TLR's Lore, Legends, And More Action (LLAMA), brought to you by ASBet — Round One

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Its_A_Random

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Lore, Legends And More Action Tournament

LLAMA is a Tournament that is done in the style of the ASB Factory Tournament and Sharing is Caring, Kinda tournament where what Pokémon you own is not relevant. The idea of LLAMA is to give you the chance to use any Pokémon you want except for those that are banned. This also gives people a chance to use one of the very powerful legendary Pokémon they would never have the chance to use otherwise. These Legendary Pokémon have been supplied in cages to use by one of our title sponsors: The Legend Run. In case you are wondering where they came from.

Battle Rules

Once the Tournament starts, a thread will be posted and it will house everyone's team. There will also be round threads, etc.

At the start of each round, the brackets will be chosen and referees for each match will be chosen. From there, you must PM the referee the three Pokémon from your team of five that you will use for the round. You have five days to do this. Once the referee gets both teams, they will post the battle. The Battle Rules and format will be talked about later.

Prizes

Battle
Winner: 3 CC, 5 UC
Loser: 3 CC
Referee: 1.5 × The usual payout (Generally 15 UC).

No counters for Pokémon.

Overall
1st place: Keep the Legend they chose.
2nd place: Keep two non-legendary Pokémon they chose.
3rd place: Keep one non-legendary Pokémon they chose.

Betting Ring

Instead of the usual predictions Tournament, we will instead host a betting ring where people can wage CC on the matches they want and gain CC out of it if they win the bet. We do not expect much in the way of matches with bets in the first couple of rounds due to size but later on this will be more relevant. This is where our other title sponsor: ASBet comes in, offering to be a bookie and mediate this whole betting thing. Here are the rules on betting:
  • At the start of a round, the betting ring will be open and people are free to bet on matches. The betting period lasts a week.
  • To bet on a match, PM Its_A_Random how much CC you are betting on each match you wish to bet on. You must have enough CC in your possession for your bet to be accepted. You will know that your bet has been accepted when Its_A_Random responds to the PM indicating it has been accepted.
  • At the end of the betting week, the betting ring will close. Its_A_Random will then post which matches have got enough "interest" with regards to betting (That is, there is a minimum total of 1 CC for both sides of the match) and post odds for those matches. This will be based on how much CC was spent in total for each player in the match in question. Its_A_Random will then post CC deductions for all users. You must deduct CC from your profile at this point.
  • At the end of the round, all matches with bets placed will be assessed with who won and Its_A_Random will post CC rewards for all users who placed a winning bet. This is equal to the amount of CC waged × betting odds with decimals rounded normally.
  • This then repeats for all remaining rounds.
  • Additionally there will be bets on who will win the tournament. This betting period will go for the same length as the normal betting periods but will re-open each round with the semi finals being the last time you can bet on who wins the tournament.
    • This works differently for odds. When the betting round ends for that round, whatever odds are displayed that round are the odds you get if you betted that round and if you win the bet, even though the odds will change over time.
      • e.g. I bet 2 CC on ZhengTann to win the LLAMA tournament round one and the odds are 10. If everyone flocks to ZhengTann in the semi finals and created odds of 1.1 and ZhengTann wins the tournament, then I will be payed 20 CC, not 2.2 -> 2 CC.
  • Betting will be unrestricted for now (you can even bet on your own matches for now) except you need CC to bet, but I reserve the right to hot-fix things if necessary, especially since this is the first time we are really doing this.

