Tournament OMPL VIII: Information & Administrative Decisions

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Art by AmirAlexander
Welcome to the eighth iteration of the Other Metagames Premier League, the biggest OM Tournament of the year!
- Roster | Schedule | Standings | Replays + Usage Stats | Records -​

Overview

Teams

The Pandemic Parasects - managed by Catalystic & Sylveon.​

The Malevolent Misdreavuses - managed by Chazm & Euphonos​

The Spinda Wheels - managed by xavgb & Jordy​

The Head Honchkrows - managed by Jrdn & aesf​

The Klink Shamers - managed by Chloe & Pigeons​

The Temper Tyrantrums - managed by OM & drampa's grandpa​

The Money Magearnas - managed by Funbot28 & GL Volkner​

The Crown Jewel Corviknights - managed by SBPC & Andyboy​

How this works

There are 8 teams this year. Each team will have have 6 players and at least 2 subs. The players are bought using the 80k credits that managers receive during the auction. Managers will be allowed to purchase themselves as players for their team at a fixed price of 16k but must assign one assistant manager from their drafted players. This may be done either during the auction or after it. Teams can win their matchup every week by winning 4 of the 6 matches that their players have to play.​

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The tier lineup this year is as follows:​

1. SS Almost Any Ability
2. SS Balanced Hackmons
3. SS Camomons
4. SS Mix and Mega
5. SS NFE
6. SS STABmons

All games will be played on the Pokemon Showdown main server or SmogTours in the most current version of the format corresponding to those listed above. The result between players may be decided in a best-of-one or best-of-three at the discretion of both players involved. If there is no agreement, the result will decided in a Bo1 by default.​

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Winning a round rewards a team with 2 points, drawing 1 point, and losing zero points. In addition, the manner in which the round has been won will also be recorded i.e. the difference between a team's wins and losses in a specific week's round (referred to as "Win Differential").​

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Playoffs:​

Each team will play one another for seven weeks. Based on the final standings, the top 4 teams will enter a Playoffs Round to determine the teams appearing in the finals.​

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 plus one metagame picked by each manager will give a best-of-three game between the tied teams, ultimately deciding who goes onto finals. The three games must be different formats, i.e. the remaining two games cannot be the same as the most played metagame, and must be from the list above. Since SS Balanced Hackmons is most likely to be chosen by usage, the decision to play Bo3 or Bo1 is still left upto the players' discretion and bo1 remains by default.​

Substitutes

Substitutes are to be used in the case of extenuating circumstances, whether on the first day of the week, or the last. At the same time, players should be relatively well-aware of who all are available to play in the opponent's camp. If last minute substitutes are being frequently used or abused and the hosts find explanations unsatisfactory, the hosts still reserve the right to veto them. In order to further prevent this being the case teams are only granted a maximum of two substitutes per week. Any substitutions after the second will be vetoed.​

Trades

If teams wish to conduct a trade, both managers (or assistant managers if the manager is not present) MUST PM Ransei and SectoniaServant on the FORUMS to have the trade be official. No trades may occur after the conclusion of week 2. A traded player may only feature in the round after they have been traded.​

Miscellaneous

• OMPL VIII Commencement Thread
• OMPL VIII Commencement Thread II
• Manager Signups
• Player Signups
• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Playoffs (+tiebreaker)
• Finals & Tiebreaker
• PPW & Elo Spreadsheet (Credit to drampa's grandpa)
• GXE Spreadsheet (Credit to drampa's grandpa)

 

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Roster
Auction Log | Player Prices

The Pandemic Parasects - managed by Catalystic & Sylveon.

Players (8): MultiAmmiratore, Sylveon., sugarhigh, Sabella, Zesty43, TJ, DF-Shock, 85percent

The Malevolent Misdreavuses - managed by Chazm & Euphonos

Players (9): Chazm, Euphonos, w0rd, rozes, Tack :], SuperSkylake, DurzaOffTopic, abriel gabram, Lasen

The Spinda Wheels - managed by xavgb & Jordy

Players (11): xavgb, Jordy, blinkboy, Hamhamhamhamham, Megazard, PinkDragonTamer, vivalospride, King Leo V, Havens, anaconja, Alkione

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The Head Honchkrows - managed by Jrdn & aesf

