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The official website
List of people going to each event
6/20 Paris Tournament links:
The final European tournament took place with Honchkrow taking first and winning a trip to compete at the Worlds in San Diego. Nationals are this weekend, and with Smogon winning 5 of the 6 regionals and a few other prize winners we are primed to do well. If you are competing good luck and make Smogon proud (and try not to face eachother during the swiss rounds)!
Paris Finals
6/13 Nashville and Berlin Tournament links:
The second of the European tournaments took place with drug_duck taking the top prize which includes a trip to the world championships in San Diego. The final Euro tournament is this weekend, with the Nationals the following weekend, good luck to everyone going!
Nashville Finals
Berlin Finals
tad38's Nashville Warstory (Observer)
drug_duck's Berlin Warstory (Winner)
3,14159's Berlin Warstory (Participant)
6/6 Philly Tournament links:
The largest tournament by far of the VGC, 600+ people showed up including a large number of Smogoners, with most of them being turned away, however despite the setback, Pokethan nabbed first place (Smogon's 4th straight victory) and VashTheStampede got second. Congrats to those two and good luck to the Nashville and Berlin participants this weekend.
Philly Finals
TTS' Warstory (Observer)
Pokethan's Warstory (Winner)
Jonathan's Warstory (Participant)
sandman's Warstory (Participant)
Mosquitox216's Warstory (Observer)
5/30 London and Dallas Tournament links:
The first of the European tournaments took place today with UltimateUnknown taking first, and Wichu's brother claiming the top spot in the Junior division. The Dallas tournament also happened today with Alakapimp and NestW both earning trips to St. Louis.
Dallas Finals
London Finals
Kinnea's London Warstory (Participant)
Akira_SquirtleSquad's London Warstory (Participant)
Havak's London Warstory (Participant)
Tyler422's Dallas Warstory (Participant)
Captain K.'s Dallas Warstory (2nd Place)
Alakapimp's Dallas Warstory (Winner)
5/23 Phoenix Tournament links:
Today, just over 200 people showed up at the Phoenix Convention Center to take part in the continuation of the Video Game Championship Series. The battles were intense, but yours truly emerged victorious and earned a trip to the Video Game Nationals in St Louis. Congrats to me, and good luck to everyone participating in London and Dallas this upcoming weekend.
Finals
zerowing's Warstory (Winner)
OmegaDonut's highlights (Participant)
5/16 San Francisco Tournament links:
On May 16 nearly 300 Pokemon trainers showed up in San Francisco ready to battle including our very own Siddarth and batpig, who both placed in the top 4, Siddarth placing 3rd and batpig winning the whole tournament. Congrats to Siddarth and batpig for a great showing, and once again good luck to everyone participating this weekend in Phoenix!
Finals
batpig's Warstory (Winner)
Siddarth's Warstory (3rd Place Tie)
5/9 Seattle Tournament links:
Upwards of 200 people showed up to the Seattle Tournament on May 9, with our very own Diesel placing second and winning a trip to the Nationals in St Louis. Congrats Diesel, and good luck to everyone who plans on playing in San Francisco this weekend!
Finals
Diesel's Warstory (2nd Place)
Ultimadra's Warstory (Participant)
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Dates:
May 9: Seattle, Washington
May 16: San Francisco, California
May 23: Phoenix, Arizona
May 30: Dallas, Texas
June 6: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 13: Nashville, Tennessee
June 27: St. Louis, Missouri
August 14: San Diego, California (Worlds Invite Only)
Additionally there are several European tournaments:
May 30: London, United Kingdom
June 13: Berlin, Germany
June 20: Paris, France
Show up at a Pokémon Video Game tournament ready to play! Don't forget to bring these important items when you arrive at an official event.
Rules can be read here
______________________Pre-April 8 Things_________________________
/edit: If you want to make a team, post a well thought out thread in the RMT section and just post a link to it in here. This way, you can get your team fully rated and I can make sure people aren't trying to post sub-standard RMTs while trying to bypass the RMT forum rules. - Obi
NEWS UPDATE 2/20 The 2009 Video Game Showdown has been officially announced for the United States and Europe, you can read the announcement here. The rules that have been revealed are what we pretty much knew already, Double Cup, Level 50 limit, and each competitor must use Platinum. Look for new updates in the coming weeks.
