Cutstuff Showdown League

[Orange juice :l]

Well, people wanted it, so...

Challenger Paste: Under Construction
League Channel: Under Consideration

What is a Showdown League?
Leagues on Showdown are player run, unofficial groups that pose a challenge akin to those in the main series games. Most (including ours) are Monotype, mirroring the games further. And hey, if you win, you might just find yourself as champion of that league.

Where do we fall into this?
People wanted to try it out, so here we are. We'll need a plethora of leaders and E4 members, so even if you're not sure how well you'll do, give it a shot! Once we get established, I'll look into getting an official channel on the Frost server. If we do end up getting one, Leaders and E4 will be expected to at least idle there and check for challengers occasionally.

Legal Mumbo Jumbo:

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The league is currently, as of 12/9/13, private to Cutstuff. We will only be taking applications for Leaders and E4 until the league has reached a reasonable size, at which point Cutstuff-based challenges will be accepted. After a popular vote of preparedness, we'll open the league to the public and seek a special chatroom on Frost Server, and perhaps a Weebly site [the general norm for PS Leagues]

Role as a Gym Leader will be based on seniority. You can only be kicked as a Leader through inactivity, significant poor sportsmanship, or resignation. Role as Elite Four will be entirely based on merit of skill, but you only risk being replaced by a current Gym Leader. In short, be better than the gym leaders. Leader replacements of E4 members will come as a case by case basis.

Players may not challenge the Elite four until they have beaten all Gym Leaders. Challengers may change their teams between Leader fights, but must keep the same species for all E4 fights in a row. Leaders only have to accept one challenge per hour while online, and may not be rechallenged by the same person for 48 hours after defeating them, unless they are the final leader left to challenge, in which case the period is reduced to 24 hours. All E4 members must be defeated without losing, else the challenge will restart. You must wait 24 hours to restart an E4 challenge.

Gym leaders and E4 members may change their team species at any time. Changing their type will require advance notice. Champions must use the team they used to beat the E4 and no other.

Current Gym Leaders may challenge the League at any time. Once they have beaten all other Gym Leaders, they may challenge the E4 as usual. An E4 member must defeat all Gym Leaders, then defeat the other E4 members plus the Gym Leader to be promoted in case the E4 challenger is crowned champion.

A champion will be crowned once a challenger has defeated all Gym Leaders, defeated all E4 members without losing and using the same team, and using that same team to defeat the current Champion (if applicable). Upon the declaration of a new Champion, the previous champion will no longer be a league member, but will automatically be offered the first E4 or Leader spot that may open in the future. Additionally, they are free to re-challenge the league.

Matches will be played in the Pokebank OU tier following all official Showdown banlists (taken from Smogon). Additionally, Leaders and E4 are subject to Monotype rules. All Gen 6 content is free to use unless otherwise banned (looking at you, Gengarite)

To elaborate on Monotype rules, all teams must have one type common between all Pokemon upon the beginning of the match. Examples:
Meloetta is legal on mono Psychic teams and illegal on mono Fighting teams at all times, even if Relic Song is used.
Rotom is legal on mono Ghost, while Rotom-W is not.
Color Change, Protean, Trick or Treat, etc. have no bearing on the Monotype restrictions.

Signup Info:

Showdown Name: [Alts will be accepted, as long as you do League business on this alt]
Role [Leader/Challenger/E4]:
Type: [No duplicates between leaders, no duplicates between E4.]
Qualifying Information [Needed for E4 only. Include past and present rankings, have you won any tournaments, post an import of your team, etc. Currently, the only requirement for E4 is an OU Monotype or Pokebank OU 1600 ACRE with a devation below 130, but this is very lenient. The Deviation has been changed as sub 100 deviation requires upwards of ~20-25 matches, which is currently not viable on the limited Gen 5 OU Monotype ladder. These rankings will be accepted if they are on your alt account. If you feel you are more fit for the position, please make it known.]:

The Current League:

GYM LEADERS:

Galactan
Fighting
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

Doctor Freeman
Water
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

Korrby
Ghost
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

Ceridran
Bug
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

SmashBroPlusB
Fairy
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

ELITE FOUR:

CommunistMage
Electric
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

King Dumb
Normal
Wins: 0 Losses: 0

[Galactan]

Showdown Name: Galactan
Role [Leader/Challenger/E4]: Leader
Type: Fighting

[Korby]

Rotom is legal on mono Ghost, while Rotom-W is not.

You monster.

[Orange juice :l]

Smogon's rules not mine

[Dr. Freeman]

I'd probably prefer being a gym leader because I'm not super great so it wouldn't be super hard for challengers to get a badge or something.

Showdown Name: Doctor Freeman
Role: Gym Leader Yo
Type: Water because something different for me. Yay.

Hopefully this is acceptable.

[Korby]

Showdown Name: Korrby
Role: Gym Leader
Type: Ghost

I replaced my lovely Rotom with what he was supposed to be in the first place.

[Beed28]

Soo, uh, what game is this then? :?

(not signing up BTW, I'm confused as heck)

[Orange juice :l]

It's run through Pokemon Showdown, which is an online Pokemon Battle Simulator. More info here.

[Ceridran]

Showdown Name: Ceridran
Role: Leader
Type: Trying to find that out now, but I'm picking either Dark or Poison.. or, even Ground? I'm trying to make a mono-ground to see how it works. Until then, Dark.

I really just beat Korby because I could use Toxicroak against his Rotom Wash

[Orange juice :l]

After laddering to get my deviation low enough and running into KD twice, I've decided to make the E4 deviation requirement more lenient and the ACRE requirement more strict.

Anyways...

Showdown Name: CommunistMage
Role: E4
Type: Electric
Qualifications: ~2.3k OU Monotype ACRE on a ladder account several months ago (ending record ~12-0), recent CS tournament, other things

[King Dumb]

Showdown Name: King Dumb
Role: Elite Four
Type: Normal
Qualifying Information: ~1.7k ACRE consistency on the OU Monotype Ladder, 98 deviation, peak of ~1.9k on the ladder, OJ is a character witness I guess.

[Hallan Parva]

I should have ninja'd Korby so I could use cutie patootie Gourgeist.


Showdown Name: SmashBroPlusB
Role: Gym Leader
Type: Fairy? I'm just holding a slot for now, but it's either this or Grass.

[Ceridran]

FYI I picked Bug~