Finals Smogon Premier League VII - Finals [Won by the Stark Sharks]

Status
Not open for further replies.

jake

underdog of the year
is a Tournament Director Alumnusis a Site Content Manager Alumnusis a Team Rater Alumnusis a Senior Staff Member Alumnusis a Community Contributor Alumnusis a Researcher Alumnusis a Tiering Contributor Alumnusis a Top Contributor Alumnusis a Smogon Media Contributor Alumnusis a Top Dedicated Tournament Host Alumnusis a Battle Simulator Moderator Alumnusis a Past SPL Champion


> SPREADSHEET <
> SCHEDULE <

i don't have anything witty to add, so just have a Thank God It's Almost Over

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.

---



F I N A L S
---



[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (5) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (7)

ORAS OU: blunder vs reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Zamrock vs Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Evuelf vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara vs Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl vs The_Chaser

Deadline is Sunday, April 3rd, at 11:59 PM EST.

Deadline extends to next weekend due to holiday. If your match goes uncompleted, I will brutally and systematically sacrifice you to the God of Good Tournaments himself. :heart:

12/12 matches completed
 
Last edited:

Nails

Double Threat
is a Community Contributoris a Tiering Contributoris a Social Media Contributor Alumnusis a Community Leader Alumnusis a Battle Simulator Moderator Alumnusis a Past SPL Championis a Three-Time Past WCoP Champion
go classy even though they won't invite me into their F*cking discord

im just gonna make jokes at shake's expense i swear
 

Rumor

when bae sees your sketchers light up
ORAS OU: blunder vs reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Evuelf vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara vs Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl vs The_Chaser

""Not even close baby" - Nightblue3" - Rumor
 
ORAS OU: blunder vs reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup vs blarajan
BW OU: Evuelf vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara vs Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl vs The_Chaser
 
hello, i would like to give shout outs to my team, the wifi wolfpack.

pearl - you are literally the funniest person on smogon.
nails - the only thing cuter than your pandas is your face
fv - you improved lots as a player. thanks for being a good friend.
pdc - bkc jr turned up in regular season. win smogon tour 21 :)
braverius - skype calls with you were the best. win worlds 2016 :)
stathakis - favorite person on smogon.
omfuga - favorite person in world.
aim - favorite youtube celebrity
hairy toenail - favorite person that sounds like blunder.
e7e - favorite name i dont know how to say
cicada - great player, just need more confidence
bada bing - sorry we stole you from rey. but ur funny
bouff - jesus
undisputed - almost jesus
bomber - turned up late season
beds - god
fapking - keep at it man, you'll get some wins next season
lavos spawn - league jesus?
sugarhigh - speed tie jesus
---
finchinator - glad you came to help out.

thanks for buying me nails and pearl, thanks zebraiken for hosting. praise bluwing.
---
Unrelated to my team ABR you have proven to me you are a lord. teal6 is nice as fuck, good karma deserved. i hope my team understands how i feel about this season. if i have time i'll do smogon tour and i'd like to play world cup again. hope me and casedvictory can get along again by then :)
 

Century Express

melodies of life
is a Tutoris a Tiering Contributor Alumnusis a Former Old Generation Tournament Circuit Champion
World Defender
[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (6) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (6)

ORAS OU: blunder vs reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Evuelf vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara vs Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl vs The_Chaser
 

Finchinator

-OUTL
is a Tournament Directoris a Top Social Media Contributoris a Community Leaderis a Community Contributoris a Smogon Discord Contributoris a Top Tiering Contributoris a Contributor to Smogonis a Top Smogon Media Contributoris a Top Dedicated Tournament Hostis a Senior Staff Member Alumnusis a Battle Simulator Moderator Alumnusis a Past WCoP Championis the defending OU Circuit Championis a Two-Time Former Old Generation Tournament Circuit Champion
OU Leader
ORAS OU: blunder vs reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Evuelf vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara vs Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl vs The_Chaser

 
  • Like
Reactions: ict

idiotfrommars

HODOR HODOR HODOR
is a Tutor Alumnusis a Tournament Director Alumnusis a Forum Moderator Alumnusis a Tiering Contributor Alumnusis a Smogon Media Contributor Alumnusis a Four-Time Past WCoP Champion
ORAS OU: blunder vs reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy vs Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Calloflochie vs Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed vs Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer vs Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup vs blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Memoric vs TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Evuelf vs GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis vs Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama vs Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara vs Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl vs The_Chaser
 

Nails

Double Threat
is a Community Contributoris a Tiering Contributoris a Social Media Contributor Alumnusis a Community Leader Alumnusis a Battle Simulator Moderator Alumnusis a Past SPL Championis a Three-Time Past WCoP Champion
[#1] Congregation of the Classiest (6.5) vs [#3] Stark Sharks (5.5)

ORAS OU: blunder 60/40 reiku
ORAS OU: IAmGingy 60/40 Steve Angello
ORAS UU: Calloflochie 35/65 Hikari
ORAS RU: New Breed 65/35 Meru
ORAS NU: soulgazer 70/30 Cased
ORAS LC: Heysup 55/45 blarajan
ORAS Doubles: Memoric 50/50 TheFourthChaser
BW OU: Evuelf 50/50 GOD MARTH
DPP OU: panamaxis 65/35 Smurf.
ADV OU: Ojama 50/50 Golden Sun
GSC OU: giara 35/65 Conflict
RBY OU: Aeroblacktyl 55/45 The_Chaser
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 1, Guests: 0)

Top