ZephyrBreezy

They’re banned because they’re legendaries, but I think I’ll allow them when I legalise the legendaries because quite frankly if someone can get one and bring it to the tournament without someone else taking it from them, they deserve to be allowed to use it lol

Well, maybe not as an Incin answer, but it's a niche strategy that gets around stuff like intimidate. I wanted to ban the legendaries mostly to see how the meta would shape up without them vs with them. It does in a way mimic the VGC bans tend to be too - instead of banning based on power level, they tend to send the entire category to the BL. For example, back in gen 8's format without restricteds, despite not being nearly as broken as Zacien, Zamazenta was also considered retricted due to its status as a restricted legendary. And who knows - if enough people want the legendaries unbanned after the first few events in this series, I might do what TPC did with last year's worlds series - opening the floodgates for more Pokémon to be legal for the world championships In regards to this too, I did consider doing this but for reasons I admittedly can't remember I ditched the idea XD

That's a fair assumption to take. That said - issues like strong pokémon having so few counters is what helps some lesser used Pokémon shine. For example, in gen 9 VGC, people have been finding ways to slow down Incineroar with Pokémon like mirror armour Corviknight. It is also in a way reminiscent of the typical view of VGC using the same few Pokémon over and over again. Unintentional, but a coincidence none the less. As I said, the legendaries will be legal in coming seasons, however for the time being they will remain banned in order to allow the metagame room to evolve as new Pokémon are legalised.

While it’s true that typical legendaries aren’t treated as restricteds I have 2 other reasons for their ban this season. the first is that even unrestricted legendary Pokémon are typically banned at first (for example, the treasures of ruin being banned from SV VGC regulation A). It pays tribute to that fact in a way. the second is that in PokeMMO, we simply don’t have any restricted legendaries available for competitive use. Sure, we have Mewtwo, Lugia and Rayquaza in the game, but with the style of how they’re obtained and held by players they simply aren’t built for a genuine competitive tournament. Since the legendaries that can be permanently owned in game are typically stronger than your run of the mill Pokémon, I’ve decided to restrict those instead once they become legal. If restricted legendaries become available to permanently own in game at any point, they will be legalised in the next season of the world championship with the restriction on normal legendaries, with those legends having their restrictions removed to become essentially the same format as gen 5 VGC. As for mythicals such as Shaymin - they will never be legal as long as they’re as difficult to obtain as shaymin is currently. However, I may host a smaller, no stakes side event at some point where there is no banlist so people can use any Pokémon.

It's to pay more tribute to the official Pokémon World Championships. Generally, the first regulation bans legendaries, however the second regulation legalises them in a restricted manner (allowing 1 or 2 legendaries per team), and I plan on doing a similar thing with this event. When I decide to do a second one of these, I will more than likely legalise the legendaries in a restricted manner. Plus, with the VGC ruleset, evasion clause is not a thing, and I don't think a single person wants to deal with Snow Cloak Articuno right now, especially after it won the Utrecht Special Event a few weeks ago in gen 9 VGC.

So it turns out the lil link thing didn't work, so here's the link https://forms.gle/5UH4WwjPL4hiaeZ19

