PSL Discord Server Welcome to the General Thread of PSL Season 18. The PokeMMO Super League (PSL) is a team-based event where the best competitors face each other weekly to claim a grand prize. Players will be auction-selected by a manager and integrate a team that will aim to win the PSL crown. Once the teams are formed, the competition begins. There are two phases to the event: the regular season and the playoffs. Based on their performance during the regular round-robin season, the best teams will head into the playoff’s single elimination bracket. Each week, managers will submit a tier-based lineup of players that will face an opposing team’s lineup. Overview Divisions PSL 18 will have two divisions. The First Division D1 will be where the best players compete like in any other season. The Second Division D2 will be formed with the players that didn't make the intial auction draft. Auction The PSL Auction will be held over Discord in a private channel. Only managers and the hosts will be allowed voice and typing capabilities. All others present will be muted and act only as spectators. The draft will occur after Player Sign-ups are completed. The time will be decided by all managers and the host in order for full participation. The order of the auction will be announced at the beginning of the auction and will be determined by random chance. Managers will be provided with 100 credits each. Once a manager is called, they will have 2 minutes to select a player from the draft list. A manager may open the bid at 2 credits (minimum) or state a higher opening bid at the time of selection. Once a player is selected, other managers can bid on that player by manually typing their bid. A minimum outbid of 1 credit is mandatory, for instance a bid of 4 credits can be outbid by a 5 credits bid. Once a bid has been active without any other outbids for 20 seconds, that player will be awarded to the manager's team with the highest bid. This will be repeated in subsequent order as indicated at the beginning of the auction. Manager's must draft a minimum of 9 players and a maximum of 12 players. A manager must keep a minimum number of credits to fill their roster. Credits will be tracked by the host, but please help out as this can get messy with a live auction. Once a manager has drafted 9 players, they may "skip" their turn in the draft and no longer participate. Once they have announced this, their draft will be over and they can no longer draft any further players. For the D1 Auction, Managers will also have to buy their Manager Choice from the following selection: MC OU, MC LC, MC UU, MC UU, MC NU, MC NU, MC VGC and MC VGC. Unlike players, the opening bid for each manager choice will be at 0 credits. No player can be drafted and purposefully benched. This is not respectful nor conducive to the PSL. In the event a drafted player is unwilling or incapable of playing, the manager will be able to release that player and replace him/her with someone that wasn't drafted yet. Regular Season For D1, eight teams will compete in a seven week round robin where each team play every other team once. A team will receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. Teams will face each other in 8 tiers by sending a different representant to compete in: OU OU UU NU Dubs or VGC LC Manager Choice Manager Choice During the Auction, managers will have to buy their Manager Choice of the entire season from the following selection: MC OU / MC UU / MC UU / MC NU / MC NU / MC VGC / MC VGC / MC LC For D2, six teams will compete in a five week round robin where each team play every other team once. A team will receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. Teams will face each other in 6 tiers by sending a different representant to compete in: OU OU UU NU Dubs or VGC LC D1 and D2 Teams will be ranked from best to worse based on the following criteria: SCORE (win = 3pts / tie = 1pt / loss = 0 pt) PTS DIFF (Total number of duels won minus duels lost + bonus from offpool matches) TB (Number of duels won minus duels lost versus tied opponents) MVP Cup Between the Regular Season and the Playoffs, there will be an Off Week. During that week, the best players of each tier will compete for the MVP prize. Based on the ELO rankings of the season in each tier, there will be 3 competitors for each MVP prize: the #1 player from D1 (Player A) the #2 player from D1 (Player B) the #1 player from D2 (Player C). The 3 competitors will face each other in a mini 1 week round robin: Player A only needs to win 1 time vs Player B to get a point. Player A only needs to win 1 time vs Player C to get a point. Player B needs to win 2 times vs Player A to get a point. Player C needs to win 2 times vs Player A to get a point. Player B only needs to win 1 time vs Player C to get a point. Player C needs to win 2 times vs Player A to get a point. Whoever has the most points at the end of the MVP Cup will become the PSL 18 MVP in the tier they played. Playoffs The 4 best ranked teams of the regular season will face each other in a single elimination bracket where the #1 ranked team will face the #4 ranked team and the #2 ranked team will face the #3 ranked team. The #1 ranked team will also get to remove a tier from the lineup in which they do not wish to play resulting odd number of duels in faceoffs during playoffs. This means