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Smogon Masters IV - Round 4 [2-1]

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Welcome to the fourth 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 (with the higher seed choosing come Top Cut), 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, all players with 2 or fewer losses will be advanced onto a single elimination, Bo3 bracket which will culminate in a grand finals where we'll crown our winner of Smogon Masters III and the purple trophy is the 1st Smogon Masters Winner! Last year's Masters was won by c0mp joining the esteemed company of MichaelderBeste2 and Empo, do you think you have what it takes to join the pantheon?

Rules & Tournament Format

General Tournament Rules
  • This is a tournament that will employ the standard rulesets for ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU, being a Best of Three with one game of each tier.
  • Smogon Masters III 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, although on rare occasions, players may face someone with a better/worse record to avoid having more than 1 bye in any given round. Players will not face the same opponent during the Swiss portion of the tour.
  • Matches are to be played on Pokémon 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. This will be removed for the single elimination Top Cut stage of the tournament.
  • The hosts for this tournament are a fairy, cala_aa, ego, vmnunes, and Zac.
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, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. 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.

Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.

This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Top Cut begins after Round 10 (or 11). The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 32-player bracket, although this may vary depending on the tour's player count. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.

This tournament is expected to fall into of the following sizes:
384 - 512 players = 10 rounds of Swiss, 32 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
513 - ~978 players = 11 rounds of Swiss, 32 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes
~978 - 1024 players = 11 rounds of Swiss, 64 person Top Cut with varying numbers of byes

Byes will be awarded based off of seeding which will be calculated by the following tiebreakers: fewest number of losses, highest opponent's resistance, highest opponent's opponent's resistance.
Opponent's resistance is defined as the average win% of a player's opponents expressed as a decimal, for example:
  • I have a record of 3-0
  • My R1 opponent's record is 0-3
  • My R2 opponent's record is 1-2
  • My R3 opponent's record is 2-1
  • My opponent's resistance is (0 + 1/3 + 2/3)/3 = 1/3 = ~0.33
  • This value has a hard coded minimum of 0.25
Opponent's opponent's resistance is the average of each of a player's opponent's resistances, and is calculated in a similar manner.
If players are still tied after these, their seeding will be determined by a coin flip.

There will be no substitute slots this year, instead week 1 will last for 2 weeks; substitutes will be allowed to signup for the duration of week 1 and come Sunday, inactive players will be replaced on a first-come first-serve basis.

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.

RETAINED FOR MASTERS IV: We will be implementing an extra round of Swiss (similar to OSDT VI or the VGC Live Tour earlier this year). This will shorten the length of Top Cut by 1 round and provide more of a safety net to X-0 and X-1 players.

Starting tier in case of lack of agreement is SM OU.

Round 4
Meru vs GeniusX
Django vs destroyingpotato
watashi vs Sagazinha
a fairy vs Yelodash
Sergio Aguero vs Nor
Oathkeeper vs angolano06
Finchinator vs terrors
Leftiez vs Legitly
elodin vs Irene
sugarhigh vs luisin
Kingler vs xzeroxman
Eternal Spirit vs Scarfire
Steve Angello vs ibleachyourskin
Bundy vs Capidaxter
Always! vs TDR
Unamed vs Lostmemories
Analytic vs LeBomboclats
davidTheMaster vs Vioz
MrAldo vs DeMarvelous
Mix vs AgencyIsOwn
feen vs ChrisPBacon
Eeveeto vs A Welcome Guest
lighthouses vs Hugo
Baddy vs xDarkcrafterHDx
Shiba vs jyusaan
lax vs JeoZ
c0mp vs Pais
Cam vs Srita Kaguya
Exiline vs lotiasite
Storm Zone vs ETJX
Sacri' vs ElectraineHeart
Welli0u vs Destro16
ima vs Yves Stone
King Choco vs Genhui
BlazingDark vs NinjaCaro
Charmflash vs Charcoal13
Niko vs Drifting
Mysterious M vs WAJ
Ruft vs I Feel Stabby
pdt vs Cow
zugubu royale vs Monai
robjr vs Fusien
Ash KetchumGamer vs Mah
BluBirD vs DKM
Thor vs coolguy14604
Elian vs Mevejuma
Nichalho vs TGK
Duko vs Dragonite4242
StepC vs Click>Think
Ampha vs ov3rl0rd
Failbor vs DemigraX
Dugtrio Is Broken vs Going Hard
Astoria vs iPetBigfoot
entrocefalo vs TBE
Togkey vs Azphiel
DonSalvatore vs harshest
Ske vs shatoor0
Tenebricite vs Nashrock
Wanony vs TPH
MGdos16 vs Amomeupaieminhamae
Rubyblood vs Ch0ppas
rylon vs Airi
Skarpherim vs Feaniix
NDK vs ReverseTracebacks
Avacato vs SASAGEYO
Brandonlee1 vs Mada
Azick vs Horii
Zerotti vs GirlsSeeGhosts
LORD SAGIS vs A Daydream
Shucklegigas vs Batmen
One Last Kiss vs OranBerryBlissey10
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs Abele
mike vs zRyan
tokyo prison vs Jojen
Xurkiyee vs Phantom0rion
Osipova vs JensenDale
Lizardu vs kDCA
Stampi vs reversoral
IMrJamesI vs ManbaStrike15
Ashbala vs benjaboynl
Javi vs Hydra_Y21
Bijets vs Premonitions
urrgh vs lissom
Metallica126 vs Nu
Cielau vs fate1q
White Atoq vs kriegueur
JustFranco vs panda2jzn
8truc vs jjjnkn
Bka Onon vs Elektro
40kultra vs jscurf
Kits vs unnknown
Drachenkeule vs Marss Barss
Bloshh vs Nomanmake
frogfacts vs Abel685
Nick vs KeshBa54
Bub vs EJ
Peum vs PixelBob
Scoptile vs vk
Runo vs pz
Tempo di anguria vs CringeLord!
Maxisc23 vs lonk
ImperialH vs purbaj
Novax vs sequoia
burninghalfapie vs Greenytg
cripwalk on sunday vs AK B1UE
Mwoonn vs xqiht
beto cachinhos vs Minatevis
Sanos vs deaje
Luisa vs telhado
Sami vs Mozonite
SEROO vs Exequiel
Waci vs SpyOP
Souji/Akumu vs EB
LogIce vs Rewind tempos
olivia vs SirPeanutCronch
1yr vs Medasus
Nemosse vs talentea
Albret vs Mik3y
LiRip vs paysa
Blazing vs Calmmind75
Me Empty vs impersonxtor
Braga vs old lemons
Cloudznn vs vini_koraidon
kimer vs natooo0
mipc vs ste not your doll
Sussaix vs lcalvexx
Itoshiflwr vs notlena
kauvlr7 vs Swissya

Round 4 will end at <t:1791165600:f>! EXTENSIONS CANNOT BE PROVIDED.

If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to myself or any of the other hosts!
 
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