Welcome to the first edition of Smogon Masters! This is a Swiss bracket, Bo3 tournament with each set consisting of ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU. Players will decide which metagame to play first, then the loser picks a different generation for the following game. If both players cannot agree on a metagame to play first, each round will have a default generation randomized at the start of each round. After several rounds of the swiss bracket, a top cut according to record and resistance will be created and a Bo3 single elimination tournament will determine who wins Smogon Masters and the trophy
Rules & Tournament Format
General Tournament Rules
- This is a tournament that will employ the standard rulesets for ORAS OU, SM OU, and SS OU.
- Smogon Masters I will be a swiss tournament.
- Players will be automatically dropped when they hit three losses as they are no longer in contention for top cut.
- Players will be assigned a random opponent out of the pool of players with the same record as you each round.
- More information on the specifics of the swiss will be placed in the HIDE tag below.
- Rounds will be Best of Three -- one game of each tier.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
- Saving replays is required and must be posted in each winpost starting in the second round
- There are no extensions due to the nature of a swiss tournament, so please get your games done on time.
- Finchinator is the primary host of this tournament while Lady Salamence, Eledyr, and Frozoid will be the co-hosts.
This was written by Lady Salamence -- thank you!
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Play-Ins / Top Cut begins after Round 9. The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 64-player bracket. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.
In the first three rounds, a number of Byes will be placed in the tournament to hit the 768-participant number, to ensure a participant count that works well with Swiss tournament structure. These Byes will exist until Round 3, successively lowering in the Swiss structure – in Round 2, some number of 0-1 players will receive Byes, and in Round 3 some number of 0-2 players will receive Byes.
During the final round, Round 9, three players will have an 8-0 score. These three players have the option to play a Round Robin to lock in their seedings. They may choose to forfeit their games and receive the worst Resistance seeding of the three. Should a Round Robin be fully played and end in 1-1 for each player, their placings/resistance scores would stay identical to before the Round Robin.
Once Round 9 concludes, there will be 69 players qualified (7-2 score or better) for Playoffs. These players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase. The ten 7-2 players with the lowest Resistance (the smallest cumulative win percentage) will play against each other for the final 5 slots, with the first 59 going to the players with higher resistances and scores. Once Play-Ins are finished, Top Cut begins.
This tournament uses a Swiss format, where everyone plays until they lose three times, or until Play-Ins / Top Cut begins after Round 9. The Top Cut will be single elimination and based on a 64-player bracket. All matches will be a Best of 3, involving ORAS OU, USUM OU, and SWSH OU.
In the first three rounds, a number of Byes will be placed in the tournament to hit the 768-participant number, to ensure a participant count that works well with Swiss tournament structure. These Byes will exist until Round 3, successively lowering in the Swiss structure – in Round 2, some number of 0-1 players will receive Byes, and in Round 3 some number of 0-2 players will receive Byes.
During the final round, Round 9, three players will have an 8-0 score. These three players have the option to play a Round Robin to lock in their seedings. They may choose to forfeit their games and receive the worst Resistance seeding of the three. Should a Round Robin be fully played and end in 1-1 for each player, their placings/resistance scores would stay identical to before the Round Robin.
Once Round 9 concludes, there will be 69 players qualified (7-2 score or better) for Playoffs. These players will be ranked by Resistance, which is the cumulative win percentage all of their opponents throughout the Swiss phase. The ten 7-2 players with the lowest Resistance (the smallest cumulative win percentage) will play against each other for the final 5 slots, with the first 59 going to the players with higher resistances and scores. Once Play-Ins are finished, Top Cut begins.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
Round 1
Sly Solo vs Lazuli
weird mon vs Drachenkeule
velvet vs fatBatman
ninjadog vs CyberOdin✝
Luigi vs VyoletRayn
Lekstaz vs Brigtel
Mashing vs skrimps
Exotic64 vs Roller K
Unamed vs Autistic Soviet
Xiri vs ABR
The412Gang vs za Josephiroth Jetray
Tempo di anguria vs Skooma
softtxznn vs TPP
Sheik : vs TGA
PokeClassroom vs Segale
לַ֫הַב† vs jchampion_
Shiningmewtwo17 vs pixie909
Tytohbird vs br_xton
Gewehr16 vs Swynot
Lacks vs leoperi99
PA vs Rampecker
WhoDatMan vs Torchic
monchooo vs w_r
cosmonatus vs Xrn
ETJX vs Liimpy
3d vs Charwillusher
it's tago! vs fade
SBPC vs Kingsous
Always! vs TTTech
Iguana vs zenandy1
CTC vs Joya
RadicalSoul vs Nikebeamz
airfare vs flygonisdragon
xavgb vs KillaLeston
lucasishere745 vs Dasmer
tr1x vs MatLaTomate
Quint_ vs jay
ZeroNo vs entrocefalo
Strat8246 vs CAROL MVP
Fantos13 vs Simasnitrogen
Rubixe vs Eternal Spirit
Analytic vs Abbehat
Empo vs Epic Dave
The Hitman vs ima
Pura Killa vs Javi
AgenteDino vs X-999
Revenge Killer vs Bahkelabah
Fragments vs Wesleyy
Chiles Habaneros vs Hashg Skynyrd
Knightsharp vs teal6
MichaelderBeste2 vs shiloh
Mysterious M vs Fant'sy Beast
NHelioX7 vs Souw
seroo vs Lilymoding
MGdos16 vs Marshall.Law
Nashrock vs Hydronics
Theia vs Frania
Shadow2054 vs Ina fable
ChrisPBacon vs HANTSUKI
Jisoo vs Antix.❄
fiish vs Giannis Antetokommo-o
Aurella vs brokenmotor
Ann vs alive
Longestbanana vs Egor
sensei axew vs tausifur
Son Can Toa Trio vs Airi
luisito agustin vs HolaSoyBalto
Batzi vs Raahel
Melle2402 vs Akalli
decis vs ruuko
Joy840 vs Portrait or Ruin
Shaneghoul vs ibleachyourskin
Lizardu'' vs raf
Blox vs reyscarface
i am a mcrib vs Kaif
pkcc vs Azphiel
Luirromen vs tofa
corvere vs Waylaid
Hookah Doncic vs thundersparksdown
BigDaddyAddy vs devin
Magician vs Barter 16
Dabman1069 vs Lostmemories
JOKERDOG vs Éric
CringeLord! vs Huargensy
sapaditore vs Caesarr
Srita Kaguya vs Astrø
Ken_jaspher vs showdownguy124yt
etern vs okgoogle4
cyberas vs Axel
London Beats vs Elfuseon
PlugDome vs PureJules
toinha vs ImperialH
Raichy vs Call me PK
EPM vs Richard harrow
MANNAT vs temp
Kibo vs lax
There are no extensions in this tournment and no exceptions to this whatsoever, so please do your best to get your games done by Sunday, October 1st at 10 PM GMT-4.
Replays are required to be saved all tournament and posted starting round 2.
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