On May 20th, 2014 the online servers that provide service for Nintendo DS and Wii games will shut down. Once that happens, the online functionality of titles like Pokémon Black & White 2, Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver, and other titles used prior to this year in the Video Game Championships will no longer work. To properly send off the last generation of titles, we’re going to hold a tournament using Pokémon Black Version 2 & White Version 2 with the VGC ’13 ruleset the weekend before the cutoff.
The tournament will begin at 12 PM Pacific (3PM EDT / 8PM BST) on Sunday, May 18th, 2014 with registration starting one hour earlier at 11:00 AM Pacific. To register, you need to post in this thread once it opens for registration at that time. Please enter the Nugget Bridge chatroom (#nuggetbridge on SynIRC) for the duration of the tournament to communicate with your opponents as well as receive communication from the tournament hosts. This does take place during the 2014 May International Challenge so we encourage players to get some of their matches for Sunday done a bit earlier in the day.
We will be using the ruleset that was used as the last World Championships:
- Players must use Pokémon Black Version 2 or Pokémon White Version 2
- All matches are played in Doubles format
- Pokemon above Level 50 will be brought down to 50 for the match while those below 50 will stay as-is
- Players choose 4 of their 6 registered Pokemon after team preview
- Species Clause: No two Pokémon can share the same Pokédex number.
- Item Clause: No two Pokémon can hold the same held item.
- The following Pokémon are banned:
- 150 – Mewtwo
- 151 – Mew
- 249 – Lugia
- 250 – Ho-Oh
- 251 – Celebi
- 382 – Kyogre
- 383 – Groudon
- 384 – Rayquaza
- 385 – Jirachi
- 386 – Deoxys
- 441 – Chatot
- 483 – Dialga
- 484 – Palkia
- 487 – Giratina
- 489 – Phione
- 490 – Manaphy
- 491 – Darkrai
- 492 – Shaymin
- 493 – Arceus
- 494 – Victini
- 643 – Reshiram
- 644 – Zekrom
- 646 – Kyurem
- 647 – Keldeo
- 648 – Meloetta
- 649 – Genesect
- The following items are banned:
- Soul Dew
- The following moves are banned:
- Dark Void
- Sky Drop
The tournament format will be best-of-one double elimination. You will not be allowed to change teams in between matches.
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