The thirteenth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open, has begun! Sylveon used calm mind won the previous edition after a long fight, but it's time once again to find a champion. Many players will enter but only one will come out on top. I wish you all the best of luck!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SV LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination. You may switch teams between each game.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
- Replays are mandatory beginning in Round 2.
this stuff is just the abbreviated version, for the full list of rules for Smogon Tournaments check here
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing in Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing in Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
Battle Clauses:
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
- Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
- When scheduling, offer a wide selection of times when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
- Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the timezone.
- If I catch news of ghosting or some other sort of atrocious behavior, I reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of my ability in conjunction with the TD team provided there is adequate evidence to warrant it.
You will be required to post your replays in your winpost starting in Round 2 of this tournament!
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the LC Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 3
Malekith vs Vulpix03
aleaniled vs Stories
vndrevc vs DAHLI
Boom4Life vs ghost
Camden vs Elfuseon
wssi vs ToastedBunzzz02
Yippie vs Nyx
Aberforth vs weird mon
golderzoa vs Phantom0rion
kDCA vs KneeStealer
Thiago Nunes vs Career Ended
Trout In Space vs A plague doc
Mizunami14 vs Vxltarktimi
Beraldo vs ForretressWatching
Lasen vs false
avarice vs sufys
zS vs kythr
Danny vs Charmflash
Beuto vs feen
Akaru Kokuyo vs Novax
Scottie vs AS Saint Priest
RTM vs db
tazz vs bydy
Acehunter1 vs Micciu
Surfy vs freezai
Magician vs Lily
Laurel vs Grankie
Nashrock vs TGA
Petele vs Drud
Shoot vs 691
JustFranco vs Medeia
Baddy vs Floss
eternal ocean vs TheFranklin
Laroxyl vs KeshBa54
Enzonana. vs elodin
Larry vs Finchinator
Chloe vs Lokifan
Hoopas Dad vs Colin
Stecolomaxx vs Bowas
Fragments vs John76
SoulWind vs Quinn
Cojack vs jyusaan
PolloAriosto vs aurora
matherumaderu vs Hacker
RL vs Zokuru
Mada vs Corperate n
MAVERICK SHOOTERS vs Zecronium14
Star vs Cam
Kipkluif vs Taka
Liz Angeles vs JojoOui
tkcannihilator vs LpZ
Tempo di anguria vs Dawn Dreams
Rasche vs bleahey
TMM vs FadedCharm
Ashbala vs Pokemonrainer
RampageWebber vs xavgb
Martinique Jason vs JabbaTheGriffin
TVVFG vs Flying Beagle
Drifting vs lax
genisu vs TakingNotesKinda
STarsAma vs HSOWA
Aktinium vs Ampha
Cao Jie vs Achimoo
Emre Mor 9 vs memedose46
Deadline: Sunday May 19th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 15th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
POSTING REPLAYS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL GAMES
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