| Event | Victory Road to Melbourne |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 4–5 February 2023 |
| Attendance | 215 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Series 2 |
| Format | 8 Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut single elimination Open team lists |
| Organizer | Victory Road |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | TL | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7-1 |  | Thiago Lattanzi (VOVOMAXBEN10) | $640 |       |  | |
| 2 | 7-1 |  | Joel Bergman (Joel) | $365 |      | | |
| 3 | 7-1 |  | Paky Esposito (¡Puddin!) | $140 |   |  | |
| 4 | 6-2 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | $140 |   | | |
| 5 | 7-1 |  | Aapo Niemiranta (Aapo) | $68 | | | |
| 6 | 6-2 |  | Iker Rodrigo (Reki) | $68 |   |  | |
| 7 | 6-2 |  | Patrick Dawson (Phatrick) | $68 |  |  | |
| 8 | 6-2 | | Álex Soto (LenVGC) | $68 |     |  | |
| 9 | 6-2 |  | Antoine de La Forest (Otekal) | $34 | | | |
| 10 | 6-2 |  | Maheen Thakur (Maxi) | $34 | |  | Report |
| 11 | 6-2 | | Emanuele Briganti (BK) | $34 | |  | |
| 12 | 6-2 |  | Taran Birdee (Taran) | $34 |    | | |
| 13 | 6-2 |  | Wang Yuxiang (SG★) | $34 | | | |
| 14 | 6-2 | | Andrea Cassinese (Andrea) | $34 | | | |
| 15 | 6-2 | | Shai G. Rabà (Shabarai) | $34 |     | | |
| 16 | 6-2 | | Andrea Ciccone (ANDREA K) | $34 |    | | |
| 17 | 7-1 | | Masahiro Ito (がはく) | – | | | |
| 18 | 7-1 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | – |   | | |
| 19 | 7-1 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | – | | | |
| 20 | 7-1 | | Francesco Raga (Lil Darkrai) | – |  | | |
| 21 | 6-2 |  | Narawitch Naenna (MyStars) | – |   | | |
| 22 | 6-2 | | Jorge Fernández (Calatrava) | – | | | |
| 23 | 6-2 | | Kasper Kallio (Kasper) | – |    | | |
| 24 | 6-2 | | Teemu Mankinen (Derith96) | – |   | | |
| 25 | 6-2 |  | Mitch Kendrick (Who) | – | | | |
| 26 | 6-2 | | Juan Borreguero (Mithos) | – |     | | |
| 27 | 6-2 | | Phil Nguyen (Phil N (AUS)) | – | |  | |
| 28 | 6-2 | | Antonio Sánchez (Antonio) | – |  | | |
| 29 | 6-2 | | Daniele Fanelli (Daniele) | – |  | | |
| 30 | 6-2 | | Francisco J. Nicolás (FraNico) | – |    | | |
| 31 | 6-2 | | Gauthier Clanet (Gauthier) | – |  | |
Seeding
The bracket was seeded according to the Swiss rounds results:
Usage stats
Compare these stats with the ones of the Orlando Regionals, an official Regional-level event held on the same weekend!
| # | Pokémon | Usage | Top Cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 50.7% (109) | 11% (12) |
| 2 | | 43.7% (94) | 19% (18) |
| 3 | | 42.8% (92) | 11% (10) |
| 4 | | 41.4% (89) | 12% (11) |
| 5 | | 34.4% (74) | 20% (15) |
| 6 | | 28.4% (61) | 18% (11) |
| 7 | | 22.3% (48) | 17% (8) |
| 8 | | 18.1% (39) | 21% (8) |
| 9 | | 16.3% (35) | 17% (6) |
| 10 | | 15.8% (34) | 18% (6) |
| 11 | | 15.3% (33) | 15% (5) |
| 12 | | 14.9% (32) | 9% (3) |
| 13 |  | 14.9% (32) | 6% (2) |
| 14 | | 13.0% (28) | 32% (9) |
| 15 | | 13.0% (28) | 7% (2) |
| # | Pokémon | Usage | Top Cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | | 12.1% (26) | 15% (4) |
| 17 | | 12.1% (26) | 12% (3) |
| 18 |  (all) | 12.1% (26) | 12% (3) |
| 19 | | 10.7% (23) | 26% (6) |
| 20 | | 10.2% (22) | 9% (2) |
| 21 | | 9.8% (21) | 14% (3) |
| 22 | | 8.8% (19) | 26% (5) |
| 23 | | 8.8% (19) | 11% (2) |
| 24 | | 8.4% (18) | 6% (1) |
| 25 | | 7.4% (16) | 13% (2) |
| 26 | | 7.4% (16) | 6% (1) |
| 27 | | 7.0% (15) | 7% (1) |
| 28 | | 6.0% (13) | 15% (2) |
| 29 | | 5.6% (12) | 17% (2) |
| 30 | | 5.6% (12) | 8% (1) |
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 4 February 2023 at 07:00 UTC with the Swiss rounds. The top cut, to which all players with 2 or fewer losses (X-2) advanced, is played on 5 February 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 is confirmed upon closure of registrations:
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | $640 |
| Runner-up | $365 |
| Semifinalists | $140 each |
| 5th to 8th | $68 each |
| 9th to 16th | $34 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
Unfortunately, there will be no stream for this tournament due to team constraints. Players that stream their run will be promoted by Victory Road during the tournament.
Overview
Victory Road to Melbourne is an online event hosted by Victory Road, with the purpose of serving as practice for the upcoming Oceania International Championships (OCIC) two weeks later. As such, it will have an Asia & Pacific timezone-friendly schedule!
The ruleset is VGC Series 2, 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 VR Welcome to Paldea, the first one played in Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet with the VGC Series 1 ruleset in December 2022. The finals saw American Adrien Hurley defeat fellow countryman Nick Navarre.
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 ($1.5 per player).
All players needed 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 will 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.
