Beaniest Battle of the Beans #1 M-C Shiny Prizing
Organized by Bean Battles
Regulation Set M-C
Nintendo Switch

This is a tournament dedicated to create consistent event experience in par with Play!Pokemon Video Game Championship (VGC) events! We hope to run this tournament on a regular basis and help bridge the gap between Online Play and Play!Pokemon VGC! Feel free to enter the tour, have fun and play some Pokémon! The winner of our tournaments is given the Tartan Champ roll in our discord!

We are following tournament rules set out by Play! Pokémon Video Game Championships Tournament Handbook. Please familiarise yourselves with the rulebook as all rulings will be handled consistently with rules laid out in the document. If you have any questions about how the rules are applied, feel free to ping us on discord!

We would kindly request all players to open a judge call if they encounter any team errors, both for themselves or their opponent. Thank you.

Format and Rules

  • The format will be VGC Standard Rules for Regulation M-C on the Nintendo Switch and mobile!
  • Best of Three, Open Team Sheet
  • Swiss Rounds/Top Cut depents on the number of players participating, players will be informed about changes in discord.

Join our discord HERE

The Tournament structure is as below:

Players Swiss Rounds Top Cut
17-32 Players 5 Rounds Top 4 or Top 8
33-64 Players 6 Rounds X-2 or better
65-128 Players 7 Rounds X-2 or better
129-256 Players 8 Rounds X-2 or better
257+ Players 9 Rounds X-2 or better

Disconnect Rules:

If a disconnect occurs, please always try to reconnect to the game. If you have screenshot or recordings that you can provide, that will help smoothen the process

Good luck and have fun!

Tournament Structure

Swiss
5 Swiss Rounds - BO3
60 minutes per round
10 minute round check-in
8 players advance to the next phase
Top Cut
Single Elimination Bracket - BO3
untimed matches
no match check-in
Wins are worth 1 match point, ties 0