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There are 8 teams this year. Each team has 6 players and at least 2 subs. Managers bought players using the 100k credits in their auction budget. Managers were allowed to purchase themselves at a fixed price of 20k but had to do so before the draft. Teams can win their matchup every week by winning 4 of the 6 matches that their players have to play.
The tier lineup this year is as follows:
- SS Almost Any Ability
- SS Balanced Hackmons
- SS Camomons
- SS Mix and Mega
- SS NFE
- SS STABmons
All games will be played on the Pokemon Showdown main server or SmogTours in the most current version of the format corresponding to those listed above. The result between players may be decided in a best-of-one (Bo1) or best-of-three (Bo3) at the discretion of both players involved. If there is no agreement, the match will default to a Bo1.
Points distributions per round:
> Win (4-6 or 5-1): 2 points
> Loss (1-5 or 2-4): 1 point
> Draw (3-3): 1 point
In addition, the manner in which the round has been won will also be recorded i.e. the difference between a team's wins and losses in a specific week's round (referred to as "Win Differential").
Playoffs:
Each team will play one another for seven weeks. Based on the final standings, the top 4 teams will enter a Playoffs Round to determine the teams appearing in the finals.
Tiebreaker
In the event of two teams being tied for a spot in the finals based on points and win differential, or a tie in the final round itself, we will have a tiebreaker round(s).
Tiebreaker Rules: One metagame will be picked by each manager with the higher seed picking second. The third format will be determined at random by the hosts. All three metagames must be unique, so no format can be picked twice.
Substitutes
Substitutes are to be used in the case of extenuating circumstances, whether on the first day of the week, or the last. At the same time, players should be relatively well-aware of who all are available to play in the opponent's camp. If last minute substitutes are being frequently used or abused and the hosts find explanations unsatisfactory, the hosts still reserve the right to veto them. In order to further prevent this being the case teams are only granted a maximum of two substitutes per week. Any substitutions after the second will be vetoed.
Trades
The hosts have decided to not include trades this year due to reasons outlined in this thread - all roster decisions are final.
Scheduling
Scheduling should be done on Smogon Profile walls, plain and simple:
- If there is no communication on Smogon Profile walls and a game goes undone, it will be left to the RNG to decide the winner
- If there is communication on only one user's behalf, the win will go to them. Feel free to call activity in this thread beforehand
- If there is a very healthy back and forth regarding potential times and one user is a no-show, a manager may take the opportunity to sub out the no-show competitor; if this is not done, the user that showed up responsibly will be awarded the win.
TL;DR: Post on your opponent's Smogon wall, schedule your matches, and be reliable. If you can't play for any reason, let your manager know so they can sub you out ASAP.
Use these posts as a place to initiate discussion about bo1 or bo3 as well!
Sportsmanship
Exhibitions of unsportsmanlike conduct with regards to the Other Metagame Premier League will be met with an infraction at the discretion of the OMPL host/OM mods. This is unlikely to include interactions within a team's private chat unless there is reason found to make an exception. This rule is meant to protect other users from being publicly flamed/bashed/provoked by another competitor for the duration of and following the tournament.
All players must complete their matches by the given deadline. Any incomplete matches by that time will be subject to an activity decision (MAKE SURE YOU POST ON YOUR OPPONENT'S WALL); otherwise, they will be decided via !pick publicly in the OM Room. All matches should ideally be done on your most notable alt (the one you registered for OMPL with) to avoid confusion and all match replays must be saved and posted in this thread. The replays will be archived in a separate thread, and will be used to calculate usage stats.
Substitutions & Lineups
Managers, if you wish to make any substitutions, you must post here tagging both the player you're subbing out, the player you're subbing in, the manager and assistant manager of the opposing team, the substitute's opponent, and all of the hosts (Kris, Think, Sectonia). This is to assure that everyone is in-the-loop and that the OP is updated accordingly to reflect the new match-up.
Managers, when you send in lineups, please send it in with the tier and Smogon username of each player fully written out for ease of transcription, following these guidelines exactly.
Matchups
The Wiggly Family (Dragonillis and Gman) - [4][2] - The Rozelias (Catalystic and shiloh)
SS Almost Any Ability: Atha vs Bushtush
SS Balanced Hackmons: Onyx Onix 7 vs PinkDragonTamer
SS Camomons: Meta vs Alkione
SS Mix and Mega: qways vs Catalystic
SS NFE: ojr vs Shing'n Streets
SS STABmons: LBDC vs Shiba
The Fullmetal Alcremists (Andyboy and Jrdn) - [3][3] - The Based Boomers (The Number Man and Lasen) 
SS Almost Any Ability: Jrdn vs The Number Man
SS Balanced Hackmons: sugarhigh vs cityscapes
SS Camomons: Siamato vs Havens
SS Mix and Mega: Andyboy vs DerpyBoi
SS NFE: Monsareeasy vs Marjane
SS STABmons: ihhca vs Terracotta
The Five-Star Jolteons (Ransei and Racool) - [3][3] - The Zoomer Zeraoras (a loser and Redflix) 
SS Almost Any Ability: motherlove vs Osake
SS Balanced Hackmons: Quantum Tesseract vs a loser
SS Camomons: Euphonos vs Sylveon.
SS Mix and Mega: Pigeons vs TectonicDestroyer
SS NFE: S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Hys
SS STABmons: The Immortal vs vivalospride
The Spinda Wheels (xavgb and Jordy) - [5][1] - The Temper Tyrantrums (OM and Chazm) 
SS Almost Any Ability: Fc vs MZ
SS Balanced Hackmons: xavgb vs XxSevagxX
SS Camomons: Zesty43 vs anaconja
SS Mix and Mega: Fardin vs Chazm
SS NFE: tlenit vs Skysolo
SS STABmons: Plas vs Fissure
Deadline:
11:59 PM (GMT -5) on June 6th, 2021
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