National Pokémon Association 3 is Starting Soon
It’s been almost a year since the last season of the National Pokémon Association started, and we’re back at it for another! Last season had 12 teams with 72 players total fight it out for that #1 spot on top, which led to the Seafoam Islanders’ victory. This season we have a few changes from last season that I’m sure some people might be excited about. Unlike other tournament held here on Nugget Bridge, the NPA does not give any Nugget Bridge Circuit points.
For those who don’t know, the NPA is a team tournament held here on Nugget Bridge that lets players join together and work as a team to try to best the competition. All 16 teams play in 8 rounds with the top 6 making playoffs. The last remaining team in the playoffs will become the champions for this season. Unlike the Dodrio Cup, there are no special rules that the players must abide by. All matches will be played in the Standard format. Just a reminder the rules are:
- Players must use Pokémon X or Pokémon Y
- All matches are played in Doubles format
- Pokemon above Level 50 will be brought down to 50 for the match while those below 50 will stay as-is
- Players choose 4 of their 6 registered Pokemon after team preview
- Species Clause: No two Pokémon can share the same Pokédex number.
- Item Clause: No two Pokémon can hold the same held item.
- Pokémon must be bred or caught in Kalos
- Pokémon must be part of the Central Kalos Dex (1-150), Coastal Kalos Dex (1-153), or Mountain Kalos Dex (1-147)
Players sign ups will start August 1st. There will be weekly coverage going on throughout this season, so even if you aren’t drafted be sure to follow all of that!
Tournament Structure
- Each week, teams will go head to head in a fight to win the best of 6 games. So the winning team for the week will have to win 4 or more games. If the week goes 3-3, the week is recorded as a tie for each team. A win is worth two points, and a tie is worth one point.
- The 6 matches will consist of 6 standard ruleset matches between each member of the team.
- There are 8 weeks in the season, two weeks for playoffs, and a week for finals for a total of 11 weeks
- Each team will consist of the 1 manager and a minimum of 6 battlers. Each week, each manager must submit a roster of what 6 players they are using for the week to Duy and Biosci. Managers are not allowed to play in the weekly games, but are encouraged to help the team practice.
- Managers must post saying they’re subbing an inactive player out to put in another player. Once a player is subbed in that week, they must either play or the match will be decided on activity.
- All games will be played on Nintendo 3DS systems using Pokémon X or Pokémon Y
Managers
A thread will go up Saturday July 19th to see who is interested in managing this season. Duy and Biosci will personally decide who manages each of the teams with some input from advisors. All managers will be decided upon by the end of July 30th.
Draft
Players will have a chance to sign up from August 1st to August 17th, and the draft will be held on August 22nd (subject to change). The draft will happen in the synIRC channel #npa. The draft this year will be an auction, which you can learn about here (if you have questions about it, just comment below). As a manager’s turn comes around, they will quickly choose who to nominate and the bidding will commence. It’s recommended that a manager come into the draft with a set of players already in mind to draft.
Details of the draft will be worked out soon.
Trades
If teams wish, they may trade for players from other teams for players of their own or cash for the mid-season auction. They will first start out by proposing the trade to the team manager they want to deal with. If both managers agree to the trade, PM the trade info to Duy and Biosci using the forum PM system. Once you receive approval, the trade is official and considered done. If a trade is done mid-week, the player swap is done immediately even if the player still has a match yet to finish that week. The player can be subbed out for the team substitute or subbed in for the new player.
No more trades may be made after mid-season is over.
Mid-Season and All-Star Week
There will be a mid-season break after week 4 for teams to pick up new players in the mid-season auction and conduct final trades for the season. While this is going on, the current 12 players with the best records will be able to participate in All-Star Week.
Playoffs
The playoffs will contain the top 6 teams from the season. The top 2 teams will earn a round 1 bye while the remaining 4 fight it out to move onto top 4.
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What exactly is All-Star Week?
The top players from each team get together.
The top players from each team get together.
Hmmm….i have read the op of course…and I am thinking of doing the NPA this year…but considering that my first team isn’t finished yet I don’t think I will be drafted…
Hmmm….i have read the op of course…and I am thinking of doing the NPA this year…but considering that my first team isn’t finished yet I don’t think I will be drafted…
Im certainly going to be in it, could I just say to any managers watching that I would be open to any new ideas and I will be very active, Lets win this thing.
I also think im good at battling and team building but we shall see
I’m definitely psyched up for this I hope me being a new face wont determine too much of the owners willingness to pick me
Who are the new teams?
When are you announcing the managers?
When are you announcing the managers?
They’ll be announced when they are, have patience
People do have lives outside of here so they could just be busy 
He is just asking, I know many people are confused about when they are being announced as they originally said yesterday so please don’t have a go at him
I wasn’t having a go :3 I was just explaining that sometimes things do get delayed
Numerical/JammieDodger, getting all up in arms about this is a pretty silly idea. You asked, Rich answered, now you’re getting all up in arms, as it wasn’t the answer you wanted.
Just some food for thought, and general advice when approaching NPA. No-one gets paid for this, it’s run as a free community tournament, so if it doesn’t run exactly how you want it, on the schedule you’re expecting. That’s just tough. Posting more and more about it just serve to irritate people, and if you’re looking to play in it as well, no one is going to draft people they find annoying, as they don’t want to work with them for a couple of months, so you might want to just reign it in a little bit chaps.
Let’s also remember, this is the big crunch time before Worlds, which a lot of the people managing or playing in this are going to attend as well. And that’s not even going into all the time people put into this. So like Dozz said, getting antsy just because nothing’s been announced just yet isn’t that smart. You’d be better off testing your own teams or preparing in the meantime.
Anyone looking for a tryout please join #splashes
Got a question guys, how long does this tourney go for?
more or less one battle a week you need to schedule and complete. For about 3 months.
Attention everyone who has an interest in joining the Holy Spirits for the upcoming season:
If you play Mario Kart 8 and post your VR in the signup thread you will increase your chances of being drafted by me!!! Getting triple red shelled by 2nd place and blue shelled over and over again will make anyone believe that there are holy powers at work. Therefore Mario Kart 8 will be one of the ways our team will bond throughout the season.
I’ll be glad to sign in!
I hope I have fun
This is on ds right?
Where is the IRC…i still have no idea…i feel like I am missing out…
I don’t know… maybe google… something like… “nuggetbridge irc…” maybe it will work…
External
Created the schedule last night, External. I’ll go over how I created it right away in case any questions come up:
I then opened the schedule and replaced the letters with the corresponding teams.
Also, this morning, I realized I had donuts left over and decided that coffee would be a great idea with these donuts. And while drinking the coffee it reminded me that Tan would like you to join him at #celesticstars!
Biosci did you decide if I can enter the draft?
I hope one of the managers decides to give me a chance. I’m new to VGC this year but I feel like I will make a solid addition to a team!
This is my first year doing this but i’m very excited! Although my chances aren’t great i still hope i get a chance and would love to be a part of a team
. Congragulations to all the managers and good luck to all the players!
Any mangers holding tryouts if they are im very much intrested pm me or post on here if you are