TRAINERS RENDEZVOUS

Trainers Rendezvous is an event run by Pokémon fans for Pokémon fans and it's being held at Anime Milwaukee for the second time! This is an all age’s event for trainers to come and meet up, battle, talk and have an all-around great Poké experience! TR will be having an Elite four and Snap Tournament along with panels, cosplay contest, and gaming. Stop in and join us Friday and Saturday for the Pokévents and panels!

EVENTS AND PANELS

Pokémon Cosplay Contest

Come show off your hard sewing work at our Pokémon exclusive cosplay contest! We will judge your costume based on workmanship, resemblance to that character, and attention to detail! Skits are encouraged but we will judge costumes separately! Check out the TR room for rules and sign up!

Pokémon Snap Tournament

Come and compete in our Snap contest! You get one chance to run through a course and take the highest rated picture. The person with the highest score wins! Register at the TR room!

Cards with Corey

Come and challenge the AMKE's conchair to play the Pokémon TCG! We supply the cards and the Corey so you can challenge him!

Pokémon Artists Rendezvous

Come draw on our paper-filled table or bring your own sketch books and drawing materials to share your art! This is an event made for Pokémon fans who love to draw!

History of Pokémon: From Capsule Monsters to Today

Before it became a global phenomenon, Pokémon was a simple idea. Come by to learn this history of the Pokémon franchise and how it has evolved.

Poké-Talk with Char'zard Ghodsi

A talk show for Pokémon fans and fanatics! Bring your team along and showdown with the host! Crude language, recommended 13 and up.

Pokémon Giveaway

Answer the questions correctly and you could win some special Pokémon! Make sure to bring your DS with Pokémon Back or White!

In Search of your Spirit Pokémon!

We may not live in the Pokémon world but we may call upon our Spirit Pokémon to help and guide us! Not sure what your Spirit Pokémon is? Join us and find out!

Elite Four Tournament

The main event we hold is the Elite Four Tournament. If you choose to compete you will battle the Elite Four in order to obtain their badges, but you must act quickly because every Elite four member has a limited amount of badges and once they run out, there gone. The objective is to obtain more badges than anyone else and in the event of a tie, defeat the remaining trainers! If you forget the tournament rules below, stop in and ask us!

General Rules

There will be 4 Elite four members, with 25 badges a piece and they will be given out on a first come first serve basis.

Each battle will be a single 6 on 6 Pokémon battle. Winning a battle against an elite four member will win you a badge. Get more badges than anyone else to win!

Each trainer will have to register their Pokémon with a staff member upon signing up and trainers can only battle with the 6 Pokémon they registered.

Any trainer caught with hacked Pokémon will be automatically disqualified.

Each trainer will get only ONE try for each Elite Four member/trainer battle.

If two or more trainers have the same number of badges, the trainers will battle each other until a winner is decided.

Only Pokémon versions Black, White, Black 2, or White 2 may be used.

In the case of a disconnect, talk to the staff. If the disconnect wasn't intentional or out of the players power, they battle will be restarted. If the disconnect was intentional or within the player's power, it will count as a loss. Be sure to remember to charge your DS

Wonder launcher items are not allowed.

Banned Pokémon

The following Pokémon and all of their forms are banned.

All of these Pokémon are either banned from official Nintendo tournaments or from Smogon, the largest online competitive Pokémon battling community, except for Meloetta and Genesect.

Banned Abilities

The ability Moody is banned.

Blaziken cannot have the ability speed boost.

There cannot be Pokémon with the abilities drizzle and swift swim on the same team.

Any hidden ability not released by Nintendo at the time of the tournament cannot be used. Here's a list of currently available hidden abilities.

Pokémon can only use moves and abilities that they could legitimately know. For example, Venasuar cannot have the ability Chlorophyll and the move Ingrain because there's no legitimate way of doing so.

Clauses

One hit KO Clause - Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine, and Sheer Cold are banned.

Evasion Clause - Double Team and Minimize are banned.

Sleep Clause - Two or more Pokémon on a team cannot be asleep at the same time. Self-induce sleep via Rest does not activate Sleep Clause.

Self KO Clause - If both players have only one Pokémon left, moves which KO both the user and the opponent are not allowed (e.g. Explosion, Destiny Bond). If recoil damage would cause a tie, Self KO Clause does not activate, and the player who last attacked is the winner.

There will not be a species clause or item clause.

The item soul dew is banned.

Good Luck and Have Fun!