Support members are essential to this event.

They help with many duties regarding the event such as;

• Help decide battle formats, scheduling, and rulesets for the tournaments
• Help maintain civility in the discord and ensure users are following the rules set in place
• Assist in registering teams/managers/assisants/battlers
• Check that teams are scheduling their matches and send reminders if needed
• Act as referee in some tourney matches if we do not have one on standby:
  • Make sure both teams are ready 30 mins before the match
  • Initiate the beginning of each battle
  • Watch for illegal moves (assisted by commentator if available)
  • Collect match data at end (winner/loser/remaining Pokémon)