Welcome to the fourth edition of Smogon Masters! This is a Swiss bracket, Bo3 tournament with each set consisting of ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU. Players will decide which metagame to play first (with the higher seed choosing come Top Cut), then the loser picks a different generation for the following game. If both players cannot agree on a metagame to play first, each round will have a default generation randomized at the start of each round. After several rounds of the Swiss bracket, all players with 2 or fewer losses will be advanced onto a single elimination, Bo3 bracket which will culminate in a grand finals where we'll crown our winner of Smogon Masters III and the purple trophy is the 1st Smogon Masters Winner! Last year's Masters was won by c0mp joining the esteemed company of MichaelderBeste2 and Empo, do you think you have what it takes to join the pantheon?
Rules & Tournament Format
General Tournament Rules
RETAINED FOR MASTERS IV: We will be implementing an extra round of Swiss (similar to OSDT VI or the VGC Live Tour earlier this year). This will shorten the length of Top Cut by 1 round and provide more of a safety net to X-0 and X-1 players.
Starting tier in case of lack of agreement is SS OU.
Round 3
Marshall.Law vs starkswalls
blunder vs notakk
CyberOdin✝ vs Mati R
Nuxl vs Yari
decis vs bydy
DD Joe vs giove97
shiloh vs Prateekkp
AM vs Kafkafka
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs justbaguette
Trawkan vs Gamer237
Abso vs Arcanine1929
Steez Ibanez vs Busterbunner
Ghostilex vs wakespeare shilliam
Breezy vs Mzmarcos1
Magician vs Hairoll
velvet vs Yash Vortex
ninjadog vs abreuolindo
Animero vs 3EyeQ
Laurens vs BagelJohn
hiroakiruby vs DugZa
egalvanc vs Kallum
Proszz vs David Watts
sky vs Sossa
toinha vs liliou
King Billu vs Kasp
Manan999 vs FatYoshi314
Master Chief vs Ziyeh
Shion vs waffle04
PureJules vs trickmasterz
Sificon vs SouCarlos
leo568 vs slopcat
YasuKe vs Agera
Sacred vs Gabrielplayza
pkcc vs tpfire
IPF vs Cluelessmagnet
Carkoala vs mewcrr
Nara vs krwozen
Wamr vs robs
Iguana vs FishyRoads
swordisbored vs Cyrakii
Frailty vs doso749
GhostGallade vs Autistic Soviet
Cat food and vs Ryu09
Flareblitzkreig vs Elias Contreras
Caesarr vs qtfox
spell vs chiefbeef1234
Weredude08 vs remedy
wasurezu vs Dwagon
Baldissera vs Shadowz2005
Tanny89k vs Pherusa
Mimikyu Stardust vs KniY
Zoyotte vs xSuko
Lyna vs Zong200
darkman64 vs Spotifytweaks
Tricknology vs Kanha Greninja
kingofking vs giatneh
Hiro80223001 vs Crystal Canyon
As de Corazones vs balmain
ImaginaryNeon vs Pachi_Roms
Juno vs GhastlyPixie
poly love vs brodiewhat
TwentyTwan vs Interlinked
Rowlet69420 vs gxewho?
Yuukimura vs FR•MrPrince
wssi vs kcnd
Heres vs Leafeonlol
B0by vs kauez
HSBT vs filhododuolingo
Aso vs Luiz010.
HAVOCKNIGHT vs Yttoshirib
Fraaxn vs djistivi
AerosmithJR vs torchflame
Deyvin BiRd vs MadelinMorningstar
Incognition vs DonBoneJones
SeaLife vs UrsaaMajor
Carrotman vs sakream
Riruia vs Racketfew
might drago vs benadryl
Loneling vs harshityadav
melgaalan vs Rats220
JasperSDx25 vs SH4D yfn
PorygonBG vs Spring_mist
benevole vs SoyADCF
ILoveGarchom vs lolmy
IMMAAXX vs Radox786
hazzarddasensi vs TheFoxGamer15
Round 3 will end at <t:1790560740:f>! EXTENSIONS CANNOT BE PROVIDED.
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to myself or any of the other hosts!
Rules & Tournament Format
General Tournament Rules
- This is a tournament that will employ the standard rulesets for ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU, being a Best of Three with one game of each tier.
- Smogon Masters III will be a Swiss tournament with a to-be-determined Top Cut size depending on signups.
- Players will be automatically dropped when they hit three losses as they are no longer in contention for top cut. Players who achieve top cut scores before the end of Swiss will not be matched up for the remainder of the Swiss rounds.
- Players will be assigned a random opponent out of the pool of players with the same record as them each round, although on rare occasions, players may face someone with a better/worse record to avoid having more than 1 bye in any given round. Players will not face the same opponent during the Swiss portion of the tour.
- Matches are to be played on Pokémon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
- Saving replays is required and must be posted in each winpost starting in the second round.
- There are no extensions due to the nature of a Swiss tournament, so please get your games done on time. This will be removed for the single elimination Top Cut stage of the tournament.
- The hosts for this tournament are a fairy, cala_aa, ego, vmnunes, and Zac.
In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Top Cut begins after Round 10 (or 11). The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 32-player bracket, although this may vary depending on the tour's player count. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.
