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Player Signups | Commencement | Manager Signups
This is the Administrative Devisions and Commencement thread for GSC PL III. This thread will handle all the information that players and teams would need for the tournament. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either one of the hosts. The reward for winning this tournament is a custom avatar to be used on Pokemon Showdown.
There will be six teams in this tournament. Each team will have a manager and a co-manager. There are six slots for each team every week, and each team must have at least 8 players picked from the draft, which will be held in the Ruins of Alph room on Pokemon Showdown. The live draft will be in Snake order in regards to how teams nominate players. Each team will be given 80,000 credits with which to conduct their auction. The draft will be held when there can be representative from every team present. The Player Signups thread will be locked 24 hours before the draft.
One of the managers or co-managers for each team will be allowed to self-buy themselves. The price for self-buying will be 15,000 credits, which will be deducted pre-draft from the team's total. However, any team deciding to self-buy a manger must notify hosts at least 24 hours before the draft. If this is not done, the self-buy request will be denied.
Regarding player retentions, the cost to retain a player on their first year will be the higher of either the amount that the player went for in the last auction + 3k or a fixed price of 10k. The price to retain a player on their second year will be the amount that the player went for in the last auction + 6k. Any team deciding to retain any player from their retain pool must notify hosts at least 24 hours before the draft.
Every team will be playing every other team for the first five weeks of the tournament. For each win, a team is awarded two points. For each tie, a team is awarded one point. For each loss, a team is avoided no points. The top three teams after five weeks will move onto the playoffs. In the semifinals, the teams in second and third place will play. The winner of the semifinals will play the top ranked team in the finals.
Managers should DM one of the hosts (which host will be made clear before the deadline) to submit their lineups each week. The deadline to DM hosts with a lineup will be at the same time as the deadline for the previous round. However, DMing a host early is allowed and encouraged; the earlier the hosts get all the lineups in, the earlier they can release the next round!
At any point in the week, a team can substitute out a player from a game if they are inactive or cannot play the game due to IRL issues or a schedule that does not match up at all with their opponent. In order to make a substitution, the manager must post the substitution in the week thread, tagging the hosts, the opposing managers, and the opposing player, stating which player is being subbed out and who the substituting player is. However, a player who has been substituted out for a week cannot be substituted back into a slot in the same week. In addition, the hosts can veto any substitution if they believe the reason for substitution is to gain a 'favourable' player matchup in the OU slots, where player order matters.
There will be no trades allowed. If a bought player is inactive/cancers, they can be reported and replaced with a player from the undrafted pool of players. Hosts will have final discretion on what constitutes inactivity or cancering, and all situations will be treated on a case-by-case basis. After week 3 of the tournament, managers can still report inactive or cancering players, but they will not be allowed to pick a replacement player.
One of the managers or co-managers for each team will be allowed to self-buy themselves. The price for self-buying will be 15,000 credits, which will be deducted pre-draft from the team's total. However, any team deciding to self-buy a manger must notify hosts at least 24 hours before the draft. If this is not done, the self-buy request will be denied.
Regarding player retentions, the cost to retain a player on their first year will be the higher of either the amount that the player went for in the last auction + 3k or a fixed price of 10k. The price to retain a player on their second year will be the amount that the player went for in the last auction + 6k. Any team deciding to retain any player from their retain pool must notify hosts at least 24 hours before the draft.
Every team will be playing every other team for the first five weeks of the tournament. For each win, a team is awarded two points. For each tie, a team is awarded one point. For each loss, a team is avoided no points. The top three teams after five weeks will move onto the playoffs. In the semifinals, the teams in second and third place will play. The winner of the semifinals will play the top ranked team in the finals.
Managers should DM one of the hosts (which host will be made clear before the deadline) to submit their lineups each week. The deadline to DM hosts with a lineup will be at the same time as the deadline for the previous round. However, DMing a host early is allowed and encouraged; the earlier the hosts get all the lineups in, the earlier they can release the next round!
At any point in the week, a team can substitute out a player from a game if they are inactive or cannot play the game due to IRL issues or a schedule that does not match up at all with their opponent. In order to make a substitution, the manager must post the substitution in the week thread, tagging the hosts, the opposing managers, and the opposing player, stating which player is being subbed out and who the substituting player is. However, a player who has been substituted out for a week cannot be substituted back into a slot in the same week. In addition, the hosts can veto any substitution if they believe the reason for substitution is to gain a 'favourable' player matchup in the OU slots, where player order matters.
There will be no trades allowed. If a bought player is inactive/cancers, they can be reported and replaced with a player from the undrafted pool of players. Hosts will have final discretion on what constitutes inactivity or cancering, and all situations will be treated on a case-by-case basis. After week 3 of the tournament, managers can still report inactive or cancering players, but they will not be allowed to pick a replacement player.
Vaporized Vaporeons (Managed by Nalorium and Justamente)
Royal Raikous (Managed by Estarossa and Mystras Leoxses)
Iron Man Machamps (Managed by Mr.378 and Fear)
Tenacious Tyranitars (Managed by vani and Fantos13)
Wii Fit Wolverines (Managed by cherryb0ng and giraffefromholland)
Death Scythes (Managed by ziloXX and Raichy)
Royal Raikous (Managed by Estarossa and Mystras Leoxses)
Iron Man Machamps (Managed by Mr.378 and Fear)
Tenacious Tyranitars (Managed by vani and Fantos13)
Wii Fit Wolverines (Managed by cherryb0ng and giraffefromholland)
Death Scythes (Managed by ziloXX and Raichy)
Once decided, the full weekly schedule will be posted here. However, as of right now, we have the dates for each week and deadline.
Manager Signups - close October 23rd
Player Signups - close October 29th
Draft - will be held on October 30th
Round 1 - Goes up October 31st
Round 2 - Goes up November 7th
Round 3 - Goes up November 14th
Round 4 - Goes up November 21st
Round 5 - Goes up November 28th
Semifinals - Goes up December 5th (TBD)
Finals - Goes up December 12th (TBD)
The Semifinals and Finals of the tournament do not have their dates guaranteed, as tiebreaks may affect the dates. All round deadlines will be at 11:59 PM GMT-4 on the Sunday after dates listed. The exact time of the draft will be decided after checking the availability of the managers and the hosts.
Manager Signups - close October 23rd
Player Signups - close October 29th
Draft - will be held on October 30th
Round 1 - Goes up October 31st
Round 2 - Goes up November 7th
Round 3 - Goes up November 14th
Round 4 - Goes up November 21st
Round 5 - Goes up November 28th
Semifinals - Goes up December 5th (TBD)
Finals - Goes up December 12th (TBD)
The Semifinals and Finals of the tournament do not have their dates guaranteed, as tiebreaks may affect the dates. All round deadlines will be at 11:59 PM GMT-4 on the Sunday after dates listed. The exact time of the draft will be decided after checking the availability of the managers and the hosts.
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