Hello everyone, my name is Craft and I run the United Pokemaniacs League or UPL. We recently finished our 9th season of our battle league and are now starting preparations for Season 10.

Today I am here to announce two things:

• Gym Challenge S2
• Applications for Season 10

Each topic has info below.

Gym Challenge S2

The Gym Challenge is a background event that will be going on during the offseason (time between seasons) and also while we have the battle league season. Here is some cool info about it:

• You need to earn 8 gym badges to challenge the Elite Four (there will be around 10 or so gyms, with some new ones coming throughout the time period of the challenge). After the E4, is of course the Champion.
• Challengers get to pick 8 Pokemon to use. You can make up to 3 trades throughout the challenge period.
• Gym leaders have different types of battles (like 2v2 singles, 3v3 singles, 4v4 doubles, etc).
• Instead of a type, gyms have a theme. Themes can be anything such as a specific game, types, animals, etc.
• There is a lot more info which can be found on our Discord and the Gym Challenge Document!

Anyone who is interested can participate, you just need to be on our Discord Server. If you have any questions about the gym challenge please feel free to ask below!

UPL Season 10

For those who do not know what a Pokemon League is, but are interested: It is where a number of coaches battle each other over a period of time. Some examples on YouTube include the WBE, UCL, and GBA.

Here is some information about the UPL:

• We are Discord based (all talking is done on Discord)
• Battling is done on Showdown (it is easier for everyone that way)
• We are looking to have 16-20 coaches this season
• Current plan is to start in late-February
• We have a point based draft (draft would be early September)
• We are doing National Dex w/ Megas.
• Z-Moves, Dynamax, and GMax is banned
• Great, helpful, and active community with events going on from time to time (currently we have the gym challenge)
• Lots of other info that would make this post way too long :P

You can find the link to the Season 10 Application here. Also, here is the link to our Discord Server which if you are interested it is required to be a part of. You can find tons of information about the league there as well as interact with the community.

If you are unsure about joining yet, you are free to chill in the Discord server and talk with all our members.

Summary

So I know this post is super long so I want to do a quick summary to wrap it up.

• We currently have a unique gym challenge going on that anyone can participate in.
• We are currently preparing for S10 of our league, which anyone is free to apply for
• You can participate in both, or just one! Whatever you want! Or you can always do neither and feel free to chill with us on the server.
• Here is the link to our Discord server, once again.

If you have any questions about anything please feel free to ask them below or ask on Discord!

I hope to see many of you soon in the Gym Challenge and in the upcoming season!

Thanks,

-Craft