Playoffs Smogon Tour 20 - Playoffs [Won by Tesung]

[McMeghan]

Here we are, to the Playoffs of the 20th Smogon Tour, one of our most iconic tournament! As usual, the competition was fierce and making it to the last 16 can be considered as an achievement by itself for those who achieved it. Now is the time to embrace your inner Lucario and finish this tournament!

Once again, let's not forget all the people that made this possible, from the hosts to the guys who worked on the spreadsheet. Massive shout-out to Cicada and Soldier here, FR RULES!

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We'll get some arts up it here as soon as possible, our main man boudouche is sort of busy these days... I'll make a post to make sure nobody will miss those.

Let's move to the heart of the tournament now. I'll talk briefly about two stuffs that were at the center of the discussions on smogtours earlier today.

The 15th and 16th spot
We have 3 people tied for the last two spots of the top: MetalGro$$, Ox the Fox and xtra$hine at 31 points. Considering these spots are extra sensitive since they dictate who gets in the playoffs and who doesn't, none of them will have a spot based on their win rate. They will have to fight to get in.

What's gonna happen is the following: the three players will be pitted against each other in a Round Robin. The winner of the round robin will have the choice to take the 15th or the 16th spot. We feel it's only logical that they have the choice since they beat 2 opponents to get there. The last playoff spot will be awarded to the person who went 1-1 in that Round Robin.

Important note: let's take this scenario as an example: Metal beats xtra first, then loses to Ox and Ox beats xtra. Ox will choose his spot but xtra and Metal won't have to fight again. Metal will get in playoff for winning the first set vs xtra, even if he lost to Ox only afterwards. Every set counts!

The ties for seeding
Well there wasn't actually any tie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Cicada hadn't factored in all the byes we've got throughout the tournament and with them taken into account, there is no tie, hurray!

Tie-Breaker

MetalGro$$ vs. Ox The Fox [ORAS, BW, DPP]
Ox The Fox vs. xtra$hine [ORAS, DPP]
xtra$hine vs. MetalGro$$ [ORAS, BW, DPP]​

Tie-Breaker deadline: November 4th @ 11:59 EST​

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Round 1

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Round 1 - Pairings

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. Ox the Fox [BW, DPP]
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. xtra$hine [BW, DPP]
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka [ORAS, BW, DPP]
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada [ORAS, BW, DPP]
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted [ORAS, BW]
6. McMeghan vs. 11. Reymedy [ORAS, BW, DPP]
7. PDC vs. 10. Century Express [ORAS, BW, DPP]
8. Leftiez vs. 9. Tesung [ORAS, DPP]

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Round 2:

16. Ox the Fox vs. 9. Tesung [ORAS, DPP]
2. Cosine180 vs. 7. PDC [ORAS, BW, DPP]
14. Shoka vs. 6. McMeghan [ORAS, BW]
13. Cicada vs. 12. Disenchanted [ORAS, BW, DPP]

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Semis:

9. Tesung vs. 12. Disenchanted [ORAS, BW, DPP]
7. PDC vs. 6. McMeghan [ORAS, BW]

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Final

6. McMeghan vs 9. Tesung
[ORAS, BW, DPP]​

Deadline

Before 2016 hopefully.

Rules

For those of you who are not familiar with the Smogon Tour finals, each match-up will consist of a Bo3 - 1 BW OU, 1 DPP OU, 1 ORAS OU. The better seed will decide the metagame for the first game. The tiers for each metagame are locked at the time of this post (and will be posted below for clarity).

Standard rules, ban lists and clauses apply for these finals.

GL & HF EVERYONE ​

 

[McMeghan]

Season 20 Player Statistics
By TDK ​

Player: PokèManiac Livio
Rank #1 [46 points]
Overall: Wins: 33 | Losses: 13 | Win %: 71.74%
ORAS: Wins: 16 | Losses: 3 | Win %: 84.21%
BW: Wins: 6 | Losses: 6 | Win % 50%
DPP: Wins: 11 | Losses: 4 | Wins %: 73.33%

Player: cosine180
Rank: #2 [44 points]
Overall: Wins: 33 | Losses: 12 | Win %: 73.33%
ORAS: Wins: 16 | Losses: 3 | Win %: 84.21%
BW: Wins: 9 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 64.29%
DPP: Wins: 8 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 66.67%

Player: TDK
Rank: #3 [42 points]
Overall: Wins: 35 | Losses: 16 | Win %: 68.63%
ORAS: Wins: 13 | Losses: 6 | Win % 68.42%
BW: Wins: 12 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 70.59%
DPP: Wins: 10 | Losses: 5 | Win % 66.67%

Player: Sweepage
Rank: #4 [42 points]
Overall: Wins: 35 | Losses: 18 | Win %: 66.04%
ORAS: Wins: 7 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 53.85%
BW: Wins: 15 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 71.43%
DPP: Wins: 13 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 68.42%