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Okay now for the format. Based on 36 participants and some people not liking single elimination and whatnot, ZhengTann and I listened and decided to do something to try and deal with those concerns as hinted to in signups and mentioned several times on IRC. For those of you who did not have IRC Access or whatnot, the format we decided to do is this:
  • 36 participants will be split into 6 groups of 6 each.
  • 3 rounds of Swiss will be played, where the first round will have to be done with random seeding, and the other two based on your record.
    • This means we'll see a total of 16 matches per round for 3 rounds.
  • If you win a Swiss round, you score 1. If you lose, you score 0.
  • After 3 Swiss rounds, 2 (Or 3, we are still deciding on this) top-scoring players from each group will advance to the single elimination rounds.
  • In the event of a tie within any group, tie-breaker is determined by ratio of (Total HP percentage damage dealt) : (Total HP percentage damage taken)
  • What this means is that the first part is effectively double elimination and you will need to win 2 matches at least to have a chance of advancing.
In the single elimination, we get 12 (Or 18) players (quarter-finals) > 6 (Or 9) players (semi-finals) > 3 players (finals). So that is 3 rounds as well.

Finally, the 3 finalists play round-robin matches to determine their placing.

In the Swiss Rounds we will be a bit tighter on DQ and try to keep things going at a smooth pace, especially given everyone has three guaranteed matches with their team. The DQ rules will be relaxed a little bit after the Swiss Rounds.

So for the battle rules in the Swiss Rounds (may change between rounds):

BATTLE RULES
3v3 Singles
Enforced 2 Day DQ Time for players, 3 for referees.
Each player has one DQ warning a match. Go over once, you will use your warning. Go over twice, you will be DQed. This will be at the discretion of the player or one of the hosts if the player takes too long. Referees going over DQ will probably be sacked and replaced.
Infinite Recoveries/Chills per Pokémon.
Three Substitutions per player excluding KO Substitutions.
One Mega Evolution
Switch = OK
Abilities = ALL
Items = ON; you do not have to have the item in possession but the item must not be banned, similar to SICK (Banned Items: Soul Dew, Dark Stone, Light Stone, Diancite, Prison Bottle).
Arena: ASB Tournament Arena
If there are matches still going on come Friday the 6th of February at Midnight (GMT +00:00), then the DQ Times of those matches will shorten to 1 Day Player, 1 Day Referee.

Finally the moment you have been waiting for: The pools and the matchups:

Pool A: Elevator Music, deadfox081, ZhengTann, Rediamond, smashlloyd20, Texas Cloverleaf
Pool B: Vrin, Mulan15262, rickheg, Avnomke, S0L1D G0LD, Imanalt
Pool C: Eternal Drifter, Maxim, Canis Majoris, akela, Chinchou111, AOPSUser
Pool D: Frosty, The Wanderer, Geodude6, Matezoide, P2X7, Dogfish44
Pool E: Leethoof, Engineer Pikachu, zarator, Its_A_Random, Saleem S, Birkal
Pool F: waterwarrior, Rainman Legends, Deck Knight, Gale Wing Srock, Mowtom, TSRD

Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond (Referee: Frosty) (Thread)
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20 (Referee: AOPSUser) (Thread)
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music (Referee: Matezoide) (Thread)

Pool B
rickheg
vs. Mulan15262 (Referee: akela) (Thread)
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke (Referee: Mowtom) (Thread)
Imanalt vs. Vrin (Referee: Gale Wing Srock) (Thread)

Pool C
Eternal Drifter
vs. akela (Referee: Avnomke ZhengTann Its_A_Random) (Thread)
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris (Referee: Elevator Music) (Thread)
Maxim vs. AOPSUser (Referee: Leethoof TSRD) (Thread)

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide (Referee: Rainman Legends) (Thread)
Frosty vs. P2X7 (Referee: Avnomke) (Thread)
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6 (Referee: waterwarrior) (Thread)

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal (Referee: Mulan15262) (Thread)
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu (Referee: waterwarrior) (Thread)
zarator vs. Saleem S (Referee: deadfox081 Its_A_Random) (Thread)

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight (Referee: Matezoide) (Thread)
waterwarrior vs. TSRD (Referee: Maxim) (Thread)
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends (Referee: Its_A_Random) (Thread)

Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music

Pool B
rickheg vs. Mulan15262
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke
Imanalt vs. Vrin

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris
Maxim vs. AOPSUser

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide
Frosty vs. P2X7
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu
zarator vs. Saleem S

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight
waterwarrior vs. TSRD
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends


You have 5 days to send teams to your appropriate referees.

