Smogon Premier League IX - Week 5

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Reminders:

On Sportsmanship
Note the sportsmanship infraction may be used liberally this SPL, and any unsportsmanlike conduct on the forums, in discord, or in opposing SPL team servers (I won't infract for you being a dick in your own SPL team server unless the situation is so extreme I feel I absolutely have to make an exception (consider basically any masterclass interaction ever)), will be grounds for an infraction. We encourage you to play semi-aggressively, but don't be a Masterclass.

~ Aldaron

On Scheduling Matches
I'm sure plenty of you have come across activity drama while scheduling matches. I'm here to reduce the arbitrary element associated with some of these decisions. It is entirely your decision to adhere to these STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS, but note that if you choose not to, I'll most likely ignore any pleading from your end.

YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR VM WALL IF YOU WISH TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS IS HOW ALL OFFICIAL SCHEDULING WILL BE HANDLED.

Once that week's thread is posted, you have up to 48 hours to contact your opponent ON HIS VM WALL and mention your timezone and exactly what dates, what time ranges you are available, and where you will battle. Note that the default accepted sim and server is the official server on Showdown/Smogon Tournament Server. You must provide at least 3 different time ranges at least 48 hours from the timestamp of your message, with at least 2 that are 24-hours apart from each other. The minimum and maximum length for 1 time range is 30 minutes, and the minimum difference between the 3 required time ranges is 3 hours. If you give 3 time ranges that stick with this policy, you can give any additional time ranges at any time you please.

NOTE THAT THIS SCENARIO INVOLVES RESPONSE DYNAMICS; THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL CONTACT FIRST AND SOMEONE WHO RESPOND...THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT FOR BOTH OF YOU TO ASSUME TO YOU CAN BE FIRST CONTACTS...WHOEVER CONTACTS FIRST IS THE FIRST, AND THE OTHER DEFAULTS TO THE RESPONDER. THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS BUT SOME OF YOU ARE DUMB.

Once your opponent has contacted you, you now have up until 72 hours after the week's thread has been posted (NOT after your opponent's message) to respond with times that are good for you. What this means is that if both of you spend the maximum time contacting and responding, you should have back and forth collaboration at a maximum of 72 hours after the round has been posted, with both parties given an additional 24 hours to prepare for the battle should it be scheduled as soon as required. If none of the opponent's proposed time ranges are good for you, you must respond with alternative time ranges.

The first opponent now has X hours to prepare for the battle (if the second opponent agreed to some time) or 24 hours to contact a TD if, for whatever reason, this second set of time ranges does not suit the first opponent. Note this should be an absolute last measure.

Once a time is agreed upon, please make a message on your opponent's VM wall between 10 minutes and 1 second before the agreed upon time and say you are ready to battle and then get to agreed upon location (regardless of whether or not your opponent sends you a response VM). Please protect yourself by making this message, as it makes decisions much easier. You will be required to wait for your opponent for the duration of the time range.

If neither of you contact each other before 48 hours after the thread has been posted, you're both opening yourself up to a potential no contest or substitution. If I look at the situation, I might just determine I'm going to no contest, or whatever based on however I'm feeling at that moment. Don't leave yourself and your team vulnerable to this.

Just because at anytime one of the responders does not respond within the given range does not give you automatic activity win credentials. If they don't contact at all on your VM wall up until 48 hours before the end of the round (note, I'm not going to take discord or sim messages as evidence due to how easily they can be doctored...so if you want to protect yourself, stick to the VM messages), then you obviously have activity win justification. You WILL contact your opponent in a timely manner. However, if they do contact you at all after the suggested response time and before 48 hours before the end of the round, you are required to respond before 24 hours before the end of the round with 2 1-hour time ranges at least 1 hour apart before the end of the round. The opponent, since he did not stick to the proposed response schedule, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAY AT ONE OF YOUR NEWLY SUGGESTED TIMES, so you have the advantage here. This obviously puts a bit of an emphasis on the last 48 hours of each round (as is standard operating procedure for most of our official team tournaments anyway), so I will try my best to keep the last 48 hours of the round as close to the majority of the weekend for as much of the world as I can.

If you follow all of these guidelines, you will a.) most likely get your match done with minimal issue or b.) protect yourself and your team from an undue no contest or activity decision. Yes, I hate activity decisions in official tournaments. Yes, I will do my best to prevent activity decisions in the playoffs (the qualifying round is fair game however and I will have no problem issuing an activity call here), but don't push your luck.

