OTS Pokemon TCG Pocket Arena

Info

OTS Pokemon TCG Pocket Arena is the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket 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 second Saturday of every month.

Format

• Standard Format
• Open Deck List
• Best of 1 Swiss Rounds and Best of 3 Top Cut
  • 4 Participants = Round Robin
  • 5≤8 Participants = Swiss (3 Rounds)
  • 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)
  • 33≤64 Participants = Swiss (6 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (10 points)
  • 65≤128 Participants = Swiss (7 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (13 points)
  • >129 Participants = Swiss (8 Rounds) into Single Elimination Top Cut (16 points)
• Swiss:
  • 20 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 Roan or TO Ember 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.

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.
• Rounds will not be valid until after the coin flip has happened. If you try to report a win that was made before the coin flip, you will be given a game loss. Same thing applies if your opponent is not online.

Top Cut

• You will have 5 mins to get to your rooms. Failure to do so will result in a game loss.
• Ties
  • If game 1 is a tie, mark a win for both players & the next game decides Bo3.
  • If game 2 is a tie, whoever won game 1 wins the Bo3.
  • If game 3 is a tie, replay game 3 to decide the Bo3.

Disconnections

• If you disconnect due to the app or your internet connection, you will receive a game loss. If such a thing happens before the initial coin flip, you will redo the match instead.

Slow Play

• If the time difference between both players is around 5 minutes, the one who has less time will receive a game loss.

Ties

• If both people finish a game with an in game tie and a judge call happens, that will be a tie.
• 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 Judge, 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