art by the cool chloe!
Here it is, the long-awaited playoffs of the third edition of the Ubers Ladder Tournament! You all laddered hard in cycles one and two, and this is the culmination of that: all qualified players will now face off in single-elimination best-of-three series until this edition's winner is crowned. To the ultimate victor will go eternal glory and immortalization in the Ubers Hall of Fame. More importantly, though, they'll get a whole heap of Type A points to help toward their eligibility for the 2021 Ubers Circuit Championship! Let the spectacle begin...SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard SS Ubers tournament
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!, ideally on smogtours.psim.us as it automatically saves replays + is easier to recreate games in case of disconnects.
- This tournament will be Single Elimination.
- All rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- All replays must be posted, without exceptions. Any win post without replays will not be counted.
- Any eventual tier changes will only take effect in the following round.
- Sleep Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
- Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokemon
- OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- HP Percentage Mod: HP is shown in percentages
- Dynamax Clause: You cannot dynamax
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: The matches must be played on either the Smogtours server or the Main PS! server if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the host(s) and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Scheduling
Use VMs to schedule with your opponent to make it easier for me to track activity calls when needed, and use this guide to ensure you don't lose via activity or coinflip. If you use other methods to contact your opponent outside of VMs, then post in this thread confirming you're in contact with your opponent; otherwise, it's not necessary. Extensions for those with time conflicts will only be given when proof is provided of scheduling with their opponent in the beginning of the round, so do not schedule last minute expecting to be compensated in case of timezone conflicts or be given an activity win over your opponent.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: The matches must be played on either the Smogtours server or the Main PS! server if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the host(s) and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Scheduling
Use VMs to schedule with your opponent to make it easier for me to track activity calls when needed, and use this guide to ensure you don't lose via activity or coinflip. If you use other methods to contact your opponent outside of VMs, then post in this thread confirming you're in contact with your opponent; otherwise, it's not necessary. Extensions for those with time conflicts will only be given when proof is provided of scheduling with their opponent in the beginning of the round, so do not schedule last minute expecting to be compensated in case of timezone conflicts or be given an activity win over your opponent.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems
1: Fardin (1818 ELO)
2: Samqian (1813 ELO)
3: Indercover (1807 ELO, 86.3% GXE)
4: Lunala (1807 ELO, 83.7% GXE)
5: Ayoukoo (1806 ELO)
6: Fogbound Lake (1799 ELO)
7: Blimax (1782 ELO)
8: Raph369 (1765 ELO)
9: rng loser (1762 ELO, 85.2% GXE)
10: Staxi (1762 ELO, 84.4% GXE)
11: Hrishioo7 (1747 ELO)
12: Fc (1743 ELO)
13: Trade (1742 ELO, 86.4% GXE)
14: Alpha Rabbit (1742 ELO, 84.9% GXE)
15: Reje (1741 ELO)
16: Exiline (1738 ELO)
Potential substitutes:
The following players qualified as substitutes during each cycle and will be subbed in in Round 1 if necessary:
1: TannerFromHghschool (1719 ELO)
2: Quartosa (1676 ELO)
3: Rhmsitb (1647 ELO)
4: bergurz (1638 ELO). Fc and Trade, who would have been cycle one substitutes, qualified for the top 16 in cycle 2.
Round 1:
1: Fardin vs 16: Exiline
2: Samqian vs 15: Reje
3: Indercover vs 14: Alpha Rabbit
4: Lunala vs 13: Trade
5: Ayoukoo vs 12: Fc
6: Fogbound Lake vs 11: Hrishioo7
7: Blimax vs 10: Staxi
8: Raph369 vs 9: rng loser
DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 1st 2021 at midnight GMT-4
Round 2:
16: Exiline vs 8: Raph369
5: Ayoukoo vs 13: Trade
3: Indercover vs 6: Hrishioo7
2: Samqian vs (7: Blimax vs 10: Staxi)
DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 at midnight GMT-4.
Semifinals:
16: Exiline vs 5: Ayoukoo
10: Staxi vs 6: Hrishioo7
Finals:
16: Exiline vs10: Staxi
DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 at midnight GMT-4.
Get your game done on time. 1: Fardin vs 16: Exiline
2: Samqian vs 15: Reje
3: Indercover vs 14: Alpha Rabbit
4: Lunala vs 13: Trade
5: Ayoukoo vs 12: Fc
6: Fogbound Lake vs 11: Hrishioo7
7: Blimax vs 10: Staxi
8: Raph369 vs 9: rng loser
DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 1st 2021 at midnight GMT-4
Round 2:
16: Exiline vs 8: Raph369
5: Ayoukoo vs 13: Trade
3: Indercover vs 6: Hrishioo7
2: Samqian vs (7: Blimax vs 10: Staxi)
DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 at midnight GMT-4.
Semifinals:
16: Exiline vs 5: Ayoukoo
10: Staxi vs 6: Hrishioo7
Finals:
16: Exiline vs10: Staxi
DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 at midnight GMT-4.
Good luck to all participants, but mostly Staxi (he'll need it the most).
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