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Welcome to the Gen 9 Random Battles Swiss! This is the first tournament in the Random Battle Circuit VI!logo by yours truly
What is a Swiss?
A Swiss-System Tournament is a tournament style where if you lose, you keep playing! Swiss is commonly used in Chess, VGC, and various card games. Every round, players are paired against an opponent with a similar score to them in the tournament. For you as a player, that means that whether you win or lose, you still get a new opponent next week, and as the rounds go on, your opponents get closer and closer to being the same skill level as you.
How will this tournament be formatted?
The tournament will go for 10 rounds of Swiss if there are 512 players or less, and 11 if there are over 512.
Afterwards, we will move to a Top Cut. This will be a single-elimination bracket consisting of the 16 players with the best records come the end of the tournament, as well as everyone with the same record as 16th place. This is known as an asymmetric Top Cut.
All games in Swiss are Best-of-3. All games in Top Cut are Best-of-5.
Activity Requirements
Hosts anticipate that this will be a very large tournament, so we will be particularly stringent on activity. Hosts will be proactively checking whether players are still participating in the tournament, and will remove players who make no attempt to schedule their games. PLEASE FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THE RULES BELOW, AS THEY ARE UNIQUE TO THIS TOURNAMENT.
-Dropping out of this tournament at any time is allowed; however, you must declare you wish to drop out by posting in the thread declaring as such before the next week goes live. If the new round gets posted, you are committing to playing another game this week.
-For this reason, throwing/match-fixing/"Take win" messagesl be seen as unsportsmanlike conduct, and may come with penalties such as a tournament infraction or denying you of all points from this tournament.
-On Friday of each week (Thursday for week 1) tournament staff will perform an activity sweep looking for players who have made no visible scheduling attempt. Hosts will tag these players as a courtesy to remind them that they are at risk of being dropped out.
-Any player who receives an activity loss will be automatically dropped out from the tournament at the end of the week.
-If you are automatically dropped and wish to keep playing, it is YOUR responsibility to contact hosts saying you wish to stay in the tournament BEFORE the next round is posted. Any contact method is allowed, however posting in the round thread is recommended as this ensures hosts see your message. Hosts will make an effort to find clear cases of players participating in good faith and keep them in the tournament, but will accept no liability for players being dropped if they did not contact hosts requesting to stay in.
-There are no penalties for being automatically dropped, and you do not need to provide a reason in order to be reinstated. However, abusing this rule may incur the same unsportsmanlike conduct penalties as throwing/matchfixing.
Moderators and tournament hosts have full discretion for what counts as unsportsmanlike conduct.
-Games will not be coinflipped under any circumstances. If you fail to play during a given week and do not qualify for an activity win, the match will be declared as a double loss: nobody wins, nobody gets points, both players will be automatically dropped out.
-Extensions will only be granted under the most extreme circumstances. Even a single extension requires significant admin overhead, and the amount of extra work required to keep the tournament fair for all players is exponential with each new extension added. As a result, unless your appeal for an extension is particularly strong, your game will be declared a double loss. Due to this risk, we highly recommend you schedule early, and make every effort to play, even if it isn't at an ideal time.
In order for your extension to be granted, you must make a post requesting an extension. In the request, you must include the time your game will be played.
Once your post has been made, your opponent must reply to your post confirming they agree to play at the requested time.
Hosts may still reject your request if they are not fully confident the game will be played, or if another extension request has already been granted.
Once your post has been made, your opponent must reply to your post confirming they agree to play at the requested time.
Hosts may still reject your request if they are not fully confident the game will be played, or if another extension request has already been granted.
How will this tournament grant points for the overall Circuit?
Your first 2 wins will not grant any points. From your 3rd win onwards, you will earn 1 point, and from your 7th win onwards, you will earn 2 points.
| Wins (total) | Score (total) |
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 |
| 10 | 12 |
| 11 | 14 |
Placing vs Swiss Score
Note: Scores in gray are players who qualified for Top 32 without winning a game in Top Cut; their score is therefore their base Swiss score.
| Score | 9-2 | 10-1 | 11-0 |
| Top32 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Top16 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Top8 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| Top4 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| 2nd | 22 | 24 | 26 |
| 1st | 26 | 28 | 30 |
Note: Scores in gray are players who qualified for Top 32 without winning a game in Top Cut; their score is therefore their base Swiss score.
It’s simple:
1. Contact your opponent on their Smogon wall and decide on a time to battle.
2. Battle each other in the format “[Gen 9] Random Battle”.
3. The first player to 2 wins (3 wins for Top Cut) wins! If that’s you, post your replays in the week’s thread declaring your victory.
1. Contact your opponent on their Smogon wall and decide on a time to battle.
2. Battle each other in the format “[Gen 9] Random Battle”.
3. The first player to 2 wins (3 wins for Top Cut) wins! If that’s you, post your replays in the week’s thread declaring your victory.
Please note: You MUST post replays of your wins.
We strongly recommend familiarizing yourself with the Smogon Tournament Rules and General Guidelines, if you haven’t already.
If you have further questions about this tournament or the Random Battle Circuit overall, please don’t hesitate to contact the host team (Dark Pulse, betathunder, or paysa) on Smogon. No question is a dumb question! We’re here to help.
Signups will be open until <t:1771822799:F>. If you'd like to join, post in this thread!
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