Approved by Raseri
Credits to #neverused for being a great community
Description
NU mini-tournaments are just like normal tournaments, however all rounds are on this thread. There will 7 days for each round(so we have a weekend in between), and if a match hasn't been played (there will be no extensions, under any circustance) then the winner will be decided by coinflip.
Theme
This tournament will be based around almost-happened tier shift. For example there was a few times when Rhydon and Klinklang almost dropped to NU but they always managed to stay in RU. With the X/Y release the BW NU tier freezed in time so this drops will never happen. Our only hope are, of course, minitours :)
I was digging a few RU usage stats and the findings was surprising, there have been a few pokes whose addition to the NU metagame would surely benefit us.
For example, if Tier Shifts based on usage stats would have taken place in September this year, Poliwrath would have been a NU soldier, having two great STAB's to work he was sure to be dangerous. Another pokemon worth of considering is Scyther, who achieved a 3.44% usage in March this year, barely missed the cut.
For this metagame we will take a taste of those "barely" missed pokemons. They are:
Poliwrath, Klingklang, Scyther, Rhydon, Crustle, Bouffalant and Magneton.
There you have 6 physical pokes and a bulky special attacker for you to enjoy and play against ;)
This minitour metagame would be: B/W NU + those 7 Pokes
With Sign ups starting now, as usual, there is 32 places to be taken. Hurry! Sign up and start teambuilding :)
FINAL ROUND
Raseri vs. Soulgazer
Credits to #neverused for being a great community
Description
NU mini-tournaments are just like normal tournaments, however all rounds are on this thread. There will 7 days for each round(so we have a weekend in between), and if a match hasn't been played (there will be no extensions, under any circustance) then the winner will be decided by coinflip.
Battles are to be played on either the Pokémon Online or Pokémon Showdown simulator.
Here are some rules we enforce for players in tournaments: There is a good chance you will receive a Warning or potentially be banned from tournaments if you fail to adhere to these:
If your user name undergoes a change, it is your obligation to report the change to the hosts of any tournaments you are participating in, as well as your opponents in those tournaments.
Avoid dropping out of a tournament midway through unless you have a good reason for doing so. People that repeatedly drop out of tournaments without good reason may be punished.
If you do have to drop out, you must notify the host and your opponent.
Endeavor to complete your battles before the deadline of each round. If we notice a pattern of laziness, we may decide to punish you.
Here are some rules we enforce for players in tournaments: There is a good chance you will receive a Warning or potentially be banned from tournaments if you fail to adhere to these:
If your user name undergoes a change, it is your obligation to report the change to the hosts of any tournaments you are participating in, as well as your opponents in those tournaments.
Avoid dropping out of a tournament midway through unless you have a good reason for doing so. People that repeatedly drop out of tournaments without good reason may be punished.
If you do have to drop out, you must notify the host and your opponent.
Endeavor to complete your battles before the deadline of each round. If we notice a pattern of laziness, we may decide to punish you.
Once you have signed up and the host posts Round 1, it is strongly recommended that you contact your opponent immediately by posting on their profile, or a Conversation if you prefer (though this makes it more difficult for the host to track who is more active). Let them know when you think you will be ready to play, your timezone (assuming you set it when you joined, it should appear at the bottom of every page on the forums), and maybe your availability if you know what that will be. Try to respond in a timely fashion whenever your opponent contacts you. If someone misses a scheduled time and the match is in danger of going uncompleted by the deadline, the host will nearly always award the win to the player that showed up, so scheduling a battle is a sure way to avoid being eliminated by inactivity. Don't be lazy!
Sleep Clause: If a player has already put an opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move and that Pokémon is still sleeping due to that sleep inducing move, the player cannot put another opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move.
Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same species of Pokémon on their team, based on the National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
Evasion Clause: Players cannot use Double Team or Minimize in any of their Pokémon's movesets. In fifth generation (BW) Smogon tiers, the items BrightPowder and Lax Incense also may not be held by any Pokémon on a player's team. In other generations, these items do not break this clause.
OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same species of Pokémon on their team, based on the National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
Evasion Clause: Players cannot use Double Team or Minimize in any of their Pokémon's movesets. In fifth generation (BW) Smogon tiers, the items BrightPowder and Lax Incense also may not be held by any Pokémon on a player's team. In other generations, these items do not break this clause.
OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
Moody Clause: A player may not use a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent may take the win. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.
Ghosting: The player in a tournament battle should be the one making their own decisions. Do not tell a player what move to make in a tournament battle (i.e. do not "ghost" them), and do not make your moves based on another person's suggestions. If we are made aware that someone playing a tournament battle is making some of their moves based mainly on the suggestions of someone else, punishments may be handed out to both parties involved.
Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.
Rule Breaking: If a player breaks a rule during a battle, they are disqualified from that particular battle. If it was a single battle in a series, they will still have the opportunity to play the rest of the series.
Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or another tournament format that is unable to handle draws, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.
Forfeiting: A player may forfeit their battle during or after the battle, as long as the result has not been confirmed by the host. If a player forfeits before a battle commences in the first round of a tournament, they are eligible for substitution if appropriate. We highly recommend that you do not forfeit your tournament battles just because you got lucky, but we do not enforce this.
Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.
Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent may take the win. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.
Ghosting: The player in a tournament battle should be the one making their own decisions. Do not tell a player what move to make in a tournament battle (i.e. do not "ghost" them), and do not make your moves based on another person's suggestions. If we are made aware that someone playing a tournament battle is making some of their moves based mainly on the suggestions of someone else, punishments may be handed out to both parties involved.
Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.
Rule Breaking: If a player breaks a rule during a battle, they are disqualified from that particular battle. If it was a single battle in a series, they will still have the opportunity to play the rest of the series.
Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or another tournament format that is unable to handle draws, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.
Forfeiting: A player may forfeit their battle during or after the battle, as long as the result has not been confirmed by the host. If a player forfeits before a battle commences in the first round of a tournament, they are eligible for substitution if appropriate. We highly recommend that you do not forfeit your tournament battles just because you got lucky, but we do not enforce this.
Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.
Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.
Theme
This tournament will be based around almost-happened tier shift. For example there was a few times when Rhydon and Klinklang almost dropped to NU but they always managed to stay in RU. With the X/Y release the BW NU tier freezed in time so this drops will never happen. Our only hope are, of course, minitours :)
I was digging a few RU usage stats and the findings was surprising, there have been a few pokes whose addition to the NU metagame would surely benefit us.
For example, if Tier Shifts based on usage stats would have taken place in September this year, Poliwrath would have been a NU soldier, having two great STAB's to work he was sure to be dangerous. Another pokemon worth of considering is Scyther, who achieved a 3.44% usage in March this year, barely missed the cut.
For this metagame we will take a taste of those "barely" missed pokemons. They are:
Poliwrath, Klingklang, Scyther, Rhydon, Crustle, Bouffalant and Magneton.
There you have 6 physical pokes and a bulky special attacker for you to enjoy and play against ;)
This minitour metagame would be: B/W NU + those 7 Pokes
With Sign ups starting now, as usual, there is 32 places to be taken. Hurry! Sign up and start teambuilding :)
SIGN-UPS (32/32)
Lolkomori
Lasagne21
Soulgazer
Scorpdestroyer
cbt
Dcae
JirachiCelebiMew
Dat Blast
Skylight
Raseri
Qwilphish
Lunatic Lies
Bobbyvaporeon
Atomicllamas
Shuckleking87
Celever
Chieliee
Mylo Xyloto
Silvershadow234
Aladyyn
Bazion
Nozzle
Scraftyisthebest
Brawlfest
The Quasar
Copycatcat
Koishi Komeji
FLCL
Idiotesque
blarajan
perplexingpool
Heysup
Lolkomori
Lasagne21
Soulgazer
Scorpdestroyer
cbt
Dcae
JirachiCelebiMew
Dat Blast
Skylight
Raseri
Qwilphish
Lunatic Lies
Bobbyvaporeon
Atomicllamas
Shuckleking87
Celever
Chieliee
Mylo Xyloto
Silvershadow234
Aladyyn
Bazion
Nozzle
Scraftyisthebest
Brawlfest
The Quasar
Copycatcat
Koishi Komeji
FLCL
Idiotesque
blarajan
perplexingpool
Heysup
ROUND 1
Copycatcat vs. blarajan
Lunatic Lies vs. Scorpdestroyer
Brawlfest vs. Celever
Scraftyisthebest vs. Lolkomori
Nozzle vs. Skylight
Mylo Xyloto vs. Dat Blast
Bazion vs. The Quasar
Shucleking87 vs. Raseri
FLCL vs. chieliee
Heysup vs. Bobbyvaporeon
Lasagne21 vs. Atomicllamas
Qwilphish vs. Idiotesque
Soulgazer vs. Koishi Komeji
JirachiCelebiMew vs. Dcae
Silvershadow234 vs. Aladyyn
Perplexingpool vs. cbt
Copycatcat vs. blarajan
Lunatic Lies vs. Scorpdestroyer
Brawlfest vs. Celever
Scraftyisthebest vs. Lolkomori
Nozzle vs. Skylight
Mylo Xyloto vs. Dat Blast
Bazion vs. The Quasar
Shucleking87 vs. Raseri
FLCL vs. chieliee
Heysup vs. Bobbyvaporeon
Lasagne21 vs. Atomicllamas
Qwilphish vs. Idiotesque
Soulgazer vs. Koishi Komeji
JirachiCelebiMew vs. Dcae
Silvershadow234 vs. Aladyyn
Perplexingpool vs. cbt
ROUND 2
Lolkomori vs. atomicllamas
JirachiCelebiMew vs. Brawlfest
Mylo Xyloto vs. Soulgazer
perplexingpool vs. Silvershadow234
Heysup vs. Bazion
Qwilphish vs. FLCL
Raseri vs. copycatcat
Nozzle vs. Lunatic Lies
Lolkomori vs. atomicllamas
JirachiCelebiMew vs. Brawlfest
Mylo Xyloto vs. Soulgazer
perplexingpool vs. Silvershadow234
Heysup vs. Bazion
Qwilphish vs. FLCL
Raseri vs. copycatcat
Nozzle vs. Lunatic Lies
ROUND 3
Lolkomori vs. Nozzle
Brawlfest vs. Silvershadow234
Raseri vs. FLCL
Soulgazer vs. Bazion
Lolkomori vs. Nozzle
Brawlfest vs. Silvershadow234
Raseri vs. FLCL
Soulgazer vs. Bazion
SEMIFINAL ROUND
Nozzle vs. Soulgazer
Raseri vs. Brawlfest
Nozzle vs. Soulgazer
Raseri vs. Brawlfest
FINAL ROUND
Raseri vs. Soulgazer
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