Smogon Grand Slam - Season 1 Finals [Won by Ciele]

***Iconic**** · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:09:56 PM

After months of fierce competition, we have finally arrived to the finals of the inaugural Smogon Grand Slam! Before we get things going, I'd like to extend a huge thanks to the five hosts, JabbaTheGriffin, bojangles, Oglemi, Zebraiken, and Aerrow. I'd also like to give an enormous thanks to Vinc2612 for all the time he spent updating the onsite Grand Slam points. Finally, Zracknel deserves enormous props for all the amazing work he put into producing art for the Grand Slam, including the amazing work you can see in this thread! This season would not have been possible without these seven upstanding gentlemen, so be sure to thank them when you get the chance!

Since there was a three way tie for the last two spots of the finals, Heist, Malekith, and Nelson-X are going to have a quick round-robin, best-of-five (UU, Ubers, RU, NU, and LC of course) mini playoff series to decide decide who gets these seeds. The winner of the the playoff will earn the 7th seed, while the runner-up nabs the 8th seed.

Congratulations to all the Grand Slam finalists!

Preliminary Playoffs

Round 1

Semi-Finals

Preliminary Playoff

~~Heist~~ vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. ~~Nelson-X~~
Nelson-X vs. ~~Heist~~

Round 1

~~1. McMeghan~~ vs. 8. Nelson-X
2. blarajan vs. ~~7. Malekith~~
~~3. FLCL~~ vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. ~~5. Pedrock~~

Semi-Finals

~~2. blarajan~~ vs. 6. Ciele
~~4. Bloo~~ vs. 8. Nelson-X

Finals

6. Ciele vs. ~~8. Nelson-X~~

Click "Instant Replay"

The deadline for the Preliminary Playoff is November 8th at 11:59 p.m. EST. All Round 1 matches must be complete by November 17th at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Finalists will play each other in a best-of-five series in the five Grand Slam metagames. Tier lists are now locked for the entirety of the finals. Since we're in the middle of a few suspect tests and tier shifts, I thought I'd just clarify that OHKO moves are banned in Ubers, and Cresselia / Durant are banned in RU. Check out this post for the complete tier lists.

Good luck everyone, and may the best man win! Once again huge huge huge thank you to Zracknel for the amazing art he made for this thread.

Stone_Cold · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:22:40 PM

Hey Iconic, I have ? Why duz bloo still play when he alway tell mi he hate game?

Go BIoo! And McMegHand, and Seal! Blaringjon sux

**locopoke** · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:31:34 PM

Hopefully the tournament playerbase can come out of this thing with it's dignity in tact.

Anyone but blarajan.

***Zebraiken**** · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:39:33 PM

i'd be cool with just about anyone in the finals winning this, but predicts just for the sake of them

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan (UU, Ubers, RU, NU) vs. 8. Malekith (LC)
2. blarajan (RU, LC) vs. 7. Heist (UU, Ubers, NU)
3. FLCL (Ubers, NU, LC) vs. 6. Ciele (UU, RU)

i don't know either player well enough for the last matchup to make a good prediction :o

**Raseri** · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:52:21 PM

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

ThatsMyLatios · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:55:12 PM

McM (Uber, UU, RU) vs Nelson-X (NU, LC,)
Blarajan (RU, LC) vs Heist (Uber, UU, NU)
FLCL (NU) vs Ciele (Uber, UU, RU, LC)
Bloo will probably win but idk who pedrock is he might be good.

Django · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:55:58 PM

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

nice copy ginku

Ginku · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:56:47 PM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

achieve etc

edit: fuk dongo

also incredible art zracknel

.Robert · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:58:32 PM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Nelson-X
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

**Harsha** · Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:59:55 PM

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith - the dude is on fire!
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist - ah I like both people but blarajan's ego doesn't need to be inflated anymore!
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele - both are good players but I'm inclined to believe FLCL has more experience in lower tiers.
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock - I think the winner of this tournament comes down to Bloo vs. McMeghan!

