Welcome to the NU Open, where all of your old favorites like Charizard and Pikachu (lol) reside. We're almost at the end of the Grand Slam, so do your best in the final stretch!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard BW2 NU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the NU ladder of the Smogon University server of Pokemon Showdown.
- If tier changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown! unless both players agree otherwise.*
Shadow Tag Gothitelle is NOT banned from the NU Open.
There has been plenty of time to adapt to Gothitelle in NU since its release. If a higher tier bans Gothitelle, it will not be allowed in the remaining rounds. Until then, feel free to use it to your heart's content.
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
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. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
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. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
Battle Clauses:
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
Round 1 Matchups:
MarceloDK v. fatty
Friar v. Raseri
Bigsamoan187 v. FelixMinamimoto
mfhoundoom v. Seafunks
Annoyer v. Alice
Amarillo v. DestinyUnknown
SilentVerse v. idiotfrommars
TrollFreak v. DarkLoïc
viashinomage v. Master of the Six Kings
Hill v. blarajan
Heist v. Incon
Pocket v. B-Lulz
A l e x a n d e r v. Arc Tech
T-Dogg v. Pesadilla
undisputed v. JabbaTheGriffin
Metroid78 v. Bloo
TalkingLion v. Amell
Double01 v. CHENN
Leftiez v. VintageBooks
Xx Coren37 v. Django
Vinc2612 v. Sweet Jesus
mostwanted v. Iconic
Malekith v. vonFiedler
Texas Cloverleaf v. Infinity.Cypher
Ciele v. DC.
kokoloko v. W_M
WormGuy v. Ningildo
shnen v. Kennen
Mew v. .Robert
IceCarAdler v. AuraRayquaza
Pedrock v. llvallejoll
Hantsuki v. Lavos Spawn
tennisace v. Nachos
SethZiBritannia v. uxsee
RainbowCrash v. Brotom
CheezitKing v. complete legitimacy
emirinho v. MikeDecIsHere
Eo Ut Mortus v. DrMohammadLi
CrashinBoomBang v. locopoke
Orichalcos Owl v. Pidge
MOET v. The Hitman
LonelyNess v. FLCL
Redjar v. Naru
MMF v. Oglemi
shrang v. Dr Ciel
sandshrewz v. senegal
davidness v. Foster
sos v. -Manu-
ThatsMyLatios v. Demist
Nelson-X v. Sayonara
The Immortal v. xtrashine
Ginku v. DittoCrow
McMeghan v. Flashrider57
Shining Latios v. Philip7086
ballabrown24 v. Zebraiken
breh v. papai noel
Fiction. v. Leman
Pkrs v. Funkasaurus
Nexuz v. dholt12
kuja20 v. Cherub Agent
WhiteQueen v. HSA
srk1214 v. Steven Snype
Himanattsu v. -Green-
SoulWind v. Jimbon
Highlight Matches
mostwanted v. Iconic
In a battle between tournament moderators, the newer mostwanted has already made his presence known with his recent victory in the World Cup of Pokemon. However, Iconic is no one to mess around with, as his recent tournament history will attest to (he's in the RS 200 tournament finals!). With a badgeset that rivals even that of Bloo's and an avatar that rivals the cuteness of tab's, Iconic will be a tough opponent for mostwanted to take down; only time will tell who the victor will be. ~Harsha
tennisace v. Nachos
Ex-leader of NU, the almighty tennisace, faces off against the new face of the Battling 101 staff, Nachos. While tennisace may have quit, he still carries a rather large following in both the Democratic People's Republic of Smogon and the Alliance of Normal Users. Will the skilled battler Nachos be able to take down tennisace, or will the chants of "tennisace 2 gud" prove to be true? Stay tuned to find out! ~Harsha
ballabrown24 v. Zebraiken
ballabrown24 faces off against the leader of NU, Zebraiken, in what looks to be a great tournament match. While one would probably think that Zebraiken has this in the bag, Power to the Pika actually holds an ace up his sleeve—Dodrio is actually competitively viable in this tier! Will PttP's birds stand up to the NU ruler Zebraiken, or will the Smog Awards's "Best New User" Zebraiken dominate with an iron fist? ~Harsha
Substitutes
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Deadline is 11 days from this post, September 10th. This is a strict deadline in order to get the ball rolling on LC. I will be making subs within 6 days if there is no contact between opponents. I’m going to be extremely annoying as a host to get you guys to play your matches. I am not afraid to publicly shame you.
