Tournament Doubles Premier League 7: Administrative Thread

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This thread will be used for me to post information about the league, such as the schedule, dates for signups and auction, and for coaches to make their discords public or provide information about tryouts if they wish. This thread will also be used for final decisions of a tournament director nature, such as activity decisions, punishing people for cheating, etc. Do not post in this thread if you are not a manager, your post will be deleted and you will possibly be infracted.

Manager Signups: January 24th

Player Signups: January 31st

Auction Date: February 12th 5pm EST

Regular Season Schedule:
Week 1: February 14th
Spikemuth Spectral Thieves vs Hoenn Heroes
Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles vs Hau'oli Haxers
Santalune Storms vs Galar Ghosters

Week 2: February 21st
Spikemuth Spectral Thieves vs Santalune Storms
Galar Ghosters vs Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles
Hau'oli Haxers vs Hoenn Heroes

Week 3: February 28th
Spikemuth Spectral Thieves vs Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles
Santalune Storms vs Hoenn Heroes
Galar Ghosters vs Hau'oli Haxers

Week 4: March 7th
Spikemuth Spectral Thieves vs Galar Ghosters
Hau'oli Haxers vs Santalune Storms
Hoenn Heroes vs Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles

Week 5: March 14th
Spikemuth Spectral Thieves vs Hau'oli Haxers
Hoenn Heroes vs Galar Ghosters
Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles vs Santalune Storms

Playoffs: March 21st-April 4th

Formats: SS DOU, SS DUU, SM DOU, XY DOU, and BW DOU​

 

[n10siT]

Click the logo to join the Hoenn Heroes discord! Anyone and everyone is welcome :)

If you would like to tryout, please pm me replays that you feel showcase your abilities. My discord is n10sit#4610, or you can pm me on showdown or smogon.

 

[Idyll]

Hello, everyone! I'm the manager for this year's Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles. Click on the logo to join the team Discord!

For anyone that would like to prove themselves and make a case to be picked, please reach out to me on Smogon Forum PM! Here's to a fun competitive DPL 7! :D

 

[Yoda2798]

Hello, prospective Haxers! I won't have a public Discord, but if you're interested in being drafted to the luckiest DPL team then you can reach out to me on Discord at Yoda2798#7370.

If you're a newer/more under the radar player then you can make a case for yourself, but even if you're a more established player, showing you're motivated and interested in playing for me will make me more likely to get you!

 

[KyleCole]

See you at the draft.​

 

[fespy]

The Storms are back! Join our Discord server for more info.

 

[AuraRayquaza]

Discord is too confusing ._. so until I figure out how to properly make a server just pm me on smogon or dm me on discord at AuraRayquaza#3120 to try out for the gamer squad

 

[MajorBowman]

Friendly reminder that signups will be closing on Thursday, February 11, at 5 PM Eastern time (GMT -5), approximately 27.5 hours from now. Make sure you get signed up if you want a chance to be drafted!

 

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Draft Info​

Managers that wish to buy themselves must nominate themselves at their first opportunity and immediately bid 15k. Failure to nominate themselves during the first round of the draft forfeits their ability to play in DPL 7.

The draft order is as follows:

1. Hau'oli Haxers
2. Spikemuth Spectral Thieves
3. Santalune Storms
4. Galar Ghosters
5. Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles
6. Hoenn Heroes

 

[Bless]

The DPL 7 Draft has concluded!

Pricelist:

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emforbes	28000
Qwello Lee	27000
JRL	24500
DaWoblefet	23000
SMB	22500
stax	21000
Z Strats	18500
shrop	17500
MajorBowman	17000
Spurrific	17000
Paraplegic	16500
yoda2798	15000
Frania	15000
hearth17	15000
qsns	15000
Mishimono	12000
Biosci	9500
Demantoid	9500
Tenzai	9500
Voltix	9000
YoBuddy	8500
Nido-Rus	8500
Human	7500
Grandmas Cookin	7500
Ninjadog	5500
Mizuhime	5500
MetalGro$$	5500
The_Bandit	5000
Akaru Kokuyo	4000
Sakura	4000
GenOne	4000
Alpha Rabbit	4000
AtmosphereVGC	4000
Arcticblast	4000
Eisenherz	3500
Amaranth	3500
Yellow Paint	3500
papiloco	3500
Enzonana.	3500
Shadowmonstr7	3500
laptops	3500
EternalSnowman	3000
Toxigen	3000
emma	3000
TonyFlygon	3000
Yuichi	3000
kaori	3000
Mr.GX	3000
Maki	3000
Zigh	3000
Oravlatore	3000
zeefable	3000
London13	3000

Week one begins on Sunday, February 14th!

