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

Discord

• You much join the Project OTS Discord Server to participate in this event. This is for easier communication between the Judges/Organizers and the players. If you are registered and you are not in the server, you will be dropped for that event.

Password

• This tournament contains a password. Please join the Project OTS Discord Server to get the password. Joining then leaving just for the password will be an automatic forfeit.
• To get the code, you need to pick up the OTS Pokemon VGC Arena role upon joining the server and look in #vgc-intercom for the password

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.

-# Side note: A lot of the rules are derivatives of Umbreon99's Aura Sphere's tournaments