Resource MPL VII - Administrative Decisions

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Hosts: Perish Song and myself
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This thread will contain all administrative decisions regarding Monotype Premier League VII ranging from team retains to the dreaded activity decisions alongside the draft results. If you are participating in Monotype Premier League VII, I suggest watching this thread to stay updated throughout the season. (There's a button on the upper right of the page titled "Watch" if you wish to do so.)

Good luck to all the participants!
 
Following the discussions on Discord, the mods and hosts have decided to adjust some issues that were brought up after the Manager Signups thread went public. I'll amend that post after this post, as well.
Original ruling: Each team is allowed 1 retain max and in order to change the team's name, you have to get the prior manager's approval. Neither are linked so if a manager wished to change the name of a team from last year, they'd still have access to the retains.

New ruling: These are now linked. If you wish to retain from the previous team, the team name must remain the same. On the other hand, if you decide you want to change the team's name, you can not retain any players. We will also be discarding the prior manager's approval stipulation.
Original ruling: If you plan on renaming your team, it must have a trackable Pokemon-based place followed by an easily identifiable Pokemon name. Additionally, the names must have the same starting letter, not including secondary words in the place name.

New ruling: We have decided to remove the strict requirements on the Pokemon name portion but the Place portion and same starting letters will still be enforced. You can use names such as "Tohjo Falls Thunders" but no adjectives + [something] will be accepted. The hosts have the right to veto names we deem unfit for any reason as well.
Original "ruling": It was brought to my attention that Star is the only player who is eligible to be retained for the third time. With the new retain rule, the question that comes up is will Star's retain price be +15k or +18k his original price. The original ruling was +15k before further discussion came up.

New ruling: Star's price will be +18k his original price placing him at 28k to retain.
Original ruling: We have pre-defined price brackets with set amounts of players that go in each. 2 for the max, 3 below that, 4 for the next two, etc. We then use the Wilson Formula on their records from the 2 most recent MPLs to determine the order and placing them from the top down.

New ruling: Instead of the pre-defined price brackets, we have decided to try out a modified version that results in a price without having to rely on who the other managers are. The formula we decided on still uses the Wilson Formula but we multiply the score by the player's Win %. This is because the Wilson Formula will naturally give players with more games a higher score so multiplying by the win % should help alleviate the issue. That results in a number between 0 and usually 5000 at most. That is not indicative of a price so we plan on continuing with placing these numbers into a range. The range is:
0-500 = Minimum Pricing
501-1500 = Second Lowest
1501-2500 = Middle Pricing
2501-3500 = Second Highest
3501+ = Maximum Pricing

This should help give concrete answers when managers ask for their price that way they know well in advanced and it is a more dynamic way to make sure each player is more-or-less worth what they should be based on the previous two MPL records.

Worth noting here too that we are going to drop each price from the previous MPL by 2.5k each! So the pricings, in order of the ranges above are as follows: 12.5k, 15k, 17.5k, 20k, and 22.5k.

In a similar vein, players who did not play in either of the 2 most recent MPLs will NOT be the minimum pricing. It's been agreed upon that they will be in the "Middle Pricing" bracket instead as we can not objectively give them any other pricing to keep things fair.
Original ruling: Trades are accepted until the end of week 4 and it is up to the host's discretion whether it is accepted.

New Ruling: We are removing trades once Week 1 begins! You are still allowed to trade after the draft concludes but once the OP for Week 1 is up, trades are over. It is still up to the discretion of the hosts to approve of the trades if any happen.
 
Hi, it's me again. There have been more questions and issues that were brought up and we feel they are appropriate to note here. Sorry for the hold up @managers, I do apologize for the inconvenience.

Manager Pricings:
22500 - dahli
20000 - Cell, Floss, Sae
17500 - Crashy, Isza, Izaya, Jyph, Leru, Maple, Zar
15000 - Kev, LuckyPiper, Wanka
12500 - Jolly Togekiss ^-^, Mateeus

@managers, the deadline to announce your retained player is 24hrs before the draft is said to begin. Obv there isn't a date for that yet so keep an eye out and I'll make sure to remind everyone when the time comes nearer. Manager buys do not need to be announced until right before the draft starts, however.
  • Players who were not bought during last year's draft are not retainable. This decision is final.

