POKEMON VGC : Pokemon VGC Galar Farewell
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POKEMON VGC : Pokemon VGC Galar Farewell

US/Eastern | Nov 05, 2022 to Nov 06, 2022 | 1 V 1

PDT: 06:00 / EDT: 09:00 / CEST: 15:00 / IST: 18:30

Participants - 269 / 256 | Registered 0

WINNERS

1st Place: $200 USD
🏆 SNOW

2nd Place: $100 USD
🥈 Juanma

3rd Place: $50 USD
🥉 Gae

4th Place: $50 USD
🏅 Mattie

5th Place: $25 USD
⭐ STK Hummas

6th Place: $25 USD
⭐ がをた

7th Place: $25 USD
⭐ FedeCampoVGC

8th Place: $25 USD
⭐ Torviv


INFORMATION

ARENA
BATTLEFY.COM   
TIMEZONE

US/Eastern At: 09:00 am
DATE
Nov 05, 2022 to Nov 06, 2022
PDT: 06:00 / EDT: 09:00 / CEST:: 15:00
Platform: Switch
PRIZE
$500 USD prize pool
Winner: $200 USD
Runner-up: $100 USD
3rd and 4th Place: $50 USD each.
5th to 8th place: $25 USD each.

Prizing will be paid out via PayPal. Winners may be required to provide full Legal Name, age, and Physical Mailing Address (along with the email address associated with the PayPal account) for winnings to to be disbursed. If the player is under 18 years old, the player needs to submit a parental consent form before prizing would be released. The form that needs to be completed will be provided and must be fully completed and signed by a parent or guardian.

Note: if the event does not have at least 150 active participants (playing on game day) the prizing may be reduced.

SCHEDULE:


Saturday 5:

13:00 UTC: registration closes.
13~14 UTC: check-in on Battlefy. You must check-in or will be dropped before Swiss Round 1.
14:00 UTC: Swiss Rounds start, at approx. 70 min per round. Bear in mind that round length depends on the matches, and not the TO. All rounds will start whenever the previous one finishes, even if less than 70 min have passed.


Sunday 6:

13:45 UTC: players qualified for Top Cut must be prepared and connected to GGtoor’s Discord for further instructions (discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q).
14:00 UTC: Top Cut rounds start, at approx. 70 min per round. Bear in mind that round length depends on the matches, and not the TO. All rounds will start whenever the previous one finishes, even if less than 70 min have passed.


Timezone Conversions:

Western Europe (CET): add 1 hour to UTC time. Tournament starts at 15:00 both days.
US East Coast (EDT/EST):
Saturday 4: you are in Daylight Time (EDT). Swiss Rounds start at 10:00 am.
Sunday 5: you are now in Standard Time (EDT/ET). Top Cut starts at 9:00 am.
Japan (JST) and Korea (KST): add 9 hours to UTC time. Tournament starts at 23:00 both days.


The event is expected to take from 6 to 8 hours on Saturday and from 4 to 6 hours on Sunday.
CONTACT


You may contact the TOs:

On Discord:
GGtoor: https://discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q
Victory Road: discord.gg/SrS5TJ9
On Twitter: @VGCVictoryRoad

discord
http://discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q

DESCRIPTION

Game & Region
Pokémon Sword/Shield
Date & Time
Saturday, November 5th 2022
3:00 PM CEST
Format
1v1
Registration is disabled

KEY INFO:
This tournament is FREE TO JOIN and has a $500 PRIZE POOL for the Top 8 finishers.
The tournament will be divided into two days as follows:
Saturday 5: Swiss Rounds. You are not eliminated after the first round. You can play all rounds regardless of your record.
Sunday 6: Top Cut. All players having finished with 2 or fewer losses (x-2) on Saturday are qualified.
Matches are played in Pokémon Sword & Shield for the Nintendo Switch.
All rounds are played in Best-of-3 sets of matches (Bo3).
This tournament is Closed Teamsheets: you will not be able to see your opponent’s team before the set begins, and full info (moves, items…) will not be provided at any point.
The tournament will follow the xxx Ruleset
Available Pokémon: National Pokédex (Galar Mark or Battle-Ready Mark required on all Pokémon).
Restricted Pokémon (up to two per team): Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Calyrex
Pokémon, Moves or Items obtained through unreleased events or illegitimate means are not allowed.
Registration closes on Saturday 5 at 13:00 UTC, 1 hour before the matches start.
You will be asked to check in on Battlefy from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC on Saturday 5.
All announcements from the staff will be made on GGtoor's DISCORD SERVER: discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q
All communications between players and players-TOs will be through Battlefy's integrated chat.


