DOU Doubles Ladder Tournament 2022 (Won by Actuarily (again))

[n10siT]

Poem and original OP by Level 51

Drampa! Drampa! Burning bright,
On ladder room, half past midnight;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could guess thy one ability?

In what world and in what time
Would you need to run Cloud Nine?
Who would use a set like this?
Why'd my Ninetales' Blizzard miss?

And which user, and which donk,
Stays in on Fini with their Conk?
For when my Fini threatened harm,
What made your Conk click Hammer Arm?

Why the Hammer Arm, again?
In what dimension runs your brain?
Who clicks Protect in front of 'Cott?
Is that even a brain you've got?

When I claimed hax my enemy's fault
And shower'd Smogon with my salt:
Did I smile my reqs to see?
Do I qualify for TC?

Drampa! Drampa! Burning bright,
On ladder room, half past midnight;
What immortal mouth could tell,
How to escape from Elo hell?

Dust off your Dragapult and pitchforks! Ready your torches and your Volcanion! It's time for an all-new Doubles Ladder Tournament, with your host n10siT ! This tournament can earn you vital points towards qualifying for the 2022 Invitational. But before you get around to smashing Trick Room and trampling down the ladder, here are a few specifics you should know. Please read every one of the rules; important information lies within. This is to prevent confusion, especially regarding the qualification process.

The Rules

1. The engine of the tournament is the regular Pokemon Showdown Doubles OU ladder, not a new one. All normal Doubles Rules and Clauses apply. All qualification will be done on this ladder. The top 16 players (selected as described below) will be placed into a best of 3 single elimination bracket playoffs.​
2. You need to make a new alt account for this tournament. Your alt name must begin with DLTCT to make determining the top players for each cycle easier. For example, I might register the alt "DLTCT n10sit" for laddering. To give us a way to identify each account, please include in your sign-up post a picture of your laddering alt. You are not required to make a new alt for each ladder cycle.​
3. In order to sign up for the Doubles Ladder Tournament, please create a post in this thread listing your alts. You are allowed an unlimited number of alts, so don't worry about starting over with a new one; just remember to follow the name format for each alt you create, and please update your post each time you create a new alt. Include in your post a picture of your "clean" alt. If an alt in the Top 4 at the end of a cycle is not registered in this thread at the time the cycle ends, it will be ignored.​
4. You must create and register a new alt in this thread before you play any battles on it.​
5. The ladder portion of the tournament spans 4 cycles lasting 7 days each. The cutoff times for each cycle are listed below; at the cutoff time, one of the moderators will take a screenshot of the ladder. In order to qualify for the playoffs, your alt must be among the top 4 newly made alts in this screenshot. If a player in the top 4 of a given cycle is already qualified, their alt will be ignored when counting the top 4 alts for that cycle. This year, the final two cycles will have adjusted end times to give EU and APAC players a better chance at being on at the end of the cycle.
   • In order to break potential ties, the unrounded ELO of each player who qualifies in a given cycle will be recorded in order to break any potential ties. Your unrounded ELO can be found by using the following URL: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/~~showdown/action.php?act=ladderget&user=[your username here]​
6. For the playoffs stage, players will be seeded by their ELO at their respective screenshot time.​
7. Don't show unsportsmanlike behavior on the ladder. If we have a reason to believe you forfeited a game to boost a friend's account, you will be punished. If you try to prevent your opponent from joining the battle again after a disconnection, you will be punished. If you ask someone to forfeit to you, you will be punished. If you try to fish for matchups against yourself on alternate accounts (i.e. boosting), you will be punished. The consequences could range from disqualification for one cycle, the entire tournament, or even a tournament ban in extreme cases. Again, please please use your common sense.​
8. In keeping with OLT and other ladder tournaments, all ladder games involving a player with a DLT prefix are now forced to be public. If you have the "Don't allow spectators" box checked when you start a DLT game, your game will be public and you will be met with this message: "This battle is required to be public due to a player having a name starting with 'DLTCT'."​
9. In your sign-up post, please include a line reflecting the fact that you have read and understand the rules. Your alt may not be considered eligible if your post does not contain this line.​

