Welcome to the fourth iteration of the largest PU tournament, the PU Open! Last open was a wild ride through a constantly changing, DLC-impacted metagame but now we're calling all hopefuls to see who can take home the gold in a more stable version of slam's lowest tier. Still, I'd be remiss not to remind entrants that PU is looking to have some large changes between signups and round 1 with April's shifts right around the corner. Good luck to all competitors!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS PU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SS 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
PandaDoux vs frisoeva
Void vs maroon
Finchinator vs Paraguay_Stronk
Aberforth vs LpZ
SoulWind vs 7u9i2
Perry vs yedla
Stoked vs Expulso
Skysolo vs Landon
Lambovino vs So Noisy
GW vs Turtledoggo21
SergioRules vs Ajna
Nahomitsoa vs Fiend
Pepeduce vs Aliss
Baoba vs HJAD
Taskr vs e~t~h~e~y
vivalospride vs WSun1
Kirigakure vs beatiful
Ktütverde vs little maths
false vs Misterioussaint
Rumor vs LordST
LightScreener vs Corazan
atomicllamas vs ctproonie217
tko vs Magnemite
Archiiiie17 vs Potatozq
dunoks vs ambipom unviable
Prof.Otaku vs StitChuu
ojr vs watashi
E6R vs Wamr
Xizaaa vs avarice
dice vs Adaam
Akir vs xtra$hine
Feaniix vs Serene Grace
Sabella vs CBU
Charmflash vs roxiee
Marshall.Law vs vani
BK vs HyperFlux
Luck O' the Irish vs Raichy
QWILY vs bugzinator
64 Squares vs Accelgor
Floss vs DraKeyTT
Raj 00 vs Kink
Toy Time King vs zben
xray vs Pannuracotta
Thiago Nunes vs devin
Osh vs rinnegan418
MendeeZ vs Sevelon
FU SHUN HA vs natu
TeamCharm vs Fylkir Pudin
McSim vs robjr
Mac3 vs Rubyblood
weird mon vs Fardin
PedroGregg vs the pharoah
Bag of Trixx vs Astrø
Dragonillis vs Luthier
Skipkan vs DerpyBoi
Eternal Spirit vs elodin
Ghostricker0197 vs gglrg
afakedugong vs rahul_3301
Heracross2.0 vs Lilburr
MalMoonsault vs Bouff
TheFranklin vs Bushtush
Staxi vs brewfasa
TDK vs BulbaBrain
Will-I-am vs pattek
Quantum Tesseract vs Sificon
Yves Stone vs Savouras
EviGaro vs Highways
CDW Enrique vs Procopius
DC. vs Mike Cometa
gorex vs Akashi
lockjaw vs Dlanyer
BloodAce vs Fantos13
umbry vs Dflo
anime sans vs Bye (banned user)
crucify vs Enzonana.
kythr vs ukaaa
eifo vs Stareal
Quite Quiet vs Fc
yovan33321 vs SANJAY
Souw vs Drookez
Eeveeto vs Skyyxc
Lost Soul vs Alkione
Vulpix03 vs Shiba
snaga vs DEG
lotiasite vs Tachibana
Mateeus vs zS
Zephyri vs martha
spatulakun vs tlenit
Punny vs Ninjadog
The Disco Devil vs Lyss
pj vs mncmt
naruto(sage) vs Maxomega
fakenagol vs ausma
Feliburn vs Algeria
Raahel vs Pataozinho
Aurodian vs Rewer
Regnite vs gye5
velvet vs piitaa22
Byds vs SOMALIA
Blui vs Chaitanya
G4lactiK vs Maki
PureJules vs JustFranco
bb skarm vs Yggdrasil60
grizzz vs Ninja
EpicBoost vs Estarossa
Draphirion vs toytean
Mygrein vs Squash
Sacri' vs Mikaav
Mindnight vs Cam
Bluxio vs zoowi
K3ppr vs Decem
Smalls vs Guille14
byronthewellwell vs Vaboh
bulufan14 vs Own3y
Merritt vs Mysterious M
Oathkeepre vs iNasty
IS'd_HielOwStarR vs Maple
Youngster_Bill vs Jhonx~
Pope Faith vs Greybaum
Nineage vs Fakee
jcbc vs King Billu
dahli vs Corckscrew
PTF vs gum
Roseybear vs iceblazer
Kev vs RampageWebber
DC vs Yay
DKM vs z0mOG
Malekith vs yellowfin
Kate vs Cirlo
Alpha Rabbit vs Santu
daniYSB vs itsjustdrew
Spl4sh vs Boat
Antares vs Leo
Niko vs Nat
MaroGod vs EternalSnowman
Meru vs London13
MZ vs ACR1
Perish Song vs Mikaso04
pigassaultking vs Kitten Milk
Kris vs wzvd
Enzo Gorlami vs 2xTheTap
Blanko vs Beraldinhoo
MudkipBeans vs Acselsior13
Xiri vs rylon
Moutemoute vs Toadow
alive vs Royal1604
Hockey1 vs Chazm
CathyUwU vs Emlee
ToastedBunzzz02 vs melancholy hills
5gen vs TJ
ima vs Meri Berry
zeriloa vs Endill
Laurel vs Ramolost
p4P1//0n vs Derpeddeath
Quaze vs TDNT
Poek vs Specs
Ahmad Alfatih vs PrinceOfAllTacos
TectonicDestroyer vs giove97
Amukamara vs Bye 3
miraage vs Bye 4
NHelioX7 vs Bye 5
Aurella vs Bye 6
KSG vs Bye 7
termi vs I'm hate hats
iNoLife vs Bye 9
Micaiah vs Blimax
Shrug vs Bye 11
PinkDragonTamer vs lighthouses
Chloe vs Bye 13
Sensei Axew vs Bye 14
spanishlines vs Riku Sakuraba
GoldCat vs Bye 16
Confide vs Bye 17
egalvanc vs Teddeh
Gray vs Elfuseon
KarliTheFrenshie vs Bye 19
Felines vs Ismail
JabbaTheGriffin vs ThrohTheMan
Mr.Bossaru vs Bye 23
Drud vs SerenalovesAsh1234
TMM vs Bye 25
TopLel TopKek vs Bye 26
odr vs Horodro
queso vs Bye 28
Monsareeasy vs Bye 29
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs blittius
Zesty43 vs Bye 31
I Eat Snoms vs ilesaural
TONE vs Bye 33
Star vs Bye 34
NomNom414 vs Ainzcrad
ProDigeZz vs Bye 36
Deadline: April 18th 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Remember, tier shifts are in effect and Virizion is banned. The first round only is 2 weeks long.
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