Five Gen Three-Way! Cynder vs. BTPoke vs. Emerald_Gen.3 (ref: Oslolso)

[Oslo]

*sounds a foghorn*

In the interest of livening things up around here, I'm offering to ref a fracas of epic proportions.* As the title suggests, three participating trainers will enter with five Pokemon each—one from every Generation. The battle will then be composed of five sets: the Gen I Pokemon will face off against one another first, then the Gen II Pokemon, then the Gen III Pokemon, and so on. The winner of each set will get a coin and, at the end of the fifth set, the person with the most coins wins. If a set ends in a tie, the tied trainers will each get a coin. If two trainers have the same amount of coins at the end of the fifth set, we will go to a wildcard tie-breaker (which will be explained should such an event arise). Still following? Okay, let's make things more complex.

To add a bit of fun, each set will have different restrictions based on the accompanying Generation. For example, since the first set will be limited to Generation I Pokemon, the participants will have to follow Generation I rules: no abilities, no genders, Gen I type chart, Gen I movesets. (Which is to say, Pikachu can use Thundershock and Light Screen but not Iron Tail or even Defense Curl, since it didn't get access to Defense Curl until Gen II.) Bite will be Normal-type, Magnemite will be pure Electric... that sort of thing. Similarly, the second set will follow Gen II rules: still no abilities, genders are in play, post-Gen I type chart, Gen I/Gen II movesets, and so on. You get the idea... I hope.

The arena will be Indigo Plateau. Also, to keep damage calcs straightforward, moves can only ever take one target. (So even if you try to Earthquake both of your opponents in one fell swoop, only one of them will be able to feel the attack. How? Magic.) No moves are banned (with the exception of the aforementioned restrictions), 40% damage cap and I'd like a strict DQ time of seven days. If you're not sure whether you can keep up with that, there is a comfy spot on the spectator bench with your name on it. ;D

Once you've signed up, you can PM me your five Pokemon. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm sure there are a gajillion things I didn't explain properly.

(Also, I'm entirely aware I didn't come up with the idea for this match. The concept comes from RL's battle here so, y'know... credit where credit's due.)

So... who's game?

* Proportions aren't actually all that epic. I just felt like describing it that way.