#Neverused Challenge

Intro:
The #Neverused Challenge is a series of daily tournaments designed to test players teambuilding and battling skills to the very limit. Not only that, but you will get the opportunity to face some of the best NU players outside of the standard ladder environment, enabling players to explore the NU metagame with a twist. The cups are not simply the standard NU metagame, each one will have a unique theme or teambuilding restriction, designed to test players and extend their knowledge beyond the standard ladder teams. These themes are meant to provide a bit of entertainment, so may not be entirely competitive i.e. "Players may not use any Pokemon whose names start with a letter in users name". The theme will be announced 20 minutes before the beginning of the tournament, forcing players to think on their feet and play with something creative. Records will be kept of who wins each tournament, and at the end of each month a winner will be declared, recieving bragging rights until they lose their title!

How to play:
Be sure to get on IRC and to the #Neverused channel, where you can discuss the NU metagame at any time of day.
The tournaments will be held here each day at 5 PM EST, but this can vary due to real life commitments of the host or activity of the channel at that time. If the channel is very active, more than one tournament may happen in the same evening. The host will ask for participants at 5 PM, and once a suitable number has been attained the theme will be announced and teambuilding begins. Simply post "in" on IRC when the hosts asks to join in. Players will then have 20 minutes to build their team, then matchups will be announced by the host and the battles begin.

Rules:
-The standard NU banlist will be in place unless otherwise specified in the theme for the tournament.
-Species Clause, Sleep Clause, Evasion Clause, OHKO Clause, and Timed Battle are all enforced unless otherwised specified in the theme.
-Spectators should be allowed in all matches for the enjoyment of those not playing, everybody loves watching good matches! Despite this, scouting is not permittied so you should refrain from watching other battles if you are still in the tournament.
-Stay active once signing up, you will be disqualified and possibly barred from joining future cups if you go afk without saying so.

Leaderboard and Points:

    Points Breakdown:
    32 Man 16/12/8 Man 6 Man 4 Man
    1st: 5 Points 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points
    2nd: 3 Points 2 Points 1 Point 1 Point
    3rd/4th: 2 Points 1 Point

The points added up at the end of the month, and an overall winner will be declared.

Hosts:
Django Reinhart
DTC
Limi
shnen

Anyone else willing to host these tournaments on a regular basis should contact me either on the forums or IRC.

Note: this will be run on a trial basis until the 1st of June to iron out any kinks, at which point we will begin the first #Neverused Challenge