The NU Open I - Round 3

***Zebraiken**** · Sep 18th, 2012, 4:30:57 PM

amazing logo by Zracknel!

Welcome to the NU Open, where all of your old favorites like Charizard and Pikachu (lol) reside. We're almost at the end of the Grand Slam, so do your best in the final stretch!

Tournament Rules:

General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
Grand Slam rules can be found here.
Standard BW2 NU.
Best of three, single elimination.
The banlist for this tournament is the same as the NU 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.*

Gothitelle is BANNED from UU, and thus from the NU Open.

a bunch of rulings I expect you all to read

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.

Battle Clauses:

Evasion Clause
OHKO Clause
Sleep Clause
Species Clause
Timed Battle
Team Preview

extensions

Master of the Six Kings vs shrang
Redjar vs Brotom
uxsee vs senegal
Hantsuki vs Amell
breh vs TrollFreak

Extensions have 3 days (September 21st) to complete their matches before I coinflip them. Please get them done as soon as possible, thanks!

Round 3 Matchups:

Heist vs Zebraiken
T-Dogg vs kuja20
JabbaTheGriffin vs McMeghan
SilentVerse vs senegal
Bloo vs Annoyer
FLCL vs Brotom
TrollFreak vs blarajan
Django vs Vintage Books
mfhoundoom vs Nexuz
Amell vs Pocket
kokoloko vs Ginku
CheezitKing vs Master of the Six Kings
Ciele vs Philip7086
HSA vs CrashinBoomBang
Pkrs vs MMF
Pidge vs Nachos

as always, if anyone wants to do hl matches please contact me!

Deadline is September 24th.

Quick note about activity wins. If your opponent gives you an explicit date and time he can play, or he gives you exact times where he's free, please DO NOT simply respond with "i'm free sometime next week." That will get your opponent the activity win every time. Make an effort to actually schedule a match. A lot of activity wins last round were decided because of this.

kuja20 · Sep 18th, 2012, 4:34:40 PM

VM'd T-Dogg.

***kokoloko**** · Sep 18th, 2012, 4:37:39 PM

good matchups

i'll destroy blackie eventually

***JabbaTheGriffin**** · Sep 18th, 2012, 4:54:18 PM

fuck

important edit: mcmeghan is johnning me because he's afraid to finally lose

T-Dogg · Sep 18th, 2012, 7:04:27 PM

Replied to VM.

Django · Sep 18th, 2012, 7:46:19 PM

ah excellent match ups.
I see vb on IRC all the time so this won't be an issue

Philip7086 · Sep 19th, 2012, 8:51:07 AM

Philip7086 vs. Ciele = Ciele, 2-0

GGs.

Ciele · Sep 19th, 2012, 8:52:29 AM

Confirming, good games

Annoyer · Sep 19th, 2012, 3:51:36 PM

Bloo and I have PMd each other. Planning to play on Saturday. ugh

***JabbaTheGriffin**** · Sep 19th, 2012, 5:19:29 PM

lost 2-0 after choking a huge dick in the 2nd match, ggs

**McMeghan** · Sep 19th, 2012, 5:20:02 PM

Won 2-0, ggs!

H-C · Sep 19th, 2012, 5:27:19 PM

McMeghan is unbeatable !

TrollFreak · Sep 19th, 2012, 6:36:49 PM

http://www.smogon.com/forums/convers...4697&u2=119439

senegal · Sep 19th, 2012, 11:19:50 PM

won 2-0

Master of the Six Kings · Sep 20th, 2012, 1:40:11 AM

Contacted opponent again hoping to get this done tomorrow.

Vintage Books · Sep 20th, 2012, 9:52:51 AM

Ah user django.

Master of the Six Kings · Sep 20th, 2012, 12:15:19 PM

Shrang gave me the win.

Brotom · Sep 20th, 2012, 8:02:30 PM

Won 2-0 over Redjar in some ggs.

