Hey everyone! Since every RBY tier between Ubers and ZU now sees consistent play in both individual and team tournaments, I thought it'd be fun to kick off a tournament for RBY LC and go back to a time before Little Cup existed in Stadium 2, a time when Porygon, Onix, and Scyther were not first-stage Pokemon but Pikachu and Clefairy were, a time where Dratini being the only Hyper Beam user was actually... kind of relevant. Leave behind breeding, EVs, Berry Juice, and Eviolite, and come try out a straightforward slugfest of a tier where Pokemon drop like flies! This tournament will also help determine the rulesets of future RBY LC tournaments!
Prize Split:
1st: $100
2nd: $50
If you would like to add to the prize pool, please DM me here or on Discord (Sabelette for both)!
Tournament Rules:
- Matches will be best-of-three in every round (defined as the first player to win two games; ties are not counted).
- All tournament games must be played on Pokemon Showdown!, and all replays of all tournament games must be posted.
- The matches will be played in the [Gen 1] OU format. I recommend using the following Challenge Command to prevent cheating or mistakes:
/challenge gen1ou @@@ Adjust Level = 5, -All Pokemon, +LC, +Clefairy, +Exeggcute, +Drowzee, +Gastly, +Omanyte, +Staryu, +Abra, +Poliwag, +Slowpoke, -Dragon Rage, -Sonic Boom, -Wrap, -Fire Spin
- This is a Swiss bracket with a top cut Single Elimination bracket. There will be a cap of 64 players, with anyone going 4-0 (4 players) or 3-1 (16 players) making it to top cut. The 4-0 players will effectively start the single elimination bracket with a 2-round bye as a bonus for going undefeated. The 3-1 players will play each other until only 4 players remain, then will be matched with the 4-0 players to begin top 8.
- If we get to 96 signups, the cap will be extended; top cut will be extended to top 30, with 6 4-0s and 24 3-1s; the 3-1s will play down to 6 players before proceeding as normal into an eventual 3-way finals. If we get to 128 signups, it will be top 40, with 8 4-0s and 32 3-1s and a 2-way final.
- Each round will last exactly one week, barring extensions.
- All general tournament rules and guidelines apply.
- This tournament will be played under the current RBY LC ruleset, with the intent of gauging the effectiveness of the current rules and building a playerbase to create a more balanced metagame. I intend to gauge community opinion on partial trapping, tradebacks, and sleep moves in the future via tournaments with different legalities.
- RBY Little Cup rules that are important to know:
- Dragon Rage, Sonic Boom, Wrap, and Fire Spin are banned. Clamp is not banned, and Bind cannot be learned by any LC-legal Pokemon.
- Tradeback moves are banned.
- Sleep moves are legal.
- Level looping is legal, so all Pokemon can access all of their level-up moves; this also legalizes Clefairy, which cannot be legally obtained at level 5 even with GSC Tradebacks.
- RBY LC Hub is here - sample teams do not currently exist but it has a useful list of good Pokemon to get started with.
Post "in" to sign up. Signups will be open until March 3rd at 6pm GMT-8.
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