This will make a 100% pure Trainer game enviroment without allowing the players with absolutely no life to reign over the others.

The gatherings would last for about 5-8 hours and there's free food and drinks for everyone, but there will also be a tournament fee for those enrolling in tournaments, you don't have to compete in tourneys, you can just hang out and train.

More thoughts:

*Lots of beanbag chairs.

*N64s (attatched to big TV screens) where you can:

-Rent time for training in Dodrio mode
-Do an Event Battle for free

*Pokémon simulators where you can test movesets and teams. All pokémon are at level 100 with max stat experience and DVs. Both battlers pick a team of any 6 pokémon, and give them any legal moves. There would be a limit for the amount of time you could spend on the simulator per day, so everybody would get a chance to use it.

*A store that sells Pokémon merchandise.

League rules & Tournament Format;
Draws mean both players loose.
All names that can be entered in the game must be unique within the league (pokémon, player, rival, etc.)
Coaching during battles is not accepted unless it's your team partner during a team multiplayer match only.
Malhandling another player hardware is strictly prohibited.
Duplicating anything in the game and hacking the game are also strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated.
Hacking devices are not allowed in League gatherings.
Players may own only one copy of each version of Pokémon and only one copy of each version of Stadium.
I was thinking in going with Swiss but I though of a new format just for pokemon the other day, I call it Survival Rounds tournament and it goes like this;
Every round random pairings will be determined, fainted pokémon cannot be used again for the remainder of the tourney.
You just keep on using non-fainted pokémon round after round until the one player left standing wins. If players feel that their pokémon are too weak they can concede.
The winner can now challenge the League Champion for the title.
The Challenger can call the match on any game of the series, meaning the Challenger can use any or Edit any of the rules in Stadium 2, play in Stadium, play in Coliseum or Coliseum 2 in the Chromatic series or play in the Metallic series.
If a Challenger is going to use Edit rules, that Challenger must have a copy of Stadium 2. In team matches, if either Challenger or the Champion is going to have a teamate, that Challenger or Champion chooses any Trainer they wish.
Both Challenger and Champion have to be present in a team match and they both have to be versus each other.
If a team wins, all those trainers in that team become League Champions and must be challenged in a team match by the Challenger.
If the League Champion is not present to defend the title by the time a trainer wins the tournament, then the title is forfeit to the Challenger.
The Challenger must always meet the terms of the rules it calls upon.
If a Champion is not able to abide by the Challenger's rules of battle, then the title is forfeit to the Challenger.

PsyDork,
I have used a MegaMem for 2 years and had no problems with it. People don't realize that you have to turn off the MegaMem first before turning off the GB, that's also why Stadium seems to erase games, you have to exit before shutting down.

I don't think anyone is going to like the idea of starting the game over just to compete in some un-official league. It takes several weeks to raise a team of 3-6 level 100 Pokémon, and I don't plan on starting the game over and battling with weak ass Pokémon.

I've worked with the reps at a lot of the previous tour stops. Ya know, as a Master Trainer? I know several people from Team Nintendo, as well as most of the DSL staff that worked the events.

I do hack Pokémon, but not for use in actual tournaments. All my tournament-used Pokémon were raised, not hacked. Of course, most people who DO hack will use the cheated Pokémon. But making people start from scratch is much worse than a few hacked Pokémon.

I've battled many people from Las Vegas, and most of them didn't even know what DV's and all that other stuff was. They certainly didn't know how to hack max stat Pokémon. So I really don't think you have much to worry about. I've beaten many people who use hacked Pokémon at the events held in other states, and a few hacks in the tournament environment shouldn't be much of a problem.

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Originally posted by The Great Dreamer:
I'll let carts that are clean in the league, but if I find one flaw...just one, I'll either request the removal of the variable or tell them they'll have to restart.