Welcome to the (Unofficial) PokéMMO World Championships! What is the PokéMMO World Championships? The PokéMMO World Championships is a series of tournaments based off of the real world's Pokémon World Championship Series, where there is a series of pvp events all over the world for players to compete for the title of "World Champion"! The PokéMMO World Championships will be an annual competition held by ZephyrBreezy to determine the "World Champion". This series will be held in the form of "Regional Championships", one in each region. The locations and dates for each championship are as follows: - Kanto Regional Championships - Saffron City, Silph Co. Building (Ground Floor) - May 4th 3PM BST - Johto Regional Championships - Goldenrod City, Train Station - May 11th 3PM BST - Hoenn Regional Championships - Lilycove City, Museum - May 18th 3PM BST - Sinnoh Regional Championshps - Hearthome City, Contest Hall - May 25th 3PM BST - Unova Regional Championships - Nimbasa City, Big Stadium - June 1st 3PM BST - World Championships - Anville Town, Outdoors - June 15th 3PM BST The Format Battles will be in the VGC format. This means players will be allowed to have 6 Pokémon on their team, however for each battle, they may use only 4. The Preliminary rounds will be Best of 3 Swiss Rounds, with the total number of rounds being determined by how many players are in attendance. This means that all players will play a minimum of 4 rounds before potentially being knocked out of the competition. After the Swiss rounds conclude, there will be a Top 16 playoff (assuming there are a minimum of 32 players in attendance). These will once again be Bo3 Swiss rounds, with 3 rounds of Swiss. If the minimum player count is not met for a top 16 round, the tournament will jump straight to Top Cut (Top 8). Top Cut will be Bo3 Single Elimination, and will be the final section of the tournament. This means that if a player loses a set, that player is then knocked out of the tournament. The winner will be determined by the final match of Top Cut. There will be Open Team Sheets. Players will be required to submit a PokéPaste of their team up to 15 minutes before the event starts, which will be whispered to their opponent before each battle. Players may reference this team sheet at any point during the match. Players may use the Pokémon Showdown Teambuilder to build their teams. The following information must be included in the teamsheet: - Pokémon (+ form, if relevant) - Hidden Power Type (if relevant, otherwise the default Hidden Power Type is fine) - Ability - Moveset - Item The following information is Not required to be included on the teamsheet: - Nature - EVs - IVs (Note that if you have a specific Hidden Power Type, You should click the "Export to Poképaste (Open Team Sheet)" option when exporting your team to Poképaste) You must ensure that the teamsheet submitted is correct, as any Pokémon with incorrect information may not be used for the duration of the tournament. If 3 or more Pokémon have incorrect information submitted on the teamsheet, the player will be disqualified from the tournament. Players may use different teams in different tournaments, however any changes to a team may not be made for the duration of the tournament. Example teamsheet: https://pokepast.es/c9bf1f9564978883 Banlist and Clauses The following Pokémon are banned from this World Championship Series: - Articuno - Zapdos - Moltres - Mewtwo - Entei - Raikou - Suicune - Lugia - Rayquaza - Arceus - Shaymin - Keldeo If PokéMMO adds any more Legendary or Mythical Pokémon to the game during this World Championship Series, those Pokémon will be banned too. The following Clauses are also in effect for the series: - Unique Species Clause - Players may not use more than one Pokémon of the same species (for example, you may not have 2 Chanseys on the same team, however having both Chansey and Blissey is permitted). - Item Clause - No two Pokémon may hold the same item (for example, if you had a Scizor and a Garchomp, they can't both hold a Life Orb). Clauses Not in effect (that may be popular): - Sleep Clause - Evasion Clause - OHKO Clause When Setting up Battles - Make sure to change Battle type to "Doubles" - Check the "Advanced Options" Box - Ensure "Team Preview" and "Turn TImers" boxes are both checked, and that "Private Battle" is left unchecked. - Click the button next to "Active Clauses" and ensure "Unique Species" and "Unique Item" are both checked, while leaving everything else is unchecked. - Double check that everything is correct, and press "Send Request". The Rewards For Regional Championships - Top cut players will be awarded Worlds Points (WP) based on how well they did in top cut. This will be based on a combination of their Match Record (How many matches they won/lost throughout the tournament) and their resistance (how well their opponents did in the tournament). These are as follows: - 8th Place - 50 WP - 7th Place - 75 WP - 6th Place - 100 WP - 5th Place - 125 WP - 4th Place - 150 WP - 3rd Place - 200 WP - 2nd Place - 250 WP - 1st Place - Worlds Invite Players must collect 300 WP to earn themselves a place in Worlds. This is subject to change in future World Championship Series, however based on the current scale of the tournaments, this is what we're going with to give as many players spots in the World Championships as possible, For the World Championships - The Top 3 players will receive Reward Points (RP) in the form of RP vouchers, which they can do what they please with. These will be awarded as follows: 3rd Place - 500RP 2nd Place - 1000RP 1st Place - 2000RP These prizes are subject to change in future World Series events, however at the current scale of the championships, this is what we are going with. In order to allow players opportunities to gather championship points, Players may sign up for as many regional events as they wish. However, if a player qualifies for worlds, they may not compete in any further regional championships in order to allow other players a chance to qualify. The Signup Signing up for the PokéMMO World Championship series is as simple as filling out This Form! I hope to see you at some of the events!

Team Kogane [KGE] is recruiting players! Are you a PVP pro? Or maybe you're a relatively new player hoping to get into PVP? Team Kogane [KGE] is a team focused on PVP, so we might just be the team for you! Taking our name from the Japanese name for Goldenrod City, We frequently broadcast battles happening all over Pokémmo, from random get togethers from people who PVP regularly, to our own tournaments! We hope these broadcasts can help players to get into PVP, while also helping players learn the current meta for the game's PVP tiers! Looking for some PVP tournaments? [KGE] hosts many of these, with some pretty cool prizes! From PVP ready Pokémon to RP vouchers and pokéyen, there's bound to be something that catches your eye! And if you happen to get bored of the typical tournaments that people host, we have some fun tournaments with different rulesets that are sure to give you a nice refresher over the usual tiers that tournaments usually operate in! We highly encourage our players to play in PokéMMO's PVP ladder too. If a player stays in the top 100 players of a specific tier, that player can expect some cool in game rewards from us! Just DM an Admin (or higher rank) on discord with proof once every 3 weeks in order to claim your reward!(1) Also, top cutting (placing in the top 😎 an official PokéMMO tournament will warrant us to reward you, depending on your placement!(1) Current Staff Team Leader (CEO) - ZephyrBreezy Executive (Exec.) - Kaizoul Our Requirements We don't ask much of our members. Members will asked to remain active, as teams have limited spots and we want to keep our team as active as possible. So what are you waiting for? Join team Kogane [KGE] today! To join, please whisper ZephyrBreezy or Kaizoul in game! ~[KGE] (1) - evidence will be cross checked with in game information to confirm this evidence is valid

Forgot to add the link to sign up lol https://forms.gle/hmXqmD6MeJqjzfQm9

Date - February 15th, 2024 Start Time - 10pm UTC/4pm EST Prizes: 1st - Rotom with choice of 4 IVs, Nature and Moveset + 100k Pokéyen 2nd - 50k Pokéyen 3rd - 10k Pokéyen Players will be paired against each other round 1, playing in a Best of 1 round, with the Semi-Finals and Finals being Best of 3. A third place playoff will be in effect. Don't want to play in the tournament, but still want to watch some of the battles? Join the Goldenrod - Lavender Broadcasting Discord to watch the battles, commentated in a similar fashion to official events held by TPC!