Welcome to the eighth iteration of the largest NU tournament, the NU Open! Almost a year has passed since up-and-comer Osh won the NU Open over stunning fashion over previous champion Pohjis and fellow up-and-comer Sjneider. It's now finally time to crown a new champion in the realm of Incineroar. Whether you're a veteran or a newcomer, I wish you the best of luck!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SM NU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SM 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 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 NU Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Round 2
Pearl vs false
SoulWind vs Yoshi
SPACE FORCE meeps vs neomon
jake vs Many
Finchinator vs (Energy vs
Kiyo vs MJ - activity
TheJFrenzy vs McMeghan
Mannat vs rozes
Kingofcrimea vs xujing691691
Afro Smash vs YasuKe
Kushalos vs snøfall
TDK vs Souw
Ren-chon vs UltraBallz
Celysi vs Icequake
Nineage vs Kebab mlml
Luigi vs Insult
byronthewellwell vs LJDarkrai
Unamed vs Rabia
rssp1 vs eifo
(Bostonl1 vs
Arifeen vs Umbra Soul
Aaronboyer vs yovan33321 - extension
Natural Talent vs FLCL
tko vs Chaitanya
faded love vs Ryan37 - extension
DreamScream vs (
Cam vs Skelos
Sabella vs All-Star Lineup - extension
Jarii vs DKM
snaga vs liptonic
Chill Shadow vs
Adaam vs banks
Taskr vs Hurtadoo
Shadestep vs runt - activity
0NI vs Slyish
Bhris Brown vs lvl100Blaziken
obii vs Frrf
TSR vs Action Game
Accelgor vs ima
Pohjis vs
Reje vs tlenit1 - extension
RedEmption vs EviGaro
Osh vs Mellow
Mysterious M vs Mr.Bossaru
Staxi vs boulicrok
Nat vs voltix31
H.M.N.I.P vs Poek
Serene Grace vs HaxxSel
Pepeduce vs TacticalFacepalms
Zhro vs Roginald
lightning1870 vs thomas888
Eternally vs Dlanyer
Euglena vs Z+V
poh vs Dragonflo
didi vs Lord Death Man
Moutemoute vs Wabane
Twixtry vs Davon
Ninjadog13 vs pokeisfun
maroon vs King Leo V
Vulpix03 vs zugubu royale
Count Riario vs ilesaural - extension
Hamhamhamham vs Bruno de Lucas - activity
Lopunny Kicks vs BelmontGabriel
WPBeartic vs xImRaptor
Descending vs Realistic Waters
Amane Misa vs Kingler12345
Kev vs Santu
Le Sabreur vs Thisbemyalt
Laz vs WMAR - activity
The Hallows vs OminousDraco
Paycard vs SANJAY
Corazan vs Tenebricite
Yggdrasil60 vs umbreon098
Gochan vs Ursarox
Winterains vs Gunner Rohan
(DurzaOffTopic vs
Rexus vs
WhiteFerret21 vs Yay
UBERLandon21 vs King of Random - extension
(Jytcampbell vs
yeezyknows vs Charmflash
Lugia Proto vs blarghlfarghl
ILoveMilk vs Void
nishikino kotori vs Lennart - activity
MunchlaxAndChill vs SilvioGuacamole - activity
Averardo vs shinxF4N
Alpha Rabbit vs Ajna
Jeffis vs c kai - activity
Toadow vs Kink
London13 vs HT
le LLiolae vs LordST - flip
Oro e Diamanti vs naruto(sage)
(Lord Crucify vs
Youngster_Bill vs Lord Ninjax
Royal1604 vs HSA
(Misterioussaint vs
rylon vs Megazard - activity
Slide vs
Fogbound Lake vs Corckscrew
BackAtYouBro vs zben
Excal vs frisoeva
KarliTheFrenshie vs HANTSUKI
Hockey1 vs quziel - extension
agenS vs Chokepic
Estarossa vs
DustlessPage vs lax
Batt' vs (
Raining Inside vs tom holland
Hyero vs Pak
LightScreener vs Garay oak
Flawless Nazgul vs Abejas
Acselsior13 vs (trace vs
Horodro vs Drookez
Lucariobai vs kythr
Endill vs Sam - flip
LemonArc vs Jack In My Box - activity
FeaNiiX vs Jrdn
Tindorr vs BulbaBrain - activity
mitchdahomeboy31 vs EriDBst
pigassaultking vs StepC - activity
DEADLINE FOR ROUND 2 IS JULY 14TH, 10:59 PM GMT -4
Deadline for extensions is July 10th, 10:59 PM GMT-4
Good luck to all competitors!
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