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Welcome to the fourth iteration of the GSC ZU Open! Whether you're an experienced player looking to prove yourself or someone that just wants to try something new, welcome and good luck!The GSC ZU Open is part of a bigger series of tournaments known as the GSC Grand Slam. Your performance in this and in other tournaments from the grand slam series will award you with points to qualify for a playoffs phase.
Tournament Rules:
- Matches will be best-of-three in every round (defined as the first player to win two games, i.e. ties are not counted).
- All tournament games must be played on Pokemon Showdown!, and all replays of all tournament games must be posted, unless there are byes in round 1.
- All matches will be played in the GSC ZU format.
- This tournament will be single elimination, meaning that a win advances a player to the next round and a loss means a player is out of the tournament.
- Each round will last at most one week.
- Resources can be found here.
- All standard Smogon tournament rules apply, and can be found here
- General GSC Grand Slam information can be found here.
- Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
- Freeze Clause: Limit one foe frozen
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same Pokedex number on their team.
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Evasion Items Clause: Evasion items are banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
Signups will be open for one week, closing on <t:1774843200:F>