Here is an example of how following this would work:

Week 1 thread is posted June 7, 2013 at 12:00 AM. Its deadline is June 14, 2013 at 11:59PM. User A and User B are matched up. User A contacts User B on his VM wall on June 7, at 9:00 PM (47 hours after the thread was posted, so ok), and gives 4 time ranges: June 10, from 7:00-7:30 PM (22 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is only ok so long as at minimum 3 of the other proposed time ranges adhere to the requirements), June 11, from 9:00-9:30 PM (48 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is ok), June 12, from 6:00-6:30 PM (69 hours after timestamp of his message, so ok, but only 21 hours after the earliest time range that is 48 hours after the timestamp), and June 12, from 9:00-9:30 PM (72 hours after the timestamp, so ok, and 24 hours after a legal time range and 3 hours after another legal time range). The June 11 and both June 12 time ranges satisfy the requirements, so User A can propose his first June 10 time range as well. User B responds on June 10, at 8:00 PM (23 hours after User A contacted him, so ok), and picks June 11, at 9:00 PM to battle, which is ok because it is 24 hours after his own response.

You'll note I made most of my response ranges multiples of 24 hours, but also included 24 hours. This means I expect you to be able to check Smogon at least once a day. If that is not feasible, you put yourself at risk.

~ Aldaron

On Disconnecting and timing out drama
Ah, the big beefcake. I'm going to go ahead and put this out there: we reserve the right to judge any individual match on a case by case basis, regardless of assumed precedence set. If you don't like that, you are welcome to not play. Be aware of this.

That said, here is the main way we will probably handle DCs / timing out:

To handle all DC cases...you're gonna submit your teams before the match. Create a thread in the Team Submissions Forum with an import of your team, preferably using https://cryptobin.co/. You don't have to submit, but if you do, you protect yourself from the opponent taking a win. If you do DC (and you can't rejoin the battle) and you haven't submitted your team, your opponent will have the right to take the win. Yes, I'll most likely make a judgment call if he is on his last turn with 1 Pokemon at 5% and paralyzed and with you at 6 100% health Pokemon, because the only way to lose this is to misclick multiple times. However, if you're at 6 100% Pokemon and your opponent is at last Pokemon 10% needing to crit flinch you 6 - 12 times for the win, I'll give him the win if you DC and haven't submitted your team.

I know people like Philip7086 will beg me "to use common sense for a judgment call" for all cases and I would normally agree, but I am giving you all a 100% out by allowing you to submit your team. Basically, submit your team, and protect yourself and your team from any and all DCs. It's a simple procedure that removes almost all subjectivity from a decision regarding a DC. Unlike with the scheduling restrictions, all you have to do is submit the team your are using at anytime before the match takes place, and you'll have 100% protected yourself. Read this rule and understand this now before you join the tournament. Since I'm stating this now, I'm basically going to ignore you if you DC, didn't submit a team, and "had a guaranteed win." Expect it. Also note that I'm going to let the PLAYER (not the team), decide whether he is going to take the win or go another route (replay same moves, replay different teams, etc.).

To further ensure no funny business, if, in the case of a DC replay, there is any concern from either party about funny business, both parties have the right to request a screenshot of the current Pokemon's stats in battle. This is irrelevant for Showdown as you can simply rejoin a battle there, but PO allows you to see the currently out Pokemon's stats if you scroll over it with your mouse. Just hit PrntScrn (windows) while scrolling over it if requested by your opponent, preferably with proof that it is a screenshot of that actual battle (consider including the opponent's request in the battle screen in the screenshot).

Regarding time outs, they are a bit more complex, specifically because some timeouts are due to DCs. The best we can do for this scenario is say that there is some number between 1 minute and 2 minutes (which we will not publicize) that we will set as a limit for timing out, and if you timeout with more than that limit time remaining, we'll assume it is a DC, whereas the opposite is a true timeout. A true timeout defaults to a loss, while the DC timeout is prone to the DC rules (did you submit or not).

~ Aldaron


This should be a smooth ride if everyone follows the instructions above. (schedule via VM, submit teams, don't start drama for no reason)

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Alpha Ruiners (8) vs Ever Grande BIGS (4)

SM OU: Cdumas vs Eo Ut Mortus
SM OU: Kory2600 vs bro fist
SM UU: Bushtush vs Manipulative
SM RU: Chill Shadow vs Windsong
SM NU: lax vs Kushalos
SM DOU: Croven vs Jhon
ORAS OU: Hiye vs xray
BW OU: jacob vs Posho
DPP OU: We Three Kings vs Honor
ADV OU: undisputed vs Triangles
GSC OU: Tiba vs Mr.E
RBY OU: roudolf13 vs marcoasd


Circus Maximus Tigers (7) vs Dragonspiral Tyrants (5)

