Welcome to the Ubers Open IV, where the bird is the word.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard ORAS Ubers.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the Ubers 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!.
- 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
- Endless Battle Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Moody Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Swagger Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
- Rayquaza is not permitted to Mega Evolve.
Pairings:
hyw vs
slurmz
Twix vs Crestfall
Alice Kazumi vs
Marshall.Law vs Kirsi
Half of Two vs
rural vs Kushalos
Euphonos vs
Curtain
GoldenAltaria vs
Vileman
New Attitude vs Koinzell
Korby vs
Rumor
Seventy vs
Kingler12345 vs
Finchinator vs
FullLifeGames vs
Barhamet vs
marilli vs Scarlet Needle
Afro14ajaja vs fleggumfl
Bouffalant vs
Steve Angello vs
Meh
Melle2402 vs jrp
steelphoenix vs
Gastrik
Hairy Toenail vs Coconut.
Shuckleking87 vs metaphysical
Lord Outrage vs
WreckDra
ShiningFire08 vs Troller X
benbe vs
zben
Void vs Snobalt
innovamania vs
Lepros
Asmodean vs
Shoot vs
Mysteria vs
MetalGro$$ vs
Kebabe vs
Lowgock vs
Shiny Girl vs
ADF Test vs Shogarth
Neil. vs NotAGymLdr
Reymedy vs
majaspic22
PoMMan vs
Shiba vs Karppi
Lusso vs
Freeroamer vs d0nut
Mr.378 vs
Frizy vs
AAamen vs Scythe.
H&MBerkeley vs Soulraiser
ToF vs
steve_man
trash vs HJAD
Disjunction vs Rodrigo Sandi
Quite Quiet vs Hikari
Bughouse vs Wind Ice
Level 51 vs Deej Dy
Tahu vs
Soldier
Astounded vs
Yogiras vs
potato14798 vs Tyrannosaurusshrekt
creakyman vs Haruno
PROBLEMS vs
LeapsFrog
Lord Ninjax vs H-C
haxiom vs
Champion xfc
silver97 vs
TK67
Private vs
Shocki vs Sam
Brazilian Army vs Joim
Sapientia vs The Hitman
kloshitt vs
Disenchanted vs
Fireburn vs -Sora-
dice vs
Laurel vs
IceArrow
Montsegur vs Yoda2798
Ruby. vs Lfrs
kingmidas vs
Omastar vs
DatLag vs breh
Serpi386 vs
Brick Small. vs
Decision Makers vs
Mr. Mendes vs snagaa
TDK vs
Hack vs
petyer vs davidness
-Leon- vs
orch vs
Aladyyn vs
PikachuCandyツ vs
vakatalesau vs The Trap God
teal6 vs oml it's too ez
Gunner Rohan vs
Substitutes:
Alexander.
FlamingVictini
silver97
undisputed
Kirsi
xInsrew
Private
Shoot
Valentine
Pohjis
Afro14ajaja
xtra$hine
byronthewellwell
Troller X
trash
Xyldaz
majaspic22
marilli
Korby
Dilwar
Joim
Anonymous'N
Asmodean
H&MBerkeley
creakyman
davidness
Mizuhime
Substitutes were randomized from the bottom 37.5% of signups. We will continue to accept substitutes throughout Round 1.
Deadline is September 27th, 11:59 PM EST.
Neutral luck to all competitors!
Thank you to Zracknel for contributing the artwork for this tournament!
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