Introducing the Trainer Tower Circuit! The team at Trainer Tower are happy to annnounce our first online VGC Circuit this year, with various events for players all around the world! These events have multiple formats including standard VGC, previous formats, team tournaments and more.

Schedule

The circuit will be split into 4 blocks, each dictating the time frame for larger events. The blocks are as follows:

Block 1: January 1st 2017 – February 28th 2018

Block 2: March 1st 2018 – May 31st

Block 3: June 1st – World Championships (Mid August 2018)

Block 4: 1st September – October 31st

All Block 1 Events and their details will be posted on the Circuit forum, which can be found here.

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Grinders Throwback Open Team Cup Invitational

Subscription Fee

In order to entice players, we are introducing a subscription fee for the circuit. All money will be going towards the prize pool for the Trainer Tower Invitational, or into other community initiatives.

All players wanting to compete in the 2018 Trainer Tower Circuit will need to pay a one-off $15 USD (plus PayPal fees) subscription fee.

The one-off fee gives the player entry into the circuit including: Grinders, Throwbacks, the Team Cup and potentially more events to be announced at a later date.

All players from all countries are eligible to enter.

To enter, fill out the form below:

Once filled out, you can pay through PayPal here: Please do not change USD to your local currency!

Event Information

The Trainer Tower Circuit will consist of 5 different events with each event will be explained in detail below.

Grinder Entry: Requires subscription

Frequency: See below

Time: Please check the Please check the post on the forums

BFL: 8 Grinders

Ruleset: VGC18

Platform: Pokemon Showdown

Tournament Format: Best-Of-1 Swiss (all x-2’s Top Cut), Best-Of-3 Top Cut

Sign-up: Sign-up will be done through Battlefy Circuit Points Awarded: Placement Circuit Points Attendance Kicker 1st 20 – 2nd 16 – Top 4 10 9 Top 8 6 17 X-2 (No Top 8) 2 17 Frequency: 0-200 Circuit subscriptions : 1 per week catered towards each region (alternating) ( APAC/JP, US, EU)

200-500 Circuit subscriptions : 2 per week catered towards each region (alternating) ( APAC/JP, US, EU)

500+ Circuit subscriptions: 3 per week catered towards each region ( APAC/JP, US, EU) Elevated (40 Players Required) Circuit Points Awarded: Placement Circuit Points Attendance Kicker 1st 30 – 2nd 24 – Top 4 18 – Top 8 12 – Top Cut (No Top 8) 6 – X-3 2 – Throwback Entry: Requires subscription

Frequency: 3 per block, 1 per region (APAC/JP, NA/LatAm, EU)

Replaces one weekly Grinder

Time: Please check the Please check the post on the forums

BFL: 3 Throwbacks

Ruleset: VGC13/VGC14/VGC15/VGC16/VGC17

Platform: Pokemon Showdown

Tournament Format: Best-Of-1 Swiss (all x-2’s Top Cut), Best-Of-3 Top Cut

Sign-up: Sign-up will be done through Battlefy Circuit Points Awarded: Placement Circuit Points Attendance Kicker 1st 30 – 2nd 20 – Top 4 14 9 Top 8 8 17 Top Cut (No Top 8) 4 33 Elevated (40 Players Required) Circuit Points Awarded: Placement Circuit Points Attendance Kicker 1st 30 – 2nd 26 – Top 4 20 – Top 8 14 – Top Cut (No Top 8) 8 – X-3 2 – Trainer Tower Open Entry: Open to all players (no subscription required)

Frequency: 1 Per Year

Time: Block 1/2

BFL: 1

Ruleset: VGC18

Platform: Pokemon Showdown

Tournament Format: BO3 Swiss (Flighted) | Single Elimination Top Cut (All X-2s Top Cut)

Single Elimination Top Cut (All X-2s Top Cut) Sign-up: Sign-up will be done through Battlefy

Physical prizes to be confirmed Circuit Points Awarded: Placement Circuit Points Prize Attendance Kicker 1st 150 Physical Prizes TBC – 2nd 130 Physical Prizes TBC – Top 4 110 Physical Prizes TBC – Top 8 90 Physical Prizes TBC – Top 16 50 – – Top 32 30 – 129 Top 64 20 – 257 X-3 in Swiss 10 – 513 Team Cup Entry: Requires subscription

Frequency: 1 per year

Time: Block 3

Ruleset: VGC18

Platform: Pokemon Showdown

Tournament Format: 3v3 Single Elimination | Teams consist of 3 players

Sign-up: Sign-up will be done through Battlefy Circuit Points Awarded: Placement Circuit Points Attendance Kicker 1 75 – 2 50 – 3-4 30 – Trainer Tower Invitational Entry: Requires 100 Circuit Points

Requires 100 Circuit Points Frequency: 1 per year

1 per year Time: Block 4

Block 4 Ruleset: VGC18

VGC18 Platform: Pokemon Showdown

Pokemon Showdown Tournament Format: Seeded Double Elimination

Seeded Double Elimination Sign-up: Sign-up will be done automatically on Battlefy upon qualification. Prize Payout: Placement Money Prize 1st TBD Physical Prizes TBC 2nd TBD – 3rd TBD – 4th TBD – 5th TBD – 7th TBD –

Staff – TO Applications

To ensure the Trainer Tower Circuit is a success, we are looking for dedicated TOs from all around the world to be able to run events in every timezone!

All details on signing up to be a TO can be found here.

We look forward to seeing where we can take the Trainer Tower Circuit in 2018!