cK's March Madness of Pokémon [2022]

[Charmander]

Ck's March Madness of Pokémon has made it's return! Let's have some fun this March Madness with a Pokémon twist! This year's theme will be the March Madness of Legendary Pokémon! That's right... the best of the best elite Pokémon will duke it out to claim the crown of Legendary Pokémon Champion!

OVERALL EVENT

Here is a little overview on how the event will work. On Challonge I have created a playoff bracket matching Pokémon against each other. The first round is going to be quite the battle! Each cK participant will create their own prediction on how the matches will play out through each round of the event and predict who will ultimately win the event. These predictions need to be completed before voting starts in March. Once March roles around participants can log into Challonge and then place votes on who they think/or want to win each matchup. Voting periods for each round are about 5 days to allow everyone to be able to get their votes in. The Pokémon with the most votes will win the match and advance in the event. This process will continue until a final Pokémon champion is decided. At that point the cK participant whose predictions most closely match the true outcome of the event wins!

SIGN-UPS

This event is open to any cK member! If you want to sign up please post on the thread so I can keep a running list of who is all participating. Once you have done so I will send you the link to the bracket on Challonge to start your predictions!

PREDICTIVE BRACKET

To create your predictive bracket please log into (you need an account to see links) and head to the bracket.

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When submitting your predictions; under Prediction Title please use your cK username as part of it so I know who you are. (eg. Great White North's Bracket)

You have until February 28th to submit your predictions. Once March begins predictive brackets will no longer be accepted and the tournament will begin!

VOTING
*ONLY PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED BRACKETS SHOULD BE VOTING*

To prevent non-participants from voting the Challonge link will not be posted on the thread so please ensure you save your link in your cK inbox or bookmark it in your browser.

On March 1st the first rounds of voting will being. Make sure to vote on what Pokémon would win the head to head match up. Voting is not restricted to stat/performance and who you think would win in a battle. You can vote one whatever premise you like. You could vote on stats on who you think would win or your can vote based on appearance or even just personal preference. This is what makes the predictions fun as you don't know what your fellow cK'ers have chosen to base their predictions on!

Once the first round of voting is complete and the winners are declared the next round of voting will begin. This process will repeat until the end of the tournament!

Round Voting Deadlines


ROUND 1 - March 5
ROUND 2 - March 10
ROUND 3 - March 15
ROUND 4 - March 20
QUARTER-FINALS - March 25
SEMI-FINALS - March 28
FINALS - March 31



DECLARING A WINNER

The winner of the 2022 March Madness of Pokémon will be the participant whose predictive bracket produces the most points and is the most accurate to the outcomes of the voting results. Each round will have an allocated score for each correct prediction. As the tournament progresses the value of each correct prediction increases. (eg. Round 1 correct prediction = 10 points, Round 2 correct prediction = 20). This is all calculated by the Challonge program.

PRIZES

The Winner of the 2022 March Madness of Pokémon will receive $30 USD as well as 1 Month of cK VIP

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In addition our FINAL FOUR will receive the following userbar!:

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In addition the following prizes will be awarded:

750 NC to each of the Final Four
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1 month of VIP to our 2nd and 3rd place finishers!

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1 month of VIP to our 4th place finisher!

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Prizes are continually being worked on and updated. If you would like to contribute to the prize pool please send me a message

PARTICIPANTS

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PREVIOUS MARCH MADNESS OF Pokémon EVENTS
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