Online Tournament - Pokemon Competitive Players Here VGC

Original photo taken from The Pokemon Company's Selfie Time video
Decs Clemente has prepared P1,000 for the tournament champion in order to promote the competitive Pokemon scene in the Philippines. If you wish to participate, you will need to register first. Once the total number of registered participants reach 24-32, a Facebook group will be created for upcoming match-ups and updates.

What

• Online Tournament - Pokemon Competitive Players Here VGC

When

• Tentative date: March 25, 2017

Registration

• Click this link and fill up the registration form.
• *Pokemon Showdown account is only optional.
• *No registration fee required.

Prizes

• Champion - P1,000

Format

• VGC 2017 (explained below)

Contacts

• Decs Clemente

Pokemon VGC 2017 Format

Standard Ruleset

• All matches are played in the Doubles format.
• All Pokémon are set to Lv. 50, including Pokémon below Lv. 50.
• Players choose 4 of their 6 registered Pokémon after team preview.
• Alola PokeDex restriction: All Pokémon must have the Alola symbol (4-Leaf Clover) on their stats page indicating they were caught, bred, or received as an official gift in Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon. This means that transferred Pokemon from previous generations are not allowed.
• Species Clause: No two Pokémon on your team can share the same Pokédex number.
• Item Clause: No two Pokémon on your team can hold the same held item.
• The following items are banned: Mega Stones
• The following Pokémon are banned (all forms):

  - Cosmog
  - Cosmoem
  - Solgaleo
  - Lunala
  - Necrozma
  - Magearna
  - Ash-Greninja
  - Pokémon not captured or hatched in Sun & Moon
  

General Rules

Legitimacy

• Only legitimate copies of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon for the Nintendo 3DS are allowed in the competition.
• Please refrain from using Pokémon of questionable origin (hacked, modified, Powersaved, etc.).
• Players found to have illegal copies of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon or Pokémon that have been tampered with will be disqualified from the event and banned from future Tournaments, regardless of whether the player tampered with his or her game or received a Pokémon or item that was tampered with by someone other than the player.

Tiebreakers

Should the time limit expire before a player knocks out his or her opponent’s final Pokémon, the winner of the game is determined based on the criteria below.

I. Remaining Pokémon

1. If one player has more remaining Pokémon than the other, that player wins the game.
2. If both players have the same number of Pokémon remaining, the result of the game is determined by average percentage of HP remaining, as described below.

II. Average Percentage of HP Remaining

1. If one player’s team has a higher average percentage of HP remaining, that player wins the game.
2. If both players’ teams have the same average HP remaining, the result of the game is determined by amount of HP remaining, as described below.

III. Amount of Total HP Remaining

1. If one player’s team has a higher total HP remaining, that player wins the game.
2. If both players’ teams have the same total HP remaining, the result of the game is a tie.

Additional Rules

• The organizer(s) have a final say as regards to any complications that may occur (e.g. disconnection problems, no-shows, etc.).
• Only players who have duly accomplished the registration form for this tournament will be allowed to participate.
• Players who fail to follow the aforementioned rules will be subject to disqualification.

Spread the word! If you know other StreetPass communities who regularly hold local multiplayer sessions for 3DS games, please refer us to them!

After registering through Project StreetPass, they can then notify us of upcoming events so we can share it on our different channels. Registered venues will be added here while submitted events will be posted on this link.

Thanks!