Hullo everyone! Kazam here, this is my third tourney hosted on the site, and this one is bound to be just as good if not BETTER than any of the ones in the past! With Gen. 4 coming to a tragic end thanks to Pokemon Black and White coming out, I figured that a proper send-off was necessary in the form of a site tourney! Much like the site's very first tourney, this is a no-gimmick, no special twist kind of tourney! Standard competitive rules, no banned generations of Pokemon, everything a good tournament needs. Speaking of such rules, here are the major rules that are to be upheld during the tourney. Learn them well if you do not know them already, or else tragedy and mayhem will ensue.

Rule 1: Banned Pokemon. There are plenty of Pokemon out there that are simply deemed to powerful for fair play, and as such they have received a fair banning. The following Pokemon are banned and as a result CAN not and WILL not be used on any team, unless you like being disqualified:

Arceus

Darkrai

Deoxys

Deoxys-A

Deoxys-D

Deoxys-S

Dialga

Garchomp

Giratina

Giratina-O

Groudon

Ho-Oh

Kyogre

Latias

Latios

Manaphy

Mew

Mewtwo

Palkia

Rayquaza

Salamence

Shaymin-S

Wobbuffet

Wynaut

Rule 2: Sleep Clause. This one is easy. You can not put two or more of the foe's Pokemon to sleep, but keep in mind that if a foe's Rhydon used Rest, and then brought in their Meowth, you could put it to sleep as self-induced sleep does not make a difference.

Rule 3: OHKO Clause. Another easy one! Just don't use Sheer Cold, Horn Drill, Guillotine, or Fissure. All of these moves are banned.

Rule 4: Evasion Clause. This clause prevents you from using any move that raises your evasion. Move like Double Team and Minimize fall into this category. However, keep in mind that moves such as Sand Attack and Smokescreen ARE INDEED LEGAL. There accuracy-dropping effects can be remedied by switching out, so using these moves is a completely valid strategy.

Rule 5: Species Clause. This prevents you from using 2 or more Pokemon that share the same National Dex number on the same team.

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:65: :65: :71: :80: X

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Rule 6: Self-Destruct Clause. If you and your foe are down to one Pokemon each, then this clause doesn't let you use Explode, Self-Destruct, or Destiny Bond on your final Pokemon. If you ignore the rule and bring down your foe anyway, then no matter what the game says you are declared the loser. This type of victory is not considered a valid one.

Rule 7: No Hacked Pokemon. This is without a doubt the most important of any clauses out there. Hacked Pokemon aren't just the ones such as the Dragonite with 999 in all of its stats that knows Hydro Cannon, Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant, and Splash, but also those that have been altered or obtained through the usage of outside tools such as Action Replay or *******. RNG Abuse is considered valid in this tourney.

Oh, and Quick Claw is also banned.

Well that's about it in terms of rules! If you have any issues or questions, bring them up now or forever hold your peace!

When will this be hosted? And what time?

If it is that will be perfect!!!

FINALLY a normal tournament which I can hopefully take part in!

I do have a request though: can the tournament take place on Friday instead of Saturday? In this way, I'm guaranteed to participate in it.

If, however, it is a problem, then I'm not going to be selfish and insist on changing it. After all, the majority of the members over here live on the West Coast :S

Well the date of the tourney is actually still up in the air, so once more information comes on based on possible happenings during the month a more concrete consensus will be reached.

Salamence...
Latiaaaaas ;~;
I just realized how many of my favorite dragons were banned...
Anwyho this looks fun. Sucks my DS is broken. ._.

Oh sweet, a chance for me to actually use a regular unformatted team.

but dont most of us have jobs on the weekdays? =/ we should have it during the weekend cause its the best way for everyone to have free time..

I am going camping that weekend BOO.

What I said was the predicted time, since all official VR tourneys have been held on the last Saturday/Sunday of the month. It's still up for moving, and since this tourney's been decided on quite late it could easily be pushed back a week. Anyways, we'll discuss the date later.

KAz, I think you've got pretty much everything up there. I'm not gonna be so picky about RNG abuse this time 'round.

The only two date are 18th and 25th.

Yeah no one seems to be complaining about the rules or anything, so more likely than not sign-ups will open up tomorrow. There isn't a whole lot to discuss, anyway. The tourney will probably be on the 18th, since people who ordered Black and White from Japan won't have it yet and we won't be overrun by people raving about it.

I am going to being in a tourney for my library but I may see if I can join based on time but I probably wouldn't.

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Originally Posted by Alakazamaster Yeah no one seems to be complaining about the rules or anything, so more likely than not sign-ups will open up tomorrow. There isn't a whole lot to discuss, anyway. The tourney will probably be on the 18th, since people who ordered Black and White from Japan won't have it yet and we won't be overrun by people raving about it.

ROTOM IS NOT ON THE BAN LIST! YAY! I enter!

Wait, are Rotom forms allowed?

What time is this at??