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This is where you post your ideas for tournaments. Please include as many details as possible, the users of the PokemonDB shall decide which tournaments will go first by a show of upvotes.

Ongoing tournaments:
http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/32633/mono-smeargle-metronome-tournament

Tournaments you can sign up for:
http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/33008/special-ou-tournament-available-only-for-people-with-box-360

List of Tournament winners:
http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/11613/list-of-tournament-winners-hall-of-fame

asked Jun 8, 2012 by Blobyolo
edited 5 hours ago by trachy
One at a time, and the Hackmons is going.
Mike passed last time his tourney was up, so he might not want to go again anyways. Someone should ask him next they see him.
We need to start a tour. Mike's in chat pretty often so I'll ask if he wants to do his tour this time round, or if we just go to the Mono-Smeargle tour.

I talked to Mike and Doc. We think Mew should host Mike's tour :3
In any case. We need to get a tour started. Heck I'll host it if no one else wants to.
Yeah who posts doesn't matter as long as they are active and are capable of hosting.
Tournament coming soon!

55 Answers

1 vote
 
Best answer

If you have an idea, then share it. But we really don't need seven people trying to have tournaments constantly. If you like an Idea, upvote. If you don't downvote.

Highest voted suggestions will go first. Only one 16 people tournament can be running at a time. This can change over the summer months, but all other months only one tournament at a time.
The mods and those guys will decide if you can host your own tourney.
If you aren't on often or there are other circumstances that would prevent you from being a good host, we'll leave it to the mod/editor/expert who would be the best fit to handle the tournament. You will still get recognition for it being your idea though.
If the tournament host does not update the tournament two days after the battle due dates for whatever round, then on the third day trachy will be put it charge of hosting the tournament in order to make it move.
Challonge match-ups cannot be used. You must have the match-ups written on the post. This way, if trachy has to take over he can easily make the transition.
No signing up for the tournament before it gets a meta question.

Team tournaments can only be done during the summer months. This way people will be able to be on more, and so will not let their team down as often or at all by not showing up.

If a tournament seems like it will be best held for a special occasion, it will be postponed until that occasion.

answered Jun 8, 2012 by Nindzya
edited Mar 29 by trachy
15 votes

Troll Tourney, bear with me on this one.

Do you think you a such a boss, unstoppable? Well what if your crux to your Team was banned? What if your strategy was banned? Think u da baws nao? Well, this is a test of wits, see if you are really the boss. This Tourney is bassed on banning whatever the host wants, whenever he/she wants, while allowing whatever they want. Think you got what it takes to make a name for yourself? Join this!

  • Nothing is banned or unbanned, you'll never know what will be what.
  • Just for the giggles, Losers Redemption is allowed.
  • You must keep a lookout on the Tourney Post when Battling, as something might happen to ruin your chances of winning.
  • You might never know when things might roll to your favor, frustration will be caused.

Enough with all these Tournies with themes and bans, it's time to get the real party started.

answered Nov 22, 2012 by Dusk
edited Nov 22, 2012 by Dusk
Is this Hackmons?
No....
What the heck is the Loser's Redemption :P
Smeargle Tournament>Mixed Tier Tournament>This Tournament
The hell is the point of your comment?
10 votes

Have you ever found yourself thinking "Dang, I wish that [Pokemon name] had [Pokemon ability]? There's a tourney for that ya know :D

Regular OU, but you get to take the pokemon in your team and change their abilies. All of the moves, items, EVs, and etc would be completely legit, but you can make it's ability pretty much anything.

  • Regular OU bans (Smogon)
  • Once you've used an Ability on a pokemon, you can't use it on another once too. So once you've given your Jolteon Levitate, you can't have any other pokemon with Levitate.
  • Everything except for the Pokemon's ability must be 100% legit
  • Any pokemon that can legitamately obtain any of the banned abilities are allowed to have

Banned Abilities:
- Wonder Gaurd
- Speed Boost
- Multiscale
- Huge Power
- Pure Power
- Imposter
- Moxie
- Solid Rock
- Prankster
- Adaptability
- Contrary

Banned Pokemon:
- Archeops
- Regigigas
- Slaking
- Kyurem-B
- Moltres
- Volcarona

  • All rules negotiable

This would be fun because you'd never know what your opponent is running, and if everyone has the ability to be OP, no one does. I know there are quite a few abilities banned there and the tourney will be fun because 50% of it will be utter chaos, but I had to ban the really OP stuff so it wouldn't be a bunch of people getting swept by Moxie Slaking or Imposter Blissey or Contrary Latios w/Draco Meteor or some other OP crap like that. So are you gonna be the old stick-in-the-mud that uses legit abilities or do you wanna mix it up a little?

