Tournaments BW PL I - Announcements and Administrative Decisions

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Welcome to the first ever BW PL!
This is a post for the schedule, auction and other general information regarding BW PL. The hosts for BW PL are FNH, velvet, and Wigglytuff. Any administrative decisions made during the tour will also be posted here.

TBA

Managers and Assistant Managers can choose to buy themselves as a player for 15k prior to the auction.

Tier Lineup

BW Ubers
BW OU
BW OU
BW UU
BW RU
BW NU
BW PU
BW LC

Tiers and number of slots are subject to change

Matches can be played on either the main server or Smogtours, however replays must be saved, or the match will not count. All slots are Bo1.

Each team has 120,000 credits.

In the weeks preceding the Live Auction, a time will be chosen where at least 1 Manager or Assistant Manager from each team can meet and perform a live auction in order to choose players. The Manager and/or Assistant Manager present will be expected to remain at the auction for the entire duration, which should take approximately 2 hours.

Once a time is set, all attending Managers + Hosts will enter the place where the auction will be held - most likely a group chat for the auction. Spectators are allowed to join in to watch the auction, but will not be able to speak. Discussion on the bidding should be relegated to the ROA room, ROA discord, or any other appropriate chat outlet.

The hosts will first ask a team to nominate a player. The order by which teams will nominate players will go in a randomized snaking pattern from the first chosen team to the last chosen team, then the last chosen team to the first chosen team. Details of said player will be displayed and bidding will commence, starting at 3000 credits, with the nominating team automatically placing the first bid. The auction will then be in real time. Managers will simply put in their bids in the chat, raising a minimum of 500 credits. If after 15 seconds there are no new bids, the player is sold to the highest bid in the channel. Updated credit totals will be displayed and then the next manager in the rotation will be prompted to nominate a player.

Each team must field a roster of 6 starters and a minimum of 2 substitutes. Playing Managers and Assistant Managers are included in the roster number. Therefore, you need to buy at least 6 players if both Managers are playing, 7 if only one is, and 8 if neither are playing. This creates a soft cap of 59,000 credits on any particular bid - that is, the maximum amount of money you can spend on any one player and still have enough money left over to pay at least 3000 credits a piece on 7 more players.

After the Live Auction, the tournament will commence. Each team will play each other once through 5 weeks of play in a round robin format, then the top 3 teams will advance to the playoffs.
Every week, the Managers will be required to submit a lineup, no later than the deadline of the previous week. If a lineup is not submitted on time, the previous week's lineup will be used. Once all lineups are received, the hosts announce all the matchups, with one team's BW OU Slot facing the opposing team's BW OU Slot and so on, and all teams have one week to play all of the games against the team they are facing. Whichever team has the most battles won against their opponents will be declared the victor for that week, and awarded two points. If teams tie and have the same number of wins at the end of the week, then both teams are awarded one point. At the end of the round robin format, the top 3 teams advance to the playoffs, where the 1st seed will get a bye week, and the 2nd and 3rd seeds will play to decide who will move to finals to face the 1st seed. Entry into the playoffs is decided by the top 3 according to points, then battle difference. If both of those are still identical, then a BO3 tiebreaker will be played with BW OU / Team 1 Pick / Team 2 Pick.

Further clarification on events that may occur during the tournament are outlined below:

Substitutions - At any point in the week, a team can substitute out a player from a game if they are inactive or cannot play the game due to IRL issues or a schedule that does not match up at all with their opponent. In order to make a substitution, the manager must post the substitution in the week thread, tagging the hosts, the opposing managers, and the opposing player, stating which player is being subbed out and who the substituting player is. However, a player who has been substituted out for a week cannot be substituted back into a slot in the same week. In addition, the hosts can veto any substitution if they believe the reason for substitution is to gain a 'favourable' player matchup in the OU slots, where player order matters.
Trades - Trades between teams for players are allowed from the end of the auction until the end of week 1. In order to formally complete a trade, both managers must submit a PM to both hosts, outlining the details of the trade. If both managers agree to the trade, it will go through and the hosts will announce the trade. If a trade is performed mid-week, then the traded player cannot play or substitute in for that week. Any team playing each other cannot trade with each other for that week.
Inactivity - If a bought player is inactive/cancers, they can be reported and replaced with a player from the undrafted pool of players. Hosts have final discretion on what constitutes inactivity/cancering, and all situations will be treated on a case-by-case basis. After week 3, managers can still report inactive/cancering players, but they will not be allowed to pick a replacement player.
Activity Decisions - If any game is not completed by the deadline, the hosts are required to make a thorough investigation on why the game did not occur, who is to blame, and to make a decision on the outcome of the match (activity win for either team, or dead game). To avoid being on the wrong end of an activity decision, schedule early (Monday) on Smogon VM, with clear timings and days you can do. A late 'Play Now?' or 'I'll tag you on Discord if I see you online' won't cut it. If you, as a manager, think your player cannot make a scheduled time, ask them to reschedule or sub them out. It is recommended to follow the tournament scheduling guidelines.
 
