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Monotype Swiss Tournament
Welcome to the first edition of the Monotype Swiss Tournament! This is a Type B tournament counting for the 2025 Monotype Circuit and, as such, it will award points for the Monotype Ribbon. This tour will replicate the format used by Smogon Masters.
- There will be an amount of rounds proportional to how many players sign up equal to how many rounds it would take for a single player to be undefeated. For example, we will have 6 rounds for 64 players, 7 for 128, and 8 for 256.
- For each round, you will be matched up with someone that has the same record as you in the tournament. For example, if you are 2-1, you will be matched up against someone with the same rating as you.
- As soon as you hit 3 losses (X-3), you are eliminated from the tournament entirely. This is done to avoid the issues of high drop rate and burnout.
- Once all rounds are done, everyone with 2 or less losses will be added to a single elimination bracket (Top Cut), where they will be first seeded by record, then strength of opponent. If there are not enough players to make a complete bracket, byes will be given to the highest seed players. This will continue until there is 1 person remaining, which will be the winner.
SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard SV Monotype tournament
- This tournament will be TRIPLE Elimination
- All rounds will be Bo3. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches MUST be played either on Pokémon Showdown! or Smogtours.
- Replays are MANDATORY.
- Baton Pass Clause: Baton pass is banned
- Same Type Clause: Pokémon in a team must share a type.
- Sleep Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
- Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
- OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
- Moody Clause: Moody is banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- HP Percentage Mod: HP is shown in percentages
- Terastal Clause: Prevents Pokémon from Terastallizing
- 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.
To schedule with your opponent, please follow the scheduling guidelines!
If you have any question regarding this tournament or the Swiss format, feel free to get back to me on the Monotype Room or in the Monotype discord server!
Matchups
4-0 - PROOF
BloodedEdge vs (Winner of Mada vs hex)
mipc vs Dieu Amphibien
Vaporeonds vs Trichotomy
rule vs (Winner of Otak'out vs pyrmd)
ImprobableBlob vs Fraolain
juleocesar vs (Winner of kiru vs Floods)
Neko vs TTK
Ringmaster Uta vs sychillz
3-1 - PROOF
(Loser of kiru vs Floods) vs Amomeupaieminhamae
Showl vs Tbp24
Rinda vs Leafeonlol
(Winner of M.T Mazhab vs MattandMello) vs avarice
londi g vs Vid
Whitespaniard vs StreetBoom
JeoZ vs Shucklegigas
RoyalReloaded vs SHONE
Tav72 vs Calmmind75
Pengairxan vs Rowlet69420
Arcanine1929 vs C.3
TheWyvernKing vs ArkenCiel
Wincon vs dmbros
benladil vs ArqueroAzul
aeth vs (Loser of Mada vs hex)
crow crumbs vs Cielau
ltranc vs botpro76
Leroipolux vs (Winner of Manan999 vs Fentropy)
BrushyBoi vs Rio Vidal
Arpitraj1 vs Xiri
jackuzzler vs DracovishGlazer
(Loser of Otak'out vs pyrmd) vs JY Rule
hammy3581 vs Flapple1
MemphisDepay vs ySagaz_
Masskeau vs Don Bork
schwipper vs akaFila
Tenebricite vs KiteaLuluuu
Ineros vs hxmo
metagross does architectu vs King Choco
2-2 - PROOF
Kochu_shak vs Arise_CDM
The_GOAT_Haole vs Viperino+1997
Irys vs Jojen
krwozen vs Aariceus
Ethereal Sword vs feen
LiRip vs (Loser of Manan999 vs Fentropy)
Fifty eyes vs KniY
AmoghOp vs TheKart017
PhantomSnorlax vs KillaLeston
JakeHex vs jawz_ate_cereal
Electry vs Buffaloking1234
Vlarcheops vs Jouos
(Loser of M.T Mazhab vs MattandMello) vs digo
A Daydream vs Wilsondude
zIcarus vs des121
Mik3y vs nanofan
carlosk181 vs Ashbala
PandaDoux vs sn00syw00sy
Me Empty vs doso749
cpt.kraken vs The Hisui Region
Azick vs Dddddsf
vinicria vs Belligol59
Focaleon vs Tarre25
Toxic Boston MA vs Yelou
Rhik vs Mr.Trash Panda
FutebaRn vs churrojr
Jeza.p vs recti
yedla vs TheMaverrick
enmanuelxlol vs LB
The Allenatore vs consoleconsole
SneakySnek vs porcupine21
R0gue_VGC vs dazeygorl
IsaiahMeep vs zRyan74
GowtherXD vs StFirezim
AndreBenito vs nicolsafr1
Ea-Nasir vs LogIce
VaporPlaysShowdown vs Seyhura
cicepece11 vs Guizs
Sificon vs qtfox
WiildSide vs TanDaMan
The Addicted vs Lucifer099
(Winner of crash vs Regiboob) vs Rex Slayer
Mok3s vs Pr1nce0fAllSaiyans
Replays are mandatory
Deadline for Round 5 is Sunday October 12th @ 9:59 PM (GMT+2)
Deadline for Extension is Wednesday October 8th @ 11:59PM (GMT-4)
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