The eleventh iteration of the largest LC tournament, and the tour with the most signups in Smogon's history, the LC Open, has begun! A truly ludicrous number of players stands between each of you and victory. 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. POINT VALUES HAVE CHANGED, SEE ADMIN THREAD
- Standard SS LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SS 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.
- 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.
- Please read the Scheduling Guide if you're unsure how to properly schedule for the 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.
Round 4-B
SergioRules vs Stareal
Shou Dui vs PhioneGuy
Nice Succ vs Wail Wailord
rarre vs jonfilch
CelienneileC vs HydreigonTheChild
Ahpel the applin water vs Poek
turkiman1337 vs ToastedBunzzz02
ACNT vs giove97
Rossing vs poke_roco
Softo Ando Wetto vs GW
jonas vs Gallaniel
femboy vs $GMUNNAY$
GBlaze vs afakedugong
Rodigou vs Teytt
Charis_Akins vs Luna's Banned now
Asking Dinossaur vs Amberr
Zetarro vs PerfectFeebas
Danny vs azogue
rubycandy vs kDCA
Nineage vs Drookez
Z Strats vs wontletmeusemyname
Delta4 vs Phobic-Coffe
Cnntstmpthtrmp vs Martinique Jason
halaman95 vs Expulso
Wubben vs Guyoftheego
Bowas vs zolo zoro
Pinecoishot vs Fc
FearOfMonday vs CDW Enrique
kwekj vs Ch1ck3n Nu99ets
Trout In Space vs TobaccoKoko
rytheyan vs Afdvsc
MOHAMEDALL vs Gojirark
Insanity46 vs Aurella
PNW_Bati vs Ronman5
snaga vs kythr
boulicrok vs maroon
Shmoo vs Super eevee
Drifting vs Chrome_
doc1203 vs Quint_
Stecolomaxx vs Eggwaldo
Mimikyu Stardust vs rh3252
rihiro vs search
Floss vs weird tea
golderzoa vs HDF0
Cdijk16 vs Longicaudatus
destroyingpotato vs Snakeberg
NoraTheMediocre vs EruditeFactotum
King Billu vs 5Dots
barton vs chlo
Zombie wan kenobi vs R1CEC4KE
Collette vs Axelsior
tob vs Soleharbor
ACR1 vs Laroxyl
LandlordRemover vs IBM
Marshall.Law vs Greentea570
r4uli vs califlour
jynx112 vs yovan33321
airfare vs Jaamez25
Nait02 vs Welli0u
QEDsoku vs EeveeWillEatYou
mc5303 vs Potatochan
Nultiprise vs personhere
robobo17 vs Jakubowski53
Jon Poopsicle vs Parpar
fnoonan15 vs ML26
Leavers vs CharizardChamp450
JonAmon 25 vs Haunted Dittp
Thicc_Shady vs Spl4sh
EnzoLapras vs Plas
ForgottenOnes vs LettuceLeaf07
Wanony vs MichaelderBeste2
Clouds vs fuzzybunny666
RioGois9 vs nate ios
RZL vs Coconut
leonmachar vs cryststals
Sagisolar vs Thootjuh
Comedier vs Fant'sy Beast
Drud vs Eonito
Sheilwood vs PopyQc
churine vs entini urf
Garay oak vs Goblin
MunchLacks vs Akshajm
murraybones6 vs KSG
Saz 0619 vs Baconater540
nimzowitsch vs Baptosta
xujing691691 vs Vohmu
Pampey vs Kowasabii
Agent_A6 vs Call me PK
LilyAC vs risi
Wellhell vs frisoeva
HaxorusIdk vs Zyra231
Amukamara vs rexbot2
Povfren vs Rhmsitb
Edwyn2 vs SoulWind
Banbadoro vs pinorska
eifo vs PyProd
Deadline: Sunday May 15th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 11th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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