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After trying to contact him WMAR several times he failed to answer so I want to claim activity win since the deadline was ~20 minutes ago. Tried to contact him several times on the weekend and even thought he was active here he never answered my PM's to him
POST ON YOUR OPPONENT'S WALL AND TRY TO SCHEDULE A MATCH ASAP! There are no subs for Round 2 onwards, so if I see someone doing little effort to get a fight done/scheduled, I will initiate a Kangaskhan Court after the round and give someone an Activity Win if no fight was completed.
AS A REMINDER, HERE IS THE ROUND 3 QUARTERFINALS COMMUNITY POOL:
Bisharp
Diggersby
Gyarados
Hatterene
Kommo-o
Quagsire
Rotom-Heat
Skarmory
Tapu Bulu
Venusaur
NO OTHER UU OR RUBL POKEMON CAN BE USED IN THE FIRST ROUND BESIDES THESE 10!!!!! You will be auto DQ if you violate this so be very careful when building your team and don't accidentally forget that Mamoswine is UU and not ZU-Minus for example. (note: Mamoswine is UU and not RU/NU/PU/ZU/ZU-Minus, and is not in the pool, so you cannot use it).
EDIT: To be clear: RUBL mons are BANNED and you cannot use them unless in the pool. They are rolled in combination with UU mons for the Pool (that's how Venusaur and Diggersby are in Round 3 Pool)
RULES REVIEW:
Tournament Specific Rules
Each round there's 10 random UU and RUBL Pokemon in the Community Pool
You cannot use any other UU or RUBL mons except for the 10 in the community pool.
You can, however, use whatever you want from lower tiers in addition to those 10.
The Community Pool resets every round (but no Pokemon will ever be in consecutive pools).
General Rules
This will be a Single Elimination Tournament (no there are no "pools" or groups of players, despite the name)
All battles will be played in standard SS UU Format
All Matches will be played as a Best of One.
Each Round will last about a week.
If the battle is not played within the week, I will initiate a Kangaskhan Court to determine who made the better effort to play (so post publicly on your opponents wall, or respond to their messages on your wall, if you hope to advance).
Extensions are generally not granted except in extreme circumstances (e.g. you were abducted by aliens for the week), but they need to be asked for timely.
The winner must post the replays here in this thread. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR REPLAYS OR THE FIGHTS DO NOT COUNT!!
Make sure to save your replays and post them here
Again, save your replays after each fight, and then post them here if you win, for them to count.
Any tiering changes in the Metagame generally do not take effect until the following round.
REMINDER: NO OTHER UU POKEMON CAN BE USED IN THE FIRST ROUND BESIDES THESE 10!!!!! You will be auto DQ if you violate this so be very careful when building your team and don't accidentally forget that Azelf is UU and not ZU-Minus for example. (note: Azelf is UU and not RU/NU/PU/ZU/ZU-Minus, and is not in the pool for Round 2, so you cannot use it).
Matchups will be posted sometime Sunday (I understand all quarterfinals are already completed so it will likely be very early Sunday that they are posted)
POST ON YOUR OPPONENT'S WALL AND TRY TO SCHEDULE A MATCH ASAP! There are no subs for Round 2 onwards, so if I see someone doing little effort to get a fight done/scheduled, I will initiate a Kangaskhan Court after the round and give someone an Activity Win if no fight was completed.
AS A REMINDER, HERE IS THE SEMIFINALS COMMUNITY POOL:
Azumarill
Grimmsnarl
Lycanroc-Dusk
Nidoqueen
Nihilego
Ninetales-Alola
Primarina
Scolipede
Thundurus
Victini
NO OTHER UU OR RUBL POKEMON CAN BE USED IN THE FIRST ROUND BESIDES THESE 10!!!!! You will be auto DQ if you violate this so be very careful when building your team and don't accidentally forget that Mamoswine is UU and not ZU-Minus for example. (note: Mamoswine is UU and not RU/NU/PU/ZU/ZU-Minus, and is not in the pool, so you cannot use it).
EDIT: To be clear: RUBL mons are BANNED and you cannot use them unless in the pool. They are rolled in combination with UU mons for the Pool (that's how Scolipede is in this Semifinals Pool)
RULES REVIEW:
Tournament Specific Rules
Each round there's 10 random UU and RUBL Pokemon in the Community Pool
You cannot use any other UU or RUBL mons except for the 10 in the community pool.
You can, however, use whatever you want from lower tiers in addition to those 10.
The Community Pool resets every round (but no Pokemon will ever be in consecutive pools).
General Rules
This will be a Single Elimination Tournament (no there are no "pools" or groups of players, despite the name)
All battles will be played in standard SS UU Format
All Matches will be played as a Best of One.
Each Round will last about a week.
If the battle is not played within the week, I will initiate a Kangaskhan Court to determine who made the better effort to play (so post publicly on your opponents wall, or respond to their messages on your wall, if you hope to advance).
Extensions are generally not granted except in extreme circumstances (e.g. you were abducted by aliens for the week), but they need to be asked for timely.
The winner must post the replays here in this thread. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR REPLAYS OR THE FIGHTS DO NOT COUNT!!
Make sure to save your replays and post them here
Again, save your replays after each fight, and then post them here if you win, for them to count.
Any tiering changes in the Metagame generally do not take effect until the following round.
These two warriors have fought through some of the toughest and most challenging obstacles, and alas they shall meet in the finals. Who will win, and who will go home? What has this tournament meant to you, to them, and to all of humanity? So many questions yet to be answered, but we will all find out soon!
BEHOLD! THE FINAL POOL HAS BEEN GENERATED!
SO THE NEW POOL FOR THE FINAL MATCHUP IS GOING TO BE:
REMINDER: NO OTHER UU POKEMON CAN BE USED IN THE FIRST ROUND BESIDES THESE 10!!!!! You will be auto DQ if you violate this so be very careful when building your team and don't accidentally forget that Azelf is UU and not ZU-Minus for example. (note: Azelf is UU and not RU/NU/PU/ZU/ZU-Minus, and is not in the pool for Round 2, so you cannot use it).
You have until August of 2024 to complete the finals matchup. However, to enhance the Theatrics of it, post here when it is scheduled so that we can all watch!
After speaking to Arsenio Hall, Cap'n Crunch, and Dino from the Flinstones, we have determined that:
THE FINALS BETWEEN Estarossa AND naviii 1 WILL BE PLAYED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM GMT+0 THIS SATURDAY LIVE ON POKEMON SHOWDOWN AND HBO MAX!!!!
Admission will be free to watch live in the Coliseum and on Pokemon Showdown. To watch on HBO Max you need to visit Taco Bell and purchase 2 chalupas and a cheesy gordita crunch to get a Special Code to stream this fight only (available at select locations only).