Player: Alexander.
Rank: #5 [40 points]
Overall: Wins: 38 | Losses: 15 | Win %: 71.7%
ORAS: Wins: 13 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 72.22%
BW: Wins: 15 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 71.43%
DPP: Wins: 10 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 71.43%

Player: McMeghan
Rank: #6 [40 points]
Overall: Wins: 36 | Losses: 15 | Win %: 70.59%
ORAS: Wins: 8 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 57.14%
BW: Wins: 12 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 75%
DPP: Wins: 16 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 76.19%

Player: PDC
Rank: #7 [40 points]
Overall: Wins: 37 | Losses: 16 | Win %: 69.81%
ORAS: Wins: 6 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 54.55%
BW: Wins: 15 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 71.43%
DPP: Wins: 16 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 76.19%

Player: Leftiez
Rank: #8 [38 points]
Overall: Wins: 38 | Losses: 16 | Win %: 70.37%
ORAS: Wins: 6 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 50.00%
BW: Wins: 19 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 82.61%
DPP: Wins: 13 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 68.42%

Player: Tesung
Rank: #9 [37 points]
Overall: Wins: 34 | Losses: 14 | Win %: 70,83%
ORAS: Wins: 14 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 70%
BW: Wins: 8 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 66.67%
DPP: Wins: 12 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 75%

Player: Century Express
Rank: #10 [36 points]
Overall: Wins: 29 | Losses: 12 | Win %: 70,73%
ORAS: Wins: 8 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 61.54%
BW: Wins: 9 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 69.23%
DPP: Wins: 12 | Losses: 3 | Win %: 80.00%

Player: Reymedy
Rank: #11 [34 points]
Overall: Wins: 37 | Losses: 18 | Win %: 67,27%
ORAS: Wins: 12 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 66.67%
BW: Wins: 10 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 62.5%
DPP: Wins: 15 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 71,43%

Player: Disenchanted
Rank: #12 [34 points]
Overall: Wins: 32 | Losses: 18 | Win %: 64%
ORAS: Wins: 14 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 70%
BW: Wins: 10 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 62.5%
DPP: Wins: 8 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 57.41%

Player: Cicada
Rank: #13 [32 points]
Overall: Wins: 37 | Losses: 18 | Win %: 67.27%
ORAS: Wins: 11 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 64.71%
BW: Wins: 16 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 72.73%
DPP: Wins: 10 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 62.5%

Player: Shoka
Rank: #14 [32 points]
Overall: Wins: 29 | Losses: 15 | Win %: 65.91%
ORAS: Wins: 5 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 50%
BW: Wins: 13 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 72.22%
DPP: Wins: 11 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 68.75

Player: Ox the Fox
Rank: #TBD [31 points]
Overall: Wins: 32 | Losses: 14 | Win %: 69.57%
ORAS: Wins: 11 | Losses: 3 | Win %: 78.57%
BW: Wins: 9 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 60%
DPP: Wins: 12 | Losses: 5 | Win % 70.59%

Player: xtra$hine
Rank: #TBD [31 points]
Overall: Wins: 32 | Losses: 15 | Win %: 68.09%
ORAS: Wins: 11 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 68.75
BW: Wins: 15 | Losses: 6 | Win %: 71.43%
DPP: Wins: 6 | Losses: 4 | Win %: 60%

Player: MetalGro$$
Rank: #TBD [31 points]
Overall: Wins: 29 | Losses: 15 | Win %: 65.91%
ORAS: Wins: 9 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 64.29%
BW: Wins: 11 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 68.75%
DPP: Wins: 9 | Losses: 5 | Win %: 64.29%

 

[Fortune]

#FreeXtra$hine

show these fascist mods what's good

 

[p2]

gooooo tdk *-*

 

[Get this Money]

C O S I N E 1 8 0

 

[shiloh]

gooooooooo Disenchanted :3

 

[Mizuhime]

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. Tie-Breaker #1
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. Tie-Breaker #2
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan vs 11. Reymedy sorry rey n_n
7. PDC vs 10. Century Express
8. Leftiez vs 9. Tesung


doesn't matter who wins tie break, 1+2 will win those sets. I'd say shoka for the upset over TDK but it's not really an upset just funny seeding and leftiez vs tesung should be the most interesting fight this round. McMeghan or Sweepage are the fav to win depending how much the latter try's or cares. Alexander should make a deep run

 

[BKC]

holy satan! go, tudkuh! and grind pantera, and püds, and leftoverz!!!!!!!!!!

mcmeghan vs. reymedy will be Some Top Tier Shit 4sure. also leftiez against the sunger, yum yum

 

[AM]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ TDK ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ My second favorite french Leftiez ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[Genesis7]

MetalGro$$ vs. Ox The Fox
Ox The Fox vs. xtra$hine
xtra$hine vs. MetalGro$$

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. xtra$hine
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. Ox the Fox
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan vs 11. Reymedy
7. PDC vs 10. Century Express
8. Leftiez vs 9. Tesung

 

[A Hero's Destiny]

