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 2- July tier shifts are now legal, Rotom-Frost, Orbeetle, Butterfree, and Kangaskhan have all been banned
(Juno vs Soul n' Blues) vs HJAD
Kingler vs KingKdot
SiTuM vs Renny
MAMP vs Blue YM
Alkione vs Terraquaza
Oibaf vs Moutemoute
(Blimax vs zS) vs Corckscrew
Luthier vs Finchinator
Maxomega vs TDK
Slowbroth vs Bobby Dagen
(Kiyo vs MetalGro$$) vs Lifesucksdie
dfmetal vs CBU
SOMALIA vs Mazinger
robjr vs Ren-chon
Confide vs Lugia_numair
eclipseY vs K3ppr
(hs vs StepC) vs gum
bugzinator vs Baoba
TheFranklin vs Dlanyer
atomicllamas vs Heika
Cam vs Garay oak
Kiichikos vs FeaNiiX
Groudon vs luisotte
Lennart vs Ruft
IoSonoNeon vs Kev
OTAtom vs Insult
termi vs Enzo Gorlami
SacredKunoCV vs Shrug
DezShizzels vs Osh
GW vs umbreon098
everybody vs (HaxxSel vs Pinboim3)
(Louna vs Chokepic) vs McMeghan
ima vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
Duncajuwon vs des121
Sensei Axew vs Mateeus
UltraBallz vs lax
Eric079 vs Davon
Askov vs SANJAY
MZ vs 100%GXE
Huston vs Spl4sh
Zenadark vs snaga
Santu vs jcbc
ivyz vs pattek
Highways vs Feliburn
Golden Warrior vs KarliTheFrenshie
EternalSnowman vs RaJ.Shoot
Anish vs naruto(sage)
barton vs Sacri'
(blarghlfarghl vs PureJules) vs EviGaro
Perishing chatot vs Maki's Fox
Gingy vs s_aman
Skipkan vs ForgottenOnes
halaman95 vs zugubu royale
DEG vs Obstabooze
Luisin vs 5gen
ACR1 vs Lilburr
Meri Berry vs ggopw
Abnxrmal vs ZoroDark
Marshall.Law vs Gasus
Squash17 vs Conor3197
Kushalos vs Maple
Sir Pin vs Dominatio
Bruno de Lucas vs UBERLandon21
Haru vs James2464
Haund vs yovan33321
zben vs Twonk1
Fylkir Pudin vs Conflux
lighthouses vs rdar
RahelGamer03 vs Natan
Bouff vs Sonired
Finding True Love vs Gondra
EnzoLapras vs MJ2020
Axrtix vs Procopius
(Draphirion vs Decem) vs Royal1604
Mysterious M vs London13
soTsoT vs Splash
Expulso vs Zesty43
Ktütverde vs -Niko-
devinn vs Vulpix03
Maxance vs Pepeduce
(Jack In My Box vs Nalorium) vs GhostieNero
Perish Song vs yedla
KlefkiHolder vs Roseybear
zoowi vs Gentle Berserker
LittEleven vs (dice vs Chloe)
Youngster_Bill vs false
jeronipuff vs Hammy
Toy Time King vs Flamita
Riku Sakuraba vs PTF
Entei vs Adaam
Estarossa vs SergioRules
Dreamcatcher vs Nowh
GotCookies vs martha
BulbaBrain vs xSkelly34
MJ vs Stareal
Ajna vs Serene Grace
watashi vs lockjaw
Xiri vs pj
SoulWind vs kythr
2xTheTap vs The LpZ
BIHI vs xtra$hine
byronthewellwell vs MetaRiolu7
PinkDragonTamer vs BYE 1
Sabella vs ggggd
vani vs trace
the pharoah vs zeriloa
frisoeva vs musasa347
PasteurPS vs (keppy vs Quite Quiet)
TopLel TopKek vs Memoric
zioziotrip vs twitch.tv/Bag_of_Trixx
Amaranth vs Reje
Terracotta vs (GuzzlesOwO vs EriDBst)
(Hamhamhamhamham vs Solivagant) vs Arifeen
TSR vs pokeisfun
Lord_Enz vs Cheese5555
Amukamara vs Star
High Impulse vs Elias PSY
scald vs TioDragonite
toytean vs Taskr
Sapientia vs CKW
Hydreigon971 vs Karppi
Malfunction vs ToastedBunzzz02
Loki vs skierdude101
blunty1 vs ProDigeZz
jacob vs Ninjadog
King Billu vs Pohjis
tlenit1 vs Nat
Vaboh vs mahershalalhashbaz
Deadline is Sunday, July 19th at 11:59PM EDT (GMT -4). Extension deadline is Wednesday, July 15 at 10PM EDT (GMT -4).
For round 2 competitors: the PU Post-DLC Viability List and PU Resources thread should be updated for all the most recent shifts and bans (no Rotom-Frost, Orbeetle, Butterrfree, or Kangaskhan!).
For people with extensions: The PU Viability Rankings were last updated pre-DLC and still corrector what is and isn't legal for Round 1.
Good luck to all competitors!
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