Welcome to the twelfth iteration of the NU Open, hosted by Kris! Almost a year has passed since Luthier emerged victorious over Star to close out a thrilling tournament. Who will win this year? Let's find out!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SV NU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SV 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.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 1
AtraX Madara vs zben
Clouds vs Hacker
Azluc On Top vs I_Am_Wrenellen
Jamez vs Good Time Kagura
sasha vs Mercupty
So Noisy vs skierdude101
MYSWEEPERISSHUCKLE vs Chef_Santus
Shmur vs Arcanoaju8
Cicada vs Ara
UzumakiFox vs Luck O' the Irish
Fraise vs BrunnoGreen
JayT64 vs Finchinator
Antares vs Magikarp_Is_AG
KingKrash78 vs coolio1223
RampageWebber vs Cielau
Corperate n vs Fant'sy Beast
Xiri vs egalvanc
DeCurry vs Smowke87
avarice vs KneeStealer
BigFatMantis vs Chaitanya
Scottie vs hexjob
Jhinsoul vs jetou
tausifur vs Oathkeeper
Raahel vs Togkey
Wearth vs TPP
Ash KetchumGamer vs GW
Sificon vs Drookez
JJ09LIE vs DugZa
Lucario vs swordstrike
ignisterQ vs lolebruh
RainVGC vs Mashing
TDR vs Rex Slayer
giove97 vs superkamo
Quartosa vs Aqua Jet
JaimeTob11 vs Fluore
Weredude08 vs xSkelly34
Raiza vs elodin
damien the genius vs Ampha
ImDoneThrowing vs Banbadoro
WMAR vs Medeia
Huargensy vs Eledyr
Undefeated Alt vs Danny
zS vs Tuthur
MassiveDestruction vs Sylvi
Fathiryxi vs Ashbala
dunoks vs Deathbang
Dragon246 vs sensei axew
Magician vs Nyx
grebil vs Pakawaka
691 vs EnderSp
Confide vs Pokeslice
Shaneghoul vs memedose46
Sylveon used calm mind vs z0mOG
Sleeby vs Astoria
StepC vs Federico segu
Fantos13 vs Éric
TerrorFang vs Feliburn
Felines vs Axelsior
Groza vs Cam
Realistic Waters vs Kaboom
Micciu vs skimmythegod
freezai vs Indi01
Lily vs Cloakus Pokus
Frixel vs Aberforth
flogins vs aiyalexei
tlenit vs shadowtime2000
Drifting vs rubycandy
adriDACTED vs Annihilape
Enzonana. vs fatBatman
Slip vs Javi
5Dots vs choicebadkyurem
touc vs DaPokeFruit
hjj no vs Zenadark
Wilfry 95 vs Nael222
Silver Jay#2240 vs CertifiedAspenTree
JacintoElGrande vs snaga
eifo vs Clementine
DooBliss vs Lasen
ZoroDark vs le LLiolae
Takatk vs OffbrandE
velvet vs Fc
Athena's Myth vs PigWarrior19
MTB vs plznostep
Phantomistix vs Evil_Goose
robjr vs Jo3y49
Punny vs Spellcaster
Froggy vs ninjadog
nell_bells vs etern
Realblazing vs Real FV13
Ron vs Garay oak
Fooshi vs bydy
TeamDarkSlide vs Guille
Beraldo vs Persona111
Desty Westy vs Pirlo20
TMM vs Mandibuladel5555
shiloh vs Tenebricite
El_Seco_0 vs Feaniix
GXE vs bongo_666
grishaqq vs Dabman1069
rom1x38 vs Skarph
fade vs Giannis Antetokommo-o
ProDigeZz vs kriegueur
Luthier vs Nat
Scottishcowaz vs Lady Salamence
Irene-2002 vs Phantom0rion
yovan33321 vs Meri Berry
Sebe vs Sirwings
Vulpix03 vs RaJ.Shoot
oOBadKarmaOo vs Mysterious M
Floss vs Shiba
Souw vs Mr.Bossaru
Elias PSY vs Gasz
Luku6 vs SpaceSpeakers
Staxi vs Malekith
ukaaa vs LpZ
championjojo vs Razorgliscor
BritishC vs Raichy
CucumberMayo vs OranBerryBlissey10
JustFranco vs wesh papillon
kDCA vs boris69
Ac1D_13 vs teal6
yogo896 vs SkyValour
JayKist vs Chococroc
Mihowk vs Star
Aurella vs 4vworkshop
YasuKe vs gum
Ax443 vs SpaceCP
Kev vs MichaelderBeste2
AquaticCarlie vs NoahDeKnight
KSr vs kythr
MANNAT vs cicepece11
NastyCereal vs Gene Sp
Hybuyn vs IamUnwell0814
Rcook vs phantomclaw8888
maroon vs Clorodulce
MrSoup vs bb skarm
Xyldaz vs Yves Stone
TyCarter vs John1240
EternalSnowman vs Arcanine1929
Flipper1 vs BaddyGames
Leru vs Bogging
EviGaro vs King Billu
false vs Concept Everything
skinnyrainbow11 vs VigilanteVigoroth
Tal0 vs Blue YM
Fragments vs mncmt
Inder vs Brammi
Prawgen vs mj
RichardMillePlain vs Miche
gorex vs weird mon
outbackrabbit vs Bouff
luisin vs Mimic_Sketch
kjetilx vs Polaris711
crying vs SoulWind
Liz Angeles vs Fusien
Hungarian_Bear vs Surfy
biaj vs sparks bloom
Cao Jie vs Crispy Baguette
Latias vs NHelioX7
Aikotoba vs KJ Corp
TJMufasa002 vs Elfuseon
Luispeikou vs TeamCharm
Kingler vs w1n5ton lite
TLTK vs Bye 1
Landino6540 vs QuinnXD
jackuzzler vs Bye 3
jcbc vs Bye 4
roxie vs Mike Cometa
Chloe vs Trogba Trogba
Booty vs Zephyri
ShinyAlolamola vs Bye 8
Baloor vs Meru
pdt vs Bye 10
TL The Legend vs Bye 11
jus vs Trosko
Bewarethebewear vs tko
theelkspeaks vs Bye 14
dex vs jeza.p
DAHLI vs Laurel
PolloAriosto vs Bye 17
ibouv vs Bye 18
Nezloe vs Bye 19
Dj Breloominati♬ vs Bye 20
Eeveeto vs Bye 21
Alpha1013 vs Noxey
TheFranklin vs Rasche
lavarina vs Bye 24
P4bl00 vs Bye 25
poh vs Ninja
Alexander IV vs Bye 27
megasalappo vs Bye 28
Rasmuth vs Bye 29
Deadline: Sunday, May 21st at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4).
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