Smogon Premier League VII - Semi-Finals

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Playoffs? Don't talk about—playoffs?! You kidding me? Playoffs?!

As the host, the biggest thing you guys can do for me is just get your matches done on time and keep drama to a minimum. While this tournament is known for high levels of drama and excitement, just keep it between you and the other teams. If there is a problem, take it up with me privately on IRC or through private message and I will do my best to resolve the issue.

As a reminder:

On... Sportsmanship
Note the sportsmanship infraction may be used liberally this SPL, and any unsportsmanlike conduct on the forums, in #spl / #pokemon / any of the semiofficial tier channels, or in opposing SPL team channels (I won't infract for you being a dick in your own SPL team channel unless the situation is so extreme I feel I absolutely have to make an exception (consider basically any masterclass interaction ever)), will be grounds for an infraction. We encourage you to play semi-aggressively, but don't be a Masterclass.

~ Aldaron

On... Scheduling Matches
I'm sure plenty of you have come across activity drama while scheduling matches. I'm here to reduce the arbitrary element associated with some of these decisions. It is entirely your decision to adhere to these STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS, but note that if you choose not to, I'll most likely ignore any pleading from your end.

YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR VM WALL IF YOU WISH TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS IS HOW ALL OFFICIAL SCHEDULING WILL BE HANDLED.

Once that week's thread is posted, you have up to 48 hours to contact your opponent ON HIS VM WALL and mention your timezone and exactly what dates, what time ranges you are available, and where you will battle. Note that the default accepted sim and server is the official server on Showdown/Smogon Tournament Server, or PO if you're playing an old gen. You must provide at least 3 different time ranges at least 48 hours from the timestamp of your message, with at least 2 that are 24-hours apart from each other. The minimum and maximum length for 1 time range is 30 minutes, and the minimum difference between the 3 required time ranges is 3 hours. If you give 3 time ranges that stick with this policy, you can give any additional time ranges at any time you please.

NOTE THAT THIS SCENARIO INVOLVES RESPONSE DYNAMICS; THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL CONTACT FIRST AND SOMEONE WHO RESPOND...THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT FOR BOTH OF YOU TO ASSUME TO YOU CAN BE FIRST CONTACTS...WHOEVER CONTACTS FIRST IS THE FIRST, AND THE OTHER DEFAULTS TO THE RESPONDER. THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS BUT SOME OF YOU ARE DUMB.

Once your opponent has contacted you, you now have up until 72 hours after the week's thread has been posted (NOT after your opponent's message) to respond with times that are good for you. What this means is that if both of you spend the maximum time contacting and responding, you should have back and forth collaboration at a maximum of 72 hours after the round has been posted, with both parties given an additional 24 hours to prepare for the battle should it be scheduled as soon as required. If none of the opponent's proposed time ranges are good for you, you must respond with alternative time ranges.

The first opponent now has X hours to prepare for the battle (if the second opponent agreed to some time) or 24 hours to contact a TD if, for whatever reason, this second set of time ranges does not suit the first opponent. Note this should be an absolute last measure.

Once a time is agreed upon, please make a message on your opponent's VM wall between 10 minutes and 1 second before the agreed upon time and say you are ready to battle and then get to agreed upon location (regardless of whether or not your opponent sends you a response VM). Please protect yourself by making this message, as it makes decisions much easier. You will be required to wait for your opponent for the duration of the time range.

If neither of you contact each other before 48 hours after the thread has been posted, you're both opening yourself up to a potential no contest or substitution. If I look at the situation, I might just determine I'm going to no contest, or whatever based on however I'm feeling at that moment. Don't leave yourself and your team vulnerable to this.

Just because at anytime one of the responders does not respond within the given range does not give you automatic activity win credentials. If they don't contact at all on your VM wall up until 48 hours before the end of the round (note, I'm not going to take irc or sim messages as evidence due to how easily they can be doctored...so if you want to protect yourself, stick to the VM messages), then you obviously have activity win justification. You WILL contact your opponent in a timely manner. However, if they do contact you at all after the suggested response time and before 48 hours before the end of the round, you are required to respond before 24 hours before the end of the round with 2 1-hour time ranges at least 1 hour apart before the end of the round. The opponent, since he did not stick to the proposed response schedule, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAY AT ONE OF YOUR NEWLY SUGGESTED TIMES, so you have the advantage here. This obviously puts a bit of an emphasis on the last 48 hours of each round (as is standard operating procedure for most of our official team tournaments anyway), so I will try my best to keep the last 48 hours of the round as close to the majority of the weekend for as much of the world as I can.

If you follow all of these guidelines, you will a.) most likely get your match done with minimal issue or b.) protect yourself and your team from an undue no contest or activity decision. Yes, I hate activity decisions in official tournaments. Yes, I will do my best to prevent activity decisions in the playoffs (the qualifying round is fair game however and I will have no problem issuing an activity call here), but don't push your luck.

