DOU DOU Classic IV - Commencement

[zoe]

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Welcome to the fourth Doubles Classic! This tournament will function identically to The Smogon Classic. The preliminary stage will consist of four single elimination cups, one for each of the four (official) past generations of Doubles OU. Players will earn points from these cups using the Smogon Grand Slam point structure, which can be found here. The top 16 players after the conclusion of all 4 cups will qualify for playoffs, which will be a single-elimination bracket consisting of best-of-three multi-gen sets. When all is said and done, the top 32 players overall will earn Circuit Points according to the payout listed here.

Ties after the conclusion of all 4 cups will be broken in the following order:

1. Best result in an individual tournament. If Player A advanced to the finals of one cup while Player B's best result was a semifinal appearance, Player A will be ranked higher.
2. Overall win percentage. This is simply the ratio of sets won to sets played.
3. Coinflip. If both other tiebreakers are equal, seeding order will be determined by public use of !pick on Pokemon Showdown.

If there is a tie for playoffs spots (e.g. 2 people tied for 16th place), the tied players will play a best-of-three multi-gen set to determine who advances. Since this year there are four tiers, but sets are best-of-three, we will be using a method based on the one in Grand Slam to determine tiers for playoffs sets (including tiebreaks):

To determine the tiers played, players will have 24 hours after the round goes up to send the host a ranking of all 4 tier preferences from most preferred to least preferred. The higher seed's most preferred tier, the lower seed's most preferred tier out of the three remaining, and the higher seed's most preferred tier out of the two left after that 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 3 tiers will be used if there is no previous list.

Example

Player A and B both send their list of tier preferences to the host after the round goes up:
Player A (higher seed): 1. XY 2. SM 3. SS 4. BW
Player B (lower seed): 1. XY 2. BW 3. SM 4. SS

Player A (higher seed) chooses their most preferred tier first (XY);
Player A (higher seed): 1. XY 2. SM 3. SS 4. BW
Player B (lower seed): 1. XY 2. BW 3. SM 4. SS

then Player B (lower seed) chooses their most preferred tier out of the three remaining (BW);
Player A (higher seed): 1. XY 2. SM 3. SS 4. BW
Player B (lower seed): 1. XY 2. BW 3. SM 4. SS

and finally, Player A (higher seed) chooses their most preferred tier out of the two remaining (SM).
Player A (higher seed): 1. XY 2. SM 3. SS 4. BW
Player B (lower seed): 1. XY 2. BW 3. SM 4. SS

The host will then post in the thread the tiers selected for the set (XY, BW, SM) which will be played in that order.

Signups for each cup will be posted two weeks apart for a staggered start. Signups will remain open for one week, after which the tournament will begin. The schedule is as follows:

• BW Cup (hosted by DaWoblefet): Signups posted Sunday, April 9th
• XY Cup (hosted by Yoda2798): Signups posted Sunday, April 23rd
• SM Cup (hosted by Actuarily): Signups posted Sunday, May 7th
• SS Cup (hosted by zoe): Signups posted Sunday, May 21st

If there are any questions, feel free to post them in this thread or send me a PM at zoe✿#6808 and I will answer them promptly.

Note that this is not the signup thread - any signups posted in this thread will be deleted and will not count.

Good luck to all competitors!

>> Standings Spreadsheet <<​

 

[Idyll]

in

I hate you - zoe

 

[Amaranth]

free adv cup & dpp cup yn

 

[zoe]

WE FINALLY HAVE A SPREADSHEET NOW SORRY FOR THE DELAY :D

 

[zoe]

playoffs time wooooooooooooooooo!!

since all 4 cups have ended, seeding has been decided with no tiebreakers needed for top 16!!

.....but there is a tie for the 12th seed and a 3 way tie for the 14th, with both best result and winrate being equal among them, which leaves a public coinflip shown below

for seed 12:

for seed 14:

for seed 15:

as a result, the seeds are as follows
1. Z Strats
2. JRL
3. Actuarily
4. papiloco
5. Toxigen
6. zoe
7. Yoda2798
8. Frania
9. Mishimono
10. Farfromani
11. Akaru Kokuyo
12. Spurrific
13. zee
14. SingleThunder
15. Gatubraz
16. Éric

Playoffs will be up shortly!!!