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& Scott is cute.
Since the dropping of the OVGC tournament, Smogon has lacked any real VGC tournaments. With the new format just being announced, this tournament is going to be taking place with the new 2016 ruleset. Although a trophy is not the prize for this tournament, the winner will receive a Custom Banner to be displayed on their profile.
This tournament will be a Swiss tournament with 8 rounds and a top cut following. I will be using a program called battlefly to make and control the bracket.
2016 Rules
- Battles will be 4v4, You bring 6 Pokemon but only use 4
- All battles will be best of 3, not just top cut.
- All discovered Pokémon will be allowed except the following Mythical Pokémon: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, and Hoopa.
- Teams may have no more than two of the following Pokémon: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde.
- You are not allowed to switch anything besides the order of your Pokemon between games 2 and 3. This includes Evs and moveset.
- You may switch teams in between rounds.
- Games should be played on Smogon's PS server using our custom timer and client. USING THE VGC2016 CHALLENGE IN OPTIONS
- Teams will be required to be submitted each round in a link given at that time.
- Special Clause
- Item Clause
- Self KO Clause
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be 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. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] 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.
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.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move or redo the battle with the same teams but different moves. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't 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. This can be 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. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] 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.
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.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move or redo the battle with the same teams but different moves. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't 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.
Matches
dih vs BYE
kamikaze17 vs Fortune
-Voltage- vs NOVED
KratosMana vs Peli
Level 51 vs le fat kid
Ace Emerald vs Sapientia
Stathakis vs Vinc2612
Drake'sProdigy vs Arifeen
JJGhost vs raikoo
Rayzark vs Haruno
Yoda2798 vs Impact
idiotfrommars vs jacob
FireMage vs SamVGC
LightningLuxray vs DaFlo
Raseri vs LuxrayVGC
Steven Stone vs HANTSUKI
yoman5 vs n10sit
~GreenCore vs Brian12345
blarajan vs Oma
Megazard vs Hingo
Mr. NudistoBeach vs Roxer
obii vs iZocker
Confide. vs henry
rozes vs NicoReaper
FLCL vs TheFourthChaser
Spitzkopf Larry vs checkmater75
shaian vs MissingNoL
LLeonard vs Finchinator
Mizuhime vs NightLight26
Derivatives vs davidness
Serapis vs Lord Wallace
Dawgie vs Lorda Floterchai
Lionyx vs hyw
praj.pran vs Rewer
Mishimono vs Demantoid
Level 56 vs ShinySopheon
nvakna vs Syncrasy
thecrystalonix vs SharpManAreEpic
NorwegianGuy vs GiraGoomy
Khaytra vs Ksh13
Dark G vs Jhon
Disenchanted vs Kyle Ayala
Kiyo vs DragonWhale
Weebl vs soulgazer
Xia vs atomicllamas
Scotti vs miltankmilk
asianturtlefrenzy vs absdaddy
charroshi vs Sneakers
The Idiot Ninja vs astroboy
Laga vs Laurel
Shaneghoul vs Hyogafodex
NightFox vs Mysterious M,
teal6 vs GymNMons
BKC vs Bouffalant
Eternal Spirit vs Lohgock
Krauersaut vs scald
Melvilicious vs AAamen
kingmidas vs BLINGAS
ShadowQuinn vs killzz
Uriel Reboseno vs ssneak
jeran vs unfixable
ZANBAKUResh vs Cronenberg
Lunar. vs MattaPod
antemortem vs Lord Qwilfish
Silverwhiteblue vs Imanalt
Anguizh vs Shrug
We R DNA vs qsns
DaAwesomeDude1 vs tennisace
megacyber vs Tricking
Nido-Rus vs Arcticblast
Paraplegic vs Stratos
Dalele vs LJDarkrai
toxigen734 vs Menezjul
6tennis vs Dragonzen
Particular1 vs PumpedAaron
Pkrs vs snagaa
Deadline is Feb 2nd at 11:59 Pm Est. Contact opponents, send in teams etc etc
