Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SM PU.
- 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 as wide a swathe of time 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 nefarious play, 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.
The last 3/8ths of signups were randomized as usual, which means it is possible that you signed up earlier than someone else who is playing while you have a substitute. Since we have a lot of substitutes, make sure to contact your opponents as early as possible so you aren't subbed out. I WILL ALSO BE SUBSTITUTING PEOPLE OUT WHO DO NOT CONTACT THEIR OPPONENTS BY WEDNESDAY
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the PU Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 2- Deadline is July 7th
2xTheTap vs Asuya
Raseri vs SanJl
teal6 vs Rimaxo
LJDarkrai vs (ilesaural vs John1240)
Heysup vs frisoeva
fatty vs Winterains
BKC vs Feliburn
Corporal Levi vs Thiago Nunes
McMeghan vs Poek
Marshall.Law vs AmFarYouGone
Finchinator vs MunchlaxAndChill
ZoroDark vs fran17
dice vs Adaam
vivalospride vs Sabella
Shogarth vs Jrdn
Kingofcrimea vs snaga
MetalGro$$ vs Pepeduce
Kingler12345 vs ShinySkrelps
Ren-chon vs Chaitanya
Star vs Robert Alfons
Haki vs tom holland
Celysi vs Terracotta
Nineage vs Zenadark
Quite Quiet vs Bouff
Megazard vs Mapplle
Unamed vs Accelgor
Ajna vs London13
KratosMana vs GunGunJ
Kink vs Ninjadog13
HT vs Shrug
B@oba vs Emre Mor 9
BK vs Odd Della Robbia
Real FV13 vs OminousDraco
xSkelly34 vs runt
DnB vs Mysterious M
lax vs (Lord Thorx vs Mystic Master)
†Blade† vs Dragonflo
(Sam I Yam vs Tobste) vs Rexus
Realistic Waters vs itsjustdrew
false vs Cdumas
Will-I-am vs (The Thunderbirds vs KW)
Chill Shadow vs boulicrok
(neomon vs Gei) vs pokeisfun
(INSANE CARZY GUY vs Welli0u) vs CBU
ima vs c kai
Zokuru vs liptonic
Groudon vs Kiyo
SergioRules vs Raiza
Spl4sh vs Louna
Manipulative vs pkcc
WMAR vs Pierrick
Gunner Rohan vs Dj Breloominati♬
zben vs Nat
Reje vs Skipkan
Charmflash vs Garay oak
(Hybuyn vs Yggdrasil60) vs Pearl
Osh vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
Serene Grace vs Shiba
Blue YM vs rozes
Zhro vs Paycard
Eternally vs Confide
5FingerMachPunch vs medstudent
Ereshkigal vs YouGotMeLOL
maroon vs Haru
Lycans vs Quaze
Hamhamhamham vs (Sificon vs Sam)
Lopunny Kicks vs Doctor_DraX
Amane Misa vs Silver
zugubu royale vs (Jarii vs xray)
tnt is bad vs Xizaaa
LordST vs Mikaso04
Le Sabreur vs Drookez
megagen10 vs lighthouses
Laz vs Youngster_Bill
Leo vs Hyssou
Santu vs CaCaTuA
PokemonHunter2002 vs Taskr
Corazan vs tazz
Xiri vs Pohjis
KingKdot vs 0NI
Jmash vs tmpfun
King Leo V vs Christo
BeTheShadow vs lightning1870
Bluxio vs HarrisIsAwesome
Jytcampbell vs RedEmption
(kythr vs Ed) vs TDK
Musharnanigans vs WhiteQueen
dahli vs Gochan
Cheese5555 vs Aaronboyer
sagar0027 vs egalvanc
uhuhuhu7 vs DreamScream
sketchy ecchi vs Alkione
Zesty43 vs soTsoT
Tenebricite vs Teddeh
Toadow vs (devinownzzzyall vs The Hallows)
umbreon098 vs zoowi
RevivalCircus vs (jonago vs Pak)
Thyst vs Scizorphobic
Elgino10 vs RaJ.Shoot
le LLiolae vs LLH
gum vs yjh971203
Lord Crucify vs snøfall
Plimsoll Punks vs Horodro
Nowh vs Akashi
Misterioussaint vs SparksBlade
(Ryan37 vs iKiQ) vs (banks vs ShuckleDeath)
Skilpad vs Thimblebony
Action Game vs Flares.
Goat Heart ♥ vs Freeroamer
Fogbound Lake vs Vulpix03
little maths vs Chloe
Squash17 ^_^ vs Akamask
DanDaMan99 vs Staxi
tlenit1 vs Mannat
Sciroccoo vs DurzaOffTopic
Souw vs (BackAtYouBro vs Toxzn)
Drew_ vs Sacri'
PhantomHurious vs Luigi
Drakus04 vs HSA
Lugia_numair vs matthewleiria
AntaresLN vs poh
Hyero vs Gorfield
Starfire06 vs Jeffis
Jack In My Box vs YasuKe
Slyish vs Kebab mlml
Hyuhy vs blunty1
houseofcards vs London Beats
showzen vs naruto(sage)
Deadline is July 7th
Extension Deadline is July 3rd
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