Players (8): Jrdn, aesf, highlighter, Redflix, Cam, frisoeva, Highlord, Alternatif

The Klink Shamers - managed by Chloe & Pigeons

Players (12): Pigeons, a loser, Betathunder, Quantum Tesseract, DugZa, TonyFlygon, itsKimbo, LaBalladeDesCieux, Chaitanya, Lancer Fr, anime sans, jasprose

The Temper Tyrantrums - managed by OM & drampa's grandpa

Players (12): drampa's grandpa, Gurpreet Patel (Sent you a Friend Request), Racool, Mark K, Ho3nConfirm3d, Skysolo, Plas, PurpleGatorade, Akashi, Chessking345, The Number Man, Monsareeasy

The Money Magearnas - managed by Funbot28 & GL Volkner

Players (8): Funbot28, GL Volkner, Dragonillis, Matiss98, dimrah, Crystalites, Gmansour20, Fardin

The Crown Jewel Corviknights - managed by SBPC & Andyboy

Players (10): Andyboy, Marjane, MAMP, pileosand, Terracotta, Thinkerino, MetaRiolu7, uhuhuhu7, Dj Breloominati♬, Thimo

Manager Self Buys & Assistant Picks

Self Buys:
The Malevolent Misdreavuses -> Chazm
The Spinda Wheels -> xavgb
The Head Honchrows -> Jrdn
The Money Magearnas -> Funbot28

Assistant Picks:
The Pandemic Parasects -> Sylveon.
The Malevolent Misdreavuses -> Euphonos
The Spinda Wheels -> Jordy
The Head Honchkrows -> aesf
The Klink Shamers -> Pigeons
The Temper Tyrantrums -> drampa's grandpa
The Money Magearnas -> GL Volkner
The Crown Jewel Corviknights -> Andyboy

Non-playing managers

The following managers will not be playing:
Catalystic
Chloe
OM
SBPC

Trades

None yet

 

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Schedule

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Playoffs (+tiebreaker) | Finals -

Link to spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...5Xb4VvYoMXxdnAImRjCuV8zGPPZ3cfNZdL35y/pubhtml

 

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Standings

Last Edited: June 1st 2020​

 

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Announcement - Submitting Next Round Lineups & Week Round Information
Subsequent to Week 1, OMPL will take place with each round lasting one week, beginning on Monday morning and ending on the following Sunday night. Week 1 will begin on Tuesday.

The following is the process of sending in lineups for the next round (and all subsequent rounds). The deadline for submitting rounds for the next week will be 3 hours before the end of the previous week i.e. 8:59 PM (UTC -4). I will post reminders every week. Again, this can be done over Smogon pm's (preferred) or discord, with all managers present, and not PS chat.

On Smogon, open a new conversation with myself and my cohost SectoniaServant. I would prefer if each round has its own convo titled with your team name and the round number. Submit your team in the same format as below, (with the '@' sign, use code formatting) .

MyTeamName
SS Almost Any Ability - @PlayerName
SS Balanced Hackmons - @PlayerName
SS Camomons - @PlayerName
SS Mix and Mega - @PlayerName
SS NFE - @PlayerName
SS STABmons - @PlayerName

Note: For the first week, failure to submit your lineup by the deadline will result in your lineup being randomized. Failure to meet the deadline in future weeks will result in reusing the previous week's lineup. Illegal lineups will result in reusing the previous week's lineup. Any changes that need to be made to the lineup during the week will have to be by using the two substitutes given to each team.

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The First Round will begin on Tuesday, 4/14, so get me your lineups by Monday, 4/13 (UTC -4).

Manager and Assistant Manager Tags

Catalystic
Sylveon.
Chazm
Euphonos
xavgb
Jordy
Jrdn
aesf
Chloe
Pigeons
OM
drampa's grandpa
Funbot28
GL Volkner
SBPC
Andyboy

 

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Announcement - Kyurem and Lunala Quickbans

Two recent quickbans have been made during the previous week of OMPL.


Kyurem has been quickbanned from Camomons


Lunala has been quickbanned from Mix and Mega

Both of these bans take effect starting this week and will last throughout the remainder of OMPL VIII.

