It's finally here!

[Hycrox]

It's finally back! One of Reborn's most loved battling competitions is back for its long awaited third season, that you've waited almost 2 years for! PokéNations! There's a lot of info to cover in this post, so let's get to it!

What is a PokéNations?

PokéNations is a battling competition that all of Reborn is eligible to compete in! Participants will be placed into one of six 'Nations'. After, they will have the opportunity to elect a leader and pick two of their Nations types via the PokéNations 2018 Type Draft^TM (more to come on this in due time). When the type draft is complete, the PokéNations committee will assign each Nation their third type, and Nations will have the chance to create their names for the competition.

From here, nation members will have the opportunity to work, teambuild, and strategize together to fulfill the requirements of various challenges as they battle other Nations in head to head competitions. This competition will go on for 10 weeks. At the end, the two Nations with the most wins will go head to head in the Championship series to determine the overall winner of PokéNations!

Competition Rundown

The Challenge Thread

Every week on Saturday by midnight EST, each Nation will receive an assignment as to which Nation they are facing, in the following format:
 

Nation A v. Nation B

Nation C v. Nation D

Nation E v. Nation F

 

This Nation assignment thread will also host the weekly challenge that all Nations must abide by. This challenge is normally designed to make you think critically about your teambuilding, using creativity and strategy to outwit your opponents. From there, each Nation must come up with the allotted number of battlers for the week. This roster of battlers, submitted by the leader of each Nation, should be posted in this thread and include the timezone of each battler in order to make scheduling less of a hassle. Any questions about the challenge also go here.

The Matchup Thread

By Sunday at midnight GMT, a new thread will be posted. This thread will tell battlers whom their exact opponent for the week is. From this point, battlers have the span of the week to teambuild and face their opponents. Replays of the battles should be saved and links posted in this thread, so that the staff can review and ensure that all challenge rules were followed and keep track of the win/loss ratio for each Nation (located in the OP of the thread.)

Rules

• All Pokémon used by a nation must have at least one of the nation's three types; failure to do so can result in disqualification of the battle.
• Teambuilding should adhere to the weekly challenge; failure to do so can result in disqualification of the battle.
• Deadlines must be strictly adhered to; failure to do so can result in a penalty for the Nation.
• You may only battle three consecutive weeks ONE time, after that you are capped at two weeks between breaks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are dual types allowed?

• Yes, so long as one of the types falls into the types that your Nation has.

What about Mega Evolutions that change type?

• If the type of a Mega Evolution changes so that it is no longer a type that your Nation controls, then you are unable to use it. For example, a Nation with the Flying type cannot use Mega Gyarados or Mega Charizard X, as they lose their Flying type upon Mega Evolving. Similarly, a nation that has the Dark type cannot use Mega Gyarados, as Gyarados' base typing does not have Dark in it.

What about Pokemon that use nonconventional means to change their type?

• All Pokemon that can utilize an ability (Protean, Imposter, etc) or a move (Transform, Reflect Type, etc) should be counted as their base type. This means that only the Nation that has Normal can use Ditto and Kecleon and so forth.

How do I become a Nation leader, and what are the responsibilities?

• Each Nation should select a leader by popular vote. Nation leaders will speak on behalf of their nations during the Type Draft, voicing the final decision on the type that their Nation will take. Additionally, leaders are responsible for posting their Nation's roster of battlers, any decisions that the Nation makes should a challenge call for it, and contacting the committee should any problems arise.

What's the prize?

• It's something very special about the very foundation of Reborn.

Who exactly are these committee members?

• The committee will be revealed in due time.

Can you select the nation you're placed in?

• You cannot select the Nation that you are placed in. There is no guarantee that you will be in a Nation with your buddies. The process used to place participants into their Nations has been designed to ensure fairness and a level spread of talent across all Nations.

 

Sign me up!

To sign up, just hop onto the official discord and say the word in the specific room! Link is down below. If you just want to spectate, feel free to get in anyways!

Sign ups will be open for the entirety of the PokéNations run, to ensure that newer members to the server and forums are able to participate as well.

And now, for the most important: Pokenations 3 talks, signing up, here's the official discord! Click here to check it out right away!

[Plok]

Ogohohohohoohhoohhohoohho

[Ojama Yellow]

well done, my man.

[Spineblade]

Oh

[DW~]

It's back! Hope it's better than before you madmen.

[Daniel Blackworth]

Interesting

[Ironbound]

Quality

[Chickens]

OwO Whats this

[Walpurgis]

I remember watching season 2 from the sidelines.

[Filthy Casual]

I assume the sign up period has expired? I ask because when I tried to open the discord, I got this:

 

[leo_the_greatest]

18 hours ago, Filthy Casual said:

I assume the sign up period has expired? I ask because when I tried to open the discord, I got this:

 

It was an April Fool's joke, but this will be making a legitimate return at some point.