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 4-A
Fluore vs BeardedDrakon
Moldworm vs Mirbro
memedose46 vs HblueNoBeard
thatgreik vs Magikarp_Is_AG
origingamerboi vs dinozoeic
BrutalBjörn vs Yun Yun UwU
Jonbot vs DOOR MONEY
terreitor vs Jayi
grizzz vs Mendeez
GHAZKULL vs Taenarius
Confide vs Stefaan
Blaziken-Mohammad vs Shandeur
Rai2901 vs Micciu
SaberTB vs Gwyndolin_Simp
User 589875 vs uhtopl
TGA vs Kate
DracoZeon vs Corperate n
false vs TheSergio235
TeamCharm vs Fraolain
Chaos23333 vs Undefeated Alt
freezai vs Smule44
frogtales vs Mercupty
SpaceCP vs BaconUltimate
Drogba In Shenhua vs KingSlayer2004
Albert von Gerstenlohn vs Merritt
zS vs QuinnXD
Tails72 vs Estarossa
EMAWCookie vs Dj Breloominati♬
French Seel vs Scottie
reggg vs Eeveeto
dcae vs Elfuseon
Rainog17 vs Fiend
dunoks vs Crunchman
hurricanesheep vs mcgrits
Tenebricite vs mnbjhg
HRCassetteTape vs M Dragon
Punny vs PokemonCestDur
itsallyellow vs z0mOG
jinjaningna vs Phone
gorex vs ThinkingSceptile
BoostedArk vs Lady Writer
Note200 vs TDK
gali vs Stanley332
Fille vs slqnder
Spacial vs Lyss
zeriloa vs trace
Bucketeering vs Duckslikerain
FlippySpatula vs HRV
GDFK vs Khon Edan
bulufan14 vs DuGuo
Anonymous43567 vs Barbed Ryno
micromorphic vs Roginald
tMoi vs palladiumpaladin
Davo2544 vs Camden
articz vs Daruma
yellowfin vs coral fan
Scorcha9 vs Lokifan
czim vs omarsgarciav
innovamania vs Dekuppo
Malekith vs Flacidpanda
Captive soul vs zero_sanaide
Simon C4 vs TheFranklin
OneHundred vs crying
paolode99 vs Krumplin
Jordy004 vs Noblesse Oblige
Gay Lilith vs Zagiman72
oxStr8upGrEeKxo vs EternalSnowman
Foukrou vs EviGaro
Grankie vs MK007
UFO Pilot vs Splash
JustNot vs denali
bygbyrd vs Magatsu-Claudia
MiNi Charizard-x vs Ninja
Luigi vs Pfirsicher
aim vs Alkione
SeanPurchase vs Roseybear
JacintoElGrande vs Blueberrytree
Mike Cometa vs hugh_donnetono
Flatemo vs So Noisy
robjr vs Nurimiau
Fantos13 vs eosobe
perfect minun vs RamentheGod
JuanSG vs Swelter
Cyfix vs 0otico
Lialiabeast vs LuminousLunatic
DuckeryDoodle vs qdhwefdw
RampageWebber vs PU is goated
Vi best waifu vs Meminger21
Raichy vs Bad Player
Rockachaws vs PaperTigerLily
Mathology0 vs Hi it's Timmy
m_row1709 vs MenaCicada
15chacha vs AxCypher
roxiee vs Birthdayninja
aruwu vs Quiche Nuts Gandhi
cambam2015 vs RLplayer
Deadline: Sunday May 15th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 11th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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