Smogon Masters II - Round 2, Thread D [0-1 Matches, Replays Required]

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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.
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.

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:

Sushi2154 vs FireBlaze
hiimhunter vs Ev_Evan
yothornn vs Ky
Samu21 vs zS
Bartevil vs Zackriel
Montarroyos vs DonDimadon777
katyushas vs graynium-Z
godofbelonging vs skimmythegod
saurass vs Corvikafka
roblox perfect cell vs Ren-chon
TheArch vs evakiyama!
Skullnos vs Maia
Ankit gaonkar vs Ash KetchumGamer
Kaiser7112 vs dunoks
TrueKingOfPikmin vs Abbehat
Eagleye983 vs MHAMATTHEWDEKU
DeDonutNoob vs cardenas19
saeeb vs Incognition
Haruhii vs yogo896
anaverageguitarist vs PolloAriosto
Marcolpl vs StepC
Bunts vs Volcaronium
PulaShark vs mentalsoft
winton vs SEROO
Nacreous vs pulsar512b
IJatioss vs Dota
west2x vs JustFranco
haxmomola vs Fant'sy Beast
okfornow vs Xalvadore
Vaanitas vs Stareal
platanazo vs JesusGameplays2
Gypsygypsteacourse vs Beemo666
FalseFighter vs chiefbeef1234
qwertyuiop123456789 vs Hermitcrab
Lone_Shadow vs Abel685
TheDHope vs Lialiabeast
1Thompson vs Elfuseon
grp vs Kenix
doso749 vs Regnite
gregoreturns vs Usflon
jay vs Bye04
Are you vaping? vs Bye07
Ziyeh vs Bye08
pokemay145 vs Bye09
Caesarr vs Bye10
Allan2004 vs Bye11
Splash vs Bye12
sluGGy vs Bye16
Rowlet4Ever vs Bye18
Zerotwo. vs Bye19
Zenadark vs Bye20
Fun Trading vs Bye21
alwaysmissestriple vs Bye22
IchgarL vs Bye24
erz vs Bye27
Chris32156 vs Bye30
RDS vs Bye31
pibechamoso vs Bye33
secretguy63 vs Bye34
Arcanine1929 vs Bye35
Wadley vs Bye37
Danny vs Bye38
yamout vs Bye39
tipulipa vs Bye40
Delta4 vs Bye41
Ichigo04 vs Bye44
kythr vs Bye45
TheDuckChris vs Bye48
BIG loven vs Bye49
Builder556 vs Bye50
MeEsSm vs Bye51
Ecca vs Bye52
Slugmalveniz vs Bye53
Sificon vs Bye55
bwest0126 vs Bye56
luisin vs Bye57
A plague doc vs Bye58
GOATED im_m0rtal. vs Bye60
a fruitshop owner vs Bye61
roxie vs Bye62
Micciu vs Bye63
Slowpoke Fan vs Bye66
galal vs Bye67
marsmallo vs Bye71
HSBT vs Bye74
Dark Shion vs Bye76
Clas vs Bye77
recti vs Bye81
ACR1 vs Bye82
Maarck vs Bye83
lolopero vs Bye84
Kilowhaaatrel vs Bye85
Xocov vs Bye87
zaydapoketrainer vs Bye90
Strictsceptile vs Bye93
Rex Slayer vs Bye95

THE DEFAULT TIER FOR GAME ONE THIS WEEK IS SS

DEADLINE: SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER 10:00 PM GMT -4 / MONDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2:00 AM GMT
NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. MATCHES THAT DID NOT START BEFORE THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED
 
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There are a number of Byes, due to how Swiss works (the same way that there are Byes in the Losers Bracket of a double elimination tour) - we are not accepting substitute entries.
 
Man, what a ride this game was. I must say, Bye60 is easily one of the best players I have ever fought PERIOD. My entire Pokémon career was not as intense and fun as this battle I just experienced. I just want to say, thank you Bye60, you pushed me so far into my Pokémon journey and I had a blast playing with you even though I Won GG. All I wanna say is, hope you had lots of fun.
 
Bye 16, I am incredibly sorry for the amount of hax in those matches. My experiences in Pokémon have never been more adrenaline inducing than these 3 matches. All though we both recognize we are no where near the top cut of players, our skill level was truly matched 1 to 1. Our trains of thought, reasoning, critical thinking skills; it was as if we were playing against mirror versions of one another. Yet, even with these conditions, the game we continuously choose to express ourselves in contains factors out of our control that, for better or for worse, can dictate the course of the match, or can bring to it an early, undesired conclusion. I sincerely hope we may meet again in future tournaments. Goodbye, Bye 16, may we be matched again.
 
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