[B][SIZE=1]Original OP from [USER=202117]Megazard[/USER] [/SIZE][/B]
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[B][SIZE=1]Thanks to [USER=399067]Kaiju Bunny[/USER] for the amazing art![/SIZE][/B]

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[I]How this works[/I]
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:
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[*]USUM Almost Any Ability
[*]USUM Balanced Hackmons
[*]USUM Mix and Mega
[*]USUM Camomons
[*]USUM STABmons
[*]USUM Tier Shift
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All games will be played on the Pokemon Showdown [URL='https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/']main server[/URL] or [URL='http://smogtours.psim.us/']SmogTours[/URL] in the most current version of the format corresponding to those listed above. Apart from where it is explicitly mentioned (1 and 4 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.

Matchups for this year's tournament are put in a normal round robin structure, similar to [URL='https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/pspl-vi-group-stages-week-1.3633808/']PSPL[/URL]. 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.

[I]Tiebreaker[/I]
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. 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.
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[I][B]Scheduling[/B][/I]
Scheduling should be done on Smogon VM walls, plain and simple:
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[*]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.
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TL;DR: VM your opponents, schedule your matches, and be reliable. If you're not reliable, let your manager know so they can sub you out ASAP.

Use these VM's to initiate a discussion about bo1 or bo3 as well!

[I][B]Sportsmanship[/B][/I]
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.

[I]Substitutions & Lineups[/I]
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 8:59PM Eastern Standard Time on November 24th, 2019.

[CENTER][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)][SIZE=5][B][I][IMG]https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/681.png[/IMG] Final Matchup: [IMG]https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/681.png[/IMG][/I][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=4][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][IMG]https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/553.png[/IMG]US South[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]([COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][USER=324242]In The Hills[/USER], [USER=297239]Quantum Tesseract[/USER])[/COLOR][/SIZE][B] [SIZE=6][B]- [/B][/SIZE][SIZE=7][[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]0[/COLOR]][/SIZE] [[COLOR=rgb(124, 112, 107)]0[/COLOR]][/B][/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=6][B] - [/B][/SIZE][SIZE=4][B][SIZE=4][B][COLOR=rgb(124, 112, 107)]UK [/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4]([USER=309285]Hamhamhamham[/USER], [USER=285201]Willdbeast[/USER])[/SIZE][/SIZE][B][SIZE=4][B][B][B][IMG]https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/217.png[/IMG][/B][/B][/B][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE]
USUM Almost Any Ability - [USER=314467]Catalystic[/USER] vs [USER=327428]Racool[/USER]
USUM Balanced Hackmons - [USER=304753]PinkDragonTamer[/USER] vs [USER=285201]Willdbeast[/USER]
USUM Mix and Mega - [USER=231422]Skysolo[/USER] vs @stresh
USUM Camomons - [USER=324242]In The Hills[/USER] vs [USER=376369]Chazm[/USER]
USUM STABmons - [USER=202417]aesf[/USER] vs [USER=233028]w0rd[/USER]
USUM Tier Shift - [USER=297239]Quantum Tesseract[/USER] vs [USER=245408]Cam[/USER]

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If I've screwed up in any way, sorry in advance and could you please let me know asap via this thread, VM, PM or through discord! :blobthumbsup:
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[B][B][COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][SIZE=7]Good Luck to our finalists! May the best team win![/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B]

[COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)][B][SIZE=4][SIZE=7][B][SIZE=5][B][U]The deadline is Sunday, November 24th, 11:59 PM Eastern[/U][/B][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/CENTER]