Locations announced! What stop are you going to?

THE RULESET AND LOCATIONS FOR Pokemon VGC 2010!

The rules and locations for VGC 2010 for Europe and the USA have been released! Here's a quick rundown on the stops and full rules.

Locations for the United States and Europe:

   * Saturday, May 8, 2010 - Seattle, WA
   * Saturday, May 15, 2010 - San Francisco, CA
   * Saturday, May 22, 2010 - Phoenix, AZ
   * Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Dallas, TX
   * Saturday, June 5, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
   * Saturday, June 12, 2010 - Newark, NJ
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   * Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Birmingham, England
   * Saturday, June 12, 2010 - Lyon, France
   * Saturday, June 5, 2010 - Cologne, Germany
   * Saturday, June 19, 2010 - Madrid, Spain

NO LOTTERY!!

There is a maximum number of particpants at each stop of 768 for seniors(age 13 and up, the Junior division is those players 12 and under). For the USA, it is 768 in the senior division. For Europe, it's 256 for the senior division. You sign up at the event. Competitor slots will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Preregistration is not available for these events. So get there as early as you can if you don't want to potentially be not allowed to play. 768 is an incredible amount of players, so almost all of the stops should be fine.

You show up and register on-site. Junior registration is from 8:00am-8:30am. Senior registration is from 1:00pm to 1:30pm(!).

Prizes:

1st Place:

   * A Regional Championships 1st Place Trophy
   * A Nintendo DSi system
   * Airfare and 4 day/3 night hotel accommodations for the winner (including parent or legal guardian for players under 18) to attend the Pokémon Video Game National Championships in Indianapolis, IN on June 26th—28th
   * An invite to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships

2nd through 4th Place:

   * A Regional Championships 1st Place Trophy [? They have two first place trophies? lol I think this is a typo]
   * A Nintendo DSi system
   * A $300 travel allowance (including an additional $300 travel allowance for players under 18) to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships.
   * An invite to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships

5th through 16th Place:

   * An invite to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships

Things to bring:

   * A North American copy of Pokémon HeartGold Version or Pokémon SoulSilver Version for the Nintendo DS™ system
   * (For Europe, it is a European copy of HeartGold and SoulSilver)
   * A team of legal Pokémon as per the Tournament Regulations
   * A completed Team Information Sheet
   * Proof of age
   * A special character distribution will be available to all attendees who have a copy of Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver Versions. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own Nintendo DS or Nintendo DSi™ system. Only one Pokémon will be available per person.

POKEMON VGC 2010 Battle RULES:

1. HEART GOLD/SOUL SILVER ARE THE ONLY GAMES BEING USED

2. Double Battle Cup

3. 4 pokemon in a battle

4. Pokemon lv. 1 through lv 100 are allowed (!)

5. Battles are at lv. 1-50. If the pokemon are above lv. 50, the game will auto level them down to lv. 50 for the battle. Moves will stay intact during the auto leveling. If a pokemon is under lv. 50, no change is made.

6. No two of the same pokemon can be used (species clause)

7. Item Clause is on, Soul Dew is banned.

8. BANNED POKEMON ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Mew
Celebi
Jirachi
Deoxys (all forms)
Phione
Manaphy
Darkrai
Shaymin
Arceus

9. You may use UP TO TWO UBERS PER TEAM (probably means Team Sheet as well). This means that you cannot have a team like Kyogre/Palkia/Dialga/Mewtwo. Non-banned Ubers are considered to be:

Mewtwo
Lugia
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Groudon
Rayquaza
Dialga
Palkia
Giratina

10. Any other pokemon may be used (this includes Tyranitar and all Rotom forms!)

11. A few move changes: Nature Power always results in Tri Attack; Secret Power has a one third chance of paralysis; using Camouflage means your pokemon becomes Normal type

Other interesting information:

Nationals and Worlds will be almost identical to last year's format. Nationals will have single match Swiss, and Worlds will have best 2/3 Swiss.

There are last chance qualifiers at both Nationals AND Worlds!

If you have any questions, try the USA FAQ: http://origin.pokemonvgc.com/uk/faq-europe.php

European FAQ: http://origin.pokemonvgc.com/uk/faq-europe.php

If you happen to see anything else that is an interesting information tidbit, post it and I'll edit it in.

Which stop are you going to? Post and see who else will be in your area!

Seattle: ostrigal, Raze17, J-Leo-L, BadIntent, cocy965, MrBananagrabber

San Francisco: POKEMONBATTLEBRAIN, Perfect100, TR4Q, BadIntent, jubjub234, HolyChipmunk, MrBananagrabber, Metabou, LittleGreenYoda, DeagleBeagle

Phoenix: POKEMONBATTLEBRAIN, JDSaulBOT, Blooroo22, MrBananagrabber

Dallas: Alaka, Lasty91, Krevino_491, calm lava, PowderRune

Atlanta: Dimsunlight, dalevl, Team Rose, chalkey, Noxe, CptViking, happyam

Newark: JTK, TDS, VashTheStampede, DukeTheDevil, 3lmo, imperfectspider, Mosquitox216, chalkey, littlesnail, MRAD1996, littlerain

Indianapolis: amarillo caballero, godudette, Stegy, PokeLord, chalkey, theamericandream38

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England: Zog, Habitus, Osirus182, SP-Eevee, calm mind, Akiratron, Pokerob

Germany: drug_duck, Misaki, RedJiggly, _Void_

France: RubeNCB

Spain: RubeNCB