Additionally, Tourbanned users are not allowed in this iteration of the tournament, just like last MPL. Sorry, but please ask again once the punishment expires in a future tour!

Regarding the Bo3 format:
There was some discussion among the managers to potentially change the current Bo3 format as it can be seen as "inconsistent". There was a private poll between the managers only and after Perish and I reviewed the results, and with some discussion among the forum mods, we will continue with the format. It was a very close vote and we believe this will be the fairest decision for each team going forward.
 
Re: Cell

It was brought to the attention of the Forum Mods that he was under suspicion on the streaming of a private chat in the Monotype Discord. As such, his role that allowed him entrance into said chat lost its privilege while not being demoted from any actual position. While this is not a major concern in regard to MPL, Cell, who wasn't the streamer, decided he wasn't happy with the decision, and ultimately breached the trust among the Forum Mod team and hosts by attempting to blackmail a Forum Mod by threatening to report them for an unrelated matter in order to regain access. This is a completely unacceptable attitude from a manager, as they should not be threatening people in charge to get their way. This demonstration of a lack of integrity leads to him being removed from his position as an MPL manager, with his co-manager Sae planning to step down as well. Conflux and Splash will be taking their place inheriting the Hau'oli Houndooms.
-For transparency-

Changed "complicit" to "under suspicion"
Removed the mention of "accomplice"
Added " by threatening to report them for an unrelated matter in order..."
 
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Draft Order

1) Mirage Island Milotics Bell Tower Braves :braviary:
2) Dreamyard Darkrais :darkrai:
3) Hau'oli Houndooms Tohjo Falls Thunders :thundurus-therian:
4) Goldenrod Gengars :gengar:
5) Meteor Falls Miniors :minior:
6) Trick House Treeckos :treecko:
7) Blackthorn Bucks :sawsbuck-summer:
8) Hearthome Honchkrows :honchkrow:
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Remaining Funds + Retains:
-- Starting funds is 130k with only 1 retain! If a team changed their name, they lose out on the chance to retain --
This post will be continually updated as more teams decide on retains / name changes


:braviary: Bell Tower Braves :braviary: (Formerly Mirage Island Milotics)
Ineligible for a retain
Remaining funds: 130k


:sawsbuck-summer: Blackthorn Bucks :sawsbuck-summer:
kythr was retained for 10k
Remaining funds: 120k


:darkrai: Dreamyard Darkrais :darkrai:
Kaguya Lys was retained for 11.5k
Remaining funds: 118.5k


:gengar: Goldenrod Gengars :gengar:
Confide was retained for 10k
Remaining funds: 120k


:honchkrow: Hearthome Honchkrows:honchkrow:
Remaining funds: 130k


:minior: Meteor Falls Miniors:minior:
Remaining funds: 130k


:thundurus-therian: Tohjo Falls Thunders :thundurus-therian: (Formerly Hau'oli Houndooms)
Ineligible for a retain
Remaining funds: 130k


:treecko:Trick House Treeckos :treecko:
taide is retained for 10k
Remaining funds: 120k
 
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Season Schedule

Week 1

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Goldenrod Gengars
Tohjo Falls Thunders vs Dreamyard Darkrais
Bell Tower Braves vs Hearthome Honchkrows
Blackthorn Bucks vs Trick House Treeckos

Week 2

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Tohjo Falls Thunders
Bell Tower Braves vs Goldenrod Gengars
Blackthorn Bucks vs Dreamyard Darkrais
Trick House Treeckos vs Hearthome Honchkrows

Week 3

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Bell Tower Braves
Blackthorn Bucks vs Tohjo Falls Thunders
Trick House Treeckos vs Goldenrod Gengars
Hearthome Honchkrows vs Dreamyard Darkrais

Week 4

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Blackthorn Bucks
Trick House Treeckos vs Bell Tower Braves
Hearthome Honchkrows vs Tohjo Falls Thunders
Dreamyard Darkrais vs Goldenrod Gengars

