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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I have heard that the Hearthome Holy Spirits smell amazing, look great, and taste like victory. I am looking forward to getting crushed by them week 1.
GO SPIRITS
cooler than a polar bear sipping $37 coffee in a snowstorm
lets go lets go lets G00000000OOOOooo
Weeaboo bird reporting in kaw kaw kaw
Lessons learned in my first NPA draft
1. No one cares about showdown
2. No one cares about ICs
3. People care about your anime choice (Sonic X is frowned upon)
4. Don’t blow 90% of your budget on 2 people
Well, guess I get to pleasantly eat my words here. Certainly wasn’t expecting the early pick-up (as I’m sure I wasn’t the only one). But I’m ready to prove my slot on the biggest roster in the NPA (guess this really makes us a SWARM, eh?)
lgi Hornets!
Being drafted by the Hornets is a dream come true. I promise, as I’ve said on Twitter, to be the Paul Bisonette of this team. By that I mean I’ll probably play one game over the course of the season, instead spending most of my time chirping people that are much better players than me.
As the obvious new manager of the Goldenrod Rollouts and official drafter, go @therollouts. Theboilerroom minus the bad players (oliver, tan, toler) is going to kick your booty, so get ready.
I thought you could get picked up mid season?
Well, the thing about Showdown and ICs is that the players picked are generally very strong in those things, too. When it comes to choosing between someone who has done well at Showdown and ICs and someone who has done well at Showdown, ICs, and major tournaments IRL, it’s a pretty easy choice to make.
All I see is two college freshman who are probably more busy rushing Alpha Sigma Moo than do anything Pokemon related, a Worlds Competitor who wanted to “KAWWW”, and a bunch of other players who the official drafter thought “looked good” in a wig and a Rollouts uniform. White girl rating is a 6/10 at best so I’m not sure which side of the bolier room will get booty rekt. I’ll be sure to save some Pumpkin Spice Lattes for you when the Stars raise the championship banner! And as always, don’t forget to check us out @CelesticStars!!!
have beaten you, and will beat you once more: with my eyes closed; hopping on one foot; with Furfrou
stop trying
Man, good thing we don’t have to play each other this season. I would hate to have a match decided purely on coin flips!
splishsplash
Yes I am a college freshman, but in my brief stint as a finance major, I regret to inform you that you, much like the actual Starbucks, have way overpriced their mediocre products.
Well as a finance major you should know not to abandon smart and profitable investments in favor of sinking ones. I have no time for smack talk. I have a winning organization to run. Control your “2nd” in command who seems a bit power hungry for my tastes, (“obvious new manager”? Please.) and good luck with your fight for your city’s bandwagon, Banjo.
here is a post full of friendship
Battle Spot dubs possibly
At least I would rate it over the current state of Showdown, idk about others
Congrats to those who have been drafted. Will any of these battles be recorded or streamed?