Welcome to the first ever PU Open!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard ORAS PU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the PU ladder of the Smogon University server of Pokemon Showdown.
- If tier changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!.
- I like replays, you should post them :]
- 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
Round 1 Pairings: BECAUSE OF AN ERROR WITH THE FORUMS, SOME OF THE PAIRINGS ARE IN THE POSTS BELOW.
kek123 vs Mounts
Sopheon vs Mix
Heysup vs 100_Ponk
HSA vs Mr.378
DestinyUnknown vs Dark G
Kipker2014 vs Draciel RC
Lord Booty Milk vs Manipulative
JosephCottone vs n10sit
miltankmilk vs Optical Real
pythonSL vs Improbable
Cranham vs RawMelon
RyanR93 vs BreakNow
alvyns vs The Idiot Ninja
LSB vs Double01
Stallion vs EnemyJurist
Azelea vs TraceofLife
papai noel vs LuckOverSkill
vakatalesau vs ZoroDark
PI EddyChomp vs lighthouses
AnimeroDaniel vs Rattled
5gen vs SoulWind
trash vs Dancii
Zokuru vs Melle2402
Hec vs Eyan
Killua kun vs Gondra
Take Azelfie vs Vinc2612
Le Sabreur vs FlamingVictini
Bughouse vs mj20
Derk vs Liones
Zoaw vs Endal
FullLifeGames vs Chill Shadow
Confluxx vs Blue YM
franiastar vs iLlama
Sapientia vs WreckDra
RedMaxx vs groudon518
Dundies vs Meru
Samqian vs Marshall.Law
Gastrik vs cityfolk
Lord Outrage vs ItsBaku
Energy vs Dominatio
Foggi vs sand1234
Cronenberg vs HJAD
Cicada vs PokeTCG gamer1288
ScrubADabDab vs Coconut.
kd24 vs Hogg
MaroGod vs LJDarkrai
Dream Eater Gengar vs RivalET
Twixtry vs Lacus Clyne
byGiann vs jelloboi
Finchinator vs Hack
JabbaTheGriffin vs Ice Tea
fatty vs TSR
Rumor vs WhiteQueen
MetalGro$$ vs Drangonn.
Jets vs YABO
rural vs captivity
Advantage vs SceptileMC
Lcans vs Teddeh
BigBoy038 vs Wind Ice
Mohamedjalloh vs Euli94
Axel™ vs MikeDecIsHere
Substitutes:
We will still take subs for Round 1, so if you still want to play, don't hesitate to volunteer!
DEADLINE IS AUGUST 10th, 11:59 PM EST
Thank you to Bummer for contributing the artwork for this tournament!
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