Welcome to the first edition of Smogon Masters! This is a Swiss bracket, Bo3 tournament with each set consisting of ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU. Players will decide which metagame to play first, then the loser picks a different generation for the following game. If both players cannot agree on a metagame to play first, each round will have a default generation randomized at the start of each round. After several rounds of the swiss bracket, a top cut according to record and resistance will be created and a Bo3 single elimination tournament will determine who wins Smogon Masters and the trophy
Rules & Tournament Format
General Tournament Rules
- This is a tournament that will employ the standard rulesets for ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU.
- Smogon Masters I will be a swiss tournament.
- Players will be automatically dropped when they hit three losses as they are no longer in contention for top cut.
- Players will be assigned a random opponent out of the pool of players with the same record as you each round.
- More information on the specifics of the swiss will be placed in the HIDE tag below.
- Rounds will be Best of Three -- one game of each tier.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
- Saving replays is required and must be posted in each winpost starting in the second round
- There are no extensions due to the nature of a swiss tournament, so please get your games done on time.
- Finchinator is the primary host of this tournament while Lady Salamence, Eledyr, and Frozoid will be the co-hosts.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
This was written by Lady Salamence -- thank you!
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Play-Ins / Top Cut begins after Round 9. The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 64-player bracket. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.
In the first three rounds, a number of Byes will be placed in the tournament to hit the 768-participant number, to ensure a participant count that works well with Swiss tournament structure. These Byes will exist until Round 3, successively lowering in the Swiss structure – in Round 2, some number of 0-1 players will receive Byes, and in Round 3 some number of 0-2 players will receive Byes.
During the final round, Round 9, three players will have an 8-0 score. These three players have the option to play a Round Robin to lock in their seedings. They may choose to forfeit their games and receive the worst Resistance seeding of the three. Should a Round Robin be fully played and end in 1-1 for each player, their placings/resistance scores would stay identical to before the Round Robin.
Once Round 9 concludes, there will be 69 players qualified (7-2 score or better) for Playoffs. These players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase. The ten 7-2 players with the lowest Resistance (the smallest cumulative win percentage) will play against each other for the final 5 slots, with the first 59 going to the players with higher resistances and scores. Once Play-Ins are finished, Top Cut begins.
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Play-Ins / Top Cut begins after Round 9. The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 64-player bracket. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.
In the first three rounds, a number of Byes will be placed in the tournament to hit the 768-participant number, to ensure a participant count that works well with Swiss tournament structure. These Byes will exist until Round 3, successively lowering in the Swiss structure – in Round 2, some number of 0-1 players will receive Byes, and in Round 3 some number of 0-2 players will receive Byes.
During the final round, Round 9, three players will have an 8-0 score. These three players have the option to play a Round Robin to lock in their seedings. They may choose to forfeit their games and receive the worst Resistance seeding of the three. Should a Round Robin be fully played and end in 1-1 for each player, their placings/resistance scores would stay identical to before the Round Robin.
Once Round 9 concludes, there will be 69 players qualified (7-2 score or better) for Playoffs. These players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase. The ten 7-2 players with the lowest Resistance (the smallest cumulative win percentage) will play against each other for the final 5 slots, with the first 59 going to the players with higher resistances and scores. Once Play-Ins are finished, Top Cut begins.
Round 1
MC Farzi vs Mada
GasaiYunoSan vs Kizdop
zioziotrip vs sasha
RedMeatMeal vs hellpowna
Divine10 vs sanmerlion
Gondra vs The Strap
kiritofps vs Reze
Reuben_Thomas05 vs Sylveon used calm mind
Shucklegigas vs DonSalvatore
tpfire vs zaydapoketrainer
Nateis_Fate18 vs malefic
Kanha Greninja vs BaitWiz
sleid vs Beleth
Zoyotte vs zee
Vholtninja vs Juanpa
Liz Angeles vs Squirtle Nornor
shojomojo vs 46m ツ
BMG vs UnzipsCrogre
GeniusX vs Kaneki-san
BlessyZ vs BKC
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Punny
RaiZen1704 vs Star
pj vs PokemonCestDur
Cristian Jimenez vs Prinz
Dark Shion vs Sirwings
Kyler_ vs Ahsan-219
juninxisl vs Tarre25
SiTuM vs KKZ0
lolebruh vs Abele01
Ash KetchumGamer vs Bouff
Lialiabeast vs Tinii
SHRAIDER vs pulsar512b
oopsalldeoxys vs Vaictador
MAHOH vs Sylvi
Paul Robeson vs spellcaster
Cicada vs TomatoZause
Excal vs giove97
Purple Lum vs AcneAutist
JustFranco vs chuggachuggachooo
Danny vs Mindnight
Ecca vs sayyonara
Ox the Fox vs Chris Chien Pao
kaiegurlmao vs chapado de ivern
Yelodash vs Royal1604
Akaru Kokuyo vs Askov
SoulWind vs Laurel
Rex Slayer vs GGTC
Theah vs Fakes
-Howkings vs Tenebricite
Ace98121212 vs skimmythegod
Inder vs YasuKe
DHUVANESH vs bas!234
Hyogafodex vs Fabriisse
hs vs Kaboom
dylans.lol vs memedose46
Hyssou vs A1Gallade
yovan33321 vs Akola
DKM vs toyko
xdRudi.exe vs urban
naviii 1 vs Mendeez
stargaming vs jackuzzler
jetou vs CaptainEikichi
Pais vs Mako
Durk27 vs Tanish
TheRandomEnma vs Bye 9
Luthier vs PANNAMAA
autumn vs Xpok
Adri vs Wigglytuff
BaniRTX vs A Welcome Guest
yakarimseni vs Trade
Thiago Nunes vs kythr
Rowlet69420 vs Ikaishi
Nowh vs Bye 17
bydy vs watashi
Miyoko vs Bye 19
Lyppa vs Bye 20
ZDen vs Zavok :3
shadowtime2000 vs Ainzcrad
awyp vs Brum
ApacheRomero vs Ampha
Tace vs 1LDK
EviGaro vs Bye 26
CiroComedia vs Kabani
vampere vs Monai
agenS vs Vermillion Gangsta
Euglena vs Herv
Chicos vs Lasen
Hockey1 vs HaxxSel
RichardMillePlain vs Groza
Seraphz vs Nyx
Gei vs Bye 35
Arcanine1929 vs Fantasy
Remedy4brokenh3art vs MS3D
rs vs Bye 38
Seanobiwan vs Corperate n
agentkeval vs Bye 40
There are no extensions in this tournment and no exceptions to this whatsoever, so please do your best to get your games done by Sunday, October 1st at 10 PM GMT-4.
Replays are required to be saved all tournament and posted starting round 2.
Substitutes will be accepted until 11:59PM GMT-4 on Wednesday, September 27th.
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