Here's some quick links to make my post look a bit bigger:
Ubers Championship Standings
Smogon Snake Draft Replays
I'll add more as I think of it, but the main content of this thread will be whatever you guys make of it.
why not an ubers wcup and a ladder tour ?We are currently in the process of creating the 2019 circuit. I'm open to hearing (constructive) feedback and potential ideas in this thread so that we may consider it when designing next year. Stuff like overall feeling, meta representation, scheduling across the year, amount of x tours, etc.
Some quick thoughts I have that will probably see implementation coming from community feedback so far (but don't take as guarantees):
- an early-ish UPL (likely immediately after Exhibition)
- A team tournament + ssnl running around "Ubers Open" to compensate for the lack of it and address the demand for another team tour after UPL (most likely a Snake format or something but tbd)
- more tournaments rather than less, i'll be more towards tournament overlap and multiple running at once over leaving gaps or waiting around (type A overlap will still be kept to a minimum)
- i'm looking at making type C tournaments common and easy to start up and i'd like to better clarify what would make a type C tour, because it is a bit of a vague idea so far and we didn't have any in 2018. being an easy to throw around tier of tournament should result in a scattered but reasonable amount rather than zero.
If there's feedback on our Championship format I'm happy to hear it after its conclusion. It doesn't necessarily need to be locked in by the end of this month like our overall circuit does and I want to see how it concludes myself before making any judgements, and you should too.
I agree with the notion of an early UPL - This should almost be the case for every year. I feel like a late February/Early March is close as optimal as possible, as it allows to accommodate other circuit tournaments such as Ubers Winter Seasonal being concluded or in the very late stages. Pentathlon (if we go off last years circuit, I don't know if you have any plans to move this or not) would have just started and this could easily co-exist with the UPL. Furthermore If you look at official tournaments such as SPL also exist in this time period would also be coming to conclusion which is also beneficial, as SPL Players would have had adequate time to settle into playing/dedicating to SPL etc and would be more inclined to participating in UPL.- an early-ish UPL (likely immediately after Exhibition)
This point reads to me as two different topics of interest, so I will preface them as such:- A team tournament + ssnl running around "Ubers Open" to compensate for the lack of it and address the demand for another team tour after UPL (most likely a Snake format or something but tbd)
Summer
Summer Seasonal (May to August, Type A)
Ubers Generations Team Tournament (late June*)
Smogon Grand Slam - Ubers Open VI (July to September, Type A)
I honestly don't have much to say about this point, going off my thoughts above, as obviously I've already suggested the possible introduction more tournaments, especially the new team tournament idea. There is always going to be times when tournaments overlap, and this seems completely acceptable, for example a team tournament is always going to be in the juxtaposition of another circuit tournament throughout the year.- more tournaments rather than less, i'll be more towards tournament overlap and multiple running at once over leaving gaps or waiting around (type A overlap will still be kept to a minimum)
These feel like a grey area to me, what should qualify as a 'Type-C' tournament is seems quite vague and is not completely defined. Though I do like the idea of start-up tours, I find this rather unique. This gives other members of the community to have attempts at hosting tournaments and gain experience with doing this, I hosted ORAS Ubers Cup with minimum experience and I found it quite enjoyable and would like to believe it was hosted adequately.i'm looking at making type C tournaments common and easy to start up and i'd like to better clarify what would make a type C tour, because it is a bit of a vague idea so far and we didn't have any in 2018. being an easy to throw around tier of tournament should result in a scattered but reasonable amount rather than zero.