Smogon Masters II - Round 1, Thread C

[Finchinator]

Art by Blazenix
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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.

About Activity Decisions

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.

Swiss information and specifics

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:
Delta4 vs Potatoboybob
bwest0126 vs Seraphz
Dj Breloominati♬ vs sluGGy
PEAK | Abso vs Rowlet69420
AzZoCcX vs Xander697
DripLegend vs Slowpoke Fan
be7 vs gulch
Don Bork vs ManbaStrike15
Star vs horriii
okfornow vs Kustavan
DeeJ vs evakiyama!
Vulpix03 vs Xalvadore
Chisa vs wssi
katyushas vs Albret
w_r vs JesusGameplays2
Kaneki-san vs Beleth
wvsp vs yakarimseni
shieldpoke vs DarmanitanDLuffy
luisin vs tpfire
Fc vs emoxu9
Hybuyn vs sayyonara
Fragments vs Durk27
FaZe_Herp vs mtk4271
lolopero vs Blazing
Santu vs chiefbeef1234
AR Rakibul vs sylta
Falancies vs marsmallo
Abele01 vs cloud and book
HeroSabis vs lihj
pibechamoso vs violet river
ChrisPBacon vs MeEsSm
Waylaid vs mirdha_krish
Shivam_Z vs zRyan74
devin vs Bezrukiy_noob
Foolycl vs NeverX
IJatioss vs turtle_hermit329
roxie vs meamPearl
Bunts vs HSK7
entrocefalo vs Incognition
lawlpaca vs Hermitcrab
c0mp vs Cloudznn
saurass vs GojeL/\Marlon
velvet vs Xocov
Fakee vs AhmedxWaleed
graynium-Z vs Babouche
Shucklegigas vs Zerotwo.
Luirromen vs Wappy.kBs
Brandonlee1 vs big tony 2014
Grogzilla vs True Psycho
davidTheMaster vs Minatevis
Montarroyos vs GCGoat
Rex Slayer vs Blue (Ronin)
LpZ vs mestreoscar
Baloor vs Riruia
alive vs billclintonlol
Mister Magnus vs BLACKopzada
Sushi2154 vs Sna
Extinct! vs Abel685
SHSP vs Al4nt_
LORD SAGIS vs ExguardiaN
TheDuckChris vs NAMAN07
Taka vs Xuwu
N_Chuuya vs #1 Bukayo Saka Fan
alwaysmissestriple vs city-hunter35
Tempo di anguria vs Togeflyyy
Mada vs FireBlaze
crying vs doso749
Dr. Geo vs grp
Blazking vs qwertyuiop123456789
thajester vs Gypsygypsteacourse
memedose46 vs festiveus
fran17 vs platanazo
Stampi vs Vaanitas
jackuzzler vs haxmomola
IchgarL vs Pitasasay
Baddy vs west2x
Eternal Spirit vs GOATED im_m0rtal.
Typical_bastard vs Eelektrone
22SavageHut vs Zackriel
KeshBa54 vs Builder556
lighthouses vs yamout
Fakes vs jira.st
Mom Lover vs PulaShark
anaverageguitarist vs LevyVGC
daeronchick vs Marcolpl
Mister McLovin vs Eagleye983
Skullnos vs thien1234
lydian vs Ichigo04
BloodAce vs Kaiser7112
RTM vs Ankit gaonkar
Cow vs TheArch
KSB322 vs roblox perfect cell
Inferno Monferno vs Samu21
AM vs Kilowhaaatrel
TrueKingOfPikmin vs MAX001
slopcat vs yothornn

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.

 

[Bezrukiy_noob]

Won, ggs.

 

[Albret]

won ggs

 

[KeshBa54]

Won gg

 

[thajester]

Calling act

 

[zRyan74]

Won GG

 

[crying]

won 2-1 gg

 

[NeverX]

won vs foolycl

 

[Tempo di anguria]

won in 2 ggs friend

 

[Extinct!]

Won gg

 

[tpfire]

won ggs

 

[ChrisPBacon]

won ggs

 

[Fakee]

1 in 3 ggs

 

[AzZoCcX]

Activity Win Request, my opp isnt replying since monday and not even active since this moment

 

[Brandonlee1]

won ggs

 

[c0mp]

won ggs

 

[entrocefalo]

won ggs

 

[Luirromen]

won in 2, ggs

 

[Blue (Ronin)]

Calling act, my rival didn't show up, evidence on my wall

 

[Mister Magnus]

Contacting my opp twice, still no response, act if I still be ignored

 

[Star]

won ggs

 

[ManbaStrike15]

won gg

 

[Blazking]

Contacting my opp twice, still no response, act if I still be ignored.

 

[AM]

Activity, opp is MIA hasnt been online since Sunday (proof on wall) and rather not last minute schedule this with other stuff going on.

 

[Santu]

won ggs