FIRST POST WILL BE UPDATED WITH DETAILS AS PEOPLE ENTER, NEW TOURNAMENTS ARE ANNOUNCED, OR RULES CHANGE
ENTRANTS PLEASE GIVE AVAILABILITY INFORMATION. US Central time is preferable, but if not I'll convert it for you
So This thread will be where I host the AP Pokémon Tournaments. I plan to hold about 1 a month, though this might change depending on how things go since this is my first time running such things. The first tournament is currently scheduled for the week of November 16th, but this might change depending on feedback.
So here are the basic details and rules (Note that these are still subject to tweaking at this point)
-There will typically be 2 tournaments a month. 1 will be a standard 6 on 6 single or double battle tournament, the other will have special rules and restrictions to test creativity and encourage people to try new things. You may enter in just 1 or both tournaments as suits you
-The only basic rule that will apply to all tournaments is no legendary pokemon. Other than that, you can use duplicate pokemon or items if you really want, megas are fine
-The basic format will be either round robin (Everyone fights everyone and the guys with the most wins is considered the winner) or if there are too many people for that to be practical, then the participants will be divided into blocks which will follow round robin rules, with the winners of those blocks facing off in a single elimination tournament to decide the overall winner. These formats were chosen to ensure everyone gets a bunch of fights and has funs
-In the event of a disconnect, the players can either come to an agreement on who would have won, or try again. However, if one person disconnects 3 times that person will be declared the loser automatically unless the other player gives them the win
-Tournaments are planned to last a week or two, though this is very much subject to change depending on how things go
-NEW Blaziken is now banned
Format
everyone will battle against as many other people involved as they can. You will set up the battles on your own and both players should pm me right before the battle to inform me it's starting, and after the battle with the results. I'll keep track of them and post them at certain points throughout (I don't want to do it constantly, because I think it's better if players don't constantly know where they rank compared to everyone else). You don't need to battle everyone if you can't, but the person with the most wins at the end is the winner, so it's to your advantage to battle as many other contestants as possible. Tiebreaker battles will occur in the event of a tie. As a further note, you can only battle against a player once. In the event of a disconnect, players can either talk amongst themselves and decide if one is willing to concede based on the matches direction, or try again. In either case please inform me of if there was a disconnect, why, and who seems to be the one who disconnected. If any given player disconnects three times against a single opponent, that player will lose unless the other player concedes. Please be honest and don't try to prevent losses by disconnecting. In the very end I'll post the top 3 players. I'd also like everyone to use the battle recorder to record their battles. write down the code when the battle is done and send it to me. This will serve as a way to verify how things went. As an additional note, I give my word to not look at any videos until after I've had a match with both competitors. Also, I would like to post afew stand out battles after the tournament ends. These will require both parties give their consent
go here for friend codes if you need them https://docs.google.com/a/mst.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiJNJv0oNSeTdEhqUjd3MTA3ZnNPZjF2dHRybVlkdFE&usp=sharing#gid=0
NEW For the second tournament, you can now fill oit what matches you've won at this form https://docs.google.com/a/mst.edu/forms/d/1zFweL9qR6ZFNhDnxjHCdZhHBDdc4_80MPJ1Te8hqqsY/viewform
Second Tournament details-Starts 12/14/13
ENTRIES NOW CLOSED. YOU CAN STILL BACK OUT THOUGH
Normal tournament: Singles (Decided by vote. Most people wanted singles or didn't care, so singles it is)
canceled due to lack of interest this month
Special Tournament: Singles, Monotype
Entrants:
Aaronrules380-Steel
Dryish-Steel
Hekti-Fire
Porcelainpot-Normal
RobbyBevard-FIghting
MaxterDexter-bug
Kazhar-Ghost
sdmssj-Dark
Neaeran-Water
Doll-Ghost
Kubihige-Dark
Prismeru-Ground
Deviant_Mugen-fighting
Please give feedback and suggestions. If you want people to give advice on your team before the tournament starts, feel free to ask here as long as no tournament is currently ongoing. And finally, remember this is just supposed to be fun, so no need to take this too seriously
Hall of Fame
Tournament 1:
Normal SIngles: ObeliskTheTrainer
Special (XY only): CCC