| Event | Victory Road April Challenge |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 29–30 April 2023 |
| Attendance | 157 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set C |
| Format | Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut single elimination, as per attendance Open team lists |
| Organizer | Victory Road |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7-1 |  | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | $534 |       |  | |
| 2 | 7-1 |  | Francesco P. Pero (Midnite) | $267 |     | | |
| 3 | 6-2 |  | Eden Batchelor (#1RalseiFan) | $133.5 |     | | |
| 4 | 6-2 | | Adrien Hurley (ColdingLight) | $133.5 |       | | |
| 5 | 7-1 |  | Hyungwoo Shin (히나) | $66.75 |  | | |
| 6 | 6-2 |  | Robbie Schaaij (Robbie) | $66.75 |  | | |
| 7 | 6-2 |  | Alberto Noguerol (Noguerol) | $66.75 | | | |
| 8 | 6-2 | | Antonio Sánchez (Antonio) | $66.75 |  | | |
| 9 | 7-1 | | Alberto Fornaini (Lait) | – |   | | |
| 10 | 7-1 | | Davide Piroddu (Artcar) | – |  | | |
| 11 | 7-1 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | – |  | | |
| 12 | 7-1 | | Kian Campbell (Kian) | – | | | |
| 13 | 7-1 | | Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) | – | | | |
| 14 | 6-2 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | – | | | |
| 15 | 6-2 | | Andrew Jenkins (Jenkins) | – |  | | |
| 16 | 6-2 | | Lorenzo Silvestrini (Lore) | – |  | | |
| 17 | 6-2 |  | Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | – |  | | |
| 18 | 6-2 |  | Thiago Lattanzi (VOVOMAXBEN10) | – |   | | |
| 19 | 6-2 | | Taisuke Konohana (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 20 | 6-2 |  | Ericsson Marquez (Dodge) | – | | | |
| 21 | 6-2 |  | Fabian Braun (dekab) | – | | | |
| 22 | 6-2 | | Jackson Cole (Plopy) | – | | | |
| 23 | 6-2 | | Taro Okada (しおり) | – | | |
Seeding
The bracket was seeded according to the Swiss rounds results:
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online through Battlefy. All communication between the players must be done through the Battlefy chat enabled in each round.
Official communication from the organizer staff is performed through Discord, in the Victory Road Discord server.
The tournament starts on 29 April 2023 at 13:00 UTC with the Swiss rounds. The top cut, to which all players with 2 or fewer losses (X-2) advance, is played on 30 April at the same time.
Prizes
This event is a grassroots tournament and is not a part of any 2023 official circuit. This means that it does not reward any Championship Points (CPs).
The best-placed players receive the following prizes depending on attendance. Final prizepool will be confirmed upon closure of registrations:
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | $534 |
| Runner-up | $267 |
| Semifinalists | $133.5 each |
| 5th to 8th | $66.75 each |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| 9th to 16th | Around 0.5~1% of the prizepool |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| 9th to 16th | Around 0.5~1% of the prizepool |
| 17th to 32nd | Around 0.5% of the prizepool |
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Around 30~35% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Around 15~20% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Around 8~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | Around 4~5% of the prizepool |
| 9th to 16th | Around 0.5~1% of the prizepool |
| 17th to 32nd | Around 0.5% of the prizepool |
| 33rd to 64th | Around 0.2% of the prizepool |
Streaming
Some matches from Day 2 of the tournament were streamed on Victory Road’s Twitch channel, with Simon Van der Borght and the debuting duo of Shonali Kenn and 2017 Oceania International Champion Zoe Lou as casters!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 16 | Jorge Tabuyo | vs | Robbie Schaaij |
| Top 8 | Eden Batchelor | vs | Hyungwoo Shin |
| Top 4 | Eden Batchelor | vs | Francesco P. Pero |
| Finals | Francesco P. Pero | vs | Joseph Ugarte |
Overview
The Victory Road April Challenge is an online event hosted by Victory Road, with the purpose of serving as practice for the upcoming live tournaments.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set C, with open team lists. It is the first VR tournament to feature this ruleset!
All detailed tournament procedures, including rules and penalties, can be found here.
A little bit of history
Victory Road has been consistently holding online grassroots tournaments for years, including standalone events, online invitationals featuring qualifier events, and the yearly biggest online team competition in the World Cup of Pokémon VGC. Victory Road has also provided streams to several official Regional Championships in Europe since 2019.
Our most recent tournament was the Victory Road to Melbourne, played with the VGC Regulation Set B in February 2023. The finals saw Brazilian Thiago Lattanzi defeat Canadian Joel Bergman.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through Battlefy platform. Sign-ups were $10 (+ $1 Battlefy tax) and open upon announcement. 85% of the total entry fee money was directed towards the prizes ($8.5 per player), and 15% was used to compensate the staff members, tournament organizers, judges and casters ($1.5 per player).
All players need to provide a team list in PokéPaste format with all open team list data about the team’s Pokémon (including form, Tera Type, ability, held item and moves).
Additionally, all players need to provide another closed team list (only for TOs) with all previous information and either stat values or minted Nature + IVs + EVs. This list may be password-protected.
Please ask any staff member if you need help registering the team lists!
Sign-ups close 15 min before the event starts. Players that do not show up for the first three rounds are dropped from the tournament before round 4.
