tennisace's ~*magical mystery tournament*~ - Won by Tachycardia

tennisace

not quite too old for this, apparently
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Hi there.

First: here are the standard rules and regulations. I'm not going to assign a standard round time, but please don't john. I'll be sad.

The format will be a seeded, best of 3 standard NU series. I will post a bracket on challonge.net for round 1 and all subsequent rounds.

Battles are to be played on either the Pokémon Online or Pokémon Showdown simulator.

Here are some rules we enforce for players in tournaments: There is a good chance you will receive a Warning or potentially be banned from tournaments if you fail to adhere to these:

If your user name undergoes a change, it is your obligation to report the change to the hosts of any tournaments you are participating in, as well as your opponents in those tournaments.

Avoid dropping out of a tournament midway through unless you have a good reason for doing so. People that repeatedly drop out of tournaments without good reason may be punished.

If you do have to drop out, you must notify the host and your opponent.

Endeavor to complete your battles before the deadline of each round. If we notice a pattern of laziness, we may decide to punish you.


Once you have signed up and the host posts Round 1, it is strongly recommended that you contact your opponent immediately by posting on their profile, or a Conversation if you prefer (though this makes it more difficult for the host to track who is more active). Let them know when you think you will be ready to play, your timezone (assuming you set it when you joined, it should appear at the bottom of every page on the forums), and maybe your availability if you know what that will be. Try to respond in a timely fashion whenever your opponent contacts you. If someone misses a scheduled time and the match is in danger of going uncompleted by the deadline, the host will nearly always award the win to the player that showed up, so scheduling a battle is a sure way to avoid being eliminated by inactivity. Don't be lazy!


Sleep Clause: If a player has already put an opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move and that Pokémon is still sleeping due to that sleep inducing move, the player cannot put another opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move.

Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same species of Pokémon on their team, based on the National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.

Evasion Clause: Players cannot use Double Team or Minimize in any of their Pokémon's movesets. In fifth generation (BW) Smogon tiers, the items BrightPowder and Lax Incense also may not be held by any Pokémon on a player's team. In other generations, these items do not break this clause.

OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.

Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.


Moody Clause: A player may not use a Pokémon with the ability Moody.

Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent may take the win. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.

Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.

Ghosting: The player in a tournament battle should be the one making their own decisions. Do not tell a player what move to make in a tournament battle (i.e. do not "ghost" them), and do not make your moves based on another person's suggestions. If we are made aware that someone playing a tournament battle is making some of their moves based mainly on the suggestions of someone else, punishments may be handed out to both parties involved.

Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.

Rule Breaking: If a player breaks a rule during a battle, they are disqualified from that particular battle. If it was a single battle in a series, they will still have the opportunity to play the rest of the series.

Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or another tournament format that is unable to handle draws, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.

Forfeiting: A player may forfeit their battle during or after the battle, as long as the result has not been confirmed by the host. If a player forfeits before a battle commences in the first round of a tournament, they are eligible for substitution if appropriate. We highly recommend that you do not forfeit your tournament battles just because you got lucky, but we do not enforce this.

Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.

Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.


This isn't exactly a mini-tournament, but for those of you who don't know, I've been wanting to do a seeded invitational tournament with NU for a while now. To do so, I tallied up all of the results from all 16 mini-tournaments (even though #16 isn't done right now, the results will only affect 1 person, more on that in a sec) and assigned a value of 1 win = 1 point. For 3 way finals, the winner got 1 point and the two runners up got 0. I was going to do .5 for someone who went 1-1 in a 3 way finals, but Zeb and shnen suck the matches weren't always played. Anyway, here is the google doc with the current standings.

The top 16 people (including ties) will get an invite automatically and will be seeded. Obviously, there are some people in the top 16 who aren't active anymore, which is where the confirmation part comes in. If you are one of the top 16 people and wish to enter, post in this thread confirming it.

Here are the top 16:

@FLCL - confirmed
@Shuckleking87 - confirmed
@Zebraiken - confirmed
@Sweet Jesus - confirmed
@CrashinBoomBang
@shnen - juan
@Tachycardia - confirmed
@FireMage - confirmed
@MMF
@Annoyer - confirmed
@Raseri - confirmed
@Incon - confirmed
@Fusxfaranto - confirmed
@D4RR3N - confirmed
@atomicllamas - confirmed
@ThisMysteriousGuy
@Finchinator - confirmed
@New Breed

Additionally, if @atomicllamas wins his semifinals match in MT 16, he gets an invite. If Firemage wins, his seeding improves. Neither of the players in the other semifinal will make it even if they win the mini tournament, since both have 0 points from previous ones, and this MT is only worth 5 points. Edit: llamas won so he's in.

I'm going to aim for 32 participants total in this tournament, so even if you aren't "invited" you may still post to sign up in this thread. Keep in mind though that this is an invitational, and I will be hand picking entrants based on skill in NU, community involvement, and prior minitour involvement. If you are not picked, tough. Do not talk to me on irc (or via: pm, vm, email, strongly written letters, weakly written letters, telegram, instagram, carrier pigeon, or indian smoke signals) about it. I also won't be participating because I suck am actually king_john will rig it with activity wins don't feel like playing, so don't ask about that either.

Good luck, have fun, ask questions, post now, don't post now, whatever.

this is also my 5555th post smd i guess

Signups end September 19th

-CBTerrakion
-CaseKase
-Soulgazer
-JirachiCelebiMew
-Sidfrid
-Treecko
-Infernis
-PsYch071c
-Audiosurfer
-Lolkomori
-Meeps
-bobbyvaporeon
-Nozzle
-BROStime
-scorpdestroyer
-Lasagne21
-Level 51
-Royalty
-skylight
-Jayde
-Celever
-The unlucky one

Round 1:

1 FLCL vs 24 JirachiCelebiMew
2 Shuckleking87 vs 23 Infernis
3 Zebraiken vs 22 Sidfrid
4 Sweet Jesus vs 21 BROStime
5 Tachycardia vs 20 Soulgazer
6 FireMage vs 19 CBTerrakion
7 Annoyer vs 18 Lasagne21
8 Raseri vs 17 Treecko
9 Fusxfaranto vs 16 Audiosurfer
10 Incon vs 15 skylight
11 atomicllamas vs 14 scorpdestroyer
12 D4RR3N vs 13 Finchinator

edit: bracket - http://goo.gl/ilPTmP

ROUND 2:

1 FLCL vs 13 Finchinator
7 Annoyer vs 19 CBTerrakion
2 Shuckleking87 vs 11 atomicllamas
8 Raseri vs 5 Tachycardia
3 Zebraiken vs 15 skylight
9 Fusxfaranto vs 4 Sweet Jesus

Semifinals:
1 FLCL vs 7 Annoyer
2 Shuckleking87 vs 5 Tachycardia
3 Zebraiken vs 4 Sweet Jesus

deadline for semifinal matches is 5 days from now, tuesday oct 8
 
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jake

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whoa what da heck i'm actually in top 16??

in fsr. this is a really cool idea
 

atomicllamas

but then what's left of me?
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If I win tomorrow I am in for sure, otherwise I would still like to be in assuming there are 32 :)
 
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