(Custom Avatar Prize) Smogon VGC Winter League II - Player Signups

[AhriVGC]

Name: AhriVGC
Relevant Social Media: Pokeguli Twitter，AhriVGC#9778 Discord
Bio: vegetable

 

[Fevrine]

Name: Fevrine
Relevant Social Media: JapaneseGoblin#1907 (Discord)
Bio: An average person trying their best

 

[Oriol Plaza]

Name: Oriol Plaza
Relevant Social Media: Twitter: Oriolplaza, oriolplaza#1499
Teamsheet Preference (noted above): Open, if not open tera is just fine
Bio: Top 32 2022 EUIC,Top 4 2022 SP Bilbao, Top 16 2022 SP Milán and x1 Worlds competitor.

 

[TheSaxlad]

Name: TheSaxlad
Relevant Social Media: Twitter: TheSaxlad
Teamsheet Preference (noted above): Open, if not open tera is just fine
Bio: Regional Champion Liverpool 2017, Multiple MSS & PC Top Cuts, Returned to VGC for 2023 season.

 

[TyCarter]

Name: TyCarter
Relevant Social Media: Discord-Typhoon Carter #2210
Bio: mainly singles player, recently started playing VGC, have been playing some previous gens dou to get myself acclimated to doubles as a whole. Also ligma.

 

[Megumi]

Name: Megumi
Relevant Social Media: @ChyrWill on twitter, Megumi#5972 (Discord)
Bio: WCS2022 DAY2(4-3), VR to Franfurt top32

 

[KyogreSG]

Name:KyogreSG
Relevant Social Media:SG_Toumakazusa(twitter) KyogreSG#7815(discord)
Bio:VGC Player and quit shadowverse.

 

[SlushiW]

Name: SlushiW
Relevant Social Media: Discord: Slushi2k#8046
Teamsheet Preference (noted above): Closed, definitely willing to do Open to VGC23
Bio: Was on Seven Island Stoutlands VGCPL1 Champs, didn't play all that much, but learned a lot from my great teammates. Worlds 22 as a Senior made it through Day 1 3-0 and finished Day 2 3-3. x3 Top 8 Regionals, a bunch of 1st MSS and PCs. I want to do this team meet more people in this community and grow more in VGC. Love doing off-meta teams/stats.

 

[mastamis]

Name: Mastamis
Relevant Social Media: OriginalMax#0902 (Discord)
Bio: First Tourney Baby

 

[ChrisVG]

Name: Chris
Relevant Social Media: ChrisVGC#7756 (discord), twitter: @vgcchris
Teamsheet Preference (noted above): open
Bio: idk

 

[deathdragon25o]

(I would consider getting a Gen 9 logo but that's a lot of work lol)

I'm deciding to release player signups a week early! Signups will be open from December 5 to December 16.

Winter League Overview:

• There will be 8 teams in Winter League II. Teams will field 8 starters and a minimum of 4 substitutes. The max team size is 15.
• We will draft using an auction of 120K credits, with each bid (for a player) starting at 3k.
• Format Overview is as follows:
  • 8x VGC 2023 Series 1
    • After much polling and discussion amongst the community and managers, we have agreed upon the following format:
    • 6 closed teamsheet slots (with gentlemen's agreement for open) and 2 open teamsheet slots (which CANNOT be closed)
• There will be no retains in this iteration of VGC PL.

The managers for this tournament are below!
Dewford Dozos: zee EVIL z0mOG
Kiloude City Kilowattrels: Zelda yuki snow-pokepoke
Driftveil Dirges: baaaaaat Megamite RK_pocoyo
Po Town Gholdengos: Nails Spurrific Grandmas Cookin
Kyoto Kingambits: -Howkings JoeUX9
Eterna City Flower Tricks: Helios of Sun izzy22x gahaku
Glaseado Mountain Greedents: PsychedVGC Darts
Zui Zoruas: Tyo Wille duckpond

Signup Format:
Name: this can be a different name than your Smogon account if you go by something else in the VGC community
Account Verification: PLEASE PROVIDE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOR VERIFICATION:

• A Smogon account older than 30 days OR with a minimum of 5 posts
• A Twitter account registered in February of 2022 or earlier
• A Discord account that is 6 months old or older
• FAILURE TO MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THESE CRITERIA WILL MAKE YOU INELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT

Bio: A place to tell managers more about yourself! This could be accomplishments, experience, or just more about you!

