Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SV NU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SV 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.
Round One
Sebastcha vs Beleth
ImOnSteroidz vs weird mon
kimerCat vs Vulpix03
txitxas vs Kimius64
691 vs skimmythegod
The finite one vs KeenSaysGM
elodin vs Welli0u
glowbrogang vs feen
Lightniong vs MothMotte
bricknermon vs angelthesaucegod
Skyiew vs Elias PSY
vndrevc vs LBN
TomatoZause vs abriel
hammer798 vs TheHelpDesk316
ESLT vs Magician
King Leo V vs Cilen2.0
Micciu vs TheLastRounin
willster507 vs janus_451
eifo vs roxie
GBD777 vs PhioneGuy
Soucou vs JustFranco
RexRabidus vs SkullyMilk
Ina fable vs Feaniix
Theia vs Akaru Kokuyo
B0by vs Phantomistix
UnzipsCrogre vs jawabarat
jake5622jake vs Let's Rumble Shall We
TDNT vs Zokuru
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs OUTS nette
mathixd1 vs Vertigo
Mashing vs zaeoy
Stories vs kaito61
kythr vs Enzonana.
PhanpyWorshiper vs Lazyee
Rex Slayer vs Unicyclone
SunnySideDuck vs NobodyActually
Emre Mor 9 vs Zecronium14
DugZa vs NorthStar312
tko vs Flying Beagle
Ngammer vs damien the genius
justdrew vs Kaboom
tpfire vs Robert Russ
A Welcome Guest vs RyuSnowシ
kDCA vs sasha
Charmflash vs entrocefalo
karrottensirup vs Achimoo
giove97 vs Shengineer
false vs Oathkeeper
recti vs MichaelderBeste2
Gilbert arenas vs leng loi
GentleSpook vs JesusGameplays2
Nichalho vs Olaznog42
Dr. Phd. BJ vs mncmt
JabbaTheGriffin vs cherif18
MrMario2011 vs Oblivion Wing
MagearnaTheBoss vs Aurella
mclagno vs luckypants
Yves Stone vs Metallica126
Dangerous vs pdt
soulgazer vs Lambie73
thehumangod vs RampageWebber
KneeStealer vs Suhayb
dirtbowl vs FriendlyDeath26
Indeezee vs Kate
Rasmuth vs joemonke
Tuthur vs InvictusMaster
bdov vs BF Drew
silvernt vs Holy Cheetos
Django vs BloodAce
poh vs el poeta
BusyGlizzy vs etern
Cielau vs Hoopas Dad
Edstur98 vs toshimelonhead
PolloAriosto vs Fragments
BellUno vs TheFranklin
Cam vs Guille
swinubfan44 vs Beemo666
NewYorkNinjas vs Star
typhlosionlover69 vs ShecalledmeSparky
segabolt vs havocknight
Vaporeonds vs DripLegend
Ac1D_13 vs Arcanine1929
Taka vs sufys
Elvira vs lunchbag9
HoopsspooH vs Shoot
Fc vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
Finnick Odair vs scribblenaut.io
Deepanshuk17 vs KeshBa54
bodi vs logantheman
1amD vs outintin
JeoZ vs EviGaro
Strictsceptile vs Runo
yovan33321 vs zS
cicepece11 vs Beraldo
yuramas vs AS Saint Priest
Terracotta vs Lucario
twdol vs Royal5888
Career Ended vs Corperate n
Wilski780 vs klamalam
fade vs Mada
Heatranator vs LpZ
fish anemometer vs atomicllamas
Mister McLovin vs Eternal Spirit
Baloor vs draco_alpine-1
plznostep vs Confide
Lily vs CHEESETHE
Nanoq vs Luthier
Nyx vs SoulWind
hellom vs Celtours
Dawn Dreams vs NDK
Thor vs JJ09LIE
Icemaster vs Zoyotte
Causter vs Yippie
Tree69420 vs LegitEU
Diamonds_realm vs Torin66
lihj vs skierdude101
Ryuji vs DAHLI
Hubriz vs Fathiryxi
passion vs TGA
Liz Angeles vs Monai
Fluore vs NoivernSkrub
Xocov vs TPP
Lime vs Chloe
TVVFG vs Arjit the Great
olivia vs usernameinserted
lou dort vs Geomancy
devin vs days13
TheSourOne999 vs spell
decis vs sleid
Trade vs Astrø
zioziotrip vs Mihowk
SanJl vs OranBerryBlissey10
jyusaan vs dunoks
Arucanny vs Axrtix
Drud vs C0nfiden1 0yster
Malekith vs Kin+ak (✧∇✧)
alive vs Thiago Nunes
MZ vs Aubai
Origin Burned vs z0mOG
pokealbz vs lax
iceh0ck vs Fernanch
Elfuseon vs LordGurman
Luispeikou vs bleahey
sayyonara vs vikvik33
TheBigSteve vs FadedCharm
Luigi vs PowerOfMemes
Realblazing vs Wadley
Baddy vs yakarimseni
Maxouille vs reminnn
presi vs Sylveon used calm mind
Jordy004 vs Hacker
Skarpherim vs BlackKnight_Gawain
bydy vs Rellia
Nashrock vs Jhonx~
NHelioX7 vs RichardMillePlain
TyCarter vs crying
Adrift vs RichBMS1
GetPilfered vs Xiri
Floss vs lolebruh
Drookez vs KarliTheFrenshie
Hockey1 vs avarice
Cojack vs velvet
Isza vs robjr
egalvanc vs Gilga95
Dragon246 vs Aberforth
Kenix vs Shadow079
Souw vs Ampha
xavgb vs ademalawer
ninjadog vs LillianOfficial
TakingNotesKinda vs Boru Guy
Suzuya vs PoppaMachamp
Drifting vs Sificon
King Billu vs tr1x
Rubyblood vs CarryAss
Rasche vs Medeia
Danny vs Arcanoaju8
Xyldaz vs TDR
Chaitanya vs Ninja
Melt Gibson vs Ferenia
MoHawk0 vs Ming549
Mike Cometa vs scionicle
Bag of Trixx vs Javi
Azure_Saphire vs tipulipa
Laurel vs db
Finchinator vs seroo
meamdefinitely5 vs Dlanyer
Railgun vs FlamingoPokeman
Kiyo vs teal6
Blox vs Parpar
Ninjawarrior7778 vs Novax
TMM vs Cao Jie
Wamr vs THE_CHUNGLER
The deadline for this round is Sunday, May 19th at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4).