Referees: If you cannot finish a reffing, let me know in advance and I will get someone to sub-referee without jeopardising your hopes of refereeing in future rounds.

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Finally, betting ring. If you want to bet CC on a match or who you think will win the tournament, send me a PM titling how many CC you want to bet someone to win a specific match or the tournament. Your bet will be considered. At the end of the betting week I will post the matches which have interest for betting and their odds, as well as odds for tournament win. I will also post CC deductions. Would be nice for someone to have a go to help test this system out.

Okay that is about it, happy betting / battling / refereeing!

Cheers!
Its_A_Random
 
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Deck Knight
I'm in (Crowd Gasps). You will receive my team later today.
Gale Wing Srock said:
Now I am confident that I would be swept away on the first round... might as well bow out if I face DK.
Oh btw, I am calling Mega Beedrill on Deck Knight's team lol
Lol Mowtom, Since he didn't bring Mega Beedrill he is not invincible. Now is our chance, ha ha... Who are we kidding? I am calling Deck Knight and Waterwarrior from Pool F. Well atleast we can have three battles Yeah? Yippie!
 
lol i'm in pool C
Predictions? Sure I'll go. Keep in mind I'm only considering battling skill alone.
Bold: Winner
Italic: Can't predict/My own match

Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond
Texas Cloverleaf
vs. smashlloyd20
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music

Pool B
rickheg vs. Mulan15262
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke
Imanalt
vs. Vrin

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris
Maxim vs. AOPSUser

Pool D
Dogfish44
vs. Matezoide
Frosty vs. P2X7
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu

zarator vs. Saleem S

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight
waterwarrior
vs. TSRD
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends

I'll probably make justifications later. Right now, I'm too busy to do so.
 

Frosty

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Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond
Texas Cloverleaf
vs. smashlloyd20
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music

Pool B
rickheg
vs. Mulan15262
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke
Imanalt
vs. Vrin

Pool C
Eternal Drifter
vs. akela
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris
Maxim
vs. AOPSUser

Pool D
Dogfish44
vs. Matezoide
Frosty vs. P2X7
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6

Pool E
Leethoof
vs. Birkal
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu
zarator
vs. Saleem S

Pool F
Mowtom
vs. Deck Knight
waterwarrior vs. TSRD
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends

(also good luck to everyone and have fun escaping DQ haha)

(BTW I sent my team)
 
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Pool A
ZhengTann
vs. Rediamond - Red to choke.
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20 - gl guys
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music - lol

Pool B
rickheg
vs. Mulan15262 - Tough call here but I don't trust Mulan.
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke - Sorry gold
Imanalt vs. Vrin - Again tough call, but I think Imanalt can shake off the rust.

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela - Of course either side could lose by choking early but...
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris - not-newbie vs. hasn't done much asb
Maxim vs. AOPSUser - hey it could have been worse

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide - hax+yolol=mat win
Frosty vs. P2X7 - Frosty has nice experience
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6 - Geodude can actually be good at battling, contrary to popular belief.

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal - Even if Leet doesn't john
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu - welp
zarator vs. Saleem S - Hey as much as we like the R1 curse this is still a no-brainer.

Pool F
Mowtom
vs. Deck Knight - Deck's really rusty, plus Mowtom has a surprising tourney record.
waterwarrior vs. TSRD - IDK who TSRD even is.
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends - ooooh

My group is fun though. Here's to a battle of who chokes and loses first!