Manager Tags

Catalystic, Sylveon., Chazm, Euphonos, xavgb, Jordy, Jrdn, aesf, Chloe, Pigeons, OM, drampa's grandpa, Funbot28, GL Volkner, SBPC, Andyboy

 

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Announcement - Dragapult

Dragapult's been having a lot of fun this gen ruling over the AAA and STABmons metagames this gen. Too much fun

Well now we're ending its reign! No more fun for this Pokemon!

The AAA Council have decided to quickban Dragapult from AAA and the STABmons council very recently closed a suspect test for Dragapult, resulting in an absolutely unanimous decision to ban it.

Links:
Almost Any Ability ban
STABmons ban

Because of this, these bans will start taking effect during the next week and will last throughout the remainder of OMPL VIII.

Manager Tags

Catalystic, Sylveon., Chazm, Euphonos, xavgb, Jordy, Jrdn, aesf, Chloe, Pigeons, OM, drampa's grandpa, Funbot28, GL Volkner, SBPC, Andyboy

 

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Announcement - Shell Smash & Groupchat commands

The Balanced Hackmons council recently closed down a suspect test made for Shell Smash. It was decided that from now on, Shell Smash is banned from BH.

Because this ban occurred after this current round was set up, Shell Smash will be allowed for the remainder of this week and banned for the rest of OMPL afterwards, starting next week.

To those who would like to use Shell Smash in battle throughout the week, here's what you can do:

You type all of the commands below in the following order:

/makegroupchat OMPL BH
/invite [insert opponent's username here]
/tour new gen 8 balanced hackmons, elim
/tour ruleset +Shell Smash
/tour start

You will have to have your opponent approve and join the tour before you can start.

You can also perform this same method if you and your opponent decide to have a gentleman's agreement to ban something. This should prevent any future snakes from occurring.

/makegroupchat OMPL
/invite [insert opponent's name here]
/tour new gen 8 [insert name of format here], elim
/tour ruleset -[whatever you both agreed on not using]
/tour start

You can also ban clauses:
/tour ruleset ![whatever you both agreed on not using]
/tour start

manager tags

Catalystic, Sylveon., Chazm, Euphonos, xavgb, Jordy, Jrdn, aesf, Chloe, Pigeons, OM, drampa's grandpa, Funbot28, GL Volkner, SBPC, Andyboy

 

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Announcement - Zeraora and Psychic Surge

The M&M Council have made an unanimous decision to ban Zeraora from using megastones in Mix and Mega. Zeraora will no longer be allowed to mega evolve for the remainder of this tournament.

On a different note the BH Council have decided to unban Psychic Surge from the Balanced Hackmons metagame. Everyone is now free to run this ability on any Pokémon allowed in the format, including in OMPL.

Manager Tags

Catalystic, Sylveon., Chazm, Euphonos, xavgb, Jordy, Jrdn, aesf, Chloe, Pigeons, OM, drampa's grandpa, Funbot28, GL Volkner, SBPC, Andyboy

 

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Announcement - Change in Lineups and Substitutions [Managers Read this]

The OP and the Round Information post on this thread have been revised in light of recent events bringing about a unique case. Throughout this past week, two experienced managers exploited the lack of clarification in our written rules and were given a leeway due to it partially being at fault of the host. The most substantial rules we've had regarding substitutions and lineups been clarified and slightly altered for future OMPL rounds.
Recent Events In Question: 1 2

Changes:

Rule on Substitutes

Substitutes
Substitutes are to be used in the case of extenuating circumstances, whether on the first day of the week, or the last. At the same time, players should be relatively well-aware of who all are available to play in the opponent's camp. If last minute substitutes are being frequently used or abused and the hosts find explanations unsatisfactory, the hosts still reserve the right to veto them. In order to further prevent this being the case teams are only granted a maximum of two substitutes per week. Any substitutions after the second will be vetoed.

Because of the two sub rule (which was now directly stated but has always been a rule in OMPL tournaments) I have decided substitutes can be used in cases that are avoidable and can be used tactically for a supposed advantage as long as they are not being abused for the sake of causing confusion against opposing teams. For example if player x from team 1 is facing player y from team 2 and it's been determined player z from team 1 has a better chance against team 2's player y, they can be subbed in on this basis.

Rule on Lineups

Note: For the first week, failure to submit your lineup by the deadline will result in your lineup being randomized. Failure to meet the deadline in future weeks will result in reusing the previous week's lineup. Illegal lineups will result in reusing the previous week's lineup. Any changes that need to be made to the lineup during the week will have to be by using the two substitutes given to each team.

