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-C
Sage vs SeanPurchase
califlour vs platycaster
Gojirark vs Lexiooo
Marus8 vs SergioRules
dippyg vs crying
Shiox vs Cdijk16
snaga vs DugZa
Massta vs Sagisolar
MrFine69 vs innovamania
Rockachaws vs Prototypetrainer
MK007 vs CakeEnjoyer
Thootjuh vs Im Dreaming
Burgundy vs CharizardChamp450
Blueberrytree vs Vincymas
Sirroppu vs 15chacha
Razky kai-kun vs r4uli
RLplayer vs GeckoRoamin
AutonomousAutomata vs weird tea
sliftstar vs JustNot
KSG vs aceguy123
Fant'sy Beast vs Samurai Banette
frisoeva vs Freesqui
TonyFlygon vs TheSergio235
PorygonZ-Polyester vs frogtales
Tomscky vs Gay Lilith
Trout In Space vs vishld2111
bweeeep vs LandlordRemover
Smule44 vs Lugatina
Superhuy vs jynx112
Gwyndolin_Simp vs Tigere
Dyromaen vs xujing691691
DampJellicent vs itsallyellow
kiritorisen vs paolode99
Nativejoel vs barton
TGA vs Kyonkicchi
rawthorn vs SpaceCP
Vibuma vs Vohmu
Ststwo vs Povfren
rytheyan vs l3ssth4n3
Pokeemon noob vs Fraolain
Alkione vs AmericanPi
Charis_Akins vs Rakom
jwel20 vs Dekuppo
Cryptonix_ vs GHAZKULL
Rhmsitb vs Dudermen
m_row1709 vs Dflo
UFO Pilot vs probrn
Smashburn vs boulicrok
Longicaudatus vs RrarTheDragon
rexbot2 vs Mr.Bossaru
MERC Cerberus vs robjr
pdt vs ACNT
EMAWCookie vs Kapoen
fuzzybunny666 vs Master_Squalala
jonfilch vs StarryEcho
BeardedDrakon vs gamerboyspotted
Servaos vs MichaelderBeste2
poopooisyummy vs churine
Phone vs IcyzUnderscore
Furry Combat Wombat vs Greentea570
Stanley332 vs InvictusMaster
Jubskiko vs Camden
Flow vs Birthdayninja
Taenarius vs Mysticwind
Llamablade vs Lokifan
BrettRKS vs qdhwefdw
dunoks vs Pratyush
toomenator vs EeveeWillEatYou
giove97 vs IsambardBrunel28
AMVS24 vs HRV
Atilax vs FearOfMonday
captanpasta vs HblueNoBeard
Firefox64 vs rihiro
Wubben vs batson_spl
PlagueMain vs dinozoeic
drop a blast vs afakedugong
javitu vs So Noisy
SussyShroom vs Kate
TomasLeft vs Davo2544
QuillenKai vs CDW Enrique
Eeveeto vs Neohorizon
swordstrike vs Nultiprise
trace vs nNanob
Baconater540 vs mormur
Kowasabii vs homemadepizza
dedede vs Flatemo
hugh_donnetono vs makutaman_113
Afdvsc vs Gammafire
kDCA vs Urmmux
rarre vs Wally946
ErrantJellyfish vs Rodigou
Stareal vs murpl22
0otico vs Thestu
JuanSG vs tautop
an_orange_orange vs azogue
etern vs poke_roco
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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