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Welcome, Smogon, to the seventh UU Classic! This is part of our official UU Tour Circuit where you can test your mettle against the top players in the community. The UnderUsed Classic is a chance to celebrate the history of the UnderUsed tier through the generations. Participants will compete in separate, single elimination UU tournaments for the SWSH, USM, ORAS, BW, DPP, ADV, and GSC generations, culminating in playoffs and finals. Additionally, players who make playoffs will be awarded points that will count towards the UU Tour circuit of 2022.

This tournament format should be familiar to anyone who has participated in Smogon's Grand Slam or Classic tournaments. The format consists of seven separate tournaments: the SWSH UU Cup, USM UU Cup, the ORAS UU Cup, the BW UU Cup, the DPP UU Cup, the ADV UU Cup, and the GSC UU Cup. Each participant will earn points for how far they advance in each cup, following a similar point system used in Grand Slam and other tours (see here for more details), but 2 points will be given out for round 3 onwards instead of round 4.

For the first time in UU Classic, we will be employing a Best Finish system for qualifying for playoffs. This means that only a players best 4 cups will count towards their overall points, this felt especially necessary due to the inclusion of a 7th cup.

When all six cups have been completed, the top 16 players with the most points will advance to the playoffs. There they will compete in a best-of-five series consisting of a combination involving whichever generations they counterpick until we have an undisputed Smogon UnderUsed Classic Champion.

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Signups for the first Cup go up on 31st July, 2023, with dates staggered by a week:

SWSH UU Cup - Hosted by autumn - 31st July
SM UU Cup - Hosted by justdrew - 31st July
ORAS UU Cup - Hosted by PandaDoux - 6th August
BW UU Cup - Hosted by Theia - 6th August
DPP UU Cup - Hosted by DugZa - 13th August
ADV UU Cup - Hosted by Jisoo - 13th August
GSC UU Cup - Hosted by Estarossa - 20th August

If you have any questions or concerns about the format or predictions about the tour, please post them here. Initially, playoffs will be top 16 players, but that's subject to changes depending on the number of signups.[/CENTER]
 
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BigFatMantis

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Can the winner of an individual cup get something cool like they used to? Last year the individual cup finals were kinda lackluster and one of them almost didn’t even happen because there seemed to be no need between the finalists.

There used to be a slight bonus in circuit points for winning an individual cup and I think even giving someone 5 circuit points would be cool - it’s not easy winning an individual cup. Alternatively, giving more than 2 classic points for winning a cup should at least be done, especially with a best finish system now.

There’s an opportunity to make the cup finals more hype and we shouldn’t blow it. Last year they were super not hype because there was little to play for. The year before I thought they were very hype because there was a lot on the line.
 
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