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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
Lorda Floterchai vs JJGhost
Level 51 vs ShinySopheon
Mizuhime vs Yoda2798
le fat kid vs Dawgie
Finchinator vs Impact
obii vs raikoo
KratosMana vs Dark G
idiotfrommars vs Peli
Drake'sProdigy vs SharpManAreEpic
checkmater75 vs Rayzark
Disenchanted vs Sapientia
davidness vs Vinc2612
kamikaze17 vs Mr. NudistoBeach
LLeonard vs Ace Emerald
Jhon vs Stathakis
GiraGoomy vs Fortune
Haruno vs n10sit
thecrystalonix vs NOVED
]Arifeen[/B] vs yoman5
-Voltage- vs Brian12345
DaFlo vs Roxer
NightLight26 vs The Idiot Ninja
NorwegianGuy vs astroboy
blarajan vs ssneak
jeran vs Steven Stone
Krauersaut vs Demantoid
tennisace vs Khaytra
NicoReaper vs AAamen
Ksh13 vs DragonWhale
LuxrayVGC vs miltankmilk
Oma vs DaAwesomeDude1
Lionyx vs Laurel
Megazard vs NightFox
Imanalt vs FLCL
ShadowQuinn vs Confide.
SamVGC vs ZANBAKUResh
teal6, vs Syncrasy
scald vs Lord Wallace
Serapis vs Xia
jacob vs megacyber
Bouffalant vs TheFourthChaser
Rewer vs GymNMons
rozes vs Arcticblast
Mysterious M vs nvakna
MissingNoL vs Lord Qwilfish
~GreenCore vs MattaPod
Raseri vs asianturtlefrenzy
Mishimono vs killzz
henry vs charroshi
Spitzkopf Larry vs Sneakers
kingmidas vs FireMage
HANTSUKI vs Weebl
Level 56 vs BLINGAS
Derivatives vs BKC
antemortem vs Hingo
LightningLuxray vs Laga
Hyogafodex vs hyw
shaian vs Melvilicious
absdaddy vs iZocker
Kyle Ayala vs praj.pran
Arnoob vs Uriel Reboseno
Dragonzen vs Lunar.
PumpedAaron vs Lohgock
6tennis vs unfixable
soulgazer vs dih
Dalele vs Cronenberg
We R DNA vs Particular1
Shaneghoul vs Bushtush
Kiyo vs Stratos
Anguizh vs Menezjul
Staraptor vs Shrug
Reynord vs Exalyn
LJDarkrai vs Nido-Rus
Pkrs vs Silverwhiteblue
toxigen734 vs Tricking
Scotti vs OrangeDonphan
atomicllamas vs Narumaki
snagaa vs Eternal Spirit
qsns vs Paraplegic
Welcome to round 3, please remember to CONTACT YOUR OPPONENT AND PLAY YOUR GAMES, lots of activity calls last round. As always please pm myself and ciele your team for usage statistics. Deadling will be on that 22nd at 11:59 Est Good luck everyone
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