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 4
ACR1 vs Laurel
Ado vs Typical_bastard
Axzel vs lax
DonSalvatore vs Vulpix03
temp vs Vileman
weird mon vs Zerkas
zaydapoketrainer vs Lazuli
Akarui~Kurayami vs Avendesora
Alpha1013 vs Quinn
Ann vs Revenge Killer
ApacheRomero vs ChaFouuu
Ashbala vs Trade
awyp vs Hayburner
BaddyGames vs Trogba Trogba
Cicada vs Fabriisse
CringeLord! vs Tuthur
Dasmer vs DeimosH
dex vs Lacks
El Quixana vs zioziotrip
eliana. vs w_r
Exiline vs Lifeismyth
Fant'sy Beast vs Nyx
Jytcampbell vs lolebruh
lucardinho vs NHelioX7
Marshall.Law vs robjr
nonfoolnonfish vs tr1x
pixie909 vs Robert
Prinz vs skrimps
seroo vs TerrorFang
Tanish vs Zooch
UnzipsCrogre vs Bye[Ban]
-Howkings vs Seanobiwan
Adri vs Wesleyy
agentkeval vs Quartosa
Airi vs LustfulLice
Alkione vs ETJX
Ash KetchumGamer vs Nowelle
Axel vs Mendeez
Baloor vs juninxisl
BiscotteKouloulou vs DKM
Bka Onon vs DugZa
Bogging vs Luigi
Bowlii- vs Louna
Chiles Habaneros vs Dark Shion
Davidoar15 vs Ikaishi
Eeveeto vs GasaiYunoSan
entrocefalo vs spellcaster
Exotic64 vs Vaictador
FlygonNo.1 vs PJB
Flying Beagle vs Shaneghoul
Fun Trading vs hi.naming is hard
GGTC vs LudwigFrog
HaxxSel vs jyusaan
hellpowna vs Ainzcrad
Hyssou vs Iguana
ImperialH vs Sylvi
jackuzzler vs Medeia
JustFranco vs yovan33321
KSr vs Seasons
Luirromen vs PikachuZappyZap
Metallica126 vs SHSP
Mimikyu Stardust vs Squirtle Nornor
MTB vs Sadi Tonmoy
Niko vs Raichy
pannu vs Weaselfie
Santu vs wangyu
Scarfire vs Star
Shadow2054 vs skimmythegod
sunsets vs ZeroKitss
691 vs soiled it
Albret vs chapado de ivern
Alexander IV vs PureJules
Altthiel vs Thor
Always Edgy vs Hybuyn
Ampha vs bhkg
anique vs Welli0u
Askov vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
autumn vs Scoptile
Bouff vs SiTuM
Brigtel vs Slowpoke Fan
Caesarr vs NoName6293
CalamityGreed vs Originality56
Chaitanya vs Vermillion Gangsta
clean vs Nikebeamz
Clementine vs Fakes
Clorodulce vs etern
deku216 vs SpookyZ
devin vs JJ09LIE
Dhrabb vs Frania
E-create vs Isza
egalvanc vs Iris67
EviGaro vs The Strap
feen vs Javi
Forestz vs Kabani
Guille vs Hockey1
hariyana grande vs Lyppa
Hydronics vs Sahki
Ina fable vs Longestbanana
Jefozz vs Splash
luisin vs Sly Solo
Lusa vs Nowh
Luthier vs TLTK
MangoSteak vs Miyoko
MetroGloomin vs Sachumberto
Potatoboybob vs Zoyotte
Punny vs Shucklegigas
Ryuji vs Xalvadore
Strat8246 vs tausifur
Trickster7 vs Yahoodles
UGaming vs Wamr
Xiri vs Éric
Zokuru vs Hookah Doncic
A Welcome Guest vs tpfire
Abele01 vs Souw
Annihilape vs localdealerr
avarice vs Lasen
CDW Enrique vs Durk27
Drachenkeule vs Kenix
Euglena vs kDCA
Fluore vs Mister McLovin
Fragments vs Satanic Beast
Gaboswampert vs Ophion
Googled222 vs Lilymoding
Igniizard vs Phantom0rion
ima vs zSoulx
Kanha Greninja vs MGdos16
Kibo vs Tenebricite
leoperi99 vs Mysterious M
Liz Angeles vs velvet
Mandibuladel5555 vs z0mOG
MANNAT vs TGA
monchooo vs RTM
Perish Song vs XelloW
Ravenna vs SoulWind
Staxi vs Waci
SuperOinge22 vs yakarimseni
tipulipa vs Zavok :3
Aberforth vs the pharoah
ACII vs Antonazz
Estuardo19 vs BlazingDark
Fc vs sayyonara
Knight who says "Ni" vs SenseiSese
Lionyx vs The412Gang
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 22nd at 10 PM GMT-4. Start this round in SWSH OU if you cannot decide. Thanks.
Replays are required to be saved all tournament and posted.
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