Got a crit at the end of 2 but think I had it anyway.

edit: Why am I playing FLCL :(

Redjar · Sep 20th, 2012, 8:03:08 PM

I lost to Brotom. We had an extension. GG

SilentVerse · Sep 20th, 2012, 8:26:01 PM

Lost 1-2, ggs.

senegal · Sep 20th, 2012, 8:28:29 PM

won 2-1 in ggs

Heist · Sep 20th, 2012, 8:53:08 PM

lost 2-0 ggs

***Zebraiken**** · Sep 20th, 2012, 8:55:58 PM

confirmatory, ggs

**FLCL** · Sep 20th, 2012, 9:40:40 PM

Contacted Brotom

CrashinBoomBang · Sep 21st, 2012, 6:25:25 PM

I won against HSA in two weird games, ggs.

Sep 18th, 2012, 4:30:57 PM	#1
*Zebraiken tell me when the storm rolls in Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,176 shine ∞ Mentor	The NU Open I - Round 3 amazing logo by Zracknel! Welcome to the NU Open, where all of your old favorites like Charizard and Pikachu (lol) reside. We're almost at the end of the Grand Slam, so do your best in the final stretch! Tournament Rules: General tournament rules and regulations can be found here. Grand Slam rules can be found here. Standard BW2 NU. Best of three, single elimination. The banlist for this tournament is the same as the NU 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.* Gothitelle is BANNED from UU, and thus from the NU Open. a bunch of rulings I expect you all to read 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. Battle Clauses: Evasion Clause OHKO Clause Sleep Clause Species Clause Timed Battle Team Preview extensions Master of the Six Kings vs shrang Redjar vs Brotom uxsee vs senegal Hantsuki vs Amell breh vs TrollFreak Extensions have 3 days (September 21st) to complete their matches before I coinflip them. Please get them done as soon as possible, thanks! Round 3 Matchups: Heist vs Zebraiken T-Dogg vs kuja20 JabbaTheGriffin vs McMeghan SilentVerse vs senegal Bloo vs Annoyer FLCL vs Brotom TrollFreak vs blarajan Django vs Vintage Books mfhoundoom vs Nexuz Amell vs Pocket kokoloko vs Ginku CheezitKing vs Master of the Six Kings Ciele vs Philip7086 HSA vs CrashinBoomBang Pkrs vs MMF Pidge vs Nachos as always, if anyone wants to do hl matches please contact me! Deadline is September 24th. Quick note about activity wins. If your opponent gives you an explicit date and time he can play, or he gives you exact times where he's free, please DO NOT simply respond with "i'm free sometime next week." That will get your opponent the activity win every time. Make an effort to actually schedule a match. A lot of activity wins last round were decided because of this. Last edited by Zebraiken; Sep 24th, 2012 at 5:33:50 PM.

Sep 18th, 2012, 4:34:40 PM	#2
kuja20 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 581	VM'd T-Dogg. __________________ Bourbon "Truth is a thing which only appears to those who have observed, considered, and made a choice. At the end of the path you chose lies the truth. Believe in it, and continue without faltering."

Sep 18th, 2012, 4:37:39 PM	#3
*kokoloko winter is coming Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,316	good matchups i'll destroy blackie eventually __________________

Sep 18th, 2012, 4:54:18 PM	#4
*JabbaTheGriffin Kid just rages for a while Super Moderator** Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,849 you get sloppy drunk, i stay whiskey neat	fuck important edit: mcmeghan is johnning me because he's afraid to finally lose __________________ Last edited by JabbaTheGriffin; Sep 18th, 2012 at 5:06:19 PM.

Sep 18th, 2012, 7:46:19 PM	#6
Django Hear me Roar Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,669	ah excellent match ups. I see vb on IRC all the time so this won't be an issue __________________

Sep 18th, 2012, 7:04:27 PM	#5
T-Dogg Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 342	Replied to VM.

