[DISCUSSION] Pokemon Forum Tournament?

[Podfighterninja123]

A long time ago... in a forum not so far away, there was a time of peace when people hosted daily tournaments. Then... everything changed when VGC16 attacked...

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Disregarding the horrible introduction I totally didn't rip off multiple franchises for, its time to get to the topic of this wonderful horrible post. Tournaments! They've been done on this forum multiple times before hand, but due to, I hate to admit it, inactivity and a lack of love for VGC16, they died out.

I want to attempt to bring them back, and mods themselves such as @naitre seem to have the same idea. (See the issues thread with the Kahuna Application questionnaire and you'll get my drift...) However, bringing them is impossible without you - the People! Multiple things are vital for making these tournaments occur; timing, feedback, location (Showdown/In-Game), and availability.

I imagine most of you reading this threat, due to a lack of tournaments occurring on the forum, so I have a quick run-down for the basics.

KEEP IN MIND, SMOGON CAN ALSO BE PLAYED FOR TOURNAMENTS, BUT VGC17 IS BEING USED AS THE FORMAT FOR THE EXAMPLE!!!
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• The player must have a viable VGC17 team - A Ruleset rundown can be found Here
  
• The battles will be played in a Single Elimination//Swiss Format, and the Top 4 (Possibly more depending on the turn out) will be pitted in a Bo3 Finals (Best of 3)
  
• Swiss Battles will occur for a 4-5 amount of rounds, once again dependent on the turn-out.
  
• Depending on who hosts the tournament, it will take place In-Game or on Showdown
  
• Some tournaments could be streamed, so keep that in mind, but not all of them will be.
  

Now that's taken care of, I have a few questions for the lot of you.

What do you want from a tournament? Showdown or In-Game? Any prizes available for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place? Suggestions are welcome, and I hope you have ideas to bounce off me, or any of the mods who acknowledge this post at all.