Tournament RUPL IX Announcements Thread

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This thread will serve as the announcements hub for things like manager information, retains, important dates, etc.

Let's start with managers and manager pricing.

Team A: Expulso
Team B: Punny
Team C: Alpha Rabbit
Team D: gorex
Team E: MrAldo
Team F: Lunala
Team G: Sage
Team H: EviGaro
Managers will be priced a little differently than previous years, so please read carefully. This year, we are stealing UU's manager pricing formula:

(Price last RUPL or 10,000, whichever is higher + (10,000 + (# of wins last RUPL * 1500))) / 2 , rounded up to the nearest .500.

For reference, last RUPL's spreadsheet is here. However, I have taken the liberty of calculating the manager self-buy prices:

Expulso: 12500
Punny: 20500
Alpha Rabbit: 10000
Gorex: 14000
MrAldo: 11500
Lunala: 15500
Sage: 10000
EviGaro: 14000
Managers can only retain once per team. The list of possible retains and their prices from last RUPL can be found here. Retains will be (last year’s price + 3000) or 10000, whichever is higher, unless it is a re-retain. Re-retains will be (last year’s price + 6000). Players who were re-retained last year will be (last year’s price + 9000). Please note that this paste includes old team names, but they are still ordered from Team A to Team H. Lastly, manager pricing takes precedent over this list.

Thanks to everyone who applied. This decision was tough because everyone was a good candidate except for Feliburn, who let me know that his signup post was a joke, just like his retirement.
 
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Auction order is:
The Inting Enteis
The Noble Noiverns
The Dabbing Darmanitans
The Sleek Slush Rushers
The Deranged Hustlers
The Top Laning Lucarios
The Masculin Basculins
The Magical Mimikyus

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Hello, cute RUers. Player signups have been closed and the deadline for retains/self-buys has passed.

Inting Enteis
Expulso has self-bought for 12500
Expulso has retained TheFranklin for 12500
Remaining credits: 75000

Noble Noiverns
Punny has self-bought for 20500
Punny has declined to retain any players
Remaining credits: 79500

The Deranged Hustlers
Alpha Rabbit has declined to self-buy
Alpha Rabbit has retained robjr for 15000
Remaining credits: 85000

Masculin Basculins
Gorex has self-bought for 14000
Gorex has retained star for 22000
Remaining credits: 64000

Sleek Slush Rushers
MrAldo has self-bought for 11500
MrAldo has declined to retain any players
Remaining credits: 88500

Dabbing Darmanitans
4th-meanest user Lunala has declined to self-buy
4th-meanest user Lunala has retained Umbry for 14000
Remaining credits: 86000

Magical Mimikyus
Sage has self-bought for 10000
Sage has retained garay oak for 20000
Remaining credits: 70000

Top Laning Lucarios
EviGaro has self-bought for 14000
EviGaro has declined to retain any players
Remaining credits: 86000
 
The auction has concluded! Please see below for a list of pricing (note that retains and self-buys are not included here).
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Xiri 16000
Scottie 14000
Eternal Spirit 13500
banks 8000
Yourwelcomethanku 4500
EternalSnowman 4000
Alkione 3500
Yay 3000
Miyami~~~ 3000
Isza 3000
Finchinator 17000
Ark 16000
Lily 10000
TPP 7000
omi 4500
Natan 3500
Holly 3500
Specs 3000
ez 3000
emma 3000
Fc 3000
Juno 3000
cy 3000
mncmt 20500
Luthier 19000
Spl4sh 14500
Lyss 11500
Askov 6500
London Beats 5000
fran17 3000
NEON_Voyager 3000
DugZa 3000
odr 22500
GoldCat 8500
TJ 8000
Chaitanya 7500
Dj Breloominati♬ 6000
Danny 5000
Daruma 4000
Ampha 3000
Staxi 3000
Luna's Banned now 3000
tlenit 3000
QWILY 3000
Oathkeeper 3000
Inder 3000
PokemonCestDur 3000
ToastedBunzzz02 3000
Pohjis 27500
mael 8500
The Strap 7500
Beraldinho 7000
TSR 6000
Void 6000
Sabella 5500
jonfilch 5500
Heni-san 5500
Feen 3000
Reece 3000
Feliburn 20500
Hurtadoo 15000
Bouff 13500
eifo 13000
Clementine 10000
Aberforth 4500
Elfuseon 3500
HaxxSel 3000
airfare 3000
beatiful 15000
Mac3 15000
ninjadog 11000
Thiago Nunes 7000
zS 4000
xXcrossbowXx 3000
Jordy004 3000
GW 3000
neomon 3000
Ajna 21500
etern 9500
We Three Kings 6000
Confide 5500
lighthouses 5500
passion 5000
Aliss 5000
gum 4500
Metallica126 4500
avarice 3000
Pohjis 27500
odr 22500
Ajna 21500
Feliburn 20500
mncmt 20500
Luthier 19000
Finchinator 17000
Xiri 16000
Ark 16000
Hurtadoo 15000
beatiful 15000
Mac3 15000
Spl4sh 14500
Scottie 14000
Bouff 13500
Eternal Spirit 13500
eifo 13000
Lyss 11500
ninjadog 11000
Clementine 10000
Lily 10000
etern 9500
mael 8500
GoldCat 8500
TJ 8000
banks 8000
The Strap 7500
Chaitanya 7500
Beraldinho 7000
Thiago Nunes 7000
TPP 7000
Askov 6500
TSR 6000
Void 6000
We Three Kings 6000
Dj Breloominati♬ 6000
Sabella 5500
jonfilch 5500
Heni-san 5500
Confide 5500
lighthouses 5500
passion 5000
Aliss 5000
Danny 5000
London Beats 5000
gum 4500
Metallica126 4500
Aberforth 4500
Yourwelcomethanku 4500
omi 4500
Daruma 4000
EternalSnowman 4000
zS 4000
Elfuseon 3500
Alkione 3500
Natan 3500
Holly 3500
Feen 3000
Reece 3000
avarice 3000
Ampha 3000
Staxi 3000
Luna's Banned now 3000
tlenit 3000
QWILY 3000
Oathkeeper 3000
Inder 3000
PokemonCestDur 3000
ToastedBunzzz02 3000
HaxxSel 3000
airfare 3000
Yay 3000
Miyami~~~ 3000
Isza 3000
xXcrossbowXx 3000
Jordy004 3000
GW 3000
neomon 3000
fran17 3000
NEON_Voyager 3000
DugZa 3000
Specs 3000
ez 3000
emma 3000
Fc 3000
Juno 3000
cy 3000
 
