Welcome to NUPL VI!
After some discussion, we've decided to change up the schedule for NUPL a little bit. Manager sign ups are being opened up early now with player sign ups lasting 2 weeks to ensure visibility. If you're a prospective manager, now's your chance to sign up for a chance at one of the 8 teams playing this year.
Reminder that we will be maintaining the legacy team names this year and will not allow managers to change a prior team name without permission first. As a reminder, here are the 8 teams from last year:
Managers will be chosen based on experience in NU tournaments (most notably NUPL and SPL), involvement in the community, and historically demonstrating good behavior. If you're signing up, include solid reasoning as to why you would be a good manager based on these qualities we're looking for and which team you would like to take over if you have a preference.As another reminder, here is the post outlining the format for this year
Welcome back for another year of the NU community's finest competition, the Neverused Premier League. This year, QQ has decided to step away from hosting as he's going to be busy with a new job and other assorted things outside of Smogon. In his stead, the illustrious duo of myself and Kiyo will be hosting. The purpose of this post is to inform everyone on the format this year, any changes we've made, and the all-important dates associated with the tournament. Be aware there is a chance we might still make some changes to the tournament between now and the start.
It's that time again.
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Dates
Manager Sign Ups: April 14th - April 21stPlayer Sign Ups: April 21st - April 28thAuction: Weekend after player sign ups end
Format
8 Teams of:3 USM NU1 ORAS NU1 BW2 NU1 DPP NU1 ADV NU1 BO32 SubsChanges
Retains: As each team has a legacy from the year before, we've decided to allow one retain per team this year. Each retain is worth their price from the previous year with an additional 3k credits added on. If a player was worth 7k or less credits last year, their retain price will cost 10k credits. Retains must be announced, at the latest, 24 hours before the auction. You are not allowed to retain the manager from the year before if you are inheriting a team.For reference, here is the list of players price from NUPL V https://pastebin.com/0UrQPP2ZManager buy-ins:As per the same rules from last year, each manager is required to pay 10k credits to purchase the right to play for their team. However, in contrast to last year, managers will be able to save purchasing themselves for any point during the auction.~-~-~-~That's all for now. See you in 2 months.
Deadline for Manager Sign Ups will be Sunday, April 15th at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT -5).