Go Disenchanted and Century Express n_n

 

[Omfuga]

2. Cosine180 vs. 15. Tie-Breaker #2- literally any of these players will crush him
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka- sorry tpro king, shoka is UNstoppable..
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan vs. 11. Reymedy- 2 french kings...
7. PDC vs. 10. Century Express- PDC gets 6-0'd by nidoking quite often
8. Leftiez vs. 9. Tesung- Eh I'm kinda leaning towards leftiez but... Tesung has the VoD legion at his disposal so idk

Shoka or Mcmeghan to win the whole thing :o

Edit @ below: PDC stop bein a pussy cuz u lost 1 game good god

 

[PDC]

PDC vs. 10. Century Express

 

[Jirachee]

Go McMeghan, PDC, and Reymedy

 

[Finchinator]

Tie-Breaker

MetalGro$$ vs. Ox The Fox - Been playing this game at a higher level for a longer time and has way more experience in BW and DPP
Ox The Fox vs. xtra$hine - Reluctant to pick Xtra given how one dimensional he is, but he has been around longer, too, and is simply more competent all around
xtra$hine vs. MetalGro$$ - Better player, should be able to take ORAS and BW

Round 1

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. Xtra$hine - Team Italy > one kiddo with a boner for HO
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. MetalGro$$ - Sensing some motivation issues with Cosine lately, but assuming he applies himself fully, he should give Metal a lot of trouble in every tier
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka - Very close for a 3v14, but giving TDK the edge in ORAS and DPP given what I've seen
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada - I think Cicada is underrated, but Sweepage isn't playing any games and should take care of him
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted - I think Alex is a really strong player all around, but if Disenchanted does his scouting homework then he could give him a scare
6. McMeghan vs 11. Reymedy - McM has a bit to prove after nearly flopping vs me in ST18 and not making it last season. Reymedy is coming in hot and probably is super motivated, so predicting the upset
7. PDC vs 10. Century Express - Not too sure about Century Express, so gonna roll with PDC
8. Leftiez vs 9. Tesung - I feel like Leftiez is a lot closer to Tesung in ORAS than some would think and that he has an edge in the other two tiers, but last time I predicted Tesung to lose in r1 he ended up winning it all, so should be interesting

 

[mael]

cosine, shoka and leftiez to go deep in this!

gl to all participants, hope we can see some good battles

 

[FNH]

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. Tie-Breaker #1 - i wanted a fucking upset to happen...and this will be it
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. Tie-Breaker #2 - idk who will be here but cosine is a king
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka - to damn phenomenal to be stopped
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada - need there be a reason
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan vs. 11. Reymedy
7. PDC vs. 10. Century Express
8. Leftiez vs. 9. Tesung - actually could go either way

 

[xtra$hine]

tbh idc bout how corrupt tds are. shit if i was head td id totally rig shit to help my afrabs family. as long i have a chance to participate in this tour, i shall go for the purple. apologies to mcmeghan and other tds for being rambunctious earlier even tho i was rite and u were rong haha. just let yall know i aint holdin back no more. $$$

 

[Ragnarock]

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. Tie-Breaker #1
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. Tie-Breaker #2
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan vs. 11. Reymedy
7. PDC vs. 10. Century Express
8. Leftiez vs. 9. Tesung

 

[Aurious]

Metalgro$$ (BW, DPP) vs. Ox The Fox
Ox The Fox vs. xtra$hine (ORAS, BW, DPP)
xtra$hine (ORAS, DPP) vs Metalgro$$

1. Pokémaniac Livio (BW) vs. 16. xtra$hine (ORAS, DPP)
2. cosine180 (ORAS, BW, DPP) vs. 15. Metalgro$$
3. TDK (ORAS) vs. 14. Shoka (BW, DPP)
4. Sweepage (BW, DPP) vs. 13. Cicada
5. Alexander (BW, DPP) vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan (BW, DPP) vs.
11. Reymedy (ORAS)
7. PDC (ORAS, DPP) vs. 10. Century Express
8. Leftiez (BW) vs. 9. Tesung (ORAS) -- highlight of the round, kinda comes down to DPP here

 

[Prankster.]

1. Pokémaniac Livio vs. 16. Tie-Breaker #1
2. Cosine180 vs. 15. Tie-Breaker #2
3. TDK vs. 14. Shoka
4. Sweepage vs. 13. Cicada
5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted
6. McMeghan vs. 11. Reymedy
7. PDC vs. 10. Century Express
8. Leftiez vs. 9. Tesung

Good luck to all my friends that made it, especially Shoka, Leftiez, and Sweepage!

 

[Isa]

gooo belgians

 

[Bedschibaer]

cosine420 and McMeghan

 

[boudouche]

5. Alexander vs. 12. Disenchanted - I think Alex is a really strong player all around, but if Disenchanted does his scouting homework then he could give him a scare

its not too late to change your predict bro

 

[Always!]

All you Disenchanted!