Make sure you give out the full legal lineup. Otherwise your previous week lineup will be used.

Final Note:
Don't go out of your way to ignore the host's directions or bend around the rules for the sake of trying to be funny. Your offense will not be taken lightly and the OM moderation team will become furious at you for making the host (and/or) the tournament seem more like a joke than it's supposed to be.

Manager Tags

Catalystic, Sylveon., Chazm, Euphonos, xavgb, Jordy, Jrdn, aesf, Chloe, Pigeons, OM, drampa's grandpa, Funbot28, GL Volkner, SBPC, Andyboy

 

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Announcement - Dracovish

The STABmons Council have made an unanimous decision to quickban Dracovish from their metagame. Dracovish will no longer be allowed for usage in STABmons throughout the remainder of OMPL VIII.

Manager tags

Catalystic, Sylveon., Chazm, Euphonos, xavgb, Jordy, Jrdn, aesf, Chloe, Pigeons, OM, drampa's grandpa, Funbot28, GL Volkner, SBPC, Andyboy

 

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Information - OMPL VIII Elo Spreadsheet

There is a new resource out for everyone to use in OMPL VIII! It is an elo spreadsheet created by drampa's grandpa in an effort to accurately determine each player's performance in the tournament.

CLICK THIS TO CHECK OUT THE SPREADSHEET.

An explanation of how it works and why it's the best method we have of determining OMPL performance is linked right below:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ompl-viii-discussion-thread.3662027/page-9#post-8471665

We also the current elo leaderboard as of today (5/25/20). It was also made by drampa's grandpa but in a different post.

Current ELO Leaderboard

Rank	Name	Week 6 ELO
1	jrdn	1238
2	frisoeva	1222
3	xavgb	1215
4	Plas	1205
5	Gurpreet Patel (Sent You a Friend Request)	1189
6	rozes	1162
7	King Leo V	1160
8	Thimo	1157
9	Racool	1151
10	Havens	1119
11	chazm	1113
12	Zesty43	1111
13	Thinkerino	1094
14	Terracotta	1068
15	Sylveon.	1063
15	PinkDragonTamer	1063
17	highlighter	1062
18	Crystalites	1057
19	abriel gabram	1053
20	dimrah	1051
21	Lasen	1049
22	Pigeons	1042
23	Marjane	1038
24	Alternatif	1036
25	Multiammiratore	1033
25	Andyb0y	1033
27	Sabella	1032
27	Anime Sans	1032
29	Matiss98	1029
30	TJ	1026
31	GL Volkner	1024
AVERAGE		#REF!
32	Highlord	1000
32	SuperSkyLake	1000
32	drampa's grandpa	1000
32	PurpleGatorade	1000
32	Chaitanya	1000
32	jasprose	1000
32	anaconja	1000
32	Alkione	1000
32	pileosand	1000
32	Dj Breloominati	1000
42	Euphonos	997
43	The Number Man	996
44	Jordy	995
45	85percent	992
46	Redflix	988
47	itsKimbo	979
48	funbot28	978
48	gmansour20	978
50	TonyFlygon	974
51	a loser	963
52	Monsareeasy	960
53	Chessking345	952
54	Lancer Fr	950
55	Akashi	942
56	LaBalladeDesCieux	940
56	vivalospride	940
58	MetaRiolu7	939
59	Skysolo	935
60	aesf	932
61	Fardin	927
62	Ho3nConfirm3d	918
63	Cam	915
64	blinkboy	907
65	Tack :]	897
66	MAMP	892
67	Mark K	878
68	Hamhamhamhamham	876
69	DugZa	872
70	sugarhigh	871
71	Quantum Tesseract	870
72	w0rd	869
73	DF-Shock	867
73	uhuhuhu7	867
75	Megazard	858
76	DurzaOffTopic	844
77	betathunder	839
78	Dragonillis	825

Everyone thank drampa's grandpa for all of this!

 

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RE: Highlord v. Andyb0y

In the Mix and Mega game between Highlord and Andyb0y, Highlord's timer went down from 60 seconds to 0, causing him to lose to inactivity. The disconnect timer did not kick in at any point. As such, this will be ruled as a timeout.

