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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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eating your pants in the first round pretty much means that you'll be able to adapt in round 2
it's round 3 that's interesting, can you adapt to the adaptation?!

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breaktemp said:
Looks like the losers-brackets are being updated.
Who am I battling next ?
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i mean...
proabably @Something whatever, he seems to be taking a hard battle
no offense, man
 
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breaktemp said:
Ha ha, well it is all about the 50% chance ^_^"
Keep the momentum strong into the next round !
Too bad we can not spectate battle in Sword & Shield ?
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I got beat because Crunch got a defense drop on my Corsola
I played loosely, too, I could have been conservative but I wasn't

This will be... rectified.
 
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Yeah, lost to the same move in my last match.
The Crit' might have mattered, but it was a great match.
Might have to teach my pokemon the move "Protect" for double battles.
Also, would be nice to do tournaments like this monthly
This has been a lot of fun !!
 
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