GBAtemp Tournament Week - Pokemon Sword and Shield

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With the thrilling Smash Bros Ultimate LAN Play tournament safely behind us, we continue on to the next event: Pokemon Sword and Shield![prebreak]1[/prebreak] This will be using official servers, and as such, you'll need both a copy of the game and an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription. The event kicks off tomorrow, April 6th, at 6 PM in the UK. You may be asking what time that is in your local region? To those unwilling to use a search engine, we have your backs! Click right here and you'll be taken to a countdown for the event. With $50 on the line, you won't want to miss out!

To participate, simply reply to this thread with your in-game name. When the tournament starts, I'll put together a bracket of participants, and you'll battle each other via Link Battle on the Y-Comm. To make things a bit more interesting, the rules we'll be using will be put to a vote, between 3v3 Singles and 4v4 Doubles.

Regardless of format, the following restrictions will apply:
  • All Pokémon are set to Lv. 50, including Pokémon below Lv. 50
  • Duplicate Pokémon are not allowed
  • Duplicate held items are not allowed
  • Dynamax and Gigantamax are legal with no restrictions
  • You may only use one team of Pokemon for the duration of the tournament, with no edits to this team allowed between games
Additionally, the following Pokemon are not permitted:
  • Zacian
  • Zamazenta
  • Eternatus
  • Mewtwo
  • Mew
  • Celebi
  • Jirachi
  • Reshiram
  • Zekrom
  • Kyurem
  • Keldeo
  • Solgaleo
  • Lunala
  • Necrozma
  • Marshadow
  • Zeraora
  • Melmetal
If there's any further information or clarifications wanted, by all means ask away and I'll try my best to get everybody on the same page. Don't forget there's also still time to submit your perfect Animal Crossing New Horizons home designs! Check out the main tournament thread here for more information.
 

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With the tourney having nine people now, I feel seven rounds of best of three could run on a bit long for most, so it's probably wiser to do a single elimination instead. Any objections? Bracket looks like this as things stand:

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With the tourney having nine people now, I feel seven rounds of best of three could run on a bit long for most, so it's probably wiser to do a single elimination instead. Any objections? Bracket looks like this as things stand:

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As I do believe that a BO3 is better at determining who actually deserves to move forward, I'd prefer it that way; but I completely understand if it might be too time consuming for some and don't mind single elimination :)
 

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As I do believe that a BO3 is better at determining who actually deserves to move forward, I'd prefer it that way; but I completely understand if it might be too time consuming for some and don't mind single elimination :)
Oh I mean single elimination as in if you lose your best of three, you're out. Each round would still be Bo3.

Edit: This is in oppose to a round robin, which would be seven rounds of best of three.
 
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Righty our entrants are locked in! You can find the tournament on Challonge here: https://challonge.com/gba_swordshield

Round 1 is:
Me vs @RedBlueGreen
@Darth Meteos vs @breaktemp
@phalk vs @Kinqdra
@Blue_Mew vs @Sma

To find your opponents, head online, select Link Battle in the Y-Comm, and enter a Link Code you both agree on. Make sure to verify their in-game name before committing to the battle!

The rules that should be used are Double Battle Normal Rules. This will set all Pokemon to Level 50 even if they are lower. It's down to you guys to remember to only bring four.

Every round is Best of Three, and once you've picked a team, you're stuck with it until the end of the tournament, so pick wisely!

Have fun everybody!

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@Darth Meteos

Here is my contact information :

NSwitch Name : break
Friend Code : SW-3584-5726-8593
Pkmn Shield Name : Tyramigo
Trainer Card Code : 0000-0000-Y7HH-DW

Can you reply back with your information ?
You only need to post a link code, and your in-game name to verify. The rest is unnecessary.
 
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Here is my contact information :

NSwitch Name : break
Friend Code : SW-3584-5726-8593
Pkmn Shield Name : Tyramigo
Trainer Card Code : 0000-0000-Y7HH-DW

Can you reply back with your information ?
I already added you when you made the post, my friend code is SW-0835-9387-9878 under the name ReiSixx9
But we can just do a link code, 3985
 
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