Announcement 2021 BSS Tournament Circuit and Hall of Fame

[chemcoop]

2021 BSS Tournament Circuit

Credits to Dybala jr for the awesome banner!​

Year 2 of Sword & Shield Battle Stadium kicks off with the 2021 BSS Circuit! Just like last year, the Showdown portion of the circuit will consist of four tournaments: Open, Ladder Tour, Classic, and Masters. Returning to the 2021 circuit after a year's hiatus are circuit points (CP) from laddering on cart! See below for more info on how scoring will work for this portion of the circuit. To further encourage Switch play, we are adding an official cartridge tournament as an additional way to earn CP! You can think of this as a Switch-based ladder tour with a small playoff bracket for additional CP payout.

Based on player feedback from last season, double elimination brackets will not be returning to this year's PS tournaments. Instead we will be returning to more of the "last life bracket" approach from two years ago. The losers from each round will be able to play against other losers from the same round for a maximum of 2 weeks. In the event of a round with only three losers, a round-robin will be played to determine CP payout. Our hope in removing double elimination and modifying the last life bracket is to minimize both tournament length and CP farming to make the circuit both more competitive and to leave more time in the year for other tournaments!

And of course, the circuit wouldn't be complete without Invitationals. Invitationals will follow the same format as last year, with the top 12 in CP totals qualifying and the top 4 receiving a first round bye. The Invitationals winner will earn the coveted BSS circuit ribbon

on their Smogon profile!

CURRENT STANDINGS

1. chemcoop - 37 CP
2. zaaya - 32 CP
3. greilmercenary9 - 26 CP
4. Kiby - 25 CP
5. GroudonEmpire - 22 CP
6. Mishimono - 21 CP
T7. marilli - 20 CP
T7. papiloco - 20 CP
T7. Psynergy - 20 CP
T10. 1_TrickPhony - 18 CP
9. luisin - 18 CP
10. cant say - 16 CP
11. MZ - 15 CP
12. Breckinridge - 14 CP


Full Standings: Spreadsheet

BATTLE STADIUM SINGLES OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS

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(Dates are subject to change)

PS! Tournaments

• January 10: Battle Stadium Singles Open III (sign-ups starting Jan 3)
  • Best-of-three tournament playing standard Gen 8 BSS
  • Semifinals and Finals will be best-of-five
  • Includes modified last-life bracket in place of a traditional Loser's Bracket (see above)
• March 7: Battle Stadium Singles Ladder Tournament IV
  • Qualifying stage with 4 Cycles, each a week long, where the top 3 players on the PS ladder qualifies for the playoffs (top 4 in each cycle earn CP)
  • Playoffs is 12-man best-of-three single elimination, with top seeds from each cycle receiving a first round bye
  • Semifinals and Finals will be best-of-five
• May 23: Battle Stadium Singles Classic IV (sign-ups starting May 16)
  • Best-of-three tournament playing standard Gen 5, 6, 7 BSS
  • Includes modified last-life bracket in place of a traditional Loser's Bracket (see above)
• September 19: Battle Stadium Singles Masters III (sign-ups starting Sept 12)
  • Best-of-three tournament playing teamlocked Gen 8 BSS
  • Includes modified last-life bracket in place of a traditional Loser's Bracket (see above)
• November 14: Battle Stadium Singles Invitational 2021
  • Single Elimination, best-of-five tournament playing standard Gen 8 BSS

Cartridge Tournaments

• August 13-22: Battle Stadium Cartridge Tour I (sign-ups starting August 9)
  • Four one-day online competitions hosted on the Switch
  • Effectively a ladder tour with each cycle being a friendly competition
  • Top 2 players from each tour will advance to a single elimination bracket, to be played on Pokémon Showdown so that replays can be saved

INVITATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

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• Player rankings will be determined using CP (Circuit Points). The top 12 players with CP will qualify for the Invitational, with the top 4 getting a round 1 bye.
• Any tiebreaks necessary to determine byes/top 12/seeding will be decided by highest cartridge score
• The circuit has a BFL (Best Finish Limit) of 3. Therefore, only your top 3 performances will count towards your ranking. In other words, having one bad tournament does not negatively impact you directly. Both cartridge results and the official cartridge tour count as tournament finishes and contribute to your BFL.
• Point structure:
  • Showdown Tournaments
    • Players will earn the amount of CP equivalent to the last round that they won in before getting eliminated, not including activity wins. Each round won in winner's bracket gives 2 CP. Losers can play up to 2 rounds of "last-life" for up to 2 CP (1 CP per round win).
    • Winning the finals of a tournament will earn you 1 extra CP on top of the 2 CP for winning that round.
    • Ladder Tournament qualifiers will earn 6 CP for qualifying as 1st seed and 4 CP for seeds 2-4 in each cycle, and 2 CP per win in playoffs.
  • Seasonal Cartridge Results (BFL of 1)
    • Getting to Masterball tier = 2 points
    • 1700-1799 ELO in Masterball = 4 points
    • 1800-1899 ELO in Masterball = 6 points
    • 1900-1999 ELO in Masterball = 8 points
    • 2000-2049 ELO in Masterball = 9 points
    • 2050-2099 ELO in Masterball = 10 points
    • 2100+ ELO in Masterball = 12 points
    • Top 10 Finish = 14 points
    • First Place: 16 points
    • Players who submit results for 5+ seasons will receive a participation reward of 1 CP. Players who submit results for all 10 seasons will receive 2 CP!
      • Cartridge results must be submitted on a separate thread within a month of season end (e.g. S14 results must be submitted before S16 starts)
  • Battle Stadium Cartridge Tournament
    • Individual Tours Scoring
      • Participation = 2 points
      • Top 10 Finish = 4 points
      • 1st & 2nd Place: 6 points
    • Each win in playoffs will be worth 2 CP, with a 1 CP finals bonus.

OTHER MAJOR TOURNAMENTS​

• February 6th : Intro to BSS Month
  • Full Event Details
• July 25th: Battle Stadium Premier League VI
  • Community-wide team tournament where managers draft players, featuring past gens and doubles.
• January 2nd, 2022: Battle Stadium World Cup (tentative - based on community activity)
  • Regional-team based tournament competing for the highly coveted Ronaldinho Soccer Trophy

HALL OF FAME

2021 Circuit

Battle Stadium Singles Open III Champion: chemcoop

Battle Stadium Singles Ladder Tournament IV Champion: zaaya

Battle Stadium Singles Classic IV Champion: MZ

Battle Stadium Singles Masters III Champion: chemcoop

Battle Stadium Singles Cartridge Tour I Champion: Ahsung

2021 Battle Stadium Singles Invitational Champion: chemcoop

Past Circuits

2017-2020 Circuit Results

2020 Circuit

Battle Stadium Singles Open II Champion: LightScreener

Battle Stadium Singles Classic III Champion: cant say

Battle Stadium Singles Ladder Tournament III Champion: marilli

Battle Stadium Singles Masters II Champion: marilli

2020 Battle Stadium Singles Invitational Champion: marilli

2019 Circuit

Battle Spot Singles Open Champion: zaaya
Season 14 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

Battle Spot Singles Ladder Tournament II Champion: Puff Killa
Season 15 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

Battle Spot Singles Classic II Champion: DragonWhale
Season 16 PGL Ladder Leader: marilli

Battle Spot Singles Masters Champion: chemcoop
Season 17 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

2019 Battle Spot Singles Invitational Champion: chemcoop

2018 Circuit

Battle Spot Singles Winter Seasonal Champion: chemcoop
Season 8 PGL Ladder Leader: chemcoop

Battle Spot Singles Ladder Tournament Champion: greilmercenary9
Season 9 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

Battle Spot Singles Classic Champion: Jhon
Season 10 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

Season 11 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

Battle Spot Singles Fall Seasonal Champion: Puff Killa
Season 12 PGL Ladder Leader: greilmercenary9

2018 Battle Spot Singles Invitational Champion: greilmercenary9

2017 Circuit

Season 2 Cartridge Tournament Champion: Jmal98
Season 2 PS Tournament Champion: Natalie.