PLEASE READ: Do not make this topic a debate about "cheating" or what you think the hack checkers can check, stay on topic and discuss VGS strategies or any info that gets revealed in the future. Basically don't mention Pokesav, Pokesav breeding, AR codes, or how to beat hack checks, or you will be infracted from this point forward. Stay on topic and do not discuss trying to "beat" hack checks here on Smogon.
With the 2008 Pokemon Video Game Showdown in the books and next years tournament looming, I've decided to make a new thread for discussion of the 2009 Showdown and a wrap up of the 2008 Showdown. Original thread here.
First info on the 2009 Showdown:
The tournament is currently going on in Japan, with rules similar to last year. Seems to be a Platinum only affair, but if someone can confirm this please do. There is an updated ban list, with a few things added and a few things removed, most notably Heatran, Dragonite and Rotom.
The rules are still 2vs2 Double Cup and if you would like to check out the Japanese website its here. There is no word on any US, Canadian, etc tournament as of yet. This post will be updated as news comes in.
Japanese Qualifier Results:
Hyogo Finals - Rain Dance Team
Hyogo Champion vs Challenger
Kagoshima Semi-Finals - Trick Room Team
Miyagi Finals - OU Pokemon
Saitama Finals - OU Pokemon
Tokushima/Chiba Winning Teams
Fukuoka Winning Team
Shizuoka/Nigata Winning Teams
Yamaguchi/Nagano Winning Teams
Ishikawa/Wakayama/Iwate/Yamanashi/Shimane/Ehime Winning Teams
Osaka/Toyama/Kochi/Kumamoto Winning Teams
Tochigi/Aichi/Oita/Hiroshima
Mie/Kagawa/Miyazaki Winning Teams
Kanagawa/Tokyo/Gunma/Okayama/Nara Winning Teams
Tokyo/Gifu Winning Teams
Thanks to micuat for all the info related to tournaments in Japan.
List of people going to each event
6/20 Paris Tournament links:
The final European tournament took place with Honchkrow taking first and winning a trip to compete at the Worlds in San Diego. Nationals are this weekend, and with Smogon winning 5 of the 6 regionals and a few other prize winners we are primed to do well. If you are competing good luck and make Smogon proud (and try not to face eachother during the swiss rounds)!
Paris Finals
6/13 Nashville and Berlin Tournament links:
The second of the European tournaments took place with drug_duck taking the top prize which includes a trip to the world championships in San Diego. The final Euro tournament is this weekend, with the Nationals the following weekend, good luck to everyone going!
Nashville Finals
Berlin Finals
tad38's Nashville Warstory (Observer)
drug_duck's Berlin Warstory (Winner)
3,14159's Berlin Warstory (Participant)
6/6 Philly Tournament links:
The largest tournament by far of the VGC, 600+ people showed up including a large number of Smogoners, with most of them being turned away, however despite the setback, Pokethan nabbed first place (Smogon's 4th straight victory) and VashTheStampede got second. Congrats to those two and good luck to the Nashville and Berlin participants this weekend.
Philly Finals
TTS' Warstory (Observer)
Pokethan's Warstory (Winner)
Jonathan's Warstory (Participant)
sandman's Warstory (Participant)
Mosquitox216's Warstory (Observer)
5/30 London and Dallas Tournament links:
The first of the European tournaments took place today with UltimateUnknown taking first, and Wichu's brother claiming the top spot in the Junior division. The Dallas tournament also happened today with Alakapimp and NestW both earning trips to St. Louis.
Dallas Finals
London Finals
Kinnea's London Warstory (Participant)
Akira_SquirtleSquad's London Warstory (Participant)
Havak's London Warstory (Participant)
Tyler422's Dallas Warstory (Participant)
Captain K.'s Dallas Warstory (2nd Place)
Alakapimp's Dallas Warstory (Winner)
5/23 Phoenix Tournament links:
Today, just over 200 people showed up at the Phoenix Convention Center to take part in the continuation of the Video Game Championship Series. The battles were intense, but yours truly emerged victorious and earned a trip to the Video Game Nationals in St Louis. Congrats to me, and good luck to everyone participating in London and Dallas this upcoming weekend.
Finals
zerowing's Warstory (Winner)
OmegaDonut's highlights (Participant)
5/16 San Francisco Tournament links:
On May 16 nearly 300 Pokemon trainers showed up in San Francisco ready to battle including our very own Siddarth and batpig, who both placed in the top 4, Siddarth placing 3rd and batpig winning the whole tournament. Congrats to Siddarth and batpig for a great showing, and once again good luck to everyone participating this weekend in Phoenix!
