Post by The Crash Man Ω on Jun 10, 2012 18:42:49 GMT -5
Alright, the PRElympics is starting soon! And this means I might as well post some rule clarifications!
Each round of the PRElympics will last for two weeks. Don't worry, this isn't us staff calling slow posts "badwrongfun" or attempting to limit member creativity. This is just encouraging as much speed as possible so we finish before next year's summer. To make up for this, members can post nonstop until the 2-week limit. Have a two-post topic, have a TWENTY post topic, anything goes! Please don't have a two-post, though, or you'll make the staff decisions really, really hard. The timeframes for posting should be . . .
Round 1: Starts Sunday June 10th, ends Sunday June 24th.
Round 2: Starts Sunday June 24th, ends Sunday July 8th.
Round 3: Starts Sunday July 8th, ends Sunday July 22nd
Round 4: Starts Sunday July 22nd, ends Sunday August 5th
Everything will be capped off in the final rewards ceremony, where fabulous prizes will be given out! Big WEP bonuses, and maybe even some special extras, await the gold, silver, and bronze place medalists!
There are three different tournaments, as you all know, each with their own special restrictions.
Battle Tournament, teams are 6 Pokemon each. These 6 are your team for the whole tournament, to make things fair for those who don't have huge PCs with five billion reserve Pokemon.
Your first Pokemon for the round is out with you at the start of the topic so you can switch to the carnage, but feel free to switch out whenever you want! The exception to this is at the exact start of the battle, so that you have at least enough time to work with the hand you've been dealt.
Brackets are in traditional bracket format. Two trainers enter, one trainer leaves . . . then the other trainer is crowned the winner and moves on to the next round. The only exception to this are the losers of Round 3, who get to fight over third place during Round 4.
Contests are an appeal from one Pokemon each round. Each round must use a different Pokemon for the appeal, so 4 are needed at minimum. The first post from every member must contain an appeal, and if there is still time to post you can try to mess with other Pokemons' appeals.
Rounds 1 and 2 are straight-up appeals, but Round 3 and 4 are contest battles instead. Imagine a normal battle, but with one Pokemon each and a bigger emphasis on style! If you battle very well but very plainly, contest judges will not be pleased.
Contest brackets are handled differently from battle brackets. For rounds 1 and 2 approximately half of the competitors from each round are chosen to advance, while rounds 3 and 4 are handled identically to battle brackets.
Finally, the Pokeathlon! We have 10 amazing events that Bulabapedia knows way better than I do. With 3 Pokemon on the field at once per trainer, 4 trainers commanding their teams, and one objective they all want to complete, we're bound to see total chaos!
Control your three, mess with the other nine, and hope that in the end you've done more sports than the other people. Not much to explain here.
Pokeathlon brackets rely on having as many people as possible, so the top two contestants from each round advance to Round 2. This continues into Round 3, which will be one battle of the 4 best competitors. Finally, Round 4 will be two "grudge matches" between the finalists and runners up of Round 3, putting aside chaos for more focused battles to pick 1st and 3rd places.
Thank you for your time, and lets hope we can make this the best PRElympics there'll ever be!
Each round of the PRElympics will last for two weeks. Don't worry, this isn't us staff calling slow posts "badwrongfun" or attempting to limit member creativity. This is just encouraging as much speed as possible so we finish before next year's summer. To make up for this, members can post nonstop until the 2-week limit. Have a two-post topic, have a TWENTY post topic, anything goes! Please don't have a two-post, though, or you'll make the staff decisions really, really hard. The timeframes for posting should be . . .
Round 1: Starts Sunday June 10th, ends Sunday June 24th.
Round 2: Starts Sunday June 24th, ends Sunday July 8th.
Round 3: Starts Sunday July 8th, ends Sunday July 22nd
Round 4: Starts Sunday July 22nd, ends Sunday August 5th
Everything will be capped off in the final rewards ceremony, where fabulous prizes will be given out! Big WEP bonuses, and maybe even some special extras, await the gold, silver, and bronze place medalists!
There are three different tournaments, as you all know, each with their own special restrictions.
Battle Tournament, teams are 6 Pokemon each. These 6 are your team for the whole tournament, to make things fair for those who don't have huge PCs with five billion reserve Pokemon.
Your first Pokemon for the round is out with you at the start of the topic so you can switch to the carnage, but feel free to switch out whenever you want! The exception to this is at the exact start of the battle, so that you have at least enough time to work with the hand you've been dealt.
Brackets are in traditional bracket format. Two trainers enter, one trainer leaves . . . then the other trainer is crowned the winner and moves on to the next round. The only exception to this are the losers of Round 3, who get to fight over third place during Round 4.
Contests are an appeal from one Pokemon each round. Each round must use a different Pokemon for the appeal, so 4 are needed at minimum. The first post from every member must contain an appeal, and if there is still time to post you can try to mess with other Pokemons' appeals.
Rounds 1 and 2 are straight-up appeals, but Round 3 and 4 are contest battles instead. Imagine a normal battle, but with one Pokemon each and a bigger emphasis on style! If you battle very well but very plainly, contest judges will not be pleased.
Contest brackets are handled differently from battle brackets. For rounds 1 and 2 approximately half of the competitors from each round are chosen to advance, while rounds 3 and 4 are handled identically to battle brackets.
Finally, the Pokeathlon! We have 10 amazing events that Bulabapedia knows way better than I do. With 3 Pokemon on the field at once per trainer, 4 trainers commanding their teams, and one objective they all want to complete, we're bound to see total chaos!
Control your three, mess with the other nine, and hope that in the end you've done more sports than the other people. Not much to explain here.
Pokeathlon brackets rely on having as many people as possible, so the top two contestants from each round advance to Round 2. This continues into Round 3, which will be one battle of the 4 best competitors. Finally, Round 4 will be two "grudge matches" between the finalists and runners up of Round 3, putting aside chaos for more focused battles to pick 1st and 3rd places.
Thank you for your time, and lets hope we can make this the best PRElympics there'll ever be!
