Far from ASB Central is a small but tidy building, almost like a hotel, which provides temporary housing for referees working far afield and a place for disgruntled battlers to come if their match has been abandoned. The Emergency Referee Outpost dispatches fresh referees to all the far-flung corners of the pokémon world to oversee those matches forgotten or given up on by other members of the referee squad. Emergency reffing is an unfortunate necessity, but at the same time can be quite lucrative for those willing to jump in and help keep battles rolling towards completion.
If your referee has failed to write a reffing for your match within the DQ time without posting in the Absence Sheet or has stated that he or she will be gone for a long time and are offering his or her battles up for emergency reffing, you may post here to request that a new referee take over your match, at least temporarily. Your post should include the rules for the match, a brief description of how far along it is and, of course, a link back to the battle thread itself so that it is easy to find.
Please do not post here if your referee is just being a little slower than usual or because you have a challenge on the board that has yet to be picked up. Referees do have lives and are offering you their service as a courtesy; if you're unduly demanding, it's likely that no one at all will want to ref for you.
For each round of a match your ref as an emergency stand-in, you receive $3 more than you ordinarily would. If you are still functioning as an emergency referee when the battle ends, you receive only half the usual referee prize, however, and the referee who initially handled the match may claim the other half. If the original referee eventually comes back and closes the battle, they too receive only half the prize, and you may claim the other half. If your emergency reffing consisted only of posting that the battle would end in a draw or to DQ someone--i.e. you don't do any actual reffing--you can't claim any money for it; likewise, if the original referee contributed nothing to the battle but posting the thread, they are not eligible to receive any pay for it.
Emergency Referee Outpost
If your referee has failed to write a reffing for your match within the DQ time without posting in the Absence Sheet or has stated that he or she will be gone for a long time and are offering his or her battles up for emergency reffing, you may post here to request that a new referee take over your match, at least temporarily. Your post should include the rules for the match, a brief description of how far along it is and, of course, a link back to the battle thread itself so that it is easy to find.
Please do not post here if your referee is just being a little slower than usual or because you have a challenge on the board that has yet to be picked up. Referees do have lives and are offering you their service as a courtesy; if you're unduly demanding, it's likely that no one at all will want to ref for you.
Information for Emergency Referees
For each round of a match your ref as an emergency stand-in, you receive $3 more than you ordinarily would. If you are still functioning as an emergency referee when the battle ends, you receive only half the usual referee prize, however, and the referee who initially handled the match may claim the other half. If the original referee eventually comes back and closes the battle, they too receive only half the prize, and you may claim the other half. If your emergency reffing consisted only of posting that the battle would end in a draw or to DQ someone--i.e. you don't do any actual reffing--you can't claim any money for it; likewise, if the original referee contributed nothing to the battle but posting the thread, they are not eligible to receive any pay for it.
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