SPL X - Commencement Thread

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More results from the SPL Auction Predictions sheet! I'll post the winners of the correct Power Rankings bids after PR comes out, and the winner of the sellbacks category at mids when sellbacks are announced. Thanks again to all for participating, and thanks to z0mOG for helping me tally the winners.

First player to get nominated?

The correct answer was Sacri'. Congrats to Luigi Djokra Yoshi We Three Kings (drunk) Krack LL Teddeh Finchinator Pak obii z0mOG degenerate orbit @no Jytcampbell d0nut TonyFlygon TDK Sacri' @rwat Pearl miltankmilk for getting it right.

Most expensive player overall/most expensive OU player?

In a shocking twist, the answer to both was ABR! Honestly too many people got this right to be worth listing. Can we just treat these two questions like the free square at the center of the bingo board?

Most expensive UU player?

Again no big shocker, Pearl wins this one hands down. Congrats to Luigi Djokra Eternal Spirit Nat Blue Ivy Triangles KW We Three Kings (drunk) Krack @Wananymous1616 Talah Altina martha Jimmy Turtwig xray Pais @Jariibo Ary Amaroq SparksBlade LL Eo Ut Mortus Mizuhime MetalGro$$ Chill Shadow Finchinator Pak obii z0mOG degenerate orbit ABR (except not bc ABR told me he didn't enter) Xau Maicus @no Jytcampbell Gilbert arenas d0nut Pearl TDK Positive tenacity @Hdhduue CTC Posho jacob Sacri' @rwat 1 True Lycan WhiteLion Gamer TheThorn Pearl Ampha H.M.N.I.P Adam the first EviGaro Vore Gidal tjdaas Lycans

Most expensive RU player?

Almost no one guessed Pohjis! Congrats to Krack Pais for having the foresight to get this one.

Most expensive NU player?
Eternally took the most expensive slot. Congrats to neomon Yoshi Blue ivy Genesis7 Dreamcatcher tennisace Pak obii HML am d0nut CTC Posho Legend27 blarghlfarghl Drud miltankmilk Ampha EviGaro tjdaas

Most expensive DOU player?
emforbes was the correct answer. Congrats to Djokra Eternal Spirit KW martha Jimmy Turtwig Pais tennisace Chill Shadow z0mOG Xau Maicus Jytcampbell TonyFlygon jacob Pearl miltankmilk

Most expensive RBY player?
Alexander. claimed this one. Congrats to djokra nat neomon blue ivy triangles kw genesis7 Wanonymous1616 Talah martha Jimmy Turtwig Lycans Ary Amaroq SparksBlade ll Eo Ut Mortus MetalGro$$ Chill Shadow @lieslovesmons z0mOG HML am @ false ABR elodin @no Jytcampbell Gilbert arenas d0nut TonyFlygon Positive tenacity Posho jacob Sacri' @rwat 1 True Lycan WhiteLion blarghlfarghl Gamer TheThorn Pearl miltankmilk H.M.N.I.P Vore Gidal

Most expensive GSC player?
Lavos was unsurprisingly the winner here. Congrats to Luigi Djokra Nat Triangles KW We Three Kings (drunk) Genesis7 Wanonymous1616 Talah martha Jimmy Turtwig xray Pais Lycans Ary Amaroq SparksBlade Eo Ut Mortus Teddeh Chill Shadow Finchinator @lieslovesmons z0mOG degenerate orbit ABR elodin @no Jytcampbell Gilbert arenas d0nut TonyFlygon TDK spatulakun @hdhduue CTC jacob Sacri' @rwat Legend27 Gross Sweep 1 True Lycan WhiteLion blarghlfarghl TheThorn Pearl miltankmilk Ampha H.M.N.I.P Icequake EviGaro Vore Gidal tjdaas

Most expensive ADV player?
UD took the top spot. Congrats to Djokra neomon Genesis7 Altina Jimmy Turtwig xray Pais Ary LL Eo Ut Mortus MetalGro$$ Chill Shadow Pak obii ABR @no Jytcampbell d0nut TonyFlygon CTC crayon pop jacob Sacri' 1 True Lycan Pearl tjdaas