Hot N Cold · Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:03:44 PM

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Heist
2. blarajan vs. 7. Malekith
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Alexander. · Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:05:09 PM

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Heist
2. blarajan vs. 7. Malekith
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

**blarajan** · Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:11:57 PM

Hurry up goddamn

Ojama · Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:21:32 PM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Playoff Runner-Up
2. blarajan vs. 7. Playoff Winner
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nantsuki. · Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:28:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Ojama

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Playoff Runner-Up
2. blarajan vs. 7. Playoff Winner
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Living Things · Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:29:29 PM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Honus · Nov 4th, 2012, 12:26:38 AM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Nelson-X
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Eos · Nov 4th, 2012, 12:34:22 AM

McMeghan, blarajan, Ciele, Bloo

lets go guys :)

prem · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:01:43 AM

as long as blarajan loses im okay.

papai noel · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:10:52 AM

McMeghan, blarajan, Ciele, Pedrock

**dragonuser** · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:29:54 AM

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Jayde · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:39:19 AM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Rooting for Heist / Bloo to win it all

bro fist · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:38:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat locopoke

Anyone but blarajan.

this

MikeDecIsHere · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:46:20 AM

Preliminary Playoff

Heist vs. Malekith
Malekith vs. Nelson-X
Nelson-X vs. Heist

Round 1

1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith
2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist
3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele
4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

**blarajan** · Nov 4th, 2012, 1:46:52 AM

does no one love me

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:09:56 PM	#1
*Iconic Super Moderator** Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,784 Canadaland Mentor	Smogon Grand Slam - Season 1 Finals [Won by Ciele] After months of fierce competition, we have finally arrived to the finals of the inaugural Smogon Grand Slam! Before we get things going, I'd like to extend a huge thanks to the five hosts, JabbaTheGriffin, bojangles, Oglemi, Zebraiken, and Aerrow. I'd also like to give an enormous thanks to Vinc2612 for all the time he spent updating the onsite Grand Slam points. Finally, Zracknel deserves enormous props for all the amazing work he put into producing art for the Grand Slam, including the amazing work you can see in this thread! This season would not have been possible without these seven upstanding gentlemen, so be sure to thank them when you get the chance! Since there was a three way tie for the last two spots of the finals, Heist, Malekith, and Nelson-X are going to have a quick round-robin, best-of-five (UU, Ubers, RU, NU, and LC of course) mini playoff series to decide decide who gets these seeds. The winner of the the playoff will earn the 7th seed, while the runner-up nabs the 8th seed. Congratulations to all the Grand Slam finalists! Preliminary Playoffs Round 1 ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Semi-Finals ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Preliminary Playoff ~~Heist~~ vs. Malekith Malekith vs. ~~Nelson-X~~ Nelson-X vs. ~~Heist~~ Round 1 ~~1. McMeghan~~ vs. 8. Nelson-X 2. blarajan vs. ~~7. Malekith~~ ~~3. FLCL~~ vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. ~~5. Pedrock~~ Semi-Finals ~~2. blarajan~~ vs. 6. Ciele ~~4. Bloo~~ vs. 8. Nelson-X Finals 6. Ciele vs. ~~8. Nelson-X~~ Click "Instant Replay" Ubers Little Cup -- Instant Replay doesn't work here, but if you want to see what happened, here is a log. NeverUsed UnderUsed RarelyUsed The deadline for the Preliminary Playoff is November 8th at 11:59 p.m. EST. All Round 1 matches must be complete by November 17th at 11:59 p.m. EST. Finalists will play each other in a best-of-five series in the five Grand Slam metagames. Tier lists are now locked for the entirety of the finals. Since we're in the middle of a few suspect tests and tier shifts, I thought I'd just clarify that OHKO moves are banned in Ubers, and Cresselia / Durant are banned in RU. Check out this post for the complete tier lists. Good luck everyone, and may the best man win! Once again huge huge huge thank you to Zracknel for the amazing art he made for this thread. __________________ ◠‿◠ Last edited by Steven Snype; Nov 19th, 2012 at 1:02:09 PM.

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:22:40 PM	#2
Stone_Cold Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,856	Hey Iconic, I have ? Why duz bloo still play when he alway tell mi he hate game? Go BIoo! And McMegHand, and Seal! Blaringjon sux __________________ Let's get down to business....

