The eleventh iteration of the largest LC tournament, and the tour with the most signups in Smogon's history, the LC Open, has begun! A truly ludicrous number of players stands between each of you and victory. 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. POINT VALUES HAVE CHANGED, SEE ADMIN THREAD
- Standard SS LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SS cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
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 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Please read the Scheduling Guide if you're unsure how to properly schedule for the 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.
Round 3-B
IBM vs Hasaerith
bronzo vs HaxorusIdk
prophetofshamu vs Edwyn2
Dirtblock#64 vs ADCrybaby
Axzel vs Blaziken-Mohammad
R1CEC4KE vs ANamelessLad
tscheese vs Noblesse Oblige
kwekj vs Bert122
aim vs elleapple
Elkhadark vs Zyra231
memedose46 vs Delibird Heart
PokemonCestDur vs Initiatedog
Tenty vs Undefeated Alt
FairlyMoral vs Lialiabeast
skimmythegod vs Barbed Ryno
Istehsan vs PhioneGuy
RhythmDealer vs Amberr
Greedy_eb vs mcgrits
moesi vs articz
Raoboyem vs EviGaro
Axelsior vs Ash3r
Sam vs airfare
Softo Ando Wetto vs Breaking Mew
CelienneileC vs Diarem
OneHundred vs AverageBear
Welli0u vs amak1688
Flacidpanda vs Nicodaddy
GRSceptile vs dcae
euph181215 vs Wail Wailord
CaptainPekkachu vs M Dragon
The GLaDOS vs Zombie wan kenobi
Kmayn vs Wanony
AllStaraptors vs Poek
zS vs nomercyforswine
French Seel vs Swagata Mitra
Chrome_ vs BoomBoomBoo
Chilly Winds vs Lady Writer
SpecialEd717 vs Captive soul
le_Nard vs Crunchman
mnbjhg vs cosant101
chlo vs ebbleflora
SetsuSetsuna vs Lyss
Haunted Dittp vs Silver Oakenheel
Rubixe vs Akshajm
unreal reshiram vs Dj Breloominati♬
Grimji vs femboy
MCND vs Fluore
Hi it's Timmy vs GalacticRing
Punny vs Radical Furry Anarchist
monchooo vs kythr
Swelter vs Flaffed
origingamerboi vs Cycrum
Walrus5 vs fnoonan15
mj vs ACR1
tkcannihilator vs gali
Kidsfarm2 vs murraybones6
TeamCharm vs TheShoddyStrawman
Jonbot vs DaBaby Goku
pilby vs Collette
jonas vs Kazt
Aberforth vs Shou Dui
Nodomoer vs Thicc_Shady
DracoZeon vs ihammerhead23
magnezone2016 vs Jon Poopsicle
SoulWind vs Ransei
yellowfin vs Heavenhostage
Raichy vs ProjectHammer
Martinique Jason vs elodin
Vholtninja vs HydreigonTheChild
CMDoge vs Rai2901
Grankie vs SilverSylveon1994
SrFlink vs yovan33321
Potatochan vs QuaggyKiwi
Nunkers vs risi
Nuzzlyleaf vs slqnder
nimzowitsch vs Blimax
Shrub vs Daruma
tr4umpchoos vs Ninja
Baloor vs Agent_A6
VigilanteVigoroth vs maroon
coteup vs Mercupty
darkolithe vs Fc
Knoert vs QEDsoku
Meri Berry vs RZL
MatLaTomate vs Scorcha9
Bad Player vs zben
Knight who says "Ni" vs Rainog17
janitorman99999 vs Luigi
Lxlxlxlxllxlxlxl vs zeriloa
Capricornio vs terreitor
gabiscis vs Comedier
Spacial vs Gllibird
Jinan B vs Corperate n
itsjustdrew vs ML26
Zagiman72 vs Goat Heart ♥
Quint_ vs Chhayank
Deadline: Sunday May 8th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 4th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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