The LC Open I - Round 4

Aerrow · Oct 9th, 2012, 6:33:31 PM

Awesome logo by Zracknel!

Welcome to the LC open, dear trainer! After fighting your way through the other lower tiers, you've stumbled upon a place relatively different from what you've experienced so far in the Grand Slam: a world where your Pokemon have been taken back in time to their earlier years at a mere level 5 to duke it out against countless other cute and cuddly baby 'mons. I wish the best of luck in the final frontier of the Smogon Grand Slam - may all your Brave Birds crit and your Hi Jump Kicks hit!

Just be sure to remember: great things come in little packages ...

Tournament Rules:

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

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

Round 4 Pairings:

Malekith vs blarajan
senegal vs Annoyer
Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo
Furai vs kokoloko
Django vs Heist
Nanoswine vs Bernis
MAlkaviano vs comatthew6
Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

Deadline: October ~~14th~~ 15th

(extensions need to be done within 2 days (October 11), or I'll determine the winner through a coin flip)

Highlight Matches

PM me if you want to add a highlight match.

***kokoloko**** · Oct 9th, 2012, 6:41:46 PM

furry!

Bernis · Oct 9th, 2012, 6:55:13 PM

VM'd nanoswine

Nanoswine · Oct 9th, 2012, 10:55:33 PM

Responded

EDIT: Lost 0-2-1 in a pretty terrible set, had the first two games won but then got Pokemon'd pretty bad x_x

Bernis · Oct 9th, 2012, 11:57:35 PM

Won against nanoswine, 2,5-0

first battle was shitty, i took a freeze and he got fully paralyzed 546441814684 times, not counting the misses and CHs that helped me, and in the end he managed to tie

the other battles were ggs, the second battle he CH'd me but it helped a lot lol

Ray Jay · Oct 10th, 2012, 12:53:07 AM

malekith will win it all because he beat eo who would've won it all

tl;dr: user blarajan:

**Furai** · Oct 10th, 2012, 1:31:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat kokoloko

furry!

ha!

Kennen · Oct 10th, 2012, 2:17:44 AM

Malekith vs blarajan
senegal vs Annoyer
Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo
Furai vs kokoloko
Django vs Heist
Nanoswine vs Bernis
MAlkaviano vs comatthew6
Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

comatthew6 · Oct 10th, 2012, 2:25:54 AM

contacted oppt.

Xx Coren37 · Oct 10th, 2012, 4:36:03 AM

Malekith vs blarajan
senegal vs Annoyer
Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo
Furai vs kokoloko
Django vs Heist
Nanoswine vs Bernis
MAlkaviano vs comatthew6
Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

**Vinc2612** · Oct 10th, 2012, 5:38:16 AM

Lot of interesting matches.

Rooting for blarajan, senegal, Lavos Spawn, Furai, Django, comatthew and Nelson-X.

Alexander. · Oct 10th, 2012, 7:42:25 AM

Malekith vs blarajan
senegal vs Annoyer
Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo
Furai vs kokoloko
Django vs Heist
MAlkaviano vs comatthew6
Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

**McMeghan** · Oct 10th, 2012, 1:27:34 PM

Won 2-0 vs Raseri, couple of things fell my way (notably a miss saved my choke game 1).

**Raseri** · Oct 10th, 2012, 1:28:17 PM

lost to mcmeghan 2-0. had a sweep set up game 1 and missed stone miss lol. game 2 i lost a bunch of speed ties, but thats LC for ya :)

***Zebraiken**** · Oct 10th, 2012, 1:40:59 PM

Malekith vs blarajan
senegal vs Annoyer
Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo
Furai vs kokoloko
Django vs Heist
MAlkaviano vs comatthew6
Nelson-X vs McMeghan

some close matchups :o

MAlkaviano · Oct 10th, 2012, 1:51:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat comatthew6

contacted oppt.

Responded.

Younii · Oct 10th, 2012, 4:45:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat kokoloko

Dear Malekith, Heist, and Nelson-X:

Please lose next round.

