Welcome to the tenth iteration of the largest
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS NU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SS 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, not to be turned off even in the case of a player disconnecting as we now have a separate disconnection timer (more details here). The timer may not be turned off in any 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, not to be turned off even in the case of a player disconnecting as we now have a separate disconnection timer (more details here). The timer may not be turned off in any 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
- 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.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 2
SpectralThief vs Marshall.Law
frisoeva vs 100%GXE - extension
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs CDW Enrique
Maxomega vs PrinceOfAllTacos
Kink vs Starfire06
Mikaav vs Bouff
e~t~h~e~y vs Felines
Mateeus vs GW
Sabella vs queso
Dflo vs Highways
Meru vs Santu
MatLaTomate vs elodin - act win
Estarossa vs rinnegan418
Wamr vs dunoks
Aurella vs avarice - ext
Luispeikou vs atomicllamas
eifo vs HyperFlux
Wabane vs BK - ext
Xizaaa vs p4P1//0n
watashi vs Confide
ukaaa vs Poek
PinkDragonTamer vs Fantos13 - act
EviGaro vs Dragonillis
Vaboh vs pigassaultking
Ramolost vs StitChuu
Rubyblood vs Corckscrew - coinflip
Palad1n vs devin
skierdude101 vs Kitten Milk
Parpar vs Aliss
Regnite vs umbry
Maki vs CBU
64 Squares vs Draphirion - act
gum vs daunt vs
TotomonGang vs Luthier
ima vs snaga
Fathiryxi vs EternalSnowman
byronthewellwell vs Feliburn
Lugia_numair vs jonfilch
Davon vs Socrates1O1 - extension
Sensei Axew vs Mysterious M
LpZ vs KarliTheFrenshie
MetaRiolu7 vs SANJAY
Drud vs Yay - act
LockedBeast vs Ainzcrad
Ktütverde vs Test Techles - act win
crucify vs Yves Stone
Misterioussaint vs JabbaTheGriffin - extension
termi vs Luirromen
Eeveeto vs 7u9i2
pj vs false
Boat vs robjr
Ninjadog vs Serene Grace - extension
Punny vs Hyperspace12
weird mon vs Thiago Nunes
Elias PSY vs dahli
Anique vs Void
Enzo Gorlami vs yovan33321
Elfuseon vs Emlee
rylon vs Gray - flip
ACR1 vs Ren-chon
Lilburr vs Sificon
maroon vs TJ
JustFranco vs Pope Faith - flip
TDNT vs Expulso
Zenadark vs TeamCharm - act
Adaam vs Xiri
Carmin vs GotCookies
kythr vs Perish Song
RampageWebber vs Turtledoggo21
Lucario vs TheFranklin
zS vs Skysolo
Yggdrasil60 vs Beraldinhoo
Jytcampbell vs TDK
Dangerous vs Bluxio - flip
Laroxyl vs Luck O' the Irish
Royal1604 vs Alpha Rabbit
odr vs Landon
roxiee vs Chaitanya
Osh vs Togkey
BIHI vs Chazm - flip
brewfasa vs Sciroccoo
Leo vs Nat - extension
Star vs Maple
Chokepic vs Charmflash
Cam vs Tachibana
GoldCat vs AzZoCcX
Enzonana. vs devil94
TMM vs Ghostricker0197
Souw vs Drafeu-kun
MalMoonsault vs PureJules
Fc vs Finchinator
dice vs Accelgor - act
barton vs MZ
zben vs OnArceus
KSt3ve vs Ahmad Alfatih - extension
spanishlines vs Hervalt - extension
Deadline for round 2 will be April 18th at 11:59 PM GMT-4. Please contact your opponents ASAP! Extended matches: you have until 11:59 PM GMT-4 on Tuesday! Glastrier is NOT allowed.
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