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Welcome to the 2025 Monotype Cup Playoffs Tiebreak! Before playoffs can get underway we need to decide who the 16th seed will be.
Matchup:
Neko vs. Tuff Tuff
- SV is the starting generation, the loser will pick the next generation played. This round will be a Best of 5.
- Matches are to be played only on smogtours. All other servers will not count even if you win (including main, under the right circumstance exceptions to play on main exist)!
- To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, all matches must have replays recorded. If neither player posts or at least saves replays of the match, the game will be coin flipped regardless of whoever won.
- MAKE SURE TO POST YOUR REPLAYS. ALL REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED IN THE THREAD FOR IT TO COUNT!
- 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 Fire-type" 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 Clause: 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.
ALL REPLAYS NEED TO BE POSTED IN THE THREAD. PLEASE LEAVE THE FULL REPLAY LINK, DO NOT HYPERLINK YOUR WINS.
Please tag @catchas in the Monotype Discord so everyone can view your games. You are only permitted to play on SmogTours!
Deadline for this round is Sunday, May 25th @ 11:00 PM EST (GMT-4)
Please tag @catchas in the Monotype Discord so everyone can view your games. You are only permitted to play on SmogTours!
Deadline for this round is Sunday, May 25th @ 11:00 PM EST (GMT-4)
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