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Wigglytuff

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RE: BWPL I Tiers

After discussion with some BW community members, the BWPL hosting team has decided to replace the third OU slot with BW PU. The updated tiers are as follows:
  • BW Ubers
  • BW OU
  • BW OU
  • BW UU
  • BW RU
  • BW NU
  • BW PU
  • BW LC
We decided to replace the third OU slot due to BW Cup and, more generally, Smogon Classic coinciding with the entire regular season and playoffs of BWPL. It does not seem to be the case that any of the lower tiers have the playerbase to support two slots, so PU was chosen to fill the eighth slot.

This set of tiers is final. The BWPL hosting team will announce the selected managers and move forward with player signups in the coming days.
 
The managers have been decided! Your manager duo picks for this BWPL are:

Eon Executioners - eden + ziloXX
Sand Rush Spinners - SBPC + EviGaro
Garish Garchomps - dice + Posho
Keldeo’s Rodeo - Nalorium + Justamente
Scarftar Donetsk - Triangles + We Three Kings
Crustle Palace - TDK + Star

Congratulations to all of you for being chosen to manage in our first BWPL. Managers and assistant managers will have the opportunity to buy themselves for 15k each. This will be announced once decisions have been made.
 
The following managers/assistant managers have chosen to buy themselves as players for BWPL.
Note: there could be changes for prices before auction.

Sand Rush Spinners: Evigaro
Garish Garchomps: dice
Scarftar Donetsk: Triangles
Crustle Palace: Star

Each team has the following amount of credits going into the auction:

Eon Executioners: 120k
Sand Rush Spinners: 105k
Garish Garchomps: 105k
Keldeo’s Rodeos: 120k
Scarftar Donetsk: 105k
Crustle Palace: 105k
 
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Howdy, wanted to share some new information.

The auction for BW PL is scheduled for August 8th 3:00 PM GMT-5 on Sunday and Signups for BW PL will close 24 hours before auction date! The link to the room for the auction will be shared 15-30 minutes before the auction starts in this thread and on Discord.
 

FNH

F is for Finchi, N is for Nator, H is for Hater
is a Forum Moderator Alumnusis a Community Contributor Alumnus
Following with the changes made to BW UU format in UUPL, for BW UU in this tournament:

- Liepard and Riolu are banned from BW UU
- Baton Pass is banned from BW UU


Very possible more changes to come with regards to BW NU as well
 

Wigglytuff

mad @ redacted in redacted
is a Tiering Contributoris a Dedicated Tournament Host Alumnus
Auction Results:
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Pricelist for bwpl

Garish Garchomps
Finchinator28000
lax18500
Eternal Spirit17500
BKC17000
Sabella4000
Smart Kid3000
DurzaOffTopic3000
Crashy3000
Aliss3000
16bit3000
roxiee3000


Crustle Palace
watashi25000
Fille18500
TJ10500
umbry8500
tko8500
64 Squares7500
iss5000
Lyss4500
Lunala4000
Skysolo4000
avarice3000
jacob3000
crucify3000


Keldeo's Rodeo
PDC17000
peng15500
CKW15000
M Dragon14500
Lilburr14500
Evuelf8000
Drud5500
Sensei Axew5000
Bughouse4000
SergioRules3000
eifo3000
LpZ3000
toytean3000
daunt vs3000
Beraldinhoo3000
SuperEpicAmpharos3000


Sand Rush Spinners
Insult21000
Raiza20000
Bushtush15500
Feliburn15000
Ark8000
fatty6000
Bag of Trixx5500
MrAldo5000
Goblin3000
Tack3000
faded love3000


Scarftar Donetsk
Pohjis22500
shiloh10000
Conflict10000
DnB10000
Void9500
mael7000
Cam7000
choolio6500
GOD MARTH5000
tlenit5000
-Tsunami-4000
SOMALIA3000
BIG G CHOPPA3000


Eon Executioners
Heysup20000
March Fires18000
Accel15000
esche13000
Frania13000
Fakee6500
byronthewellwell5500
Shiba5500
AM4500
Chaitanya3500
Feaniix3000
Joya3000
devin3000
Raichy3000
RealJester3000


