Mizuhime
Did I mistake you for a sign from God?
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)
Mael vs Disenchanted
Veteran In Love vs Prague Kick
199 Lives vs Der Dreckige Dan
aim vs Mr.378
xtra$hine vs Livio
Hikari vs Texas Cloverleaf
Reymedy vs Floppy
Zeno; vs The Quasar
papai noel vs Sam
Vinc2612 vs Iconic - tied 1-1 so extension
fresh to death vs Imanalt
Ojama vs Heysup
Kingler12345 vs twash
ashiemore vs sugarhigh
D4RR3N vs innovamania
Crestfall vs blarajan
Rumor vs New Breed
Endeby vs TheSweeper
Prankster. vs Zamrock
Jirachee vs Frizy
Terraquaza vs Tesung
[ taxi driver vs McMeghan ] vs babidi1998 - Extension -_______-
Lightchu vs PDC
Tamahome vs Go10 - extension
Meru vs Malekith
Rewer vs Omfuga
e7e vs badabing - extension
Kevin Garrett vs ZoroDark
Danilo vs BKC
Tomahawk vs Hantsuki
hard vs Neil.
Funkasaurus vs Improbable
Veteran In Love vs Prague Kick
199 Lives vs Der Dreckige Dan
aim vs Mr.378
xtra$hine vs Livio
Hikari vs Texas Cloverleaf
Reymedy vs Floppy
Zeno; vs The Quasar
papai noel vs Sam
Vinc2612 vs Iconic - tied 1-1 so extension
fresh to death vs Imanalt
Ojama vs Heysup
Kingler12345 vs twash
ashiemore vs sugarhigh
D4RR3N vs innovamania
Crestfall vs blarajan
Rumor vs New Breed
Endeby vs TheSweeper
Prankster. vs Zamrock
Jirachee vs Frizy
Terraquaza vs Tesung
[ taxi driver vs McMeghan ] vs babidi1998 - Extension -_______-
Lightchu vs PDC
Tamahome vs Go10 - extension
Meru vs Malekith
Rewer vs Omfuga
e7e vs badabing - extension
Kevin Garrett vs ZoroDark
Danilo vs BKC
Tomahawk vs Hantsuki
hard vs Neil.
Funkasaurus vs Improbable
Deadline for R3 is May 24th 11:59 est
Deadline for extensions (mcm and taxi) this sunday at 11:59 est
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