Welcome to the Summer Seasonal Pokémon Tournament! 

This tournament will consist of Pokémon surrounds a couple of types that stereotypically define Summer. In other words, Pokémon types that are eligible are Grass, Water, Fire, Bug and Ground. 

 

You will be using this site to create your team, and battle other competitors in this tournament in "Custom Match".

 

http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/

 

~THE WINNER IS OMEGAFORTE, AND THIS TOURNAMENT IS NOW OVER! THANK YOU FOR JOINING AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN NEXT MONTHS TOURNAMENT!~

 

~Rule and Restrictions~ 

- MUST be a Pokémon surrounding the types Grass, Water, Fire, Bug or Ground. It can be a dual type as well, like Shiftry who is a Grass/Dark type.

- If the opponent doesn't show up and doesn't battle till a certain Round deadline, then you will be promoted to the next round.

- You can use only 2 legendaries per team.

- We will use "Custom Match" when we battle in the tournament due to the restrictions in "OU", but you can use "OU" to practice against other strangers on the site.

- Be sure to tell me whether you can't battle ASAP and don't wait it out till the very end to tell me, if you do we then have to disqualify you and promote your opponent. If you are able to battle a bit after the deadline, and depending on how the tournament is going, then I will allow you to still battle.

- You must fill out the sign out sheet. 

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~Sign up Sheet~

 

Username (Your account on Pokémon Showdown):

Time Zone: 

Days Available in August (The date when to start and end the tournament is undecided until we get enough people for the tournament):

Your favourite Type in this Tournament and why! (Optional):

 

Questions (Optional):

 

Only 16 participants are allowed.

We have 16 so far, so we need 0 more.

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~Pokémon Summer Seasonal Tournament Competitors (KH13 Account/Pkmn Showdown Account/Time Zone/Days Available)~

 

 

1) Shana09 (Amelia Pond) (EST) (Any day)

2) Metal Snake (Metal Snake KH13) (AST) (Any day except August 17th and 18th AST)

3) OmegaForte (OmegaForte) (EST) (Any day)

4) Megaman X (Xaon) (Central) (Depends, might be busy later on)

5) OthersiderME (OthersiderME) (GMT-8, PST) (Any day)

6)  Ajexmi (Ajexmi) (GMT) (Any Day)

7) BitTripNano (BitTripNano) (PST) (Any day after 4 PM PST because of school)

8) Keyblade Knight (AlphArt) (UTC+10.00) (Any day)

9) joku760 (Joku760) (UTC+3.00) (Any Day except Tuesdays, also until after 14:30 - 15:30)

10) Black Star (VIIIAxel) (Mountain) (Most days after 5, Weekends work best due to school) 

11) Dave (Dave_son_of_Dave) (Mountain) (Any day)

12) Sky Heart (skyheart75) (PST) (Any day, Saturday and Sunday might be iffy but anything that isn't 12 AM - 8 AM is fine)

13) Tails (UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN)

 14) WhiteCrow  (White Crow) (GMT + 2) (All day)

15) teppo223 (teppo223) (UTC+3) (18:00 - 23:00 Everyday) 

16) Newa (Newa) (UTC+3) (Any day) 

 

Time Zone Legend:

 

AST = Arabian Standard Time (The person in this tournament are Arabian or East African) 

UTC = Universal Standard Time (Not sure, but possibly Russian or Eastern Australian) 

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (The person in this tournament are possibly European or African) 

Central = Central Standard Time (The person in this tournament are American or Canadian)

PST = Pacific Standard Time (This person is on the west coast of North America)

EST = Eastern Standard Time (This person is on the east coast of North America and the north west coast of South America)

 

Brackets:

This will be updated once we have a full set of participants and a few days before the tournament starts. Once it does, please talk to your opponent about when to battle. If you don't battle for the a lot of days and the round's due date is coming, I have to intervene.

 

 

Tournament Schedule:  

 

First Round: August 17 - August 21

Second Round: August 22 - August 26

Semifinals: August 27 - August 29

Finals: August 30

 

NOTE: If you finish your First Round match and your next opponent who you are going to battle in the Second Round has too and the deadline hasn't passed, you can battle him/her early on. This applies to ALL rounds, so if you finish early you can battle early. There are going to be due dates, you can start whenever you want.

