OTS Pokemon VGC Arena

Info

OTS Pokemon VGC Arena is the Pokémon Video Game tournament from Project OTS! Anyone regardless of skill can play!

Schedule

It is hosted at 6:00 PM EDT (12:00 AM CEST) on the third Saturday of every month.

Format

• Regulation Set M-C
• Open Team Sheets
• Best of 3 Rounds
  • 4 Participants = Round Robin
  • 5≤8 Participants = Swiss (3 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (6 points)
  • 9≤16 Participants = Swiss (4 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (7 points)
  • 17≤32 Participants = Swiss (5 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (9 points)
  • >32 Participants = Swiss (6 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (12 points)
• Swiss:
  • 50 Minute Rounds
  • 5 Minute Check Ins
  • Wins = 3 points
  • Ties = 1 point
• Top Cut
  • Point Requirement
  • Untimed
  • No Check Ins

Rules

Prizing

In the event that there are a prize, in order to receive your prize, please join the Project OTS Discord server then DM TO Ember or TO Roan to receive directions on how to collect your prize! You will have 24 hours to collect your prize. If you don't collect it in 24 hours, your prize will be lost. If there is no explicitly mentioned prize, assume there is no prize.

Open Team Sheets

Your team sheet must include the following:

• Your Pokémon
• Your Pokémon's moves
• Your Pokémon's items
• Your Pokémon's gender
• Your Pokémon's level
• Your Pokémon's nature
• Your Pokémon's base ability
  • If your Pokémon is a Mega, provide the base form with their respective mega stone as the item

Example team sheet here: https://pokepast.es/ba787c33e48dce0c|

Rounds

• The next round will begin when everyone has finished all of their matches or when the timer runs out with a 3 minute buffer, whichever one comes first. Any matches that don't get finished will receive a tie.

Top Cut

• You will have 5 mins to get to your rooms. Failure to do so will result in a game loss.

Disconnections

• If no one Pokemon has fainted on either team and a player disconnects due to the game or their internet connection, the game will be a replay. If such a thing happens after at least one Pokemon has fainted, the disconnected player will receive a game loss.

Ties

• If both players agree and a judge call is made, it will be a tie.
• Other ties are governed by the other rules.

Late Check Ins

• If you are late to checking into your match, you will receive a match loss, no exceptions.

Sportsmanship

Please do not do the following:

• Curse out your opponent;
• Use of slurs at all;
• Cheating during the tournament;
• Using NSFW in game names;
• Being rude to any TO or Staff; or
• Intentionally delaying a game.

Doing any of those will result in a forfeit from the match, the set, or the entire tournament or will result you in a ban from the tourney or the server as a whole.