answered May 15 by RedShift.
edited May 15 by RedShift.
EVERYONE, UPVOTE THIS!!!!!
I am so in this!
Count me in. Drought Sunkerns, here we go.
Um... +1
I think the bans are a bit much.
All rules negotiable @ trach
9 votes

Mixed Tier Tournament

Each person gets 13 points to spend on Pokemon.
-OU and BL are 4 points.
-UU and BL2 are 3 points.
-RU and BL3 are 2 points.
-NU and PU are 1 point.
-NFE (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/nfe) and LC (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/lc) are .5 points.

All other standard rules will apply, I will post them if and when we have a meta question for this tournament.

As you might notice, there are two mixed-tier tournament suggestions. The one that gets the most upvotes by the time it is chosen will be the one that is done. I will hide the other one. So vote for your favorite!

answered Oct 14, 2012 by trachy
edited Feb 2 by trachy
Does this mean someone one could make 26 NFE teams and their opponent would have to battle all 26 :3
Of course not. :P
One team.
aww so close :D
9 votes
Hex's Haunted House


Welcome, brave souls, to my mansion. My friends and I have long awaited guest. As you may know, each October, I invite maybe 16 or 20 lucky persons to my... famed... house. I apologize in advance for my... friends. They don't take kindly to just anyone in the mansion; they have the tendency to test . But that shouldn't be a problem, I've already discussed the situation over with them. But where are my manners? Don't be scared. There is nothing to worry about. After all, we're going to have one heck of a time. Heh heh heh....

Meet my friends
Allow me to introduce to you your other host. They can be a bit annoying, but there just testing you. The truth is that there shy, and believe me, you won't even see the half of the time. (And I am not kidding about that one).

Gengar
Meet Gangsta. He's a bit shy, so you won't notice him until... it's too late.
Curse- Occurs randomly. That Pokemon now holds a Toxic Orb, Flame Orb, or Lagging Tail.


Sableye
My other friend, Itachi. He's a little slow to get to know, but it's certaintely worth your time.
Prank- Occurs when a Pokemon is the fastest of both the user's and the opponents party. The Pokemon that is unrivaled in Speed now exchanges it's current item for the Lagging Tail item.
*The effect is applied to the Pokemon with the highest Priority attack (and Speed).


Spiritomb
Madame Fantina, meet my guest. She's what one would call "short-tempered". Just don't get on her bad side.
Seal- Occurs if a move is used 4 times in a row. That move is now disabled in the next match.
*Moves that are effected by Encore and then used once more are still effected.
*Pivot moves such as U-turn, Baton Pass, and Volt Switch are counted by each time the Pokemon uses them when they come in.
-For example, a Genesect using the move U-turn 4 times in a row to switch is also penalized.


Dusknoir
Woah. Dusknoir. He's a solitary individual, (traveling to other worlds by himself and all).
Otherworld- Occurs when a single Pokemon KOes 5 or more Pokemon all by itself. That Pokemon is now unable to be used in the next match.


Chandelure
Chandler, Charm, Candy, Calcifer, and Kane are all five of out Chandelures. They provide us with lighting and heating, so I can already tell that you'll be great friends with them all.
Tag- Occurs if a player has won 3 Matches consecitevely. That competitor is incapable of switching Pokemon the next Match.
*Baton Pass, U-turn, Volt-Switch, and such moves are not applied.


Arceus-Ghost
The Guardian of the household. Dr. Seuss never lies. He also speaks in funny rhymes! I'll let you in on a little secret though: he sees everything.
Judgement- Occurs when a player rejects the rules or is caught cheating. Disqualification. Enough said.


*Now that you've met my friends, all show you to the Butler, Sebastion. He'll explain some house rules that you'll have to follow. If you need anything, just call for him.

Good evening. Welcome to Master Hex's house. As you may know, Hex and I are not your only company. Between you and I, your going to have one heck of a time. Our little friends around here tend to test, but their just doing there job. They want to make sure that they have only those who are Pokemon-friendly under the roof.
You and 15 to 19 other (16-20) others are invited to Hex's Haunted House, and will be forced to battle each other in the OU Tier by Hex's mischievous Ghost-type Pokemon. This is a Halloween Themed Tournament, and is also a dedication to our Champion, Hex.

  • The Tournament will be using Smogon's Tiers.

  • The Tournament will follow Smogon's Rules.

  • Each participant will follow the above conditions.

