i'm in charge now b*tches
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SM NU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SM cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
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, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes (keep in mind that this is a interim solution while we wait on PS! developers). The timer may not be turned off in any other circumstance.
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 in such cases are not allowed.
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.
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, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes (keep in mind that this is a interim solution while we wait on PS! developers). The timer may not be turned off in any other circumstance.
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 in such cases are not allowed.
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
General recommendations:
- 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 as wide a swathe of time 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 nefarious play, 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.
Dundies vs Euglena
TDK vs Lord PRXTTY FLVXKO
Welli0u vs lordcacturne
DoNotStealMyName vs (liptonic vs Simia)
Chokepic vs JoeFTW
Eternally vs Dark Shion
Jarii vs Bluxio
EternalSnowman vs Luigi
UltraBallz vs ggggd
Lextrevis vs Liemaster
(lhce628 vs Guinzo) vs Reje
Amukamara vs Jake Moran
Rapture vs Santu
Soldier vs pokeisfun
Lycans vs BurntZebra
implaser vs DEG
Carmin06 vs Teddeh
robjr vs Finchinator
dodmen vs MassiveDestruction
ima vs Tangelo
Sage vs fran17
obii vs Ed
Le Sabreur vs Uxali
Zesty43 vs HT
BKC vs Laz
Mikaav vs xhirotox
elodin vs CantoakaChris
Pepeduce vs Exiline
Hassin627 vs King Billu
S poi re vs Ren-chon
Abyssal Ruins vs Jase Duken
BigBoy038 vs DreamScream
Plas vs Staxi
Garay oak vs TLN 3LetterName Club
Mix vs Gunner Rohan
FlamingVictini vs Slowbrosky
miltankmilk vs FUMA HI-FI
Pohjis vs Orphic
Googly vs TTBorusse
(Lopunny Kicks vs Karppi) vs MamoJustWins
xujing691691 vs shiloh
Twixtry vs tazz
Jake717 vs Syncrasy
Adaam vs Hogg
Jrdn vs Xiri
Tszuki vs Tachibana
Garrahan90 vs frisoeva
Many vs Count Riario
The Kyle vs PurpleGatorade
Galla'eci vs L1ppe1
MunchlaxAndChill vs Shaneghoul
Beeel vs (Oltan vs Sacri')
Mike Cometa vs Sabella
So Noisy vs oh95
Blitzburgh vs Holiday
ILoveMilk vs Sir Isaac Mewton
Fille vs IPF
majaspic22 vs Trace
soTsoT vs themuggla
Cynara vs Diophantine
snagaa vs Kingler12345
PranksterCat vs Pynapel
Go0d vs Alpha Rabbit
A Hero's Destiny vs Alfredo_Rivero
taranteeeno vs RedEmption
Nat vs JCM.
MartAlvarez vs Snou
false vs Post Moves
SilvioGuacamole vs Osh
roman vs UBERLandon21
Elias PSY vs jake
Nuked vs Roadside Art
Tenebricite vs himeringo
Jytcampbell vs Charmflash
HarrisIsAwesome vs mikebflattuba
Kebab mlml vs CKW
Luck O' the Irish vs Quantum Tesseract
Earth vs BlueIvy
Sjneider vs Sinkyr29
Roseybear vs TogliBabineBoeuf
zben vs FLCL
The Excadrill vs qsns
robrob_1003 vs Wabane
Serene Grace vs TonyFlygon
Keahi vs esche
Eramoth vs Microwavable
Necrozma vs (sand1234 vs suapah)
(dice vs HANTSUKI) vs Dlanyer
Melle2402 vs Guprei
Le Chapelier Fou vs Splashbrutha
SparksBlade vs pilz0311
EviGaro vs Youngster_Bill
John1240 vs Indigo Plateau
King Wynaut vs Marshall.Law
Zaker vs Thorister
(Kushalos vs Slick Willy) vs lighthouses
85/96 completed -- let's not have 60+ activity calls this round :D
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
We will be trying to move back into a Sunday-Sunday schedule to match the other Opens, so this week will be slightly shorter. If you need the extra day this week (or an extension in general), please be sure to communicate with your opponent and with me, and I'll do my best to accommodate your situation.
Deadline is Tuesday, August 7th at 11:59pm (GMT -4)
Extension deadline is Saturday, August 4th at 11:59pm (GMT -4)
Please challenge and play your games in gen7nu. Also, I will smack you if you post "contacted".
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