Smogon Grand Slam III - Playoff Tiebreak

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With all but one Open left to finish, we're almost at the play-off stage. But as most people are already aware, New Breed has dropped out of the tournament. This means that 9th place will earn a spot in this year's play-offs. Unfortunately, there are three people who are tied for 9th place, which means we will be holding a round robin tie-break series to determine who will qualify for the last spot.

Tie-Break:
9A. Level 56 vs. 9C. KratosMana
9A. Level 56 vs. 9B. Meru
9B. Meru vs. 9C. KratosMana

Seeding for the tie-break was determined by overall W/L.

Identity

I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.

Scouting

Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.

With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.

Timer Clause

As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.

Disconnections

If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.

I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.


Each series will follow the same rules as Grand Slam play-offs. This means Bo5 with the higher seed choosing which one of the six GS tiers is excluded. The higher seed MUST inform their opponent of their selection within 24 hours. The excluded tiers will remain the same if the series is tied and needs to be replayed. The higher seed also chooses which tier to play first.

Deadline

Sunday, October 26th at 11:59 PM EDT.

This is only a soft deadline, but please try to get this done as soon as possible n_n
 
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Level 56 vs. KratosMana - tho im sure l56 will luck
Level 56 vs. Meru - tho im sure l56 will luck

Meru vs. KratosMana - god this is exciting im gonna go with meru since he's a friend but anti could easily take this, i reckon it'll be close. meru should take uu and ru, anti nu. not sure on ubers and doubles / lc.
 

kokoloko

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this is just between meru and kratos imo. i think meru's experience will earn him the playoffs spot, tho.
 

bruno

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welp they both don't want lc

looks like i'm starting both with a nice 0-2 in ru and doubles hehe bwoi :{{{

gl o_o
 

Meru

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welp they both don't want lc

looks like i'm starting both with a nice 0-2 in ru and doubles hehe bwoi :{{{

gl o_o
give me ur LC teams then cuz he discluded RU for me @_@

jokes on you L56 I suck at RU and I just got to quarterfinals by haxing and facing noobs huehuehue
 
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