Original OP from Megazard
Scheduling
Scheduling should be done on Smogon VM walls, plain and simple:
Use these VM's to initiate discussion about bo1 or bo3 as well!
Sportsmanship
Exhibitions of unsportsmanlike conduct with regards to World Cup of Other Metas II will be met with an infraction at the discretion of the WCoOM II hosts/OM mods. This is unlikely to include interactions within a team's private chat unless there is reason found to make an exception. This rule is meant to protect other users from being publicly flamed/bashed/provoked by another competitor for the duration of and following the tournament.
All players must complete their matches by the given deadline. Any incomplete matches by that time will be subject to activity decision (MAKE SURE YOU POST ON YOUR OPPONENT'S VM WALL); otherwise, they will be decided via !pick publicly in the Other Metas Room. All matches should ideally be done on your most notable alt (the one you registered for WCoOM II with) to avoid confusion and the replay must be saved and posted in this thread. The replays will be archived in a separate thread, and will be used to calculate usage stats.
Substitutions & Lineups
Managers, if you wish to make any substitutions, you must post here tagging both the player you're subbing out, the player you're subbing in, the manager and assistant manager of the opposing team, the substitute's opponent(s), and myself. This is to assure that everyone is in-the-loop and that the OP is updated accordingly to reflect the new match-up.
Lineups for the next round will be due on 8:59 PM Eastern on Sunday, November 3rd
Matchups:
Sword Division
Canada (Jrdn, Pigeons) - [1] [5] - France (Matiss98, LaBalladeDesCieux)
USUM Almost Any Ability - itsKimbo vs LaBalladeDesCieux
USUM Balanced Hackmons - suapah vs Naoki-sama
USUM Mix and Mega - Pigeons vs damflame 3
USUM Camomons - Jrdn vs Matiss98
USUM STABmons - Funbot28 vs kuyukihime
USUM Tier Shift - EviGaro vs Dragonillis (sub 1)
Asia Pacific (The Immortal, Sylveon.) - [3] [3] - US South (In The Hills, Quantum Tesseract)
USUM Almost Any Ability - The Immortal vs Catalystic
USUM Balanced Hackmons - Chessking345 vs PinkDragonTamer
USUM Mix and Mega - TectonicDestroyer vs Skysolo
USUM Camomons - Sylveon. vs Havens (sub 1)
USUM STABmons - Chloe vs aesf
USUM Tier Shift - Dj Breloominati♬ vs Quantum Tesseract
Shield Division
US West (rozes, lax) - [3] [3] - UK (Hamhamhamham, Willdbeast)
USUM Almost Any Ability - vivalospride vs Hamhamhamham (sub 1)
USUM Balanced Hackmons - jasprose vs Willdbeast
USUM Mix and Mega - Clefable (sub 1) vs xavgb
USUM Camomons - rozes vs Chazm
USUM STABmons - Anaconja vs w0rd
USUM Tier Shift - Eien vs Cam
Europe (Aethernum, Perish Song) - [4] [2] - US Northeast (power, regirock)
USUM Almost Any Ability - Mark_K vs Sabella
USUM Balanced Hackmons - SolarflareRo vs regirock
USUM Mix and Mega - Jordy vs Andyboy
USUM Camomons - Averardo vs Highlord
USUM STABmons - umbreon098 vs Betathunder
USUM Tier Shift - Elgino10 vs Megazard---
If I made any errors, sorry in advance and could you please let me know asap via this thread, VM, PM or through discord!
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The deadline is Sunday, November 3rd, 11:59 PM Eastern
How this works
There are 8 teams this year. Each team will have have 6 starters and 3 subs. The players are picked by the managers, who have access to any players eligible for their region. Teams can win their matchup every week by winning 4 of the 6 matches that their players have to play.
The tier lineup this year is as follows:
Matchups for this year's tournament are put in a normal round robin structure, similar to PSPL. There are 8 teams total and they will be divided into 2 groups of 4. Each team will face off against one other team per week and will spend a total of three weeks facing all other teams in their division. Points will be given by the end of each week. All winning teams get 2 points while tied teams get 1 point and losing teams get 0. After three weeks, the two teams of each division with the most points total will make it into the playoff semifinals round where the finalists are determined. All standard Smogon tournament rules and procedures apply.
Tiebreaker
In the event of two teams being tied for a spot in the finals based on points and win differential, or a tie in the final round itself, we will have a tiebreaker round(s).
Tiebreaker Rules: The most played meta from usage stats (Balanced Hackmons) plus one metagame picked by each manager will give a best-of-three game between the tied teams, ultimately deciding who goes onto playoffs or finals.
Rules on Substitutes:
Substitutes are allowed during the group stages. A player that has been subbed out during a week may not be subbed into any other slot. Multiple substitutions may occur in the same slot.
Substitutions will be not be allowed in tiebreak series unless the hosts mandate it. However, since we prioritize games being played, we will consider extension requests so long as they're reasonable. We will also be reluctant to give activity wins to those who are clearly fishing for them.
