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Keeping to our promise of bringing our readers smaller, quicker tournaments we’re proud to properly announce our next tournament: The Halloween Tournament 2014. Or the “2spooky4u” tournament. For those who haven’t already guessed, the tournament is themed around Halloween and will take place in the month of October. Seven Pokémon Types will be permitted to take part in the Doubles Format tournament: Ghost, Dark, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Dragon and Poison.
Sign-ups for this tournament will be open soon (though spaces will be even more limited than they were in PJT14), but we first thought it best to announce the rules for the tournament so readers can decide whether or not they wish to take part. The following rules are modified from the Official VGC Rules, and will likely act as our basic rule set for all future tournaments.
Halloween ‘2spooky4u’ Tournament Rules(Spooky Mountain)
Team Restrictions
Players participating in the tournament are only permitted to use Pokémon that are considered legal for the tournament. Any players found using teams that do not adhere to the restrictions set out will be dealt with on a case-by-case situation. It is the individual’s responsibility to ensure their team is tournament legal.
Illegal Manipulation of Pokémon
Pokémon or items that have been created or modified using external devices are forbidden from the tournament. Any player found using modified Pokémon or items will be disqualified. As mentioned previously it is your own responsibility to ensure you are using legal Pokémon within the tournament.
We have the right to run checks on the teams of players at any time during the tournament. Failure to pass these checks will result in instant disqualification from the tournament.
Naming of Pokémon and Trainer
It’s common courtesy that players do not name their in-game character or party members obscenely.
Format Style – Double Battle
Battles within the Halloween 2014 Tournament will use the Doubles Flat Rules Battle Format. This format requires player to select four Pokémon from their party of six to use in battle. A battle is played until all four of your opponent’s Pokémon have been made to faint.
Battle Format
The following restrictions are also in place for this tournament and should be adhered to:
- Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are the only games to be used in order to compete in the tournament
- All Pokémon must be legitimately obtainable in Pokémon X & Y. We are allowing transferring of Pokémon from older games through Poké Transporter
- Pokémon are allowed to Mega Evolve
- Any Pokémon used by players that are above Level 50 will be lowered to Level 50
- Pokémon with Hidden Abilities are permitted for entry
Team Construction
- No two Pokémon can share the same Pokédex number
- No two Pokémon can hold the same held item
- Two or more Pokémon cannot have the same nickname in a team
- Pokémon cannot be nicknamed using the name of another Pokémon. (For example, naming a Sewaddle “Snover”)
- Pokémon may only use moves that have been learned through one of the following methods:
- Through level up
- Via TM of HM
- As an Egg Move
- From a character in a game
- As a move known by a Pokémon from an official event
- The following Pokémon are banned: Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Diancie, Hoopa and Volcanion. Mega Latias and Mega Latios are also banned.
- Pokemon that do not have the following types as their type 1 or type 2:Ghost, Dark, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Dragon and Poison
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The above are all basic rules for this tournament, and should allow players to begin creating teams soon and consider whether or not they wish to take part. Sign-ups will be opened in the coming days and places awarded on a first come, first serve basis.
With this tournament we will be enforcing much stricter time constraints, and anyone who fails to meet them will be removed from the tournament. As we did with PJT14, expect frequent updates on this tournament as well as future Q&A sessions for everyone to take part in. Don’t forget to stay tuned for further Closing PJT14 posts!
As always, we invite our readers to ask questions or raise any concerns they may have and we’ll do our best to respond!
Well I’m first… Cool
ORAS article was better
I like Hoenn
But I refuse to evolve to a Dustox
Spooky Mountain.
THE HACKING BAN GET OWNED BASTI
What?
Some stuff
I still get my items and Pokemon legally in the game you know…. Stop saying stuff you’re unsure about.
I like that pumpkin.
FOR TEAM AQUA!
u Smell like Pumpkins
I’m pretty sure there’s a bunch of us not competing tbh
Spooky Mountain
Phione is banned because YOLO?
