The twelfth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open, has begun! Last year the eleventh LC Open shattered records with over 2500 participants before being won by freezai, but the time has come to find a new champion. Many players will enter (probably less than last year though) but only one will 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 SV LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server as this will automatically save replays for you.
- SV 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.
You will be required to post your replays in your winpost starting in Round 2 of this tournament!
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 2
DIGLETT IS BANNED FOR THIS ROUND
tko vs bydy
shiloh vs Brammi
JustFranco vs grape tylenol
z0mOG vs Medeia
avarice vs Giannis Antetokommo-o
Shiba vs Ax443
Cam vs seroo
gorex vs Skarph
Simonn vs pppppp
noobiste vs shadow gallade yt
NotJackewu vs Axelsior
fish anemometer vs GW
Hybuyn vs Scottie
Hiro' vs Glial
Splash vs shadowtime2000
Quartosa vs pdt
trace vs Terracotta
TDR vs Uta The Clown
Stecolomaxx vs lax
Dj Breloominati♬ vs ArcticBreeze
haxlolo vs Eniigma
Acehunter1 vs weird mon
Felines vs MuffinMelody
MrSoup vs Laroxyl
Incognito Style vs lolebruh
tazz vs rarre
jetou vs Luispeikou
So Noisy vs BeardedDrakon
Monai vs Msousagamer
Taka vs Chococroc
Exi0022 vs Valerie
Chaitanya vs touc
HSOWA vs NHelioX7
fatBatman vs califlour
Shaneghoul vs Rasche
Xyldaz vs KneeStealer
Greedy_eb vs stainedMorph!
Lily vs angelthesaucegod
Greentea570 vs Cielau
Ash KetchumGamer vs Supergum
GasaiYunoSan vs JeoZ
Star vs RaJ.Shoot
Huargensy vs Rcook
TheFranklin vs Ibby
Baloor vs Michael213
Rakfnaanto vs namyac
Clorodulce vs JuanSG
Nezloe vs QuinnXD
TidalWavve vs Banbadoro
EternalSnowman vs crying
Kipkluif vs egalvanc
Baconater540 vs eifo
PokemonCestDur vs Nael222
Finchinator vs Pirlo20
RampageWebber vs Mr.mudkip
Tack vs Hockey1
Raichy vs ima
Ninja vs Knight Sky
Fc vs TLTK
Micciu vs TMM
luisin vs fade
glowbrogang vs Groza
Lady Salamence vs Great Sage Equal to Kevin
Spellcaster vs Hacker
Hungarian_Bear vs Leafium Z
Bouff vs Petele
Morbius Z vs Raiza
Queza vs teal6
DugZa vs Some Thug
maroon vs Confide
Adminlovee vs ShinyAlolamola
Inder vs Nick
Slip vs Nineveh
reggg vs MOHAMEDALL
WMAR vs Magician
aleaniled vs zS
Beraldo vs ZoroDark
Charis_Akins vs BigFatMantis
skimmythegod vs Raahel
Part vs sasha
lavarina vs Azluc On Top
wesh papillon vs Javi
Rem2y vs Sylveon used calm mind
seawardcargo195 vs yovan33321
Niko vs SirYikes
Links vs Blui
Togkey vs Reuben_Thomas05
AlyssaVGC vs swordstrike
yellowfin vs RoiDadadou
w1n5ton lite vs PigWarrior19
dunoks vs Clouds
Nat vs Aqua Jet
Guille vs Enzonana.
GXE vs Luthier
Real FV13 vs Gene Sp
MichaelderBeste2 vs Eledyr
freezai vs Dabman1069
Malekith vs Fluore
Cao Jie vs Éric
swag god vs Chloe
memedose46 vs Heysup
B1Kharma vs Mihowk
BaddyGames vs sensei axew
Nultiprise vs etern
IamUnwell0814 vs WinterSnom
giove97 vs KarpeSan
Leru vs elodin
Ashbala vs Oscarx90
Liurnian Shaymin vs robjr
jcbc vs HanPyol
Drifting vs Keev
James and Eevee vs Mister Magnus
choicebadkyurem vs Mysterious M
Divine10 vs Yves Stone
Elfuseon vs ninjadog
IcySpirits vs damien the genius
Corperate n vs Surfy
Clementine vs Irene-2002
Lasen vs Ara
Voltix vs kythr
blinkboy vs MZ
Flou vs Fant'sy Beast
Xiri vs kDCA
Athena's Myth vs SoulWind
Mr.Bossaru vs LpZ
DAHLI vs BlackKnight_Gawain
TheShoddyStrawman vs zben
Aurella vs Mandibuladel5555
Deadline: Sunday May 21st, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
DIGLETT IS BANNED FOR THIS ROUND
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED TO BE POSTED IN YOUR WINPOST. NO REPLAY MEANS THE GAME DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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