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 3-D
velveanor vs DOOR MONEY
Mathology0 vs 0rre11
oxStr8upGrEeKxo vs TPP
Tenebricite vs Js88Lime
LettuceLeaf07 vs Yashis
Keyternal vs Spl4sh
destroyingpotato vs Peer777
eifo vs UziiTooWavy
Klafutiso vs grizzz
Forger of Days vs ThinkingSceptile
hurricanesheep vs George Bushy
WindowNipples vs jinjaningna
Clorodulce vs nate ios
FlippySpatula vs ShaneDoe
kakashi gamerkid vs HDF0
uhtopl vs charlie-nbee
Merritt vs Federico segu
TobaccoKoko vs Bohrier
Shourya Kumar vs Tails72
palladiumpaladin vs Betnav1288
natu vs Meminger21
Soleharbor vs Blui
Bowas vs Pochebear101
GW vs Corporal Levi
YukiKoyuki vs Drookez
JonnySQ vs Cnntstmpthtrmp
Fallenangelveox vs Ronman5
PokemonFanboys vs Amukamara
Ahpel the applin water vs RochesterRockruffs
Moldworm vs Cryoforce
SpectralThief vs Garay oak
leonmachar vs Niknak841
cryststals vs Aggic
Huston vs Baptosta
Yep c moi vs KingSlayer2004
BlackPrince1330 vs NoraTheMediocre
jumbucker vs JacintoElGrande
Coconut vs Skulltra
RioGois9 vs Baxor_Zein
Drogba In Shenhua vs TDuke83
gorex vs Ryan5374
choboribi vs Goblin
halaman95 vs Random playerr
AprilGames vs Banbadoro
Fantos13 vs ComputerWhiz
Axrtix vs Wellhell
TheFranklin vs Beka
BigFatMantis vs Elfuseon
zglueck vs Duckslikerain
Phantom_Dork vs Pinecoishot
BrutalBjörn vs KM
rh3252 vs TheOneStick
magmajp vs EnzoLapras
Albert von Gerstenlohn vs OverqwilEnjoyer29
LuminousLunatic vs MoodGorning
Cyfix vs Beast Eye
Xilefinator vs search
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Confide
Joebkatt vs Shandeur
Finchinator vs Sheilwood
Mirbro vs LoyaltyKiwi
Mike Cometa vs Hectorcopter66
Magatsu-Claudia vs JaegerJaquezz
xJokesOnYou vs Jordy004
fa500 vs MOHAMEDALL
Lucasthenewcomer vs Nait02
Fiend vs senshidenshi
PanPanPanda534 vs Phobic-Coffe
zoowi vs perfect minun
divyanshu vs Danny
M_Hoopa vs tob
Asurah vs Nineage
Froggy vs Ch1ck3n Nu99ets
PopyQc vs Kaazikin
ijustwantfood vs Krumplin
Check1Two vs Drifting
NHelioX7 vs Shmoo
DeCurry vs freezai
GDFK vs Nintimdo64
Expulso vs TreeBoi691
Leru vs pinorska
Spiderz vs Leavers
jacksterb vs JonAmon 25
SOM/05 vs Nice Succ
aruwu vs neomon
Delta4 vs Imnotyoris
Ideasds vs Z Strats
King Billu vs Tuthur
DuGuo vs Marilink
CSponge vs Luna's Banned now
inclovan vs Note200
HRCassetteTape vs Feaniix
false vs Deepanshuk17
Efernal? vs 5Dots
Frozen_Sherbet vs Simon C4
Bucketeering vs Zenadark
Deadline: Sunday May 8th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 4th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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