    • Failure to follow these conditions will lead to a DQ.
    • Each battle will be monitored to enforce these conditions.
  • Th above conditions are applied AFTER a Match.

answered Nov 1, 2012 by חנוך.
edited Nov 1, 2012 by חנוך.
How will you be able to do that stuff though? There is not way to randomly give a pokemon a Toxic Orb or a Lagging Tail in the middle of the battle.
The conditions are applied AFTER a battle is over.
ooohhhhhhhhhh
If you have any rejections or suggestions, state it early, before the Tournament begind.
Update: I have also forgot to add in Espeon and Umbreon. They are what makes this Tournament come alive. Here is what they do:

Umbreon: BLACK CAT- Occurs Randomly. The player will be asked a triva question about the DB or Pokemon Games/Anime. If True, the player then has the Ability "Synchronization", in which a condition that is applied to a character is applied to another player of their choice. So basically, you get to take down other people with you. :)

Espeon: MAGIC MIRROR- Occurs randomly. The target is given a token that can be used at any time. When used, a condition is reflected at another player of your choice. So you can purposely trigger a condition and screw someone else over.

UPDATE:

Haunter: DESTINY BOND- Occurs randomly. A Pokemon now has its levels decreased by .
OMG, Calcifer? Someone else knows Howl's Moving Castle!
8 votes

Team battling!

A smaller 8 man (or gal) tourney for each tier, Uber, OU, UU, and NU.

Peopole should gather tgether in teams (based on current country that you live in if diverse enough) of atleast 3 max 4. Each player can only compete in up to 2 tier tournaments. Only one person per team ineach tourney. Of course the winner of a specific tier gets 3 points added to thier team, second place of the tourney gets 2 points and third gets 1(there will be a battle for second best 2 out of 3 is your choice). So after every tournament is done count up your total earnings and see who wins!

RULES
-Smogon's standard rules.
-Species Clause, Sleep clause, freeze clause, and timed battles

Trachy will host.

Alternate scoring system assuming theres 8 people in each.
1st-8 pts
2nd- 7 pts
3rd-6pts
4-5pts
AND SO ON

answered Jul 30, 2012 by Tysonyoshi
edited Aug 3, 2012 by Nindzya
Hope I'm on Hex's team...
It doesnt mean that they hate tyson maybe they just want other tourneys to go first
@Mew
ahh the days of being a noob
More people should vote for dis.
Yeah, this should be WAY ahead of the MonoType tournament. Needs more upvotes, been here for 3 frickin' months lol
8 votes

The Original Tourney
Pokemon battles these days. It's Bulk Up this, and Swords Dance that. I think we've lost the true meaning of battling. That's why I'm proposing The Original Tourney.

  • You just use only attacking moves.
  • The only moves that are allowed are moves with a base power of under 100 (e.g: Ice Punch, Surf, Flame Charge etc.)
  • No Ubers. Or Blissey. Or Evolite Chansey
  • No items.
  • No EV's
    This is basically a simple tourney where no one is at an advantage. This will be down to stats alone. If this is approved, I'd like me or a moderator to host please.

    • EDIT: Please do NOT use Cincinno.
answered Aug 19, 2012 by Galactic Zoroark
edited Jan 9 by Galactic Zoroark
Lmao, I love this idea.
Awesome Idea!!!
Strategy is overrated.
Overrated how?
It was a joke. Try to keep up kingdra. XD
;( screw you lol
8 votes

Nuzlocke Tournament!!!

Ok so basically here are the Rules:

  • Tier OU
  • 6 Pokemon
  • When a Pokemon faints in a battle you delete it from your team
  • The next time you battle you fight with your remaining Pokemon
  • The Winner is the Trainer who has the only Pokemon left
  • Basic Tournament Style (No Fancy Shizzle)
  • You must use the same team throughout the Tournament

Before and After each baatle you post your teams current status. If it goes ahead i'll make a post where everyone posts the team they're using.

Ok it's simple but effective and most importantly Fun

answered Mar 4 by Scizornician
Awesome idea :D
7 votes

Hey, what about a NU or RU tourney? I mean, i don't think there was ever a tourney with those Tiers.

Looks like i'll be hosting dis. Awesome.

answered Jul 26, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew
edited Aug 30, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew
lol xD
First of all, why did you hide my comment, Trachy? And second of all, why did you downvote? Nothing is wrong with it D:
For the tournament ideas we can also downvote if we don't like it.
But of course, I love NU. So the reason for my temporary downvote was to have the team tournament go first (as this tournament was competiting with it for a time.)
Sorry, i overreacted. I perfectly understand if somebody does not like this idea.
It should definitely be RU.
Or maybe both? Like first round NU and then second round RU. Vice versa until the two or last round, where it is both NU and RU.
I WOULD OWN NU!
RU. Stop trying to win JCM. (JK)
7 votes

The No Bans tourney.