3creepy5me
#SpookyMountainIs3Spooky5You
#rekt
Too bad im using Red and Blue As my games >:(
So no move tutor moves?
Where do you see that?
Spooky.
Mountain.
I didn’t I was asking Jeez stop being so rude
I find it rude that you don’t bother reading the article and instead ask about it’s content.
wanted to be first comment
This.
I loved this article.
I sneaked in spooky mountain.
I saw and it made my birthday amazing
happy birthday mah boi
Thx ily
1. I DID read the article
2. I didn’t know if It was allowed or not because I didn’t know if “From a character in a game” counted as move tutor because Move tutor moves are learned from a character or if you simply mean something else
Jeez I was asking NL don’t assume I didn’t read the article I was just clarifying
I don’t know what you mean by your second statement, but I’m sorry if you didn’t understand after reading it. My bad, we should have clarified more.
is the move Trick or Treat allowed or banned XD
I can’t wait to participate in this!
Ok so Move tutor moves are allowed 😀
I am ok with that
Yessss. The kalos only rule is not in effect. Thank god
ur competing?
Maybe
You don’t even have access to a 3DS
Ill give her mine :3
That’s impossible since you’ve never seen her once or even spoken to her irl
Shipping and Handling!
But you don’t have on-
I see what you did there.
So, I like the option of not following that dumb rule
Isn’t it wonderful!
Only a hand full of pokemon would’ve been allowed so we expanded it.
That rule is poison
Oh gurl you’re toxic
I personally think that rule should have been implemented.
Tutor moves destroyed a couple of us in PJT, and they could’ve been hacked.
Kalos born cuts down on the hacking and makes it more fair.
Everyone would’ve pretty much had the same team if it had been kept.
Not really.
You can breed pokemon to be Kalos native.
Which means you can’t breed tutor moves.
How about instead of complaining;
You get unkalos-born pokemon too? :OOOOO
Well people hack 6iv ditto for breeding and clone Pokemon. Apples and oranges imo
What if someone didn’t hack the ditto and got it from trade? :OORFIKNcd;
It’s most likely hacked
Yeah we should kill him
How do you know?
There cold be a person with a japanese game that luckily after hardwork found a 6IV ditto and then cloned and Spread the love
cold=could***
Cloning is still a form of hacking IMO. No two Pokemon are suppose to have the same data. Each one is suppose to be unique
So you think Glitches are hacks?
If your using it to get something of value, than yes. People intentionally do it. It doesn’t happen randomly like the blue screen glitch . It’s something you can manipulate and control. Just like pokegen and powersave
Too bad we can’t catch hackers XD
There will be almost no way to get them hacking
Does that include the people who used hacked 6iv ditto to breed Pokemon and clone Pokemon?
No.
I love how i know a “Guy”
Still unsure if I should participate or not….. :/ I’m not good at doubles.
I’m in!
You’re out.
No… I’m pretty sure I’m in…
Hello In.
If I had a dime every time you said that
Him and Dae
:3
You’d be rich.
Then I would say, “Hello Rich.”
And then we’d all groan.
Hello Igneous.:P
Oh man. I wanted them to be the exact VGC rules. Only because I didn’t want people to use moves only available via Gen 5 move tutors because I don’t have access to those.
*sigh* Oh well. At least it means I can use one of the Pokemon I wanted to 🙂
Me neither
I guess I can ask for Pokemon on Showdown for some Move tutor moves
I’d love to join. But my wifi here is far too unreliable, I’d probably be disqualified because of DCs.
Yesssss but nooooooo
I wanted it to be Kalos native only 🙁 oh well, I can’t wait to participate!
I know ur real name lol
“mom”? :3
Lol I know your birthplace
Come and get me betch i dar u
Fite me u little bish
Lol a lot of people are looking forward to Kalos born Pokemon XD
Lol a** lot of people are looking forward to Kalos born Pokemon XD
Stop spelling incorrectly.