Hello everyone and welcome to ORAS Invitational II, hosted by Alpha1013 , Ithi and myself! The goal of this tournament is to gather the greatest ORAS players in present day and have them duke it out in a high-stakes double-elimination tournament!
This edition will follow a known format that everyone is familiarized - 32 Players, Invite only, Doubles Elimination - with a few additional rules found below.
This is an invitational so there is no particular seeding that means fully randomised brackets all the way through. Round 7 will end on December 24 11:59 p.m. gmt -5.
Reminder to post all replays and link matches in the invitational discord.
Good Luck to all the participants (:
This edition will follow a known format that everyone is familiarized - 32 Players, Invite only, Doubles Elimination - with a few additional rules found below.
- This is a standard ORAS OU tournament.
- This tournament will be Double Elimination. 32 players, 10 Rounds. Both the Main Event and Play-ins are invite-only.
- All matches are ORAS OU bo3 until Round 8 (top 4), at which point all subsequent matches are bo5.
- Replays are mandatory for all games at every stage of both tournaments.
- Extensions are only given in exceptional cases and need to be applied beforehand. The hosts may refuse any extension request.
- All games must be played on the Smogon Tournaments Pokemon Showdown! server (smogtours.psim.us).
- Play-ins will be a Best of Three Single Elimination 16-person bracket where the top two participants will qualify for the main event.
- Do not cheat. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- Do not harass or insult your opponents, spectators, or staff. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- The main event will take over 2 months to complete. This is a hefty time and effort commitment. Make sure you can commit to playing the entire tournament until the end before accepting the invitation.
- This is a serious, competitive, invite-only ORAS OU Tournament with hundreds of dollars on the line. Effort, serious teams and Pokemon, and not forfeiting games/sets for no valid reason are expected of all players. We reserve the right to disqualify anyone from breaking this rule.
- This tournament will be Double Elimination. 32 players, 10 Rounds. Both the Main Event and Play-ins are invite-only.
- All matches are ORAS OU bo3 until Round 8 (top 4), at which point all subsequent matches are bo5.
- Replays are mandatory for all games at every stage of both tournaments.
- Extensions are only given in exceptional cases and need to be applied beforehand. The hosts may refuse any extension request.
- All games must be played on the Smogon Tournaments Pokemon Showdown! server (smogtours.psim.us).
- Play-ins will be a Best of Three Single Elimination 16-person bracket where the top two participants will qualify for the main event.
- Do not cheat. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- Do not harass or insult your opponents, spectators, or staff. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- The main event will take over 2 months to complete. This is a hefty time and effort commitment. Make sure you can commit to playing the entire tournament until the end before accepting the invitation.
- This is a serious, competitive, invite-only ORAS OU Tournament with hundreds of dollars on the line. Effort, serious teams and Pokemon, and not forfeiting games/sets for no valid reason are expected of all players. We reserve the right to disqualify anyone from breaking this rule.
November 6th - Main Event Round 1
November 13th - Main Event Round 2
November 20th - Main Event Round 3 (Loser's Only)
November 27th - Main Event Round 4
December 4th - Main Event Round 5 (Loser's Only)
December 11th - Main Event Round 6
December 18th - Main Event Round 7 (Loser's Only)
December 25th - Main Event Round 8
January 1st - Main Event Round 9 (Loser's Finals)
January 8th - Main Event Round 10 (Grand Finals)
November 13th - Main Event Round 2
November 20th - Main Event Round 3 (Loser's Only)
November 27th - Main Event Round 4
December 4th - Main Event Round 5 (Loser's Only)
December 11th - Main Event Round 6
December 18th - Main Event Round 7 (Loser's Only)
December 25th - Main Event Round 8
January 1st - Main Event Round 9 (Loser's Finals)
January 8th - Main Event Round 10 (Grand Finals)
This is an invitational so there is no particular seeding that means fully randomised brackets all the way through. Round 7 will end on December 24 11:59 p.m. gmt -5.
Reminder to post all replays and link matches in the invitational discord.
Good Luck to all the participants (:
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