Smogon Masters II - Round 1, Thread D [SUB SIGNUPS CLOSED]

[a fairy]

Art by Blazenix
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Welcome to the second 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, 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, a top cut according to record and resistance will be created and a Bo3 single elimination tournament will determine who wins Smogon Masters and the trophy

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Rules & Tournament Format

General Tournament Rules

• This is a tournament that will employ the standard rulesets for ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU.
• Smogon Masters II 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. Exceptions may be made to avoid unpaired users.
• Rounds will be Best of Three -- one game of each tier.
• Matches are to be played on Pokemon 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.
• a fairy is the primary host of this tournament and the co-hosts will be Finchinator, Nyx, and vmnunes.

About Activity Decisions

Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: 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. 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.

In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.

Swiss information and specifics

This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Play-Ins / Top Cut begins after Round 9 (or 10). The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 64-player bracket. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.

This tournament is expected to match the following size:
768 [9 rounds of Swiss, with a 69-player Top Cut sized down to 64 via a Play-In round]

If byes are necessary, in the first three rounds, a number of Byes will be placed in the tournament to hit the participant number, to ensure a participant count that works well with Swiss tournament structure. These Byes will exist until Round 3, successively lowering in the Swiss structure – in Round 2, some number of 0-1 players will receive Byes, and in Round 3 some number of 0-2 players will receive Byes. If subs are necessary, the host team will aggressively substitute out inactive players to ensure as many players can participate as possible.

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.

Once Round 9 concludes, there will be a non-perfect amount of players qualified (7-2 score or better) for Playoffs. Seeding will prioritize ranking, with players who achieved a qualifying record being seeded higher the earlier they qualified. Within ranks, these players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase.

Matchups:
Finchinator vs hiimhunter
Nuxl vs Ryus0ken
Thor vs Waci
Zerkas vs bebra2
Realblazing vs Bye04
Joao Gabriel vs Expulso
tofa vs yone
Kinzo vs Bye07
des121 vs Bye08
jyusaan vs Bye09
patrick robertson vs Bye10
Isza vs Bye11
Javi vs Bye12
acespeedy1 vs eliana.
Fun Trading vs 8142e33
el poeta vs RepriloidKZ
RaiZen1704 vs Bye16
saeeb vs pdt
cameronrizzking vs Bye18
kimerCat vs Bye19
Aurella vs Bye20
Amaske vs Bye21
bydy vs Bye22
pj vs Ecca
Ewin vs Bye24
Catoku vs ninjadog
Surimi vs CTC
LegitlyIzOP vs Bye27
Zoyotte vs Smimr
Hockey1 vs Vermillion Gangsta
AndrewRK vs Bye30
Duke Sux vs Bye31
Kingsous vs Ineros
Liimpy vs Bye33
3d vs Bye34
Yonvgchimi vs Bye35
Cicada vs GhostlyPlanets
mudd_skip vs Bye37
Blazer001 vs Bye38
xqiht vs Bye39
Toxinalpaca vs Bye40
Yoko vs Bye41
SpookyZ vs Cryolite
RickyZainer vs airfare
Enzonana. vs Bye44
tko vs Bye45
Tenebricite vs LucioCerra
HSBT vs yuramas
Miyoko vs Bye48
Robert vs Bye49
Churielix vs Bye50
Adriyun vs Bye51
Brigtel vs Bye52
Abettergreen vs Bye53
Maktyum vs StepC
Sonired vs Bye55
Suzuya vs Bye56
Silent Waltz vs Bye57
Drookez vs Bye58
Maarck vs Thiago Nunes
Vileman vs Bye60
le LLiolae vs Bye61
Rike3009 vs Bye62
B0by vs Bye63
winton vs imsosorrylol
PandaDoux vs iNasty
mind gaming vs Bye66
Pikete vs Bye67
Octperlover vs Luthier
Alhen vs Trickster7
Slugmalveniz vs kDCA
Ox the Fox vs Bye71
FlamPoke vs PolloAriosto
shiloh vs kythr
Aliss vs Bye74
wisc vs King Billu
GirlsSeeGhosts vs Bye76
Twixtry vs Bye77
tahatahat vs n0stall
Bluxio vs decis
Éric vs j0nathan
JojoOui vs Bye81
Zelph vs Bye82
Malekith vs Bye83
BooterBoons vs Bye84
ima vs Bye85
The_App vs StreaMoustache
Paycard vs Bye87
Ky vs Mamakoko
jb291 vs Concept
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Bye90
Dflo vs Ash KetchumGamer
purbaj vs Dark Shion
not Ejiro vs Bye93
Splash vs Kindyy
etern vs Bye95

THE DEFAULT TIER FOR GAME ONE THIS WEEK IS SM

DEADLINE: SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 10:00 PM GMT -4 / MONDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2:00 AM GMT
NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. MATCHES THAT DID NOT START BEFORE THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

 

[a fairy]

There are many Byes, this is to ensure an ideal (for the range) Swiss bracket. Sub signups will close Wednesday, September 25th, at 11:59am GMT-4.

 

[Luthier]

sub

 

[Expulso]

in as sub

 

[Shion]

In as sub

 

[Ineros]

In as sub

 

[a fairy]

Bye Wave 1

Selections

Octperlover vs Luthier
Joao Gabriel vs Expulso
purbaj vs Dark Shion
Kingsous vs Ineros

 

[Vermillion Gangsta]

in as sub

 

[Concept]

In as sub

 

[imsosorrylol]

in as sub

 

[ninjadog]

sub

 

[CTC]

Singing up as goat sub in other words in

 

[Waci]

sub

 

[Trickster7]

in as sub

 

[PolloAriosto]

In as sub

 

[pdt]

in as sub

 

[Thiago Nunes]

In as sub

 

[Cryolite]

in as sub

 

[bebra2]

in as sub

 

[Smimr]

in as sub

 

[a fairy]

Selections

Hockey1 vs Vermillion Gangsta
jb291 vs Concept
winton vs imsosorrylol
Catoku vs ninjadog
Surimi vs CTC
Thor vs Waci
Alhen vs Trickster7
FlamPoke vs PolloAriosto
saeeb vs pdt
Maarck vs Thiago Nunes
SpookyZ vs Cryolite
Zerkas vs bebra2
Zoyotte vs Smimr

 

[RepriloidKZ]

in as sub

 

[kDCA]

in as sub

 

[n0stall]

in as sub

 

[yuramas]

in as a sub