Season schedule!

Inting Enteis vs. Top Laning Lucarios
Noble Noiverns vs. Magical Mimikyus
Deranged Hustlers vs. Dabbing Darmanitans
Masculin Basculins vs. Sleek Slush Rushers
Magical Mimikyus vs. Inting Enteis
Dabbing Darmanitans vs. Top Laning Lucarios
Sleek Slush Rushers vs. Noble Noiverns
Masculin Basculins vs. Deranged Hustlers
Inting Enteis vs. Dabbing Darmanitans
Magical Mimikyus vs. Sleek Slush Rushers
Top Laning Lucarios vs. Masculin Basculins
Noble Noiverns vs. Deranged Hustlers
Sleek Slush Rushers vs. Inting Enteis
Dabbing Darmanitans vs. Masculin Basculins
Deranged Hustlers vs. Magical Mimikyus
Top Laning Lucarios vs. Noble Noiverns
Inting Enteis vs. Masculin Basculins
Sleek Slush Rushers vs. Deranged Hustlers
Dabbing Darmanitans vs. Noble Noiverns
Magical Mimikyus vs. Top Laning Lucarios
Deranged Hustlers vs. Inting Enteis
Noble Noiverns vs. Masculin Basculins
Top Laning Lucarios vs. Sleek Slush Rushers
Magical Mimikyus vs. Dabbing Darmanitans
Inting Enteis vs. Noble Noiverns
Deranged Hustlers vs. Top Laning Lucarios
Masculin Basculins vs. Magical Mimikyus
Sleek Slush Rushers vs. Dabbing Darmanitans
 
Lunala has received a six-month ban on Smogon for past misconduct. This makes her ineligible to participate in RUPL and she is no longer the Dabbing Darmanitans manager, effective immediately. I will be in contact with the Darmanitan team members to find a replacement for her as quickly as possible and will update the managers and the community accordingly.

CC: MrAldo gorex Punny Alpha Rabbit Sage Expulso EviGaro

Update: umbry received an overwhelming amount of support, and will be the Darmanitans manager moving forward. A big thanks to umbry for stepping up!
 
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In regards to the Week 2 BW match between ninjadog and Void that was not played resulting in ninjadog’s act request here:

After consulting with a tour director and the respective managers, I am going to deny this act request on the basis that neither Alpha Rabbit nor players of The Deranged Hustlers were notified in order to allow for a substitute. Furthermore, ninjadog had offered to deadgame here, which makes me even less inclined to go against policy to grant a favorable act ruling, even if I do think Void was pretty inconsiderate with their lack of communication.

This is a deadgame and nobody will be given a win for this match.

CC: gorex Alpha Rabbit
 
Regarding the Week 3 BW match between fran17 and Yay, which resulted in the former's act call here:

The scheduling was pretty poor from both players, with a relatively ambiguous window of availability being set. Furthermore, the only member of the Enteis who was notified that fran17 was online and waiting was Expulso, who was asleep at the time. Since there was no notice given to other members of the Enteis, I am denying this act call per the policy outlined here, which states that teamwide notice needs to be given in the event of inadequate scheduling communication in order for a favorable activity ruling to be granted. This game will need to be played with a substitute from each team.

I have notified umbry and Expulso of the decision and they have already made their substitutes.
 
Regarding the Week 6 SM match between lighthouses and Luthier resulting in the latter's act call here:

Pretty straightforward activity case here. Lighthouses didn't show on Friday and did not follow up at all. Luthier even attempted to play the game this evening, and Lighthouses once again did not show. The Mimikyus were given an opportunity to sub and did not have anybody available to sub. The Darmanitans will be awarded an activity win for this game.

CC: Sage umbry
 
Regarding bbeeaa’s tourban:

After consulting with a tournament director, it has been determined that the Masculin Basculins are entitled to pick one (1) player from the pool of remaining players in the wake of bbeeaa’s tourban. This player will be eligible to participate immediately.

I would recommend consulting with whomever you wish to buy to confirm their availability, since some time has passed since the auction. gorex, please inform me of your selection within the next 24 hours.

CC: Expulso umbry MrAldo

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Regarding the Eternal Spirit-odr BO3 set that was to be played for finals this week. Neither player made an attempt to schedule until late in the week, and it turned out their schedules thereafter were incompatible.
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This will result in a double sub with the game to be played before tonight’s deadline.

This decision was made in consultation with my cohost Mac3, two tournament directors, and an RUTL, all of whom suggested a double substitution. Expulso has elected to substitute Yourwelcomethanku; MrAldo has substituted himself in. Again, this game must be played before tonight’s 11:59 PM GMT -4 deadline.
 

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