The tenth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open, has begun! Under a year has gone by since Kingler defeated LilyAC in the finals of the ninth LC Open, and the time has come to find a new champion. Many players will enter but only one can come out on top. I wish you all the best of luck!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS LC.
- 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.
this stuff is just the abbreviated version, for the full list of rules for Smogon Tournaments check here
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.
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 are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
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.
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.
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 are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
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 a wide selection of times 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 atrocious behavior, 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 LC Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 1
Misterioussaint vs Lilburr
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Micaiah
Quite Quiet vs Drafeu-kun
GotCookies vs Endill
Yay vs Surfy
Stoked vs giove97
Sciroccoo vs Drookez
Thiago Nunes vs bulufan14
Ajna vs Lyss
SaberTB vs Meru
Fantos13 vs brewfasa
Mygrein vs LilyAC
Eniigma vs DC.
daniYSB vs Raahel
roxiee vs Horny Miltank
Kink vs weird mon
AlolaPersian12 vs lockjaw
Pannuracotta vs Enzonana.
CMDoge vs Bag of Trixx
Skysolo vs Adaam
BagelJohn vs martha
BK vs TectonicDestroyer
Lokifan vs Voltix
little maths vs Alpha Rabbit
K3ppr vs pj
FU SHUN HA vs gali
Albinson vs Aurella
Gray vs Malekith
zS vs Stareal
Nineage vs Corporal Levi
Failures vs Regnite
tlenit vs z0mOG
atomicllamas vs Punny
KarliTheFrenshie vs CDW Enrique
Yves Stone vs fakenagol
Sificon vs Mikaav
Heysup vs Nultiprise
Youngster_Bill vs LeGénoce
Cam vs Laurel
ProDigeZz vs GW
bugzinator vs euFeatured
zeriloa vs SOMALIA
Accelgor vs elodin
Slimetorch vs PureJules
Kebab mlml vs Boat
MetalGro$$ vs So Noisy
Fardin vs Moutemoute
Camden vs Eternal Spirit
nappen vs TheFranklin
QWILY vs grizzz
lighthouses vs London13
Algeria vs Ralyks Steel
Foukrou vs EviGaro
TDK vs Tobste
Osh vs iNasty
Distrib-PS vs MarkitosMdz
KSG vs AzZoCcX
tazz vs PA
CHADESM vs HSOWA
Ampha vs frisoeva
maroon vs Chloe
King Leo V vs Estarossa
tko vs DKM
Skyyxc vs Maki
Felines vs Niko
SANJAY vs lvl100Blaziken
Mindnight vs Spl4sh
bb skarm vs Vulpix03
califlour vs Bluxio
Blimax vs Drogba In Shenhua
Acehunter1 vs Rumor
Ktütverde vs yellowfin
MZ vs Amukamara
TJ vs Raj 00
kjdaas vs naruto(sage)
EternalSnowman vs yedla
Ninjadog vs Mateeus
McSim vs Stecolomaxx
TDW vs Keizxer
Santu vs CathyUwU
PinkDragonTamer vs Ghostricker0197
Ainzcrad vs Souw
MalMoonsault vs false
GuardianZy vs Mysterious M
egalvanc vs Ninjawarrior7778
Kev vs Finchinator
MendeeZ vs berryboo
snaga vs Aliss
PyProd vs Hockey1
MK007 vs ACR1
King Billu vs odr
Roseybear vs Zesty43
Nahomitsoa vs Serene Grace
pigassaultking vs Dwebboi
LatiasPOG vs LpZ
ToastedBunzzz02 vs beatiful
Eeveeto vs Ismail
Collette vs Bouff
dice vs Luthier
Fylkir Pudin vs Corazan
Pope Faith vs Xizaaa
iNoLife vs Maple
Marshall.Law vs jcbc
Vextal vs weakermaker
Chazm vs Grankie
Yggdrasil60 vs Pataozinho
Kipkluif vs Quairo
the pharoah vs KingKdot
trace vs kythr
daunt vs vs zben
JustFranco vs Laroxyl
crucify vs iss
vivalospride vs rss bootcamp
Emlee vs avarice
Crashy vs OCFrey
Trashuny vs Meri Berry
MarcerCyoon vs Andy Skabelund
ara vs fitzy72
damflame 3 vs Pepeduce
Nat vs Fakee
Edstur98 vs Staxi
Sensei Axew vs Aberforth
ojr vs Sharow
Perish Song vs Blui
Rubyblood vs HT
Tachibana vs Wail Wailord
DC vs piitaa22
Yami vs Leo
Kirigakure vs watashi
spanishlines vs Omnnislash
Quaze vs Squash
Lost Soul vs wacki123
Jhonx~ vs natu
Fc vs They Call me Snow Miser
p4P1//0n vs Acselsior13
Royal1604 vs queso
mncmt vs KokenoCastro
Elfuseon vs Fiend
Chaitanya vs devin
collot vs Enzo Gorlami
jm2202 vs vani
Dinesh Raj Gujjula vs cielbakasan
GateKeeper5 vs CBU
Charmflash vs TopLel TopKek
Feaniix vs xtra$hine
Expulso vs Zephyri
Vaboh vs yovan33321
EriDBst vs Jytcampbell
GoldCat vs Merritt
Blite vs Harrisonjersey
dahli vs Baoba
Dlanyer vs DraKeyTT
Void vs ima
Will-I-am vs Maxomega
NHelioX7 vs ilesaural
Toadow vs ThatAlex
Shrug vs BurntZebra
StitChuu vs Alkione
Beraldinhoo vs Sabella
Bushtush vs Feliburn
Fivell vs umbry
KJLX vs termi
Drud vs Highways
Ahmad Alfatih vs Corckscrew
RampageWebber vs Arts and stuff
JabbaTheGriffin vs Decem
TeamCharm vs dunoks
rahul_3301 vs byronthewellwell
Kingler vs STarsAma
melancholy hills vs Quantum Tesseract
risi vs Mr.Bossaru
wzvd vs 7u9i2
Confide vs Star
Raichy vs anime sans
rinnegan418 vs Poek
TDNT vs Blanko
itsjustdrew vs Dragonillis
dashboi vs fran17
yzyszn3 vs EnzoLapras
Astrø vs Coconut
Shiba vs Mike Cometa
alive vs Mikaso04
SoulWind vs gum
Wamr vs Riku Sakuraba
Meta vs miraage
toytean vs ukaaa
ForgottenOnes vs LightScreener
Xiri vs eifo
Dflo vs TMM
Sacri' vs Prof.Otaku
robjr vs Ramolost
Nael222 vs gorex
Please contact your opponent quickly to avoid potentially being subbed out!
Deadline: April 18th 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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