Lower Tier Cup - Signups

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taken over from Expulso by the approval of McMeghan

Tournaments are a great way for moderately experienced users to bolster their battling skill, and for good players to become great players. Unfortunately, most of the tournaments on this forum are for OU, leaving players of other tiers (Ubers, UU, RU, NU, LC) feeling left out. Thus, I have decided to create a tournament encompassing three of those—ORAS UU, RU, and NU. Here's how it works!

There will be three single elimination, 32-man tournaments in each of those tiers. The top four from each one of those tournaments will be seeded according to their placement in those tours, and will then compete in a 12-man tournament to determine the winner. This last tournament will be Bo3, with 1 battle from each tier, UU, RU, and NU. Once that tournament finishes, we'll have the winner, who will undoubtedly be versatile in all three of those lower tiers!

Definitions of Standard Clauses: (these clauses apply across all Smogon tiers)
  • Sleep Clause: If a player has already put an opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move and that Pokémon is still sleeping due to that sleep inducing move, the player cannot put another opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep inducing move.
  • Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same species of Pokémon on their team, based on the National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
  • Evasion Clause: Players cannot use Double Team or Minimize in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
  • OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
  • Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.

Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent may take the win. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If 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.

Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.

Ghosting: The player in a tournament battle should be the one making their own decisions. Do not tell a player what move to make in a tournament battle (i.e. do not "ghost" them), and do not make your moves based on another person's suggestions. If we are made aware that someone playing a tournament battle is making some of their moves based mainly on the suggestions of someone else, punishments may be handed out to both parties involved.

Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.

Rule Breaking: If a player breaks a rule during a battle, they are disqualified from that particular battle. If it was a single battle in a series, they will still have the opportunity to play the rest of the series.

Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or another tournament format that is unable to handle draws, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.

Forfeiting: A player may forfeit their battle during or after the battle, as long as the result has not been confirmed by the host. If a player forfeits before a battle commences in the first round of a tournament, they are eligible for substitution if appropriate. We highly recommend that you do not forfeit your tournament battles just because you got lucky, but we do not enforce this.

Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.

Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.




Signups will be a little bit different for this tour, in that you have to sign up for a particular tier's tournament instead of the tour overall. Players will still be determined via Smogon's 60/40 rule, where the first 60% of signups get in and the next 40% are randomized. Y Just fill out the following form and I'll have all the information you'll need to play!

YOU CAN ONLY SIGNUP FOR ONE OF THE TOURNAMENTS
Forum Name:
Tier: (UU / RU / NU)

Thank you for reading this, and have fun, everyone!

ORAS UU (48/32)
OGWanka
Arifeen
byronthewellwell
Omfuga
Heatedline
DC.
Bouffalant
Chameleon.
SwedishBiscuit
Christo The Gr8
Celeberty
DaSpoofy
dodmen
Qwilphish
hairy toenail
Gene Sp.
teal6
Brendannn
AlmightyPorygon
rural
ZaelTX
Sacri'
geopolitics
Nuanda92
Coti
LilOuOn
Arkian
Erick17
Decision Makers
Joltage
praj.pran
majaspic22
Mix
Tomahawk
usper
SaiyanMaster95
Slate.
Century Express
Cnorth26
Minus
amber lamps
davidTheMaster
YABO
Timeless
jacob
DropTheBass
xShiba
Prankster


ORAS RU (43/32)
Sweep
FullLifeGames
lighthouses
MikeDawg
trc
EonX
Lasagne
Crestfall
xastify
Zebraiken
Unlucky Desperado
Hantsuki
Neil.
mael
LightningLuxray
zdrup15
Void
DKFirelord
scald
During Summer
Robert Alfons
fran17
Rowan
thecrystalonix
jaiho
atomicllamas
Natural Talent
Scythe.
pokebasket
ZANBAKUResh
Wesleyxd
Aurious
migzoo
Redmaxxx
disenchanted
Red dragonn
Cheek Pouch
galbia
Dabney
moony
Geotal
LeoDamin
Umen Berker

ORAS NU (46/32)
NotHyunation
DatSwagDoe
Kiyo
scorpdestroyer
ajadanje
SparksBlade
Steakburgers
Haruno
Finchinator
Can-Eh-Dian
HeiDoe
Tippington
iplaytennislol
Mr.378
hollywood
metaphysical
kingler12345
Mega-Swampert
Drum'N'Bass
bad feeling
HJAD
tazz
qsns
The Quasar
Criticality
ranger mike
Tricking
Panure
Syncrasy
candyflip
-Clone-
Shiro-dono
Shuckleking87
Vileman
Omelette Du FireMage
Level 56
NaCl
NocturOP
Brick Small.
Cherub Agent
joelbarish22
stunner047
unfixable
Ren-chon
Fortune
scotti
 
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