Hey everyone! It's time for another RBY Little Cup tournament and one that should provide an interesting contrast from the prior format, as this one has Tradeback moves legal and sleep moves banned! Come take a trip back in time to when Pikachu was LC, Porygon was not, and items were things in your bag that you couldn't use in a Link Battle. Leave behind EVs, Berry Juice, and Eviolite, and come try out a straightforward slugfest of a tier where Pokemon drop like flies! This tournament will also help determine the rulesets of future RBY LC tournaments! $50 prize to the winner, potentially subject to increase depending on signups!
Tournament Rules:
- Matches will be best-of-three in every round (defined as the first player to win two games; ties are not counted).
- All tournament games must be played on Pokemon Showdown!, and all replays of all tournament games must be posted.
- The matches will be played in the [Gen 1] Tradebacks OU format. I recommend using the following Challenge Command to prevent cheating or mistakes and to ensure your teams validate correctly, as all levelup moves are legal via both level looping and tradebacks rules. Your game will automatically be counted as a loss if you choose to forgo this challenge code and end up breaking some legality rule, such as using a banned move or Pokemon.
- This is a Swiss bracket with a top cut Single Elimination bracket. There will be a cap of 64 players, with anyone going 4-0 (4 players) or 3-1 (16 players) making it to top cut. The 4-0 players will effectively start the single elimination bracket with a 2-round bye as a bonus for going undefeated. The 3-1 players will play each other until only 4 players remain, then will be matched with the 4-0 players to begin top 8. If we get enough signups for a 128 person bracket, it will be top 40, with 8 4-0s and 32 3-1s, again with a 2-round bye for 4-0s into a top 16.
- Each round will last exactly one week, barring extensions.
- All general tournament rules and guidelines apply. Please note one specific section I want to emphasize below; poor sportsmanship may result in removal from the tournament in addition to any infractions you would otherwise get for poor sportsmanship or insulting others. We're here to have fun, lets keep things fun for everyone!
- Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.
- Prize will be paid out via Paypal, Steam giftcard, or something similar that works in the winner's country; I'm providing the prize myself.
- RBY Little Cup rules that are important to know:
- Dragon Rage, Sonic Boom, Wrap, and Fire Spin are banned. Clamp is not banned, and Bind cannot be learned by any LC-legal Pokemon.
- Level looping and tradebacks are legal, so all Pokemon can access all of their level-up moves.
- In this tournament, sleep moves are banned and tradeback moves are legal. Potentially notable tradeback moves include (don't kill me for anything below being bad, I am trying to be pretty comprehensive):
- Elemental punches on Abra/Drowzee/Mankey/Machop/Grimer
- Quick Attack on Doduo
- Low Kick on Ponyta/Doduo
- Double Kick on Ponyta
- Agility on Magnemite/Voltorb
- Counter on Sandshrew/NidoranM
- Hydro Pump on Goldeen/Dratini
- Amnesia on NidoranM/Clefairy/Meowth/Drowzee/Krabby
- Screech on Rattata/Shellder/Cubone/Koffing
- Barrier on Abra/Shellder
- Swords Dance on Cubone/Goldeen
- Confuse Ray on Staryu
- Headbutt on Eevee
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If you need any help with the ruleset or have questions, feel free to reach out to me here or on Discord (@Sabelette).
Post "in" to sign up. Signups will be open until March 16th at 6pm GMT-7. First come first serve in the case that we have just over 64 signups and anyone beyond becomes a sub, but I will extend the bracket if we have a decent number of signups beyond 64!
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