Pokemon Challenges Showdown Tournament League PokemonChallenges Monthly Showdown Tournament - May

The format of the May 2021 SST will be Battle Spot Singles Factory (BSS Factory). There is no team building required for this format; in BSS Factory matches you will receive a random team of 6 Pokémon. During team preview you will have to select 3 of your Pokémon to battle with. You will be able to see your opponent's team while making your decision. All battles will be 3 vs. 3 Singles battles, Dynamaxing is explicitly allowed.

For more information on the format see this post on the Smogon forums: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/bss-factory-playable-on-showdown.3604845/.
For some practice head on over to https://pokemonshowdown.com/.

The rules for this month's tournament are as follows:

- All battles must take place on Showdown and will be initiated using the [Randomized Metas] BSS Factory format.

- Only a maximum number of 256 participants may enter, as we cannot handle any higher number of competitors than that. It will be first come, first serve, so make sure to sign up early, if you want to secure your entry.

- Entering the tournament multiple times using burner accounts or somebody else's account will result in immediate disqualification and an indefinite ban from future tournaments.

- The tournament will follow a double elimination format using Best of 3 sets. Winners' Finals and Losers' Finals will be a Best of 3 set each, followed by a single set Grand Finals. Grand Finals will be a Best of 5 set, with a 1 Game advantage to the competitor coming from Winners side.

- When initiating a match the "Don't allow spectators" function must be ticked OFF.

- During matches the timer must be ON at all times.

- You may only start your game after a Tournament Organizer @Organizer has announced for your Round OR your specific match to start.

- Not starting a match within 5 minutes after an @Organizer has announced a Round start will result in a Technical Forfeit.