The fourteenth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open, has begun! Last year's winner, Hacker, may have become the LC TL, but it's time to see if somebody new can take the crown. Many players will enter but only one can come out on top. 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.
- Standard SV LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination. You may switch teams between each game.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
- Replays are mandatory beginning in Round 2.
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 acceptable only 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 acceptable only 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.
- When scheduling, offer a wide selection of times when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
- Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the timezone.
- 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.
You will be required to post your replays in your winpost starting in Round 2 of this 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.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 2
Kingler vs Envy
SeaLife vs Baddy
Shiba vs Chloe
Taka vs dragonitenb
Starsama vs AhmedxWaleed
Morden555 vs Finkachu
Axelsior vs mipc
AS Saint Priest vs Plague
colorednaem vs Beuto
elodin vs Fusien
Rk pokemons vs Canard
TG2513 vs Mister McLovin
Megastar54 vs Don Eduardo
Crimson Gaia vs Betathunder
Zephyri vs Ampha
DivineMadness vs KeshBa54
Saaaaakill vs georgiethefirst
Wishing vs fade
giove97 vs naere
Confide vs Rubyblood
gali vs RichardMillePlain
QT vs Colin
Acehunter1 vs zuzhouwawa
seraphz vs Vulpix03
Laroxyl vs zause
Saadhak vs RejctedDuck
RL vs MichaelderBeste2
d18l vs B0by
fate1q vs mclagno
lolebruh vs agenS
Corperate n vs big tony 2014
Mike Cometa vs meamPearl
sensei axew vs Kokona Aoba
avarice vs TMM
TakingNotesKinda vs KarliTheFrenshie
olivia vs Xiri
AlyssaVGC vs mmtaccos
ict vs Quinn
Lana vs veti
vinicria vs Tbp24
Jojen vs Thicc_Shady
Lux2821 vs akxhdwy
Mik3ymon vs ySagaz_
Fernanch vs Skarpherim
Airi vs Slikkles
entrocefalo vs Hacker
aditya1729 vs TheFranklin
davidTheMaster vs Stories
TPP vs Lightniong
Zpice vs Paycard
eifo vs HoopsspooH
Salvato1902V vs Dwagon
bello figo vs tko
DarmanitanDLuffy vs One Last Kiss
ully38 vs Revolution X
Yovan vs teamo
King Billu vs Drifting
churrojr vs Nashrock
zS vs vooper
Slowpoke Fan vs tazz
Hyssou vs Hockey1
(Winner of davizin2708 vs toshimelonhead) vs fish anemometer
Toxinalpaca vs RampageWebber
Scottie vs etern
bricknermon vs Chococroc
estra vs Gaucho
damien the genius vs Skyiew
Elgino vs CaptainEikichi
Kev vs Berks
not enjoying lc vs jay
sayyonara vs roxie
kjdaas vs Mindnight
Fogbound Lake vs MemphisDepay
Irene vs Longestbanana
hex vs felzzz
jyusaan vs Elvira
bleahey vs weird mon
des121 vs THE_CHUNGLER
Vertigo vs BlackKnight_Gawain
megasalappo vs horriii
AJ vs TheIronPikachu
Finchinator vs Chicos
Riruia vs Lambovino
Sificon vs Greedy_eb
Malekith vs abriel
phantomclaw8888 vs watashi
Django vs Ashbala
dunoks vs teriyaki
BlazingDark vs Nichalho
neomon vs doso749
Zokuru vs CNCorsolas
Lokifan vs Toto
HSOWA vs Enzonana.
A Welcome Guest vs termnal
Don Bork vs luisin
MK007 vs DugZa
(Winner of aurora vs Pokemh) vs Novax
GasaiYunoSan vs Star
pannu vs FriendlyDeath26
goldmason vs mind gaming
Kaboom vs Cam
Drud vs benladil
Stecolomaxx vs Surfy
daunt vs vs wssi
pdt vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d
Fc vs DripLegend
Flou vs SoulWind
Blue YM vs Le Sabreur
freezai vs Zcarlett
abra xdd vs 691
wesh papillon vs lighthouses
Charmriah vs Magician
Winterbub vs Tenebricite
JustFranco vs Kate
RTM vs Wesleyy
Aberforth vs SoggyDoggySage
Zoyotte vs Shivam_Z
kimer vs Hats
Thiago Nunes vs feen
LilyAC vs Éric
Void vs Cow
lax vs DD Joe
Wail Wailord vs DAHLI
(Winner of Coconut vs Cicada) vs Albi
Dead by Daylight vs Tuthur
(Winner of Alpha1013 vs PigWarrior19) vs Esteb4n
Peum vs xonks
MCOBSOK vs Eternal Spirit
Deadline: Sunday May 11th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) <t:1747018800:R>
Extension deadline: Wednesday May 7th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) <t:1746673200:R>
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL GAMES
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