Welcome to the eighth iteration of UU Open, hosted by I, big papi! After edi0n got the better of the awesome Harris, we're now back for more thrilling SM UU action in order to decide who will be crowned this year's UU open champion! Whether you're a veteran with something to prove or a newbie looking for your first break, may the RNG gods bless you on your journey!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SM UU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SM 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!
Round 2 Extension Deadline: July 10th
Round 3 Deadline: July 14th
Espeonage vs Le Sabreur
HSA vs Ninjadog13
Void vs Yvettee
fatty vs Sabella
Pearl vs Alpha Rabbit
McMeghan vs Pyroshi02
jake vs Mannat
(ZoroDark vs ssunbae) vs SparksBlade
ILoveMilk vs GL Volkner
Vulpix03 vs anzu42
TheJFrenzy vs TectonicDestroyer
(elodin vs Star) vs (Mirbro vs Ren-chon)
King of Random vs dEnIsSsS
Raiza vs Luthier
Kingofcrimea vs Raichy
TDK vs rylon
Robert Alfons vs Bebo
Z+V vs Adam the First
Yay vs Sacri'
silver97 vs Luigi
(Indigo Plateau vs Roseybear) vs Realistic Waters
Kink vs PrinceOfAllTacos
EternalSnowman vs (Jacobikko vs WailJesus)
Analytic vs Flawless Nazgul
Poek vs DugZa
xray vs Amane Misa
Senpai D.M vs thomas888
Freeroamer vs GotCookies
Quint_ vs LightScreener
r0ady vs Shadowmonstr4
liptonic vs Fogbound Lake
Jrdn vs PunkPalkia
SANJAY vs Ed
OminousDraco vs BelmontGabriel
Will-I-am vs Kiyo
Adaam vs skysolo14
Taskr vs HT
sand1234 vs FLCL
MJ vs PinkDragonTamer
Spl4sh vs Accelgor
Bhris Brown vs UltraBallz
a fruitshop owner vs Dr Nibs
Staxi vs Celysi
Corckscrew vs Jarii
(Watchog vs Diophantine) vs Pohjis
Euglena vs Hybuyn
Mikaav vs (false vs obii)
didi vs RCred403
Amaroq vs Feliburn
maroon vs Lopunny Kicks
Count Riario vs Gorfield
(Hamhamhamham vs lightning1870) vs Elgino10
Catalystic vs faded love
Flares. vs Xizaaa
Jaajgko vs KarliTheFrenshie
(TJ vs Forblaze) vs Darksafadao
Twilight vs Smallsmallrose
Corazan vs Thisbemyalt
(So Noisy vs TUO) vs SoulWind
Gochan vs Hurtadoo
Plas vs neomon
DurzaOffTopic vs ithrowrocksatkids
KingKdot vs le LLiolae
Liemaster vs imjustgray
Ganso vs snaga
boulicrok vs Finding True Love
martha vs esche
dahli vs alive
Chaitanya vs (Groudon vs Oro e Diamanti)
romanox payer vs Kebab mlml
AquaFinity vs MunchlaxAndChill
(runt vs Whis) vs (Monz vs HJAD)
Averardo vs Nevve
Zesty43 vs Alumn
Tenebricite vs Pak
itsjustdrew vs The agency
(RacsoZeta vs Shaad Skyel) vs Cam
YasuKe vs vivalospride
hariyana grande vs Xiri
Dragonflo vs (Zarakro vs double switches)
Quartosa vs Teddeh
Mike Cometa vs (DnB vs Lugia Proto)
Souw vs Starmei
Estarossa vs Quite Quiet
(MetaRiolu7 vs Emeri) vs Finchinator
Drakus04 vs Christo
gilftl308 vs Asuya
Roginald vs (FrozenMan vs DonSalvatore)
Heaps vs Lord Iroh
Hyero vs Serene Grace
Starfire06 vs Ernestofp13
LuluDzn vs Eternally
(Yomii vs lax) vs ORAS-Mega
Lucariobai vs Jytcampbell
p4P1//0n vs cielbakasan
Plimsoll Punks vs Santu
Round 2 Extension Deadline: July 10th
Round 3 Deadline: July 14th
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