got. I will also tell you who you are building for.
  • You have until the building deadline (11:59 PM GMT-5 on December 24th) to build your team and send it back using the same Smogon PM.
  • On Christmas (December 25th), I will distribute the teams to everyone through the original Smogon PM.
  • I will like every post in this thread to encourage participation.
Sign up deadline is December 12th 11:59 PM GMT-5
Building deadline will be December 24th 11:59 PM GMT-5
Teams will be distributed on December 25th
 

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Hey everyone, signups are now closed. A few people have yet to send me their request PMs so I will bother them and then once I have those I will give you your pairings and such. Thanks for your patience!
 

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Hello hello, me again! Just sent out everyone's requests to their respective builders. Please let me know ASAP if you posted in this thread but did not get a request! (if you didn't it's probably because you didn't send me a PM lol but I very well could have just missed it).
 

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Reminder to everyone to build those teams and send them my way so I can distribute them
I’m just two short days!! Still missing a few
 

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Distribution might be a tad delayed while I wait for the last few submissions to come in. If you haven’t submitted yet don’t forget! (If you do I will remind you probably later today lol)
 

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And with that, all teams are distributed! (Unless I missed someone which if I did please let me know lol)

thanks to everyone who participated!
 
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