 

~Personal Tips~

 

- Stuck on the fact that your team might be good or downright terrible? You can go down two routes! Ask a friend who is participating in the tournament or someone you know who is good at Pokémon and battle him under "Custom Match"! You should battle different teams rather than just the same one to conclude whether your team is good or not. The other route is to challenge strangers, but this could not work at all since there might be a time where OU/Ubers/etc. might not allow your Pokémon team to battle because one Pokémon has an ability unreleased or is not allowed in that tier. You do NOT have to change your Pokémon, you can just follow Route A, but just know that you could probably give your team away to your possible future opponent. Also if your team beats a good amount of opponents with different teams but lose to some others, its up to you to decide whether the team needs some tweaking or not. Remember, not every team is perfect, there are going to be walls so have some Pokémon that can take down those walls while the other Pokémon use whatever strategy you are using.

 

- Strategy has a good chance at winning. Sometimes it can even triumph over people who just put a team together for no reason. But also know that your Pokémon must be qualified for the types listed above and make sure they are strong and resilient. Strategy can come from parahaxers (Toxic/Paralysis/Flinching/Etc.), walls (People who can take many hits), Speedy Sweepers (People who are born to kill). Even Pokémon with Item-Ability combos (Toxic Orb + Poison Heal = Large amount of healing per turn), Move-Ability combos (Fire Punch + Iron Fist = Boosted Fire Punch), or even Surroundings-Ability combos (Rain + Swift Swim = Doubled Speed).

 

- If you want to go for boosting your stats but your Pokémon can't take any hits, apply Focus Sash with it. Focus Sash, if your Pokémon has full health, makes the opponents attack make your health go to 1 instead of 0. Imagine you use Shell Smash and then the opponent attacks and makes your health go to 1. You will get so much Speed, Attack, and Special Attack from that move than you'll be to sweep and attack every Pokémon. But it is all up to you! 

 

- Type disadvantage and advantage is very useful, it will work. 

 

- PRACTICE! It works like a charm! Sometimes you can get ahead with luck, but practice has a more of a chance of actually letting you win! I didn't get much practice last tournament due to some difficulties but I can assure you it will work. Sometimes luck has its ways, but if you want to win rather than getting past the first round, then practice.

 

- You can have up to 4 teams, due to we have 4 rounds. First Round, Second Round, Semifinals and Finals. 

- Switch out and make smart predictions!

 

- Don't get angry that you lose, sure you can be like "Damnit I lost" but don't take it personal and ruin it for everyone else. You can joke around, but if you are serious about it then you can't join future tournaments. 

 

Hope you enjoy the tournament! Any questions and tips and I will happily help you through this thread OR PM!

Edited August 29, 201312 yr by Shana09

Count me in.

 

Time Available:For now my Internet won't be stable enough until I come back from my trip after two days.

 

After that I'll report back that I'm available at anytime 

 

 

same time zone....same everything.

 

get ready to GET A LOAD OF THIS(Obvious Dr Eggman SA1 reference Lol)

Edited August 2, 201312 yr by Metal Snake

Count me in.

 

Time Available:For now my Internet won't be stable enough until I come back from my trip after two days.

 

After that I'll report back that I'm available at anytime 

 

And when is that trip? Are you on your trip now or at some other time?

And when is that trip? Are you on your trip now or at some other time?

I'm on my trip now and I'll be back after two days or maybe a little bit earlier.

 

Keep me signed and I'll report back as soon as I can

Same old information; name and est zone.

 

You hear that my pseudo and/or legends? I can finally use you all in a tournament! This sounds good to test out one of my teams for XY launch party.

Same old information; name and est zone.

 

You hear that my pseudo and/or legends? I can finally use you all in a tournament! This sounds good to test out one of my teams for XY launch party.

 

 

 

Grass, Water, Fire, Bug and Ground. 

 

As long as it fits in this, then yes you can. I'll update this tomorrow.

As long as it fits in this, then yes you can. I'll update this tomorrow.

Of course. It's funny how my teams happens to conside with the rules almost every time.

Question:

 

Can I include legendaries in my Team that fits with the seasonal tournament

 

Example:Suicune,Virizion,Celebi or Reshiram??

Same old information; name and est zone.

