Welcome to the first round of the RU Open! Everyone's favorite tier with which to watch your opponent crumble before you with power of your mighty Nidoqueen. May all of your Fire Blasts burn and your Thunderbolts paralyze!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard BW2 RU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the RU 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.*
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
Participants:
Players were selected based on a 62.5% first come first serve and 37.5% randomized basis.
Pairings
ShakeItUp vs B-Lulz
complete legitimacy vs Novaray
Nelson-X vs HSA
LuckOverSkill vs Chieliee
cescken vs Shining Latios
mien vs Espo
Oligopoly vs Pocket
blaaz vs Bigblue
Brotom vs Asuya.
Funkasaurus vs MMF
Upstart vs august
Giga Punch vs undisputed
NidokingKing vs kd24
TalkingLion vs DarkLoïc
reachzero vs Quantum Mechanics
TheMexican vs N8thePWNr
TheBestOfThemAll vs kuja20
JLance vs mostwanted
McMeghan vs dholt12
Hill vs Bloo
emirinho vs Pesadilla
sandshrewz vs Ignis
Tiffanyy vs Django
Z-rex vs Asterat
Explorer vs Arc Tech
AlphaJolt vs wilson46
locopoke vs CheezitKing
xtrashine vs srk1214
Stone_Cold vs Omicron
papai noel vs Kuba1602
Andeby vs Cherub Agent
Jellicent vs CrashinBoomBang
Perche No Fai vs Blue_Blur
Demist vs Ningildo
Rydro vs Malekith
Bad Romance vs Gone to the beach
Orichalcos Owl vs barry4ever
Ashley11 vs -Green-
MikeDecIsHere vs Raseri
Kiyo vs DetroitLolcat
SuperMango vs Double01
SilentVerse vs SethZiBritannia
Ciele vs Zebraiken
Level 51 vs reyscarface
TheBaron vs Pkrs
MankeyTamer vs dragonuser
Texas Cloverleaf vs Steven Snype
LonelyNess vs Rockhp31
HGI vs A l e x a n d e r
The Immortal vs FelixMinamimoto
Dr Ciel vs FLCL
Seafunks vs BattleStar
Philip7086 vs Hot N Cold
CTI vs Dark_Psiana
.Robert vs Annoyer
King of Random vs SoulWind
Froggy vs DestinyUnknown
BKC vs Lunar.
Foster vs Ordile
The Hitman vs -Manu-
Eo Ut Mortus vs DrMohammadLi
DC. vs Jets
Nexuz vs Pedrock
Brap vs ThatsMyLatios
fatty vs Master of the Six Kings
viashinomage vs Aqualouis
Dracule Mihawk vs PryorConvictions
Heist vs H-C
Vinc2612 vs Xx Coren37
Tobes vs Tyranitarphantom
Jcpdragonx vs Amell
Hantsuki vs Alice
Jackkkkkkk3 vs Chase
breh vs zorbees
Thatsjustpeachy vs Hangover
askaninjask vs MarceloDK
Friar vs AuraRayquaza
Mew vs JabbaTheGriffin
Kennen vs Lavos Spawn
Colchonero vs llvallejoll
Seco453 vs DittoCrow
Dark Death vs TV-Rocka
IceCarAdler vs Rotom-Cut
Fiction. vs Expert Physics
-PkmTrainerBlue- vs Incon
Ginku vs Twannes
Living Things vs franky
idiotfrommars vs PsYch071c
Smurf. vs mfhoundoom
Cristal vs WhiteQueen
MOET vs ThisMysteriousGuy
shnen vs R7Rules
kokoloko vs RBG
T-Dogg vs blarajan
Cicada vs Lady Bug
Folgorio vs Private
Deadline is 11 days from this post, August 13th. This is a strict deadline in order to get the ball rolling on Ubers. I will be making subs within 6 days if there is no contact between opponents. Subs will be given to the first users to sign up who were not given a spot, so please don't post in this topic signing up as a sub.
*Note: If you're uncomfortable playing on Pokemon Showdown, matches can be played on Pokemon Online v2, which has also updated to BW2.
Thanks to Zracknel for contributing the artwork for the tournament!
