Welcome to Round 1 of Doubles World Cup! The structure of round one is as follows:
Teams consist of eight starters and four substitutes. All games are best of one and will be played in SS DOU. Please post your replays! This tournament is a huge opportunity for metagame development, so as many public replays as can be recorded please post them in the thread! Include them in ur "gg ez" post :)
In this first round, players will be placed into groups of four, where they will battle all three of their opponents. Divisions will be assigned randomly and each team will play each other at least twice and not more than 3 times.
Six points will be awarded for first place, four for second place, and two for third place in a division. If there is a tie for any position, the total number of points between those two positions will be split equally among the tied parties. For example, if two people are tied for first place, they will split ten (six for first + four for second) points between them for a total of five points each.
Teams will be ranked based on records, rather than points. This means the three teams with the best records will qualify for the semi finals, with the team ranked first overall getting an automatic bye to the finals. If two or more teams within the top three have identical records, points will be used to sort out the tiebreaks. However, if there is a tie in records for the last spot, points will be ignored and the teams will face off in a tiebreak series. The tiebreak will consist of three SS DOU games (Bo3).
Substitution:
There are four subs per roster, and Captains may use them as they see fit. Keep in mind once a player is subbed out, they cannot be subbed back into the same round, but can be put back onto the roster for next round. This means if you sub a player out of a pool, you are subbing them out for all of their remaining pool games. They may, however, return for the playoffs.
Substitutions will be not be allowed in tiebreak series unless both teams agree (or TDs enforce double sub). We will be reluctant to give activity wins to those who are clearly fishing for them.
The deadline for round one will be Sunday, November 14th at 11:59 PM EST
Now, on to the pools! In lieu of numbering them or going A-Z, I'm going to generate a random pokemon to name the pools. Why? For fun.
Klefki pool
Aromatisse pool
Aggron pool
Dragonite pool
Ludicolo pool
Zarude pool
Mudsdale pool
Magearna pool
Dhelmise pool
Kingler pool
Incineroar pool
Teams consist of eight starters and four substitutes. All games are best of one and will be played in SS DOU. Please post your replays! This tournament is a huge opportunity for metagame development, so as many public replays as can be recorded please post them in the thread! Include them in ur "gg ez" post :)
In this first round, players will be placed into groups of four, where they will battle all three of their opponents. Divisions will be assigned randomly and each team will play each other at least twice and not more than 3 times.
Six points will be awarded for first place, four for second place, and two for third place in a division. If there is a tie for any position, the total number of points between those two positions will be split equally among the tied parties. For example, if two people are tied for first place, they will split ten (six for first + four for second) points between them for a total of five points each.
Teams will be ranked based on records, rather than points. This means the three teams with the best records will qualify for the semi finals, with the team ranked first overall getting an automatic bye to the finals. If two or more teams within the top three have identical records, points will be used to sort out the tiebreaks. However, if there is a tie in records for the last spot, points will be ignored and the teams will face off in a tiebreak series. The tiebreak will consist of three SS DOU games (Bo3).
Substitution:
There are four subs per roster, and Captains may use them as they see fit. Keep in mind once a player is subbed out, they cannot be subbed back into the same round, but can be put back onto the roster for next round. This means if you sub a player out of a pool, you are subbing them out for all of their remaining pool games. They may, however, return for the playoffs.
Substitutions will be not be allowed in tiebreak series unless both teams agree (or TDs enforce double sub). We will be reluctant to give activity wins to those who are clearly fishing for them.
The deadline for round one will be Sunday, November 14th at 11:59 PM EST
Now, on to the pools! In lieu of numbering them or going A-Z, I'm going to generate a random pokemon to name the pools. Why? For fun.
TEAMS - Captain:
US West - Spurrific
US East - Actuarily
Canada - Z Strats
Latin America - Akaru Kokuyo
Europe - Frania
Asia Pacific and Rest of World - Zeal
Pheromosa pool
Pheromosa pool Klefki pool Aromatisse pool Aggron pool Dragonite pool Ludicolo pool Zarude pool Mudsdale pool Magearna pool Dhelmise pool Kingler pool Incineroar pool
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