 

You hear that my pseudo and/or legends? I can finally use you all in a tournament! This sounds good to test out one of my teams for XY launch party.

 

Question:

 

Can I include legendaries in my Team that fits with the seasonal tournament

 

Example:Suicune,Virizion,Celebi or Reshiram??

 

Wait wait lets backtrack for a minute. 

I forgot a major rule here about legendaries.

Only 2 legendaries per team, we want to be fair about this. 

I'll enter. But I'm not sure if I'll be continuing through the whole thing. Maybe getting busy. But yeah. If that happens I'll let you know.

Edited August 3, 201312 yr by Megaman X

I'll enter. But I'm not sure if I'll be continuing through the whole thing. Maybe getting busy. But yeah. If that happens I'll let you know.

 

Not until I beat you. 

Not until I beat you. 

IMPOSSIBLE!!!

 

Also, glad you added the legend rule.

IMPOSSIBLE!!!

 

Also, glad you added the legend rule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't want a legendary-fest in here. 

Even though I am using 1-2 legends, you guys should get used to seeing a team with 5/6 or even full teams of it. There's a reason overused is "overused." Just my 2 cents.

 

Good luck everyone.

Even though I am using 1-2 legends, you guys should get used to seeing a team with 5/6 or even full teams of it. There's a reason overused is "overused." Just my 2 cents.

 

I know, I don't want a full team legendaries regardless in any tournament that isn't a Legendary Tournament. Since a lot of people are going to go for the legendaries. 

eh, sure, i'll join as a random thing to do.  same info as always.

and i'm pretty sure i'm not doing anything big this month

so i should be free

Edited August 3, 201312 yr by OthersiderME

I'm in! I've neglected my pokemon over the last week or so and needed the excuse to put together a new team

Aaaaaand I'm back from my trip and ready to kick ass

 

One last Question:Can I use Arceus with a GrassFireWaterGround plate???

Aaaaaand I'm back from my trip and ready to kick ass

 

One last Question:Can I use Arceus with a GrassFireWaterGround plate???

 

Yeah, you can. 

I'm in! I've neglected my pokemon over the last week or so and needed the excuse to put together a new team

 

To add, I'm in the UK time zone.... so, is that GMT or EST

 

Also, in the types allowed, does that exclude secondary types (e.g. Scizor - bug/steel - is not allowed, but a Quagsire - water/ground - is fine) or as long as one of the types is in the selection it's okay?

Edited August 5, 201312 yr by Ajexmi

To add, I'm in the UK time zone.... so, is that GMT or EST

 

Also, in the types allowed, does that exclude secondary types (e.g. Scizor - bug/steel - is not allowed, but a Quagsire - water/ground - is fine) or as long as one of the types is in the selection it's okay?

 

GMT, which is Greenwich Mean Time. 

 

 

 

 

 

~Rule and Restrictions~ 

- MUST be a Pokémon surrounding the types Grass, Water, Fire, Bug or Ground. It can be a dual type as well, like Shiftry who is a Grass/Dark type.

- If the opponent doesn't show up and doesn't battle till a certain Round deadline, then you will be promoted to the next round.

 

 

Edited August 5, 201312 yr by Shana09

Yeah, you can. 

Isn't this custom OU? Arceus is uber.

Isn't this custom OU? Arceus is uber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will be using this site to create your team, and battle other competitors in this tournament in "Custom Match".

 

 

- We will use "Custom Match" when we battle in the tournament due to the restrictions in "OU", but you can use "OU" to practice against other strangers on the site.

 

 

 

That still doesn't answer my question lol.

That still doesn't answer my question lol.

 

 

There is no "Custom OU", there is only "OU", "Custom Match" or "Custom Match (No Preview)".

The tournament is based around "Custom Match", like the past 2 tournaments. 

There is no "Custom OU", there is only "OU", "Custom Match" or "Custom Match (No Preview)".

The tournament is based around "Custom Match", like the past 2 tournaments. 

Yes, but the first one had no ubers+you said testing them out in OU. If anything, it sounds like OU with custom rules. I need to know which is it then, because if ubers are allowed, you do know everyone can simply test out there teams in ubers. 

 

Also the fact if it's ubers, then I need to make a new team asap. 

Edited August 5, 201312 yr by OmegaForte