DPP UU League VII - Week 7

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ONLY ANOTHER LIKE 3 WEEKS + PLAYOFFS OF ENSLAVEMENT AYY

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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Indie Scooters (8) vs Team Raiders (4)

DPP UU: xray vs CrashinBoomBang
DPP UU: Jirachee vs TDK
DPP UU: xMarth vs kokoloko
DPP UU: Windsong vs Esteemed User Ginku
DPP UU: Realistic Waters vs Kiyo
DPP UU: fitzy72 vs Kingler12345
DPP UU: Biosci vs iplaytennislol
DPP UU: cosine180 vs Philip7086
DPP UU: Go10 vs august
DPP UU: Mael vs Veteran In Love
DPP UU: Isa vs Picollo
DPP UU: marcoasd vs Tobes



Cryonicles (7) vs Stark Sharks (4)

DPP UU: Alexander. vs reiku
DPP UU: Sweepage vs Alastor Law
DPP UU: teal6 vs Hikari
DPP UU: Scythe. vs Meru
DPP UU: Teddeh vs Cased
DPP UU: Star. vs blarajan
DPP UU: Lohgock vs TheFourthChaser
DPP UU: Shoka vs GOD MARTH
DPP UU: PokèManiac Livio vs Kevin Garrett
DPP UU: Fakes vs Golden Sun
DPP UU: Colchonero vs Conflict
DPP UU: Lutra vs The_Chaser



Ever Grande BIGS (4) vs Congregation of the Classiest (8)

DPP UU: boudouche vs blunder
DPP UU: Improbable vs IAmGingy
DPP UU: ZoroDark vs Ice Tea
DPP UU: HANTSUKI vs New Breed
DPP UU: rozes vs soulgazer
DPP UU: Sken vs Heysup
DPP UU: bugzinator vs Arcticblast
DPP UU: Finchinator vs Evuelf
DPP UU: Malekith vs giara
DPP UU: McMeghan vs Ojama
DPP UU: d0nut vs Agammemnon
DPP UU: MetalGro$$ vs Aeroblacktyl



Wi-Fi Wolfpack (8) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (4)

DPP UU: Stathakis vs ben gay
DPP UU: PDC vs mencemeat
DPP UU: Hairy Toenail vs dodmen
DPP UU: FlamingVictini vs atomicllamas
DPP UU: Bouff vs qsns
DPP UU: Mambo vs OP
DPP UU: Braverius vs majorbowman
DPP UU: sugarhigh vs Thatsjustpeachy
DPP UU: aim vs Honor
DPP UU: undisputed vs JabbaTheGriffin
DPP UU: Omfuga vs Earthworm
DPP UU: Bedschibaer vs Floppy



Firebot Falcons (7) vs Alpha Ruiners (5)

DPP UU: Tesung vs ABR
DPP UU: Ary vs TheEnder
DPP UU: Christo. vs Hogg
DPP UU: dice vs Luigi.
DPP UU: Can-Eh-Dian vs Shaneghoul
DPP UU: ZoroarkForever vs mad0ka
DPP UU: KyleCole vs deoxys speed
DPP UU: Leftiez vs SoulWind
DPP UU: Tamahome vs Bad Ass
DPP UU: Triangles vs dekzeh
DPP UU: Mr.E vs idiotfrommars
DPP UU: reyscarface vs Tiba

Deadline is Sunday, February 28th, 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.

59/60 matches completed


P.S. hate to be the grumpy old TD, but don't actually play DPP UU (or any other tier such as BW RU or GSC NU) instead of the actual tier included in the SPL lineup
 
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GSC OU: Isa vs Picollo Picollo has been better so far.

GSC OU: Colchonero vs Conflict Conflict is okay.

GSC OU: d0nut vs Agammemnon Damn Giara got benched. Anyway D0nut should be able to pull it off but it could go either way.

GSC OU: Omfuga vs Earthworm It's Earthworm.

