PCL Championships: Week 2
Hey all! Welcome to Week 2 of the PCL Championships! You can find the summary of Week 1 in
this post. It went pretty well overall! Be sure to be proactive scheduling though, as Chase, wolfie, and I had to micromanage scheduling more than we would have liked to. Also, my apologies to those who had brutal time zone cross-matches. We have collected time zones, so while not all of the matches are great in this regard, we did the best we could. In any case, it was great to get a good week of battles under our belts!
This week features new matchups for everyone and new chances to earn points for all eight clans. Notably,
the deadline is shorter this week. More on that below. Here is the usual rundown:
• Every clan is given an opposing clan to fight each week. This will continue for three more weeks until the midseason tournament.
Click here for more info. There will be no delays or extensions.
• All battles are to be done in the
OU format on the
PC Battle Server. (If both players agree to play a different tier, they are allowed to do so, but it must be mutually agreed upon and it must be an official Smogon tier.)
• All matches are best of one. You only have to do one battle for each week.
• Post the battle replay of your match in this thread.
• Please schedule the match with your opponent via profile/visitor messages as soon as possible, then post the updates regarding your match in this thread.
Inactivity or ignoring your opponent's messages may result in your opponent being given the win.
• Read
this thread for the full scheduling procedure. If you fail to follow the procedure, you won't be getting an activity win.
• Note the
points system, found
here. The critical point is that the accumulation of wins, rather than a W:L ratio, is how PCL will be scored. Failure to do your match will hurt your clan's chances to make the playoff.
• Clan leaders can sub players by hiring mercenaries (more information on mercenaries can be found
here) if need be.
As always, you can ask your clan for battling and team building advice in its thread. You could regularly visit the battle server and ask for help there, especially if one of your clan mates are online. Check out PC's
Battling & Team Building Resources, as well as the
Team-Building Workshop.
The Match-Ups
Find your opponent's profile, which is linked in the
Clan Directory. The send them a visitor message to schedule the time. This is the preferred medium for contacting.
Alternatively, copy this link:
http://www.pokecommunity.com/member.php?username=wolf. Then replace "wolf" with your opponent's username. Now you can contact them to schedule a time for your match!
The deadline is
Tuesday, May 26th at 11:59 PM EST. HOWEVER,
we will be posting the next week's match-ups on the 24th, one week from right now. For this reason, it is
strongly recommended that you try to complete your match by the "soft deadline" of May 24th, but we will not enforce the deadline or make activity decisions until the aforementioned May 26th deadline. As usual, there will be
no extensions.