Do whatever you want with your team.

Not Hackmons as in giving your team invalid moves andbanned combos such, just you can use banned combos, items, moves, Pokemon, etc.

answered Sep 13, 2012 by Nindzya
edited Sep 16, 2012 by Nindzya
No, just a nothing is banned tourney. Kyron, why would I do that? That ruins the whole point of it.
I kinda like the idea, but I don't really see it working. -1. There will be swift swimmers, Guilotine, Horn Claws etc
When everything is overpowered, nothing is overpowered. I like this idea and it gets my vote.
Exactly what trachy said.
balanced hackmons?
7 votes

Oh, what fun. Time for a new idea.

The Gauntlet.

The Keepers:
1: Ben. (Likely OU)
2: Kyron. (LC or Monotype.)
3: Myself. (OU.)
4: Blob. (Ubers.)
5: Mew.
6: Hex.
The Guardian:
Trachy.

We have 6 users here who are very active and challenging. Plus a bonus. As many people as they want can join this.

  • You have to fight in chronological order.
  • All of these battles are whatever tier the respective Keepers want. I've listed some likely tiers you will see.
  • These will be individual battles for each Keeper up there.
  • If you lose, you restart it all.
  • If you manage to beat Hex, you have won. If you dare to take on the optional test, you get to fight trachy. If you beat him, you basically get bragging rights.
  • You have 1 "Emergency Potion" to use if you lose. You continue in a 2/3 for that person.

Basically a kind of League, but a lot simpler. Everyone can enjoy this easy.

answered Mar 17 by Nindzya
edited Mar 20 by Nindzya
^ Please tell that to Hex and Blob.
As you said, this is basically a League. Very contradictory with your opinion of the League.

I like the idea though. Got my upvote.
you left one out...it should say "SlipperyDevil" next to UU :P
If I intended a UU, Mike would be there.
dude, it was a joke.
7 votes

Tournament: Smogon Doubles
Number of players: 16
Method: Pokemon Showdown
Best out of 3 matches goes to the next round.
Hosts: Mr.K and AlphaDraconis

For those 3 matches you may use one team only

Mr.K will take care of the match ups

Contestants will decide between them if they are to battle with Smogon Doubles or VGC Doubles.
If you can't decide then either Mr.K or AlphaDraconis will decide for you.
People have to sign up for the tournament by answering this post or contacting either Mr.K or AlphaDraconis.

answered May 11 by AlphaDraconis
edited May 11 by AlphaDraconis
Dang, if I had the time I'd love to sign up...Maybe next time. :/
i suck but what the heck, lets go! and btw, people sign up after this actually goes underway ;/ but i guess you can reserve places.
We were thinking if we signed up people along the way it would get this tourney going a lot faster. Yeah were trolls like that ;D
And it doesnt matter that you suck, it's about the fun ;)
You cannot reserve places, sorry.
Ok then, we won't reserve spots. No problemo.
6 votes

Another hosted by my school. A characteristics tourney. Characteristics may range from simply being a color to something about their physical appearance. This is based on their sprites, in B2/W2.

Rules:

  • A random characteristic will be given to you. If my characteristic is "Flying and Levitating", I would choose Pokemon like: Latios, Gengar, Skarmory, etc. Naturally, I could pick Pokemon with Levitate and Flying types. If a Pokemon levitates in their sprite, but not a Flying type or levitator, such as Magnezone, it can be used. (Note: Air Balloon DOES NOT COUNT)
  • No Ubers.
  • Smogon's banlist applies.
  • Species clause can be bent if you are given a characteristic that has few Pokemon to fit it.
  • If you are given a color, Shiny Sprites do not count.

-Mew

answered Jul 27, 2012 by Mewderator
edited Sep 17, 2012 by Mewderator
NIce idea.
Radom characteristic- Ground!!
vs
Flying and levitating!!

-ragemode-
Grass/bug vs Fire/Flying!
so you noticed the word 'characteriscis` and not the word 'type` in the suggestion as well?
6 votes

The Normally A Stupid Idea tourney!