Week 5

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Trick House Treeckos
Hearthome Honchkrows vs Blackthorn Bucks
Dreamyard Darkrais vs Bell Tower Braves
Goldenrod Gengars vs Tohjo Falls Thunders

Week 6

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Hearthome Honchkrows
Dreamyard Darkrais vs Trick House Treeckos
Goldenrod Gengars vs Blackthorn Bucks
Tohjo Falls Thunders vs Bell Tower Braves

Week 7

Meteor Falls Miniors vs Dreamyard Darkrais
Goldenrod Gengars vs Hearthome Honchkrows
Tohjo Falls Thunders vs Trick House Treeckos
Bell Tower Braves vs Blackthorn Bucks

Semifinals

#1 vs #4
#2 vs #3

Finals

(#1 vs #4) vs (#2 vs #3)
 
The draft has concluded. Ty to everyone for getting it done and gl to everyone who was drafted!

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Sabella44500
Chaitanya43000
Attribute40500
Star39500
SoulWind30500
Decem29500
Pak26500
Sae26000
Maki25500
Zap20500
Meta19500
Finchinator19500
TJ19000
Shiba19000
King Choco19000
Cell18500
QWILY18000
Bushtush16000
Harpp15500
lax15500
Toadow15500
Eternally15000
maroon14500
yedla14000
Skysolo11000
Padox10000
jonfilch10000
Rinda10000
Kenix10000
trash10000
umbry9500
Catalystic9500
Alpha Rabbit9000
TheArchitect_8000
Dieu Amphibien8000
Raichy8000
Osh7000
Feen7000
adjustments5500
Cielau5000
roxiee5000
ErPeris5000
Xiri4500
FatFighter24000
ez4000
DrReuniclus4000
vivalospride3500
airfare3500
gorex3500
Brisked3500
Fylkir Pudin3500
London133500
Fardin3000
Fraolain3000
Vaboh3000
64 Squares3000
Maskun3000
TeamCharm3000
GotCookies3000
Azelea3000
Indigo Plateau3000
trace3000
SwordStrike3000
tko3000
Sificon3000
Clarity3000
Bondie3000
Leafium Z3000
Aeran3000
SPACE FORCE meeps3000
LightScreener3000
Gtcha3000
IPF3000
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d3000
Leo3000
AM Tesla3000
ArkenCiel3000
nomadderwhat3000
Pajamazz3000
avarice3000
SoulWind30500
Bushtush16000
Harpp15500
lax15500
yedla14000
roxiee5000
trace3000
SwordStrike3000
tko3000
Sificon3000
Clarity3000
Bondie3000
Leafium Z3000
Decem29500
Pak26500
Meta19500
Feen7000
Xiri4500
airfare3500
TeamCharm3000
GotCookies3000
Azelea3000
Indigo Plateau3000
Zap20500
Toadow15500
maroon14500
Catalystic9500
Raichy8000
ErPeris5000
DrReuniclus4000
London133500
avarice3000
Chaitanya43000
Finchinator19500
trash10000
Alpha Rabbit9000
gorex3500
Brisked3500
Aeran3000
SPACE FORCE meeps3000
LightScreener3000
Sae26000
QWILY18000
Skysolo11000
Padox10000
jonfilch10000
Rinda10000
Kenix10000
Osh7000
ez4000
vivalospride3500
Maskun3000
Attribute40500
Maki25500
Cell18500
Eternally15000
umbry9500
Cielau5000
FatFighter24000
Fardin3000
Fraolain3000
Vaboh3000
64 Squares3000
Sabella44500
Star39500
Fylkir Pudin3500
Gtcha3000
IPF3000
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d3000
Leo3000
AM Tesla3000
TJ19000
Shiba19000
King Choco19000
TheArchitect_8000
Dieu Amphibien8000
adjustments5500
ArkenCiel3000
nomadderwhat3000
Pajamazz3000
As for the Draft Logs, I couldn't save and share them on Pastebin (due to filters) so I saved them onto the record sheet when that goes live once Week 1 begins
 