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:55:12 PM	#6
ThatsMyLatios Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 736	McM (Uber, UU, RU) vs Nelson-X (NU, LC,) Blarajan (RU, LC) vs Heist (Uber, UU, NU) FLCL (NU) vs Ciele (Uber, UU, RU, LC) Bloo will probably win but idk who pedrock is he might be good. __________________ I lost a bet fk Man U.**

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:55:58 PM	#7
Django Hear me Roar Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,669	Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock nice copy ginku __________________

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:58:32 PM	#9
.Robert Death Reapers Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,262 Death Reapers	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Nelson-X 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock __________________ The Boss Reaper

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:31:34 PM	#3
locopoke indulges in unsavory behavior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,744	Hopefully the tournament playerbase can come out of this thing with it's dignity in tact. Anyone but blarajan.

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:39:33 PM	#4
*Zebraiken am i the only one i know? Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,178 shine ∞ Mentor	i'd be cool with just about anyone in the finals winning this, but predicts just for the sake of them Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan (UU, Ubers, RU, NU) vs. 8. Malekith (LC) 2. blarajan (RU, LC) vs. 7. Heist (UU, Ubers, NU) 3. FLCL (Ubers, NU, LC) vs. 6. Ciele (UU, RU) i don't know either player well enough for the last matchup to make a good prediction :o

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:52:21 PM	#5
Raseri I'm a leaf on the wind; watch how i soar Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,704 Mentor	Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:56:47 PM	#8
Ginku my Angel's on Angel dust Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 559	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock achieve etc edit: fuk dongo also incredible art zracknel

Nov 3rd, 2012, 6:59:55 PM	#10
Harsha Moderator Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 936 Houston, TX Mentor	Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith - the dude is on fire! 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist - ah I like both people but blarajan's ego doesn't need to be inflated anymore! 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele - both are good players but I'm inclined to believe FLCL has more experience in lower tiers. 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock - I think the winner of this tournament comes down to Bloo vs. McMeghan!

Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:03:44 PM	#11
Hot N Cold Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 493 Spain	Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Heist 2. blarajan vs. 7. Malekith 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:05:09 PM	#12
Alexander. Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,128	Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Heist 2. blarajan vs. 7. Malekith 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:11:57 PM	#13
blarajan no abuse pls Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,720 Mentor	Hurry up goddamn __________________ Team Babby: Little Cup in Ubers RMT

Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:21:32 PM	#14
Ojama If just for one day I wish I could disappear Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,368 Too close to see	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Playoff Runner-Up 2. blarajan vs. 7. Playoff Winner 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nov 3rd, 2012, 7:29:29 PM	#16
Living Things Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 262	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock __________________ User: hybridtheory ou: 2134 (GXE:92) (W:12/L:1/T:0)

Nov 4th, 2012, 12:26:38 AM	#17
Honus Holdin' On Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 700	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Nelson-X 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nov 4th, 2012, 12:34:22 AM	#18
Eos is a sloth Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 733 Michigan	McMeghan, blarajan, Ciele, Bloo lets go guys :) __________________

Nov 4th, 2012, 1:01:43 AM	#19
prem failed abortion Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,214 <@Sarenji> anyway i learned knitting pretty fast <@Sarenji> because im a woman Mentor	as long as blarajan loses im okay. __________________ +Yamata no Orochi: I don't get pussy

Nov 4th, 2012, 1:10:52 AM	#20
papai noel Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 249 Brazil	McMeghan, blarajan, Ciele, Pedrock __________________ ^-^

Nov 4th, 2012, 1:29:54 AM	#21
dragonuser If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy? Moderator Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,281 Mentor	Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock

Nov 4th, 2012, 1:39:19 AM	#22
Jayde SOLIDARITY Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 322	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock Rooting for Heist / Bloo to win it all __________________ Super Willpowered Energetic Loving Loquacious Outstanding Washes himself daily

Nov 4th, 2012, 1:46:20 AM	#24
MikeDecIsHere Laying the Groundwork for the Pound Work Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,837 Staten Island Mentor	Preliminary Playoff Heist vs. Malekith Malekith vs. Nelson-X Nelson-X vs. Heist Round 1 1. McMeghan vs. 8. Malekith 2. blarajan vs. 7. Heist 3. FLCL vs. 6. Ciele 4. Bloo vs. 5. Pedrock __________________

Nov 4th, 2012, 1:46:52 AM	#25
blarajan no abuse pls Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,720 Mentor	does no one love me __________________ Team Babby: Little Cup in Ubers RMT