Gligurr's Scrabble Tournament [won by sumwun]

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Introduction

Hello and Merry Christmas (for those of you who celebrate)! Since many of you are just getting off on Christmas break, it seems like the perfect time to start our next tournament. This is Gligurr's Scrabble Tourney, and I'm going to be your host.
^{Keep in mind that I will be basing these dates off of my timezone in the Americas, so there might be some delays for some of you.}

Rules

Once signups are over, you will be given 6 letters generated by this balanced random letter generator. For every letter you get, you can choose any Pokémon that starts with that letter for your team. The random letter generator linked was designed for this tournament to give balanced team point sums. I encourage you to check it out and get a feel for it.
For every kill, depending on the letter of your Pokémon, you get points. The points are based off of the actual scrabble game (see here). For example, if you're using a Machamp and you knock out a Pokémon, since M is worth 3 points in scrabble, you will get 3 points. For indirect KOs, points will be determined either by what Pokémon you currently have out, or had out last (see this example battle for specifics).
Standard OU bans.
Round Robin; you will have a month to battle every other participant. I would recommend spending as much time as possible in the DB Showdown! server, since many other participants probably will as well. Whoever has the most points at the end wins.
No duplicate letters on a team.
Zygarde 50% is banned.
New rule: players who are dissatisfied with their set of letters can ask for one reroll. If you ask, you cannot use your previous set of letters, and you only get one reroll, so think carefully before asking.
To be played in Smogon’s OU format

IMPORTANT EDIT: instead of multiple rounds, players will be given a month to battle all opponents

Basic rules that will be forever reiterated:

Battles are to be held in the DB Showdown! server
Smogon clauses apply
Spectators cannot influence players’ decisions; participants cannot accept outside help
You don’t have to use the same team throughout the tournament (but you will have to use the same letters)
SAVE YOUR REPLAYS!

How to participate

If you wish to sign up for the Scrabble Tourney, please leave an answer down below. Include your Pokémon Showdown! username, timezone, and if you want, your votes for the optional rules. For example:

KRLW890
UTC-6.00

No duplicates
Ban Zygarde

Signing up means committing to playing; you are only given a month to build your team and battle your opponents. Failing to battle a player will not only put you at a disadvantage, but also the other participant. As such, players who ignore battle requests from others in this tournament may be kicked. If both players seem to have made ample effort, but still can’t battle, extensions can be made.
In the event that a player is kicked from the tournament, any points gained from battles with that player will be revoked.

Participants will receive their letters on Sunday, December 30th. When you are ready, organize battles with your opponents, preferably by posting on their wall, commenting on their answer, or just hanging out in the Showdown! server. Be sure to save battle replays.

Gligurr's Scrabble Tournament

asked Dec 23, 2018 by KRLW890
edited Feb 6, 2019 by KRLW890

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13 Answers

The tournament has begun! You will have until Sunday, January 27th to build your team and battle all other participants. There will be no second round; whoever has the most points by the due date wins the tournament. Keep in mind that you get points even if you lose the match.
It has become apparent that more time is needed for players to get their battles in. As such the deadline has been extended another week, until Sunday, February 3rd. Hopefully this will be enough time for everyone to finish up, but if necessary, less active players may need to be disqualified. Depending on how the upcoming week goes, I might be willing to extend it for another week after this. I highly recommend spending as much time as you can on the Database's Showdown! server and possibly joining our Discord server if you haven't already (a lot of us are active there).
Before announcing the winner, I'm going to do a final recount of everyone's points, which could take a day or two. Done counting, here are the final scores!

Battles and points will be recorded here:

KRLW890: 161 points
Battles: Octazooka, SeeYaLater!, X-Scizor, EdDaBoss, Stakatacool, sumwun, [MEGA]StellarLucario

SeeYaLater!: 61 points
Battles: KRLW890, X-Scizor, EdDaBoss, Octazooka, Stakatacool, sumwun, [MEGA]StellarLucario

EdDaBoss: 110 points
Battles: SeeYaLater!, KRLW890, Octazooka, Stakatacool, sumwun, X-Scizor, [MEGA]StellarLucario

X-Scizor: 180 points
Battles: Stakatacool, KRLW890, SeeYaLater!, Octazooka, EdDaBoss, sumwun, [MEGA]StellarLucario

Stakatacool: 125 points
Battles: X-Scizor, SeeYaLater!, KRLW890, EdDaBoss, sumwun, [MEGA]StellarLucario, Octazooka

Octazooka: 130 points
Battles: KRLW890, SeeYaLater!, sumwun, EdDaBoss, Stakatacool, X-Scizor, [MEGA]StellarLucario

sumwun: 206 points
Battles: Octazooka, Stakatacool, SeeYaLater!, EdDaBoss, KRLW890, X-Scizor, [MEGA]StellarLucario

[MEGA]StellarLucario: 95 points
Battles: Stakatacool,KRLW890, EdDaBoss, X-Scizor, SeeYaLater!, Octazooka, sumwun

Jofly and Meta Ridley have been disqualified by request. ForretressExplosion has been disqualified due to inactivity.

answered Dec 30, 2018 by KRLW890
edited Feb 6, 2019 by KRLW890

@KRLW890 (and Octa?), I will attempt to explain:

Yesterday, Octazooka asked me to do a test battle, and I agreed to this. In the battle, I said: "This is a Test battle" after "gl hf" in case if anyone saw it and thought it was for the tour. That battle's replay wasn't saved, because it didn't count. :P

Afterwards, I asked something along the lines of having a rematch battle with Octa since they changed their letters (SYL also asked). I remember Octazooka agreeing, but that could be my brain being an absolute turd. The next battle we had, that I believed counted, was this one: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokemondatabase-gen7ou-4991 , hence why I stated in it "this is a rematch", "I'll post", and saved the replay. Octa had to leave after the battle, and SYL was disappointed that she didn't get to rematch Octa that day. :P

So... was there a miscommunication? I don't know. If you decide not to count the rematch, KRLW, I'll just have to rematch again. No biggie. :P

I guess for now on, whenever I rematch someone (if I do, because of a letter change), I should probably ask the person if it is a rematch at the beginning of the battle and have them answer, so that there aren't any miscommunications. :P

commented Jan 3, 2019 by Staka~

Okay, so it’s not quite Sunday in my time zone yet, but 11 pm is close enough, so I’m commenting to address those who haven’t completed all their battles yet. As of now, the only battles remaining are ForretressExplosion vs most players and sumwun vs Mega Lucario.
First off: I will still accept battles tomorrow. Not too much else to say here.
Second: ForretressExplosion hasn’t been responding to comments on his answer and still has 6 people to battle. If he can get in 3 battles before Monday, I will be willing to extend the tournament for one more week. Otherwise he will be disqualified and there will be no more extensions. Forretress, please contact us and say when you plan to be on Showdown if you see this.
Finally, sumwun vs Mega Lucario. I’m not 100% sure how to proceed if you don’t battle by the deadline. I think the best way would be to have the battle count as a 0 for both of you, but I feel like that could be argued as being unfair. Feel free to talk to me about it if you have complaints with that. Also, if ForretressExplosion manages to get the extension, it will count for you, too.