Online Competition Spikemuth Cup

[cant say]

Get rowdy in the Spikemuth Cup, a Single Battle in-game competition named after the home of the raucous Team Yell!
You can’t Dynamax or Gigantamax when you challenge the Gym in Spikemuth. Accordingly, Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing are not permitted in this competition.
All Pokémon™ on your team must be from the Galar Pokédex, Isle of Armor Pokédex, or Crown Tundra Pokédex.
Sign-Up Period: March 4, 2021, at 5:00 UTC – March 18, 2021, at 23:59 UTC
Competition Period: March 19, 2021, at 00:00 UTC – March 21, 2021, at 23:59 UTC
Participation Gift: 50 Battle Points
Battle Type: Single Battles
Same Pokémon: Not allowed
Same Items: Not allowed
Eligible Pokémon: Galar Pokédex No. 001–397, Isle of Armor Pokédex No. 001–210, and Crown Tundra Pokédex No. 001–209 are eligible for battle. (Review the Eligible Pokémon section of the competition rules from within your game for details.)
Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing are not allowed.
How to Register
1. Launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.
2. Open the X menu.
3. Select VS.
4. Select Battle Stadium.
5. Select Online Competitions.
6. Select Search Official Competitions.
How to View Your Rankings
1. After the competition has ended, launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.
2. Open the X menu.
3. Select VS.
4. Select Battle Stadium.
5. Select Online Competitions.
6. Select Search Official Competitions.
How to Receive the Participation Gift
1. After the competition has ended, launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.
2. Open the X menu.
3. Select Mystery Gift.
4. Select Get a Mystery Gift.
5. Select Get Battle Stadium Rewards.
• Only one Nintendo Account per each Nintendo Switch™ system may participate.
• When using one Nintendo Account to play both Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, you can enter with each game.
• Battle data and results will be provided to Nintendo Co., Ltd., and The Pokémon Company (and their subsidiaries).

Players engaging in or exhibiting the following may receive penalties and be restricted from participating in future online events.
• Use of unauthorized methods to alter game save data, use of Pokémon that have data altered via altering code, or use of Pokémon created through the use of altering code
• Significantly large number of disconnects during battle, from when your opponent has been decided to when the match results have been fully sent to the server (please ensure a stable connection environment when connecting to the internet)
• Troubling behavior that could affect other participants or make others feel unpleasant
• Actions that would obstruct battles and operations, such as hacking
• Registering with incorrect information or impersonating another player
• Other actions that operation hosts determine to be inappropriate

tl;dr

Series 7 Singles with Dynamax/Gigantamax banned!

Lego plz code lol


What do you think is better or worse without Maxing being banned?

 

[Lan]

The main post/announcement states Galar Pokédex No. 001–397, Isle of Armor Pokédex No. 001–210, and Crown Tundra Pokédex No. 001–209 are eligible for battle. However, the "Eligible Pokémon" section highlights Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Zarude, and Calyrex all legal.

Downloaded the ruleset on cart and tested out a game with my brother and we found that the latter applies.

Clips

Clip of me choosing the ruleset and the team:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1367386328292225025

Clip of Calyrex-Ice without the Dynamax Button (at 27 sec.):

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1367386762750795776

Other takeaways: This isn't Series 8 where you're restricted to one 'special Pokémon'. I brought all four at the same time. The game also wasn't coded so that all games take place at Spikemuth.

 

[cant say]

It seems GameFreak/TPCi/Nintendo messed this one up real bad. When using the Spikemuth Cup rules in-game, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Zarude and Calyrex are all allowed. When you check the “eligible pokémon” option in-game it also has these Pokémon listed as eligible. This is in direct contradiction to what the description of the rules states.


We have no idea if either the rules description will change to reflect the implementation, the implementation changed to match the description, or neither and stay wrong.

Classic Pokémon...

 

[Ika Ika Musume]

 

[Theorymon]

Dragonwhale posted this on the discord, but it doesn't seem to have reached this thread yet:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1367468783455989763

So basically, the Ubers actually aren't allowed, and Gamefreak got the download rules wrong, jesus christ lol

But that should clear up the rules issues at least, so now we can start teambuilding!

 

[Gooie_Weeggie]

Would a Sand team with Exca and Ttar work?