Season 3 Cartridge Tournament Champion: Natalie.
Season 3 PS Tournament Champion: chemcoop

Season 4 Cartridge Tournament Champion: Doobzi
Season 4 PS Tournament Champion: chemcoop

Season 5 Cartridge Tournament Champion: chemcoop
Season 5 PS Tournament Champion: Jhon

Season 6 Cartridge Tournament Champion: Psynergy
Season 6 PS Tournament Champion: Megazard

2017 Battle Spot Singles Invitational Champion: Jmal98

 

[chemcoop]

INTRODUCING LIVE EVENTS
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In our continued effort to create an exciting circuit, I am happy to announce that we are adding a new way to earn CP! Presenting: Live Events!

Live Events (BFL of 5 CP)
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There will be two kinds of Live Events: Friendly Competitions on cartridge and Live Tours on Showdown. We will be hosting one official event per series ruleset. Presumably that means we will host a set of tournaments for Series 8, Series 9, and Series 10 during the 2021 circuit if we continue the trend of three month metas. BSSC participants may enter as many of these tournaments as they wish; however, you can only earn up to 5 CP combined from the Friendly Competitions and Live Tours.

Friendly Competitions:

• Held on cartridge through Battle Stadium. A three hour laddering contest in which each player has up to 25 battles to climb as high as possible.​
• CP Payouts:​
  • 1st Place: 2 CP​
  • 2nd Place: 1 CP​
• Tentative Dates:​
  • Series 8: February 5th, 8-11pm EST​
  • Series 9: TBD (possibly early May)​
  • Series 10: TBD (possibly early August)​

Official Roomtours:

• Held on Showdown. Participants will enter official roomtours that start at scheduled times and will earn points from each roomtour based on their finish. There will be four official roomtours per weekend for two consecutive weekends.
• Official Roomtours will be held at different times to allow for players in all timezones to participate. For example, 12pm EST to cover US + European timezones and 8pm EST to cover US + Asia timezones.
• The top four players in terms of total points will advance to a playoff bracket and have one week to complete their games for each round.
• CP Payouts:
  • 1st Place: 3 CP
  • 2nd Place: 2 CP
  • 3rd & 4th Place: 1 CP
• Tentative Dates:
  • Series 8: March 6-21
  • Series 9: July 9-August 1
  • Series 10: TBD (possibly September)

 

[chemcoop]

After a year of circuit tournaments and battles well-fought, we have reached the 2021 Invitationals. Here are the 12 players who have qualified for this year's invitationals and their seeds. marilli and 1TP also qualified in the top 12; however, they have informed me that they have retired and are not interested in playing, so the 13th and 14th-ranked players in CP total will take their place.

1. chemcoop - 37 CP
2. zaaya - 32 CP
3. greilmercenary9 - 26 CP
4. Kiby - 25 CP
5. GroudonEmpire - 22 CP
6. Mishimono - 21 CP
7. papiloco - 20 CP
8. Psynergy - 20 CP
9. luisin - 18 CP
10. cant say - 16 CP
11. MZ - 15 CP
12. Breckinridge - 14 CP

Ties were decided by highest cartridge rating as tracked in this spreadsheet.

Because we are currently in a ruleset which does not match "standard Get 8 BSS," the format for Invitationals 2021 was taken to a vote by the qualifiers. This resulted in the following consensus:

• All sets are non-teamlocked and best of 5
• Games can be played with Series 11 rules ONLY IF BOTH PLAYERS AGREE TO IT. If one player does not agree to playing Series 11, the set will default to Series 9.
• Series 9 Rules
• Series 11 Rules

Round 1 will be up November 14.