RU RU Circuit Playoffs - Finals (Won by eifo)

[btboy]

op stolen from Expulso
Approved by Feliburn

Welcome to the second 2022 RarelyUsed Circuit Playoffs! The winner of this tournament will receive the 2022 RarelyUsed ribbon as a reward for their hard work and accomplishments this year!

Congratulations to you all for accomplishing this, and good luck in the playoffs!

SPECIFIC RULES

• This is a standard Gen 8 RarelyUsed tournament.
• This tournament will be SINGLE Elimination.
• Rounds 1 and 2 will be Best of 3; the semifinals and finals will be Best of 5.
• You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
• Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown; you must play on either Smogtours or the main server.
• Replays are mandatory for each game you play! I recommend playing on Smogtours so that they are automatically saved. DO NOT HIDE YOUR REPLAYS.

Standard Rules and Clauses

• Baton Pass Clause: Baton Pass is banned
• Sleep Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
• Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
• OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
• Moody Clause: Moody is banned
• Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
• Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
• HP Percentage Mod: HP is shown in percentages

General Tournament Rules

1. Identity: I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
2. Scouting: Don't leak teams. Keep in mind when laddering and testing teams that you may encounter another player on an alt account; thus, I recommend not playing under your Smogon username. (I also recommend you use a different avatar then usual). I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching, and recommend you follow the aforementioned procedure and /modjoin or /ionext for all test games. Keep in mind that everyone will have access to your replays from earlier rounds of this Circuit Tournament.
3. Timer Clause: Keep Battle Timer on for these games. I recommend playing on Smogtours. Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason; timer management is a necessary skill, and if you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. If you ask your opponent to turn off timer due to internet issues, etc., they can do so, but it is their right to refuse. I recommend that all such requests be made only if necessary; if it is necessary, notify your opponent before the series begins. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
4. Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences. Don't do it.

Seeds

1. eifo - 1027.50
2. Alpha Rabbit - 820
3. Feliburn - 791.67
4. Floss - 767.50
5. GoldCat - 711.67
6. bb skarm - 701.67
7. DugZa - 665.00
8. TJ - 588.33
9. Beraldinho - 585.00
10. ProDigeZz - 556.67
11. kythr - 545.00
12. Xiri - 500.00
13. LBN - 500.00
14. TheFranklin - 475.00
15. Meru - 460.00
16. robjr - 429.17

The spreadsheet containing the full 2022 RU Circuit results is available here.

Huge shoutout to Nineveh for the amazing matchup artwork!

[1] eifo vs. [7] DugZa
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NO HARD DEADLINE FOR THE FINALS ROUND, BUT TRY TO GET IT DONE BY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2023 AT 11:59 PM GMT -5. REMEMBER THAT THIS ROUND IS BO5.

 

[Denial]

Really hoping for eifo to win. Long standing amazing ru contributor and player that i always felt was snubbed from any real opportunity, especially in team tours. Both deserving winners either way, but am super biased in rooting for eifo

 

[Suzuya]

DugZa

 

[Oathkeeper]

go eifo!

 

[Hera]

Go eifo!

 

[eifo]

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT BUT I HAVE WON THE RU CIRCUIT LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8ru-667578
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8ru-667579
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8ru-667581

GGS to dugza and congrats on a great performance in lower tiers in 2022, perhaps especially in RU and PU. Wish you the best of luck.

Thank you to all my friends who make this site a fun place to be. Would have quit this place ages ago without you. Well, I guess I tried a couple of times, but today I am glad that I came back every time.

I have now finally reached my ultimate goal that I set myself half a decade ago: to win one of the biggest individual tours. To this end I spent far too much time playing, scouting, and building. It feels wonderful to finally reap the rewards of all that effort.

Goodbye 2022, thank you for all the good times you brought. Hopefully 2023 will be even better!

 

[C0nfiden1 0yster]

Congrats eifo, very much deserved

 

[Astrø]

congrats man, extraordinary run through this year

 

[GoldCat]

Congrats eifo, one of the most consistently solid lower tier players for years now. It's so great to see you finally catch a break and win yourself a much-earned ribbon.

 

[Master Chief]

Congratulations bro, it feels so good as a friend to finally see you win this after years of knowing the struggles you’ve gone through with this game. From the YouTube uploads where you declared you’re quitting to teaming in rupl and everything in between it’s been amazing to see you cap off these two ru gens with the ribbon. Enjoy it bro you fully deserve it

 

[Oathkeeper]

eifo congrats my dude! I knew you could do it. I need to learn stuff from you so I can be just like you when I grow down.