Sign ups for the Snagem Factory Cup are open! We'll be holding a Wi-Fi Pokemon tournament using the Pokemon Sword and Shield games starting Friday, May 7th. The various rules for the tournament are as listed below. The format will be singles with an added twist. All participants can only use Pokemon provided by the tournament organizers, the Pokemon you have to choose from selected at complete random. You will battle with these Pokemon to the best of your abilities and if you defeat an opponent you will have the option to swap out one of your Pokemon for one of theirs. They cannot refuse this swap and have no say in what gets swapped.
Furthermore, as an 'experiment' to see who can create the best team through all this the bracket style will be 'World Cup', that is participants will be broken up into two groups (Group A and Group B for example) and everyone inside of each group will face each other in battle Round Robin style. The trainer from each group with the most wins will be then go onto the finals to face the winner from the opposing bracket in a best two out of three match for the championship.
The 'Champion's Advantage' this time is as follows; the reigning Champion must exchange a Pokemon with their defeated opponent every time. This is not optional for them.
Now for the rules.
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1.) Tournament will be singles format, normal rules, with teams of six Pokemon, with all teams being composed of Pokemon selected from a random pool of Pokemon.
2.) You will see a variety of Pokemon, though there will be no legendary of mythical Pokemon.
3.) You may not change the moves, abilities, items, stats, or anything else about the rental Pokemon provided to you.
4.) Hacked or otherwise altered Pokémon outside of the game's normal means are strictly forbidden. Anyone found out to be using such Pokémon will be disqualified from this tourney and all future tourneys at once.
5.) Due to the nature of being able to swap Pokemon in this format any and all 'gaming' of the system to give another player an edge will be considered cheating.
6.) Any player automatically loses if they knock out their last Pokémon through the moves Self-Destruct, Explosion, Destiny Bond or Perish Song, even if the opponent's last Pokémon was also knocked out.
7.) Dynamaxing/Gigantamaxing is permitted.
8.) Your team must be registered upon sign up. You may only use the one team exactly as it is when you register it, no changing your team in mid-tournament. (This includes Pokemon, moves, abilities, and held items or trying to switch them out for a similar Pokemon) Registering is done in-game via the Victory Station (located in the in-game menu) under Battle Stadium located within. You will receive a Team ID when registering your team. (If you have trouble registering a team please PM me for assistance.)
9.) After every battle you are to share Team IDs with your opponent to confirm that you have been using the same team throughout the tournament.
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And there you have the rules. And to repeat the bracket style we'll be using is World Cup, as described above. No loser's bracket this time.
There will also be a variety of prizes for the top three contestants, they are as follows (to be determined):
1st Place: 50 Snag Coins, 2 Snag Emblems
2nd Place: 30 Snag Coin, 1 Snag Emblem
3rd Place: 10 Snag Coins, 1 Snag Emblem
All Non-Placing Entrants That Battle At Least Twice: 1 Snag Emblem
A new Discord rank will be given to whoever makes the most swaps through out the tournament. They will be known as the 'Factory Head' along with an additional secret prize. This is not applicable towards our champion due to their 'Champion's Advantage'. If there is a tie then there will be a tie breaking exhibition match,
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To sign up simply declare your intent to sign up below along with your Switch Friend Code so that all other entrants may add you.
When it's time to distribute Pokemon, that is the day of the 'start' of the tournament, a new thread will be made and the manner of distribution will be described them as well as all Pokemon available will be made public in honor of transparency and to assure you that Sol and myself, who are making these Pokemon, have no intention nor by revealing them have any capability of gaming our own system. Furthermore we will be choosing last as an extra layer of reassurance.
Without further delay...sign on up!
[Reminder: The next tournament after this, the Snag Cup, will take place in August if all goes well. So if you wish to plan for that ahead of time then please do. That one involves designing your own team with no gimmicks or restrictions other than just being allowed one Restricted Sparring allowed legendary Pokemon.]
2nd Place: 30 Snag Coin, 1 Snag Emblem
3rd Place: 10 Snag Coins, 1 Snag Emblem
All Non-Placing Entrants That Battle At Least Twice: 1 Snag Emblem
A new Discord rank will be given to whoever makes the most swaps through out the tournament. They will be known as the 'Factory Head' along with an additional secret prize. This is not applicable towards our champion due to their 'Champion's Advantage'. If there is a tie then there will be a tie breaking exhibition match,
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To sign up simply declare your intent to sign up below along with your Switch Friend Code so that all other entrants may add you.
When it's time to distribute Pokemon, that is the day of the 'start' of the tournament, a new thread will be made and the manner of distribution will be described them as well as all Pokemon available will be made public in honor of transparency and to assure you that Sol and myself, who are making these Pokemon, have no intention nor by revealing them have any capability of gaming our own system. Furthermore we will be choosing last as an extra layer of reassurance.
Without further delay...sign on up!
[Reminder: The next tournament after this, the Snag Cup, will take place in August if all goes well. So if you wish to plan for that ahead of time then please do. That one involves designing your own team with no gimmicks or restrictions other than just being allowed one Restricted Sparring allowed legendary Pokemon.]