GSC OU: Mr.E vs idiotfrommars ifm is still on a roll.
 
Indie Scooters (0) vs Team Raiders (0)

ORAS OU #1: xray vs CrashinBoomBang
ORAS OU #2: Jirachee vs TDK
ORAS UU: xMarth vs kokoloko- xmarth's good tho oo
ORAS RU: Windsong vs Esteemed User Ginku
ORAS NU: Realistic Waters vs Kiyo- Sorry waters I've never predicted u to lose but ur up against a whole 80% of me.
ORAS LC: fitzy72 vs Kingler12345
ORAS Doubles: Biosci vs BLOOD TOTEM
BW OU: Aurious vs Philip7086- I hope u win regardless Aurious <3
DPP OU: Go10 vs august
ADV OU: Mael vs Veteran In Love
GSC OU: Isa vs Picollo- Glad BKC's rendition of Satanic evil to Isa hasn't made him quit on his team :P
RBY OU: marcoasd vs Tobes

Cryonicles (0) vs Stark Sharks (0)

ORAS OU #1: Alexander. vs reiku- El rey va a perder? Ok lol.
ORAS OU #2: daftmau5 vs Alastor Law- Los reyes van a perder? Ok lol.
ORAS UU: teal6 vs Hikari
ORAS RU: Scythe. vs Meru- diancie xd
ORAS NU: Teddeh vs Cased
ORAS LC: Star. vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Lohgock vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Shoka vs GOD MARTH- Sorry Shoka, but I can't predict against the KING
DPP OU: Porengan vs Kevin Garrett- if u told me Kevin Garnett would quit the timberwolves for the cryos a few years back, I'd have called u insane
ADV OU: Fakes vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Colchonero vs Conflict
RBY OU: Lutra vs The_Chaser



Firebot Falcons (0) vs Alpha Ruiners (0)

ORAS OU #1: Tesung vs ABR
ORAS OU #2: Ary vs TheEnder
ORAS UU: Christo. vs Hogg- Wasn't a fan of Hogg's team last week, Christo seemed to have done p well in both weeks
ORAS RU: dice vs Luigi.- You don't have to be good at RU to beat someone who isn't good at pokemon
ORAS NU: Can-Eh-Dian vs Shaneghoul- the only reason I've predicted evan to lose so much is because highlighting his name requires too much effort
ORAS LC: ZoroarkForever vs mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: KyleCole vs deoxys speed
BW OU: Leftiez vs SoulWind- predicted against 2 afrabs today... out of character.. but soulwind is a new LEVEL.
DPP OU: Tamahome vs Bad Ass- scumbag brazlian>mortal enemy
ADV OU: Triangles vs dekzeh- Dekzeh's a bad person but a good pokemon player.
GSC OU: Mr.E vs idiotfrommars- idk Mr. E has done well this SPL but IFM is on a very nice stride oo
RBY OU: reyscarface vs Tiba


ORAS NU: rozes vs soulgazer- HAHA good luck SG you USELESS GARBAGE
 
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Indie Scooters (5) vs Team Raiders (7)

ORAS OU #1: xray vs CrashinBoomBang
ORAS OU #2: Jirachee vs TDK
ORAS UU: xMarth vs kokoloko
ORAS RU: Windsong vs Esteemed User Ginku
ORAS NU: Realistic Waters vs Kiyo
ORAS LC: fitzy72 vs Kingler12345
ORAS Doubles: Biosci vs BLOOD TOTEM
BW OU: Aurious vs Philip7086
DPP OU: Go10 vs august
ADV OU: Mael vs Veteran In Love
GSC OU: Isa vs Picollo
RBY OU: marcoasd vs Tobes

ELIMINATED Cryonicles (5) vs Stark Sharks (7)