Here is an example of how following this would work:

Week 1 thread is posted June 7, 2013 at 12:00 AM. Its deadline is June 14, 2013 at 11:59PM. User A and User B are matched up. User A contacts User B on his VM wall on June 7, at 9:00 PM (47 hours after the thread was posted, so ok), and gives 4 time ranges: June 10, from 7:00-7:30 PM (22 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is only ok so long as at minimum 3 of the other proposed time ranges adhere to the requirements), June 11, from 9:00-9:30 PM (48 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is ok), June 12, from 6:00-6:30 PM (69 hours after timestamp of his message, so ok, but only 21 hours after the earliest time range that is 48 hours after the timestamp), and June 12, from 9:00-9:30 PM (72 hours after the timestamp, so ok, and 24 hours after a legal time range and 3 hours after another legal time range). The June 11 and both June 12 time ranges satisfy the requirements, so User A can propose his first June 10 time range as well. User B responds on June 10, at 8:00 PM (23 hours after User A contacted him, so ok), and picks June 11, at 9:00 PM to battle, which is ok because it is 24 hours after his own response.

You'll note I made most of my response ranges multiples of 24 hours, but also included 24 hours. This means I expect you to be able to check Smogon at least once a day. If that is not feasible, you put yourself at risk.

~ Aldaron

On... Disconnecting and timing out drama
Ah, the big beefcake. I'm going to go ahead and put this out there: we reserve the right to judge any individual match on a case by case basis, regardless of assumed precedence set. If you don't like that, you are welcome to not play. Be aware of this.

Also, to protect yourself as much as possible from DCs and timer issues, play on Showdown (because it has an at least semi reliable system of rejoining after a DC) and make a gentleman's agreement to not hit timer and not be hour-a-move dicks.

That said, here is the main way we will probably handle DCs / timing out:

To handle all DC cases...you're gonna submit your teams before the match. Zebraiken and Oglemi, who are not playing nor affiliated with any team, will manage this team submission form. You don't have to submit, but if you do, you protect yourself from the opponent taking a win. If you do DC (and you can't rejoin the battle) and you haven't submitted your team, your opponent will have the right to take the win. Yes, I'll most likely make a judgment call if he is on his last turn with 1 Pokemon at 5% and paralyzed and with you at 6 100% health Pokemon, because the only way to lose this is to misclick multiple times. However, if you're at 6 100% Pokemon and your opponent is at last Pokemon 10% needing to crit flinch you 6 - 12 times for the win, I'll give him the win if you DC and haven't submitted your team.

I know people like Philip7086 will beg me "to use common sense for a judgment call" for all cases and I would normally agree, but I am giving you all a 100% out by allowing you to submit your team. Basically, submit your team, and protect yourself and your team from any and all DCs. It's a simple procedure that removes almost all subjectivity from a decision regarding a DC. Unlike with the scheduling restrictions, all you have to do is submit the team your are using at anytime before the match takes place, and you'll have 100% protected yourself. Read this rule and understand this now before you join the tournament. Since I'm stating this now, I'm basically going to ignore you if you DC, didn't submit a team, and "had a guaranteed win." Expect it. Also note that I'm going to let the PLAYER (not the team), decide whether he is going to take the win or go another route (replay same moves, replay different teams, etc.).

To further ensure no funny business, if, in the case of a DC replay, there is any concern from either party about funny business, both parties have the right to request a screenshot of the current Pokemon's stats in battle. This is irrelevant for Showdown as you can simply rejoin a battle there, but PO allows you to see the currently out Pokemon's stats if you scroll over it with your mouse. Just hit PrntScrn (windows) while scrolling over it if requested by your opponent, preferably with proof that it is a screenshot of that actual battle (consider including the opponent's request in the battle screen in the screenshot).

Regarding time outs, they are a bit more complex, specifically because some timeouts are due to DCs. The best we can do for this scenario is say that there is some number between 1 minute and 2 minutes (which we will not publicize) that we will set as a limit for timing out, and if you timeout with more than that limit time remaining, we'll assume it is a DC, whereas the opposite is a true timeout. A true timeout defaults to a loss, while the DC timeout is prone to the DC rules (did you submit or not).

~ Aldaron
Basically: use VMs to communicate and schedule your matches, don't be a drama llama (being an ATOMIC llama is fine), submit your teams, and we'll get along perfect.

