SCL V - Administrative Decisions and Announcements

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All administrative decisions pertaining to the fifth edition of the Smogon Champions League will go here, with relevant precedents from previous tournaments linked below. As always, the general tournament rules and guidelines are in effect for SCL as well.

Eligibility for activity wins in team tournaments

Intent to cheat
Potential price fixing
Price fixing
Accidental turn limit removal
Separation of inactivity issues from team sabotage
Additional midseason auction rules
Team leaking
Drafting alt of permabanned account
Glitched timer
Manager malfeasance
Extensions in Teamtours
Rematch after Cheating
Manager stepping down Pre-Draft
Attempted Cheating
DLC drops right before playoffs
Manager submits an invalid lineup
Account breaches mid-game
 
Re: Nat

Nat was infracted two days ago for attempted price fixing, which triggered a temporary ban due to infraction stacking with her existing permanent lock. While we have since shifted the infraction from the standard "Repeated Offense" to "Forum Specific Rule", which is both less severe and lengthy, as a result of her appeal, this still is enough to temporarily ban Nat from Smogon.

As a best practice, we are not allowed to act in a fashion intended to specifically preserve a user's forum status when they are in I Could Be Banned (ICBB) status or have any existing infraction points. Moderators and Tournament Directors have to treat each case at face value given the user's actions and history, not moderating in a fashion that specifically avoids a ban at all costs. The infraction will also exclude Nat from SCL as her ban will linger until September 7th, which is past the likely auction date.

Seeing as the public deserves transparency on situations that impact our official tournaments, we wish to clarify a few points about this infraction:
  • There was nothing wrong with her initial signup, which tier locked her to Little Cup only. You are free to lock yourself out of any tiers of your choosing, including tiers that are preceived as your "main", without penalty. Had she only signed up, there would be no issue whatsoever.
  • She then posted in Commencement that she would "for legality reasons...learn to play LC" only if compelled and edited in that she had "no interest in being a building/scouting worker bee."
  • The Tournament Directors began discussing at this instance if this qualified as price fixing as it was a number of subjective, unenforcable statements that could drive down her value and ensure she ended up on a preferred team (where she could potentially also contribute at a higher level than indicated in her post without repercussion).
    • There is no reason to post in the Commencement thread clarifying your sign-up unless there are noteworthy activity concerns (i.e: missing weeks). Signing up implies you are willing to play for any team, excluding tiers implies you are not willing to play them, and so on. The current format of sign-ups is purposefully black-and-white.
    • We have, unfortunately, seen this movie before both from Nat and others. It is an instance of skirting the line as much as possible through modifiers and exceptional language. This makes it acceptable for someone to not contribute or appear as if they will not contribute when drafted, potentially scaring away managers who lack prior favor. This violates the spirit of our sign-up rules.
  • Given her past infraction for price fixing and general behavior, the team initially moved forward with infracting her for Repeated Offense, which is a two point infraction lasting multiple months. Nat has exhausted a lot of good faith and community standing due to prior incidents, but we recognize that this situation does not perfectly align with the incident last year, where Nat changed her CT to indicate she did not play the tier she signed up for. Moreover, we changed the infraction after her appeal to Forum Specific Rule, which is only one point for three weeks and we feel properly reflects this situation the best.
  • We want to be clear she was not banned for this, merely infracted; however, her existing infraction for a Permanent Lock on Pokemon Showdown pushed this to a temporary forum ban. She also is not Tournament Banned upon her return.
TL;DR: yes, Nat was infracted for price fixing and there were a number of contributing circumstances leading to the decision. Yes, you absolutely can lock yourself out of your main tier without consequence.
 
Re: auction time

After much debate, we’ve decided to have an auction this year; specifically, it will be <t:1756666800:F>; this means player signups and retain deadline will both be <t:1756494000:F>.

(If local time stamps are not working for you, both times are 7:00 PM GMT+0)
 
Re: Auction

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LpZ15500
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Dj Breloominati♬5000
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SoggyDoggySage3000Showdown Shoguns
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Re: emforbes

emforbes requested his signup be deleted within the last few minutes leading up to the SCL draft. This request was well after the warning that signups were closed and thusly may have impacted the drafting plans of the managers unfairly. emforbes will receive a one month tournament ban.
 
Schedule

Week 1 - September 8th, 2025

Mt. Silver Foxes vs. Uncharted Terrors
Arena Spartans vs. Studio Gible
Orange Islanders vs. Indigo Platoon
Showdown Shoguns vs. Power Plant Dynamos
Technical Machines vs. Circuit Breakers

Week 2 - September 15th, 2025

Circuit Breakers vs. Arena Spartans
Power Plant Dynamos vs. Mt. Silver Foxes
Indigo Platoon vs. Showdown Shoguns
Studio Gible vs. Orange Islanders
Uncharted Terrors vs. Technical Machines

Week 3 - September 22nd, 2025

Mt. Silver Foxes vs. Indigo Platoon
Orange Islanders vs. Circuit Breakers
Showdown Shoguns vs. Studio Gible
Technical Machines vs. Arena Spartans
Uncharted Terrors vs. Power Plant Dynamos

Week 4 - September 29th, 2025

Studio Gible vs. Mt. Silver Foxes
Indigo Platoon vs. Uncharted Terrors
Power Plant Dynamos vs. Technical Machines
Circuit Breakers vs. Showdown Shoguns
Arena Spartans vs. Orange Islanders

Week 5 - October 6th, 2025

Showdown Shoguns vs. Arena Spartans
Technical Machines vs. Orange Islanders
Mt. Silver Foxes vs. Circuit Breakers
Uncharted Terrors vs. Studio Gible
Power Plant Dynamos vs. Indigo Platoon

Week 6 - October 13th, 2025

Indigo Platoon vs. Technical Machines
Studio Gible vs. Power Plant Dynamos
Circuit Breakers vs. Uncharted Terrors
Arena Spartans vs. Mt. Silver Foxes
Orange Islanders vs. Showdown Shoguns

Week 7 - October 20th, 2025

Technical Machines vs. Showdown Shoguns
Mt. Silver Foxes vs. Orange Islanders
Uncharted Terrors vs. Arena Spartans
Power Plant Dynamos vs. Circuit Breakers
Indigo Platoon vs. Studio Gible

Week 8 - October 27th, 2025

Circuit Breakers vs. Indigo Platoon
Studio Gible vs. Technical Machines
Arena Spartans vs. Power Plant Dynamos
Orange Islanders vs. Uncharted Terrors
Showdown Shoguns vs. Mt. Silver Foxes

Week 9 - November 3rd, 2025

Power Plant Dynamos vs. Orange Islanders
Uncharted Terrors vs. Showdown Shoguns
Technical Machines vs. Mt. Silver Foxes
Indigo Platoon vs. Arena Spartans
Studio Gible vs. Circuit Breakers
 
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