OverviewPokemon Showdown is a simulator for playing competitive Pokemon games. If you have not tried competitive Pokemon before, I would certainly recommend it, because it involves a high degree of strategy and originality. For this tournament, players will have a Type, and they will be required to use at least 4 Pokemon of their Type. We will be using
Smogon's tier list. Feel free to post any questions or concerns in this thread.
Sign-upsTo sign up, post in this thread, and include your Pokemon Showdown name if it differs from your forum name. Then, send a private message to
RootRanger with your bids. The bidding process is explained below.
BidsPlayers are given 12 "points," which will be explained in the following section. Players may bid on the 18 Types, with each bid ranging from 0 to 12. Types will be given to the players who bid the highest on them, on the condition that players are only given one type. Thus, a player is guaranteed a Type even if all of their bids are 0. Ties will be settled through RNG. A bidding template is below, and it would be filled with numbers from 0 to 12.
TeambuildingOnce the bidding ends, players are given their Type, as well as their number of points, which is equal to 12 minus their winning bid. For instance, a player who bid 5 points on their Type would have 7 points remaining. In each team, players must use at least 4 Pokemon of their type. The tiers they are allowed to use depend on their remaining number of points. Each OU or BL Pokemon costs 2 points, and each UU Pokemon costs 1 point. Ubers Pokemon are banned. Pokemon of the remaining tiers may be used with no restriction. For example, a player with 7 points could use 2 OU Pokemon, 3 UU Pokemon, and 1 RU Pokemon (2*2+3*1+0=7). Players are not required to use all of their points. Players are allowed to use a different team each game, as long as their team follows the rules.
Pairings and EliminationFor Phase 1, players be randomly ordered for the purposes of matchmaking. Each player will play against the two players "above" them and the two players "below" them, for a total of four matches. For example, Player 6 would be matched against Players 4, 5, 7, and 8. Each match consists of a total of three games. After Phase 1, which lasts three weeks, players are ranked according to Weighted Win Percentage (WWP). The top 5 players move on to Phase 2, which is round-robin. As with the previous phase, Phase 2 lasts 3 weeks and the matches consist of three games. The winner of the event is the player with the highest overall WWP, with all 24 games being taken into consideration.
CommentsThe reason for the bidding method is to ensure variety and fairness. If we let multiple people choose the same Type, there will be little variety. If we have a first-come-first-serve system, there will be little fairness. The reason for this system of Pairings and Elimination is so that players will have a sufficient amount of matches before there are any eliminations. There is no championship game, as it would potentially be unfair if there is a type advantage.
Sign-ups1.)
RootRanger2.)
MeowMeowCat (IAmKitten)
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Discord (drocsiD21)
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JonathanCrazyJ5.)
Manuel (Brus Lii)
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CleanOnion (querambique)
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Puff (liesera)
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Zawadx9.)
flyingcat (Raythoen)
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killsdazombies11.)
treebeard xiii12.)
Kamietsu13.)
godisnowonline (Satinisnowonline)
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Ginyu (GeneralGinyu)
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dracomageat (BlackKoromon)
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ji412jo
