Welcome to the RU Open, the best tournament of the best tier imo.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard XY RU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the RU ladder of the Smogon University server of Pokemon Showdown.
- If tier changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!.
- I like replays, you should post them :>
- Do not make baseless activity posts, get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
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.
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
Pairings:
Aenonar vs Terraquaza
Hantsuki vs Aurious
Sturdynips vs GlassGlaceon
justinjiaxinghu vs Raducan
Pidge vs Expulso
Ditto vs Level 56
Stinson vs Century Express
Ry V vs Leer
Spirit vs Tomahawk
Davon vs bye
SOMALIA vs Aurora
bugzinator vs PDC
Hot N Cold vs Pwnemon
The DragonKnight vs Antar
Bouffalant vs Cristal
zdrup15 vs -Leon-
Hollywood vs Antgeezy
d0nut vs Kushalos
JMcFizz vs Rohail
Hill vs s_aman
Max Carvalho vs zeriloa
Sapientia vs Aladyyn
Haruno vs Lord Ninjax
cuteflounder vs unfixable
Lowgock vs Santuga
malefic vs majaspic22
Double01 vs Level 51
Psychotic vs Nozzle
Deoxymoron vs cbt
-Manu- vs Livio
BKC vs Fat Lenny
sugarhigh vs LonelyNess
red97 vs ßasedVictory
xtrashine vs Navy
Vinc2612 vs Dice
Yagura vs Mael
Dark_Psiana vs Cicada
chimpact vs Red265'
Artemisa vs Meru
Seismitoad vs Zamrock
fatty vs apt-get
Jeff.B vs Scene
kokoloko vs B-Lulz
Nova vs Benja299
Nachos vs Jaiho
Vileman vs Quite Quiet
Paramecia vs ZoroDark
bye vs Poopdawg4
FinalFlash vs fitzy72
TewMew vs Arcticblast
Darkdiglett vs The Quasar
SoulDragonite vs RotomPoison
Soulgazer vs WhiteQueen
Kirigakure vs Sinclair
Lasagne vs Pearl.
-Tsunami- vs Gonjv
blunder vs toshimelonhead
Zebraiken vs King of Random
I Shuckle vs Ojamatrio
namehtmas vs KratosMana
Hack vs Ger9119
Caledrith vs HBK
FireMage vs Tricking
Tesung vs meeps
Alf' vs MetalGro$$
potato14798 vs aim
New Breed vs Ununhexium
bye vs Fantasy
Kitten Milk vs Anty
King UU vs Korby
Cinco Diablo vs D4RR3N
Lolk vs Gizmozian
Robert Alfons vs Decision Makers
bye vs Capteon
Lighthouses. vs Antemortem
absdaddy vs Koinzell
Froggy vs scorpdestroyer
McMeghan vs Silvershadow234
SongSing vs srk1214
Haunted.Shadow vs cxinlee
LordOfTheFlygons vs Laga
Mizuhime vs Stoo
Toxzn vs sparktrain
idiotfrommars vs SoulWind
shartruce2 vs MawileBitesKids
radianthero156 vs Blizzard
Kebabe vs paquito98
Orphic vs champetero
taylordactyl vs Brazilian Army
BurningFury101 vs A Terrakion
Possibility. vs Bloo
Omfuga216 vs Raseri
Ice Arrow vs bye
The Hitman vs Kiyo
Dhaora vs Rob.
V0x vs dfmetal
BLINGAS
vs Pat Labordead song vs Shuckleking87
TRC vs barton
ForgottenOnes vs Mysteria
JirachiCelebiMew vs Steve Angello
Pako vs Sunny.
MasterRyuga vs Afro Smash
TheFourthChaser vs Draeden
Enki vs geeezer
Jirachie vs Bluwing
gr8astard vs Sand Castle
Son of Zeus vs -Sparkbeat-
ju man gee vs MoxieInfinite
M Dragon vs Marshall.Law
Wepwn vs Honko
LatiosPro vs ScraftyIsTheBest
HypnoEmpire vs Bad Ass
SilentVerse vs Moony
bye vs kingmidas
atomicllamas vs MikeDawg
Pridy vs Rozykli
-Clone- vs Sweep
llvallejoll vs scotti
Lord Alphose vs Kaioken0591
pjbball04 vs Nas
JabbaTheGriffin vs High Impulse
Xyldaz vs Nabooru
The TurtleLord vs davidness
Pierce the Butt vs papai noel
Rowan vs ZoroarkForever
DittoCrow vs Calloflochie
FLCL vs praj.pan
Deadline:
Sunday, August 31st at 11:59 PM EST.
Reminders:
- Zoroark and Yanmega are banned.
- If you are vs a bye, you do not have an opponent. I will be accepting 2 sign-ups and subs in this thread.
Thanks to Zracknel for contributing the artwork for the tournament!
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