Welcome to the tenth!!! iteration of the GSC Cup!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard GSC 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.
- Replays will be required starting in Round 2 of the tournament.
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
- Freeze Clause
- Sleep Trap Clause: Pokemon can't have (Sing/Sleep Powder/Hypnosis/Lovely Kiss/Spore) + (Mean Look/Spider Web) in the same moveset
- Trap Pass Clause: Pokemon can't have (Mean Look/Spider Web) + Baton Pass in the same moveset
Round 2 (bracketmaker proof)
TheFrogWaffle vs Stareal
Rubyblood vs BIHI
Oathkeeper vs Isza
Aliss vs Stories
Kristyl vs Zokuru
OG Thomas Shakur vs Underlying
UHX vs Pikete
Knight who says "Ni" vs Django
Egor vs Maître Apagnan
watashi vs crucify
BlazingDark vs SoulWind
Estuardo19 vs ZephyrBreezy
Feaniix vs daunt vs
M Dragon vs decis
egalvanc vs twash
Minimaxify vs Triangles
Skarpherim vs Milkshook
Magician vs Edstur98
njs vs The_App
urrgh vs leoperi99
Eternal Spirit vs Bygone Days
JabbaTheGriffin vs Texas Cloverleaf
phosphor vs Genesis7
marsmallo vs Zerkas
fade vs vani
Airi vs TLTK
Tobes vs azogue
Welli0u vs jking55
Chiles Habaneros vs Dawn Dreams
GLFGno7 vs cheru
shiloh vs SoggyBagel64
Formally_161 vs Lionyx
AV11 vs hadesqueen2
HappyNub vs DanielCk
DanceOfHearts vs false
Deezcastforms vs PeterKart4444
triple axel blaze vs SANKE CARP
roxie vs bydy
lol no pizza vs NeverX
Hockey1 vs Glue
Jhonx~ vs entrocefalo
Groudon vs Mannuraj
bkc 2.0 vs Seanobiwan
Lily vs Hiro'
Hoopas Dad vs MrSoup
Tji69 vs ABR
monchooo vs Astrø
ilnam vs Fakes
Fabriisse vs fran17
ziloXX vs Souw
elodin vs yfy
Siatam vs bluegenie_
lighthouses vs CrossHeart
GirlsSeeGhosts vs Zoyotte
Fluore vs MauledbYZangoose
sayyonara vs napimsiken
Xyldaz vs Yves Stone
Jaajgko vs Luthier
Celebiii vs Mimikyu Stardust
Bedal Roscoe vs Raichy
Nael222 vs Private
Mako vs Alice Kazumi
reyscarface vs Sapientia
MCJD931 vs mind gaming
adorluigi vs OmBrArch
Luigi vs Fogbound Lake
bbeeaa vs Caesarr
Monai vs Elfuseon
Samdex777 vs Brigtel
Cawil Maxamad vs Lialiabeast
AhmedxWaleed vs yovan33321
Rewer vs Star
Cristal vs TyCarter
SPMagnezone97 vs Onraider
Ganso vs AC7
UltiNooba19 vs Void
katerina vs Pideous
lihj vs Finchinator
tahatahat vs Conflict
robjr vs davidTheMaster
alive vs Ren-chon
TheGreatGonzo vs #1 Bukayo Saka Fan
riiiich vs Zcarlett
ez vs tylerkehne
Poek vs OranBerryBlissey10
Concept Everything vs Ninja
melancholy0 vs Leo
A Welcome Guest vs Internal
Blue YM vs RTM
NoName6293 vs Irene
frisoeva vs m rodrigues
Charmflash vs Iguana
Kaboom vs Azphiel
Auxplr vs Abyssal Ruins
Garay oak vs Nalorium
pj vs NotVeryCake
Round 2 Matches must be played by Sunday, August 4th, 11:59PM GMT-7.
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