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Welcome to the first edition of the ZU Open! ZU, or Zero Used, is the newest official Other Meta and is the unofficial tier below PU. The idea of a new Smogon tier has been entertained since XY, when it was still named FU, and this tier is a continuation of the same format. Following standard tiering, ZU is a competitive equivalent to the tiers above it. And now for the rules:
Tournament Specific Rules:
Standard Clauses:
HJAD vs. Quantum Tesseract
There is no deadline, but try to get done as soon as possible.
We're finally to this moment: the Finals of our first ever ZU Open!
I'm so very proud of both of you for making it this far. Best of Luck you two!
Check out the ZU Discord Channel HERE and Check out the ZU PS! Room HERE
Welcome to the first edition of the ZU Open! ZU, or Zero Used, is the newest official Other Meta and is the unofficial tier below PU. The idea of a new Smogon tier has been entertained since XY, when it was still named FU, and this tier is a continuation of the same format. Following standard tiering, ZU is a competitive equivalent to the tiers above it. And now for the rules:
Tournament Specific Rules:
- The ZU Open is Single Elimination.
- Players will play a best of three series of USUM ZU each round. (Matches will be played in the PU format)
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown either the main server or through Smogtours.
- To encourage the development of the metagame, all replays must be posted. Privately PMing replays is not sufficient.
- If a certain Pokemon is banned after a round is posted, it will remain unbanned for the remainder of the round. Vice versa, if a Pokemon drops after a round is posted, that Pokemon cannot be used until the following round.
- Every round, I may choose several games as the Highlight Matches.
- The winner of this tournament will have their name featured in the ZU Room Banner on Pokemon Showdown
- Most importantly, have fun!
- Here are some links to ZU resources:
Standard Clauses:
- Sleep Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
- Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokemon
- OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
- Moody Clause: Moody is banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion Moves are banned
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- HP Percentage Mod: HP is shown in percentages
HJAD vs. Quantum Tesseract
There is no deadline, but try to get done as soon as possible.
We're finally to this moment: the Finals of our first ever ZU Open!
I'm so very proud of both of you for making it this far. Best of Luck you two!
Check out the ZU Discord Channel HERE and Check out the ZU PS! Room HERE
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