The fourteenth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open, has begun! Last year's winner, Hacker, may have become the LC TL, but it's time to see if somebody new can take the crown. Many players will enter but only one can come out on top. I wish you all the best of luck!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SV LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination. You may switch teams between each game.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
- Replays are mandatory beginning in Round 2.
this stuff is just the abbreviated version, for the full list of rules for Smogon Tournaments check here
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 acceptable only 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.
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 are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
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.
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 acceptable only 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.
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 are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
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.
Battle Clauses:
- 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 a wide selection of times 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 atrocious behavior, 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.
You will be required to post your replays in your winpost starting in Round 2 of this tournament!
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the LC Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 3
Kate vs SoulWind
kjdaas vs mind gaming
mipc vs Jojen
DAHLI vs Mister McLovin
Zoyotte vs Peum
tazz vs PigWarrior19
colorednaem vs Colin
tko vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d
Eternal Spirit vs Stecolomaxx
d18l vs Acehunter1
Ampha vs churrojr
avarice vs Skarpherim
Horii vs wesh papillon
Magician vs Stories
Skyiew vs veti
benladil vs BlazingDark
akxhdwy vs termnal
Taka vs Tbp24
Thiago Nunes vs agenS
fade vs vooper
not enjoying lc vs luisin
Mik3ymon vs Xiri
Cow vs Laroxyl
Rubyblood vs Albi
BlackKnight_Gawain vs sayyonara
One Last Kiss vs Chicos
Winterbub vs AJ
freezai vs TakingNotesKinda
Saadhak vs Zpice
FriendlyDeath26 vs GasaiYunoSan
eifo vs Corperate n
elodin vs RampageWebber
DivineMadness vs Quinn
RTM vs Starsama
TheFranklin vs Aberforth
Django vs mclagno
Zokuru vs Novax
teamo vs georgiethefirst
Kev vs Kokona Aoba
Megastar54 vs ully38
hex vs watashi
betathunder vs doso749
Elvira vs Finkachu
Kaboom vs bleahey
Airi vs Hockey1
Baddy vs kimer
Blue YM vs Fc
Elgino vs Enzonana.
Tuthur vs Fogbound Lake
Dwagon vs entrocefalo
LilyAC vs Scottie
691 vs Lokifan
fish anemometer vs Canard
lax vs seraphz
MichaelderBeste2 vs AlyssaVGC
AS Saint Priest vs Malekith
TPP vs Greedy_eb
naere vs estra
DugZa vs Chococroc
Lambovino vs Shiba
THE_CHUNGLER vs Drifting
gali vs Mike Cometa
daunt vs vs Envy
dunoks vs Irene
Deadline: Sunday May 18th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) <t:1747623600:R>
Extension deadline: Wednesday May 4th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) <t:1747278000:R>
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL GAMES
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