Blank Template:
Name:
Relevant Social Media:
Teamsheet Preference (noted above):
Bio:

Teamsheet

Example Signup:
Name: Eeveon7
Relevant Social Media: Eeveon7♪#6561 (Discord), Eeveon7 on Twitter and Smogon
Teamsheet Preference: Closed
Bio: World's best benchwarmer

The tournament will be expected to start in late December and run for 7 weeks of regular season with 2 potential playoff weeks. Please only sign up if you are willing to make such a time commitment.
Below is the updated proposed timetable:

Manager Signups Dec 5 - Dec 11
Player Signups Dec 5 - Dec 16
Draft TBD (Subject to change)
Week 1: Dec 21 - Dec 27
Week 2: Dec 28 - Jan 3
Week 3: Jan 4 - Jan 10
Week 4: Jan 11 - Jan 17
Week 5 Jan 18 - Jan 24
Week 6: Jan 25 - Jan 31
Week 7: Feb 1 - Feb 7
Semifinals: Feb 8- Feb 14
Finals: Feb 15 - Feb 21
(Yes weeks start on Wednesday)

name: deathdragon25o
Relevant social media:deathdragon25o#2019 on discord
Bio: I have stupid freeze luck

 

[Dobstep01]

Name: Dobstep01
Relevant Social Media: Dobstep#9115 (Discord)
Teamsheet Preference: Closed
Bio: Brand new to competitions, but I'm very excited, also, I'm easily the best Benchwarmer.

 

[KITNNAXBOX]

(I would consider getting a Gen 9 logo but that's a lot of work lol)

I'm deciding to release player signups a week early! Signups will be open from December 5 to December 16.

Winter League Overview:

• There will be 8 teams in Winter League II. Teams will field 8 starters and a minimum of 4 substitutes. The max team size is 15.
• We will draft using an auction of 120K credits, with each bid (for a player) starting at 3k.
• Format Overview is as follows:
  • 8x VGC 2023 Series 1
    • After much polling and discussion amongst the community and managers, we have agreed upon the following format:
    • 6 closed teamsheet slots (with gentlemen's agreement for open) and 2 open teamsheet slots (which CANNOT be closed)
• There will be no retains in this iteration of VGC PL.

The managers for this tournament are below!
Dewford Dozos: zee EVIL z0mOG
Kiloude City Kilowattrels: Zelda yuki snow-pokepoke
Driftveil Dirges: baaaaaat Megamite RK_pocoyo
Po Town Gholdengos: Nails Spurrific Grandmas Cookin
Kyoto Kingambits: -Howkings JoeUX9
Eterna City Flower Tricks: Helios of Sun izzy22x gahaku
Glaseado Mountain Greedents: PsychedVGC Darts
Zui Zoruas: Tyo Wille duckpond

Signup Format:
Name: this can be a different name than your Smogon account if you go by something else in the VGC community
Account Verification: PLEASE PROVIDE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOR VERIFICATION:

• A Smogon account older than 30 days OR with a minimum of 5 posts
• A Twitter account registered in February of 2022 or earlier
• A Discord account that is 6 months old or older
• FAILURE TO MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THESE CRITERIA WILL MAKE YOU INELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT

Bio: A place to tell managers more about yourself! This could be accomplishments, experience, or just more about you!

