Welcome to the third iteration of the largest PU tournament, the PU Open! Almost a year has passed since Star clutched the last PU Open over Teddeh and it's time to find out who the newest champion will be. DLC has just released, we're having accelerated tier shifts in July, so strap in folks it's going to be a wild ride. Good luck to all competitors!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS PU.
- 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.
- 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.
Round 1
Fish1899 vs Conflux
AltCauseImInsecure vs TheFranklin
GuzzlesOwO vs EriDBst
KW vs EviGaro
GotCookies vs HSA
King Leo V vs Hydreigon971
Santu vs egalvanc
Nalei vs MJ2020
Dlanyer vs Waylaid
ukaaa vs LittEleven
Emre Mor 9 vs Ninjadog
TJ vs RahelGamer03
Ampha vs SOMALIA
lax vs davidTheMaster
KarliTheFrenshie vs Acselsior13
FeaNiiX vs anzu42
scald vs BlanchedAlmond
Arifeen vs jubinz123
hs vs StepC
Fardin vs s_aman
DezShizzels vs hellpowna
BIHI vs dahli
Xizaaa vs soTsoT
Hikertoad vs mahershalalhashbaz
TopLel TopKek vs Mix
dodrio 123 vs London13
Sonired vs m rodrigues
Corckscrew vs Vieux Singe
pokeisfun vs agenS
Alva vs Meri Berry
Sacri' vs Many
avarice vs MZ
Perish Song vs Jhonx~
aeps23 vs DugZa
Ace Trainer Emerald vs Insult
-Niko- vs RedFireBlast
solonor24 vs Estarossa
Detroit_Dragapult vs Vaboh
BulbaBrain vs Realistic Waters
Renny vs basaninho
VeryOaty89 vs zugubu royale
cuzzie vs McMeghan
Kaboom vs jeronipuff
Natan vs The Hunterr
Golden Warrior vs Christo
Axrtix vs Darkfire47
Fathiryxi vs twitch.tv/Bag_of_Trixx
false vs Its all RNG
FrenzyPhantom vs Skipkan
Abnxrmal vs JohnSimmons378
Mr Cheese The first vs Shrug
John W vs termi
xray vs Vulpix03
ForgottenOnes vs Havens
CheerChoco vs EnzoLapras
xSkelly34 vs Flawless Nazgul
Zenadark vs Rex Slayer
Pepeduce vs chiefkieff7
dice vs Chloe
ima vs Mikaav
gorex vs Lord_Enz
Gentle Berserker vs OminousDraco
Eeveeto vs Enzo Gorlami
Adaam vs Its_Basir
IoSonoNeon vs Kenix
DreamScream vs Karppi
Anoerfin vs Twonk1
Gingy vs Lord Thorx
tko vs Ktütverde
Memoric vs Bluxio
Lopunny Kicks vs Spl4sh
Zesty43 vs Mr.Pegicow
Ren-chon vs Regnite
Yoshi vs ]Youngster_Bill[/B]
Kaif vs Cam
Feliburn vs Pikachu090
Miss Novelist vs jacob
Malekith vs jcbc
Del985 vs Kingler12345
melancholy hills vs trace
Ray914 vs SiTuM
Procopius vs Klinklang AV
K3ppr vs Fissure
ilesaural vs ivyz
Gonz@lo vs martha
sand1234 vs Duncajuwon
yedla vs epicpvz2
zben vs Persona111
Eternal Spirit vs Perishing chatot
Blue YM vs Zygarde12
Lambovino vs Alkione
Galarian Sith vs Fylkir Pudin
Hammy vs Aquatic2727
King Billu vs Nevve
Draphirion vs Decem
Amaranth vs WafleHause
-Voltage- vs Expulso
Glaciated Person vs blunty1
eifo vs yovan33321
l'habitat vs Oibaf
blarghlfarghl vs PureJules
Lennart vs Pheo'
Kyundai vs tlenit1
Pokedots vs Mysterious M
Conor3197 vs GunGunJ
HJAD vs Applin baby
Terraquaza vs Drookez
brewfasa vs Malfunction
Dragon Claw vs Askov
TDK vs GOAO
iZeku vs Marshall.Law
So Noisy vs Luthier
Jytcampbell vs xtra$hine
9f. vs Nat
vani vs Haruno
Bouff vs Kebab mlml
Finding True Love vs Gavilanged
Kisara99 vs MJ
Akashi vs UBERLandon21
neomon vs Lifesucksdie
Maxomega vs touflick
HaxxSel vs Pinboim3
SacredKunoCV vs Amsson
