AG Anything Goes Seasonal Playoffs - Round 2

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Welcome to the second week of the Anything Goes Seasonal Playoffs! For those tagged here, congratulations on making the top 8! This round is seeded with last round's winning half of the 16 available players on our leaderboard who've proven their battling skills throughout the past 4 seasonals. The rest of the AG seasonal playoffs consists of three rounds, starting with 8 users and each week cutting the amount in half. There isn't a losing round for this so if you lose, you're out. As stated during these seasonals, the winner of the tournament will become the Anything Goes champion! Good luck to all who are still in this!

SPECIFIC RULES
  • This is a standard Gen 7 (USUM) Anything Goes Tournament. All matches must be played in "[Gen 7] Anything Goes".
  • This playoffs of this tournament will be Single Elimination.
  • All rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
  • Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown (or SmogTours server).
  • To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, all matches must have replays recorded. I will be somewhat lenient with this however.
  • Every round, I may choose several games as the Highlight Matches.
Clause:
  • Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned.
General Tournament Rules:
  • 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 Giratina 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: 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.

Round 2
Megazard vs (winner of byronthewellwell vs Catalystic)
Paycard vs Hamhamhamham
Fardin vs Holy Break
Pigeons vs Silent Mobius


Deadline: November 25th 2018: 11:59 PM EST

Extension Deadline: November 21st 2018: 11:59 PM EST
 
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Silent Mobius

Banned deucer.
I won't sugarcoat it and just say I am still very perplexed about my subpar playing last match, especially considering how well I played round 1. The reality is "to err is human" and the law of averages say all players will throw in a clunker every now and then. Despite this disappointing result, I can truly say this has been a great season of ag and I have accomplished more than I would of hoped for. Best of luck to the remaining players in this tour and may ag continue to grow and thrive, entertaining people all across the globe.
 
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