Welcome to the Draft League forum's SS Cup! This thread will contain the bracket assignments for this round of the tournament. Please be aware that the bracket section of the tournament is single elimination, best of one.
Below are the rules for the tournament. Please be mindful of the Activity Wins Rules section, as Battle Pools will not be granted extensions.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- Kyurem-Black cannot use the move Dragon Dance
- Zygarde-50% and Zygarde-10% may not have the ability Power Construct.
- Cinderace may not have the ability Libero. - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Wormadam
- Basculin
- Meowstic
- Pumpkaboo
- Gourgeist
- Oricorio
- Silvally
- Toxtricity
- Indeedee - Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 8] Galar Dex Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- SS cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokémon on their opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat
- OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Any items unreleased in SS are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
- Rankings within pools may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based upon: most wins, head-to-head, battle differential.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the rule.]
The following users received byes for going 3-0 in the pools stage. Since 66 players went 3-0, two random players from this pool did not receive a bye.
Star
Lizardu
Habaduh
chi yu later
apologies
CM_Metro
ogalbina
kurse
jawabarat
dorido
KingofKrook
Zaqwe51
Pollitoshark
Down By VI
blittius
Dj Breloominati♬
Sir.dee
Ghostke
GypsyKing
Arc_Atoika
SOM/05
dtGray
Uxilon
Fleeting Memories
SebbyVGC
Frablz
GoldenSaiiber
crow crumbs
not mishmesh
twig___
100percentpureheat
ElevatedGodlynessOfficial
Xiphactin
Lucas2543
Arkhan
rom1x38
vengabenga
CG12
3.14dgeot-Mega
sablolol
WombatBaby
AkkiVGC
AgencyIsOwn
PikachuZappyZap
Techno6377
VoltyPichu
robjr
Ashbala
PlatDog
bjk1903_62
King L5
Almighty Rye
DiamondDiancie25
Piyush25
Orange Fruit
Palkia62
Lumaris
ultraplayer
Tjb145
Hacker
Saurav the great
HarmonyHatterene37
crucify
empoleon9000
Lizardu
Habaduh
chi yu later
apologies
CM_Metro
ogalbina
kurse
jawabarat
dorido
KingofKrook
Zaqwe51
Pollitoshark
Down By VI
blittius
Dj Breloominati♬
Sir.dee
Ghostke
GypsyKing
Arc_Atoika
SOM/05
dtGray
Uxilon
Fleeting Memories
SebbyVGC
Frablz
GoldenSaiiber
crow crumbs
not mishmesh
twig___
100percentpureheat
ElevatedGodlynessOfficial
Xiphactin
Lucas2543
Arkhan
rom1x38
vengabenga
CG12
3.14dgeot-Mega
sablolol
WombatBaby
AkkiVGC
AgencyIsOwn
PikachuZappyZap
Techno6377
VoltyPichu
robjr
Ashbala
PlatDog
bjk1903_62
King L5
Almighty Rye
DiamondDiancie25
Piyush25
Orange Fruit
Palkia62
Lumaris
ultraplayer
Tjb145
Hacker
Saurav the great
HarmonyHatterene37
crucify
empoleon9000
Bracket Matchups:
Rem2y vs aces3232
henguinie vs termnal
Sad Skooma Cat vs Zooch
Yahoodles vs ComputerWhiz
rray vs Hydra_Y21
ThinkingSceptile vs HisuAvalugg
DragMagReborn vs Stefaan
Garterra vs Gravity Monkey
SkillzBP vs BagelJohn
Jordy004 vs Glue
Winterbub vs Shaad Skyel
ayep vs JerseyJared
JimmyG vs rubenzubi
Concept Everything vs Rissoux
Slowpoke Fan vs Luxanse
Shiritu vs MysticNyan
Commander Beta vs Barold
Meowscarada! vs Sun_Sun
Coltrainzzz vs Perish Song
thunderbug vs vmnunes
SpeedyBlu vs Astroo Silver
BaddyGames vs foodv_v
burrg vs DeepDishDaddy
Superperson00 vs MTB
Esmeray vs FrootLoops
moaath324 vs PurpleLobster11
akumawerewolf vs IcyHallsz
scionicle vs rogueRotom
Omnipotent Olli vs RaJ.Shoot
Frito vs skimmythegod
Golden Warrior vs zomb™
HunterZinfected vs Fierce Flamethrower
Your_Shinigami vs PJB
Ollieboy789 vs legonene
jscurf2 vs Swagata Mitra
mukroast vs giove97
a12qsd too vs Shuckleking87
Nyx vs PotatoZ
Astoria vs SoggyDoggySage
gorex vs Zankyou
Meta vs Feyy
enoelr vs SlickPanther
Crimfinity vs Soulblaze
RoiDadadou vs Reuben_Thomas05
TRowePrice667 vs BigTimeBrownie
SkyhorseTamer vs Scywave
Babyhuey vs fatelvl
6Roggenrolas vs doctrielk
Pampey vs StoredPowerTrip
Amukamara vs Davo2544
Chairman Rose vs Paying Attenton
pulsar512b vs Medeia
Chronalga vs Phonytail
Odieq vs Ciqarettan
Marshy. vs Peregrine_ST
Jung3 vs Axolotl Man
BLAZING HAWK vs MegaMando
TMM vs pigsuit
hjj no vs shadowtime2000
zxgzxg vs HJ5ean
Nox was taken vs Deranged_Lime
mayoouran2 vs Liimpy
Sealrv vs Harv
KhaBanh vs Lucyluke
The drafts for each matchup in this round can be found at this link:
https://spo.ink/ss_cup_bracket_matchups
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT-0 on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts (abriel and AngularPenny5) following the Activity Win Rules above.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
/chall gen8galardexdraft @@@ -Kyurem-Black+Dragon Dance, -Zygarde+Power Construct, -Cinderace+Libero, -Baton PassREPLAYS ARE MANDATORY.
This thread and all other SS Cup threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error.
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