Hello everyone, welcome to the first edition of the Z-Less National Dex Monotype! For those unfamiliar with the format, Z-Less is a National Dex Monotype OM where all the Z-Crystals (and Z-Moves) are banned. For more information about the format, you can check the Z-Less National Dex Monotype main thread. This tournament is being held to provide a better database of battles and to help develop the format. Without further ado, let's talk about its specific rules.
Tournament Rules
- The Tournament Rules and General Guidelines will apply to this tournament;
- Double elimination;
- Best-of-three;
- Battles should take place on the Smogtours server or the main PS! server;
- Replays are mandatory.
- Z-Crystals are banned;
- Darkrai, Dragapult, Flutter Mane, Gouging Fire, Hoopa-Unbound, Spectrier, and Zamazenta are unbanned.
- /challenge gen9nationaldexmonotype@@@+Darkrai,+Dragapult,+Flutter Mane,+Gouging Fire,+Hoopa-Unbound,+Spectrier,+Zamazenta,Z-Move Clause.
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..
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..
General recommendations:
- 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.
FINALS:
Dunes vs memomiguel
ALL BATTLES MUST BE PLAYED ON SMOGTOURS OR POKEMON SHOWDOWN. REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED. ROUND 10 ENDS ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH AT 11:59 PM -4. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN EVERYONE!