(Credit to Pokemaster for the title) This is something I came up with. The tournament could be Standard OU, or UU. It's up to everyone to decide. Here's the catch: You can only use moves that go off your lower attacking stat. So no Power Whip Ferrothorn, or Hydro Pump Starmie. This is to encourage people to be creative with their movesets, why not try Banded Blissey for a change? To prevent mixed attackers being overpowered, any Pokemon with a difference of say, 25 or less between their attack & special attack will be banned (this could change). A mod can host. If you like this idea, remember to upvote :D

answered Sep 7, 2012 by Spoink
edited Sep 17, 2012 by Mewderator
Someone suggested a very similar thing "the warped tourney" but that image is pretty darn awsome.
I think the problem with that was the rules weren't clearly defined enough, here you can easily see what you can use. Banded Blissey still won't be good, even here xD
lol CB Blissey Return vs 252def shuckle 252hp with +6
Did the math on that.... But surprisingly it does a whole 6-7 HP Damage!
6 votes

The Primitve Weather Tourney!

So the tourney is just like a regular OU tourney, but here is the catch, all teams must be weather teams, and among other things, the abilites Drizzle, Sand Stream, Snow Warning, and Drought are banned. The idea is to see what weather would be like if the weather starters in OU didn't exist. I think this would be fun, and somewhat unique, so what do you guys think?

answered Sep 17, 2012 by RedShift.
edited Sep 17, 2012 by RedShift.
But Hippo... D:
I know, I like hippow as well, but think about it, what would us sand lovers have done if hippo had never existed (with a permanent sand-setting ability, that is).
I think this idea would be fun. I hate Ninetales' sunny day gettin' all up in mah bizznezz!
We'd have to turn to tyranitar.... blegh
lol ikr
No... Sandstorm Sand Force Hippo!
Rain Dance Polie FTW
All weather-less teams are 80% of the time better
6 votes

Rise of the Gimmicks

These are Pokemon that are defined as gimmicks (some are excluded due to being too overpowered, such as Arceus).

Allowed are:

Abra
Farfetch'd
Mr. Mime
Eevee
Pichu
Togepi
Marill
Unown
Shuckle
Delibird
Tyrouge
Shedinja
Plusle
Minun
Castform
Kecleon
Luvdisc
Burmy
Wormadam
Cherrim
Pachirisu
Shellos
Chatot
Phione
Deerling
Emolga

answered Sep 17, 2012 by trachy
edited Oct 1, 2012 by trachy
EEVEE!
Well Chatot is there, so upvote.
6 votes

Mixed Tier Mono-Region Tournament

Each person gets 13 points to spend on Pokemon.
-OU and BL are 4 points.
-UU and BL2 are 3 points.
-RU and BL3 are 2 points.
-NU and PU are 1 point.
-NFE (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/nfe) and LC (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/lc) are .5 points.

You will be randomly assigned a region. Each region will have at least three people, one region will have four people to it though.

All other standard rules will apply, I will post them if and when we have a meta question for this tournament.

As you might notice, there are two mixed-tier tournament suggestions. The one that gets the most upvotes by the time it is chosen will be the one that is done. I will hide the other one. So vote for your favorite!

answered Oct 14, 2012 by trachy
edited Oct 14, 2012 by trachy
make the 4 person region Unova
6 votes

Random battle tourney
We haven't had one, and it's fun.
I won't host btw.

answered Oct 16, 2012 by Galactic Zoroark
6 votes

Triple-Type Tourney

Or

Triple T Tourney

The rules are:
Only three pokemon allowed
Only one pokemon of each type
They must be from these categories
No Drought or Drizzle abilities allowed

Water
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Fire
enter image description here

Grass
enter image description here

Last Rules (To be discussed and debated in comments)
NO dual types
NO Starters

To take place on Showdown

answered Jan 29 by Mr.K
edited May 11 by Mr.K
6 votes

The Collab tourney.

So somebody else suggested a team tourney, but not one quite like this. The idea here is that we have 32 people join the tourney, and each person gets to choose a partner. If we have too much toruble with this, partners will be randomly assigned. When everyone is partnered up, we will be left with 16 teams, and each team must build a team TOGETHER. One person can not sit back and have the other guy build a team for the 2 of them, they must actively build it together, the teams will then be put against each other, and they must use the teams that they made together. If we can't get enough people to join, it can be lowered to 16 participants and 8 teams.

  • OU
  • Teams must be actively built as a team
  • Team will battle by having each team member battling another team member, both using the team they made with their partner.

More rules if I think of them

answered Feb 6 by RedShift.
+1. RESERVE A SPOT FOR ME.
Wow. I like it +1
Umm, everybody will be battling for Hex / Mew / Trachy, and they will have to pick xD Don't like this, no offense.

 

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