Welcome to the tenth iteration of UU Open, hosted by Lilburr! Whether you're a veteran with something to prove or a newbie looking for your breakout, I wish you the best of luck.
- 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!
Dflo vs Void
Chaitanya vs Xiri
ToastedBunzzz02 vs BigFatMantis
kythr vs BK
elodin vs Saurav the great
Bullfrogkid vs Algeria
Luirromen vs HT
iNoLife vs Highways
Mr.Bossaru vs Estarossa
OnArceus vs Laurel
Santu vs HaxxLR
LNumbers vs egalvanc
watashi vs Poek
ojr vs Sificon
TSR vs crucify
Aliss vs umbry
maroon vs Expulso
Fc vs Lilburr
Zephyri vs Enzo Gorlami
Regnite vs Mysterious M
Meru vs Roseybear
FU SHUN HA vs SiTuM
Xizaaa vs Luthier
miraage vs Amukamara
NHelioX7 vs Malekith
pigassaultking vs odr
Winterains vs Ren-chon
Wamr vs Misterioussaint
z0mOG vs vs LpZ
D2quan vs termi
toytean vs Felines
dahli vs MatLaTomate
hs vs Niko
Bouff vs Marshall.Law
bulufan14 vs Vulpix03
Dlanyer vs Eeveeto
AzZoCcX vs Raahel
Kirigakure vs Nahomitsoa
Draphirion vs pichus
avarice vs laevin
Cam vs Maxomega
Bread Sandwich vs Leo
DKM vs Guille14
Acselsior13 vs Beraldinhoo
467 11 11p vs Feliburn
Eternal Spirit vs PureJules
zio vs Kink
Raichy vs LBDC
Mateeus vs CBU
Punny vs ProDigeZz
Accelgor vs brewfasa
Adaam vs SANJAY
Decem vs PandaDoux
fakenagol vs lolebruh
Ajna vs TeamCharm
JabbaTheGriffin vs gum
McSim vs Freeroamer
spanishlines vs Royal1604
Riku Sakuraba vs devin
snaga vs Micaiah
Skipkan vs Stareal
Osh vs Sacri'
TDK vs martha
rinnegan418 vs SoulWind
Pairings were generated at https://www.smogon.com/bracketmaker/view/4397/.
The deadline for Round 2 is Sunday, April 18th, at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT -4).
Extension deadline is Wednesday, April 14th, at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4).
If any pairings are wrong/any other errors were made please alert me ASAP.
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