Hi everyone! AGPL IV is coming in the near future, and in contrast to last year cromagnet, Nol, omi and I would like to hear input on the structure of the tour and tiers selected.
Currently, we would like to do something similar to last year - 6 teams, and 10 players minimum per team (8 starters + 2 subs) with 8 slots. There will be a 5 week round robin with the top team advancing straight to finals, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams play each other for the other spot.
Tentative Schedule
Manager Signups - May 22nd
Player Signups - May 29th
Auction - June 11th / 12th
Week 1 - June 13th
- Multigen Bo3 (SS / USUM / ORAS)
- SS AG
- SS AG
- SS AG
- USUM AG
- USUM AG**
- ORAS AG
- National Dex AG
The primary issue with said format was giving priority to USUM over the other old / alternate gens for no real reason, and so we'd like to hear your suggestions on what to do with the second USUM slot.
Here are some preliminary options:
1. Leave the slot as is.
2. Replace it with a second National Dex slot - this option has always felt the most logically consistent to me, as National Dex is actually a current gen metagame, and therefore merits some extra emphasis. However, many people have raised grievances with the current state of the metagame, and so I'd need to see considerable support to change to this.
3. Replace it with a fourth SS slot - this works fine, but oversaturates the tournament with SS, which isn't desirable to some.
4. Replace it with a DPP slot - as much as I like DPP, I would be hard-pressed to support this option, as few people are involved in this metagame and it lacks development overall.
Feel free to give input on what you'd like to see with this slot, or AGPL in general!
Finally, AGPL will also award a custom avatar this year!
Currently, we would like to do something similar to last year - 6 teams, and 10 players minimum per team (8 starters + 2 subs) with 8 slots. There will be a 5 week round robin with the top team advancing straight to finals, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams play each other for the other spot.
Tentative Schedule
Manager Signups - May 22nd
Player Signups - May 29th
Auction - June 11th / 12th
Week 1 - June 13th
Tiers
Last year, we did the following:- Multigen Bo3 (SS / USUM / ORAS)
- SS AG
- SS AG
- SS AG
- USUM AG
- USUM AG**
- ORAS AG
- National Dex AG
The primary issue with said format was giving priority to USUM over the other old / alternate gens for no real reason, and so we'd like to hear your suggestions on what to do with the second USUM slot.
Here are some preliminary options:
1. Leave the slot as is.
2. Replace it with a second National Dex slot - this option has always felt the most logically consistent to me, as National Dex is actually a current gen metagame, and therefore merits some extra emphasis. However, many people have raised grievances with the current state of the metagame, and so I'd need to see considerable support to change to this.
3. Replace it with a fourth SS slot - this works fine, but oversaturates the tournament with SS, which isn't desirable to some.
4. Replace it with a DPP slot - as much as I like DPP, I would be hard-pressed to support this option, as few people are involved in this metagame and it lacks development overall.
Feel free to give input on what you'd like to see with this slot, or AGPL in general!
Finally, AGPL will also award a custom avatar this year!