So I felt inspired to post this in light of Shoddy's mildly successful first draft (http://thpp.supersanctuary.net/forum/index.php?topic=306).
Draft Explanation:
Spoiler
If you don't know what a draft is, drafting involves building a team using a limited amount of Puppets at your disposal, then competing with that team against other draft teams. It's basically a tournament where a player selects from a Pool of Puppets. Of course, if one player selects a puppet, another player cannot select the same puppet and must go with a different one. The order of which players get to pick is randomized, and the draft goes on until every player has a full roster (anywhere from 10 to 15 puppets). The draft picks occur only once, so if you miss it, you'll have to wait until the next draft.
After all players have a roster, they must build teams to fight against other teams. Of course, since the team limit is 6 in standard matches, opponents can use any of the 10-15 puppets in their roster. Counter-teaming is optional, but recommended.
The tournament is a Round Robin, which means every contestant has to face off against every other contestant at least once in a match of best 2-out-of-3. Once the Round Robin is over, the 4 best contestants (i.e. The four that win the most matches) face off in the finals.
The reward is, more or less, bragging rights.
The previous draft was limited to all puppets used in Standard Play (nothing banned, like Speed Aya). This time, however, the plan is to have players use Underused, or UU puppets only. Puppets that are considered Underused can be found here:
http://thpp.supersanctuary.net/forum/index.php?topic=225
(All Puppets NOT Bolded are considered UU. Ubers, like Sendai and the X Puppets, obviously do not count.)
I made a visual guide for those that don't like reading through walls of text to find out what is considered OU/UU. To that end, any puppet that is NOT in the chart can be drafted (used for the tournament).
Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/BZz1uVl.png)
As of September 24th, 11:30 PM EDT,
the draft has concluded. A list of this tournament's draft picks can be found here: http://goo.gl/33ej2G
Not mandatory, but feel free to post a log for any of the matches you fight in.
It should go without saying, but all standard battle rules apply (i.e. Evasion Clause, Species Clause, etc.).
Sand Veil is also banned, so don't try it.
Obligatory Team Name Post: SoulfulLex reporting in as
The Chentastics.
Tournament Bracket can be found here:
http://challonge.com/jggwvwf6/standings
UPDATE: Anyone who drops out of the draft
will have their remaining matches marked as ties, since they were technically never played...[inspoiler]nor do I think it's fair to mark up undue victories. Sue me.[/inspoiler]