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 3
Cam vs Groza
Yves Stone vs Slip
pppppp vs JeoZ
Mandibuladel5555 vs JustFranco
QuinnXD vs luisin
WMAR vs Star
Javi vs Bouff
elodin vs SirYikes
Sylveon used calm mind vs James and Eevee
Éric vs Enzonana.
Lily vs KneeStealer
KarpeSan vs Kipkluif
JuanSG vs shadow gallade yt
Nick vs Greedy_eb
ArcticBreeze vs dunoks
shadowtime2000 vs BeardedDrakon
Scottie vs PokemonCestDur
Medeia vs BlackKnight_Gawain
jcbc vs RampageWebber
touc vs Acehunter1
swordstrike vs Giannis Antetokommo-o
eifo vs Banbadoro
Drifting vs pdt
Fc vs choicebadkyurem
tko vs Beraldo
Ash KetchumGamer vs Confide
TheFranklin vs Queza
Xiri vs jetou
Luthier vs swag god
Surfy vs Leafium Z
yovan33321 vs Brammi
etern vs MZ
tazz vs zben
Felines vs damien the genius
Lasen vs MichaelderBeste2
TDR vs BigFatMantis
TMM vs Terracotta
sasha vs Eniigma
Valerie vs Blui
Athena's Myth vs NotJackewu
Ninja vs HSOWA
Irene-2002 vs ShinyAlolamola
ninjadog vs Finchinator
Raichy vs califlour
Nat vs Hockey1
reggg vs DugZa
Malekith vs Monai
Stecolomaxx vs BaddyGames
Chococroc vs gorex
PigWarrior19 vs Oscarx90
Incognito Style vs Liurnian Shaymin
crying vs Togkey
Real FV13 vs Hacker
Flou vs Rakfnaanto
fish anemometer vs Mihowk
Azluc On Top vs skimmythegod
Huargensy vs kythr
WinterSnom vs Shiba
memedose46 vs Rasche
Laroxyl vs Greentea570
Morbius Z vs Baloor
yellowfin vs zS
LpZ vs Glial
Dabman1069 vs Lady Salamence
Deadline: Sunday May 28th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 24th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
REPLAYS ARE REQUIRED TO BE POSTED IN YOUR WINPOST. NO REPLAY MEANS THE GAME DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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