Logo by MiniArchitect
ADV Cup Round 3
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here
- Standard ADV OU
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- Do not make baseless activity posts -- get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which one can find 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 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..
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 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..
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
- Baton Pass Clause: Smeargle cannot use Ingrain on Baton Pass sets.
Meru vs Taylor
Fear vs august
alive vs thelinearcurve
The Grand Babido vs Roseybear
HSA vs Accelgor
Malekith vs martha
Conflict vs Rokhan
Energy vs Sificon
fatty vs Shiba
FLCL vs Excal
BKC vs Pais
Tamahome vs neomon
McMeghan vs Averardo
CZ. vs CKW
SoulWind vs Gacu
Sageau vs Honor
Ojama vs Fantos13
BIHI vs Ampha
Nelson vs Hamhamhamham
TonyFlygon vs Hayburner
Kaisser vs Tenebricite
Fakes vs TDK
Finchinator vs Hyogafodex
ZoroDark vs egalvanc
CyberOdin vs LaBalladeDesCieux
elodin vs HarrisIsAwesome
Decision Makers vs eden's embrace
ReshiRampage vs Lycans
69 problems vs Jytcampbell
Bedschibaer vs Golden Sun
Genesis7 vs Abyssal Ruins
Blightbringer vs Gogoplata
Sas0 vs Updated Kanto
AAamen vs Lavos
Mana vs HKT
false vs Ismail
p2 vs WPBeartic
baddummy vs undisputed
Vinc2612 vs FlamingVictini
Welli0u vs The Quasar
Teclis vs Pearl
obii vs Spl4sh
BlazingDark vs Hijasu
stax vs Triangles
Pohjis vs Heroic Troller
Watchog vs Waveshaper
yovan33321 vs ABR
H.M.N.I.P vs Sharow
Oibaf vs Star
Garay oak vs UnholyPhoenix
Flares. vs Bad Ass
Mysterious Player vs Choupa Chouiken
Djokra vs Maysoon
BlameTheBlax vs Cheese5555
ayevon vs Nails
SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Descending
Bruno de Lucas vs Altina
Nuked vs Alexander.
Havens vs Shoka
Thiago Nunes vs ILoveMilk
SaltyFrenchGuy vs mael
RCred403 vs zugubu royale
FKJ vs Meridian
GOSCIZOR vs Raseri
Good luck to everyone participating. Please contact your opponents and schedule in a timely fashion. Feel free to contact me privately if you have any questions or concerns!
Deadline for round 3 will be May the 5th at 23:59 GMT-4!
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