Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS UU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- 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 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.
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the UU Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
The deadline for extended matches from Round 2 is Thursday, July 9th, at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4).
blarghlfarghl vs snaga
Amukamara vs Maxomega
Adaam vs watashi
Serpi vs Corckscrew
Pohjis vs Energy
HJAD vs xDanyul
Sacri' vs MetaRiolu7
termi vs Haru
Averardo vs Ahmad Alfatih
Kushalos vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
ToastedBunzzz02 vs GOAO
Joya vs Luirromen
TectonicDestroyer vs Finchinator
Hammy vs the pharoah
pokeisfun vs Highways
hs vs London13
Garay oak vs Dodorik
Eeveeto vs ProDigeZz
zben vs dahli
D2TheW vs Vaboh
Cam vs Lopunny Kicks
Djokra vs DugZa
CKW vs Draphirion
HSA vs xray
Santu vs ToadNorton
Socrates1O1 vs fitzy72
Anish vs Youngster_Bill
TopLel TopKek vs UltraBallz
Royal1604 vs Lilburr
KSt3ve vs Hiro'
monchooo vs Blue YM
Ampha vs KlefkiHolder
SANJAY vs EternalSnowman
SuperMarioPoke vs Wigglytuff
LittEleven vs Bouff
TJ vs Hockey1
Marshall.Law vs CBU
banks vs Solivagant
Oibaf vs Wanka
SoulWind vs Dragon Claw
eifo vs Ah coup d'etat
jeronipuff vs tlenit1
EpicBoost vs bugzinator
Toadow vs lighthouses
Viduf vs Indigo Plateau
Luigi vs Waylaid
poh vs KingKdot
Mysterious M vs Nat
Dflo vs Xizaaa
toinha vs Dominatio
MZ vs TSR
Cheese5555 vs Malekith
kythr vs Star
High Impulse vs McMeghan
TheFranklin vs TaxiCab
PasteurPS vs robjr
TMM vs Gondra
Pepeduce vs vivalospride
Pikachu090 vs KingSky
James2464 vs Daiyaga
Mazinger vs Nineage
Vulpix03 vs pattek
ZoroDark vs Ajna
Askov vs Kiichikos
Pairings were generated at https://www.smogon.com/bracketmaker/view/2730/.
The deadline for Round 3 is Sunday, July 12th, at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT -4).
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