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.
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.
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.
Round 7
Reze vs db
Kebab mlml vs reyscarface
Juanpa vs BIHI
Ado vs Azphiel
Empo vs Rex Slayer
Waylaid vs Lifeismyth
fish anemometer vs Analytic
Akola vs Typical_bastard
Eternal Spirit vs RaiZen1704
Baloor vs Jytcampbell
JustFranco vs MTB
Roller K vs Zokuru
dunoks vs pixie909
blunder vs crying
Avendesora vs OranBerryBlissey10
Davidoar15 vs luisin
Lily vs Zerkas
AcneAutist vs Lycans
PureJules vs Scarfire
Alhen vs eliana.
awyp vs teal6
Exotic64 vs tofa
Luigi vs lucardinho
Lazuli vs Yelodash
Ashbala vs Blui
BlazingDark vs Ikaishi
Torchic vs DKM
jay vs Strat8246
LustfulLice vs UnzipsCrogre
UGaming vs Marshall.Law
Vinc2612 vs Vulpix03
ACR1 vs Shucklegigas
soiled it vs flyingtaco
Isza vs Vileman
Airi vs Fabriisse
Alkione vs SHSP
JJ09LIE vs airfare
Star vs sunsets
Weaselfie vs Ina fable
Xiri vs Trogba Trogba
DripLegend vs rs
Hydronics vs Lacks
Always! vs Originality56
Aurella vs Mimikyu Stardust
etern vs Tempo di anguria
Guille vs Leru
Dark Shion vs Trickster7
Altthiel vs Sachumberto
Medeia vs Tuthur
Slowpoke Fan vs Akarui~Kurayami
devin vs XelloW
agentkeval vs z0mOG
autumn vs Fun Trading
BiscotteKouloulou vs Teclis
MANNAT vs ninjadog
QWILY vs tko
Ryuji vs Zooch
Bye[Ban] vs ImperialH
Drachenkeule vs TyCarter
Estuardo19 vs Miyoko
Potatoboybob vs ruuko
Alexander IV vs NoName6293
Igniizard vs EviGaro
Chaitanya vs Fakee
MGdos16 vs Mister McLovin
CDW Enrique vs yovan33321
PANNAMAA vs Scoptile
Satanic Beast vs Vaictador
egalvanc vs Mysterious M
Ecca vs GGTC
Autistic Soviet vs Fc
alive vs The412Gang
clean vs Nichalho
Elfuseon vs Rowlet69420
it's tago! vs Kaneki-san
MrSoup vs Tenebricite
So Noisy vs Spcplayzz
Vholtninja vs Mashing
Blox vs Lizardu''
TomatoZause vs Perish Song
kDCA vs tausifur
pkcc vs Void
PopularMods1 vs SenseiSese
havocknight vs JojenReed
Leo vs Antonazz
Batzi vs EPM
Mindnight vs Royal1604
tpfire vs the pharoah
vampere vs Tarre25
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, November 12th at 10 PM GMT-5. Start this round in SM OU if you cannot decide. Thanks.
Replays are required to be saved all tournament and posted.
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