Come one, come all! The Kanto Biregional Tournament!

[these_balls]

On Monday the 15th, an announcement is broadcast over televisions and radios across both regions. The advert is about a minute long, and features everyone's favorite cutie gym leader — Lt. Surge!

Been training hard for your badges? Ha, I doubt it, maggots! Need more challenge in your life? Always! Think you have what it takes to duke it out with some of the top training talent around? Then come down to Vermillion City, where I'll be hosting the first annual Kanto Biregional Tournament! To participate, just call: 1-900-T-O-U-R-N-E-Y! You heard me, 1-900-TOURNEY! Starting November 5th, don't you dare miss the most talked-about event of the year! Rules and restrictions apply.

Calling the number will yield an operator taking down their name and ID, then directing them to a Pokémon center to sign a release form and finalize their entry details:

RULES & RESTRICTIONS

A. Participation is free for registered Trainers. Breeders must pay a general P1500 entry fee, plus a P5000 fee to battle in the Elite Cup.

B. There will be four brackets:
    LV5-25 (Junior Cup)
    LV26-50 (Standard Cup)
    LV51-75 (Advanced Cup)
    LV76-100 (Elite Cup)

Entrants may participate in as many brackets as they wish, so long as they do not enter more than once in the same bracket and all participating Pokémon are within allowed levels at time of participation.

C. Limit 3 Pokémon per entered team, except for the Junior Cup, where teams of 6 are permitted.

D. While the premises fit Indigo League safety regulations, all property damage in and around the tournament facility or Vermilion City caused by Pokémon will be charged to their trainer. We thank you for your understanding.

E. All sign-ups are screened. Entrants won't know who's participating and what Pokémon they'll be facing until the day of their battle! They'll be given a few hours to come up with a plan before they face their opponents, so plan accordingly.

F. In the interest of promoting smart battling and strategizing, trainer items are prohibited for this tournament. However, held items (purchasable at the department stores in either region) and berries (harvestable in the wild or in Pallet Town's berry orchard), are acceptable, with a limit of one held item per Pokémon per round.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

While characters are preparing, we'll ask that you comment here with the name of your participating character, the brackets they're entering, and their team for each bracket!

We will accept entries until October 25th, at which point we'll randomly match participants. NPC Gym leaders (aka these_guys) will be participating in the Advanced and Elite tiers, so you might wind up against one of them! It is up to you to determine the victor of each matchup, so there are multiple options, from discussing strategies to using a shoddy battle simulator or just flipping a coin! We know we don't have to remind you guys to play nice, but if you really can't determine a winner, you can bring it to us and we'll flip a quarter for you.

An exact timeline will be determined once we have an idea of the number of participants.

Before, during and after the Tournament, there'll be related promotional events and trainer-friendly sales in Vermilion but also nearby Celadon, Saffron and Cerulean, so even non-participants can have fun!

If you have any questions or suggestions, let us know in this thread.

SIGN-UPS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Comments

[these_balls]

The fancy berries sold in the Orchard can be planted, but they probably won't grow well; they're usually harvested in hothouses.

Unfortunately, most non-Berry held items aren't currently available. The price list is here!

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Still, they're available. That's good news.

Oh, okay. I must've misread your tag. ^^;;;