Smogon's Official Ladder Tournament V - Playoffs (Swiss) Round 1

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After almost exactly a month of big and intense competition and frustration spent on the ladder, here we are to the playoffs of the fifth Official Ladder Tournament. There's been a lot of things going on over the last four cycles, so let's give everyone a show in playoffs too! The competition will be fierce and we all hope we'll get to see interesting and high-level SM OU battles between you all.

As previously stated, this playoff bracket will start as a swiss tournament. As such, you continue playing in this stage until you have won or lost three matches in the playoffs stage.

Remember, all matches are to be played in a BEST OF THREE format, and all standard SM OU rules apply.

Finally, before going into the pairings, we'd like to profit of the occasion to thank the PS Staff, from the owners to the moderators, for making the ladder phase of the tournament possible and smoother in its running. We appreciated your help and support, and I'd also like to thank personally HoeenHero for being around more than me for a lot of the cycles. Now, without further ado...

Round 1

robopoke vs TaceBreeze
SoulWind vs Lopunny Kicks
blarghlfarghl vs Insult
ABR vs Mimolette
Sacri' vs Twixtry
XxKidofDeathxX vs Kory2600
Zokuru vs zugubu royale
CaronSmith vs Empo
hot meat vs Juuls
Paycard vs Ojama
Simia vs Kickasser
Ktütverde vs Zuchtrest
Googly vs RedEmption
Mob Barley vs Bro Kappa
Ash KetchumGamer vs Hiye
Malekith vs Eternal Spirit

Please, let us know in the thread when you will be playing once your games are scheduled, we would all very much like to spectate some (hopefully) quality battles between you all.

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Sunday, August 26th @ 11:59 PM EDT



Spreadsheet where you can enter when you'll be playing, to let others know
 
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robopoke vs TaceBreeze - Unsure about Tace, but robopoke has been making waves lately, specifically with his teambuilding. He got picked up for Snake and a lot of people are interested to see what he will bring and how he will play. Favoring him given stronger name association, but if Tace is a strong opponent, then it could go either way (just unsure personally bc idk him).
SoulWind vs Lopunny Kicks - highlight series for sure. Soulwind's probably favored a bit, but I can really see this going either way as Lop has been showing himself off as a good player lately.
blarghlfarghl vs Insult - Insult is not a bad player, but blarg is more proven.
ABR vs Mimolette - Wouldn't be shocked to see it go three seeing as Mimo has had some standout teambuilding moments and qualified with ease this last cycle, but ABR's still himself, so yea.
Sacri' vs Twixtry - Impressed by Sacri in OU so far, expecting a good showing here.
XxKidofDeathxX vs Kory2600 - Kory dominated the ladder, but KoD is actually a pretty good player ngl. Impressed with what Kory has shown he can do over the past year or so anyway, so expecting him to take this and be one of the favorites overall.
Zokuru vs zugubu royale - yikes
CaronSmith vs Empo - Another heat pairing, but Empo is simply more proven and been playing at a really high level all year long.
hot meat vs Juuls - no comment
Paycard vs Ojama - Paycard has to prove himself here and with his opportunity in Snake, but Ojama for now is a top player and should win routinely here given what we know now.
Simia vs Kickasser - French war, but Kickasser has been hyped up a bit more lately and seems to be playing well whereas Simia is still a bit of a question mark beyond his supporting abilities and metagame knowledge.
Ktütverde vs Zuchtrest - I guess?
Googly vs RedEmption - Could go either way though
Mob Barley vs Bro Kappa - Pretty similar players, but Bro Kappa has struck me as a bit more consistent whereas Mob can be all over the place
Ash KetchumGamer vs Hiye - dunno who Ash is beyond the fact that he is Brazilian
Malekith vs Eternal Spirit - One of my favorite match-ups. ES is more proven/solid in SM, but Kith can really win against anyone in any tier at any time, so guess there's always the wild card shot in the dark there beyond anything else as well.
rooting for Lop/Hiye/ABR, gl dudes
 
robopoke vs TaceBreeze
SoulWind vs Lopunny Kicks
blarghlfarghl
vs Insult
ABR vs Mimolette
Sacri' vs Twixtry
XxKidofDeathxX vs Kory2600
Zokuru vs zugubu royale
CaronSmith vs Empo
hot meat
vs Juuls
Paycard vs Ojama
Simia vs Kickasser
Ktütverde
vs Zuchtrest
Googly vs RedEmption
Mob Barley vs Bro Kappa
Ash KetchumGamer vs Hiye
Malekith vs Eternal Spirit
 
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