Welcome to the 3rd edition of the RU Pentathlon, a single elimination, best-of-five style tournament featuring all RU tiers from SV to ADV! This is a type B tournament for the RU circuit. The first game in every series MUST be played in SV RU, and after every game, the loser of the previous game gets to pick which gen of the remaining generations is selected for the following one.
Tournament Rules:
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations.
- This is a single elimination tournament.
- All rounds will be a best of five.
- Matches are to be played on PS!, preferably on the SmogTours server.
- Any tier changes that occur during a round will not be in effect until the following round.
- Replays are mandatory.
- Changing teams between matches is allowed.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same Pokedex number on his team.
- Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned.
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
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: The matches must be played on either the Smogtours server or the Main PS! server if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the host(s) and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours.
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
Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
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: The matches must be played on either the Smogtours server or the Main PS! server if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the host(s) and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours.
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
Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Round 2
Ampha vs Noaa
koopa003 vs NinjaCaro
hxmo vs DugZa
db vs LBN
Hairoll vs MuffinMelody
zmath vs FoulplayG
Astro vs Nemosse
Failbor vs 3EyeQ
TyCarter vs GoldCat
OranBerryBlissey10 vs toinha
Call me PK vs Showl
SvelteSnake vs ilesaural
Oathkeeper vs unanchored
Cold07 vs hoyssxo
MachJacob vs JojoOui
GuiDoidao0 vs Rallyy
cicepece11 vs cute vn
doso749 vs Sulfura28
ILoveGarchom vs (Winner of Django vs. angolano06)
Incognition vs fvkumean
Flareblitzkreig vs LittEleven
fate1q vs rylon
TheFranklin vs Lyra
Zygarde12 vs Dragon246
yfy vs GOOGLYEYES
Medasus vs seed
scald spamm vs Soul King0
Metallica126 vs Hisoka
Cam vs Canard
Bastien_ vs Vioz
JoelXLeaf vs feen
(Winner of Fernanch vs. Tbp24) vs Txunt!
Quick note: The first game played must be SV RU and the loser of each subsequent game chooses the next gen to be played and so on. Thank you!
Deadline for this round is <t:1774846740:f>
Ampha vs Noaa
koopa003 vs NinjaCaro
hxmo vs DugZa
db vs LBN
Hairoll vs MuffinMelody
zmath vs FoulplayG
Astro vs Nemosse
Failbor vs 3EyeQ
TyCarter vs GoldCat
OranBerryBlissey10 vs toinha
Call me PK vs Showl
SvelteSnake vs ilesaural
Oathkeeper vs unanchored
Cold07 vs hoyssxo
MachJacob vs JojoOui
GuiDoidao0 vs Rallyy
cicepece11 vs cute vn
doso749 vs Sulfura28
ILoveGarchom vs (Winner of Django vs. angolano06)
Incognition vs fvkumean
Flareblitzkreig vs LittEleven
fate1q vs rylon
TheFranklin vs Lyra
Zygarde12 vs Dragon246
yfy vs GOOGLYEYES
Medasus vs seed
scald spamm vs Soul King0
Metallica126 vs Hisoka
Cam vs Canard
Bastien_ vs Vioz
JoelXLeaf vs feen
(Winner of Fernanch vs. Tbp24) vs Txunt!
Quick note: The first game played must be SV RU and the loser of each subsequent game chooses the next gen to be played and so on. Thank you!
Deadline for this round is <t:1774846740:f>
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