OP largely stolen from DOU Secret Santa Thread 2020 and RBY Secret Santa Thread 2021
Secret Santa is an event in which the members of a community anonymously exchange gifts between themselves. In this particular Secret Santa, which, deep down, will work similarly to a teambuilding workshop, each person who signs up will PM me with a Pokemon or a core (I'll provide more information on this below) they'd like someone else to build a team with. Afterwards, everyone who joined the project will receive one of the aforementioned ideas and will have to build a team with it until the submission deadline. Finally, the teams will be sent to the people who requested them and this thread will be used for further discussion. Easy, isn't it? Let's get to the rules then!
General Rules:
Building deadline will be December 24th 11:59 PM GMT+1
Teams will be distributed on December 25th
DPP OU Secret Santa 2023
Secret Santa is an event in which the members of a community anonymously exchange gifts between themselves. In this particular Secret Santa, which, deep down, will work similarly to a teambuilding workshop, each person who signs up will PM me with a Pokemon or a core (I'll provide more information on this below) they'd like someone else to build a team with. Afterwards, everyone who joined the project will receive one of the aforementioned ideas and will have to build a team with it until the submission deadline. Finally, the teams will be sent to the people who requested them and this thread will be used for further discussion. Easy, isn't it? Let's get to the rules then!
General Rules:
- Secret Santa will be for DPP OU only.
- Post in to join. You must also PM me on Smogon what Pokemon / core you are requesting.
- Don't sign up if you can't guarantee that you'll be able to finish building a team in time.
- Avoid telling people what request you sent/got, as it could ruin the project's purpose.
- Please avoid requesting completely unviable Pokemon, but feel free to request outside the box. Go into this to have fun with other DPP community members while not expecting a brand new team to appear at your door.
- Each request submission should be sent to me through Smogon PM. You don't need to do it right after signing up, but if you fail to do it until the deadline then your sign up will be void. Smogon PM makes things much easier for me than messaging me on Discord or PS!
- Requests will be looked at on a case by case basis, but as long as you submit something semi reasonable, it should be fine.
- Cores are usually preferred over individual Pokemon unless one of the Pokemon is known to be hard to build around or straight up uncommon. Once again, this will be looked into on a case by case basis, and while I might not directly enforce anything, I could end up suggesting changes. A vague description such as "No Dragonite Hyper Offense" is also acceptable.
- If you want your requested Pokemon or core to have specific sets, you're allowed to mention it.
- After sign ups close, I'll use the same PM each user sent with their request in order to let them know the Pokemon or core that was assigned to them. I will also tell you who you are building for. Once you're done building, bump the PM with the end result.
- Similarly to the Pokemon/core requests, it is preferred that you keep teams viable. However, you can try to feature less common elements if you prefer it that way. Just keep in mind that the goal is not to gimp people's creativity, so feel free to go wild if it fits you best!
- A short description is appreciated, but not required.
- Don't be afraid to join just because you feel like your teambuilding skills aren't on par, this is a fun event and it can be used to improve your teambuilding skills!
- You're allowed to change requests until the sign up deadline, but I would prefer if you didn't swap too much!
- Have fun!
- Signup in this thread and PM me your core or individual Pokemon of choice through Smogon PM before 11:59 PM GMT+1 on December 17th.
- Once the signup deadline passes (December 17th), I will use the same Smogon PM to tell you the core or individual Pokemon you got. I will also tell you who you are building for.
- You have until the building deadline (11:59 PM GMT+1 on December 24th) to build your team and send it back using the same Smogon PM.
- On Christmas (December 25th), I will distribute the teams to everyone through the original Smogon PM.
Building deadline will be December 24th 11:59 PM GMT+1
Teams will be distributed on December 25th
