- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard ORAS UU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- ALL REPLAYS SHOULD BE SAVED AND POSTED ALONGSIDE YOUR WON/LOST POST.
- ORAS cartridge win conditions are in place, there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
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. I am going to be ludicrously strict about activity.
- 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.
BKC vs pokeisfun
Lolk vs (Guilas D vs Snowy.)
(Yifeng vs Hikari) vs Pillow Wisp
Feliburn vs CBU
Euphonos vs North
Eo Ut Mortus vs rozes
Megazard vs TSR
Zamrock vs Christo.
nightcore vs omastar
rob. vs MONNA LUSA
dodmen vs Adaam
Reje vs Syncrasy
Eyan vs TUO
FlamingVictini vs Jordn
Welli0u vs NaCl
PDC vs Lorda Floterchai
Stallion vs (cryalot vs knickerbocker13)
(Pepeduce vs amber lamps) vs Shadestep
Kingler12345 vs Rumor
Silverwhiteblue vs Confide
(Kushalos vs Aberforth) vs Sam I Yam
Donny P vs Hec
(Karppi vs AD impish john) vs Pearl
HSA vs AM
Improbable vs Nintendi
obii vs blunder
ggggd vs trash
sugarhigh vs warzoid
RowDog vs trollface.jpg
Lcans vs FLCL
-Tsunami- vs dingbat
Updated Kanto vs Skyford
Sacri' vs (Cubonesmother vs Akashi)
blinkboy vs Rattled Snakes
Advantage vs (badabing vs Chamaeleon)
Scythe. vs Malin
ZoroDark vs Fiend
cloudysora vs Killintime
naruto(sage) vs Wings of Night
Level 56 vs King Wynaut
(Calloflochie vs RedEmptionMc) vs Leru
Dark G vs Mazz
benbe vs Mambo
Vai Lusa vs Hyssou
Double01 vs chimpact
PokeTCG gamer1288 vs Manipulative
Ryoma Nagare vs Le Sabreur
Bushtush vs Asukara
Fireburn vs King UU
Wind Ice vs CyberOdin
Whisudi vs WhiteQueen
Vinc2612 vs HJAD
Mr.378 vs marilli
The Hallows vs Bhris Brown
RedMaxx vs passion
Nails vs lighthouses
Lacus Clyne vs Terraquaza
Arkian vs Ice Tea
Kaboom vs (Animus Majulous vs Ren-chon)
Sabella vs Scotti
Sae Sae vs Teddeh
Rodriblutar vs Freeroamer
Ciele vs (SOMALIA vs Thatwackycruton)
DennisEG vs ~Eternally
The deadline for this round is August 7, 11:59 PM AUET (GMT+10)
Salamence is BANNED from this round forward
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