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NeoGAF Pokémon Tournament: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Edition

F

Firestorm

Member
Top 8 is up! http://battlefy.com/firestorm/neogaf-pokemon-ruby-sapphire-tournament/5490c374e8a57c4700c197e0/info
Deadline: 11:59 PM Pacific on February 4th, 2015
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Sorry for the late thread folks! Like last year, we're going to have another Pokémon tournament using the newest games in the series! We will follow the Standard ruleset. We will begin on January 10th, 2015.

Tournament Format
  • We will use a Swiss tournament format which means you are not eliminated once you lose a match. We will have a set number of rounds (depending on number of entrants) and each round you will be paired up against someone of a similar record. If you want to drop from the tournament, you can, but please let me know. Otherwise, everyone plays the same number of rounds.
  • Battles will be best of 3 in the Swiss portion of the tournament
  • Once the Swiss rounds are over, we will take the players with the top 8 best records and move to a single elimination tournament (I reserve the right to make this number higher based on attendance). This will also be best of 3
  • You will have four days to complete each match in both the Swiss and single elimination portions of the tournament.
Ruleset
  • All matches are played in the Doubles format.
  • Pokémon above Level 50 will be brought down to 50 for the match while those below 50 will stay as is.
  • Players choose 4 of their 6 registered Pokémon after team preview.
  • Pentagon Rule: All Pokémon must have the blue pentagon on their stats page indicating they were caught, bred, or received as an official gift in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire.
  • Species Clause: No two Pokémon on your team can share the same Pokédex number.
  • Item Clause: No two Pokémon on your team can hold the same held item.
  • The item Soul Dew is banned.
  • The following Pokémon are banned (all formes):
    • Mewtwo
    • Mew
    • Lugia
    • Ho-oh
    • Celebi
    • Kyogre
    • Groudon
    • Rayquaza
    • Jirachi
    • Deoxys
    • Dialga
    • Palkia
    • Giratina
    • Phione
    • Manaphy
    • Darkrai
    • Shaymin
    • Arceus
    • Victini
    • Reshiram
    • Zekrom
    • Kyurem
    • Keldeo
    • Meloetta
    • Genesect
    • Xerneas
    • Yveltal
    • Zygarde
    • Diancie
Prizes
To Be Determined. lupinko and Ramin-hamit hve offered up some event Pokémon.

Registration
Please post in this thread with the following information in this format and quote the following line:

GAF Username - Friend Code - In Game Name
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."

Registered Entrants
  1. Firestorm - 1977 0172 2166 - Rushan
  2. PreyingShark - 3050 7685 5267 - Julia
  3. SpeedRazor - 1891 1160 0849 - Nester
  4. GAMERG0D - 2277 6642 9179 - Jake
  5. backlot - 1805 2171 9272 - Will
  6. B-Dubs - 0559 6808 4314 - John
  7. fek - 3582 9174 6197 - Hibi
  8. MasterSheen - 0645 5824 5228 - Navy
  9. NormalFish - 3840 6129 9382 - Ms. Fish
  10. WrenchNinja - 4596 9625 1154 - Nate
  11. Azuran - 1032 1686 2546 - Anto
  12. CrimsonN0 - 5000 3009 5859 - Crimson
  13. Pegosaurus - 1375-8639-4921 - Zach
  14. Cloggerdude - 0774-5590-9276 - DAN
  15. Aaronrules380 - 4682 9855 9526 - Aaron
  16. Cryptozoologist - 0318 7547 2566 - David
  17. DaBoss - 1736-0341-1378 - DaBoss
  18. MicH - 2836 0194 8979 - MicH
  19. HawthorneKitty - 0103 9461 9036 - Rosetta
  20. BlueMagic - 2964 9551 4933 - Pablo
Pokémon Championship Series
This tournament follows the same format as the official Pokémon Championship Series. This means you can take it to your nearest tournament and play there as well! Find them using Pokémon's Event Locator or Nugget Bridge's tournament forum.

Previous Competitive Pokémon Event Threads
Practice
Play in the Doubles portion of Battle Spot in the ORAS League and you will be playing with the exact same ruleset. Remember to select Ranked!
 
Nester

Nester

Member
SpeedRazor - 1891 1160 0849 - Nester
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
L

lupinko

Member
Yeah I'm going to offer up event pokemon and Shiny good natured Emerald legendaries. Yes I did play through one of my Japanese carts for you.

Since it's Hoenn themed, it'll be:

Non-Shiny (duh)
Ageto Celebi
Wishmaker Jirachi

Shiny (all have trainer ID of GAF for JPN / NeoGAF for ENG)
Deoxys
Ho-Oh
Lugia
Mew
Latias
Latios
Rayquaza
Kyogre
Groudon
Regice
Regirock
Registeel

Some of them may have special exclusive pre-gen 5 moves, like Body Slam, Seismic Toss and Defog.