Overall
Finchinator28000
watashi25000
Pohjis22500
Insult21000
Raiza20000
Heysup20000
lax18500
Fille18500
March Fires18000
Eternal Spirit17500
BKC17000
PDC17000
peng15500
Bushtush15500
CKW15000
Feliburn15000
Accel15000
M Dragon14500
Lilburr14500
esche13000
Frania13000
TJ10500
shiloh10000
Conflict10000
DnB10000
Void9500
umbry8500
tko8500
Evuelf8000
Ark8000
64 Squares7500
mael7000
Cam7000
choolio6500
Fakee6500
fatty6000
Drud5500
Bag of Trixx5500
byronthewellwell5500
Shiba5500
iss5000
Sensei Axew5000
MrAldo5000
GOD MARTH5000
tlenit5000
Lyss4500
AM4500
Sabella4000
Lunala4000
Skysolo4000
Bughouse4000
-Tsunami-4000
Chaitanya3500
Smart Kid3000
DurzaOffTopic3000
Crashy3000
Aliss3000
16bit3000
roxiee3000
avarice3000
jacob3000
crucify3000
SergioRules3000
eifo3000
LpZ3000
toytean3000
daunt vs3000
Beraldinhoo3000
SuperEpicAmpharos3000
Goblin3000
Tack3000
faded love3000
SOMALIA3000
BIG G CHOPPA3000
Feaniix3000
Joya3000
devin3000
Raichy3000
RealJester3000
 

FNH

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Season Schedule

August 9


:tyranitar: Scarftar Donetsk vs :keldeo: Keldeo’s Rodeo
:latios: Eon Executioners vs :excadrill:Sand Rush Spinners
:crustle: Crustle Palace vs :Garchomp: Garish Garchomps

August 16


:tyranitar: Scarftar Donetsk vs :crustle: Crustle Palace
:Garchomp: Garish Garchomps vs :latios: Eon Executioners
:excadrill: Sand Rush Spinners vs :keldeo: Keldeo’s Rodeo

August 23

:tyranitar: Scarftar Donetsk vs :Garchomp: Garish Garchomps
:excadrill: Sand Rush Spinners vs :crustle: Crustle Palace
:keldeo: Keldeo’s Rodeo vs :latios: Eon Executioners

August 30

:tyranitar: Scarftar Donetsk vs :excadrill:Sand Rush Spinners
:keldeo: Keldeo’s Rodeo vs :Garchomp: Garish Garchomps
:latios: Eon Executioners vs :crustle: Crustle Palace

September 6

:tyranitar: Scarftar Donetsk vs :latios: Eon Executioners
:crustle: Crustle Palace vs :keldeo: Keldeo’s Rodeo
:Garchomp: Garish Garchomps vs :excadrill: Sand Rush Spinners
 

Wigglytuff

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RE: Accel vs fatty

The series was not completed before the deadline and while Accel was still actively attempting to get the series completed near the end of the week, neither side has claimed activity. This series is ruled as a dead game.

RE: Dead games


Before the season started, the hosts informed the managers that we would institute a policy where if a series was declared dead, -1 BD would be applied to both sides unless there was a compelling reason as to why the series was dead. When a player is slotted in, they are expected to complete the series, even if the week is already won or lost. If a player does not want to or is unable to complete their series, then they should request a substitute.

However, it would not be fair to penalize Accel in the above scenario, as he was trying to get the game done. On the flip side, the policy was not publicly announced and apparently not communicated to the players by the managers, so it wouldn't be fair to expect fatty to have known that a dead game would penalize his team. As such, we will not be deducting any BD for this series.

Moving forward, in cases of dead games, we will assess whether one or both sides is to blame for the series not being completed and apply -1 BD to the parties at fault. We ask the managers to be proactive in determining if a player is not interested in playing and sub them out before there's any need for intervention from the hosts.
 

Wigglytuff

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RE: Chaitanya vs Triangles

Chaitanya reached out to Triangles shortly after Triangles was subbed in for mael and offered a vague timeframe on Sunday. Triangles responded with "afte rmy callous cup series" (without specifying what time that was) and did not respond to Chaitanya's question on what time that was, only responding on Saturday with "Now." and not attempting to schedule for Sunday when Chaitanya indicated he could not play on Saturday. While the late sub complicates things, Chaitanya gave a timeframe and was responsive to Triangles' attempts to schedule. Triangles is at fault for this series not being completed.

Result: Chaitanya is given activity over Triangles.


RE: Evuelf

Evuelf had minimal activity prior to Week 3 and disappeared entirely in Week 4, and has not been responsive to attempts from managers and hosts to communicate through the end of Week 5. While a shorter regular season makes it harder to conclude whether a player is cancering or not, we are convinced that this is a clear case of a team member that does not want to play or contribute.

Result: Evuelf is removed from Keldeo's Rodeo. Further action is to be determined by the BW moderation team.
 
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