Relevant Dates
(all times US Eastern time / GMT-4)

Cycle 1 (US East)
START | April 18 at 12:00 am
END | April 24 at 11:59 pm

Cycle 2 (US East)
START | April 25 at 12:00 am
END | May 1 at 11:59 pm

Cycle 3 (EU)
START | May 2 at 12:00 am
END | May 8 at 5:59 pm (11:59pm GMT+2)

Cycle 4 (APAC)
START | May 8 at 6:00 pm
END | May 15 at 9:59 am (11:59pm GMT+10)

This year will be the first implementation of different end times for each cycle to accommodate different timezones! This will help spread the advantage of being on near the end of the cycle and being able to play for a higher rating if needed.

Qualifiers

Cycle 1
Spurrific - dltctireadtherules - 1882.390338
Yoda2798 - DLTCTCTLD - 1858.394793
MADARAAAA - DLTCT GENJO SANZO - 1852.768464
Fangame10 - DLTCT fangame10 - 1847.328412

Cycle 2
fespy - DLT CT Bad Player - 1870.186933
Crunchman - DLT CTeam - 1869.925075
JRL - DLTCT JRL Bell - 1868.282495
Shadowmonstr7 - dltct big spider - 1866.664665

Cycle 3
Actuarily - DLTCT The_Bandit - 1889.484151
papiloco - DLTCTtiltedandbad - 1889.271022
SMB - dltctsaasdjsakedk - 1875.157635
Neblina - DLTCT Queen - 1871.002647

Cycle 4
Givrix - DLTCT Marimo-Chan - 1893.586054
luisin - DLTCT Unlucky-Sama - 1884.301264
Ann nonima - DLTCT Muku - 1878.358757
Toxigen - DLTCT mhanz - 1864.988336

Playoffs

Top 16
1. Givrix vs. 16. Fangame10
8. Neblina vs. 9. fespy
4. luisin vs. 13. Toxigen
5. Spurrific vs. 12. Shadowmonstr7
2. Actuarily vs. 15. MADARAAAA
7. SMB vs. 10. Crunchman
3. papiloco vs. 14. Yoda2798
6. Ann nonima vs. 11. JRL

Top 8
16. Fangame10 vs. 8. Neblina
4. luisin vs. (Winner of 5. Spurrific vs. 12. Shadowmonstr7)
2. Actuarily vs. 7. SMB
3. papiloco vs. 11. JRL

Top 4
8. Neblina vs. 12. Shadowmonstr7
2. Actuarily vs. 3. papiloco

Finals
2. Actuarily vs. 8. Neblina

CP Payouts

1st: 10 CP
2nd: 8 CP
3-4: 6 CP
5-8: 4 CP
9-16: 2 CP

Good luck to all of our participants, and may the best ladderer win!

 

[Chris32156]

I read and understand the rules

 

[Fangame10]

In with the alt: DLTC fangame10

read the rules

 

[RobDog747]

I have read and understand the rules

 

[Crunchman]

DLT CTeam

 

[Ryan5374]

I have read and understand the rules.
Account name DLTCT Ryan5374

Edit: proof of no ladder games

 

[Lucky-Sama]

In with the alt: DLTCTKatakuri
I read and understand the rules

 

[Meminger21]

Read the rules

 

[Railgun]

Read the rules

 

[Paraplegic]

In as DLTCT Scuba Steve, I read the rules

 

[jonas]

read the rules

 

[Noelle]

I read and understand the rules
In as DLTCT Heartache

Edit: proof of no games

 

[Spurrific]

 

[tyo]

read the rules

 

[shaian]

 

[GasaiYunoSan]

I read the rules.

 

[Mr.Bossaru]

 

[Mack Knife]

I Have read the rules.

 

[NinjaSnapple]

The rules have been read and understood

 

[miltankmilk]

read the rules

 

[robjr]

Rules have been read

 

[gataen]

I read the rule

 

[yone]

I read the rules

 

[QianJiang-China]

In with the alt:Dltct QianJiang
I read and understand the rules

 

[MG Master Piece]

Read The Rules