Congratulations to all 16 of you that made it to this year's Grand Slam playoffs! Before moving on to the pairings, I'd like to thank false, Lily, Ampha, Vertigo, and Merritt for being fantastic hosts, as well as Ticken for his tireless sheet work. This tournament was only possible due to your help and we're fortunate to have you all. I hope that whoever inherits the next edition of Grand Slam is fortunate enough to have such dependable hosts.
To determine the tiers played, players will have 24 hours after this post goes up to send me a ranking of all 6 tier preferences from most preferred to least preferred. The higher seed's two most preferred tiers, the lower seed's two most preferred, still unpicked tiers, and the higher seed's preferred pick amongst the last two tiers will determine the tier lineup for the set, which will be announced as soon as possible in this thread so players can prepare. If a player does not submit their tier preferences before the deadline then their list from the previous round will be used, or their opponent's top 5 tiers will be used if there is no previous list.
With that said, here is the list of people who qualified and their respective seed:
1. Star - 33 Points
2. xavgb - 28 Points
3. SoulWind - 27 Points, 81.48% Winrate
4. false - 27 Points, 80.00% Winrate
5. abriel - 26 Points
6. JustFranco - 24 Points, 82.86% Winrate
7. Kate - 24 Points, 77.78% Winrate
8. mncmt - 22 Points, 83.33% Winrate
9. Danny - 22 Points, 78.57% Winrate
10. Suzuya - 22 Points, 76.92% Winrate
11. TheFranklin - 21 Points, 79.31% Winrate
12. Hacker - 21 Points, 77.27% Winrate
13. MichaelderBeste2 - 21 Points, 73.91% Winrate
14. LpZ - 20 Points
15. TPP - 18 Points, 72.72% Winrate
16. Lily - 18 Points, 71.43% Winrate
The deadline to submit your tiers to me is Monday, July 29th at 11:59 PM GMT -4.
The deadline to get your games played is Sunday, August 4th at 11:59 PM GMT -4.
To determine the tiers played, players will have 24 hours after this post goes up to send me a ranking of all 6 tier preferences from most preferred to least preferred. The higher seed's two most preferred tiers, the lower seed's two most preferred, still unpicked tiers, and the higher seed's preferred pick amongst the last two tiers will determine the tier lineup for the set, which will be announced as soon as possible in this thread so players can prepare. If a player does not submit their tier preferences before the deadline then their list from the previous round will be used, or their opponent's top 5 tiers will be used if there is no previous list.
The purpose of this is to (1) decide all tiers quickly, allowing players to prep 5 teams instead of 6, and (2) try to balance tier selection so that the advantage of either seed is as small as possible, and leans towards the high seed. We believe this selection system achieves that by letting the high seed have the ultimate call over which tier to strike out, but giving lower seeds the ability to lock their preferred tiers before that happens (as opposed to past tier selection systems that simply gave high seed the ability to strike out a tier, resulting in a fairly big advantage).
The reason why we're asking players to provide a full list of their tier preferences rather than a back and forth where the higher seed sends their first two picks, then the lower seed, then the higher seed selects their final choice is so that we can get the list of tiers to both players as soon as possible, rather than having to deal with communication delays caused by each player needing to wait for their opponent to get back to the hosts.
The reason why we're asking players to provide a full list of their tier preferences rather than a back and forth where the higher seed sends their first two picks, then the lower seed, then the higher seed selects their final choice is so that we can get the list of tiers to both players as soon as possible, rather than having to deal with communication delays caused by each player needing to wait for their opponent to get back to the hosts.
With that said, here is the list of people who qualified and their respective seed:
1. Star - 33 Points
2. xavgb - 28 Points
3. SoulWind - 27 Points, 81.48% Winrate
4. false - 27 Points, 80.00% Winrate
5. abriel - 26 Points
6. JustFranco - 24 Points, 82.86% Winrate
7. Kate - 24 Points, 77.78% Winrate
8. mncmt - 22 Points, 83.33% Winrate
9. Danny - 22 Points, 78.57% Winrate
10. Suzuya - 22 Points, 76.92% Winrate
11. TheFranklin - 21 Points, 79.31% Winrate
12. Hacker - 21 Points, 77.27% Winrate
13. MichaelderBeste2 - 21 Points, 73.91% Winrate
14. LpZ - 20 Points
15. TPP - 18 Points, 72.72% Winrate
16. Lily - 18 Points, 71.43% Winrate
Round 1
1. Star vs 16. Lily (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
2. xavgb vs 15. TPP (No LC)
Ubers/UU/RU/NU/PU
3. SoulWind vs 14. LpZ (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
4. false vs 13. MichaelderBeste2 (No RU)
Ubers/UU/NU/PU/LC
5. abriel vs 12. Hacker (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
6. JustFranco vs 11. TheFranklin (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
7. Kate vs 10. Suzuya (No LC)
Ubers/UU/RU/NU/PU
8. mncmt vs 9. Danny (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
Quarterfinals
16. Lily vs 8. mncmt (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
2. xavgb vs 7. Kate (No LC)
Ubers/UU/RU/NU/PU
14. LpZ vs 11. TheFranklin (No UU)
Ubers/RU/NU/PU/LC
13. MichaelderBeste2 vs 5. abriel (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
Semifinals
8. mncmt vs 5. abriel (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
2. xavgb vs 14. LpZ (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
Finals
8. mncmt vs 14. LpZ (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
All sets will be Bo5 with the higher seed getting to choose the first tier to be played in a set while the loser picks the next one.1. Star vs 16. Lily (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
2. xavgb vs 15. TPP (No LC)
Ubers/UU/RU/NU/PU
3. SoulWind vs 14. LpZ (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
4. false vs 13. MichaelderBeste2 (No RU)
Ubers/UU/NU/PU/LC
5. abriel vs 12. Hacker (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
6. JustFranco vs 11. TheFranklin (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
7. Kate vs 10. Suzuya (No LC)
Ubers/UU/RU/NU/PU
8. mncmt vs 9. Danny (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
Quarterfinals
16. Lily vs 8. mncmt (No Ubers)
UU/RU/NU/PU/LC
2. xavgb vs 7. Kate (No LC)
Ubers/UU/RU/NU/PU
14. LpZ vs 11. TheFranklin (No UU)
Ubers/RU/NU/PU/LC
13. MichaelderBeste2 vs 5. abriel (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
Semifinals
8. mncmt vs 5. abriel (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
2. xavgb vs 14. LpZ (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
Finals
8. mncmt vs 14. LpZ (No NU)
Ubers/UU/RU/PU/LC
The deadline to submit your tiers to me is Monday, July 29th at 11:59 PM GMT -4.
The deadline to get your games played is Sunday, August 4th at 11:59 PM GMT -4.
