**Bigfooty Pokemon Gym Leader Competition**
Welcome to the Bigfooty Gym Leader Challenge. This is an 18 legged mono-type Pokemon competition where you will come face to face with the Gym Leader (Wowsk and I) on Pokemon Showdown in order to earn badges.
The first gyms will be opening on Saturday, 18th June at 10am WST (12pm EST for those can't add 2).
Anyone is free to enter! New chalengers may join in at any point that the competition is still running, simply let either Wowsk or I know and we will arrange a battle. Those competing from the first week will have the most scope to win the competition (explained in the rules below), but those joining in later will still be able to compete and earn badges.
Gary Oak won an impressive 10 out of 8 possible badges in the Kanto Region.
Rules:
1. A gym will be open for a period of one week. At any one time, 2 gyms will be open. Challengers may arrange a battle with the gym leader by contacting either myself or Wowsk via PM or on this board. During the time in which a gym is open, the gym leader's team will not be publicly known. All battles will be played over pokemon showdown.
1 (a). After each battle, the result (and result only) will be posted on this board. Once the gym has closed, either Wowsk or myself will post replays, battle desciptions, as well as full details on the gym leader's team. Challengers are encouraged to do the same, however for the sake of fairness, please do not post anything about the gym leader's team or strategy until after the gym has closed (post about your own team and strategy all you like).
2. Both the gym leader and the challenger must only use Pokemon whose type is that of the relevant gym. The one exception to this rule is if a challenger is challenging for a bronze badge (explained in rule 7), where the challenger may choose one pokemon of any type. 2 (a) The gym leader will use the exact same team for every challenge within a specific gym, regardless of opponent or badge grade attempt. Challengers are free to change teams between attempts.
3. When a challenger defeats a gym leader they will be awarded a badge. There will be 3 grades of badge: gold, silver and bronze. A challenger may only earn one badge per gym.
4. Each challenger will be awarded up to 3 opportunities per gym to earn a badge. The grade of badge earned will depend on the amount of battles it takes takes the challenger to earn a badge and whether or not the specific gym is open or closed.
5. A Gold badge will be earned by the challenger if they defeat a gym on their first attempt, provided that the gym is open. Going into the battle, the challenger will have no information about the gym leader's team, other than the fact that it will contain 6 pokemon of the gym's type. Challengers are classified as ineligible to win a gym's gold badge if they have previously challenged for a gold badge for that gym, or if the gym is closed.
6. A challenger may attempt to earn a silver badge if they are no longer eligible to earn a gold badge. Going into the battle, the challenger will have full details about the gym leader's team. This includes Pokemon used, movesets, natures and EV spreads. A challenger is deemed ineligible to win a gym's silver badge after their first attempt at winning one.
6 (a) Note that if a gym is still open, gym leader team information will not be publicly available - it will be privately provided to silver badge challengers in order to allow people to attempt to earn a gold badge. The challenger may make unlimited changes to their gold attempt team to make their silver attempt team, provided that all 6 pokemon are still of the required type.
7. A challenger may attempt to earn a bronze badge if they are no longer eligle to earn a gold or silver badge. During this battle, a challenger may use one pokemon of any type, regardless of the gym's type, as well as 5 pokemon of the gym's type. The challenger may still not use Pokemon from the blanket banned list (detailed in rule x).
8. Each gym will have a specific banned Pokemon list that will be outlined on that gym's dedicated post on this thread. While 'Uber' legendary Pokemon will be banned for each gym, we will not simply just be using the Smogon OU banned list - we will look at each gym individually and ban certain Pokemon for the sake of balance.
9. A points system will be implemented in order to determine the winner of the tournament. A gold badge will be worth 5 points, silver 3 and bronze 1. The winner will be the challenger who has the most points at the time that the tournament ends. In the event that two players end on the same number of points, the player with the most gold badges will finish the higher of the two (and then whoever has the most silvers if necessary). If this fails to separate, the two player's will battle each other in a gym of a randomly determined type.
1 (a). After each battle, the result (and result only) will be posted on this board. Once the gym has closed, either Wowsk or myself will post replays, battle desciptions, as well as full details on the gym leader's team. Challengers are encouraged to do the same, however for the sake of fairness, please do not post anything about the gym leader's team or strategy until after the gym has closed (post about your own team and strategy all you like).
2. Both the gym leader and the challenger must only use Pokemon whose type is that of the relevant gym. The one exception to this rule is if a challenger is challenging for a bronze badge (explained in rule 7), where the challenger may choose one pokemon of any type. 2 (a) The gym leader will use the exact same team for every challenge within a specific gym, regardless of opponent or badge grade attempt. Challengers are free to change teams between attempts.
3. When a challenger defeats a gym leader they will be awarded a badge. There will be 3 grades of badge: gold, silver and bronze. A challenger may only earn one badge per gym.
4. Each challenger will be awarded up to 3 opportunities per gym to earn a badge. The grade of badge earned will depend on the amount of battles it takes takes the challenger to earn a badge and whether or not the specific gym is open or closed.
5. A Gold badge will be earned by the challenger if they defeat a gym on their first attempt, provided that the gym is open. Going into the battle, the challenger will have no information about the gym leader's team, other than the fact that it will contain 6 pokemon of the gym's type. Challengers are classified as ineligible to win a gym's gold badge if they have previously challenged for a gold badge for that gym, or if the gym is closed.
6. A challenger may attempt to earn a silver badge if they are no longer eligible to earn a gold badge. Going into the battle, the challenger will have full details about the gym leader's team. This includes Pokemon used, movesets, natures and EV spreads. A challenger is deemed ineligible to win a gym's silver badge after their first attempt at winning one.
6 (a) Note that if a gym is still open, gym leader team information will not be publicly available - it will be privately provided to silver badge challengers in order to allow people to attempt to earn a gold badge. The challenger may make unlimited changes to their gold attempt team to make their silver attempt team, provided that all 6 pokemon are still of the required type.
7. A challenger may attempt to earn a bronze badge if they are no longer eligle to earn a gold or silver badge. During this battle, a challenger may use one pokemon of any type, regardless of the gym's type, as well as 5 pokemon of the gym's type. The challenger may still not use Pokemon from the blanket banned list (detailed in rule x).
8. Each gym will have a specific banned Pokemon list that will be outlined on that gym's dedicated post on this thread. While 'Uber' legendary Pokemon will be banned for each gym, we will not simply just be using the Smogon OU banned list - we will look at each gym individually and ban certain Pokemon for the sake of balance.
9. A points system will be implemented in order to determine the winner of the tournament. A gold badge will be worth 5 points, silver 3 and bronze 1. The winner will be the challenger who has the most points at the time that the tournament ends. In the event that two players end on the same number of points, the player with the most gold badges will finish the higher of the two (and then whoever has the most silvers if necessary). If this fails to separate, the two player's will battle each other in a gym of a randomly determined type.
Any questions regarding the rules feel free to ask and I'll be happy to clarify.
Order of the Gyms
The first two gyms will be opening this Saturday.
They will be the FIRE gym and the POISON gym. These gyms will be open until 9:59am WST Saturday, 25th June.
At 10am Saturday the 25th, replays and analysis of the previous week's battles will be posted, as well the gym leader's teams for both of those gyms. 2 new gyms will also open at that time. The types of subsequent gyms will be selected at random and posted a couple of days before they open.
I will update this post with leader boards once we start getting some results in.
Good luck!