Groudon vs Souw
Juno vs Soul n' Blues
Sificon vs Davon
Finchinator vs mael
p2 vs AllTerrainVen0moth
Quaze vs Amukamara
Jase Duken vs 2xTheTap
EternalSnowman vs banks
Thiago Nunes vs bugzinator
midnightstriker23 vs Gondra
Twixtry vs CKW
Bobby Dagen vs maroon
kythr vs OU yamper
Fuladono vs ggggd
alvVlu vs GW
Eric079 vs z0mOG
Hockey1 vs Baoba
DaneyTheManey vs Huston
Sapientia vs BitchKicker
MassiveDestruction vs Garay oak
rdar vs ShtCrazy
Sabella vs Luigi
KingKdot vs vanillacoke
SpacialRendevous vs DEG
Tenshinhan vs gum
Pradhaaan vs halaman95
LockedBeast vs Ajna
LordST vs Highways
Roseybear vs Serpi
eclipseY vs The Thunderbirds
Xiri vs Leigh39
Endill vs zioziotrip
PinkDragonTamer vs Burt Jarvis
zoowi vs Let's Rumble Shall We
Cheese5555 vs Mikaso04
Stareal vs iBuildPokemon
Kink vs ToastedBunzzz02
Obstabooze vs iChatot
Shadowmonstr4 vs Luisin
Nowh vs CyberOdin✝
realSurfyTeen vs pj
Riku Sakuraba vs Hurtadoo
Blimax vs zS
Fogbound Lake vs Lugia_numair
Dominatio vs Energy
Kiyo vs MetalGro$$
Haru vs Juniorsniper45
Tmane vs Ruft
ezemitch vs Terracotta
SergioRules vs Koalacance
Techno Strike vs Pohjis
Ah coup d'etat vs ACR1
-Latios- vs ProDigeZz
Mazinger vs Jrdn
Loki vs Trognon
toytean vs jake
Yay vs Kushalos
little maths vs Royal1604
ddlcfan69 vs luisotte
Anish vs Slyish
Elgino10 vs Elias PSY
High Impulse vs Espeonage.
Sacred Wings vs Kev
deadlymanatee vs MAMP
ZoroDark vs pazza
GhostieNero vs Pabloxty
UltraBallz vs Raichy
alive vs SoulWind
Arakd’eau vs the pharoah
lighthouses vs Mr.Bossaru
poh vs MetaRiolu7
TaxiCab vs snaga
Drud vs Gasus
Louna vs Chokepic
Taskr vs Fantos13
SweetLady992 vs Dreamcatcher
rinnegan418 vs PTF
capperrr vs 100%GXE
Dflo vs atomicllamas
frisoeva vs Mr. Mime fan
byronthewellwell vs Spak
dfmetal vs Ahmad Alfatih
Kiichikos vs GeorgeCheese
musasa347 vs Beraldinhoo
Averardo vs ggopw
everybody vs TectonicDestroyer
Jack In My Box vs Nalorium
NEWAL vs Splash
keppy vs Quite Quiet
umbreon098 vs De-ee-ecent
Sensei Axew vs Sjneider
GoldCat vs Mateeus
Osh vs darthyoshi
pattek vs Viduf
Toy Time King vs OTG Pesky
naruto(sage) vs Thimblebony
TSR vs Nineage
TioDragonite vs AntaresLN
Bruno de Lucas vs Staxi
0NI vs Reje
Djokra vs SANJAY
Heysup vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
eblurb vs skierdude101
vivalospride vs barton
Haund vs ToadNorton
Bongi vs des121
DraKeyTT vs Maxance
robjr vs uhuhuhu7
ziloXX vs Moutemoute
Whitter vs Heika
Hamhamhamhamham vs Solivagant
PotheadSkanker vs Maki's Fox
KSG vs PasteurPS
BK vs Slowbroth
Carlosmh7 vs 5gen
TacticalFacepalms vs ]Sir Pin[/B]
RaJ.Shoot vs Pflugmeister
Entei vs PiloswineSarado
KlefkiHolder vs hazzah1323
coolio1223 vs ]The LpZ[/B]
zeriloa vs Dankoc
Toadow vs Confide
OTAtom vs Antzal
lockjaw vs monchooo
Squash17 vs tom holland
100percentpureheat vs CBU
karrakarra vs Flamita
ron...5 vs Serene Grace
devinn vs kittykatananinja5
bugcatcherhamish vs watashi
Lilburr vs TMM
James2464 vs Pataozinho
SolarflareRo vs Star
Deadline is Sunday, July 12 at 11:59PM EDT (GMT -4). Remember that Thievul is banned for this round and the July tier shifts will not take effect until Round 2.
Good luck to all competitors!
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