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Welcome to the seventh iteration of Showdown's biggest team tournament: Pokemon Showdown Premier League! PSPL VII will see the various rooms from PS! duking it out in a team tournament with teams composed of ranked users from each room. If you're a little confused, here's a sample match with the finalised tiers (these tiers were decided by popularity as well as by voting from PS! room staff; the sample is not representative of any actual lineup):

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Team A (5) vs. Team B (3)
SM Random Battle: Player 1 vs [B]Player 2[/B]
SM OU: [B]Player 3 [/B]vs Player 4
SM UU: [B]Player 5[/B] vs Player 6
SM RU: Player 7 vs [B]Player 8[/B]
SM NU: [B]Player 9[/B] vs Player 10
SM LC: Player 11 vs [B]Player 12[/B]
SM Ubers: [B]Player 13[/B] vs Player 14
SM Monotype: [B]Player 15[/B] vs Player 16
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[B][COLOR=rgb(128, 0, 0)]Tournament Format[/COLOR][/B]
The tournament will begin with a round-robin group stage. Each group contains four teams. The top two teams from each group in the group stage will move on to a single elimination, bracket-style tournament to decide the champion of PSPL! Any additional rules and explanations will be listed when week 1 is posted.

[B][COLOR=rgb(128, 0, 0)]Who can play?[/COLOR][/B]
Each room must play [B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]eight[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)] [/COLOR]players each week, all of which are the starting slots. [B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]Six[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)] [/COLOR]of those slots must be [B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]room voices and up[/COLOR],[/B] while the other two slots do not have to be ranked users. However, if room auth want to play, they should get priority over room regulars. As for non-ranked users, each team is entitled to two globally ranked users (global voice and up), as well as two regular users (no global rank) [B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]for the entire tournament[/COLOR][/B]. This means that you can't field more than four different non-auths across all weeks (global ranked users that are also room auth count for the room auth number, not the global ranked users number).

We have a list of roomauth in each room, which is essentially the roster for the "must be a ranked user" slots. If you're using someone not on your /roomauth list as a ranked user, you as an owner will need to seek special permission for whatever reason it may be. Do not try and game the system, or you will be laughed at and punished for being unable to compete in a fun community tournament without cheating...

No one can play for multiple rooms. This also applies to managers. However, if you own a room you're not playing for, you may be an "involved owner" in a different room so we can keep things running smoothly.

[B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Lineup Submission / When does the tour start?[/COLOR][/B]
Managers must have their week one lineup submitted by [B]April 28th[/B] and before the deadline of each subsequent week (11:59PM EST (GMT-4) of Sundays). We'll post matchups on the Monday of each week and you'll have one week to complete the matches. Week one starts [B]April 29th.[/B]

Managers, when submitting your lineup please send a forum PM to me ([USER=233760]nui[/USER]), [USER=199661]Kalalokki[/USER], [B]and[/B] [USER=267950]Teclis[/USER]. Within your PM, you should include
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[*]Your room name
[*]The list of players that will be playing that week, with an indication of which player is supposed to be slotted in which tier, as well as which are the non-auths (for verification, as we'll also be keeping a record of this and cross referencing each time).
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Random Battle:
OU:
UU:
RU:
NU:
LC:
Ubers:
Monotype:
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Rinse and repeat throughout the later weeks (use that same forum PM as well -- it's much easier to keep up with exactly 32 convos throughout this tournament rather than 321 convos).

[B]Please make sure to tag your players' Smogon accounts as well, especially if it's different from their username on PS!, as this will save us a lot of time when posting the weeks and tagging players.

e.g.
SM Ubers: @SmogonName (PS! username)]
SM OU: @SmogonName (PS! username)] - non-auth

[COLOR=rgb(128, 0, 0)]Prizes:[/COLOR][/B]
The winning team's players and managers will be entitled to access to a team custom avatar of their choosing on Pokemon Showdown! for all to see! (actual avi subject to approval by Zarel)

[B][COLOR=rgb(128, 0, 0)]What rooms are playing?[/COLOR][/B]
32 rooms have signed up for this tournament and the field is set! See below for the groups and Week 1 Team Matchups.
[hide=Teams, Groups, and Week 1 Matchups]
[CENTER][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]Kanto Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
1v1 [/B]([USER=234355]DEG[/USER])  vs. [B]Monotype[/B]([USER=362454]Decem[/USER] [USER=215618]Moosical[/USER])
[B]The Studio[/B] ([USER=211868]Brandon~[/USER] [USER=151509]Vivalospride[/USER]) vs. [B]Video Games & Chess[/B]([USER=320293]Inactive[/USER] @Dylas)

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#00b359]Johto Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Hindi [/B](@XpRienzo @Gyslexic Duy) vs. [B]Ubers [/B](@SparksBlade @dream)
[B]Battle Dome[/B](@Cleo @Elgino10) vs. [B]Sports [/B](@Arsenal Arceus @phil)

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0080ff]Hoenn Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Cosmopolitan + The Cafe[/B] (@Lionyx @Amaluna) vs. [B]Wifi [/B](@Wyrx @CarbinkDiancie)
[B]Scholastic [/B]() vs. [B]Scavangers [/B]()

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#b35900]Sinnoh Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Anime & Manga[/B] (@Peary @Bortwulf) vs. [B]OU[/B] (@talah @false)
[B]Italiano [/B](@Aethernum @AlphaWittem) vs. [B]Random Battles[/B] (@martha @Rach)

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#808080]Unova Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Neverused [/B](@Eternally @rozes) vs. [B]Tournaments [/B](@Roseybear @MJ)
[B]Jubilife TV & Films[/B](@kamranlaker @czim) vs. [B]PU[/B](@Megazard @Akir)

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#8000ff]Kalos Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Ruins of Alph[/B] (@FriendOfMrGolem120 @CZ.) vs. [B]Nederlands [/B](@Kolonel Kipkluif @kingbaruk)
[B]UnderUsed [/B](@Shiba @Hogg) vs. [B]Little Cup[/B] (@Coconut)

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff8000]Alola Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Other Metas[/B] (@Ransei @The Immortal) vs. [B]Anything Goes[/B] (@Pigeons @Chloe)
[B]Chinese [/B](@bobochan @qtrx) vs. [B]Trivia [/B](@SunGodVolcarona)

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#b300b3]Orre Group[/COLOR][/SIZE]
Portugues [/B](@Mitsuki @woolf) vs. [B]Deutsche [/B](@Hubriz @Silver)
[B]ZeroUsed [/B](@Xayah @5gen) vs. [B]RarelyUsed[/B](@Arifeen @EviGaro)[/CENTER]
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You'll be playing the team directly above/beneath you in your group for week 2, and the remaining team for week 3. e.g. A&M will play Italiano week 2, while OU plays Randbats.

If I screwed up somewhere or if you have any questions you'd like to clarify, hit me up on PS! or post in this thread. Good luck, and have fun!