It's a bit of a sticky situation because OMs always do tours a bit differently, but due to how PS cannot detect if a browser has frozen, and due to the rules are concrete around timeouts in other tours, this is the ruling I have decided on based on what I had available.

 

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Announcement - Playoffs

The following teams have made it to playoffs:

1st Place

The Head Honchkrows

Points​	Wins​	Losses​	Ties​	Differential​	% of Games Won​
11 Points​	4 Wins​	0 Losses​	3 Ties​	+12​	64.28​

2nd Place

The Spinda Wheels

Points	Wins	Losses	Ties	Differential	% of Games Won
10 Points​	4 Wins​	1 Loss​	2 Ties​	+6​	57.14​

3rd Place

The Crown Jewel Corviknights

Points	Wins	Losses	Ties	Differential	% of Games Won
8 Points​	2 Wins​	1 Loss​	4 Ties​	+2​	52.38​

3rd Place

The Temper Tyrantrums

Points	Wins	Losses	Ties	Differential	% of Games Won
8 Points​	2 Wins​	1 Loss​	4 Ties​	+2​	52.38​

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The Crown Jewel Corviknights and The Temper Tyrantrums have tied in 3rd place out of the top four. I have decided to do a coinflip on which team gets the higher seeding. This only affects each team's matchup next week.

The Crown Jewel Corviknights have taken the 3rd seed as a result of the coinflip. Next week's matchup has been reflected by this outcome:

Playoffs:

The Head Honchkrows vs The Temper Tyrantrums

The Spinda Wheels vs The Crown Jewel Corviknights

Congratulations to these four teams for making it to OMPL VIII Playoffs! The next round begins soon. Stay tuned everyone!

Tagging all remaining managers

Jrdn, aesf, xavgb, Jordy, SBPC, Andyboy, OM, drampa's grandpa

 

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Announcement - Dracovish (again)

Dracovish has just been banned from the Camomons metagame. Because the decision was announced after the conclusion of last week and the introduction of this week's round, Dracovish will be allowed for use during the OMPL Playoffs round.

Just type /challenge [user], gen8camomons@@@+Dracovish or follow the steps above in this post in order to use it.

Tagging all remaining managers

Jrdn, aesf, xavgb, Jordy, SBPC, Andyboy, OM, drampa's grandpa

 

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Announcement - Playoffs Tiebreaker and OMPL Finals Information

As you might've noticed The Spinda Wheels and The Crown Jewel Corviknights have to perform in a tiebreaker. This tiebreaker determines which team faces off against The Head Honckrows in OMPL VIII Finals! After all managers involved were informed, they all took the time to decide which formats were being played in this tiebreaker round. These following formats have been decided to be:

SS Balanced Hackmons (as chosen by usage stats)
SS Mix and Mega (as chosen by Corviknights)
SS NFE (as chosen by Spindas)

The tiebreaker round begins today and will last three days. The finals will be posted afterwards or earlier if this round goes by much quicker. I have decided to lock playoffs and finals. As a result, Dracovish remains allowed in Camomons and starters will not be allowed to run their hidden ability for the remainder of the tournament. That is all folks. Enjoy the rest of this tour!

Tagging all remaining managers

xavgb, Jordy, SBPC, Andyboy, Jrdn, aesf (congrats Jrdn and aesf btw. Will congratulate you two again after the tiebreaker.)

Stay tuned​

 

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Announcement - Finalists

The following two teams have made it to finals:

• 
  The Head Honchkrows
  
• 
  The Spinda Wheels
  

Congratulations to both of these teams and their managers for making it to the final stage of OMPL VIII! May the best team win!

- Finals next!

Stay tuned​

 

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Announcement - Finals Tiebreaker

The Head Honchkrows and The Spinda Wheels have tied during their finals week. All managers involved were informed and have discussed with their teams the format they're choosing.

These are the following formats that will be played during the finals tiebreaker:
SS Balanced Hackmons (as chosen by usage stats)
SS Mix and Mega (as chosen by Spindas)
SS NFE (as chosen by Honchkrows)

This tiebreaker will be on the same thread as the finals.

Stay tuned. It's almost over!​

 

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Announcement - Champions!
Let's get rollin'! Congratulations to The Spinda Wheels!