Secret Santa
Sign up Deadline: January 14thBuilding Deadline: January 31st
Welcome to UU's Secret Santa! Now that the beta list is out, teams will be better than waiting mid alpha and rendered useless.
As most of you probably know, 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:
- Post "in" or whatever else you want to (as long as the intent is clear) to join.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cores are usually preferred over individual Pokemon (i.e. Ninetales + Shiftry over just Shiftry) unless one of the Pokemon is known to be hard to build around or straight up uncommon (such as Rillaboom or Morpeko). 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.
- 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.
- If the suggestion is invalidated by tiering decisions during the beta then you will be prompted to send a new one and disqualified if you do not send another one.
- Once you're done building, post the team you made on the thread and share the gift!
- Don't be afraid to join just because you feel like your teambuilding skills aren't on 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 avoid doing it if possible, as it could lead the host into making big mistakes.
- Have fun!
Happy New Year and good luck!
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