Chapter 291: Grand Festival
It is said that this year’s Grand Festival has attracted a gathering of outstanding Coordinators. To ensure his chance of winning the championship, Terrance naturally has to make several preparations.
When it comes to primary judging, the performance round, Terrance isn’t too worried. This is just a threshold; it won’t decide who becomes the Top Coordinator.
The rules of the Grand Festival differ slightly from regular Pokémon Contests. Depending on the number of participants, there will be a preliminary round first.
The preliminary round is straightforward: each Coordinator is only allowed to send out one Pokémon to perform a single move, which will be scored by the judges.
A single move… While it sounds simple, it’s hard to stand out.
This round tests the fundamental skills of the participating Coordinators. All those who can participate in the Grand Festival are already among the best Coordinators, so selecting only a few from this pool requires comprehensive evaluation and thorough effort.
Depending on the number of participants, the number of qualifiers from the preliminary round will be capped at a certain number, which could be 64, 32, or even 16…
In short, based on previous competition practices, this is done proportionally — the more participants there are, the more people will pass the preliminary round.
Then…