Yeah, I know I fucked up the title on the tournament, however I got it right this time. For the league I was wondering what tiers you are interested the participants battle in. If the final result is more than one tier the players are supposed to battle in all tiers each round. I have made some options which you can see at the poll, though if there are some other options you want it to contain post it here in this thread. CC will not be considered for this league. Also the league will contain a max of 8 players. Each player will have to come up with a theme each in which will change the metagame. It can be so easy as to force item clause, or it can be as intricate as forcing all teams for that round to have atleast 2 resistances/immunities to each type in the game. These 8 themes will be voted over, and 4 of them will be used in the league for 4 of the rounds, while the other 3 will be played at the standard metagame as it is at that time. Timers and such should be discussed here. I propose that each round lasts a max of 2 weeks in which all players have to battle each other. The point system will depend on the poll result though if the league will contain more than one tier I intend each battle win as 1 point. The person with most points at the end wins the league. Example: Let's say this league will contain Ubers, OU and UU. The players will play a three way match (if there is two tiers a two way match) one in each tier. The themes comes in at the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th round. This means if Player 1 is a bad battler, but a very good monotype user/have another advantage because of theme he will get the jump on a player who should be better. This might make for some unfairness so just keep that in mind.
Andy, you are rushing. we said the league should form after the initial release. Also, you seem to not have read this topic: http://pokemon-online.eu/forums/showthread.php?344-A-league which you really should do, since the kind of league proposed by Eric is really the best one. I'll cast my vote anyway for now though, but I would like to see you expand on Eric's idea.
I was thinking more in the shape of a football league of some sorts, but really that seems much more fun. I do not know who is good players around here and who would be earning of a place in the kind of league Eric is speaking about though I believe this would first be hosted by the staff when the release comes out as stated by Proffesor Oak (though it was only his opinion it seemed like the general staff was agreeing to this) in which I would not be needed to take responsibility for it, though if I would have to expand on it I would maybe be to come up with ideas for rules the elite four could force upon the challenger. EDIT: If you are saying that there should be no leagues, only tournaments, that seems like a good idea.