Since the poll on the other topic isn't working, I've made a new one.

You have three choices:

1. Take Item Clause off list of clauses
2. Leave Item Clause on list of clauses
3. Don't completely take Item Clause off, but modify it (and specify said modifications in a post)

This was a good idea, but what if not all of the voters from the last poll come to this one and different results appear? Then one could argue that the minority opinion is being established.

I'm disregarding all votes on the original messed up poll. They better vote on this one otherwise their vote goes down the drain.

My vote is number 3.

I VOTE FOR NUMBER 2
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TWICE! :V

Please people, do the right thing! Item Clause makes no sense! :O

Sashes are useless with hazards up, so I say go ahead and make that team full of sashed pokes~! ;3

While I agree on the similar items thing, I also think that berries are okay to have on more than one Pokémon, since berries are generally not used as much.
Also, should we ban certain items from the tourney? Soul Dew I know for a fact is out, but what about other things like the Adamant/Lustrous/Griseous Orbs? They do mostly the same thing, but for Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, respectively.

OH DUH. Why did I bring that up? Oh well, something to think about for May/June's 4th Gen tourney.

I say take off the Item Clause. I mean, what is the probability of facing a team which spams a specific item?
You could simply write: "Do not overuse any specific item" or something around these lines. That should do the trick, I think.

If I did that, then there'd still be an item law in effect, it'd just say "No using TWO of the same item" instead of one.

Come to think of it, that sounds good. I'll establish that law as a modified version of the Item Clause, called Doubles Item Clause. This is a Doubles tourney so I guess it fits.

Wait, so you can only have two of one item now? :/

It's a lot better than only having the one item.

Well I guess that's true. It won't be simple to work around, but I think I can still make a kick-butt team despite this rule!

EDIT: I'm going to stop being a whiny punk now, this rule makes alot of sense considering it's in Double Battle format. Plus Leftovers aren't as great in Dobule Battles anyway.

Very well then. I will remove the Item Clause and put up the Doubles Items Clause:

One may only equip two Pokemon with two of the same item.

It seems we have reached a suitable compromise.

I agree. The modified version of the Item Clause works perfectly in conjunction with the tournament.