So I'm going to start thinking about the next tournament since I've basically finished the ladder from the last one and can calculate draws accordingly. First thing we have to do though, is decide upon a tournament 'theme'.
Igloo 's going to put a poll up with the options, so vote for the one you'd be most interested in participating in (if you're not interested in participating, obviously don't vote). The options are as follows:
1. FlowersByIrene 's 'Draft Tournament'
As FBI described it:
Just had (what I think) is a pretty ******* awesome idea.
We should do a tournament, with a small group of dedicated players on here, like 6 or 8 from the last tournament and do a draft battle.
I.e we randomly get allocated picks and you go through and draft a team of six.. or eight.
I.e
FlowersByIrene #1 - Lucario
Igloo #2 - Dragonite
THE411 #3 - Charizard
etc etc
and then you do a season style tournament, with a final four afl prelim style and a final.
The draft order will be randomly selected.
2. Random Number Generator
Basically, after we get enough participants, I'll run a random number generator for everybody. Six numbers will be picked for each person, and these will be compared to the Pokedex. You'll have to use the six Pokemon that correspond to these Pokedex numbers in the tournament.
NOTE: Ubers and Pokemon only available through PokeBank will not be included in this.
3. One-Letter Team
An idea got tossed around after the previous tournament where you can only use Pokemon that begin with the first letter of your name, or username. This sounded like an interesting idea in theory, however, people like Igloo would be stuck with one of the strongest teams ever, featuring Igglybuff, Ivysaur, Illumise, Inkay, Infernape, and…a second Igglybuff. In short, it wasn't exactly fair. So here's a slight compromise: each person selects a letter, and can only use Pokemon beginning with it. It's still not a flawless idea, but I'm putting the option in anyway.
4. NPC Teams
I came up with this idea while writing this post. Basically, you use a team based off of any non-playable character in any of the Pokemon games released to date. For example, you might select Fisherman Wade from FR/LG, and use a team composed of six Magikarp…or maybe you won't. Another example is Champion Lance from HG/SS - three Dragonites, an Aerodactyl, a Charizard and a Gyarados. You can choose any NPC from any game, but you MUST use the exact team - if they only have four Pokemon, you only use four Pokemon. You can have different hold items, different movesets, so on and so forth, but the Pokemon's species must match up perfectly.
5. Normal Tournament
No fancy rules, just like the last one - pick a team, battle others, find a winner. Simple.
I'll leave voting open until Wednesday the 12th of February.