credits to Kink for the original op and Accel for the latest version.
Welcome, Smogon, to the sixth iteration of UU Majors! This year we'll be following the same format of UU Majors V so rejoice, as many of you are already familiar with the way things will go down. UU Majors is an annual UU Circuit Tour where you can test your mettle against the top players in the community. Unlike most elimination tours, where your opponent is a matter of chance, UU Majors ensures that every participant plays a broad swath of the tier's player base as you fight your way to the top.
The tournament is divided into two stages - a round-robin qualifier and a single-elimination bracket. During Stage 1, players will be divided into pools, where they will play every other member of the pool in a best-of-one round robin. Pool leaders will be selected by the tournament hosts to ensure that each pool is fair. The number of pools will depend on the number of signups. More details will be included in the signup thread. At the end of Stage 1, each player will be ranked within his or her pool. The top 2 players of each pool will advance to Stage 2, where they will be entered into a Single Elimination bracket. The winner will be awarded UU Circuit Points to be entered into the UU Championships.
As a change from previous years, the pools stage will only be 2 weeks long not 3 weeks this year, due to complaints about the length in previous iterations.
I expect this tour to deliver many great matches between the top UU players in the community, and I'm sure there will be some surprises lying in wait with the atypical format. I'm sure you're all, like us, excited to see how this tournament pans out! Good luck to all the participants :)
Tour Rules will be announced in the Signup thread.
Signups can be found here! - https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/underused-majors-vi-signups.3691110/
Welcome, Smogon, to the sixth iteration of UU Majors! This year we'll be following the same format of UU Majors V so rejoice, as many of you are already familiar with the way things will go down. UU Majors is an annual UU Circuit Tour where you can test your mettle against the top players in the community. Unlike most elimination tours, where your opponent is a matter of chance, UU Majors ensures that every participant plays a broad swath of the tier's player base as you fight your way to the top.
The tournament is divided into two stages - a round-robin qualifier and a single-elimination bracket. During Stage 1, players will be divided into pools, where they will play every other member of the pool in a best-of-one round robin. Pool leaders will be selected by the tournament hosts to ensure that each pool is fair. The number of pools will depend on the number of signups. More details will be included in the signup thread. At the end of Stage 1, each player will be ranked within his or her pool. The top 2 players of each pool will advance to Stage 2, where they will be entered into a Single Elimination bracket. The winner will be awarded UU Circuit Points to be entered into the UU Championships.
As a change from previous years, the pools stage will only be 2 weeks long not 3 weeks this year, due to complaints about the length in previous iterations.
I expect this tour to deliver many great matches between the top UU players in the community, and I'm sure there will be some surprises lying in wait with the atypical format. I'm sure you're all, like us, excited to see how this tournament pans out! Good luck to all the participants :)
Tour Rules will be announced in the Signup thread.
Signups can be found here! - https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/underused-majors-vi-signups.3691110/
