Pokémon GO to be featured in Twitch Rivals: Mobile Showdown

18 creators will compete in a pro-am event – 6 pros, and 12 variety/casual creators, and will form teams of 3 with 1 pro and 2 creators on each “gym” team. These teams will each have 1 hour to collect a team of Pokemon for each creator to engage in a trainer battle at the end of the preparation phase. Pokemon must be gathered on a fresh account, and can not be traded with other players

Detailed Tournament Format

• Capture phase
  • Creators will be provided a fresh account by Niantic with only starter items
  • Creators will have a 1 hour timer to capture new Pokemon in the wild
  • Creators may train up Pokemon using what they find but may not trade Pokemon with non-teammates or purchase items
• Preparation phase
  • Creators will no longer be allowed to catch Pokemon
  • Creators may train up Pokemon and set up their lineups to be presented at the end of the preparation phase
  • Teams of 6 Pokemon will be submitted by each teammate at the end of the preparation phase – these Pokemon do NOT need to actually be owned, as creators may bluff which Pokemon they own. A “bluffed” Pokemon may be presented in the lineup but can never actually be used during battle
• Battle phase
  • Teams will play in a Round Robin bracket with other competing teams in their “circuit” – which is effectively a group of like-skilled competitors
    • 3 circuits: Pro, Amateur 1, and Amateur 2
    • Each of the 3 members of each gym is assigned to a separate circuit as appropriate
      • Each circuit will thus have 6 players in it, 1 from each gym
    • Bo3, Round Robin play within the groups, with each creator choosing 3 Pokemon from their lineup to send out in each game
      • Pokemon may change from game to game within a single Round Robin Bo3, but all must come from the lineup that player submitted
  • Team with the best overall score across 3 RR groups wins the event
• Additional battle phase rules:
  • Matches are played in Great League: only Pokemon up to 1500 CP are permitted.
  • Players will be able to choose a roster of 6 for the entire round robin – i.e., no changing 6 Pokemon after the team is declared
    • As only 3 Pokemon are used in a given match, the other 3 may be considered “on the bench”
  • Teams can only draft a Pokémon (and its evolution line) once between the 3 team members.
    • Ex: For Team 1 – Player 1 plans to use Bulbasaur in their roster. Team 1 – Player 2/Player 3 cannot use Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, or Venusaur in their roster.
  • No Pokémon from Trades allowed.
  • No Shadow Pokémon allowed.

Scoring and Overall Standings

Overall team finish is based on results from all 3 Round Robin “circuits”. Final standings are based on total combined match wins.

Tiebreakers

1. Overall game win %
2. Head-to-head match W/L record across 3 circuits

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