Edit:

I'll also do a set of Dream Radar Legendaries with the Trainer ID NeoGAF.

Tornadus
Thundurus
Landorus
Ho-Oh
Lugia
Giratina
Palkia
Dialga

All have their HAs, natures are random, also ENG.

Edit: I wasn't happy with some of them so I redid a few on my other English and Japanese carts.
 
K

Korosenai

Member
I want in, but I'm not currently near my 3ds.

Can I use this post a reserve and edit it soon?

Hopefully I don't get matched up first round against you Firestorm like I did last year, because I don't think I'll get as lucky this time around.
 
F

Firestorm

Member
Korosenai said:
I want in, but I'm not currently near my 3ds.

Can I use this post a reserve and edit it soon?

Hopefully I don't get matched up first round against you Firestorm like I did last year, because I don't think I'll get as lucky this time around.
Click to expand...
There's no cap and registration will be open at least until a day before the tournament starts so just make a new post when you want to enter!
 
B

backlot

Member
backlot - 1805 2171 9272 - Will
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."

This will be fun.
 
B

B-Dubs

No Scrubs
B-Dubs - 0559-6808-4314 - John
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."

This is going to be a lot of fun, here's hoping I do better this year than I did last year.
 
F

fek

Member
fek - 3582-9174-6197 - Hibi
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
M

Macka

Member
In!

Macka - 4725-8064-6593

"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
A

Azuran

Banned
Please go easy on me. I still suck at doubles :p

Azuran - 1032-1686-2546 - Anto
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
L

LaNaranja

Member
Actually apologies but I am going to have to bow out. I have no team ready and don't want to rush to put together a poop team.
 
B

Blue Ninja

Member
Cool idea. I'm just going to keep an eye on the games, it's a busy season so I don't have a lot of time to compete. I don't have a good team ready yet, anyway.

I'll definitely try and join in during one of the next editions.
 
P

Pegosaurus

Banned
Pegosaurus - 1375-8639-4921 - Zach
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."

hopefully I can get my ideal team together by then, else I'll have to use something makeshift.
I'm looking forward to it though!
 
T

Teknoman

Member
Blue Ninja said:
Cool idea. I'm just going to keep an eye on the games, it's a busy season so I don't have a lot of time to compete. I don't have a good team ready yet, anyway.

I'll definitely try and join in during one of the next editions.
Click to expand...

Same here, even though I kept bugging people about it :p
 
A

Aaronrules380

Member
I'll try. Need to finish raising my new team though

Aaronrules380-4682 9855 9526- Aaron

"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
W

Wanace

Member
Cryptozoologist - 0318-7547-2566 - David

I understand that I'm still in the tournament even if I lose a match.
 
A

Aaronrules380

Member
Oops, realized that I was supposed to put that line under my info to register, fixed that now. My team is almost ready, just need to level 2 pokemon and get items (most of my new team are actually ones I had previously trained for an XY team)
 
M

Macka

Member
Macka said:
In!

Macka - 4725-8064-6593

"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
Click to expand...
Never mind, I'm out. Most likely not going to be ready in time and the time difference will probably cause problems anyway.
 
D

DaBoss

Member
DaBoss - 1736-0341-1378 - DaBoss
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."

I'm not ready at all. Been playing 5 different games over the holidays.
 
M

MicH

Member
Why not? I'll join I suppose. Having had some time to breed some stuff this past weekend I just need to finalize a team. Gonna lose big time though, but it's gonna be fun just like the XY tourny was :D

MicH - 2836-0194-8979 - MicH
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
H

HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
HawthorneKitty - 0103-9461-9036 - Rosetta
"I understand that I am still in the tournament even if I lose a match."
 
N

NormalFish

Banned
Anyone want to loan me Life orb, assault vest, and weakness policy if they have spares/tons of BP? I'm really lacking in patience to grind them all out.

Will trade for spitbacks if anyone prefers.
 
P

PreyingShark

Member
I meant if nobody else trades you them. I'm really lazy you see... But I'll do it if it comes to it.

I don't want any johns, you see... :p
 
G

GAMERG0D

Member
I noticed that the last tourney says best of 1 in swiss but now its best of 3, so when someone wins 2 games we post the end result here?
 
P

PreyingShark

Member
Yep! After somebody wins twice then you just report your match like usual.

Dunno how it will go if there's an internet fart though.
 
B

backlot

Member
The team I want to use isn't ready yet so whoever I get in the first round better be prepared for a really fun team!
 
N

NormalFish

Banned
Think I will unfortunately have to drop out. School hit me like a truck and I'm realizing I have much more work than I thought I did. Certainly won't be ready in time.

Really sorry for any scheduling issues this causes, Firestorm. I'm pretty bummed, myself. Hope it goes well for everyone.
 
P

PreyingShark

Member
Last year we could change teams as we wished through Swiss but had to stick with our teams in Finals.

Not sure how it'll work this year though.
 
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