- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard XY LC.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- ALL REPLAYS SHOULD BE SAVED AND POSTED ALONGSIDE YOUR WON/LOST POST. DON'T BE DIPSHITS.
- XY cartridge win conditions are in place, there are no ties.
- Misdreavus is banned from the rounds now. Fletchling is not.
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
- Team Preview
Rowan vs. Davon
Direlect vs. Haruno
Caledrith vs. Max Carvalho
MoxieInfinite vs. Tesung
Saph vs. Afro Smash
Scotti vs. pj
DeathxShinigami vs. bruno
Nova vs. Kebabe
realiti vs. Arcticblast
Melodic Dystopia vs. Xyldaz
misi vs. Ken Valbrandur
kokoloko vs. silver97
Korby vs. Scarlet Firefly
Kushalos vs. D4RR3N
Clone vs. M Dragon
Ry V vs. AroundTheSwirlz
Arkian vs. Level 56
potato14798 vs. fitzy72
Thatsjustpeachy vs. fatty
The Hitman vs. Sapientia
-gizmo- vs. phantom
SPACE FORCE meeps vs. Edgar
tutterydiglett vs. watashi
apt-get vs. OP
gr8astard vs. Hack
Don Slime vs. Apollo77
sugarhigh vs. 1996ITO
radianthero156 vs. zeriloa
SilentVerse vs. Pancham
Slashari vs. chimp
CasedVictory vs. Valentine
JabbaTheGriffin vs. BLOOD TOTEM
Fiend Hound vs. B-Lulz
PokèManiac Livio vs. xtra$hine
s_aman vs. TheFenderStory
Mega-Swampert vs. Destiny Device
kumiko vs. Sam
The Avalanches vs. macle
FAJI vs. d0nut
termi vs. -Manu-
kingmidas vs. FireMage
Kiyo vs. Melon
CrystalNinetales vs. PDC
JCM. vs. Calloflochie
Tricking vs. Ragnarock
Expulso vs. zf
Pako vs. Tomahawk
Psychotic vs. The Immortal
majaspic22 vs. Cicada
Lowgock vs. tennisace
-Sparkbeat- vs. New Breed
Stratos vs. -Leon-
MetalGro$$ vs. Artemisa
sparktrain vs. mad0ka
GlassGlaceon vs. Cydrolic
Honko vs. Sweep
chimpact vs. Finchinator
Yagura vs. Rare Poison
Bughouse vs. Dead song
Reymedy vs. Bad Ass
TUO vs. jake
pokebasket vs. michaeloche
champetero vs. Soldier
DEADLINE FOR EXTENSIONS IS THURSDAY the 21st. If you don't get it done by then, lord help you.
DEADLINE FOR ROUND 2 is 27th unless you guys do it quickly.
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