This tournament is expected to fall into of the following sizes:
384 - 512 players = 10 rounds of Swiss, 32 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
513 - ~978 players = 11 rounds of Swiss, 32 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
~978 - 1024 players = 11 rounds of Swiss, 64 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
Byes will be awarded based off of seeding which will be calculated by the following tiebreakers: fewest number of losses, highest opponent's resistance, highest opponent's opponent's resistance.
If players are still tied after these, their seeding will be determined by a coin flip.
There will be no substitute slots this year, instead week 1 will last for 2 weeks; substitutes will be allowed to signup for the duration of week 1 and come Sunday, inactive players will be replaced on a first-come first-serve basis.
Players who achieve a Top Cut-qualifying record before the final round of Swiss will be removed from the Swiss rounds. They will be seeded in brackets depending on when they qualified.
This tournament is expected to fall into of the following sizes:
384 - 512 players = 10 rounds of Swiss, 32 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
513 - ~978 players = 11 rounds of Swiss, 32 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
~978 - 1024 players = 11 rounds of Swiss, 64 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
Byes will be awarded based off of seeding which will be calculated by the following tiebreakers: fewest number of losses, highest opponent's resistance, highest opponent's opponent's resistance.
Opponent's resistance is defined as the average win% of a player's opponents expressed as a decimal, for example:
- I have a record of 3-0
- My R1 opponent's record is 0-3
- My R2 opponent's record is 1-2
- My R3 opponent's record is 2-1
- My opponent's resistance is (0 + 1/3 + 2/3)/3 = 1/3 = ~0.33
- This value has a hard coded minimum of 0.25
There will be no substitute slots this year, instead week 1 will last for 2 weeks; substitutes will be allowed to signup for the duration of week 1 and come Sunday, inactive players will be replaced on a first-come first-serve basis.
Players who achieve a Top Cut-qualifying record before the final round of Swiss will be removed from the Swiss rounds. They will be seeded in brackets depending on when they qualified.
RETAINED FOR MASTERS IV: We will be implementing an extra round of Swiss (similar to OSDT VI or the VGC Live Tour earlier this year). This will shorten the length of Top Cut by 1 round and provide more of a safety net to X-0 and X-1 players.
Starting tier in case of lack of agreement is SS OU.
Round 3
Marshall.Law vs starkswalls
blunder vs notakk
CyberOdin✝ vs Mati R
Nuxl vs Yari
decis vs bydy
DD Joe vs giove97
shiloh vs Prateekkp
AM vs Kafkafka
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs justbaguette
Trawkan vs Gamer237
Abso vs Arcanine1929
Steez Ibanez vs Busterbunner
Ghostilex vs wakespeare shilliam
Breezy vs Mzmarcos1
Magician vs Hairoll
velvet vs Yash Vortex
ninjadog vs abreuolindo
Animero vs 3EyeQ
Laurens vs BagelJohn
hiroakiruby vs DugZa
egalvanc vs Kallum
Proszz vs David Watts
sky vs Sossa
toinha vs liliou
King Billu vs Kasp
Manan999 vs FatYoshi314
Master Chief vs Ziyeh
Shion vs waffle04
PureJules vs trickmasterz
Sificon vs SouCarlos
leo568 vs slopcat
YasuKe vs Agera
Sacred vs Gabrielplayza
pkcc vs tpfire
IPF vs Cluelessmagnet
Carkoala vs mewcrr
Nara vs krwozen
Wamr vs robs
Iguana vs FishyRoads
swordisbored vs Cyrakii
Frailty vs doso749
GhostGallade vs Autistic Soviet
Cat food and vs Ryu09
Flareblitzkreig vs Elias Contreras
Caesarr vs qtfox
spell vs chiefbeef1234
Weredude08 vs remedy
wasurezu vs Dwagon
Baldissera vs Shadowz2005
Tanny89k vs Pherusa
Mimikyu Stardust vs KniY
Zoyotte vs xSuko
Lyna vs Zong200
darkman64 vs Spotifytweaks
Tricknology vs Kanha Greninja
kingofking vs giatneh
Hiro80223001 vs Crystal Canyon
As de Corazones vs balmain
ImaginaryNeon vs Pachi_Roms
Juno vs GhastlyPixie
poly love vs brodiewhat
TwentyTwan vs Interlinked
Rowlet69420 vs gxewho?
Yuukimura vs FR•MrPrince
wssi vs kcnd
Heres vs Leafeonlol
B0by vs kauez
HSBT vs filhododuolingo
Aso vs Luiz010.
HAVOCKNIGHT vs Yttoshirib
Fraaxn vs djistivi
AerosmithJR vs torchflame
Deyvin BiRd vs MadelinMorningstar
Incognition vs DonBoneJones
SeaLife vs UrsaaMajor
Carrotman vs sakream
Riruia vs Racketfew
might drago vs benadryl
Loneling vs harshityadav
melgaalan vs Rats220
JasperSDx25 vs SH4D yfn
PorygonBG vs Spring_mist
benevole vs SoyADCF
ILoveGarchom vs lolmy
IMMAAXX vs Radox786
hazzarddasensi vs TheFoxGamer15
Round 3 will end at <t:1790560740:f>! EXTENSIONS CANNOT BE PROVIDED.
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to myself or any of the other hosts!
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