Registration Open for the Season 4 Nugget Bridge Major
The long awaited fourth Nugget Bridge Major is finally here. Last year’s Nugget Bridge Major was the largest tournament we ever held here on Nugget Bridge with 449 participants and after a long and grueling tournament, DarkAssassin was declared the victor. We hope this year’s Major will be even bigger and better and the first way we aim to do so is an increase in prizes!
The Major has always had a large prize pool and we are nearly doubling the prize payout compared to last year. This years prizes (US dollars):
- 1st place: $300 + 120 NP
- 2nd place: $150 + 110 NP
- 3rd/4th place: $75 + 100 NP
- 5th-8th place: $25 + 70 NP
- 9th-16th place: 50 NP
- 17th-32nd place: 30 NP
- 33rd-64th place: 20 NP
Of course remember that 100 Nugget Points are needed for an invite to the Nugget Bridge Invitational, so the Major will be key in obtaining that invite.
The second way we hope to make this Major even bigger and better is making it easier to signup and track your progress in the tournament. This year we are using Battlefy to host the entire bracket. No more searching for the right bracket, it will all be right there in front of you. You will need a Battlefy account, so do sign up for one and use this link to actually sign up for the tournament. Signups will be open for 7 days, so don’t delay.
Finally the rules will be important to follow for this tournament. If you don’t follow them you are at risk of losing matches or even being disqualified from the tournament altogether.
- The ruleset will be the Standard Format.
- The tournament will follow the Swiss structure and leads to a final single elimination top cut to determine the champion. This means you play every round whether you win or you lose
- The top 32 players or all players with 2 or fewer losses (whichever is the larger number) will make it to the top cut single elimination stage
- Games will be played in a best of 3 set and the winner of 2 games will be declared the winner of the match. Report the proper score because your tiebreakers are affected. The only results should be 2-0 or 2-1.
- You may not change teams during that best of 3, but you can change teams between rounds.
- Games must be played on Nintendo 3DS systems using Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire. In certain circumstances Pokémon Showdown may be used, but it needs to be cleared with makiri, the tournament host.
- This is not a live tournament. Matches will play out over the course of the week.
- The password is “ireadtherules” Do not share this password.
- Use your Nugget Bridge username as your In game name when registering. Do not enter your Pokémon In Game Name twice. Unjoin and rejoin with the correct information if you do this incorrectly. A Nugget Bridge account is required to play.
- As mentioned it is Swiss, just because you lose it does not mean you are done, play the tournament out!
- Please record a video while playing your match (using a phone or camcorder or something similar) to help in case of disputes. We also recommend saving all battle videos.
There is no need to signup in this thread, but feel free to let everyone know you signed up and discuss the tournament. Round 1 will begin on February 2nd, so be ready!
About the Author
makiri started playing VGC in 2008 and has been an advocate for VGC play since then. With three Regional Championship victories and multiple other high placings, makiri is a seasoned competitor ready to impart knowledge of the game to others.
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To address the two posts asking about FC, if you transfer your DS data over to your new DS you retain the same friend code, so you shouldn’t even have to worry about that.
Is it just me or is battlefy really glitchy on mobile? Pretty much not usable
In it to win it.
Should’ve done multiple flights, 10 rounds, 10 weeks is a long time. That being said, lets get this party started.
Ok I’m having an issue signing up. (I know the password so that’s not the issue).
I’ve signed up regularly with my user name and my email address and was told to wait for a verification code. However, after 5 retries I have gotten nothing. So I decided to try a different email, simply because I checked the roster and it would say “There is no user with that name (CrissyChan)”, meaning it didn’t go through.
Then I would re sign up and it would tell me “crissychan is already in use.” I tried to do a Log In and it says “Invalid Credentials” etc.
I would go and reset my password and would get the message “Cannot find a user with that email address.”
I’m very very confused as to what am I supposed to do now since it’s making me go in circles.
rules confusing me with nugget bridge name and in game name as their different
Matt, mobile isn’t great. Should be fine for checking matchups but don’t use it to do anything.
Crissy, PM me with the email you signed up with.
Almost 1,100 players
. Maybe I can get top 1000
Not sure how but holy heck, it’s like the tournament learned how to use Swords Dance from last time.
I signed up, I need to get into VGC 15.
More like Tail Glow
Registered yesterday. #999, baby!
LETS! DO! THIS! THING!
Seriously though, What is the password? I want to sign up
Did you try password, and password1?
EDIT: maybe 12345678?
Sorry if this has been answered, but is there a check-in time on the 2nd when the major begins?
So my IGN in AlphaSapphire is Chronic BHS. Is it alright if my NB account name is still ChronicMidnight for registration?
Your name for registration should be your NB name.
No.
Good luck everyone
How long will this event last? Because on February 13, I plan on trading in my current 3DS for a New Nintendo 3DS XL.
Since there seem to be 11 rounds of Swiss and there’s 1 round every week, I would assume that Swiss would take around 3 months.
It won’t be a problem if you switch 3DS, since you have to contact your opponent anyway and you can just tell that your FC has changed.
I am registered! Who else is still team building? Anyone?
How will top cut be determined? Since there are over 1000 members. Or will battlefy figure it out? There are bound to be a few ties.
I guess this is a question on how swiss proceeds with HUGE number of players.
Haha i’m EV’ing up my last ‘mon right now.
Please sign me in
-Beto D.
-Beto D.
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I’m waiting for one last Pokemon, but I think I have a team set up for the time being.
I don’t have a team yet
lol
same…I’ve also only SR’ed two legendaries. That doesn’t help.
ready to rumble, only to trade-evolutions needed.
3 hours, 1,300 participants… Yay?
I seem to be having problems logging into battlefy on my laptop, but I’m still logged in on mobile. Idk why it won’t let me log in on desktop, it says my email is invalid, yet i received an email reminding me about the tournament.
So, when will the rosters be announced?