Now we begin Round 2! Round 1 was full of intense battles and a few upsets. Strategies succeeded and carefully laid out plans failed. Predictions flew left and right. But in the end, only 12 remained to move onto the next round. Now it's time to narrow the pack down even further. There can only be one winner after all!

Round 2 of the Tournament will last from now (January 16th 2:30am EST) until 10 days from now (January 26th 2:30am EST). Please please please try to have your battles done before then if possible! I still want to get in as many Rounds as possible before I get started with classes again. 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. Also, props to most of you for getting your Round 1 battles done!

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

Xali of Sinnoh's Sunyshore Gym (Electric) vs. Synthesis of Unova's Nimbasa Electric Gym (Electric)
The Artist... of Kanto's Fuchsia Gym (Poison) vs. Ataro of Johto's Goldenrod Gym (Normal)
swiftgallade46 of Kanto's Saffron Gym (Psychic) vs. Mikey57 of Unova's Castelia Gym (Bug)
Soulmaster of Unova's Opelucid Gym (Dragon) vs. WinterVines of Unova's Virbank Gym (Poison)
Ash K. of Hoenn's Fortree Gym (Flying) vs. Seppe of Kalos' Coumarine Gym (Grass)
Elrond 2.0 of Unova's Mistralton Gym (Flying) vs. Morru of Hoenn's Lavaridge Gym (Fire)

Good luck, everyone! ​