SM OU: p2 vs z0mOG
SM OU: Eternal Spirit vs blunder
SM UU: A Hero's Destiny vs Christo
SM RU: lighthouses vs SilentVerse
SM NU: Evan. vs cb jose altuve
SM DOU: MajorBowman vs stax
ORAS OU: Nintendi vs Get this Money
BW OU: McMeghan vs dice
DPP OU: Tamahome vs Bluewind
ADV OU: CALLOUS vs UD
GSC OU: Century Express vs Lavos
RBY OU: Diegolh vs Earthworm


Cryonicles (6) vs Congregation of the Classiest (6)

SM OU: aim vs Blackoblivion
SM OU: CrashinBoomBang vs Sabella
SM UU: HT vs Sacri'
SM RU: Nat vs Ajna
SM NU: ict vs Z+V
SM DOU: Biosci vs EmbCPT
ORAS OU: Poek vs Znain
BW OU: Funkasaurus vs Shoka
DPP OU: Sweepage vs NightFox
ADV OU: danilo vs thelinearcurve
GSC OU: sulcata vs Jimmy Turtwig
RBY OU: Peasounay vs Lusch


Stark Sharks (6) vs Indie Scooters (6)

SM OU: BHARATH_THEBEST vs FlamingVictini
SM OU: Lednah vs Leftiez
SM UU: dodmen vs Lycans
SM RU: Tricking vs Feliburn
SM NU: Teddeh vs Eternally
SM DOU: Demantoid vs miltankmilk
ORAS OU: nihilillie vs Mounts
BW OU: Deluks917 vs Go10
DPP OU: ToF vs boudouche
ADV OU: Kevin Garrett vs Ojama
GSC OU: Pleasure vs giara
RBY OU: Exiline vs Alexander.


Wi-fi Wolfpack (7) vs Team Raiders (5)

SM OU: ABR vs Gondra
SM OU: Trosko vs -Tsunami-
SM UU: Void vs Pak
SM RU: soulgazer vs mael
SM NU: Earth vs Zukushiku
SM DOU: marilli vs Kaori
ORAS OU: Updated Kanto vs TDK
BW OU: SoulWind vs BKC
DPP OU: Fakes vs roscoe
ADV OU: Astamatitos vs Jirachee
GSC OU: Fear vs choolio
RBY OU: The Idiot Ninja vs MetalGro$$

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Deadline is Sunday, February 11th at 11:59 PM EST.

If I made a mistake with any matchups or names, please contact Quite Quiet or myself.

60/60 matches completed
 
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Updated Kanto

Banned deucer.
ORAS OU: (51) Hiye vs xray (49)- I feel like this will be a really close game xray is a good builder and has pretty good play whereas Hiye relies on support for his teams and the better the team the better he'll perform. xray has been on fire lately and he's probably more motivated than Hiye, HOWEVER i still stand by the fact that Hiye is one of the best ORAS players in this pool so as I stated before, even match up in my eyes.

ORAS OU: (40) Nintendi vs Get this Money (60) - Ok this is all gut but I feel like GTM's play style is sort of perfect for facing nintendi, this is also coming off the fact of how Nintendi played w4 and his aggressive tendencies I feel like GTM will get a lot if not every which one of his plays correct.

ORAS OU: (70) Poek vs Znain (30) - I really like how this match up looks, Poek is obviously proven to be FIRE at ORAS and Znain is still somewhat new fresh out the oven with wcop and his current 3-1, this will be a true test for znain. I'm also hoping cryos make play offs so I can pay poek back for my horrendous debut last year.

ORAS OU: (20) nihilillie vs Mounts (80) - ONLY reason im doing predictions. I hope Mounts wins but in the case he DOESN'T...
xtra$hine do ur thing bro I need her in love and distracted when she plays me next week :(
 
Alpha Ruiners (5) vs Ever Grande BIGS (7)

SM OU: Cdumas vs Eo Ut Mortus
SM OU: Kory2600 vs bro fist
SM UU: Bushtush vs Manipulative
SM RU: Chill Shadow vs Windsong
SM NU: lax vs Kushalos
SM DOU: Croven vs Jhon
ORAS OU: Hiye vs xray
BW OU: ZoroDark vs Posho
DPP OU: We Three Kings vs Honor
ADV OU: undisputed vs Triangles
GSC OU: Tiba vs Mr.E
RBY OU: roudolf13 vs marcoasd




Circus Maximus Tigers (5) vs Dragonspiral Tyrants (7)

SM OU: p2 vs z0mOG
SM OU: Eternal Spirit vs blunder
SM UU: A Hero's Destiny vs Christo
SM RU: lighthouses vs SilentVerse
SM NU: Evan. vs cbjosealtuve
SM DOU: MajorBowman vs stax
ORAS OU: Nintendi vs Get this Money
BW OU: McMeghan vs dice
DPP OU: Tamahome vs Bluewind
ADV OU: CALLOUS vs UD
GSC OU: Century Express vs Lavos
RBY OU: Diegolh vs Earthworm



