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There are 8 teams this year. Each team will have have 8 players and at least 4 subs. The players are bought using the 120k credits that managers receive during the auction. Managers and co-managers will be allowed to purchase themselves as players for their team at a fixed price of 20k. The managers must inform the hosts (Isaiah, UT) of all self purchases before the beginning of the auction. Teams can win their matchup every week by winning 5 of the 8 matches that their players have to play.
The tier lineup this year is as follows:
- SS Almost Any Ability
- SS Balanced Hackmons
- SS Godly Gift
- SS Mix and Mega
- SS NFE
- SS STABmons
- SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5)
- SS Anything Goes
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 or best-of-three at the discretion of both players involved. If there is no agreement, the result will decided in a Bo1 by default.
Winning a round rewards a team with 2 points, drawing 1 point, and losing zero points. 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, and each manager will also pick one metagame to strike. Additionally, each manager will submit a backup meta to strike in case their choice is the same as the opposing team's pick. The third format will be determined at random by the hosts from the remaining unpicked, unstruck metagames. In the event that the picks and strikes from each manager are the same, the hosts will determine both the second and third format at random based on the remaining options. 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 will be final, so draft carefully!
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 (or bo5 vs bo7 for 2v2)!
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, it will be a deadgame. 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 (Isaiah, UT). 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 Uh Oh Kommo-os (XxSevagxX and willdbeast) - [5][3] - The Temper Tyrantrums (OM and drampa's grandpa)
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Itchy vs papiloco
SS Almost Any Ability: longhiep341 vs PandaDoux
SS Anything Goes: Nevelle vs WSun1
SS Balanced Hackmons: a loser vs Fissure
SS Godly Gift: Lily vs Mossy Sandwich
SS Mix and Mega: Ivar57 vs Quantum Tesseract
SS NFE: S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Stareal
SS STABmons: LBDC vs Finchinator
The Honey Linoones (aesf and Catalystic) - [4][4] - The Spinda Wheels (xavgb and in the hills)
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Adam3560 vs London13
SS Almost Any Ability: Jrdn vs shiloh
SS Anything Goes: mncmt vs Skarph
SS Balanced Hackmons: Haruno vs xavgb
SS Godly Gift: Sylveon. vs FlamingVictini
SS Mix and Mega: Andyboy vs ez
SS NFE: pdt vs TJ
SS STABmons: Trade vs Greybaum
The Malding Mavericks (Morgan and IBM) - [4][4] - The Wiggly Family (Dragonillis and Osake)
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Chris32156 vs Blanched
SS Almost Any Ability: luisin vs MZ
SS Anything Goes: Crunchman vs velvet
SS Balanced Hackmons: quojova vs MAMP
SS Godly Gift: crying vs Meta
SS Mix and Mega: TectonicDestroyer vs damflame 3
SS NFE: ojr vs tlenit
SS STABmons: Byleth vs Fc
The Hammered Hawluchas (astralydia and Dr. Phd. BJ) - [4][4] - The Larping Lopunnys (adem and DerpyBoi)
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): yuki vs zioziotrip
SS Almost Any Ability: Beka vs The Number Man
SS Anything Goes: baconeatinassassin vs Junaa
SS Balanced Hackmons: ItsChew. vs cityscapes
SS Godly Gift: Dr. Phd. BJ vs lepton
SS Mix and Mega: astralydia vs Axzel
SS NFE: jonfilch vs Jordy
SS STABmons: Clementine vs pannuracotta
Deadline:
10:00 PM (GMT -4) on May 1st, 2022
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Itchy vs papiloco
SS Almost Any Ability: longhiep341 vs PandaDoux
SS Anything Goes: Nevelle vs WSun1
SS Balanced Hackmons: a loser vs Fissure
SS Godly Gift: Lily vs Mossy Sandwich
SS Mix and Mega: Ivar57 vs Quantum Tesseract
SS NFE: S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Stareal
SS STABmons: LBDC vs Finchinator
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Adam3560 vs London13
SS Almost Any Ability: Jrdn vs shiloh
SS Anything Goes: mncmt vs Skarph
SS Balanced Hackmons: Haruno vs xavgb
SS Godly Gift: Sylveon. vs FlamingVictini
SS Mix and Mega: Andyboy vs ez
SS NFE: pdt vs TJ
SS STABmons: Trade vs Greybaum
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Chris32156 vs Blanched
SS Almost Any Ability: luisin vs MZ
SS Anything Goes: Crunchman vs velvet
SS Balanced Hackmons: quojova vs MAMP
SS Godly Gift: crying vs Meta
SS Mix and Mega: TectonicDestroyer vs damflame 3
SS NFE: ojr vs tlenit
SS STABmons: Byleth vs Fc
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): yuki vs zioziotrip
SS Almost Any Ability: Beka vs The Number Man
SS Anything Goes: baconeatinassassin vs Junaa
SS Balanced Hackmons: ItsChew. vs cityscapes
SS Godly Gift: Dr. Phd. BJ vs lepton
SS Mix and Mega: astralydia vs Axzel
SS NFE: jonfilch vs Jordy
SS STABmons: Clementine vs pannuracotta
SS Almost Any Ability: longhiep341 vs PandaDoux
SS Anything Goes: Nevelle vs WSun1
SS Balanced Hackmons: a loser vs Fissure
SS Godly Gift: Lily vs Mossy Sandwich
SS Mix and Mega: Ivar57 vs Quantum Tesseract
SS NFE: S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Stareal
SS STABmons: LBDC vs Finchinator
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Adam3560 vs London13
SS Almost Any Ability: Jrdn vs shiloh
SS Anything Goes: mncmt vs Skarph
SS Balanced Hackmons: Haruno vs xavgb
SS Godly Gift: Sylveon. vs FlamingVictini
SS Mix and Mega: Andyboy vs ez
SS NFE: pdt vs TJ
SS STABmons: Trade vs Greybaum
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): Chris32156 vs Blanched
SS Almost Any Ability: luisin vs MZ
SS Anything Goes: Crunchman vs velvet
SS Balanced Hackmons: quojova vs MAMP
SS Godly Gift: crying vs Meta
SS Mix and Mega: TectonicDestroyer vs damflame 3
SS NFE: ojr vs tlenit
SS STABmons: Byleth vs Fc
SS 2v2 Doubles (Best of 5): yuki vs zioziotrip
SS Almost Any Ability: Beka vs The Number Man
SS Anything Goes: baconeatinassassin vs Junaa
SS Balanced Hackmons: ItsChew. vs cityscapes
SS Godly Gift: Dr. Phd. BJ vs lepton
SS Mix and Mega: astralydia vs Axzel
SS NFE: jonfilch vs Jordy
SS STABmons: Clementine vs pannuracotta
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