Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the SWSH 1v1 ladder on the Smogon University server of Pokemon Showdown, and can be found here.
- Best of five, two-stage elimination bracket.
- If metagame changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
- Battles must take place on main server or smogtours.
- Replays are not required this round but I encourage posting them for the development of the metagame.
- Do not make baseless activity posts; get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
- The winner of this Seasonal will receive this trophy in the 1v1 Hall of Fame.
Because this format is new to the 1v1 circuit not everyone may be familiar with the format so I've included an example 64 player rundown below. If you have any questions feel free to reach out and ask because it's better to find out now than during the actual tournament.
Round 1: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 64 Bo5 matches (128 unseeded players, subs period) & Stage 2
Round 2: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 32 Bo5 matches (64 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Round 3: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 16 Bo5 matches (32 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Round 4: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 8 Bo5 matches (16 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Round 5: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 4 Bo5 matches (8 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Semifinals: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 2 Bo5 matches (4 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Finals: Stage 1 - 2 sets of Bo5 matches (2 unseeded players) & Stage 2 (essentially a bo3o5 in finals)
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Stage 1 End: Players with 2 match wins go through, and those with 2 losses are eliminated.
Stage 2: Players with a 1-1 record play each other in an Bo5 match to see who progresses (or wins the final).
Each stage is 1 week long and each round is 2 stages equalling 2 weeks long.
Basically you just have to win 2 out of 3 potential games in order to move on to round 2.
Example
Stage 1 I am given the opponents DEG and Rosa. If I win both games I automatically move on to round 2 and get to skip stage 2 the following week. If I go 1-1 I am matched up vs 1 opponent for stage 2 the following week and if I beat them I move on. If I go 0-2 I am out of the tour rip. This 2 week cycle repeats over and over until finals
Round 1: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 64 Bo5 matches (128 unseeded players, subs period) & Stage 2
Round 2: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 32 Bo5 matches (64 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Round 3: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 16 Bo5 matches (32 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Round 4: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 8 Bo5 matches (16 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Round 5: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 4 Bo5 matches (8 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Semifinals: Stage 1 - 2 sets of 2 Bo5 matches (4 unseeded players) & Stage 2
Finals: Stage 1 - 2 sets of Bo5 matches (2 unseeded players) & Stage 2 (essentially a bo3o5 in finals)
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Stage 1 End: Players with 2 match wins go through, and those with 2 losses are eliminated.
Stage 2: Players with a 1-1 record play each other in an Bo5 match to see who progresses (or wins the final).
Each stage is 1 week long and each round is 2 stages equalling 2 weeks long.
Basically you just have to win 2 out of 3 potential games in order to move on to round 2.
Example
Stage 1 I am given the opponents DEG and Rosa. If I win both games I automatically move on to round 2 and get to skip stage 2 the following week. If I go 1-1 I am matched up vs 1 opponent for stage 2 the following week and if I beat them I move on. If I go 0-2 I am out of the tour rip. This 2 week cycle repeats over and over until finals
Stage 1
First pairings
linux user vs Ballfire
Yash_0987 vs Trashuny
Waylaid vs Rosa
torterraxx vs eblurb
Sky of Doom vs Joker 1v1
PokeOtter vs SuperMemeBroz
Blanched vs tenzhii
Toto vs crow crumbs
STABLE vs Gym Socks!
ThisIsTheBoom vs Revenge Killer
Justdelemon vs Fleeting Memories
bo_bobson27 vs StitChuu
oookkk vs MiNi Charizard-x
TDR vs rubysapphiremerald
Boat vs Bomb21XD
HeyMan vs Vrji
Seo. vs jeffdaboss
Golden009 vs LeCehlou
PandaDoux vs DEG
Nick.see vs gorilaa
Itchy vs piyush master
bea vs Potatochan
doc1203 vs Notater
pqs vs Grandmaster7890
Huston vs Monkey
RTM vs tears
Adam3560 vs jonas
btboy vs LRXC
Fragments vs mocrokiller2
SpectralThief vs crucify
DenisTheMenace vs smely socks
Bag of Trixx vs Eiffel-Hit
Second Pairings
tears vs Toto
StitChuu vs Notater
gorilaa vs Eiffel-Hit
Fleeting Memories vs bea
Bag of Trixx vs Revenge Killer
smely socks vs Waylaid
rubysapphiremerald vs mocrokiller2
STABLE vs Potatochan
eblurb vs jonas
Adam3560 vs crow crumbs
RTM vs Grandmaster7890
piyush master vs Huston
Justdelemon vs jeffdaboss
Sky of Doom vs Monkey
Vrji vs linux user
DenisTheMenace vs LeCehlou
Itchy vs Seo.
Joker 1v1 vs Ballfire
Golden009 vs SpectralThief
Yash_0987 vs crucify
Rosa vs Nick.see
tenzhii vs bo_bobson27
SuperMemeBroz vs HeyMan
btboy vs oookkk
Gym Socks! vs DEG
MiNi Charizard-x vs LRXC
Fragments vs ThisIsTheBoom
torterraxx vs PokeOtter
PandaDoux vs doc1203
Boat vs Blanched
Bomb21XD vs pqs
TDR vs Trashuny
brackets made here and here
You must play both of your opponents by the stage 1 deadline THERE ARE NO EXTENSIONS FOR STAGE 1 THIS ROUND
Round 1 extension deadline is January 12th at 11:59 PM GMT-5
Deadline for Stage 1 (Sets 1 and 2) January 16th 11:59 PM GMT-5
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