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S E M I - F I N A L S
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[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (6) vs [#4] Alpha Ruiners (5)

ORAS OU: blunder vs ABR
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs TheEnder
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hogg
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Luigi.
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Jarii
ORAS LC: Heysup vs mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs deoxys speed
BW OU: Evuelf vs SoulWind
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Bad Ass
ADV OU: Ojama vs dekzeh
GSC OU: Aeroblacktyl vs idiotfrommars
RBY OU: Agammemnon vs Tiba



[#2] Wi-Fi Wolfpack (5) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (7)

ORAS OU: Stathakis vs Steve Angello
ORAS OU: Omfuga vs reiku
ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari
ORAS RU: FlamingVictini vs Meru
ORAS NU: Bouff vs Cased
ORAS LC: fapkingg vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Braverius vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Lavos Spawn vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: PDC vs Kevin Garrett
ADV OU: undisputed vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Bomber. vs Conflict
RBY OU: Bedschibaer vs The_Chaser

Deadline is Wednesday, March 23rd, at 11:59 PM EST.

If I made a mistake with any matchups or names, please contact me immediately. Also, post all of your replays / logs kthnx. Good luck to all!

23/24 matches completed
 
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ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hogg
ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari
 
[#2] Wi-Fi Wolfpack (4) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (8)

ORAS OU: Stathakis vs Steve Angello
ORAS OU: Omfuga vs reiku | they call him omfugoaod
ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari
ORAS RU: Afro Smash vs Meru
ORAS NU: Bouff vs Cased
ORAS LC: Mambo vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Braverius vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Lavos Spawn vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: PDC vs Kevin Garrett
ADV OU: undisputed vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Bomber. vs Conflict
RBY OU: Bedschibaer vs The_Chaser

lets get it friends! the real season has officially begun, none of that garbage regular season filler shit. bop there it is we out here dash space comin thru :]
 

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[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (7) vs [#4] Alpha Ruiners (5)

ORAS OU: blunder vs ABR
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs TheEnder
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hogg
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Luigi.
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Shaneghoul
ORAS LC: Heysup vs mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs deoxys speed
BW OU: Evuelf vs SoulWind
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Bad Ass
ADV OU: Ojama vs dekzeh
GSC OU: Aeroblacktyl vs idiotfrommars
RBY OU: Agammemnon vs Tiba

[#2] Wi-Fi Wolfpack (4) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (8)

ORAS OU: Stathakis vs Steve Angello
ORAS OU: Omfuga vs reiku
ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari
ORAS RU: Afro Smash vs Meru
ORAS NU: Bouff vs Cased
ORAS LC: Mambo vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Braverius vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Lavos Spawn vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: PDC vs Kevin Garrett
ADV OU: undisputed vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Bomber. vs Conflict
RBY OU: Bedschibaer vs The_Chaser
 

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rootin for my old managers pana and mop to get a nice trophy... ojama looks like he could use another 1 too his pixels are lookin weak these days ha ha i kid..

altho i hope blunder loses in semis and finals so he doesnt get it in his head that he's actually good or somethin xD
 

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ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hogg
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Luigi.
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Bad Ass

ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari
ORAS RU: Afro Smash vs Meru
DPP OU: PDC vs Kevin Garrett
 

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[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (6) vs [#4] Alpha Ruiners (6)

ORAS OU: blunder vs ABR - I feel like ABR has the momentum this time around and he has handled "important" games well so far (or at least well enough to win them), so I'd favor him here in a close match
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs TheEnder - Gingy has done better than a lot of people expected this tour, but Ender has been a top ORAS OUer throughout
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hogg - Lochie's activity is low and he didn't even play too well last week while Hogg is only getting better w/ time
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Luigi. - New Breed is sort of like Lochie, but he's been a bit better and his opponent isn't as well seasoned in the tier, so leaning his way
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Shaneghoul - SG had an SPL record of like 20-6 at one point while Shane is 0-3, hard to predict against SG even if I feel shane is better in this current meta rn
ORAS LC: Heysup vs mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs deoxys speed
BW OU: Evuelf vs SoulWind - probably two of my favorite BWers this tour, but SWind has dominated for the most part, bar his leftiez/marth games, and he won the first matchup between the two
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Bad Ass - classiest dpp core of pana-ojama is strong w/ either of them playing
ADV OU: Ojama vs dekzeh - feel like dekzeh is going to pull out a big one after being a bit unfortunate during the regular season
GSC OU: Aeroblacktyl vs idiotfrommars
RBY OU: Agammemnon vs Tiba

[#2] Wi-Fi Wolfpack (0)
vs [#3] Stark Sharks (0)

