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 3 Extension Deadline: July 17th
Round 3 Deadline: July 21st
(Void vs Yvettee) vs Quint_ - Yvettee = Flamita
FLCL vs Christo
McMeghan vs false
Finchinator vs snaga
(ZoroDark vs SparksBlade) vs Star
Kiyo vs TDK
vivalospride vs KarliTheFrenshie
Raiza vs (Pearl vs Alpha Rabbit)
Yay vs Le Sabreur
silver97 vs Catalystic
Poek vs (Amaroq vs Feliburn)
(xray vs Amane Misa) vs Bebo
dEnIsSsS vs Heaps
r0ady vs Taskr
lax vs Kebab mlml
liptonic vs Cam
Starmei vs Ernestofp13
Pak vs FrozenMan
Jrdn vs GL Volkner
SANJAY vs Corazan
Sabella vs Teddeh
Accelgor vs Xizaaa
Pohjis vs UltraBallz
Hybuyn vs TheJFrenzy
a fruitshop owner vs Freeroamer
Corckscrew vs didi
Serene Grace vs Eternally
Ninjadog13 vs p4P1//0n
PinkDragonTamer vs Adaam
Hamhamhamham vs EternalSnowman
Lopunny Kicks vs MunchlaxAndChill
Finding True Love vs Jytcampbell
(TJ vs Darksafadao) vs Indigo Plateau
Santu vs Twilight
Xiri vs DnB
Gochan vs jake
(Plas vs neomon) vs Celysi
KingKdot vs DurzaOffTopic
martha vs thomas888
Chaitanya vs dahli
(runt vs HJAD) vs OminousDraco
itsjustdrew vs Z+V
Dragonflo vs Kink
Gorfield vs Asuya
Estarossa vs Zesty43
imjustgray vs SoulWind
Flawless Nazgul vs Averardo
Kingofcrimea vs Vulpix03
Round 3 Extension Deadline: July 17th
Round 4 Deadline: July 21st
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