Okay, I'm quite pleased with the interest here. I'll keep the poll open though, as I hope more people will vote so we can get a better look at the total turnout from Smogon we can expect. (I'm sure I'll be able to get non-Smogon members to show up, as I plan to advertise on PokeCharms, Serebii, Pokemonline, PokemonWorld, Official Nintendo Magazine, and Facebook, possibly others. I know I have permission to advertise it on all of those bar Serebii, but PokeCharms got a sticky there, so I'm sure we can get a thread too). But, we need a tournament first!
This is where the rules come in...
I'll need to get a general preference, but I can tell you now that 6v6 singles throughout is most likely out of the question. Seeing as we can only do two (maybe three) battles at a time, and that they could go on for a long time, we'll have to steer clear of it. I'd either like to mimic PokeCharms 3v3 style and use it for the early rounds, then allow for 6v6 in the semi-finals and later.
There will be a time limit on the matches, which will most likely be 10 minutes per every 3v3 match. Before people ask, I believe that a time limit of 10 minutes (which is most definitely going to be the standard time limit for each game bar the semis and final) in 6v6 matches will leave basically every game unfinished and let it go to judging, which would be pointless and silly. We want to see matches end properly, so 3v3 and 10 miutes seems best. Semi Finals and Final will have a time extension and the final will probably have no time limit.
You'll probably have as much time as you want to select your moves, but we could set it to 1 minute if people would prefer it.
Now, the tier for the first tournament will most likely be OU - though we may fiddle with the tier list depending on people's suggestions.
Alternatively, we could make this tournament 2v2 double battles. This would allow for 4v4 matches for most of the tournament, and we could keep that theme or switch to 6v6 in the finals. We could also go for rules more similar to the Official Nintendo Rules as well - though with that tournament just gone in the UK, switching back to singles might be what everyone wants. Have your say!
Tier - OU
Battles - Singles / Doubles?
Time Limit - 10 minutes
Move Selection Limit - Unlimited / 1 minute?
Entrance Fee - £5, but this depends on what prizes we can get and how many people turn up. I doubt it'd ever be more than £5, but it could be less.
Note that this is for the Manchester tournament!
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Also, I've spoken to Blue Kirby about potentially starting a new page on Smogon's website for this. I'll be asking chaos as well soon and hopefully we'll be allowed to. If not, I may just ask for some free userspace to do it.
If you have anything else to add, go for it. If you think I should make a new thread with a new poll, I will.