Finals
batpig's Warstory (Winner)
Siddarth's Warstory (3rd Place Tie)
5/9 Seattle Tournament links:
Upwards of 200 people showed up to the Seattle Tournament on May 9, with our very own Diesel placing second and winning a trip to the Nationals in St Louis. Congrats Diesel, and good luck to everyone who plans on playing in San Francisco this weekend!
Finals
Diesel's Warstory (2nd Place)
Ultimadra's Warstory (Participant)
________________________________
Dates:
May 9: Seattle, Washington
May 16: San Francisco, California
May 23: Phoenix, Arizona
May 30: Dallas, Texas
June 6: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 13: Nashville, Tennessee
June 27: St. Louis, Missouri
August 14: San Diego, California (Worlds Invite Only)
Additionally there are several European tournaments:
May 30: London, United Kingdom
June 13: Berlin, Germany
June 20: Paris, France
Show up at a Pokémon Video Game tournament ready to play! Don't forget to bring these important items when you arrive at an official event.
- A North American copy of Pokémon™ Platinum Version for the Nintendo DS™
- A team of legal Pokémon per the Tournament Regulations
- A completed Team Information Sheet
- Proof of age
- Registrants wishing to receive Shiny Milotic are encouraged to bring their own Nintendo DS. Shiny Milotic will only be distributed to tournament registrants, and only one Shiny Milotic will be available per person.
Rules can be read here
Code:
[B]Banned[/B]
150 – Mewtwo
151 – Mew
248 – Tyranitar
249 – Lugia
250 – Ho-Oh
251 – Celebi
382 – Kyogre
383 – Groudon
384 – Rayquaza
385 – Jirachi
386 – Deoxys
479 – Rotom
483 – Dialga
484 – Palkia
487 – Giratina
489 – Phione
490 – Manaphy
491 – Darkrai
492 – Shaymin
[B]Banned Items [/B]
Soul Dew
[B]Banned Moves[/B]
Judgment
/edit: If you want to make a team, post a well thought out thread in the RMT section and just post a link to it in here. This way, you can get your team fully rated and I can make sure people aren't trying to post sub-standard RMTs while trying to bypass the RMT forum rules. - Obi
NEWS UPDATE 2/20 The 2009 Video Game Showdown has been officially announced for the United States and Europe, you can read the announcement here. The rules that have been revealed are what we pretty much knew already, Double Cup, Level 50 limit, and each competitor must use Platinum. Look for new updates in the coming weeks.
PLEASE READ: Do not make this topic a debate about "cheating" or what you think the hack checkers can check, stay on topic and discuss VGS strategies or any info that gets revealed in the future. Basically don't mention Pokesav, Pokesav breeding, AR codes, or how to beat hack checks, or you will be infracted from this point forward. Stay on topic and do not discuss trying to "beat" hack checks here on Smogon.
With the 2008 Pokemon Video Game Showdown in the books and next years tournament looming, I've decided to make a new thread for discussion of the 2009 Showdown and a wrap up of the 2008 Showdown. Original thread here.
First info on the 2009 Showdown:
The tournament is currently going on in Japan, with rules similar to last year. Seems to be a Platinum only affair, but if someone can confirm this please do. There is an updated ban list, with a few things added and a few things removed, most notably Heatran, Dragonite and Rotom.
The rules are still 2vs2 Double Cup and if you would like to check out the Japanese website its here. There is no word on any US, Canadian, etc tournament as of yet. This post will be updated as news comes in.
Japanese Qualifier Results:
Hyogo Finals - Rain Dance Team
Hyogo Champion vs Challenger
Kagoshima Semi-Finals - Trick Room Team
Miyagi Finals - OU Pokemon
Saitama Finals - OU Pokemon
Tokushima/Chiba Winning Teams
Fukuoka Winning Team
Shizuoka/Nigata Winning Teams
Yamaguchi/Nagano Winning Teams
Ishikawa/Wakayama/Iwate/Yamanashi/Shimane/Ehime Winning Teams
Osaka/Toyama/Kochi/Kumamoto Winning Teams
Tochigi/Aichi/Oita/Hiroshima
Mie/Kagawa/Miyazaki Winning Teams
Kanagawa/Tokyo/Gunma/Okayama/Nara Winning Teams
Tokyo/Gifu Winning Teams
Thanks to micuat for all the info related to tournaments in Japan.