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Twinkle and PsyDork,
If the league does good, I'll use the profit money to invest in rental carts to avoid using MegaMem, even though there is nothing wrong with it, maybe you guys didn't turn off the MegaMem before turning off the GB or maybe you 2 have bad MegaMems, I dunno...
Twinkle is right, even if I'm able to stop the cheating after they enlist, they can still set things up before they enlist.

The question is, would a Strategist be interested in joining a league where they can absolutely cannot hack after they join BUT any natural looking hacks before they enroll would be permited?
Does the fact that they will no longer be able to cheat after they join just turn them off from joining in the first place?
I am preventing cheating by backing their game up in a MegaMem when they leave league gatherings and restoring that league only copy when they arrive, this way the other players and I can make sure that no one cheats.

Remember that whenever I choose to have people restart or just inspect their games for anything off, the game will still be backed up and restored only in league gatherings to make sure they don't cheat...

As it is, you and I are probably the only people living in Vegas that know all the science behind the game. If anyone else has hacked their stats, they'll probably be something like 999/999/999 etc., which can easily be identified and disposed of.

Besides, I have a legit max stat Starmie that I caught and raised without any help from a cheat device. But from what you are saying, if you saw it in my game, you would assume that I hacked it and would force me to get rid of it and start a new game.

If you are going to have tournaments, I suggest you run them like the Nintendo tours used to be run. I have worked at about 10-15 of the official Nintendo tournaments, and can help you out if you need someone to fill you in on all the rules and regulations of the events.

*wonders if there is anyone in the Seattle area that knows how to build nukes* j/k

I have never used a Gameshark to catch max stat Pokemon, manipulate DVs, or even shark max stat exp. In fact, I don't even have a Gameshark.

However, since I multiply items, I'm a cheater, and a "strategist".

I'm apparently one in a long line that manipulate the game for strategy and for strategic play.

Just because I multiply items.

I find nothing wrong with multiplying items, as it does not involve a Gameshark. I am highly anti-Gameshark, but an in-game glitch does not count as Gameshark.

But, according to TGD, I'm still a cheater.

Wait a second, why should I be listening to TGD. His opinions don't mean anything...

And for reference, I don't RC to 100 and vitamin fully anymore.

I just use RCs to check for DVs, then turn the game off, vitamin them up, and train from Level 5.

But, since it involves RCs and vitamins, that makes me a cheater.

Since I have to multiply them most of the time, that makes me a cheater.

Let me give you an example. What religion are you? You don't need to tell me, but consider this. Do you refuse to be friends with people of another religion than your own? Do you refuse to let people of another religion work with you, because your afraid they will mock you and say their religion is better? Are you afraid they're going to try and convert you?

The point is, the whole trainer/strategist thing is like 2 religions. They both believe similar things, but also believe very different things. Not allowing strategists in your league would be, in a way, a type of racism. It would be un-fair to those of us that are different in our Pokémon ways.

Also, who says that the hackers would beat and taunt the non-hackers? I myself am the only hacker/strategist in Vegas that I know of. And certainly the most skilled, considering I'm here on Azure Heights. And would I beat and taunt the non-hackers? Hell no! I'd do what I did at the events I worked at. I would teach the non-hackers new strategies and secrets that they don't know about. Strategies and secrets I found while hacking the game, but that can be done without a cheat device. Strategies that the non-hackers could not figure out because they play legit and do not shark expensive or hard-to-get attacks on they're Pokémon in order to try them out.

Now see? If you allow both kinds of players in the league, a lot of good may come from it! Those who would normally only have a Charizard with Fire Spin, Flamethrower, Ember, and Dig, will now realize that it is worth the effort to train a better, harder-to-find fire type, as well as make an effort to get some hard-earned attacks on it. All without a cheat device.

Wow, "strategists" are a race of their own, now? I think the word you're looking for is "bigotry".

Twinkle and White Cat,
...wow, for once people understand exactly what I'm saying...this must be the 7th sign of the Apocalipse...
*good thing he bough plenty of goodies during Y2K *