Welcome to the Ubers Open, where the bird is the word.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard XY Ubers.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the Ubers 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! unless both players agree otherwise.
- Sharing replays is always nice to help keep track of the progression of the metagame
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:
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Swagger Clause
- Species Clause
- Endless Battle Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
Pairings:
The Hitman vs Myzozoa
gr8astard vs SoulWind
potato14798 vs Santuga
M Dragon vs majaspic22*
Hack vs Steve Angello
V0x vs Bluwing
Brap vs Gizmozian
Melee Mewtwo vs Bouffalant**
Muk vs Max Carvalho - Extension
FLCL vs aim
Zendom vs Tele**
d0nut vs steve_man
Jirachie vs malefic
Aurious vs sugarhigh
Yagura vs D4RR3N
LzrGunPewPew vs Nayrz - Extension
Rolaz vs TewMew
Decision Makers vs orch
MetalGro$$ vs -Tsunami-
Caledrith vs BLOOD TOTEM - Extension
MoxieInfinite vs Calloflochie - Extension
dice vs Kebabe
based n bad vs Raducan
(SparksBlade*** vs NightFox) vs (Dallaren vs chimpact) - Extension
FinalFlash vs Haruno*
Steeljackal<3 vs DontStealMyPenguin
KFC vs Level 56
Thetwinmasters vs NotAGymLdr
Nabooru vs Tomahawk**
Psychotic vs Nas
Meru vs meeps
(Terraquaza vs Made To Kill) vs Sunny.
Deadline:
Wednesday, September 24th at 11:59 GMT+2 for extensions.
Sunday, September 28th at 11:59 PM GMT+2 for all matches.
Standings:
You can see the current standings for Grand Slam III here.
Highlight Matches:
hack vs steve: mentor vs tutee o: steve still can't build though so rip him
flcl vs aim: idk flcl but i know he's somebody and aim is hot at ubers so should be interesting
jirachie vs malefic: malefic pls win
dice vs kebabe: who's more overrated?
steel vs penguin: I know you wanted this steel
extension vs extension: wtf bracketmaker
Reminder:
Gengarite is, unofficially, not banned.
* - Coin Flip
** - Activity
*** - Activity (extension game)
Thanks to Zracknel for contributing the artwork for the tournament!
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