Smogon VGC 2022 Winter Seasonal
SPECIFIC RULES
This tournament will award points towards the 2022 VGC Circuit, which awards a prize banner and custom avatar to the winner of the entire circuit. If you win the seasonal itself, you will also get the "Seasonal Winner" role in the official Smogon VGC Discord!
HOW TO SCHEDULE
Round 9 pairings:
Losers:
Borghi vs KarthikVGC
Zeal vs jonas
ToastNoButter vs Mr.GX
Spurrific vs Alexo99
proof of pairing and future bracket
Reminder: REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL MATCHES!
The Deadline For This Round Will Be Sunday, March 20th At 11:59 PM EST
For Any questions, pm me on discord: jonas#2000
sample teams can be found here
Remember that these best of threes are team locked! If you want to ensure your opponent is not doing sneaky changes to the team, open all three games at once (but be sure to have auto-timer off, this is why we can't play on SmogTours)
Best of Luck!
SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard VGC 2022 tournament
- This tournament will be Double Elimination
- Rounds will be Best of Three. You may not switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown! (main server only due to SmogTours timer rules)
- To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, replays are required for all matches. If neither player posts replays of the match, both players will suffer an automatic game loss. (If you were in losers' when you played, you are both out. If you were in winners', the winner is in losers' and the loser is out.)
- Do not cheat. Cheating will result in a disqualification. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
- Signing up with more than one account
- Ghosting or being ghosted by another player (e.g. while playing a set, asking for advice about what team to bring or what plays to make)
- Manipulating match outcomes (e.g. throwing a match in exchange for Smogon likes)
- Do not harass or insult your opponents. I reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule. Additional punishments may be applied as necessary.
- Team Lock Clause: Players must use the same team for all games of a given round. You can switch teams in between rounds, however.
- Item Clause: Players cannot have two of the same item on the same team.
- Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team.
- VGC 2022 is GS Cup Rules. This means players can use up to two of the following Pokemon (in any form) on their teams:
- Mewtwo, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina, Zekrom, Reshiram, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Lunala, Solgaleo, Necrozma, Zacian, Zamazenta, and Eternatus
- Mythical Pokemon are banned. These include:
- Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Victini, Keldeo, Genesect, Diancie, Volcanion, Zeraora, Magearna, and Zarude
- Matches will be played at level 50.
This tournament will award points towards the 2022 VGC Circuit, which awards a prize banner and custom avatar to the winner of the entire circuit. If you win the seasonal itself, you will also get the "Seasonal Winner" role in the official Smogon VGC Discord!
HOW TO SCHEDULE
Round 9 pairings:
Losers:
Borghi vs KarthikVGC
Zeal vs jonas
ToastNoButter vs Mr.GX
Spurrific vs Alexo99
proof of pairing and future bracket
Reminder: REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL MATCHES!
The Deadline For This Round Will Be Sunday, March 20th At 11:59 PM EST
For Any questions, pm me on discord: jonas#2000
sample teams can be found here
Remember that these best of threes are team locked! If you want to ensure your opponent is not doing sneaky changes to the team, open all three games at once (but be sure to have auto-timer off, this is why we can't play on SmogTours)
Best of Luck!
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