Tournament Rules:
General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
Standard ADV OU
Best of three, single elimination.
Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown! PO if both players agree
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
Baton Pass Clause (Smeargle using Baton Pass and Ingrain)
[ PROBLEMS vs ZANBAKUResh ] vs Funkasaurus
ZoroDark vs ikarus
xtra$hine vs Darty
NightFox vs Meru
hard vs -gizmo-
Mazar vs ashiemore
innovamania vs davidTheMaster
Rewer vs Thatsjustpeachy
Tom the Bomb vs Kevin Garrett
Imanalt vs KJ Corp
Frizy vs HeiDoe
twash vs Soulraiser
[ Danilo vs JabbaTheGriffin ] vs Cicada
Iconic vs boudouche
d0nut vs Veteran In Love
Ee Ohgh Ah Han vs The Quasar
Jirachee vs MetalGro$$
Haruno vs Endeby
Improbable vs Marshall.Law
Tyrano vs Malekith
[ Mr.378 vs galbia ] vs RiCH HOMiE CHRiS
Prankster. vs Toxzn
Tamahome vs Wittgenstein
Tesung vs -Tsunami-
Disenchanted vs TewMew
Neil vs Skywallker
[ Crestfall l vs Bughouse ] vs SkillinJah
Dark_Psiana vs blarajan
Prague Kick vs TraceofLife
fatty vs babidi1998
taxi driver vs McMeghan - Extension
Vinc2612 vs Jaiho
Finchinator vs sugarhigh
Golden Sun vs BKC
e7e vs Fantasy
giara vs New Breed
Zamrock vs Leremyju
steelphoenix vs Lightchu
Livio vs Lord
Ojama vs Stone_Cold
Masterclass vs TheSweeper
Kingler12345 vs OP
Emvee vs Mael
[ Nova vs majaspic22 ] vs aim
D4RR3N vs Lunar.
fresh to death vs Faded
[ During Summer vs Terraquaza ] vs Bedschibaer
Myzozoa vs Zeno;
Alf vs Tomahawk
Hantsuki vs choolio
Sam vs SINFUL DESIRES
Nelson vs Heysup
Hikari vs looiiyut2
Heatedline vs badabing
papai noel vs Picollo
JakeLakePalmer vs Go10
Reymedy vs Kiyo
Der Dreckige Dan vs [ DennisEG vs tml ]
Texas Cloverleaf vs Absolute Zero
Evil vs Rumor
Omfuga vs Asuya
Void vs Floppy
199 Lives vs [ SparksBlade vs Mix ]
PDC vs [ QuoteCS vs Tricking ]
ZoroDark vs ikarus
xtra$hine vs Darty
NightFox vs Meru
hard vs -gizmo-
Mazar vs ashiemore
innovamania vs davidTheMaster
Rewer vs Thatsjustpeachy
Tom the Bomb vs Kevin Garrett
Imanalt vs KJ Corp
Frizy vs HeiDoe
twash vs Soulraiser
[ Danilo vs JabbaTheGriffin ] vs Cicada
Iconic vs boudouche
d0nut vs Veteran In Love
Ee Ohgh Ah Han vs The Quasar
Jirachee vs MetalGro$$
Haruno vs Endeby
Improbable vs Marshall.Law
Tyrano vs Malekith
[ Mr.378 vs galbia ] vs RiCH HOMiE CHRiS
Prankster. vs Toxzn
Tamahome vs Wittgenstein
Tesung vs -Tsunami-
Disenchanted vs TewMew
Neil vs Skywallker
[ Crestfall l vs Bughouse ] vs SkillinJah
Dark_Psiana vs blarajan
Prague Kick vs TraceofLife
fatty vs babidi1998
taxi driver vs McMeghan - Extension
Vinc2612 vs Jaiho
Finchinator vs sugarhigh
Golden Sun vs BKC
e7e vs Fantasy
giara vs New Breed
Zamrock vs Leremyju
steelphoenix vs Lightchu
Livio vs Lord
Ojama vs Stone_Cold
Masterclass vs TheSweeper
Kingler12345 vs OP
Emvee vs Mael
[ Nova vs majaspic22 ] vs aim
D4RR3N vs Lunar.
fresh to death vs Faded
[ During Summer vs Terraquaza ] vs Bedschibaer
Myzozoa vs Zeno;
Alf vs Tomahawk
Hantsuki vs choolio
Sam vs SINFUL DESIRES
Nelson vs Heysup
Hikari vs looiiyut2
Heatedline vs badabing
papai noel vs Picollo
JakeLakePalmer vs Go10
Reymedy vs Kiyo
Der Dreckige Dan vs [ DennisEG vs tml ]
Texas Cloverleaf vs Absolute Zero
Evil vs Rumor
Omfuga vs Asuya
Void vs Floppy
199 Lives vs [ SparksBlade vs Mix ]
PDC vs [ QuoteCS vs Tricking ]
Extension Deadline is 5 days, Tuesday May 5th at 11:59pm Est
Deadline for Round 2 is 2 weeks, May 15th at 11:59pm Est
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