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Deadline is Friday, March 8th, at 11pm EST! Deadline for play-in game is Tuesday March 5th, else it will go to a coinflip!
Congrats to these 8 (well 9) qualifiers! Seeds were decided by how many points were accumulated. Tiebreakers were determined by who won the most roomtours, then by who finished as the runner up the most. Since Breakfastbiscuit and jonago were still tied in both of those categories, instead of leaving it up to a coinflip, I decided to let them battle in a bo1 game to determine the final spot. For all the other matches, the rules are as follows:
Rules:
Each match will be SM PU.
Each match is best-of-3.
Single Elimination.
Replays are mandatory. If there is no replay than the match did not happen.
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.
And thanks to everyone for making these tournaments such a success! Shoutouts to the staff (mainly just Specs Jigglypuff in this instance) for making it happen, and thanks to everyone who participated!
