Back. Yet again.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard ORAS UU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- ALL REPLAYS SHOULD BE SAVED AND POSTED ALONGSIDE YOUR WON/LOST POST. (This is encouraged but not actually enforced)
- ORAS cartridge win conditions are in place, there are no ties.
- Round 1 is locked in to the current tier as of this post.
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
[Brazilian Army vs The Hitman] vs Real FV13
blarajan vs Korby
Accelgor vs Reymedy
Pak vs -kal-
reyscarface vs BLINGAS
Omastar42 vs iZocker
Isa vs 49
[Chameleon vs Scythe.] vs Da Raikage
galbia vs Void
Maskun529 vs King UU
trc vs peere
DennisEG vs Serpi386
Xyldaz vs [Najo vs GiantWhirlpool]
Frizy vs Critsomnia
PK-Kaiser vs Shaneghoul
.CarloO~ vs HaxED
zben vs R0ady
shiny sparrow vs tewMew
dice vs BrickSmall.
Slate. vs xtra$hine
Karppi vs JCM.
bugzinator vs silver ghost
Sweep vs daedalus1103
HJAD vs Valentine
Nails vs Kingler12345
mazar vs s_aman
Shoot vs FrozenMan
Sweet Jesus vs Leftiez
DKFirelord vs Omega97
Mael vs Syncrasy
Vileman vs ToF
FlamingVictini vs The Quasar
Orphic vs Barhamet
Christo the Gr8 vs Bouffalant
Henry vs Lord Qwilfish
Lord Death Man vs FookMi?
H-C vs Profesional2341
Ya Boy MostDope vs Curtain
Kushalos vs FullLifeGames
Sacri' vs pokebasket
~Mercury~ vs Unlucky Desperado
d0nut vs Vinc2612
Mysteria vs Cronenberg
Eyan vs NotAGymLdr
Welli0u vs kotori
Deej Dy vs tele
praj.pran vs Rare Poison
Shiba vs Cased
[Cicada vs Agammemnom] vs QueenofLuvdiscs
Shogarth vs PoMMan
Kiyo vs malinowski
Soulwind vs The Avalanches
Salad. vs Koinzell
Soulraiser vs Master Sunny-EX
KratosMana vs DaSpoofy
boudouche vs teal6
Tom0410 vs Astounded
WreckDra vs dodmen
Ox the Fox vs Sae Sae
majaspic22 vs njnp
Lowgock vs BlackBloodz
FLCL vs Stall Hater
lunar vs Hogg
atomicllamas vs SilentVerse
Deadline: Monday Sept 7th at 11:59 PM EST
Extension Deadline: Saturday August 28th at 11:59 PM EST
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