Most expensive DPP player?
Jimmy Turtwig just eked out win here over Void. Congrats to Triangles Jimmy tutwig xray Pais Teddeh obii @lieslovesmons Pohjis d0nut Ampha tjdaas

Most expensive BW player?
Ojama won this one by a mile. Congrats to tennisace TonyFlygon CTC jacob DurzaOffTopic

Most expensive ORAS player?
blunder was the most expensive ORAS player; congrats to neomon Triangles KW We Three Kings (drunk) Krack Altina Jimmy Turtwig Lycans Amaroq LL Eo Ut Mortus Dreamcatcher Chill Shadow Pak obii z0mOG degenerate orbit elodin Gilbert arenas spatulakun positive_tenacity @hdhduue jacob Legend27 1 True Lycan Drud Icequake EviGaro Vore Gidal tjdaas

Team to draft the most players?
The Indie Scooters drafted a whopping 17 players in the auction. Congrats to Krack martha Gilbert arenas

First team to withdraw from the auction?
Wolfpack finished the auction and withdrew first (by virtue of running out of cash). Congrats to Snou Pais MetalGro$$ Legend27 DurzaOffTopic H.M.N.I.P

Team with the most money at the end of the auction?
The Tigers ended with 5500, making them the only team with enough money to pick up a player at mids (barring trades). Congrats to Luigi Wanonymous1616 degenerate orbit TDK Pearl

PRICE LIST

ABR: 38000
Luigi Yoshi Wanonymous1616 martha Ary LL Pak @no @rwat Drud

blunder: 25500
TDK

bro fist: 37000
Not a single person got this one! I guess shout-out to Triangles for getting closest with 36000.

Cased: 17500
Another swing and a miss. WhiteLion and EviGaro got pretty close with 17000 though.

Cdumas: 23000
Krack TonyFlygon

Earthworm: 19000
neomon HML am blarghlfarghl

Finchinator: 23500
Eo Ut Mortus

Lavos: 25500
Triangles

Ojama: 35000
Krack Lycans Teddeh degenerate orbit elodin @hdhduue jacob

Pearl: 25000
Altina degenerate orbit elodin spatulakun jacob @rwat Vore Gidal

Sacri': 8000
Djokra EviGaro

soulgazer: 9000
@no TDK

SoulWind: 17000
1 True Lycan :psywoke:

tamahome: 29000
spatulakun

TDK: 23000
TDK, oddly enough

Congratulations to jacob, who got a whopping 11 categories correct. In addition to correctly guessing the overall most expensive player, as well as the most expensive OU/UU/DOU/RBY/GSC/ADV/BW/ORAS players, he also correctly guessed Ojama and Pearl's final bid amount.
 
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Minor addendum: I gave the "Team that will draft the most players" category to the Scoots for drafting 17 players, but Classiest actually ended up with 18 counting retains. That means that category should actually go to Nat neomon Ary SparksBlade LL Dreamcatcher obii HML am ABR Drud Icequake instead.

This does not change the overall winner, so jacob still claims winner (at least until Power Rankings come out).
 
Mr.E https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tournament-rules-and-general-guidelines.3642760/

Specifically:

Pre- and In-Battle Rules

These rules explain what you aren't allowed to do before and during a battle, and what standard rules must be followed.

Definitions of Standard Clauses: (these clauses apply across all Smogon tiers)
  • Sleep Clause: If a player has already put an opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move and that Pokémon is still sleeping due to that sleep inducing move, the player cannot put another opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move.
  • Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same species of Pokémon on their team, based on the National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
  • Evasion Clause: Players cannot use Double Team or Minimize in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
  • OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
  • Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
Definitions of Other Clauses
  • (Standard only in RBY and GSC) Freeze Clause: If a Pokémon on a player's team is frozen and another Pokémon on that player's team would become frozen, it does not become frozen.
  • (Standard only in BW and ORAS) Swagger Clause: A player can not use the move Swagger
  • (Standard only in ORAS and SM) Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
Self-KO Clause and Ties
  • Self-KO Clause is an antiquated concept that is not used in Smogon tournaments. The one exception to the rule is if the tournament is live (weekly Smogon Tour, Suspect Tours, etc.). For all standard tournaments here this rule does not exist. It Does Not Exist.