First three places in order:
Pool A: Elevator Music, Texas Cloverleaf, deadfox081
Pool B: Avnomke, S0L1D G0LD, rickheg
Pool C: gl guys
Pool D: dogfish44, Matezoide, Frosty
Pool E: oh dear
Pool F: waterwarrior, Mowtom, Gale Wing Srock
 
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Didn't check the teams fully, just basing on my first thoughts. Also reasonings are coming later.

Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond -
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20 -
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music -

Pool B
rickheg
vs. Mulan15262 -
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke -
Imanalt vs. Vrin -

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela -
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris -
Maxim vs. AOPSUser -

Pool D
Dogfish44
vs. Matezoide -
Frosty vs. P2X7 -
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6 -

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal -
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu -
zarator vs. Saleem S -

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight -
waterwarrior vs. TSRD -
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends -
 
Instead of matchups, I'm going to guess who's going to get out of each pool!

Pool A: Elevator Music, deadfox081, ZhengTann, Rediamond, smashlloyd20, Texas Cloverleaf
Emma and Tex are clear winners here, but 3rd is a bit of a tossup. I went with smash because deadfox likes to choke.
Pool B: Vrin, Mulan15262, rickheg, Avnomke, S0L1D G0LD, Imanalt
Eh, Vrin is too new and rick and Mulan aren't great. Imanalt is rusty, but he might be able to shed the rust and come ahead.
Pool C: Eternal Drifter, Maxim, Canis Majoris, akela, Chinchou111, AOPSUser
Maxim and AOPS, while prone to choking, are pretty good and should be able to win this. Canis is pretty good too and might actually get second or first if Maxim ad AOPS choke.
Pool D: Frosty, The Wanderer, Geodude6, Matezoide, P2X7, Dogfish44
The yolol is strong but Frosty and DF are really strong too.
Pool E: Leethoof, Engineer Pikachu, zarator, Its_A_Random, Saleem S, Birkal
Hell if I know .-.
Pool F: waterwarrior, Rainman Legends, Deck Knight, Gale Wing Srock, Mowtom, TSRD
I pretty much went with seniority here. 2/3s of the group joined this year. .-. (Yes I know I joined this year too >.>)
 

Imanalt

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Time for my god tier predicts based on not playing for 2 years

Pool A

ZhengTann vs. Rediamond I've been informed rp bs is a lot less powerful now
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20 free jassmashpwn
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music deadfox has always been overrated imo

Pool B
rickheg vs. Mulan15262 sry don't know mulan
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke i kinda recognize this guys name from irc? sry don't know S0L1D G0LD
Imanalt vs. Vrin sry don't know you

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela fuck akela
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris Sry don't know chinchou111
Maxim vs. AOPSUser idefk maxim used to be decent?

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide not br enough tbh
Frosty vs. P2X7 sry dont know P2X7
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6 I think I vaguely remember someone named the wanderer? And don't rly remember geodude

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal playing with hipster mons 24/7 gives leet an advantage when teams are evener
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu iar will 3-0 w/ 3 hp remaining
zarator vs. Saleem S sry don't know saleem s

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight sry don't know mowtom
waterwarrior vs. TSRD sry don't know TSRD
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends sry dont know either of you
 
Saleem S it looks like you are the new Mowtom:

[11:43] <@Zarator> btw at the cost of sounding rude
[11:43] <@Zarator> who's this guy I'm fighting?
[11:44] <@Zarator> I have never seen him
is that a good thing? i heard i am the underdog in Pool E
tell me something i do not know

Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music

Pool B
rickheg vs. Mulan15262
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke
Imanalt vs. Vrin

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris
Maxim vs. AOPSUser

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide
Frosty vs. P2X7
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu
zarator vs. Saleem S

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight
waterwarrior vs. TSRD
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends
someone make ^ him understand the difference between obsession and interest

based on what i have seen and heard
 
Gale Wing Srock said:
^
Now I am confident that I would be swept away on the first round... might as well bow out if I face DK.
Oh btw, I am calling Mega Beedrill on Deck Knight's team lol
Yeah I suck at predictions so...

