The UU Open VI - Round 6

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tfw your sleep schedule is the most normal it has ever been in years so you can get the new round up extra early
Tournament Rules:
  • General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
  • Grand Slam rules can be found here.
  • Standard SM UU.
  • Best of three, single elimination.
  • Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
  • SM cartridge win conditions are in place, there are no ties.
  • Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
Identity

I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.

Scouting

Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.

With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.

Timer Clause

As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.

Disconnections

If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.

I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.

Battle Clauses:
  • Evasion Clause
  • OHKO Clause
  • Sleep Clause
  • Species Clause
  • Timed Battle
  • Team Preview

General recommendations (formerly known as teal6's Specific Hosting Rules, which I'm shamelessly stealing and including in the OP due to the former's status as Smogon's current Head Tournament Director):
  • Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
  • When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
  • Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the timezone.
  • If I catch news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, I reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of my ability in conjunction with the TD team provided there is adequate evidence to warrant it.

Round 6!

Pak vs. zben
False. vs. Hyjack
Nintendi vs. blunder
(winner of Feliburn vs. Rodriblutar) vs. Simiatic
Eyan vs. CoolStoryBrobat
Level 56 vs. Amaroq
Lax vs. Tricking
Moutemoute vs. FLCL
RedMaxx vs. Arifeen
(winner of Eternal Spirit vs. teal6) vs. checkoutmymixedape
(winner of BIHI vs. HSA) vs. Welli0u
Sacri'
vs. DetroitLolcat
McMeghan vs. Star
(winner of Rakan vs. A Hero's Destiny) vs. elodin
CBU vs. Lopunny Kicks
HJAD
vs. meepsvictory


IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Deadline is August 27 11:59 PM EDT

Extension Deadline is August 23 11:59 PM EDT


The most recent tier shifts are in effect from this round on (including the Manaphy quick ban). Please check this post for reference (note: Salamence and Scolipede are actually BL!).

Although it is currently being suspect tested, Xurkitree is still legal in this tournament for now. Keep that in mind when preparing for your games!


Highlight Match-ups:


All of them! You guys rock for making it this far... but if I truly had to pick one, it would be Star vs. Roro for sure!​
 
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Considering that we've reached top 32 I thought it would be fun to make some predictions and I know for a fact that quite a few people like reading those.

Pak vs. zben - 60/40, havent seen much from zben in SM whereas Pak prepares constently on top of being very solid as a player.
False. vs. Hyjack - 55/45, not too sure about this one, giving the edge to False. because he seems more solid overall.
Nintendi vs. blunder - 60/40, blunder has been very solid this slam, I expect him to beat Nintendi in a pretty close set.
(winner of Feliburn vs. Rodriblutar) vs. Simiatic - both Simiatic and Feli are good players that might be able to beat Rodriblutar but I have to give him the edge due to his great playing abilities.
Eyan vs. CoolStoryBrobat - 60/40, another solid match although I think Eyan's superior building abilities should allow him to take the set.
Level 56 vs. Amaroq - 51/49, probably my favorite mu from this round, both are extremely solid and I expect this to come down to the wire. Giving a very slight edge to Amaroq because he makes his own teams which gives him an advantage in terms of preparation.
Lax vs. Tricking - 55/45, really close one, both have been using good teams and are solid players in general. Expecting Tricking to take it because he seems on fire this Slam.
Moutemoute vs. FLCL - 65/35, FLCL has been extremely solid this open, winning vs Hikari and soulgazer is far from easy so I think he wins this one relatively comfortably.
RedMaxx vs. Arifeen - 55/45, kind of awkward to predict as both of them have been using some of my teams lol. Either way I think Feen is slightly more solid as a player
teal6 vs. checkoutmymixedape - 55/45, I think teal6 is better as a player but checkoutmymixedape has been showing his ability to take down solid players so this should be interesting.
HSA vs. Welli0u - 55/45, another solid match, giving it to welli because he seems slightly better in SM.
McMeghan vs. Star - 51/49, pretty much a 5050 as both players are non uu mains and extremely solid at the game. Giving it to Star because he has been doing great this slam but this could easily go either way.
(winner of Rakan vs. A Hero's Destiny) vs. elodin - not too sure about this one but elodin has been using good teams so I think he should be able to win.
CBU vs. Lopunny Kicks - 55/45, havent seen much from either but giving it to CBU because he probably has more experience with UU.
HJAD vs. meepsvictory - 60/40, meeps makes his own teams and has been very solid in general this open so I think he has a better shot.

Very excited for this round, most match ups are very close which makes them even more exciting. Have fun, everyone! :toast:
 
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Pearl requesting extension. CoolStoryBrobat and myself are unable find a good time to play this week (I'm busy these few days while he's gonna be out of town from Thursday to Sunday, and we have conflicting timezones). We're able to play on Monday morning his time, though, so there shouldn't be any issue in terms of holding up the rest of the tour. Thanks a bunch.
 
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