Smogon Masters II - Round 1, Thread A

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Welcome to the second 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
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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 II will be a swiss tournament with a to-be-determined top cut size depending on signups.
    • Players will be automatically dropped when they hit three losses as they are no longer in contention for top cut. Players who achieve top cut scores before the end of swiss will not be matched up for the remainder of the swiss rounds.
    • Players will be assigned a random opponent out of the pool of players with the same record as them each round. Exceptions may be made to avoid unpaired users.
  • 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.
  • a fairy is the primary host of this tournament and the co-hosts will be Finchinator, Nyx, and vmnunes.
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.

This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Play-Ins / Top Cut begins after Round 9 (or 10). 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.

This tournament is expected to match the following size:
768 [9 rounds of Swiss, with a 69-player Top Cut sized down to 64 via a Play-In round]

If byes are necessary, in the first three rounds, a number of Byes will be placed in the tournament to hit the 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. If subs are necessary, the host team will aggressively substitute out inactive players to ensure as many players can participate as possible.

Players who achieve a Top Cut-qualifying record before the final round of Swiss will be removed from the Swiss rounds. They will be seeded in brackets depending on when they qualified.

Once Round 9 concludes, there will be a non-perfect amount of players qualified (7-2 score or better) for Playoffs. Seeding will prioritize ranking, with players who achieved a qualifying record being seeded higher the earlier they qualified. Within ranks, these players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase.

Matchups:
adpg.2007 vs Raichy
Aso vs blunder
Kaboom vs Meru
JeoZ vs CyberOdin✝
TGA vs Coupe de Boule
dunoks vs elodin
Clas vs teal6
MHAMATTHEWDEKU vs sugarhigh
Toryyy vs Commander F
Saga_57 vs Ren-chon
Zenadark vs Bundy300
zaeoy vs tom holland
Lone_Shadow vs Luigi
Charmflash vs weird mon
FalseFighter vs feen
Dawn Dreams vs lax
AncientFr33z vs Luispeikou
pokemay145 vs Confide
Light DN vs false
agenS vs Cam
Dead by Daylight vs erz
godofbelonging vs Storm Zone
Akaru Kokuyo vs Sabella
A plague doc vs Louna
SENTURIES vs Mindnight
seth vs Larry
Ming549 vs Adri
Edentical vs Welli0u
pannu vs Zokuru
a fruitshop owner vs Jhonx~
Snak vs BlazingDark
NoName6293 vs NHelioX7
sufys vs Lasen
FFK vs dex
Slip vs frisoeva
chansey and lulu vs Hoopas Dad
Yuvrajlodha19 vs Trosko
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs galal
Antonazz vs Empo
Alpha1013 vs Magician
Mcthelegit vs Tace
Gilbert arenas vs Lycans
Ado vs Kyo
Akashi vs Rewer
Gei vs Punny
DonDimadon777 vs monchooo
GasaiYunoSan vs Satanic Beast
xray vs Fant'sy Beast
yogo896 vs GeniusX
secretguy63 vs Xiri
Fdmw vs Gochan
cicepece11 vs Elian
Mix vs BIG loven
Suhayb vs INSULT
Skyiew vs Nichalho
Drachenkeule vs Yoshi972
Ryuuji Kuroiwa vs ZDen
Always! vs Ampha
Insou vs Maxouille
glowbrogang vs Ashleao
Misterioussaint vs Chaitanya
Elfuseon vs Stories
Devious flamigo vs DonSalvatore
jking55 vs jetou
Dewgonglover121 vs Savouras
Usflon vs Master Chief
Chiharu vs yovan33321
TyCarter vs Sificon
baltap310 vs Sir Pitulio
s1lveryo vs MGdos16
oznova55 vs Clementine
Scish vs -Howkings
Evil vs Rubyblood
jay vs Serged
fade vs Blox
Hiko vs ACR1
bern vs YasuKe
Vaictador vs pkcc
Chris32156 vs IPF
maroon vs NDK
JustFranco vs Skypenguin
Alkione vs watashi
pignoufland vs Crystal Vince
lucardinho vs Azick
Metallica126 vs Raahel
Ahsan-219 vs pulsar512b
Allan2004 vs schwipper
UnzipsCrogre vs db
BIHI vs MangoSteak
Sync_ vs Scarfire
Beemo666 vs DugZa
Haruhii vs giove97
veti vs Kenix
tier vs Uta The Clown
avarice vs Pheo
Lusa vs zioziotrip

THE DEFAULT TIER FOR GAME ONE THIS WEEK IS SM.

DEADLINE: SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 10:00 PM GMT -4 / MONDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2:00 AM GMT.
NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. MATCHES THAT DID NOT START BEFORE THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
 
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