...and it's back!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here
- Standard BW OU
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- Do not make baseless activity posts, get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
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
- Moody Clause
(matchups made by Shadestep and everyone tagged by HSA -- thanks friends :D)
Style2 vs. FMG
obii vs. Not Troller
badabing vs. RiCH HOMiE CHRiS
Prague Kick vs. Deluks917
PDC vs. Pohjis
Melle2402 vs. Bedschibaer
Christo vs. Reymedy
dice vs. Shogarth
Blightbringer vs. Mizuhime
z0mOG vs. Ernesloru
Accelgor vs. Gondra
Miridy vs. bro fist
Rare Poison vs. elodin
Nails vs. Luckstard.
King vs. miltankmilk
august vs. Fakes
Oibaf cune vs. Bax
Mix vs. Bomber.
Tokyo Tom vs. pokebasket
Dragonit vs. Drud
lighthouses vs. Chill Shadow
Escavalier vs. Weegah
Sunding vs. Celica
Lionyx vs. HQuaze
Flares. vs. Shrug
HANTSUKI vs. Marcelinho Rodrigues
d0nut vs. Hax the Gam3
Malekith vs. Hangover
SOMALIA vs. Villa
Colchonero vs. Smurf.
frania vs. Curtain
Sand Castle vs. undisputed
Myzozoa vs. The Trap God
SoulWind vs. Oltan
Duck Chris vs. fatty
Leftiez vs. ZoroDark
ToF vs. Mazinger
Sacri' vs. Marshall.Law
Lorda Floterchai vs. henry
Znain vs. xtra$hine
Astamatitos vs. vakatalesau
Ark vs. Mr.378
trc vs. Dundies
False. vs. Snowy.
The Idiot Ninja vs. Kiyo
Gene Sp vs. Energy
kael vs. Contact
slurmz vs. nightcore
Leru vs. dodmen
Posho vs. Void
benbe vs. Floppy
toshimelonhead vs. Eo Ut Mortus
-Snow vs. idiotfrommars
Ilsolitostronzo vs. xray
Vinc2612 vs. feel da rain
Nelson vs. Staxi
Foggi vs. New Breed
Nintendi vs. Fish1899
Bluwing vs. Peasounay
Bughouse vs. Lohgock
byronthewellwell vs. e7e
Frochtejohgurt vs. Philip7086
RedMaxx vs. Darkdiglett
double switches vs. Mounts
Orayo vs. FLCL
Luigi vs. Triangles
Tom0410 vs. imsosorrylol
RedEmptionMc vs. ABR
Welli0u vs. Raiza
blunder vs. CyberOdin
choolio vs. sugarhigh
Level 56 vs. Get this Money
Mervis vs. Ciele
Lavos Spawn vs. M Dragon
zf vs. rozes
Pearl vs. BKC
Quite Quiet vs. FNH
Mindnight vs. babidi1998
aim vs. Bad Ass
Isa vs. Fener
Blackoblivion vs. Finchinator
Navy vs. Kushalos
Rokhan vs. beatiful
Luxuryball13 vs. 6A9 Ace Matador
reyscarface vs. 1 True Lycan
Star vs. Mur
naruto(sage) vs. Sugarcult
Alexander. vs. Erz
NicoReaper vs. JACOB
Derk vs. Ice Tea
HSA vs. partys over
Renny_ vs. OrionKing
Hyogafodex vs. High Impulse
Ninjacalibur vs. We Three Kings
snagaa vs. Bushtush
Jirachee vs. Arifeen
Deadline for Round 2 is April 16th at 11:59pm GMT-4 (EST). Deadline for extensions is April 11th at 11:59pm GMT-4 (EST), but there are a couple extensions I specifically granted three day extensions and that still stands for those specific pairings. Good luck to everyone!
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