Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SV PU.
- 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.
That aside, feel free to get back to me (or a tournament director) if you still have any questions regarding this tournament (or Grand Slam in general) after reading this post. In addition to being able to earn points through the PU Open towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, it is part of the PU Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Round One
kriegueur vs ZarbyXar
bydy vs Z Strats
zeeLitium vs Annihilape
Luispeikou vs Smowke87
Hybuyn vs love chants
hjj no vs Oscarx90
Nezloe vs TPP
Blue YM vs UzumakiFox
Indi01 vs TyCarter
TheFranklin vs damien the genius
giove97 vs YasuKe
Quartosa vs Chumgod
MYSWEEPERISSHUCKLE vs Terror_05
gum vs Daniel332
Groza vs Tenebricite
A198 vs Spellcaster
waterfals vs Petele
Theblobfishman9 vs SpaceCP
Eeveeto vs TrapKingRD
691 vs shiloh
Perish Song vs pannu
Inder vs Jnho
roxie vs crying
tlenit vs Drookez
ImDoneThrowing vs thb1
Atraske vs Lennart
avarice vs Antares
RarelyEtc vs NoahDeKnight
Banbadoro vs Eledyr
Drifting vs RampageWebber
Reaperking120 vs Zephyri
BlackKnight_Gawain vs 4ngelMartinez
Baloor vs dunoks
lavarina vs zS
shadowtime2000 vs Bert C
velvet vs AquaticCarlie
Polaris711 vs a fruitshop owner
heterohately vs Felines
skimmythegod vs Raahel
Beraldo vs Trosko
Oathkeeper vs yandaud
Dawn Dreams vs tausifur
PrincePucci vs Laurel
fatBatman vs TTK
Beuto vs Reuben_Thomas05
Sylvi vs zben
KneeStealer vs JJ09LIE
Crowlignt vs Wilfry 95
Corperate n vs Nicmi27
DugZa vs gorex
jetou vs Guille
sensei axew vs Cam
Natzzz vs ZoroDark
tails147cf vs Gene Sp
Xyldaz vs Finding_A_Username
Skarph vs 5Dots
MOHAMEDALL vs Shaneghoul
ninjadog vs Elfuseon
touc vs Fusien
Togkey vs IoSonoNeon
Lasen vs maroon
eifo vs Kaboom
Liz Angeles vs Souw
MrSoup vs Meru
BossCampers vs Hungarian_Bear
Nat vs aptedepresence
Booty vs Fragments
sugar ovens vs ProDigeZz
Concept Everything vs Trashéboi
JezzyFlash vs Raichy
Ara vs Chloe
lucariospeddog vs Zenadark
Fant'sy Beast vs el bozo
Brandon Knue vs Star
sasha vs Dragon246
JustFranco vs Astari
uhBella vs HCG Toothpaste
Luku6 vs Ron
z0mOG vs BrunnoGreen
wooper vs Niko
Lechen vs AnandPog
Cao Jie vs MichaelderBeste2
juan david vs Lily
false vs TeamDarkSlide
Shiba vs JacintoElGrande
zoowi vs rawrwastaken
Cloakus Pokus vs Spacial
Feaniix vs GW
etern vs Enterobiasis
Lady Salamence vs Mihowk
jeza.p vs AstilCodex
MTB vs elodin
Mashing vs bb skarm
Cielau vs shaquille.oatmeala
Devious flamigo vs ObserverMC
LpZ vs Potatoboybob
Nael222 vs robjr
RichardMillePlain vs Slip
Kython vs Crispy Baguette
Vulpix03 vs cicepece11
FelixSCP vs Irene-2002
jcbc vs Crystal Canyon
EternalSnowman vs Edstur98
abdouaaabbb vs BaddyGames
Raiza vs Platum
Micciu vs Kingler
NHelioX7 vs Danny
DeCurry vs Tails72
Youmel vs VyoletRayn
Floss vs CW1999
QuinnXD vs egalvanc
Theia vs OffbrandE
tier vs Fc
Scottie vs yogo896
mxwb vs Punny
Ashbala vs TLTK
teal6 vs tko
Ash KetchumGamer vs snaga
pdt vs Aberforth
lolebruh vs Alpha1013
sinooo vs haxlolo
TMM vs MZ
LettuceLeaf07 vs xbold7
Based Obito vs nolen
F4nt45m vs KarpeSan
Luthier vs Kev
So Noisy vs Confide
FakeFan0 vs Aurella
skierdude101 vs fish anemometer
fade vs yakarimseni
ManOfMany vs Mysterious M
Taka vs PolloAriosto
DooBliss vs Yves Stone
Noxey vs third bonnie
freezai vs TeamCharm
55Miniben vs Elementalllike
w1n5ton lite vs Luck O' the Irish
GXE vs Xiri
Medeia vs mncmt
TheBeGoldedOne vs Deathbang
Alkione vs Hacker
SquidlyBoi vs DaPokeFruit
PU Rules vs Magician
Real FV13 vs M3TAL NE0
kythr vs ihaverare
choicebadkyurem vs DAHLI
Mercupty vs Sylveon used calm mind
Rex Slayer vs Finchinator
SpaceSpeakers vs swordstrike
King Billu vs Wearth
Huargensy vs Azluc On Top
ishtar vs Ampha
glowbrogang vs Bye 3
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs Bye 4
Trainer Z vs DD Joe
le LLiolae vs Rasche
Undefeated Alt vs Ktütverde
yovan33321 vs Bye 8
TNTCool vs Froggy
RaJ.Shoot vs Bye 10
Brammi vs Bye 11
xSkelly34 vs Bye 12
PigWarrior19 vs luisin
localdealerr vs Bye 14
Gourgeist Enjoyer vs Bye 15
Weredude08 vs TDR
Aurist vs Drud
Javi vs Bye 18
Bouff vs Bye 19
Desty Westy vs Bye 20
angelthesaucegod vs Bye 21
memedose46 vs Bye 22
Melt Gibson vs Bye 23
Staxi vs Bye 24
Surfy vs Yippie
Digi_jay00 vs Bye 26
EviGaro vs Bye 27
BigFatMantis vs Bye 28
Clementine vs Enzonana.
Athena's Myth vs Bye 30
Mr.Bossaru vs Bye 31
Axelsior vs Bye 32
Heaskedfurret vs Bye 33
Dabman1069 vs Bye 34
Tal0 vs VigilanteVigoroth
Malekith vs Bye 36
Fluore vs Bye 37
SoulWind vs Bye 38
Chaitanya vs Bye 39
StepC vs Bye 40
Heracross2.0 vs Nyx
wesh papillon vs Bye 42
Good luck to all competitors! You can still sign up as a substitute if you would like to join!
Replays are not required until Round 2.
Round deadline is at Sunday, May 28th at 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)!
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