Sincerely,

kokoloko

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Aerrow

Malekith vs blarajan
Django vs Heist
Nelson-X vs McMeghan

Looks like your request has been obeyed. :]

Amarillo · Oct 10th, 2012, 4:54:25 PM

contacted op

**blarajan** · Oct 10th, 2012, 5:21:55 PM

made contact etc

when will you niggas understand that i'm the favorite??? smh

Lavos Spawn · Oct 10th, 2012, 6:06:56 PM

Responded, we are definitely going to need an extension on this one. He can't play this weekend, and I can only play on weekends, so we won't be able to play each other until next weekend. Sorry about that, life happens though.

comatthew6 · Oct 10th, 2012, 6:15:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat blarajan

made contact etc

when will you niggas understand that i'm the favorite??? smh

I understand that youre the favorite ~~barnacle man~~ blarajan

predictions:

Malekith vs blarajan <-- I honestly do not see anyone in this tournament that can beat blara without a sheer amount of luck.
senegal vs Annoyer <-- unfortunately have never heard of either
Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo <-- Amarillo got lucky against my boy Sir, I don't think it'll happen again vs Lavos.
Furai vs kokoloko <-- two good friends of mine :'( I want to play the winner if I win! Slight edge to Furai.
Django vs Heist
Nanoswine vs Bernis <-- bs predict he already won
MAlkaviano vs comatthew6 <-- gl hf
Nelson-X vs McMeghan <-- no moar for mcnigger

Django · Oct 11th, 2012, 7:00:02 PM

Me and Heist agreed to play on Monday the 15th (by GMT), a short extension would be nice since timezones are irritating :)

**blarajan** · Oct 11th, 2012, 9:51:43 PM

no response from malenigga =(

**Furai** · Oct 12th, 2012, 12:52:53 PM

we set time for tommorow!

Malekith · Oct 12th, 2012, 2:00:20 PM

Sorry. Responded blarajan right now.

What a short deadline :(

Oct 9th, 2012, 6:33:31 PM	#1
Aerrow Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,556 Toronto, Canada	The LC Open I - Round 4 Awesome logo by Zracknel! Welcome to the LC open, dear trainer! After fighting your way through the other lower tiers, you've stumbled upon a place relatively different from what you've experienced so far in the Grand Slam: a world where your Pokemon have been taken back in time to their earlier years at a mere level 5 to duke it out against countless other cute and cuddly baby 'mons. I wish the best of luck in the final frontier of the Smogon Grand Slam - may all your Brave Birds crit and your Hi Jump Kicks hit! Just be sure to remember: great things come in little packages ... Tournament Rules: General tournament rules and regulations can be found here. Grand Slam rules can be found here. Standard BW2 LC. Best of three, single elimination. The banlist for this tournament is the same as the LC 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.* 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 Round 4 Pairings: Malekith vs blarajan senegal vs Annoyer Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo Furai vs kokoloko Django vs Heist Nanoswine vs Bernis MAlkaviano vs comatthew6 Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan) Deadline: October ~~14th~~ 15th (extensions need to be done within 2 days (October 11), or I'll determine the winner through a coin flip) Highlight Matches PM me if you want to add a highlight match. Last edited by Aerrow; Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:47:03 PM.

Oct 9th, 2012, 6:41:46 PM	#2
*kokoloko winter is coming Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,321	furry! __________________

Oct 9th, 2012, 6:55:13 PM	#3
Bernis Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 26	VM'd nanoswine __________________ Proud Barilian!

Oct 9th, 2012, 10:55:33 PM	#4
Nanoswine Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 574	Responded EDIT: Lost 0-2-1 in a pretty terrible set, had the first two games won but then got Pokemon'd pretty bad x_x __________________ Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe: All mimsy were ye borogoves; And ye mome raths outgrabe. Last edited by Nanoswine; Oct 9th, 2012 at 11:56:42 PM.

Oct 9th, 2012, 11:57:35 PM	#5
Bernis Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 26	Won against nanoswine, 2,5-0 first battle was shitty, i took a freeze and he got fully paralyzed 546441814684 times, not counting the misses and CHs that helped me, and in the end he managed to tie the other battles were ggs, the second battle he CH'd me but it helped a lot lol __________________ Proud Barilian!

