that's not how it works, unfortunately.
this, Kushalos you're 4th on my randomized sub list (look at the OP), so its very likely you get in at some point unless we get the most active tournament everthat's not how it works, unfortunately.
if you are giving up your seed in the tournament, it will go to the first substitute, not a player of your choosing. i didn't sign up for doubles, and i didn't get selected to play in ubers open - i'll very likely only end up with 4 out of 5 opens. however, this is the fault of the player. if kushalos and i were on top of things, we would have been the first users to sign up, cementing our spots in the competition.
the first 2/3 of spots were given to the first 170 people to signup. The last 1/3 was randomized among the remaining people who signed up, FLCL ended up making it in, while you ended up being a substituteRaseri, why am I not in the pairings?
I've made my sign up post right before FLCL and he is in r1 and I'm not, I hope you can fix this cuz I've been practicing a lot for this tour
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-nu-open-iv-signups.3549324/page-8#post-6420290