Cryonicles (6) vs Congregation of the Classiest (6)

SM OU: aim vs Blackoblivion
SM OU: CrashinBoomBang vs Sabella
SM UU: HT vs Sacri'
SM RU: New Breed vs Ajna
SM NU: ict vs Z+V
SM DOU: Biosci vs EmbCPT
ORAS OU: Poek vs Znain
BW OU: Funkasaurus vs Shoka
DPP OU: Sweepage vs NightFox
ADV OU: danilo vs thelinearcurve
GSC OU: sulcata vs Jimmy Turtwig
RBY OU: Peasounay vs Lusch



Stark Sharks (5) vs Indie Scooters (7)

SM OU: BHARATH_THEBEST vs FlamingVictini
SM OU: Lednah vs Leftiez
SM UU: dodmen vs Lycans
SM RU: Tricking vs Feliburn
SM NU: Teddeh vs Eternally
SM DOU: Demantoid vs miltankmilk
ORAS OU: nihilillie vs Mounts
BW OU: bluri vs elodin
DPP OU: ToF vs boudouche
ADV OU: Kevin Garrett vs Ojama
GSC OU: Pleasure vs giara
RBY OU: GGFan vs Alexander.




Wi-fi Wolfpack (6) vs Team Raiders (6)

SM OU: ABR vs Gondra
SM OU: Trosko vs -Tsunami-
SM UU: Void vs Pak
SM RU: soulgazer vs mael
SM NU: Earth vs Zukushiku
SM DOU: marilli vs Kaori
ORAS OU: Updated Kanto vs TDK
BW OU: SoulWind vs BKC
DPP OU: Fakes vs roscoe
ADV OU: Astamatitos vs Jirachee
GSC OU: Fear vs choolio
RBY OU: The Idiot Ninja vs MetalGro$$
 

Deleted User 400951

Banned deucer.
I'll try my hand at predicts, I've been lurking for a while but who knows I'm garbage and don't know jack shit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

SM OU: Cdumas vs Eo Ut Mortus - Cdumas is incredible but predicting against Eo is just hard at this point.
SM OU: Kory2600 vs bro fist
SM UU: Bushtush vs Manipulative - eh, imo it could go either way, what do i know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SM NU: lax vs Kushalos - I don't play NU but I will support anyone who uses torterra

SM OU: p2 vs z0mOG - p2 will bring some wack shit that will win
SM OU: Eternal Spirit vs blunder - better player imo, what do I know tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SM UU: A Hero's Destiny vs Christo - imo just better player, christo is fire and AHD is just meh

SM OU: aim vs Blackoblivion
SM OU: CrashinBoomBang vs Sabella
SM UU: HT vs Sacri'

SM OU: BHARATH_THEBEST vs FlamingVictini - FV I've seen your games and I love them, you're incredible, keep it up man :)
SM OU: Lednah vs Leftiez
SM UU: dodmen vs Lycans
ORAS OU: nihilillie vs Mounts - :blobwokethink:

SM OU: ABR vs Gondra - better player i suppose
SM OU: Trosko vs -Tsunami- - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SM UU: Void vs Pak - incredible

this SPL has been a pleasure to watch, all you guys are incredible, keep it up!
 

sam-testings

What a beautiful face, I have found in this place
Wi-fi Wolfpack (13) vs Team Raiders (0)

SM OU: ABR vs Gondra - pretty fire game, but ABR has been on a roll. He should be able to take this
SM OU: Trosko vs -Tsunami- - S N A C K trosko got this ez
SM UU: Void vs Pak - Void boutta pak this game up
SM RU: soulgazer vs mael - soulGOAT
SM NU: Earth vs Zukushiku
SM DOU: marilli vs Kaori - :3c
SM LC: Sken vs mad0ka - sken_n
ORAS OU: Updated Kanto vs TDK - After that amazing 6-0 against CBB, Updated Kanto will continue to beat up 3 letter players this week
BW OU: SoulWind vs BKC - another pretty fire game, excited to watch this one :o
DPP OU: Fakes vs roscoe
ADV OU: Astamatitos vs Jirachee - the better player, asta is sogood at adv
GSC OU: Fear vs choolio
RBY OU: The Idiot Ninja vs MetalGro$$ - tinman has been running rampant these last 4 weeks, and he looks to continue to dominate

[9:09 PM] Level 51: sam if ur week 5 predicts post is a 12-0 for the wolfpack ill destroy you
wolfpack wins the week 13-0

awoo :3
 
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