Oct 10th, 2012, 12:53:07 AM	#6
Ray Jay Clearly cannot choose the wine in front of you Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,507	malekith will win it all because he beat eo who would've won it all tl;dr: user blarajan: __________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. Katakiri: How did you even get into this university?

Oct 10th, 2012, 2:17:44 AM	#8
Kennen dont you worry child Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 872 Death Reapers	Malekith vs blarajan senegal vs Annoyer Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo Furai vs kokoloko Django vs Heist Nanoswine vs Bernis MAlkaviano vs comatthew6 Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

Oct 10th, 2012, 2:25:54 AM	#9
comatthew6 # fucks I give = lim(x-->0)[cos(x) - 1]/x Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,585 New Jersey	contacted oppt. __________________ * BarackObama gives channel operator status to comatt6 * V0x get down on knees # of facebook statuses user: jumpluff has liked: 7 My purpose is clear. My targets - doomed.

Oct 10th, 2012, 4:36:03 AM	#10
Xx Coren37 Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 406 Spain	Malekith vs blarajan senegal vs Annoyer Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo Furai vs kokoloko Django vs Heist Nanoswine vs Bernis MAlkaviano vs comatthew6 Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

Oct 10th, 2012, 5:38:16 AM	#11
Vinc2612 I guess I'll never learn Moderator Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 738 France	Lot of interesting matches. Rooting for blarajan, senegal, Lavos Spawn, Furai, Django, comatthew and Nelson-X.

Oct 10th, 2012, 7:42:25 AM	#12
Alexander. Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,132	Malekith vs blarajan senegal vs Annoyer Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo Furai vs kokoloko Django vs Heist MAlkaviano vs comatthew6 Nelson-X vs (Raseri vs McMeghan)

Oct 10th, 2012, 1:27:34 PM	#13
McMeghan Dreamcatcher Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,200 Belgium Mentor	Won 2-0 vs Raseri, couple of things fell my way (notably a miss saved my choke game 1).

Oct 10th, 2012, 1:28:17 PM	#14
Raseri I'm a leaf on the wind; watch how i soar Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,708 Mentor	lost to mcmeghan 2-0. had a sweep set up game 1 and missed stone miss lol. game 2 i lost a bunch of speed ties, but thats LC for ya :)

Oct 10th, 2012, 1:40:59 PM	#15
*Zebraiken am i the only one i know? Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,178 shine ∞ Mentor	Malekith vs blarajan senegal vs Annoyer Lavos Spawn vs Amarillo Furai vs kokoloko Django vs Heist MAlkaviano vs comatthew6 Nelson-X vs McMeghan some close matchups :o __________________

Oct 10th, 2012, 4:54:25 PM	#18
Amarillo yellow! Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 713	contacted op __________________ ~~

Oct 10th, 2012, 5:21:55 PM	#19
blarajan no abuse pls Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,727 Mentor	made contact etc when will you niggas understand that i'm the favorite??? smh __________________ Team Babby: Little Cup in Ubers RMT

Oct 10th, 2012, 6:06:56 PM	#20
Lavos Spawn Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,175 Mentor	Responded, we are definitely going to need an extension on this one. He can't play this weekend, and I can only play on weekends, so we won't be able to play each other until next weekend. Sorry about that, life happens though.

Oct 11th, 2012, 7:00:02 PM	#22
Django Hear me Roar Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,669	Me and Heist agreed to play on Monday the 15th (by GMT), a short extension would be nice since timezones are irritating :) __________________

Oct 11th, 2012, 9:51:43 PM	#23
blarajan no abuse pls Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,727 Mentor	no response from malenigga =( __________________ Team Babby: Little Cup in Ubers RMT

Oct 12th, 2012, 12:52:53 PM	#24
Furai standing in the eye of the hurricane Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,096	we set time for tommorow! __________________ *#gohard* \| Wolfpack (Ubers RMT)

Oct 12th, 2012, 2:00:20 PM	#25
Malekith Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 838 Spain	Sorry. Responded blarajan right now. What a short deadline :(