Re: Leo vs Zap

It was brought to our attention that Leo and Waszap have distinctly different schedules as Leo is only available during the weekend and Waszap on week days as seen on Leo's wall. With them unable to find a suitable time for both of them, it comes down to who needs to sub out so the match gets done. One one hand, Waszap initially asked for a time on Monday night but did not get a response back until early Wednesday morning while on the other we have Leo who is available on the traditionally more active battling days being Saturday and Sunday but has been seen participating for OLT during the weekdays. PS and I decided this will result in a double sub if both players continue to find no suitable time to play. We do not believe either side is inherently "correct" and it is unfortunate with this being a holiday weekend. The last thing I would want is to force Leo out -> Thunders scramble to get a sub in with only a day or two left until Waszap is no longer able to play -> he potentially gets to call act with Saturday and Sunday still left to go. There are multiple aggravating factors at play and we believe this is the right call to keep things fair for both sides. We are not forcing the players to be subbed out but if the decision is that they can't play, this is how we will move forward with the set.
 
Re: King's Rock in BW

As it currently stands, BW Monotype uses the same banlist as BW OU. BW OU banned King's Rock on Monday and if you try to use King's Rock using the BW Monotype format on PS it says it is banned. Due to it being banned late on Monday and there being 2 BW games that already happened during the week for Bush vs Chait and Mark vs Attribute, PS and I have decided that King's Rock should still be allowed for this week. The ban will be enforced starting next week.

@Managers, please tell your BW players, for both the BW and Bo3 slots who haven't played yet this week, to challenge in [Gen 5] Ubers for Week 2!
 
Re: Kenix vs Zap

Kenix and Zap originally scheduled on the 14th for Sunday, July 18th @ 2-4PM EDT from what I understand. Sunday morning comes around and Kenix decided to edit a majority of their posts where the time ranges were modified without notifying Zap. Instead of 2-4PM, he changed it to 4-6PM seen here and even changed terms such as 'earlier' to 'later'. This deceptive behavior is obviously not tolerated whatsoever. Zap made an effort to come on at 4PM where I told him he could wait atleast 15 minutes, unaware of the 30 minute rule. Zap left around 4:16PM which only provided Kenix's manager 9 minutes to sub before Zap had to go for the rest of the day. Later, Kenix came online at 4:40PM after claiming he was not home yet. While we are unaware of if the Honchkrows had an available sub around 4:16PM, Wanka mentioned later, around 15 minutes, during our discussion on the issue in the Manager chat, that "I’m getting shafted rn cus everyone’s not here" implying to me that his subs were not around.

Result - Zap will get the activity win because I explicitly told him 15 minutes of waiting was adequate, Kenix had no right tampering with the terms and ranges, and Wanka claimed there were no active subs around 15 minutes after Zap had originally left. I also gave Zap a warning when it comes to scheduling and I will make sure to enforce 30 minute waits moving forward.
 
Hi, it's me again.

Re: Kenix

After further discussion among the hosts, mods, and consulting a TD to whom I will keep anonymous, we are going to infract Kenix for their behavior as detailed in the post above for a 1-point Unsportsmanlike Conduct warning. Not punishing such behavior could be interpreted as an acceptable act and is one we do not wish to see continue moving forward in any capacity. Whether or not the reason to do it was ill-intended, it shows disrespect to their opponent, by changing the agreed upon time without notice, and puts into question the integrity of the tour.

A reminder that players should schedule on Smogon profile walls instead of through Discord to ensure legitimacy and transparency. With that in mind, if people continue to schedule over Discord, it is highly recommended and best practice to post on the other's wall with the confirmed time so there is no miscommunication and a public time that the hosts can follow.


Re: Sellback

Another topic that was brought up to us is sellbacks. Originally, sellbacks would end the same time as trades but that is not ideal as trades ended before Week 1 began this season. PS and I agree that it will be allowed until the end of Week 5 if and only if the player in question has gone completely unresponsive. Managers should not ask for a sellback for any other reason and the rule of thumb we're going by is 2-3 weeks. It is currently Week 4 so it is planned to end next week, for clarification. This is so we can follow when trades ended last MPL and to avoid a short notice decision.
 
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