There are 8 teams this year. Each team will have have 6 starters and 3 subs. The players are picked by the managers, who have access to any players eligible for their region. Teams can win their matchup every week by winning 4 of the 6 matches that their players have to play.
The tier lineup this year is as follows:
- USUM Almost Any Ability
- USUM Balanced Hackmons
- USUM Mix and Mega
- USUM Camomons
- USUM STABmons
- USUM Tier Shift
Matchups for this year's tournament are put in a normal round robin structure, similar to PSPL. There are 8 teams total and they will be divided into 2 groups of 4. Each team will face off against one other team per week and will spend a total of three weeks facing all other teams in their division. Points will be given by the end of each week. All winning teams get 2 points while tied teams get 1 point and losing teams get 0. After three weeks, the two teams of each division with the most points total will make it into the playoff semifinals round where the finalists are determined. All standard Smogon tournament rules and procedures apply.
Tiebreaker
In the event of two teams being tied for a spot in the finals based on points and win differential, or a tie in the final round itself, we will have a tiebreaker round(s).
Tiebreaker Rules: The most played meta from usage stats (Balanced Hackmons) plus one metagame picked by each manager will give a best-of-three game between the tied teams, ultimately deciding who goes onto playoffs or finals.
Rules on Substitutes:
Substitutes are allowed during the group stages. A player that has been subbed out during a week may not be subbed into any other slot. Multiple substitutions may occur in the same slot.
Substitutions will be not be allowed in tiebreak series unless the hosts mandate it. However, since we prioritize games being played, we will consider extension requests so long as they're reasonable. We will also be reluctant to give activity wins to those who are clearly fishing for them.
Scheduling
Scheduling should be done on Smogon VM walls, plain and simple:
- If there is no communication on VM walls and a game goes undone, it will be left to the RNG to decide the winner
- If there is communication on only one user's behalf, the win will go to them. Feel free to call activity in this thread beforehand
- If there is a very healthy back and forth regarding potential times and one user is a no-show, a manager may take the opportunity to sub out the no-show competitor; if this is not done, the user that showed up responsibly will be awarded the win.
Use these VM's to initiate discussion about bo1 or bo3 as well!
Sportsmanship
Exhibitions of unsportsmanlike conduct with regards to World Cup of Other Metas II will be met with an infraction at the discretion of the WCoOM II hosts/OM mods. This is unlikely to include interactions within a team's private chat unless there is reason found to make an exception. This rule is meant to protect other users from being publicly flamed/bashed/provoked by another competitor for the duration of and following the tournament.
All players must complete their matches by the given deadline. Any incomplete matches by that time will be subject to activity decision (MAKE SURE YOU POST ON YOUR OPPONENT'S VM WALL); otherwise, they will be decided via !pick publicly in the Other Metas Room. All matches should ideally be done on your most notable alt (the one you registered for WCoOM II with) to avoid confusion and the replay must be saved and posted in this thread. The replays will be archived in a separate thread, and will be used to calculate usage stats.
Substitutions & Lineups
Managers, if you wish to make any substitutions, you must post here tagging both the player you're subbing out, the player you're subbing in, the manager and assistant manager of the opposing team, the substitute's opponent(s), and myself. This is to assure that everyone is in-the-loop and that the OP is updated accordingly to reflect the new match-up.
Lineups for the next round will be due on 8:59 PM Eastern on Sunday, November 3rd
Matchups:
Sword Division
USUM Almost Any Ability - itsKimbo vs LaBalladeDesCieux
USUM Balanced Hackmons - suapah vs Naoki-sama
USUM Mix and Mega - Pigeons vs damflame 3
USUM Camomons - Jrdn vs Matiss98
USUM STABmons - Funbot28 vs kuyukihime
USUM Tier Shift - EviGaro vs Dragonillis (sub 1)
USUM Almost Any Ability - The Immortal vs Catalystic
USUM Balanced Hackmons - Chessking345 vs PinkDragonTamer
USUM Mix and Mega - TectonicDestroyer vs Skysolo
USUM Camomons - Sylveon. vs Havens (sub 1)
USUM STABmons - Chloe vs aesf
USUM Tier Shift - Dj Breloominati♬ vs Quantum Tesseract
Shield Division
USUM Almost Any Ability - vivalospride vs Hamhamhamham (sub 1)
USUM Balanced Hackmons - jasprose vs Willdbeast
USUM Mix and Mega - Clefable (sub 1) vs xavgb
USUM Camomons - rozes vs Chazm
USUM STABmons - Anaconja vs w0rd
USUM Tier Shift - Eien vs Cam
USUM Almost Any Ability - Mark_K vs Sabella
USUM Balanced Hackmons - SolarflareRo vs regirock
USUM Mix and Mega - Jordy vs Andyboy
USUM Camomons - Averardo vs Highlord
USUM STABmons - umbreon098 vs Betathunder
USUM Tier Shift - Elgino10 vs Megazard
If I made any errors, sorry in advance and could you please let me know asap via this thread, VM, PM or through discord!
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The deadline is Sunday, November 3rd, 11:59 PM Eastern
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