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 6:
db vs Rubyblood
Maxouille vs Reze
Kebab mlml vs LORD SAGIS
pj vs reyscarface
Empo vs TPP
Kaif vs Rex Slayer
Juanpa vs Egor
Roller K vs Sylveon used calm mind
Azphiel vs Skooma
ChrisPBacon vs Waylaid
Dasmer vs Analytic
GeniusX vs pixie909
Eternal Spirit vs Lostmemories
zioziotrip vs fish anemometer
Ado vs Fant'sy Beast
London Beats vs Jytcampbell
Santu vs blunder
DonSalvatore vs Lifeismyth
JustFranco vs pannu
MS3D vs MTB
robjr vs Alhen
Avendesora vs Expulso
dunoks vs Splash
Skyrio vs tofa
Torchic vs Akalli
DKM vs DugZa
fade vs SHSP
RaiZen1704 vs Malekith
weird mon vs luisin
Alkione vs xdRudi.exe
entrocefalo vs teal6
Exotic64 vs MichaelderBeste2
Niko vs UnzipsCrogre
rs vs Squirtle Nornor
Zokuru vs KSr
Ash KetchumGamer vs Fabriisse
Isza vs Joya
The Strap vs jay
PureJules vs feen
Axel vs LustfulLice
Hydronics vs Lusa
MangoSteak vs UGaming
Scarfire vs skimmythegod
Eeveeto vs Xiri
ninjadog vs SiTuM
Vinc2612 vs Vermillion Gangsta
PikachuZappyZap vs Zavok :3
Guille vs Luthier
Oya/Semort vs XelloW
TyCarter vs Zoyotte
Welli0u vs CDW Enrique
MANNAT vs Punny
SpookyZ vs Satanic Beast
MAVERICK SHOOTERS vs Slowpoke Fan
Sachumberto vs Kenix
Mister McLovin vs Thor
Igniizard vs ima
Estuardo19 vs Souw
monchooo vs Tenebricite
SoulWind vs lax (4-1 vs 3-2 due to bracket unevenness)
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 5th at 10 PM GMT-5. Please remember clocks change this weekend in some parts of the world. Start this round in SS OU if you cannot decide. Thanks
Replays are required to be saved all tournament and posted.
Last edited by a moderator:
