And so Round 1 of the 2016(ish) Gym Leader Tournament is now officially under way!

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The fearless Gym Leaders have been assigned their opponents. Each one carefully beings to strategize and analyze plotting and planning. The quest to be the best has begun and everyone is hungry for victory!

Round 1 of the Tournament will last from now (January 5th 2:30am EST) until 10 days from now (January 15th 2:30am EST). Please please please try to have your battles done before then if possible! It would be nice to get a few rounds done before school starts back up for me. Start scheduling your battles now. Send PMs, VMs do whatcha gotta do but get 'em scheduled and get 'em done. As always if there's a problem come to me as soon as possible. Don't wait until the last second pls. Ok? Ok. Love u guys.

As a reminder, these are the official rules to be used during your matches:
6v6
S/M Private Preview (may be changed to S/M Private Full if both battlers agree)
Items On (may be changed to Items Off if both battlers agree)
No Weather / Default Terrain
SLP/FRZ/OHKO/ACC/EVA Clauses On

Battles for this tourney pay as normal 6v6 Gym Battles would. Refs, please log your battles in here and will pay out wages after each Round.

For the first round, the following match-ups have been randomly selected:

swiftgallade46 of Kanto's Saffron Gym (Psychic) vs. Taither of Unova's Driftveil Gym (Ground)

Neonsands of Johto's Olivine Gym (Steel) vs. @Ash K.; of Hoenn's Fortree Gym (Flying)

Elrond 2.0 of Unova's Mistralton Gym (Flying) vs. @Sou; of Kalos' Laverre Gym (Fairy)

Monbrey of Kanto's Cinnabar Gym (Fire) vs. @WinterVines; of Unova's Virbank Gym (Poison)

Siless of Kalos' Anistar Gym (Psychic) vs. @Seppe; of Kalos' Coumarine Gym (Grass)

Fierce Deity of Johto's Blackthorn Gym (Dragon) vs. Morru of Hoenn's Lavaridge Gym (Fire)

Ace Trainer Liam of Kanto's Cerulean Gym (Water) vs. Ataro of Johto's Goldenrod Gym (Normal)

@The Artist...; of Kanto's Fuschia Gym (Poison) vs. TieSoul of Sinnoh's Oreburgh Gym (Rock)

Nitro of Hoenn's Sootopolis Gym (Water) vs. @Mikey57; of Unova's Castelia Gym (Bug)

Magikchicken of Johto's Ecruteak Gym (Ghost) vs. Xali of Sinnoh's Sunyshore Gym (Electric)

Synthesis of Unova's Nimbasa Gym (Electric) vs. @juliorain; of Sinnoh's Hearthome Gym (Ghost)

Soulmaster of Unova's Opelucid Gym (Dragon) vs. Fabled of Sinnoh's Eterna Gym (Grass)

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ADDED BONUS PLEASE READ ME FOR HAPPINESS:

Since this Tournament had a really awesome turn out (24 Gym Leaders total), I have been authorized to give anyone who finishes their Round 1 battle (or moves on if their opponent doesn't show up) an extra 3,000 bonus cash! Good Luck in the first Round and may the dice be in your favor!!