THE BATTLING RULES

I just wanna go ahead and lay down the general rules for on battling on this site, there are only five

1.) NO MAXIMUM OR ALTERED STATS (I.E. NO MAX E.V.S)
2.) NO USE OF ARs WHILE BATTLING
3.) NO TRADING OR CHANGING TEAMS WHILE IN A TOURNAMENT
4.) NO HACKED MOVES OR ABILITIES
5.) NO HACKED POKEMON

These are just to make things fair and fun

so... what does all this jargon mean?

~ no hacked stats, I.E. no max EVs/IVs
~ Don't use action replays/cheating devices in ANY tournaments or competitive battles
~ You may not change your lineup in the middle of a tournament unless the tournament's rules say otherwise
~ No hacks that break the barriers of the game. This means no hacking moves, stats, abilities, or pokemon. This goes for outside of tournaments too.
~ these rules strictly apply to all tournaments unless otherwise stated.

FOR ANYONE WHO BREAKS THE RULES, THERE ARE 3 PUNISHMENTS

1.)FIRST TIME OFFENSE-DQ FROM THE CURRENT TOURNAMENT/CHALLENGE AND 1 WEEK PROBATIONARY PERIOD

2.)SECOND TIME OFFENSE-DQ FROM THE NEXT 3 TOURNAMENTS-CHALLENGES AND 1 MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD

3.)THIRD OFFENSE- LIFETIME BAN

I hope everyone will take the rules more seriously now, this is just to keep hacking in check