Welcome my incognito friends to the first round of the ADVers Anonymous tour! Shortly after this round goes live you'll all receive a dm on either smogon or discord telling you how to schedule and which player you are. We do have some bye slots and I am accepting subs until Thursday so if you still want in send me a private message and I'll give you a matchup. Until then good luck battlers and uh, good luck on predicts for our "spectators".
RULES, PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVEN'T
PLAYER 1 vs PLAYER 25
PLAYER 2 vs PLAYER 26
PLAYER 3 vs PLAYER 45
PLAYER 4 vs PLAYER 27
PLAYER 5 vs Bye 2
PLAYER 6 vs PLAYER 28
PLAYER 7 vs PLAYER 29
PLAYER 8 vs PLAYER 30
PLAYER 9 vs PLAYER 31
PLAYER 10 vs PLAYER 32
PLAYER 11 vs PLAYER 33
PLAYER 12 vs PLAYER 34
PLAYER 13 vs PLAYER 35
PLAYER 14 vs PLAYER 36
PLAYER 15 vs PLAYER 37
PLAYER 16 vs PLAYER 38
PLAYER 17 vs PLAYER 39
PLAYER 18 vs PLAYER 40
PLAYER 19 vs PLAYER 41
PLAYER 20 vs PLAYER 42
PLAYER 21 vs PLAYER 44
PLAYER 22 vs Bye 4
PLAYER 23 vs Bye 5
PLAYER 24 vs PLAYER 43
RULES, PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVEN'T
Since scheduling the usual way would reveal who your opponent is, all scheduling will be done using me as a medium. I will send both you and your opponent a when2meet link that you will both fill out with any time throughout the week you're available to play a set. Once the when2meet is filled out, respond to my message with a time that works for both players availability and I'll confirm it with the other player. Note that main will be considered the only valid server for this tour as games are forced to be public on smogtours. I'll be doing my best to keep scheduling as smooth and quick as possible to help matches get done on time.
If one player is late to your set's starting time, send me a private message telling me they're late and I'll message the other player. If 30 minutes have passed since that message, not the scheduled starting time, and your opponent still has not arrived, message me again to claim the act win. On rescheduling, due to the nature of this tour you should provide plenty of notice if something comes up and you need to move the scheduled time. Failure to provide adequate notice (case by case basis, at least 18 hours prior to scheduled time) could result in an act loss if you cannot make the original time work. These rules are to ensure it's as easy as possible for both players to get their game done.
So how will you actually start a match? Every player in the tour will be assigned a number which will determine the alt they play on. So for example if I was player 1 my alt would be ADVANONP1. When the tour starts make sure to register the alt that corresponds to your number right away so you have access to it for the rest of the tour. Matchups will be formatted every round as player 1 vs player 2 etc. And I'll tell you which alt to challenge in the scheduling message. To report your wins send me a message including the replays of the set, do not post in the thread who won to avoid revealing yourself. Remember to use /hidereplay after the game so it doesn't show up on your scout.
I've decided to make this tour bo5 for a few reasons. One is that I wanted more games than the typical single elimination bo3, since this is an experimental tour and I want feedback on how people enjoy the format. The other is that teambuilding strain is far less of a factor in an anonymous format which encourages reusing. If you have 5 good teams there's nothing stopping you from using them the entire tour and having them be brand new the entire time. This should reduce burnout/fatigue greatly while allowing for a more competitive format.
PLAYER 1 vs PLAYER 25
PLAYER 2 vs PLAYER 26
PLAYER 3 vs PLAYER 45
PLAYER 4 vs PLAYER 27
PLAYER 5 vs Bye 2
PLAYER 6 vs PLAYER 28
PLAYER 7 vs PLAYER 29
PLAYER 8 vs PLAYER 30
PLAYER 9 vs PLAYER 31
PLAYER 10 vs PLAYER 32
PLAYER 11 vs PLAYER 33
PLAYER 12 vs PLAYER 34
PLAYER 13 vs PLAYER 35
PLAYER 14 vs PLAYER 36
PLAYER 15 vs PLAYER 37
PLAYER 16 vs PLAYER 38
PLAYER 17 vs PLAYER 39
PLAYER 18 vs PLAYER 40
PLAYER 19 vs PLAYER 41
PLAYER 20 vs PLAYER 42
PLAYER 21 vs PLAYER 44
PLAYER 22 vs Bye 4
PLAYER 23 vs Bye 5
PLAYER 24 vs PLAYER 43
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