BSS Battle Spot Singles Open - Round 1

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DragonWhale

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BATTLE SPOT SINGLES OPEN

Specific Rules
  • This is a standard USUM Battle Spot Singles Tournament.
  • The tournament will be Best of Three, Single Elimination. Starting at Top 4, the sets will become a Best of Five.
  • Players may change their teams during the set.
  • Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown/SmogTours
  • Replays must be saved and POSTED. Matches without a replay will not count as completed. If you don't want to risk forgetting to save replays play on Smogtours as it's automatic there.
  • In an event of a timeout, the player who times out will lose that game unless the opponent grants a rematch. This holds true even for a disconnect, due to being unable to know which three Pokemon have been selected at team preview. Consequently, players do not need to send in their teams to a TD.
  • Activity calls and coinflips will be done by myself and the pick command on Pokemon Showdown respectively.
Standard Rules
  • Matches will be played in the Singles format
  • Pokemon above level 50 will be brought down to level 50. Pokemon below level 50 stay as is.
  • Players pick 3 of their 6 Pokemon at team preview.
  • 3DS-born Clause: A Pokemon cannot have a set that can only be obtained from before gen 6. (i.e. no past-gen exclusive move tutors/TMs/events)
  • Species Clause: No two Pokemon in the same team can have the same National Pokedex number.
  • Item Clause: No two Pokemon in the same team can hold the same item.
Round 1

Theorymon vs The Squash
GroudonEmpire vs leo05051998
Solerme vs NOVED
cant say vs Picollo
DragonWhale vs neomon
Demantoid vs Devilican
Jmal98 vs Monsareeasy
Broken Phobias vs Leroy Davis
Mishimono vs Psynergy
Velvet Blood vs zaaya
The Cheesen One vs Mikaav
Moose And Goose vs Hijasu
greilmercenary9 vs Huston
DurzaOffTopic vs Plas
TheJ3estPenguin vs hzhz
Dj Breloominati♬ vs average fella
Anime Sans vs chemcoop
11oyd vs RaJ.Shoot
Puff Killa vs KingGilgamesh
Biber vs Havens
DanDaMan99 vs byronthewellwell
GYAMADA6 vs nintendogeniuses
dogknees vs Megazard
1_TrickPhony vs bye

Subs:

Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.

Ghosting: The player in a tournament battle should be the one making their own decisions. Do not tell a player what move to make in a tournament battle (i.e. do not "ghost" them), and do not make your moves based on another person's suggestions. If we are made aware that someone playing a tournament battle is making some of their moves based mainly on the suggestions of someone else, punishments may be handed out to both parties involved.

Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player. This applies to the use of alts as well. Any player who breaks this will be disqualified and may be subject to further punishment.

Rule Breaking: If a player breaks a rule during a battle, they are disqualified from that particular battle. If it was a single battle in a series, they will still have the opportunity to play the rest of the series.

Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or another tournament format that is unable to handle draws, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.

Forfeiting: A player may forfeit their battle during or after the battle, as long as the result has not been confirmed by the host. If a player forfeits before a battle commences in the first round of a tournament, they are eligible for substitution if appropriate. We highly recommend that you do not forfeit your tournament battles just because you got lucky, but we do not enforce this.

Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.

Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.


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Round 1 ends January 20, 11:59PM EST
 
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bobochan

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Theorymon vs The Squash
Despite being a veteran, Theorymon is way too rusty now, while Squashie has had the best season of his career in 2018, winning the BSPL and beating chem in the finals. Theorymon can still win, but chances are low.

GroudonEmpire vs leo05051998
No idea how GE is feeling atm but in peak form he is unbeatable. Leo has been getting a lot of practice in for BSS and BSSF so that will help somewhat in his prep vs the GOATonEmpire.

Solerme vs NOVED
Revenge match from BSPL semifinals last year. As long as the Italian maestro doesn't bring Leaf Storm he should be fine. Despite not playing a lot NOVED is still a top tier threat to anybody if you aren't careful.

cant say vs Picollo
CS is on holidays but he should be back soon. Unless he forgot how to play after the holidays/break CS should be able to get through this round without too much trouble.

DragonWhale vs neomon
neomon is very good but ok in BSS. DW senpai doesn't play a lot of matches but hes vast knowledge of the meta and experience in hosting will help him in his matches.

Demantoid vs Devilican
The greatest doubles player vs the greatest memer, this match up is surprisingly even. At best Demantoid has played the GOATs in BSS including chem and Jhon-senpai but Ika's potential is skyrocket high.

Jmal98 vs Kawaii (imagirl)
Jmal is back! He tends to lose his R1 matchups a lot but hopefully the same doesn't happen here. The 2017 champion really needs to get back into the meta.

Broken Phobias vs Leroy Davis
Pretty even match, santa BP is good but LD is no pushover.

Mishimono vs Psynergy
Psynergy will always be Psynergy, if Mish plays even better than he did during the Invitationals last year, he can win. But if he doesn't bring his A-game, then he's going to get crushed.

Velvet Blood vs zaaya
Welcome to BSS.

The Cheesen One vs Mikaav
Mikaav was superb during BSPL, but TCO is a solid player. Leaning towards Mikaav coz hes a former CAV but things can go either way.

Moose And Goose vs Hijasu
Rooting for Meese the OG memer.

greilmercenary9 vs Huston
gg ez no re

DurzaOffTopic vs Plas
Both are great players but leaning towards Plas da puppy here.

TheJ3estPenguin vs hzhz
hz-senpai of course

Dj Breloominati♬ vs average fella
average fella is sometimes good and sometimes bad, you never know. On the other hand Spitto Fire's skills are second only to Plas da puppy in the tours room so he is a threat in this tournament.

Anime Sans vs chemcoop
gg ez no re

11oyd vs RaJ.Shoot
11oyd is on holiday so Raj would want to capitalise on that. Things are pretty even but I'm leaning towards 11oyd because he is the runner up of last year's invitationals. The results are there boys.

Puff Killa vs KingGilgamesh
gg ez no re

Biber vs Havens
GO PUPS! GO HAVENS!!!

DanDaMan99 vs dogknees
Dan is a talented bloke with lots of BSS experience under his belt. Meanwhile dk is retired af but being my former manager in BSPL and a regular in the room, there's no need to question his skills.

GYAMADA6 vs nintendogeniuses
NG ofc, unless he chokes.

Supradash vs Megazard
gg ez no re

1_TrickPhony vs bye
You need more than one or two teams if you want to get far in this tournament, otherwise you should be fine.
 

BP

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I have 2 whole days to not play yet. I wonder what I'm gonna do with all this extra time
 
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