cohosted by the great Disjunction
Welcome to the wonderful, annual NU seasonal format, the NeverUsed League. This year, between a combination of Pokemon Showdown usage errors and general complications, there were several delays in the release of the NU tier. As a result, the traditional format for NU League would have taken too much time and pushed us off schedule for next year's schedule for NU tournaments. In addition, we would have struggled to make any meaningful impact on the upcoming Smogon Championship.
As a result, we have decided to host an equally competitive format in a much shorter amount of time. This is the NU League Express, a two stage tournament that divides players into groups in a round robin best of one series to determine the best in each group. The best players from each group will move on to a 32-man, single elimination, best of three bracket.
Round 2
HJAD vs. p2
Gunner Rohan vs. meepsvictory
Quite Quiet vs. Fardin
HANTSUKI vs. PursuitOfHappiny
zben vs. Robert Alfons
Megazard vs. Confide
Finchinator vs. Real FV13
Jarii vs. FLCL
As a result, we have decided to host an equally competitive format in a much shorter amount of time. This is the NU League Express, a two stage tournament that divides players into groups in a round robin best of one series to determine the best in each group. The best players from each group will move on to a 32-man, single elimination, best of three bracket.
Rules and Such
A couple of things to note:
Smogon Battling rules:
A couple of things to note:
- All challenges must be made with the NU format.
- All matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!
Smogon Battling rules:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two (2) of the same species of Pokemon on their team, based on National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffings on his or her team.
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokemon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokemon
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot increase their Pokemon's evasion stat with a move that specifically increases evasion. Items or indirect boosts do not break this clause.
- OHKO Clause: A player cannot use a move that has a chance of instantly KOing an opposing Pokemon. For example, Horn Drill or Sheer Cold are illegal moves.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Self-KO Clause: If a player uses a recoil move to cause a draw, that player wins. If a player uses Explosion, Selfdestruct, Destiny Bond, or Perish Song to cause a draw, that player loses. If a draw would be caused by a hold item or ability that causes recoil to the opponent, the player that controls the Pokémon with the hold item or ability wins. (This clause helps determine the winner of what would be called a tie in DPPt. Later generations do not apply this clause, because their cartridge mechanics will prevent ties from happening.)
- Endless Battle Clause: A player cannot use a combination of items / moves / abilities to force a game that will never end (example: Recycle / Leppa Berry / Heal Pulse, etc).
Round 2
HJAD vs. p2
Gunner Rohan vs. meepsvictory
Quite Quiet vs. Fardin
HANTSUKI vs. PursuitOfHappiny
zben vs. Robert Alfons
Megazard vs. Confide
Finchinator vs. Real FV13
Jarii vs. FLCL
The deadline for this round will be Friday, September 16, at midnight EDT.
All battles are Best Of Three and all replays must be saved and either sent to me privately or posted in the thread
[/USER]All battles are Best Of Three and all replays must be saved and either sent to me privately or posted in the thread
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