REGISTRATION STEPS:

Sign up on Battlefy and fill all your info.
Submit your Team Info using Poképaste or Cryptopaste (as long as you remember the password) and including all Pokémon, with their Abilities, Held Items, Moves and IV, EV and Nature distribution. Once sign-ups close on Saturday 5 at 13:00 UTC, you won’t be able to change it anymore.
Check if your Nintendo Switch Online subscription is working and download the latest game update for Pokémon Sword & Shield.
Join GGtoor’s Discord server: discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q, all announcements will be done there.

You MUST do all before the tournament starts for your registration to be valid. If you are under 18, you must send the consent form from your parents or legal guardians to participate (info below).


AGE REQUIREMENTS:

All players must be at least 13 years old, or such other age, if greater, as may be required in each player’s country of residence.
Players considered minor (between the ages of 13 and 17, or such other age, if greater, as may be required in each player’s country of residence) must have a written permission from a parent or legal guardian to play. A form is available here (GGtoor Discord), which must be filled and returned BEFORE THE EVENT. PLEASE CONTACT GGTOOR STAFF PRIOR TO THE EVENT TO HAVE THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK COMPLETED OR YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

RULES



To play in the tournament, make sure you...

Sign up here, on Battlefy, and fill ALL your info. You may use a placeholder for the team if you haven't decided it yet.
Submit your Team Info using Poképaste or Cryptopaste (as long as you remember the password) and including all Pokémon, with their Abilities, Held Items, Moves and IV, EV and Nature distribution. Once sign-ups close on Saturday 5 at 13:00 UTC, you won’t be able to change it anymore.
Check if your Nintendo Switch Online subscription is working and download the latest game update for Pokémon Sword & Shield.
Join GGtoor’s Discord server: discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q, all announcements from the TOs will be done there.

You MUST do all before the tournament starts for your registration to be valid. If you are under 18, you must send the consent form from your parents or legal guardians to participate.

Please reach out to us on Twitter or Discord for any issues.

By participating in this tournament, you declare awareness and abiding by the GGtoor Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, as well as Victory Road's rules and penalties for the event:

Terms of Service: https://ggtoor.com/terms.php
Privacy Policy: https://ggtoor.com/privacy.php
Victory Road's Rules & Penalties: https://victoryroadvgc.com/rules/

KEY INFO:

This tournament is FREE TO JOIN and has a $500 PRIZEPOOL for the Top 8 finishers.
The tournament will be divided into two days as follows:
Saturday 5: Swiss Rounds. You are not eliminated after the first round. You can play all rounds regardless of your record.
Sunday 6: Top Cut. All players having finished with 2 or fewer losses (x-2) on Saturday are qualified.
Matches are played in Pokémon Sword & Shield for the Nintendo Switch.
All rounds are played in Best-of-3 sets of matches (Bo3).
This tournament is Closed Teamsheets: you will not be able to see your opponent’s team before the set begins, and full info (moves, items…) will not be provided at any point.
The tournament will follow the xxx Ruleset
Available Pokémon: National Pokédex (Galar Mark or Battle-Ready Mark required on all Pokémon).
Restricted Pokémon (up to two per team): Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Calyrex
Pokémon, Moves or Items obtained through unreleased events or illegitimate means are not allowed.
Registration closes on Saturday 5 at 13:00 UTC, 1 hour before the matches start.
You will be asked to check in on Battlefy from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC on Saturday 5.
All announcements from the staff will be made on GGtoor's DISCORD SERVER: discord.gg/GUhyZxFH8Q
All communications between players and players-TOs will be through Battlefy's integrated chat.


STREAMING:

Players are free to broadcast their matches from the event, live as it happens, on whatever streaming platform of their liking.
The Tournament Organizer (TO) reserves the right to ask any participant to provide a cleanfeed of their games (clean recording of the console without graphics or external audio added) to broadcast the tournament, in any round of the event, on whatever streaming platform the TO deems appropriate, as well as upload the content to any video platforms that the TO and its third party affiliates own or use during or after the event.
By participating in the event, all players consent to their image rights in such a way that their registration data (as provided on Battlefy) can appear on the TO and its affiliates’ streaming and social media platforms of choice during and after the tournament. They also abide by providing the aforementioned cleanfeed whenever possible.


AGE REQUIREMENTS:

All players must be at least 13 years old, or such other age, if greater, as may be required in each player’s country of residence.
Players considered minor (between the ages of 13 and 17, or such other age, if greater, as may be required in each player’s country of residence) must have a written permission from a parent or legal guardian to play. A form is available here (GGtoor Discord), which must be filled and returned BEFORE THE EVENT. PLEASE CONTACT GGTOOR STAFF PRIOR TO THE EVENT TO HAVE THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK COMPLETED OR YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

Players can report their own score.