    If both Pokemon faint simultaneously in DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY, the game is ruled as a tie. Tied games do not count as played games in overall standings and will be expected to be replayed within the round's initial deadline. Similarly to this, tied games do not count towards the total number of games played in "best of X" series. In other words, if a tournament includes "Bo3" RBY, what is really being played is "first to two wins" RBY.

    However, ties simply don't exist in later generations. The developers removed ties from BW and have not added them back since. There's a lot of inconsistency with the mechanics of their tiebreaking system but Smogon follows them to stay true to the cartridge. The main ones are listed below:

    Note: The following list is for SM, XY, and BW, and not for DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY

    Self-KO Moves (Destiny Bond, Explosion, Final Gambit, etc.):
    Attacking Pokemon Loses

    Offensive Recoil (Life Orb; Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, etc.):
    Attacking Pokemon Wins

    Defensive Recoil (Rocky Helmet; Iron Barbs, Rough Skin):
    Attacking Pokemon Wins (SM)
    Attacking Pokemon Loses (XY and BW)

    Passive Damage (Status, Weather, etc.):
    Faster Pokemon Loses
Further tier-specific bans and complexities
  • RBY OU
    • Banned moves: Dig, Fly, Psywave
    • Tradeback Clause: Tradeback Pokemon and moves from GSC are not allowed
  • GSC OU
    • SleepTrap Ban: Having a sleep inducing move and Mean Look or Spider Web on the same moveset is not allowed
  • ADV OU
    • Baton Pass Clause: Smeargle cannot have both Ingrain and Baton Pass in its moveset
  • DPP OU
    • Banned abilities: Sand Veil, Snow Cloak
    • Baton Pass Clause: Teams may not have more than one Pokemon with Baton Pass in its moveset. Additionally, Speed + another stat may not be passed
  • BW OU
    • Banned abilities: Arena Trap, Moody, Sand Rush, Sand Veil, Snow Cloak
    • Banned items: Soul Dew
    • Banned moves: Swagger
    • Baton Pass Clause: Teams may not have more than one Pokemon with Baton Pass in its moveset. Additionally, Speed + another stat may not be passed
    • Weather + Speed Ability Clause: Teams are not permitted to include Pokemon with the abilities Drought and Drizzle with Pokemon with the abilities Chlorophyll and Swift Swim. They may have one or the other
  • ORAS OU
    • Banned abilities: Arena Trap, Moody, Shadow Tag
    • Banned items: Soul Dew
    • Banned moves: Baton Pass, Swagger
  • USM OU
    • Banned abilities: Arena Trap, Moody, Power Construct, Shadow Tag
    • Banned moves: Baton Pass
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Since I know you've asked for this since forever 9.9 (thanks to Luigi and the other TDs for getting the first half together and Ortheore the other half)

If anybody has anything to add btw please let me know
 
I notice there's been a lot of confusion about who the DOU players for this year are, since some of them haven't been seen in SPL for a while. Since the only thing that most spectators do when they watch DOU games is either say "why is there no sleep clause", "what does Protect do", or most commonly, "oml not human", I figured the most relevant way to rank and introduce the players would be by the degree of humanity they possess. This way, you can figure out what kind of comments to make when spectating their match!

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I notice there's been a lot of confusion about who the DOU players for this year are, since some of them haven't been seen in SPL for a while. Since the only thing that most spectators do when they watch DOU games is either say "why is there no sleep clause", "what does Protect do", or most commonly, "oml not human", I figured the most relevant way to rank and introduce the players would be by the degree of humanity they possess. This way, you can figure out what kind of comments to make when spectating their match!

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who came in first of the most likely to bring mono ice to spl finals? just curious
 
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10 teams have been unleashed once again... They all have the same objective... The trophy... But only one will be able to get into the ring and rise it, claiming themselve the "SPL X" winners.

Will Wolfpacks retain the award that they are suiting as the SPL 9 champions or will the other teams have something to say about that...

They will fight fiercely against each other... See you all, players, managers and spectators in the show that will begin the 7th of January. Let's all enjoy the show.

Gl to all the teams... may the best win. :psyglad:

Hope you all enjoy the art i used quite a bit of time on it :blobthumbsup:
 
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