Sep 19th, 2012, 8:51:07 AM	#7
Philip7086 Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,930 Mentor	Philip7086 vs. Ciele = Ciele, 2-0 GGs. __________________ # of times I've beaten the E4: 173 # of level 100 Pokes: 9 (NO HACKS!!!)

Sep 19th, 2012, 8:52:29 AM	#8
Ciele Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 616	Confirming, good games

Sep 19th, 2012, 3:51:36 PM	#9
Annoyer flappin' Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 338 ~	Bloo and I have PMd each other. Planning to play on Saturday. ugh __________________ 21:29 FLCL i like ps though Oct 03 22:34:59 <MMF> but he was sleeping and someone came up and starting humping the shit out of him Oct 03 22:35:10 <MMF> then another person jumped on top of him Oct 03 22:35:16 <MMF> and starting railing that person 22:50 Djangoo fuck it I'll take the man with a vagina 21:36 FLCL hey while you were gone i got laid too 21:36 FLCL with my hand 20:24 amarillo i can blow u instead

Sep 19th, 2012, 5:19:29 PM	#10
*JabbaTheGriffin Kid just rages for a while Super Moderator** Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,849 you get sloppy drunk, i stay whiskey neat	lost 2-0 after choking a huge dick in the 2nd match, ggs __________________

Sep 19th, 2012, 5:20:02 PM	#11
McMeghan Dreamcatcher Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,196 Belgium Mentor	Won 2-0, ggs!

Sep 19th, 2012, 5:27:19 PM	#12
H-C Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 825 Chantilly	McMeghan is unbeatable ! __________________ chieliee 'have you ever had a shower or bath with someone of the opposite sex? chieliee i had a bath with my sister when i was young

Sep 19th, 2012, 6:36:49 PM	#13
TrollFreak (╮°-°)╮┳━┳ (╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,247 New York born, New York proud	http://www.smogon.com/forums/convers...4697&u2=119439 __________________ Work Ever wanted to contribute to Smogon? Visit the Contributions and Corrections forum! ~SNOVERS~

Sep 19th, 2012, 11:19:50 PM	#14
senegal Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 60	won 2-0

Sep 20th, 2012, 1:40:11 AM	#15
Master of the Six Kings Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 791 Where soccer is the correct terminology and bacon isn't dishonest	Contacted opponent again hoping to get this done tomorrow.

Sep 20th, 2012, 9:52:51 AM	#16
Vintage Books Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 506 Australia	Ah user django. __________________ [11:15] itchni i always image vintage books to be part of a mafia real life [11:15] itchni but like a sexy girl mafioso

Sep 20th, 2012, 12:15:19 PM	#17
Master of the Six Kings Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 791 Where soccer is the correct terminology and bacon isn't dishonest	Shrang gave me the win.

Sep 20th, 2012, 8:02:30 PM	#18
Brotom Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 232 There's a pirate in the bathtub.	Won 2-0 over Redjar in some ggs. Got a crit at the end of 2 but think I had it anyway. edit: Why am I playing FLCL :( __________________ The fate of the world rides on the Pokemon Battle! But as long as I have my friends, and the heart of PO, nothing can get in the way of my destiny!~

Sep 20th, 2012, 8:26:01 PM	#20
SilentVerse Into the New World Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 649	Lost 1-2, ggs.

Sep 20th, 2012, 8:28:29 PM	#21
senegal Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 60	won 2-1 in ggs

Sep 20th, 2012, 8:53:08 PM	#22
Heist Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,156	lost 2-0 ggs

Sep 20th, 2012, 8:55:58 PM	#23
*Zebraiken tell me when the storm rolls in Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,176 shine ∞ Mentor	confirmatory, ggs

Sep 20th, 2012, 9:40:40 PM	#24
FLCL Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 976	Contacted Brotom

Sep 21st, 2012, 6:25:25 PM	#25
CrashinBoomBang You only stack once. Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 704	I won against HSA in two weird games, ggs.