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Congrats to both Ann and Ratpacker for locking in a top 3 spot and some money! Good luck to the rest of the competitors, and thanks everyone so far for playing
First off, congrats to both Ann and ratpacker for making it to grand finals, and thank you all other participants so far for playing. It has been a very fun tournament to watch and we got some really high level games out of it, which is more than I could've hoped for when talking about the initial idea.
I want to quickly lay out the rules for Grand Finals, including the specifics of a potential bracket reset. For those familiar, it will just be a classic double elimination bracket grand final with a bracket reset.
Both players will play their first teamlock bo3 as normal. If Ann wins, we don't need to consider the bracket reset because she is in the winners bracket.
If ratpacker wins the first set, he will need to win a second set as well to win, since he is coming in from the losers bracket. both players will have the option to lock a different/new team for the second teamlock bo3.
potentially 6 games of pokemon at once is a lot, so I will leave it to you two to decide if you want to play right away or schedule a new time for the second bo3 in case there is one.
I will give you both a soft deadline of July 7th to complete grand finals, but if for whatever reason you need longer feel free to extend. Just obviously dont stall the game forever.
Prizepool (To be paid out after grand finals has completed)