The eleventh iteration of the largest LC tournament, and the tour with the most signups in Smogon's history, the LC Open, has begun! A truly ludicrous number of players stands between each of you and victory. I wish you all the best of luck!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here. POINT VALUES HAVE CHANGED, SEE ADMIN THREAD
- Standard SS LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SS cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
this stuff is just the abbreviated version, for the full list of rules for Smogon Tournaments check here
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.
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 are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
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 and 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.
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.
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 are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
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 and 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.
- 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.
- Please read the Scheduling Guide if you're unsure how to properly schedule for the tournament!
Last but not least, aside from points towards qualifying for Grand Slam playoffs, this tournament is part of the LC Tournament Circuit, so points for that will also be awarded accordingly depending on how well you do.
Round 5
denali vs Asking Dinossaur
Drud vs Dj Breloominati♬
Magikarp_Is_AG vs Lyss
grizzz vs Lialiabeast
Wubben vs Swelter
LilyAC vs Fantos13
Mathology0 vs Ronman5
Fiend vs leonmachar
Corperate n vs Elfuseon
GW vs mcgrits
Comedier vs PaperTigerLily
Charis_Akins vs RioGois9
CDW Enrique vs Ch1ck3n Nu99ets
califlour vs tob
Birthdayninja vs kythr
PerfectFeebas vs So Noisy
Collette vs GDFK
Duckslikerain vs azogue
Expulso vs destroyingpotato
false vs Tenebricite
Dekuppo vs BrutalBjörn
RLplayer vs Moldworm
TDK vs ToastedBunzzz02
czim vs qdhwefdw
HaxorusIdk vs pinorska
DOOR MONEY vs Agent_A6
coral fan vs bulufan14
Pinecoishot vs 5Dots
xujing691691 vs terreitor
Lokifan vs doc1203
Marshall.Law vs LettuceLeaf07
search vs Drifting
perfect minun vs EviGaro
tMoi vs CharizardChamp450
Wail Wailord vs zS
origingamerboi vs Daruma
Drookez vs Goblin
User 589875 vs Meminger21
SoulWind vs aim
BaconUltimate vs Welli0u
Anonymous43567 vs Eeveeto
boulicrok vs JacintoElGrande
Plas vs Rai2901
Drogba In Shenhua vs nimzowitsch
fuzzybunny666 vs Camden
Povfren vs Stecolomaxx
Stareal vs kDCA
MichaelderBeste2 vs Merritt
Raichy vs Floss
BeardedDrakon vs IBM
Amukamara vs gali
Jon Poopsicle vs jonfilch
Roginald vs EternalSnowman
paolode99 vs Splash
TobaccoKoko vs robobo17
jinjaningna vs HydreigonTheChild
AxCypher vs afakedugong
Magatsu-Claudia vs Kowasabii
itsallyellow vs Malekith
Taenarius vs Akshajm
Shou Dui vs chlo
Roseybear vs Phobic-Coffe
TeamCharm vs TheFranklin
freezai vs Sheilwood
Grankie vs frisoeva
SaberTB vs Jordy004
ACNT vs poke_roco
Baconater540 vs frogtales
Thicc_Shady vs churine
KSG vs EruditeFactotum
MenaCicada vs Fille
Cdijk16 vs ACR1
Gay Lilith vs 0otico
Chaos23333 vs ThinkingSceptile
FlippySpatula vs Rodigou
HblueNoBeard vs Confide
Shmoo vs BoostedArk
Scottie vs OneHundred
Afdvsc vs femboy
airfare vs Potatochan
Poek vs M Dragon
Estarossa vs rh3252
Ninja vs Bowas
trace vs PokemonCestDur
Mike Cometa vs Luigi
Thootjuh vs golderzoa
Crunchman vs Gallaniel
Haunted Dittp vs RampageWebber
MOHAMEDALL vs RZL
yovan33321 vs EeveeWillEatYou
Blaziken-Mohammad vs robjr
Martinique Jason vs TGA
R1CEC4KE vs PyProd
zero_sanaide vs Z Strats
Aurella vs Nultiprise
ML26 vs Quiche Nuts Gandhi
Deadline: Sunday May 22nd, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline: Wednesday May 18th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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