Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SM PU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SM cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing in Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle, not to be turned off even in the case of a player disconnecting as we now have a separate disconnection timer (more details here). The timer may not be turned off in any circumstance.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches in such cases are not allowed.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing in Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle, not to be turned off even in the case of a player disconnecting as we now have a separate disconnection timer (more details here). The timer may not be turned off in any circumstance.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches in such cases are not allowed.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
- Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
- When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
- Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the timezone.
- If I catch news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, I reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of my ability in conjunction with the TD team provided there is adequate evidence to warrant it.
The last 3/8ths of signups were randomized as usual, which means it is possible that you signed up earlier than someone else who is playing while you have a substitute. Since we have a lot of substitutes, make sure to contact your opponents as early as possible so you aren't subbed out. I WILL ALSO BE SUBSTITUTING PEOPLE OUT WHO DO NOT CONTACT THEIR OPPONENTS BY WEDNESDAY
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the PU Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 3- Deadline is July 14th
2xTheTap vs poh
HSA vs Finchinator
pokeisfun vs (Tobste vs Rexus)
Marshall.Law vs fatty
ZoroDark vs YasuKe
(MetalGro$$ vs Pepeduce) vs Christo
Star vs Unamed
Nineage vs Amane Misa
Feliburn vs (Toadow vs The Hallows)
Megazard vs liptonic
Luigi vs Dj Breloominati♬
rozes vs (Groudon vs Kiyo)
Ajna vs Raiza
Kink vs (false vs Cdumas)
Drookez vs INSANE CARZY GUY
HT vs RedEmption
SparksBlade vs egalvanc
Poek vs (iKiQ vs banks)
BK vs xSkelly34
Real FV13 vs (Kingler12345 vs ShinySkrelps)
Teddeh vs lighthouses
Aaronboyer vs (Squash17 ^_^ vs Akamask)
(lax vs Lord Thorx) vs BackAtYouBro
Jrdn vs Charmflash
(Will-I-am vs The Thunderbirds) vs 0NI
Adaam vs medstudent
YouGotMeLOL vs Kingofcrimea
Reje vs SanJl
Hybuyn vs Akashi
Staxi vs Gorfield
Nat vs Thiago Nunes
Kebab mlml vs B@oba
lightning1870 vs Bouff
Eternally vs vivalospride
maroon vs zugubu royale
Lycans vs Goat Heart ♥
(Hamhamhamham vs Sificon) vs tlenit1
(tnt is bad vs Xizaaa) vs (Realistic Waters vs itsjustdrew)
LordST vs Pak
GunGunJ vs Santu
(Leo vs Hyssou) vs Chaitanya
Paycard vs Jmash
PokemonHunter2002 vs Heysup
Corazan vs LLH
snøfall vs (LJDarkrai vs ilesaural)
DurzaOffTopic vs Vulpix03
(Bluxio vs HarrisIsAwesome) vs DreamScream
kythr vs blunty1
boulicrok vs Serene Grace
Musharnanigans vs ima
sketchy ecchi vs naruto(sage)
matthewleiria vs Pohjis
Jeffis vs Louna
Pierrick vs Action Game
umbreon098 vs Celysi
Thyst vs RaJ.Shoot
Youngster_Bill vs Sacri'
Skilpad vs DnB
Dragonflo vs Lopunny Kicks
pkcc vs Gochan
Rimaxo vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
Horodro vs gum
(houseofcards vs London Beats) vs soTsoT
tom holland vs little maths
Deadline is July 14th
Extension Deadline is July 10th
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Very fun experience in my first open tournament