ORAS OU: Stathakis vs Steve Angello - Stath's naturally clutch
ORAS OU: Omfuga vs reiku - if anyone is stopping reiku this season in the playoffs after the tear he was on during most of the regular season, it will be an oddball like Omfuga in OU, but I think Reiku knows OU better and they're comparable in terms of level of play
ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari - hikari NEVER loses in playoffs EVER
ORAS RU: Afro Smash vs Meru - easiest prediction of my life
ORAS NU: Bouff vs Cased - thing about these two this SPL: former is blatantly overperforming and latter is underperforming. assuming trends hold true, bouff should stay winning
ORAS LC: Mambo vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Braverius vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Lavos Spawn vs GOD MARTH - feel like marth's prep (or lack thereof) and one/two dimensional style will hold him back against a BW veteran like Lavos assuming that Lavos prepares well
DPP OU: PDC vs Kevin Garrett - PDC is hot
ADV OU: undisputed vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Bomber. vs Conflict
RBY OU: Bedschibaer vs The_Chaser - looking forward to this series solely b/c playoffs+rby+wolfpack is an amazing combination

Good luck to all the playoff teams, but I'm personally supporting and rooting for the Wolfpack - it's been a joy hanging in your channel for the past month and I hope ya'll continue to awoo through the competition. Didn't really get to say much earlier, but thanks to all the Bigs for an entertaining season - we might have been lacking in the results department, but ya'll where a fun group and I hope to team up with many of you again
 
i thought i was gonna do long shoutouts but instead im just doing these to procrastinate D:

i just wanna thank Texas Cloverleaf and trc for giving me the chance to compete this year. I know that some people were high on me coming into the tournament and others weren't, but i'd like to say that I proved that I can compete at the highest level and am definitely looking forward to participating in future SPLs. As much as we struggled, you guys were always determined and confident that we could win every game we played, and maybe if some things had gone our way we'd still be competing, who knows. Either way, couldn't have asked for a better couple of guys to manage for my first SPL.

I'm not gonna do long individual shoutouts for all the falcons guys cause that'd take forever, but i just wanna say you're all cool guys and i'm glad to say that I think I made a bunch of new friends in the mons community. tho special shoutout to dice for taking the time to help me get acclimated into the SPL environment and to make me feel like I was included on the team, not to mention helping me out over the first couple weeks with my builds and tests.

see you guys next year!

Classiest to win it all.
 
[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (6) vs [#4] Alpha Ruiners (6)

ORAS OU: blunder vs ABR - should beat blunder like the chump that he is lol
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs TheEnder
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hogg - i like this guy, he smashed koko
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Luigi.
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Shaneghoul
ORAS LC: Heysup vs mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs deoxys speed
BW OU: Evuelf vs SoulWind - sry evu, soulwind is no mortal being
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Bad Ass
ADV OU: Ojama vs dekzeh - should be a good fite
GSC OU: Aeroblacktyl vs idiotfrommars
RBY OU: Agammemnon vs Tiba

should be a good series


[#2] Wi-Fi Wolfpack (5-6) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (6-7)

ORAS OU: Stathakis vs Steve Angello
ORAS OU: Omfuga vs reiku - dude is unstoppable. he beat tdk
ORAS UU: aim vs Hikari
ORAS RU: Afro Smash vs Meru
ORAS NU: Bouff vs Cased - they call him big match john
ORAS LC: Mambo vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Braverius vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Lavos Spawn vs GOD MARTH - interesting match up here and choice of bwer from wolfpack. idk if i can root for an NA rengar main and potato.
DPP OU: PDC vs Kevin Garrett
ADV OU: undisputed vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Bomber. vs Conflict
RBY OU: Bedschibaer vs The_Chaser - should be a good one, gonna predict beds because he won last time

where is fapkingg

also,
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[14:25:00] +Masterclass: dont speak to these people
[14:25:03] +Masterclass: you only speak to people in play offs
 

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[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (6.3) vs [#4] Alpha Ruiners (5.7)

ORAS OU: blunder 40/60 ABR
ORAS OU: IAmGingy 40/60 TheEnder
ORAS UU: Calloflochie 55/45 Hogg
ORAS RU: New Breed 70/30 Luigi.
ORAS NU: soulgazer 70/30 Shaneghoul - sg has a top 3 career winrate in spl for people who have participated in 3+ spls, 20-6 is nutty
ORAS LC: Heysup 60/40 mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: Memoric 50/50 deoxys speed
BW OU: Evuelf 45/55 SoulWind - one of 3 old gens highlight matchups, both are having great seasons. soulwind deserves a better record than 6-3 with how well he's played this season but evu has been a top 3 bw player himself.
DPP OU: panamaxis 65/35 Bad Ass - ruiners taking this would be huge. ass is capable of playing at the same level as pana, but he's looked off all season. this is the week for a comeback. go ass.
ADV OU: Ojama 55/45 dekzeh
GSC OU: Aeroblacktyl 40/60 idiotfrommars - mop in gsc let's fucking go
RBY OU: Agammemnon 40/60 Tiba - would be higher, but tiba's tiebreaker set was whack. if you're gonna bring wrap at least bring a good wrap team.
 
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