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Hi everyone, you may have noticed that we're not hosting a tutee tournament this round, and that's because the Battling 101 Staff has been brainstorming ideas for a new tutee tournament. This tournament will allow for everyone, not just tutees, to participate and learn from some of the more seasoned veteran battlers in our community.
Format
Because frankly, the tutee tournament has died down over the past few years and we need something to rejuvenate Battling 101. People have been asking me for tutor tournaments which we've already done in the past and they've kinda flopped, but I still want to get the tutors more involved. This tournament isn't all about winning, it's about players (students) familiarizing themselves with new metagames, new playstyles, and most importantly, the Smogon community. The best class might not necessarily yield the best battlers, and that's okay.
So what is this thread about?
We need artists, ideas for a tournament name, and teachers. All tutors are eligible to be a teacher, but we are willing to accept non-tutors as well as long as they have a reputable tournament background. Since we have 2 teachers per class, we'll need 16 volunteers to teach. If there is more interest than expected, we could potentially go up to 24 teachers with 3 per class.
PM Steve Angello, Leftiez, IronBullet93, and Plus an application to be a teacher for this tournament. It doesn't have to be anything formal. If you're a tutor, just shoot us a message and we'll let you in. If you're not a tutor, just tell us the metagames you can teach and your success in Smogon Tournaments. We're looking for DPP/BW2/ORAS OU players, and ORAS NU/RU/UU/Ubers/Doubles OU as well.
Discuss away, we're open to feedback. Spread the word, and hopefully we'll have this tournament up and running soon.
Format
- 64 players, 8 teams (which we will call classes because it's B101), 8 players per class. Each class gets 2 teachers who specialize in certain tiers who will be assigned to teach, ghost, practice against, do whatever it takes to get their team to win. Hopefully this will be a good experience for people who didn't get selected in a B101 round to work alongside a good battler and get some advice.
- The 8 classes will be split into two divisions, which we will call schools. Each school has 4 classes, and they will all fight within their school. Each class will fight a different class within their school every week.
- The classes will then be seeded based on record, and will all be put into an 8 man team tournament for the remainder of the tournament.
- Tiers will rotate depending on what kinds of teachers are willing to participate. Every week should ideally be a new tier, but we'll see after we get a general idea of how many teachers per tier/metagame.
- An added challenge to every round: each class will be forced to play with a specific core of pokemon designated by the tournament host. Try to innovate and think outside the box!
Because frankly, the tutee tournament has died down over the past few years and we need something to rejuvenate Battling 101. People have been asking me for tutor tournaments which we've already done in the past and they've kinda flopped, but I still want to get the tutors more involved. This tournament isn't all about winning, it's about players (students) familiarizing themselves with new metagames, new playstyles, and most importantly, the Smogon community. The best class might not necessarily yield the best battlers, and that's okay.
So what is this thread about?
We need artists, ideas for a tournament name, and teachers. All tutors are eligible to be a teacher, but we are willing to accept non-tutors as well as long as they have a reputable tournament background. Since we have 2 teachers per class, we'll need 16 volunteers to teach. If there is more interest than expected, we could potentially go up to 24 teachers with 3 per class.
PM Steve Angello, Leftiez, IronBullet93, and Plus an application to be a teacher for this tournament. It doesn't have to be anything formal. If you're a tutor, just shoot us a message and we'll let you in. If you're not a tutor, just tell us the metagames you can teach and your success in Smogon Tournaments. We're looking for DPP/BW2/ORAS OU players, and ORAS NU/RU/UU/Ubers/Doubles OU as well.
Discuss away, we're open to feedback. Spread the word, and hopefully we'll have this tournament up and running soon.
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