ties in playoffs will be impossible. Rules Scheduling Players need to contact their opponent as soon as the week start. If they are mia at the start of the week, they need to give their availability to their captain before going mia. If a player is significantly more available than their opponent, their opponent will have to be forcibly subbed out. If both players are equally available, they will both be subbed out. Extensions will be granted only in extreme circumstances. Once players agree on a specific time, they must post their scheduled battle time in the #schedule-matches discord channel thread at least 10 mins prior to the duel start. Failure to schedule properly will lead to activity decisions by the PSL Staff. Disconnections If you get disconnected during your match, do not reconnect to the game until a member of the PSL Staff allows you to do so. Upon reconnection, previously disconnected players will have only 15 seconds to link their team to pre determined PSL Staff. Based on the game situation when the disconnection occured, the PSL staff will determine if the game will be replayed or not and what are the rematch parameters. If the PSL staff do not enforce the rematch on the player, the disconnected player will be considered the loser unless his/her opponent agrees to rematch on his/her own accord. Cheating Ghosting, defined as logging into someone's account and playing as them or playing by executing orders like a puppet, is not allowed in PSL. Anyone caught ghosting or being ghosted will be banned. Coaching, defined as helping someone make their plays throught whispers, discussions, analyses, sharing calcs by assuming parameters, suggesting or evaluating options, could lead to sanctions depending on the gravity and impact of the coaching. Do not expect the host or assistants to go on witch hunts unless there is overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing. A screenshot of players in a vocal discord channel is not overwhelming evidence for instance. Timeline PSL First Division December 3rd Manager Registration December 6th Player registration December 13th Manager Registration Deadline & Manager Selection December 26th or December 27th Player Registration Deadline December 27th or December 28th Auction December 29th to February 15th Week 1 to Week 7 - Regular Season February 16th to February 22th MVP Cup February 23rd to March 8th Semi-finals & Finals - Playoffs PSL Second Division December 3rd Manager Registration December 6th Player registration December 30th Manager Registration Deadline & Manager Selection January 9th or January 10th Player Registration Deadline January 10th or January 11th Auction January 12th to February 15th Week 1 to Week 5 - Regular Season February 16th to February 22th MVP Cup February 23rd to March 8th Semi-finals & Finals - Playoffs Prizes Pokeyen Distribution 60% of the donations will go to the PSL 18 Champions 45% of the grand prize will be divided evenly among the members (players and manager) of the winning team. Another 45% of the grand prize will be divided evenly in an amount of portions equal to the amount of individual wins the team got during the season and each portion will go directly to the players that got these wins. 10% of the grand prize will go directly to the manager of the winning team 20% of the donations will go to the winning team PSL 18 Second Division 45% of the grand prize will be divided evenly among the members (players and manager) of the winning team. Another 45% of the grand prize will be divided evenly in an amount of portions equal to the amount of individual wins the team got during the season and each portion will go directly to the players that got these wins. 10% of the grand prize will go directly to the manager of the winning team. 10% of the donations will go the individuals that record duels with or without commentary PSL 18 should have a total of duels between 353 and 356 duels. If the total cash prize is 500,000,000 Pokeyen, for each recorded duels, the recorder will earn (10% x 500,000,000 Pokeyen) / [353, 356] duels ≈ 141,643 Pokeyens/duel 10% of the donations will go for MVP Prizes 2% will go to the OU MVP 2% will go to the UU MVP 2% will go to the NU MVP 2% will go to the VGC MVP 2% will go to the LC MVP Kyu OTs MVPs will be allowed to transform one of their own mon (non shiny/non alpha/no rare particle) into an Untradable Kyu OT. Spoils of War During the Regular Season, the MVP Cup or the Playoffs, if a player beats an opponent who eventually earns a pokeyen prize as Champion or as MVP, that player will steal 3% of their opponent eventual earnings. Every win (even activity wins) could matter even if your team is out. If Player A should earn 18M as PSL Champion + MVP, but lost to Player B and C throughout the event, this means Player A will actually earn 16,920,000 Pokeyen, Player B will earn 540,000 Pokeyen and Player C will earn 540,000 Pokeyen. IGN for Donations: SuperLeague Donations are necessary for the event to be successful. If you are interested in supporting PSL 18, you can donate to the IGN: "SuperLeague". If don't have any money to donate, but still want to support PSL, items and/or comps donations are also greatly appreciated. PSL Staff If you wish to help out as PSL Staff, please contact me. PSL Staff members will not be allowed to participate as players or managers.