Dec 28th:
Pool A: Elevator Music
Pool B: S0L1D G0LD, Avnomke
Pool C: Canis Majoris
Pool D: Frosty
Pool E: Anyone except Saleem could qualify here, all are pretty decent and would depend on that particular game.
Pool F: Waterwarrior, Deck Knight

Jan 28th:
Pool A: Elevator Music, Texas Cloverleaf
Pool B: S0L1D G0LD, Avnomke
Pool C: Canis Majoris, Maxim
Pool D: Frosty
Pool E: Anyones' game
Pool F: TSRD, Deck Knight, waterwarrior

Only calling the ones who would Qualify for sure.
Dogfish44 plays 50/50 odds with Hax, and others are too close to call.

Edit: Texas, Maxim and TSRD are the new adds.
 
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Pool A
ZhengTann vs. Rediamond | Via DQ
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20 | Hax
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music | No comment

Pool B
rickheg vs. Mulan15262 | Via DQ
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke | Via DQ
Imanalt vs. Vrin | Via Forfeit because Imanalt said Fuck akela in his predictions.

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela | N/A
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris | Via DQ
Maxim vs. AOPSUser | Hardest one to declare.

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide | Do I really need to explain this one?
Frosty vs. P2X7 | Via DQ
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6 | Via DQ via moderator Intervention.

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal | Via DQ
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu | You don't vote against IAR.
zarator vs. Saleem S | Because Zarator always chokes.

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight | Coin Flip
waterwarrior vs. TSRD | waterwarrior has the experience to beat the newbie.
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends | Mistake filled and last second changing of orders will be constant in this battle.
 

Its_A_Random

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Predicts. Ignoring DQ's and the threads that are already up.

Pool A
ZhengTann
vs. Rediamond — Gotta have faith in my co-host right?
Texas Cloverleaf vs. smashlloyd20 — I cannot really see a rather rusty smash overcome this matchup.
deadfox081 vs. Elevator Music — This is a highlight match-up and while EM will be too good, a really good performance will help deadfox as long as he learns to stop choking.

Pool B
rickheg
vs. Mulan15262 — Despite blatantly ripping half the profiles from the example, rickheg's experience will prevail here.
S0L1D G0LD vs. Avnomke — The former is a very underrated player. Avnomke needs to proceed at his own peril.
Imanalt vs. Vrin — As long as Imanalt gets rid of his rust quickly, I can see him doing well this matchup.

Pool C
Eternal Drifter vs. akela — Two players about even in skill, akela will have the upper hand of this matchup
Chinchou111 vs. Canis Majoris — Chinchou is an unknown and can be dangerous given no pressure on her but Canis will prove to be a formidable opponent.
Maxim vs. AOPSUser — Maxim needs to stop being pessimistic and remember how he got good in the first place. As long as he does not panic he will win.

Pool D
Dogfish44 vs. Matezoide — DF44 is overrated and Matezoide will cause an upset here, especially given he has experience with underused Pokémon.
Frosty vs. P2X7 — P2X7 is a dangerous foe but Frosty is the generally superior opponent.
The Wanderer vs. Geodude6 — John should not lose this matchup.

Pool E
Leethoof vs. Birkal — This is a very close match-up but Leethoof's not so great singles record might work against him.
Its_A_Random vs. Engineer Pikachu — Good luck. Unfortunately I have a terrible matchup and I would be lucky to win this.
zarator vs. Saleem S — Saleem S is an incredibly dangerous opponent due to being an unknown and zarator must be careful but the Italian will prevail in the end.

Pool F
Mowtom vs. Deck Knight — Depends on whether Deck still has it or not. This match will be very close.
waterwarrior vs. TSRD — waterwarrior has the danger of the unknown to deal with but should win this.
Gale Wing Srock vs. Rainman Legends — Why would I predict on a match I am refereeing?
 
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