[Electric Turahk]

Welcome, one and all!

I have been meaning to for a while and am finally now getting around to properly hosting this wonderful tournament! I apologize for the delays, as I have brought it up before in the Pokémon topic, but I have been quite busy.

The name of the game is Pokémon. Specifically, we will be playing Pokémon X and Y.

First and foremost, you must sign up for this tournament. To sign up, visit this page and click "sign up."

The service we will be using for bracket management is called Challonge. You will need to make an account on the site, so please try to use the same username as the one you use here. This is assuming you do not have one already; I did, and my name, for example, is "Ektris" there. If that is the case, just post here stating your username.

After the tournament starts properly, you can find the full bracket here. Note that seeding at the moment is only temporary and is indeed based upon order of sign-up. Before it starts, it will be randomized for fairness. Use this bracket to keep track of standings and see your opponents so you know who to contact/expect contact from to arrange matches.

Let us get to the rules and regulations then...

1. The tournament will be run using double elimination. Upon the conclusion of a match, one of the participants should make a post stating the winner and number of Pokémon they had remaining (just for statistics).
2. Please keep set up and match commentary to a minimum or in private messages, just to make it easier to find results and questions in this topic.
3. Singles battle only with flat battle rules to ensure a fair playing field.
4. Absolutely no hacked Pokémon. It does not matter to me even if you only created something that is feasible given an inane amount of time spent in-game (such as a 6-IV shiny Pokémon) - it is cheap, does give an unfair advantage, and will not be tolerated. If you suspect another player of cheating, please report it via private message. Any users found to be using hacked Pokémon will be disqualified.
5. The following Pokémon are banned: Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquazza, Jirachi, Deoxys (all formes), Dialga, Palkia, Giratina (Origin and Altered), Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin (Land and Sky), Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem (all formes), Keldeo (Ordinary and Resolute), Meloetta, Genesect, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde.
6. The following Mega Evolutions are banned: Kangaskhan, Blaziken.
7. Most importantly, have fun.

Rules are entirely subject to change and open to input up to the official start of the tournament, upon which they will be considered final. Please, do give feedback as I do not know everything people will object to.

The tournament begins on Sunday, July 13.

This will largely depend on user interest. That is, how quickly people sign up and it is determined we either have an acceptable number or no more are expected to join. The sign-up page has been available for some time but the number remains small. Hopefully the count will grow faster with better exposure via a dedicated topic.

With that, let it begin! As I said before, ask any and all questions or bring up any concerns here. I do want us to all enjoy this and make it fair for everyone, so with your help that will be all the more easier.