Announcement 2019 OverUsed Circuit

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Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that the prestigious OU Tournament Circuit will return next year with a new system that encompasses both official and unofficial circuit tournaments up to the first OU Championship that will decide the best OU player of the year, who will be awarded the OU Ribbon. Please do note that we reserve the right to have tournaments in the newest format if and when a new game is released. The circuit will consist of the following tours:

OU CIRCUIT SCHEDULE 2019

WINTER:
Official Smogon Tournament XV
- January 14th

SPRING:
OU Spring Seasonal - March 4th
Smogon Tour 27 - March 15th
OU Stour Tour - May 6th

SUMMER:
Official Ladder Tournament VI
- July 14th

FALL:
OU Fall Seasonal - August 12th
Smogon Tour 28 - September 13th
OU Last Chance Tour - September 23th
OU Championship I - December 2nd

We're gonna use the point system explained in this thread with Type A, B and C Tournaments having a maximum of 2400, 1600 and 800 equivalent points respectively.

Type A Tournaments:
  • Official Smogon Tournament: The single most important CG OU individual tournament of the year, a Bo3 Single Elimination tournament that will decide the best player of the season.
  • Official Ladder Tournament: The infamous Official Ladder Tournament will be our second Type A Tournament. With the Qualification Phase taking place in the dangerous SM OU Ladder, this tournament is known for bringing new names to the tour scene and gives them a chance at the second CG OU individual trophy of the year.
  • OU Spring&Fall Seasonals: This year we're introducing 2 Seasonals to complement OST and OLT during Spring and Fall. The Spring and Fall Seasonals will be Bo3 Double Elimination tournaments where players get a second chance at victory after losing a series.
Type B Tournaments:
  • OU Stour Tour: This year we're also introducing a pretty interesting concept as a side tournament: the STour Tour. For those that haven't heard of it before, it's a Bo3 Single Elimination tournament that mimics the Smogon Tour playoffs format with the 3 most recent OU gens being played.
  • OU Last Chance Tour: To round up the circuit we have one last Bo3 Single Elimination tournament for those in need of a last little push to make playoffs or just anyone who wants to play in one last SM tournament.
Type C Tournaments:
  • Smogon Tour 27&28: We decided to include ST live tours performance in our circuit this year, meaning that everyone will get Type C points for their overall performance from all SM weeks each Season. Note that BW and ORAS live tours are not being taken into consideration here since they're already part of the RoA Circuit.
 
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Smogon Tour a.k.a #FINCHTOUR27 starts today!

As usual, all the tournaments will take place on the smogtours server, unless stated otherwise. The times at which they will start are unchanged and are as follow:
  • 6 pm EDT on Fridays.
  • 4 pm EDT on Saturdays.
  • 2 pm EDT on Sundays.
Also, the official standings/spreadsheet for the OU circuit is here and I'll link it in the OP as well. If you have any questions or concerns with the spreadsheet, feel free to PM me or another moderator.

Finally, we have decided to alter the Type C point system, which originally allowed the best performance in a single smogon tour to determine the points you would receive. This would lead to 6 people receiving max points per season just from doing well in a single live tournament. Our new system involves looking at the final point totals earned from SM smogtours and then distributing points depending on where players ranked using points from SM tours. The player with the most points from SM tours would earn 500 points, second place would earn 375 points, 3rd and 4th place would earn 250 points and so on just as points in the other tournaments are given.
 

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I apologize for being late in announcing this, but Smogon Tour 28 has started! The following dates will be SM OU tours (Week 1 has already passed):

WEEK 4
  • Friday, October 4th @ 6 pm EDT
  • Saturday, October 5th @ 4 pm EDT
  • Sunday, October 6th @ 2 pm EDT
WEEK 7
  • Friday, October 25th @ 6 pm EDT
  • Saturday, October 26th @ 4 pm EDT
  • Sunday, October 27th @ 2 pm EDT
I also regret to inform you all that we will NOT be hosting the Last Chance Tour that was originally scheduled to start tomorrow. The reason for this is that we currently have a high number of active tournaments, with Fall Seasonal, OLT, Smogon Tour 28 and Smogon Snake Draft all ongoing at the same time. Adding one more to the mix felt excessive and with playoffs also only 2 months away, we decided to cancel the Last Chance Tour. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you all have a wonderful day.
 
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