RU RU Cup - Round 4

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Welcome to RU Cup, which will be your last attempt to earn points for the 2023 RU Circuit Playoffs at the end of this year. This will be a Type C tournament where all rounds will be best out of three, single elimination. Standings can be found here.

Specific Rules:
  • This is a standard SV RU tournament.
  • Matches are to be played on PS!, preferably on the smogtours server.
  • The format for this tournament is best of three, single elimination.
  • Any tier changes that occur during a round will not be in effect until the following round.
  • Changing teams between matches is allowed.
  • Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same PokeDex number on his team.
  • Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
  • Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned.
  • OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
  • Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
  • Identity: I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
  • Scouting: Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter. I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. Everyone will have access to your replays from earlier rounds though.
  • Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
  • Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.

Round 4 - TOP 16:
Warucario  vs  Xiri
DugZa  vs ishtar
Pepeduce  vs  dex
fish anemometer  vs  Master Chief
Malpheasant  vs  Vulpix03
Sneakyplanner  vs  Nugget O Silver
Ampha  vs  Meru
feen  vs  TheFranklin

REPLAYS ARE STILL MANDATORY
The deadline for this round is SUNDAY, October 29th at 11:59pm GMT -4.
The extension deadline for Round 3 is WEDNESDAY, October 25th at 11:59pm GMT -4.
Have fun everyone !​
 
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TOP 16 LOW EFFORT PREDICTS (these will be higher effort as rounds go on)

Warucario  vs  Xiri
Warucario seems like a nice guy, which I respect a lot. But he still had to hax crossbow to advance to this round, and his opponent is another proven player in Xiri.

DugZa  vs  [Winner of ishtar vs Medeia]
I predict ishtar to win for the previous round. For this one, DugZa is more proven as a player overall, but I liked how ishtar played in SCL last week (both play and teams used so far in tests). In terms of raw gameplay, I believe DugZa has it, but I'll be giving ishtar a slight edge just cause I think proper teambuilding actually gives you a decent advantage in this meta & I'm more familiar with what she has been using recently.

Pepeduce  vs  dex
Pepe is back at it again (I tilted but I will pass u on ladder MARK MY WORDS). More proven as a player & builder.

fish anemometer  vs  Master Chief
The rabbit won already.

Malpheasant  vs  Vulpix03
Despite feen making a weird deez nuts joke's with Malpheasant's name, Vulpix is a better player and has access to better teams as well.

Sneakyplanner  vs  Nugget O Silver
I'm more familiar w/ sneaky's play, and from what I've seen, she has rlly good teams as well.

[Winner of Ampha vs Dlanyer]  vs  Meru
It's a real close game between Ampha & Dlanyer, since I'm not familiar with how each builds, but I'll trust the guy more involved with the community. As for this round, I think Meru has a more polished play and access to better teams as well.

feen  vs  TheFranklin
Battle of the scientists... it's hard for me to predict anyone over Franklin, even tho I respect feen as a player a lot. It should be a fun watch.
 
END OF THE WEEK
Warucario  vs  Xiri
DugZa  vs ishtar
Ampha  vs  Meru
feen  vs  TheFranklin
The extension deadline for THIS ROUND is WEDNESDAY, November 1st at 11:59pm GMT -4.​
 
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