Luigi Showdown League

The Luigi Showdown League (LSL) is a league of competitive Pokémon battling, conducted through Pokémon Showdown, and managed by luigiman2201 himself.

History
In early 2018, luigiman wanted to create a stable competition of competitive Pokémon battling. Taking inspiration from both a competition known as the IPA that he competed in for a short time, as well as the League of Legends Championship Series, he created the LSL, intially for the Pokepals Discord Server (under the name PSL (Pokepals Showdown League)), in which he is an active member and moderator. After some discussion with server owner Donovan, with him stating he feels that the concept for the LSL conflicts with what he wanted for the server, luigiman gave up on running it through Pokepals and brought the concept over to his own Discord server, and there it was met with good reception, with several people expressing interest in participating. On March 16, 2018, the participants for the first ever LSL Spring Season were locked in, and officially started on May 11, 2018. However, due to time constraints the LSL had to be canceled.

League Format
The LSL is divided into three competitions: the Spring Season, Summer Season and the Grand Finals.

Qualifiers
Due to the structure of the LSL, if more than 16 participants have signed up for a Spring or Summer Season, a qualifying tournament will be held to decide what 16 players will compete in the LSL Spring or Summer Season.

Spring and Summer Split
The Spring Season is held within the first half of the year, the Summer Season is held within the second half. The exact format differs depending on the number of participants, but is almost always a single league double round-robin or two groups with a double round-robin within groups and a single round-robin cross-group, depending on the number of participants. After the Regular Season is over (all round-robins have been completed), the top 4 players (or 6, again depending on the number of participants) advance to the playoffs, where the Champion for that Split will be decided.

Grand Finals
All players will receive Championship Points based on their performance in the Spring and Summer Seasons. After the Summer Split has concluded, the top 4 players across both Spring and Summer will qualify for the Grand Finals, with the Spring and Summer Champions automatically qualifying for the Grand Finals. The Grand Finals themselves are a double elimination tournament, with the winner being crowned as the official LSL Champion for that year. Players are seeded according to Championship Points, with the Summer Split Champion automatically assigned as the #1 seed, and ties are broken by points earned in Summer.