Tournament World Cup of Other Metagames III - Information & Administrative Decisions

The Immortal · Nov 27, 2020

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How this works
There are 8 teams. Each team has 6 starters and 3 substitutes. The 8 teams will be randomly divided up into 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each team will play every other team in that group, where a win earns 2 points and a tie earns 1. After the group stage, the two teams with the most points from each group will advance. Week 4 will be the playoff round between the first and second placed teams from opposite groups, with the winners moving on to the week 5 finale. Note that this schedule is subject to tiebreakers (explained below). All standard Smogon tournament rules and procedures apply.

Tiebreaker
In the event of two teams being tied for a spot in the playoffs based on points and win differential, or a tie in the playoffs/final itself, we will have a tiebreaker round. The most played metagame from usage stats (Balanced Hackmons) plus one metagame picked by each manager will give a best-of-three between the tied teams, ultimately deciding who moves on in the tournament.

Substitutes
Substitutes are allowed in this tournament. A player that has been subbed out during a week may not be subbed into any other slot. Multiple substitutions may occur in the same slot. Substitutions will be not be allowed in tiebreak series unless the hosts mandate it. However, since we prioritize games being played, we will consider extension requests so long as they're reasonable. We will also be reluctant to give activity wins to those who are clearly fishing for them.

The tier lineup is as follows:

SS Almost Any Ability
SS Balanced Hackmons
SS Camomons
SS Mix and Mega
SS NFE
SS STABmons

All games will be played on the Pokemon Showdown main server or SmogTours in the most current version of the format corresponding to those listed above. The result between players may be decided in a best-of-one or best-of-three at the discretion of both players involved. If there is no agreement, the result will decided in a Bo1 by default.

The Immortal · Nov 27, 2020

Teams

Region	Captains	Players
Asia Pacific	Euphonos & King Leo V	Chessking345, Euphonos, King Leo V, lph, Maple, pichus, Redflix, RICEMAN, TectonicDestroyer
Canada	itsKimbo & Jrdn	Genesis7, GL Volkner, Hys, itsKimbo, Jrdn, Karl Dude Guy, Splash, ToxaNex, Zap
Europe	Gmansour20 & Jordy	dimrah, Eeveeto, frisoeva, Jordy, MultiAmmiratore, Terracotta, The Number Man, tlenit, TonyFlygon
France	Dragonillis & LaBalladeDesCieux	Alternatif, Arkhan, Atha, damflame 3, Dragonillis, Frrf, LaBalladeDesCieux, MinoGod54, PandaDoux
UK	Hamhamhamhamham & willdbeast	Chazm, Hamhamhamhamham, Jett, PA, Racool, uhuhuhu7, willdbeast, w0rd, xavgb
US North East	Andyboy & berry	Andyboy, Betathunder, Ho3nConfirm3d, LuckyPiper, MetaRiolu7, MZ, Sabella, sugarhigh, Zesty43
US South	Catalystic & In The Hills	aesf, a loser, Catalystic, FlamingVictini, highlighter, PinkDragonTamer, Plas, Quantum Tesseract, Skysolo
US West	rozes & vivalospride	anaconja, Cheese5555, cityscapes, jasprose, K3ppr, pileosand, rozes, TJ, vivalospride

The Immortal · Nov 27, 2020

Schedule

Sword Division: Asia Pacific, France, UK, US Northeast
Shield Division: Canada, Europe, US South, US West

	Sword Division	Shield Division
Week 1	Asia Pacific vs France US North East vs UK	Europe vs US West US South vs Canada
Week 2	UK vs Asia Pacific France vs US North East	Canada vs Europe US West vs US South
Week 3	US North East vs Asia Pacific France vs UK	US South vs Europe US West vs Canada

The Immortal · Nov 27, 2020

Standings

Sword Division

Rank	Team	Points	Wins	Ties	Differential
1	US North East	6	3	0	+8
2	UK	3	1	1	-2
3	Asia Pacific	2	1	0	-2
4	France	1	0	1	-4

Shield Division

Rank	Team	Points	Wins	Ties	Differential
1	Europe	5	2	1	+4
2	Canada	3	1	1	0
3	US South	3	1	1	0
4	US West	1	0	1	-4

The Immortal · Nov 27, 2020

Round Information & Lineups

Each round in the World Cup of Other Metagames III will last one week, between the start of Monday and the end of Sunday (US Eastern Time). Week one begins on Monday, November 30th. Before each week begins, all teams will have to submit their lineup.

In a Smogon conversation including Ransei, The Immortal, and both captains of the team, post your lineup in the following format:

Code:

SS Almost Any Ability - @PlayerName
SS Balanced Hackmons - @PlayerName
SS Camomons - @PlayerName
SS Mix and Mega - @PlayerName
SS NFE - @PlayerName
SS STABmons - @PlayerName

Please use the same conversation for the following weeks. The deadline for each week's lineup will be 1 hour before the end of the previous week (i.e. 10:59 PM EST). Note: Failure to submit your lineup by the deadline will result in your lineup being reused from the previous week (or randomized in the case of week 1).

Euphonos King Leo V itsKimbo Jrdn Gmansour20 Jordy Dragonillis LaBalladeDesCieux Hamhamhamhamham willdbeast Andyboy berry Catalystic In The Hills rozes vivalospride

The Immortal · Dec 7, 2020

RE: Canada

Team Canada has informed me that Fardin will not be able to participate in the tournament due to undisclosed reasons. This isn't the fault of the team or the Captains and as such they were given the opportunity to select an eligible replacement from the signups. Canada has picked Genesis7 who will be available immediately.

The Immortal · Dec 24, 2020

Playoffs

With the conclusion of the group stages and tiebreaker, the teams that qualify for playoffs in this year’s World Cup of Other Metagames are: Canada (itsKimbo, Jrdn), Europe (Gmansour20, Jordy), UK (Hamhamhamhamham, willdbeast), and US North East (Andyboy, berry). The fixtures are as follows:

US North East vs Canada
Europe vs UK

The semi-finals shall begin shortly. Good luck to all four teams!

The Immortal · Jan 17, 2021

Congratulations to UK for winning the World Cup of Other Metagames III!