Would anyone be interested in a community tournament? I've never tried to set up anything like this, so any feedback will be appreciated.
Let me know if you want to help set this up. I want this to be as big as the community Street Fighter Tournaments.

Rules:

Someone already set up a tournament for Black/White last month. But I missed it so I'd be down for another one. Please allow Pokemon from ALL generations.  Also while we're on the subject I think someone should set up a Thread that will act like a lobby for members who want to battle/trade anytime, because due to the time constraints and lower player base of Pokemon here on the site tournaments will be tough to get going. 

A few points. First voting on rules will just confuse and divide the community. At least for the first few tournaments you should have clear cut rules from the get go. Once there’s an established player base then you can start voting on rules.   Second, “Legendary” is an arbitrary term. Are you talking about Pokémon with a total base stat of over 600, event only Pokémon, Pokémon you can only catch one of per cart, etc? 
Last, if it’s 6 vs. 6 then you’re talking about singles, which is an incredibly harsh game for casual players.  Starting these tournaments as 4 vs. 4 doubles would create a lower barrier for entry, as well as put them closer in line to the official Nintendo tournament format.    

 Whatever route you wish to take I'd be more than willing to help set this up, just let me know.

" A few points. First voting on rules will just confuse and divide the community. At least for the first few tournaments you should have clear cut rules from the get go. Once there’s an established player base then you can start voting on rules.   Second, “Legendary” is an arbitrary term. Are you talking about Pokémon with a total base stat of over 600, event only Pokémon, Pokémon you can only catch one of per cart, etc? 
Last, if it’s 6 vs. 6 then you’re talking about singles, which is an incredibly harsh game for casual players.  Starting these tournaments as 4 vs. 4 doubles would create a lower barrier for entry, as well as put them closer in line to the official Nintendo tournament format.      Whatever route you wish to take I'd be more than willing to help set this up, just let me know. "

I'm down for this if I have the time.

" @DrFidget said:

" A few points. First voting on rules will just confuse and divide the community. At least for the first few tournaments you should have clear cut rules from the get go. Once there’s an established player base then you can start voting on rules.   Second, “Legendary” is an arbitrary term. Are you talking about Pokémon with a total base stat of over 600, event only Pokémon, Pokémon you can only catch one of per cart, etc? 
Last, if it’s 6 vs. 6 then you’re talking about singles, which is an incredibly harsh game for casual players.  Starting these tournaments as 4 vs. 4 doubles would create a lower barrier for entry, as well as put them closer in line to the official Nintendo tournament format.      Whatever route you wish to take I'd be more than willing to help set this up, just let me know. "

Legendary Pokemon.

Also, I don't want a 4 vs. 4 doubles tournament.

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" I'm down for this if I have the time.

@Axxol: You should consider a 3 v 3 singles. Having a solid 6 man team can be hard for some beginners. 

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" @Axxol: Okay, it's just odd that more than 40% of the Pokemon you are banning are weaker than standard Pokemon. Also I won the last GB singles tourney without taking 1 HP of damage, singles ain't fun.  "

All about some 6v6 I really don't like just 3 and I really don't like doubles (as a tournament thing) singles are always more fun/interesting than doubles (doubles are over in like minutes) anyways as far as banned stuff what Dr. Fidget said...celebi and jirachi are cool but most other legendaries are in fact typically banned. 

no accuracy affecting moves (sand attack, minimize, etc.) 
Only allowed to put one pokemon on the other team asleep at a time (also known as sleep clause)
No one hit KO moves, as they are lame.

" @ThaMilkMan:  If you don’t mind me asking, other than them being “lame” why ban accuracy, sleep, and OHKO moves? "

" @ThaMilkMan: @Doctor_D2R2:  That’s just because Smogon banned them in gen 3 and everyone apes Smogon. They still use it because they don’t know how to play without it. Trust me none of those things are hard to counter. "

" @Axxol: I don't see why not. "

Man, serious Pokemon talk going on in this thread. As a child I was crazy about Pokemon but you guys take it to a whole new level.

" @Axxol: No problem. Whatever you need. "

How about we keep it simple.

Singles. 

Saves me doing another one. I'm in. Have a couple of beasts that I've IV-bred and EV-trained who I've yet to bring out to play.

Yep definitely count me in. Also could you make it rotation battles, they are seriously fun believe it or not.

This sounds cool but from this topic it looks like DrFidget is just going to sweep the whole tournament.

"Also could you make it rotation battles, they are seriously fun believe it or not. "

The OP has been updated with rules and current participants. Let me know if you want to join.

I'm interested in joining, any idea when this will kick off? Just in case I'm busy or something.

I'd like to join as well. I've been getting pretty comprehensively wrecked whenever I take my dudes online, but from the sounds of things everyone else is fairly beginner, so I'd like to give it a shot.

" I'm interested in joining, any idea when this will kick off? Just in case I'm busy or something. "

" @Chavtheworld said:

" I'm interested in joining, any idea when this will kick off? Just in case I'm busy or something. "

It will most likely take place on a Saturday. We'll vote once we get everyone. "

I wonder how effective a sandstorm team would be now, seeing how they are the most prevalent team in the metagame right now anyway...maybe I should try using one for this tourney.

Also, sleep clause NEEDS to be in effect, especially because of the up in power sleep got in this generation and the low numbers of pokemon battling. If you hide a Breloom behind a substitute on a switch, then it can just spore all day long and effectively win the game. The change in sleep mechanics are also what really made sleep a real problem in Gen V. Before, what happens when you sleep is that your pokemon has an invisible counter that would tick down from a number between 2-5 every turn, and when it hit zero it would wake up. This counter would remember the number when you switched and would continue to count down. In Gen V, the counter resets anytime you switch. So if you had waited out a couple of turns of sleep but had to switch (or was roared out) your counter would go back to the value it started at. Effectively that Pokemon was as good as KOed. This isn't as big of a deal in 6v6, but in 3v3 that would effectively be a HUGE detriment to your team.

Accuracy moves are an annoyance and I hate them more than anything ever in the history of time (losing in the battle tower or subway due to one double team making you miss and your opponent setting up 5 more on your consecutive misses is the WORST), and the moves that are available to counter them are generally pretty bad or on not so good 'mons. (With the possible exception of aerial ace, shockwave, and shadow punch, but there are better moves to give to mons) But this is a personal opinion, and you can do what you want.

One of the dumbest things Gamefreak could have done was to limit the flat battle to 3v3 and actually take out the option to autolevel 6 guys to 100. I'm still in awe that that happened.

I might join, but then I really have zero desire to do any of that IV or EV stuff, so I will probably get steamrolled haha.

I will participate once I actually finish my first playthrough.

Awesome sounds good thanks, it'll be US time right? Hope its not gunna be too late in the evening, as being in the UK it could get well after midnight easily. Hmm I'm still interested but will have to just check date/time when its up. I'll keep checking this threaddddd!  "

Put me on the list!