 

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WE HAVE A TRADE!
Memoric and Aray came to an agreement.
Twinleaf Mutant Ninja Squirtles: -Yellow Paint, +Amaranth
Spikemuth Spectral Thieves: -Amaranth, +Yellow Paint
WE GOT BINGO!!!!!

 

[Bless]

I wasn't sure where to post this so I'll do it here. Thank you MajorBowman n10sit Arcticblast and Yoda2798 for giving me the opportunity to host DPL 7. Tbh, I don't think I was the best candidate to host, but I didn't want to let you guys down so I did my best to make sure DPL 7 was ran successfully without any problems. Unfortunately, I wasn't being neutral throughout DPL and was giving advice to every team during prep. I wasn't leaking any info from other team servers so I didn't think I was breaking any rules, but as host, I should've been neutral from the start and shouldn't had said anything in the prep channels. This is my first time hosting a tournament so it's a new experience for me. DPL isn't over yet, but I wanted to share with the DOU community how I've been feeling atm. I enjoy playing DOU a lot(mainly BW DOU and SM DOU), but lately, IRL has been kicking my ass. I need to be honest, I never intended on a getting a badge on Smogon. I just wanted to do stats for DPL 6, Smogon Classic, Snake 3, and DOU Invitationals last year because I knew it would be beneficial for the DOU community. I ended up getting a ladybug badge which turned into a community contributor badge and now I feel obligated to do stuff for Smogon because I have this badge now. I'll always be around in the DOU community because playing doubles is fun but I really need to take a break from mons and focus on my IRL goals. I plan on returning for DWCOP in November later this year but in the meantime, I would like to nominate YoBuddy and emma for ladybug badges. YoBuddy has always been there for me when I couldn't do usage stats for a tour(2020 Dwcop and DPL7) and emma in general has been killing it. emma did secret santa, hosted the dou winter ssnls, worked on the spreadsheets for Dwcop last year and DPL this year, and is also a great presence in the dou discord(YoBuddy as well). I appreciate all the support I've gotten from the DOU community but it's time for me to move on. Take care everyone! I'll be back for Dwcop :) I hope all of you also come back for Dwcop Frania umbry Z Strats Memoric SMB Paraplegic!

 

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re: kaori vs SMB

Summary: kaori (Squirtles) and SMB (Heroes) scheduled their game for 11:00am Eastern time (GMT -4). SMB had scheduled his SPL finals match for earlier in the day, but his opponent was late. This meant that the RBY match bled into the scheduled time, and kaori made it clear that she would need to start by 11:45am in order to get to sleep at a reasonable time. MajorBowman (tier leader but not the host of DPL7) implied that activity calls would not be made for DPL semifinals, but no definitive statement could be made since the host was not online. At 11:45am, the Heroes attempted to substitute Voltix in for SMB without the manager online, but kaori's teammate confirmed that she was no longer available. About 15 minutes later, kaori came back online and played against Voltix. To reiterate, neither the Heroes manager nor the DPL host were online at any point while this situation unfolded.

Resolution: The game played between kaori and Voltix will not count towards the DPL semifinals match between the Squirtles and the Heroes. kaori and SMB will be given a one week extension and allowed to reschedule their match. Since the outcome of the series between the Squirtles and the Heroes will not be affected by this specific game, the players may also choose to call it a dead game. This decision was made because the Heroes manager was not online to authorize a sub at the time. While adhering to deadlines is important for the timely progression of tournaments, DPL is a low stakes tournament played with the intention of all parties having a good time. For that reason, we would much rather see games be played as intended than to make activity calls.