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The Pokémon Global Link website has announced the first online tournament for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. Details are below and have also been added to our Online Competitions page.

Battle of Hoenn Online Competition

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Region: International except Japan and Korea
Registration Period: Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 00:00 UTC through Thursday, January 22, 2015, at 23:59 UTC
Tournament Period: Friday, January 23, 2015, at 00:00 UTC through Sunday, January 25, 2015, at 23:59 UTC
Ranking Results Announcement: Friday, January 30, 2015
Max number of participants: 50 000
Player divisions: Junior Division: Born in 2000 or later
Masters Division: Born in 1999 or earlier.
Compatible Games: Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Battle Type: Single Battle
Pokémon Restrictions: Players could use Pokémon found only in the Hoenn Pokédex of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, excluding Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, and Deoxys. Players could use only Pokémon found, caught, hatched from an Egg, or received through a special promotion in Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon X, or Pokémon Y. Pokémon brought over from Pokémon Black, Pokémon White, Pokémon Black 2, or Pokémon White 2 via Poké Transporter could not participate in this competition.
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To test the Pokémon players had caught in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, the Battle of Hoenn Online Competition was the first tournament players could compete in online.

The competition used the Single Battle format and players could register 3 to 6 of their level 1–100 Pokémon to their Battle Box. Pokémon automatically became Level 50 during battles. A 30-minute time limit for each match was automatically enforced in-game, beginning at the start of each battle. If the outcome had not been determined when the time limit expired, the game automatically applied tiebreakers to determine a winner. At the beginning of each battle, players had 90 seconds to select their Pokémon to battle with. At the beginning of each turn, players had 60 seconds to select a move or change Pokémon in battle. If a player had not made his or her selections at the end of this period, the game automatically made selections for the player. Players could only play 10 rounds per day.

Source: http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/information/ffb2f660-9864-4162-83bc-12df2f2ff148
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