op stolen from Amane Misa
Welcome to the 2020 SS UnderUsed Ladder Tournament! After a spectacular win by CBU last year, we return for the first Ladder Tournament of the new generation. In this tournament, players will compete for a top spot on the ladder, and the top 4 from each cycle will then qualify for the playoffs phase. On top of that, qualifying will yield points for the official UnderUsed Circuit, in which players will compete at the end of the year for a chance to earn one of the coveted ribbons.
To further explain the tournament, let's take a look at the separate stages.
Stage One
During this stage, everyone wishing to participate will sign up with a fresh alt starting with the week's given tag. Similarly to previous editions, your rank will reset every week and you will be asked to sign up with a new alt. In this actual laddering portion of the tournament, players will fight on the Gen 8 UU ladder, trying to claim a spot in the top 4. Those who manage to claim one of the spots will be part of the playoffs phase. The winner of each week will be seeded in the top four, sorted by ELO whereas everyone else will be assigned a seed from 5 to 16 depending on which ELO they finished with. The #5 and #6 of each week will be used as potential substitutes, should they be needed, and the order of substitutes is also determined by ELO. Both qualifying players and substitutes may, of course, play again during the next week, as they can potentially improve their seed or directly qualify.
If I find out you used an already registered alt, you will be disqualified from the tournament.
To get this out of the way, the deadline will be on the Sundays of May at 03:00 PM GMT+0. I am aware this is pretty early for West Coasters, that said, I want people from around the globe to be able to participate and have a chance of qualifying without being required to be awake at completely inhuman times.
Stage Two
This part is fairly straight-forward. During this stage, the top 16 will face off in a single elimination, Best-of-3 SS UU bracket. The initial pairings will be based on seed, with the #1 seed facing the #16 seed, #2 facing #15 and so on.
If you wish to participate, sign up in this thread on a fresh alt starting with the tag UULT2 (e.g. UULT2 Estarossa). The laddering period starts now.
The deadline for week 2 is Sunday, May 3rd, at 03:00 PM GMT+0. The laddering period starts now.
If you have any questions, feel free to message me. Have fun laddering, everyone!
