Welcome to the second edition of UM Homefield Advantage, a Type B tournament in the UMs Circuit. Players will sign up with a metagame of their choice for a Bo3 single-elimination tournament, with the first game locked to a randomized metagame each week. The loser of that game will then play their opponent in the metagame they signed up with - giving them "homefield advantage".
Tournament-Specific Rules
The home player can choose from one of the following tiers to be played: SV ZU, SV NFE, SV 1v1 bo5, SV Ubers UU, SV Anything Goes. Your metagame of choice is locked starting from round one, meaning you cannot change it from round to round, make sure to choose wisely!
Game 1 starting format is 1v1.
Round 1
MemphisDepay vs a fairy
GUZOT vs napimsiken
Paxerion vs SMHorizon
benladil vs Seto kiba 1 duler
Skirk 7 vs Celeste
Revolution X vs UwU1v1
always_hard vs pannu
megasalappo vs Kizaco
Drake.D.Blitz vs AndresnHarold
vzinn777 vs quazi66
RoFnA vs Mik3ymon
jiaai vs KrookIsCool
estra vs King Griffin
MirrorSaMa vs LittEleven
Jordandoesit vs Lyna
Mok3s vs sinnabyss
Shivam_Z vs RL
Lucas luo liu vs RamBOSS64
Rk pokemons vs Aoi_happy
Sddi6 vs GhostlyPlanets
Lastsurvivor vs ckaipro28luv
horriii vs DeDonutNoob
Mentality vs zastra
darkmelxd vs Skyfall_
giove97 vs ySagaz_
A Mimikyu Trainer vs LemonLime78
Arcanine1929 vs 4dgy
LongRat vs Johita
teemado vs Nakoruru_XD
Mcthelegit vs LettuceLeaf07
OricocoForever vs torterraxx
lost heros vs Sudowoodofusionguy
Lightniong vs Partcore32
Nashrock vs Jojen
Akeras vs eldids
8truc vs Wyc Z
RTM vs 5Dots
sleid vs sansuer
FishyRoads vs Allan2004
FlamPoke vs hnsdfhb
neomon vs MauledbYZangoose
Lord Rekkuza vs Schlucker37
lolopero vs idkwidwml
doso749 vs Bye 1
CarTulo vs Bye 2
feen vs Beemo666
Marshme1to vs DuGuo
avaluggsimp vs Bye 5
Fragments vs Bye 6
Strictsceptile vs Jusfordlolz
Playering vs Bye 8
blinkboy vs Bye 9
GigaBytes7 vs Bye 10
ShadowStricker911 vs Bye 11
Sificon vs Bye 12
Shadow079 vs Bye 13
Clasher649 vs Frito
PixelDice99 vs Bye 15
BloodAce vs Bye 16
Big cat vs Bye 17
Arpitraj0 vs Bye 18
happysh vs Bye 19
JuninxZ9 vs Bye 20
Go greeninja vs Bye 21
The substitution entry deadline will be Wednesday, April 9th at 11:59 AM GMT.
The deadline for Round 1 is Sunday, April 13th at 11:59 PM GMT.
Tournament-Specific Rules
The home player can choose from one of the following tiers to be played: SV ZU, SV NFE, SV 1v1 bo5, SV Ubers UU, SV Anything Goes. Your metagame of choice is locked starting from round one, meaning you cannot change it from round to round, make sure to choose wisely!
- This tournament will be Single Elimination.
- All rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!, preferably on the smogtours server.
- General tournament rules and clauses apply.
- Smogon-Wide Clauses still apply.
- Please save your replays, you are required to post them with your wins. It is recommended to play on the Smogon Tournaments server due to its ability to automatically save replays.
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.
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.
Game 1 starting format is 1v1.
Round 1
MemphisDepay vs a fairy
GUZOT vs napimsiken
Paxerion vs SMHorizon
benladil vs Seto kiba 1 duler
Skirk 7 vs Celeste
Revolution X vs UwU1v1
always_hard vs pannu
megasalappo vs Kizaco
Drake.D.Blitz vs AndresnHarold
vzinn777 vs quazi66
RoFnA vs Mik3ymon
jiaai vs KrookIsCool
estra vs King Griffin
MirrorSaMa vs LittEleven
Jordandoesit vs Lyna
Mok3s vs sinnabyss
Shivam_Z vs RL
Lucas luo liu vs RamBOSS64
Rk pokemons vs Aoi_happy
Sddi6 vs GhostlyPlanets
Lastsurvivor vs ckaipro28luv
horriii vs DeDonutNoob
Mentality vs zastra
darkmelxd vs Skyfall_
giove97 vs ySagaz_
A Mimikyu Trainer vs LemonLime78
Arcanine1929 vs 4dgy
LongRat vs Johita
teemado vs Nakoruru_XD
Mcthelegit vs LettuceLeaf07
OricocoForever vs torterraxx
lost heros vs Sudowoodofusionguy
Lightniong vs Partcore32
Nashrock vs Jojen
Akeras vs eldids
8truc vs Wyc Z
RTM vs 5Dots
sleid vs sansuer
FishyRoads vs Allan2004
FlamPoke vs hnsdfhb
neomon vs MauledbYZangoose
Lord Rekkuza vs Schlucker37
lolopero vs idkwidwml
doso749 vs Bye 1
CarTulo vs Bye 2
feen vs Beemo666
Marshme1to vs DuGuo
avaluggsimp vs Bye 5
Fragments vs Bye 6
Strictsceptile vs Jusfordlolz
Playering vs Bye 8
blinkboy vs Bye 9
GigaBytes7 vs Bye 10
ShadowStricker911 vs Bye 11
Sificon vs Bye 12
Shadow079 vs Bye 13
Clasher649 vs Frito
PixelDice99 vs Bye 15
BloodAce vs Bye 16
Big cat vs Bye 17
Arpitraj0 vs Bye 18
happysh vs Bye 19
JuninxZ9 vs Bye 20
Go greeninja vs Bye 21
The substitution entry deadline will be Wednesday, April 9th at 11:59 AM GMT.
The deadline for Round 1 is Sunday, April 13th at 11:59 PM GMT.
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