ORAS OU #1: Alexander. vs reiku
ORAS OU #2: daftmau5 vs Alastor Law
ORAS UU: teal6 vs Hikari
ORAS RU: Scythe. vs Meru
ORAS NU: Teddeh vs Cased
ORAS LC: Star. vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Lohgock vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Shoka vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: Porengan vs Kevin Garrett
ADV OU: Fakes vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: Colchonero vs Conflict
RBY OU: Lutra vs The_Chaser

Wi-Fi Wolfpack
(6) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (6)

ORAS OU #1: Stathakis vs ben gay
ORAS OU #2: PDC vs mencemeat
ORAS UU: Hairy Toenail vs dodmen
ORAS RU: FlamingVictini vs atomicllamas
ORAS NU: Bouff vs qsns
ORAS LC: Mambo vs OP
ORAS Doubles: Braverius vs majorbowman
BW OU: sugarhigh vs Thatsjustpeachy
DPP OU: aim vs Honor
ADV OU: undisputed vs JabbaTheGriffin
GSC OU: Omfuga vs Earthworm | GO OMFUGA
RBY OU: Bedschibaer vs Floppy

Firebot Falcons (5) vs Alpha Ruiners (7)

ORAS OU #1: Tesung vs ABR
ORAS OU #2: Ary vs TheEnder
ORAS UU: Christo. vs Hogg
ORAS RU: dice vs Luigi.
ORAS NU: Can-Eh-Dian vs Shaneghoul
ORAS LC: ZoroarkForever vs mad0ka
ORAS Doubles: KyleCole vs deoxys speed
BW OU: Leftiez vs SoulWind
DPP OU: Tamahome vs Bad Ass
ADV OU: Triangles vs dekzeh
GSC OU: Mr.E vs idiotfrommars
RBY OU: reyscarface vs Tiba

let's go once again team we here dash space comin thru bop there it is
 
ADV OU: Mael vs Veteran In Love
ADV OU: McMeghan vs Ojama
ADV OU: undisputed vs JabbaTheGriffin
ADV OU: Triangles vs dekzeh - highlight match for those who like a bit of creativity

DPP OU: Go10 vs august
DPP OU: Malekith vs panamaxis - will we see another EQ-less flygon? oO
DPP OU: aim vs Honor
DPP OU: Tamahome vs Bad Ass - #overused


go sharks.
 

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ORAS OU #1: Alexander. vs reiku - should be a good one
ORAS OU #2: daftmau5 vs Alastor Law
BW OU: Shoka vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: Porengan vs Kevin Garrett
ADV OU: Fakes vs Golden Sun

ORAS OU #1: boudouche vs blunder - as long as he has enough twaves
ORAS OU #2: Improbable vs IAmGingy
BW OU: Finchinator vs Evuelf - bop
DPP OU: Malekith vs panamaxis
ADV OU: McMeghan vs Ojama - I got high hopes for this match

ORAS OU #1: Stathakis vs ben gay
ORAS OU #2: PDC vs mencemeat
BW OU: sugarhigh vs Thatsjustpeachy
DPP OU: aim vs Honor
ADV OU: undisputed vs JabbaTheGriffin

ORAS OU #1: Tesung vs ABR
ORAS OU #2: Ary vs TheEnder
BW OU: Leftiez vs SoulWind
DPP OU: Tamahome vs Bad Ass
ADV OU: Triangles vs dekzeh


TDK is gonna get smacked on Sunday. go scoots :toast: but I'd rather you lose this week cbb :pirate:
 
ORAS OU:

Alexander. vs reiku
daftmau5
vs Alastor Law
boudouche vs blunder - should be a good one :o
Improbable vs IAmGingy
Stathakis vs ben gay
PDC
vs mencemeat
Tesung vs ABR - more motivation
Ary vs TheEnder

BW OU:

Shoka vs GOD MARTH
Finchinator vs Evuelf
sugarhigh vs Thatsjustpeachy
Leftiez vs Soulwind - hyped for this one

DPP OU:

Porengan vs Kevin Garrett
Malekith vs panamaxis
aim
vs Honor
Tamahome vs Bad Ass

GO SCOOOTERS!
 

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