Blank Template:
Name:
Relevant Social Media:
Teamsheet Preference (noted above):
Bio:

Teamsheet

Example Signup:
Name: Eeveon7
Relevant Social Media: Eeveon7♪#6561 (Discord), Eeveon7 on Twitter and Smogon
Teamsheet Preference: Closed
Bio: World's best benchwarmer

The tournament will be expected to start in late December and run for 7 weeks of regular season with 2 potential playoff weeks. Please only sign up if you are willing to make such a time commitment.
Below is the updated proposed timetable:

Manager Signups Dec 5 - Dec 11
Player Signups Dec 5 - Dec 16
Draft TBD (Subject to change)
Week 1: Dec 21 - Dec 27
Week 2: Dec 28 - Jan 3
Week 3: Jan 4 - Jan 10
Week 4: Jan 11 - Jan 17
Week 5 Jan 18 - Jan 24
Week 6: Jan 25 - Jan 31
Week 7: Feb 1 - Feb 7
Semifinals: Feb 8- Feb 14
Finals: Feb 15 - Feb 21
(Yes weeks start on Wednesday)

Name: KITNNAXBOX
Relevant Social Media: KITNNAXBOX♪#6956 (Discord), KITNNAXBOX on Twitter and Smogon
Bio: I am a Spanish youtuber, I usually upload things about fnaf. I've been playing pokemon showdown since 2020. This would be the first time I would try to play a tournament.

 

[ceree]

Name: ceree
Relevant Social Media: @cereevgc on twitter, ceree#2570 on discord
Bio: please i want the custom avatar

 

[williamwyc]

Name: WilliamTheShuai
Relevant Social Media: @WilliamTheShuai on Twitter, WilliamTheShuai#4922 on Discord
Bio: USPA 1 Finalist, NPA 11 Best new player

 

[Finnn#0460]

Name: Finn
Relevant Social Media: Finnn#0460 Discord, @Finn1233211 on twitter and @_SoleilIsBae on twitter for my art :)
Bio: I like to use underused pokemon even if they're not the best

 

[Heafret]

Name: Heafret
Relevant Social Media: Discord: Heafret#3705, Twitter Heafret
Teamsheet Preference: Closed
Bio: I've watched and played VGC casually for three years now, and am looking forward to a tournament run :D

 

[chessguru101]

Name: chessguru101
Relevant Social Media: Discord adib#7757
Bio: Hit top 5 on showdown VGC 2020 ladder, took a break for a couple years, came back this year and hit top 30 on Gen 8 DOU ladder, have dabbled in Gen 9 VGC

 

[AzazeL_The_God]

Name: AzazeL_The_God
Relevant Social Media: Twitter - AzazeLTheGod
Teamsheet Preference: Open
Bio: Veteran VGC Player, Multiple Regional Top Cuts, 2x Worlds Day 2, Top 8 Worlds 2016, 2 International T32’s would love to play, good practice for official circuit

 

[Darkii_plays]

Name: DuckiiVG
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Relevant Social Media: @DuckiiVG on twitter
duckiivg#2042 on discord
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Teamsheet Preference: I can play in either
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Bio: Hope I can bring cool vibes and more energy to a nice team :3c

 

[ImaginaryNeon]

Name: ImaginaryNeon
Relevant Social Media: ImaginaryNeon#6187 (Discord)
Teamsheet Preference: What the fuck is a teamsheet?
Bio: I consider myself to be quite good at making """unviable""" teams.

 

[Shinies Rockers]

Name: Elijah
Relevant Social Media: Dark Hedgemo#7370 Discord
Showdown Name: Shinies Rockers
Bio: I love Pokemon, and hold a spot on the Gen 9 Ladder Nat Dex

 

[Nalorium]

Name: Nalo
Relevant Social Media: Nalo#9103
Showdown Name:Nalorium
Bio: Im a huge VGC enthusiastic, im willing to learn, build and play

 

[FFK]

Name: Foufakirby
Relevant Social Media: Foufakirby#7395 on discord, FFK Foufakirby on Pokémon showdown
Bio: nothing special

 

[aizakkoo_]

Name: Aizakkoo
Relevant Social Media: Aizakkoo
Izak#6484
Bio: one of the boys