Welcome to Battle Pools of the Draft League subforum's inaugural VGC Draft tournament! Hosted by LogIce RauSakura and LeBomboclats the tournament will take place using the [Champions] 4v4 Doubles Draft format present on the main Showdown! server.
The following spoiler tags will cover the rules for this tournament.
- You have up to 100 points with which to draft 10 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- In order to help speed up the first few rounds of the draft for everybody, tournament staff will impose a 24 hour check in. What that means is this:
- From the commencement of the draft until 24 hours after, every single competitor will need to reach out to their pool mod (either in drafting channel discussion thread, or Discord DM)
- This message can be simple "I'm here for pool X and ready to draft", no need to be elaborate
- Any competitor who has already made a pick does not need to check in.
- Any competitor who has not checked in with their pool mod by the time check-in is over in 24 hours will be replaced.
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- It is the responsibility of the player to inform the other members of the pool if they have left a pick with the pool mod so the players can properly notify the pool mod it is your turn to pick. The pool mods are not responsible for watching every pick at every hour of the day waiting to input your pick.
- If you are skipped by the other players when you left a pick but did not inform them that you did, the skip is justified.
- If the pool mod does not respond in a timely manner, notify 1 online Moderator for further assistance.
- The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
Basculegion 
Gourgeist 
Maushold 
Sinistcha 
Vivillon - Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- You may draft unlimited Mega Pokemon.
- If a Pokémon that is available in Champions is untiered, please ask a host.
- All games should be played in the [Champions] 4v4 Doubles Draft format format, on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
- You may play matches in Pokemon Champions as long as both players agree and the entire set is recorded either by a player or spectator.
- You may not change teams between games.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-three set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Players must win 2 games within their battle pool to advance on to the knockout stage.
- Any items unreleased in Champions are banned.
- Team sheets will be closed.
- Replays must be posted to the round thread, please mention the result and your opponent's name.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
You must play all games as a best-of-three using the [Champions] 4v4 Doubles Draft tier, with Closed Team Sheets.
Round 2
Carrotman vs takuaa
TheHelixFossil1 vs EGAHydreigons
DyeItTight vs Terekusai
MysticRy vs Azcelerator
AKhant vs DiamondScyther
JRoberts vs skipprthepenguin
Your_Shinigami vs Roaring Moonlight
Jay is decent vs Mister McLovin
alicesabrina vs Crysite
2playaLuffy vs daisuck
sleid vs Aimel
Genuine_Angus_B33F vs Tempered
tzarii vs akumawerewolf
Ado! vs crow crumbs
Liamardo1 vs cardinals29
Feyy vs Comedier
wughead vs HunkyDonkey
Mareep vs yabuslay
Idyll vs Azery
flyingpannn vs zomb™
Stefaan vs Sibwind
poly love vs EntryHazardous
r0da vs Flappington
ActualPan vs CheatEnabled
Magicalarcher57 vs KirbyLunchBox
Ciqarettan vs Dddddsf
40kultra vs Xx_CheckM8_xX
VeeeKay vs breakfast enjoyer
Treyunt vs EmperorAry
Ehmcee vs ThinkingSceptile
MCOBSOK vs ShadowStricker911
Oonieversal vs hedja
Scheduling Advice:
- Prioritize scheduling with your opponent. The chance of you advancing in the tournament by attempting to avoid your opponent is nonexistent compared to playing your matches.
- Do your best to make time for your matches, Activity Win requests may be rejected if the hosts believe that a valid attempt to play did not occur, such as if you only offer limited times to play.
Deadline: <t:1792368000:F>
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY. Please post the replays of your games in this thread alongside the result and the name of your opponent. Note if your opponent posts the replays, you do not need to post them too.
This thread and all other VGC Draft IV threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
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