Announcement 2022 1v1 Tournament Circuit

[The Official Glyx]

2022 CIRCUIT STANDINGS
- circuit put together by Rosa and DEG
- standings maintained by Murman
- art by AmirAlexander​

1v1 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - 2022

• 
  1v1 Global Cup(Signups start December 20th)
• 
  1v1 Premier League*(Manager signups start January 17th)
• 
  1v1 Ladder Tournament(Cycle 1 starts April 4th)
• 
  1v1 World Cup*(Signups start May 23rd)
• 
  1v1 Masters(Signups start July 4th)
• 
  1v1 Majors(Signups start August 15th)
• 
  1v1 Classic*(SM Cup signups start September 12th)
• 
  1v1 Championships(Round 1 starts October 24th)

*These tournaments do not reward circuit points.

Starting off, we have a new entry to the 1v1 scene in the form of Global Cup! Taking the place of the usual Winter Seasonal, this tournament type takes a different approach to the usual elimination format by having every player face 2 opponents every main round, with 0-2s being eliminated, 2-0s advancing safely, and 1-1s facing off against each other to determine who gets to advance onwards.

Moving on, as we discussed in the Tournament Policy thread, 1v1's Premier League will be beginning its transition towards having franchises and retains, with this year being the first where we will have the franchises as determined by vote, so that we can introduce retains in 2023. While this won't really change too much about how 2022 will work, prospective players and managers alike will have to keep these things in mind for future Premier Leagues.

Next up, 1v1's Ladder Tournament will be shifting its playoffs format to emulate that of the Official Ladder Tournament. This means that instead of the usual double elimination playoffs, we'll have a swiss-style playoffs where the top 8 players to come out of it face off in a single elimination format to determine the winner. This means that once the swiss rounds are over, you don't get any more chances to afford losing, so the qualifiers will need to stay on their toes!

1v1's World Cup will be facing a notably more significant change; given how the census preceding signups often fails to provide accurate data as to what the final region signups look like, we have decided to scrap the census and instead determine regions based on player signups, with both regions and captains being announced some time after player signups go up. If you'd like an example of what this looks like, feel free to read up here!

Given how many changes we've had to our Seasonals, as well as how many of them often stretch far beyond their given season, it seems hardly fair to still call them "seasonal" at this point, and so, we've decided to rebrand them into 1v1 Masters! Alongside this change, the tournament will also be seeded based on circuit standings, rather than being done via random bracket generation. We're hoping this change will help move the tournament towards being more competitive, as well as being more interesting to watch from the outside.

1v1 Majors will not be facing many significant changes, though the period of time for the pools phase will be cut down to 2 weeks, instead of the 3 we had this year.

Depending on how well the playoffs format for Ladder Tournament is received, 1v1's Circuit Championships may also adopt the same format. Otherwise, it will more than likely continue on as the double elimination setup we had this year.

Finally, as a means of hopefully improving the competition towards qualifying for the Circuit Championships, the points earned for participating in each tournament will be balanced out, with each tour being worth a maximum of 500 points, rather than having some be worth more than others as we did this year.

 

[DEG]

After various and many instance of alting and account sharing in previous 1v1 tournaments, the 1v1TD team has decided to ban the usage of VPNs during any tournament play. If you're caught using a VPN during your series, the games will be voided and you will either be handed a loss or be forced to replay without a VPN. It's important to remind that action will be taken on a case-by-case basis.

 

[DEG]

Re; 1v1 Majors - Changes regarding the pools stage.

1v1 Majors will not be facing many significant changes, though the period of time for the pools phase will be cut down to 2 weeks, instead of the 3 we had this year.

Following last year's tiebreak miseries, we have decided to cap every pool to 4 players (pool boss+3), this also allows people to play/prep better due to shorter deadline this year (2 weeks). We also have decided to implement a points+differential system to have less tie breaks. Differential is based on games, for example if you win 3-2, you get +1, if you win 3-0, you get +3. Now, the points won't matter much inside a group cause there's no ties, but differential will. Points will mater incase we have an amount of pools that isn't (8, 16, 32) so we can fill the rest of the players from the lot of "3rd place". Basically, like in football, the 3rd best performances out of all pools can qualify to the second stage of the tournament to complete the bracket

We hope that this change will make the tournament more enjoyable.

You can signup here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/1v1-majors-ii-signups.3706334/

 

[DEG]

Re; 1v1 majors - Prize

bilb owo has decided to fund the tournament with a 75$ prize pool. Now, the winner will get 50$, while the runner-up will get 25$.

If you wish to signup visit this link: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/1v1-majors-ii-signups.3706334/

 

[DEG]

Re; 1v1 Majors - On Tiebreak

Re; 1v1 Majors - Changes regarding the pools stage.


Following last year's tiebreak miseries, we have decided to cap every pool to 4 players (pool boss+3), this also allows people to play/prep better due to shorter deadline this year (2 weeks). We also have decided to implement a points+differential system to have less tie breaks. Differential is based on games, for example if you win 3-2, you get +1, if you win 3-0, you get +3. Now, the points won't matter much inside a group cause there's no ties, but differential will. Points will mater incase we have an amount of pools that isn't (8, 16, 32) so we can fill the rest of the players from the lot of "3rd place". Basically, like in football, the 3rd best performances out of all pools can qualify to the second stage of the tournament to complete the bracket

We hope that this change will make the tournament more enjoyable.

You can signup here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/1v1-majors-ii-signups.3706334/

After some discussion, we have decided the following;

• For a two-way tie (wins+differential); we will be using head-to-head which means that the person that won the game will advance to the second stage. (If Player A and Player B are tied on wins and differential, but Player A defeated Player B in pools then Player A will advance.)
• For a three-way tie (wins+differential); we will be having a tie-breaker round between all three people.