April Tournament Sign-ups: No Sleep Clause

[t3h Icy]

April FOOLS Tournament: No Sleep Clause

This'll be a small tournament while the anniversary tournament is still going on. Essentially this will play like OU, just without Sleep Clause, so we don't forget how to play OU after, lol.

While Sleep will definitely be abused, I believe there would be a lot more depth to it since Pokemon that counter Sleepers will become common and Sleep moves are very luck-based, so some people may not want to spam them. One thing is spamming Spore, but since Parasect is slow, you should be able to put her to Sleep first, or hit hard. However, if Parasect does get the chance to attack, it's constant Sporing and nothing can be done about it. So there is a side rule that Spore may not be used twice in a row. It's kind of awkward to have a specific rule like that, but I think it'd be the best way to handle it. Anyone that breaks this rule may be DQ'd (up to the opponent).

Format

This will be a Single-Elimination Bracket. I'm not going to put on a cap, since I don't know if our Smogon/ATQ/etc visitors want to join this as well, but if there's an unbalanced number, Byes will be given to the players who have the best tournament results recently.

All sets will be best 2 of 3, with Semis and Finals best 3 of 5. If we get a lot of entrants, I may make Quarters also best 3 of 5, but probably not.

Rules

-Mew and Mewtwo are banned
-All 6 Pokemon must be different (Species Clause)
-Freeze and Self-KO Clauses
-Sleep Clause is off
-Spore may not be used twice in a row
-Apply PP Ups
-Evasion moves (Double Team, Minimize) are banned (Evasion Clause)
-OHKO moves (Horn Drill, Fissure, Guillotine) are banned
-Wrap moves (Wrap, Bind, Clamp, Fire Spin) are banned
-Both players may change teams after each battle

Entrants

Sign-ups will close the evening of April 2nd.

1. t3h Icy
2. WaterWizard
3. Isa
4. DragonAura
5. Posthuman
6. KiNGskruffi
7. Consumptus
~8. LucasBM
9. Garrin Red
10. Raichu
11. Jorgen

[t3h Icy]

Oh you whore. =P But this is an actual tournament and not just an April 1st joke.

[WaterWizard]

bahaha

[Isa]

Signing up for this.

[DragonAura]

I'll sign up.

[posthuman]

i want to do this but i might not have lots of time

[KiNGskruffi]

In

[t3h Icy]

Just a note: ATQ's server doesn't allow matches to be played with Sleep Clause off, so matches will have to take place on Harrison's server.

[t3h Icy]

And surprisingly, this isn't super super stally. There's a lot of tricks you can do, but I'll let you guys figure them out. =)

[Consumptus]

I shall sign up for this.

[LucasBM]

I'd really like to join, but i guess i won't have the time. Put me as a backup player. I'm in if you can't find a good amount of players to join.

[garrinred]

Count me in.

[Raichu]

I'd like to join.

[jorgen]

I'll jump in if y'all don't mind. This is probably going to be a very goofy tourney.