Welcome to the fourteenth iteration of UU Open, hosted by Maia! Whether you're a veteran with something to prove or a newbie looking for your breakout, I wish you the best of luck.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SV UU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- 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 will be mandatory starting in Round 2.
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.
Battle Clauses:
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Moves 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.
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the UU Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round Three
tom holland vs Mister McLovin
Fogbound Lake vs Shiba
pdt vs Unstoppable1
choicebadkyurem vs Loven
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Scarlet Firefly
Monai vs Master Chief
Yves Stone vs roxie
Zephyr Moonbeam vs Baddy
FlamPoke vs fish anemometer
Cam vs Sharoomba
HydreigonTheChild vs emoxu9
Quinn vs Pak
Shucklegigas vs Tuthur
Kev vs Megastar54
JustFranco vs wesh papillon
haxlolo vs Lime
Finchinator vs FoulplayG
Zokuru vs TPP
mind gaming vs ambi_
Toxinalpaca vs Lily
Lizzie vs DKM
twinkay vs Catcus
Cicada vs robjr
Gray vs A Welcome Guest
Xiri vs Don Eduardo
fade vs Django
THE_CHUNGLER vs RedEmption
bricknermon vs PolloAriosto
Colin vs Tenebricite
Enzonana. vs Ghostke
naere vs BlackKnight_Gawain
Meru vs lolebruh
Mada vs StepC
etern vs Eternal Spirit
MichaelderBeste2 vs Scottie
Zoyotte vs dunoks
Rasche vs Kaboom
Queen of Bean vs kimer
thajester vs seraphz
mipc vs QuackingDuck
Slip vs lihj
crying vs damien the genius
Lightniong vs avarice
Kapperajah vs prav33n
jackuzzler vs Elgino
Nakoruru_XD vs 691
zuzhouwawa vs Fardin
Stareal vs Blue YM
Ampha vs PigWarrior19
iNasty vs Irene
Sificon vs RichardMillePlain
Tree69420 vs Plague
QT vs Ashbala
Sacri' vs AlyssaVGC
Fusien vs bagel
Leroipolux1 vs Star
Sirwings vs abriel
eifo vs StreetBoom
Calmmind75 vs SEROO
Sabella vs Hiko
jyusaan vs TyCarter
Petros vs Cyrakii
Yovan vs Thiago Nunes
Toto vs TakingNotesKinda
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY
The deadline for this round is <t:1747627140:f>
