Basic Challenging Information

If you want to challenge a gym leader/elite four member, MAKE A POST IN THEIR THREADS! The staff will check their respective threads quite frequently, so that's one good way to begin setting up a challenge. Here are some other things you can do to expedite getting challenges arranged.

- Find them on our chatbox - http://xat.com/DistortionLeague
This will probably your best option to find and arrange your battles. Most of the staff will be frequently be on the chatbox, so you can use that to actively speak with them instead of waiting for either a reply to a PM or a reply to your post.

- Send them a Private Message on the forums.
If they don't happen to be on the chat whenever you are on, a good alternative is to send them a PM on the forum.

Challenging information.

* You MUST register AND make a formal introductory post on the forums in order to challenge the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members.

* You MUST make a post in a Gym Leader's/Elite Four Member's thread in order to initiate a challenge.

* You do not have to battle the Gym Leaders in order.

* You DO have to battle the Elite Four members in order.

* Before challenging the Elite Four Members, you must have defeated all 8 Gym Leaders.

* Before challenging/becoming the Champion, you must have defeated all 8 Gym Leaders and all Elite Four Members.

* Defeating a Gym Leader / Elite Four Member / Champion in a battle outside of a League Challenge match does not mean that you have beaten them in the League. You must overcome your opponent in an actual League battle.

* Challengers are allowed to challenge the same Gym Leader only once every three days.

* Challengers are allowed to challenge the same Elite Four Member only once every three days.

*Challengers are allowed to challenge the Distortion Champion once every five days.

If you have obtained either a badge or a symbol, please post in the respective leader thread in each forum. This way, other members can know of your success and it creates a more competitive nature to the league.

Gym teams will include 3 pokemon corresponding to the Gym Type and 3 other pokemon of any type.

Gym Leaders and Elite Four Members are Moderators:
This means that you can expect to see good behavior on their part. This also means they can report you to the Administrators.

ALL battles will be conducted under Standard Rules. They are as followed:

* Sleep Clause - No more than one of the opponents Pokemon may be asleep at a time. This does not include Pokemon that have used the move Rest.

* Species Clause - No more than one of the same Pokemon on a team (e.g. two Kingdra on one team would break this rule).

* Evasion Clause - No moves which affect the accuracy / evasion of a pokemon are allowed (Double Team, Minimize).

* Luck Item Clause - Items that have a less than 100% chance of activation are banned. Items that lower accuracy are banned.

* Uber Pokemon Clause - All Pokemon that are placed in the Uber Pokemon tier are banned. You can find our ban tier list here.

* One Hit KO Move Clause - Moves that inflict an instant One Hit KO can not be used.
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