Welcome to the seventh iteration of the largest PU tournament, the PU Open! Good luck to all competitors!
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 Moves 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
crying vs JJ09LIE
koopa003 vs Raiza
Django vs Yves Stone
atomicllamas vs SirSunnyyy
Wernher_1 vs Skyiew
Mada vs nada e ninguem
Nyx vs Flying Beagle
Souw vs Eeveeto
tr1x vs egalvanc
des121 vs bricknermon
ChickenWithNoName vs Danny
avarice vs RTM
Banbadoro vs Drud
Melt Gibson vs MZ
quinoy_v vs Scarf Kricketune
Hacker vs KneeStealer
robjr vs SANKE CARP
Aberforth vs Axrtix
Star vs Aurella
GBD777 vs angelthesaucegod
Mihowk vs Corperate n
PhioneGuy vs Lily
TyCarter vs velvet
Beuto vs Zokuru
zS vs Lambovino
BloodAce vs Ina fable
dirtbowl vs soulgazer
Aurist vs mclagno
Xiangjiao vs Micciu
damien the genius vs tko
spell vs false
Cojack vs GavX
DAHLI vs Crowlignt
mathixd1 vs zioziotrip
Forest Guardian vs Ngammer
Felilou vs Bella
HoopsspooH vs sasha
Nichalho vs NHelioX7
Trout In Space vs Minnair
peterfe vs Scottie
Stories vs Brain Paralysis
691 vs el poeta
Ado Enjoyer vs Tuthur
Ampha vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
scionicle vs Redeyesplayer
Hubriz vs Rex Slayer
sayyonara vs Hockey1
Lightniong vs Welli0u
LpZ vs meamdefinitely5
RampageWebber vs Mashing
etern vs havocknight
alecsandergx vs yandaud
What should by name be? vs teal6
kaito61 vs eifo
JakeTSnoop vs Fc
Chococroc vs Sificon
Malekith vs RexRabidus
B0by vs cicepece11
waterfals vs kDCA
FadedCharm vs EviGaro
ElectricCatfish95 vs NDK
Morge vs Theia
LBN vs freezingjuice
big tony 2014 vs Azluc On Top
zoowi vs FlamingoPokeman
swinubfan44 vs GetPilfered
TomatoZause vs Emre Mor 9
Kaboom vs Xiri
a.stupid.casual vs yo cho
gahhhhhhhhhhh vs Feaniix
TMM vs JustFranco
NewYorkNinjas vs Vertigo
Guille vs memedose46
Laurel vs kimerCat
mncmt vs Vulpix03
RzK vs sleid
ignacco vs Optical Real
vikvik33 vs kythr
leoperi99 vs xavgb
cherif18 vs FriendlyDeath26
1amD vs Enzonana.
sufys vs Drookez
LegitEU vs weird mon
Suzuya vs itzLapis
Javi vs bydy
Nashrock vs Medeia
sugar ovens vs Luthier
A Welcome Guest vs ishtar
MarcerCyoon vs Elfuseon
LustfulLice vs flamelord505
bdov vs MagearnaTheBoss
passion vs Boru Guy
Bag of Trixx vs MichaelderBeste2
Let's Rumble Shall We vs Cam
Aqua Frost vs Drifting
Kin+ak (✧∇✧) vs txitxas
UnzipsCrogre vs FakeFan0
Baddy vs Flou
Chaitanya vs giove97
PolloAriosto vs ragazzosole
Baloor vs jawabarat
bleahey vs Deepanshuk17
chuggachuggachooo vs not Ejiro
Magician vs frogura14
Beleth vs King Leo V
pdt vs Achimoo
BF Drew vs DripLegend
lou dort vs LillianOfficial
compfan vs Wadley
Lavinuke vs TakingNotesKinda
RichBMS1 vs Ferenia
hellom vs OranBerryBlissey10
rubycandy vs Beemo666
Jushiix vs Jose_L_42
Hoopas Dad vs Don Bork
JabbaTheGriffin vs TDNT
RainLiquidation vs amyayayy
Confide vs eternal ocean
Prinplup fiction vs Luigi
KeshBa54 vs Kenix
Beraldo vs TPP
Holy Cheetos vs Bye 1
entrocefalo vs Bye 2
Shoot vs wooper
fade vs Bye 4
Icemaster vs Bye 5
Skarpherim vs Bye 6
Herwak vs Bye 7
Xocov vs Bye 8
TheFranklin vs RTM
Vaporeonds vs skierdude101
jaymens_ vs Bye 11
Floss vs Bye 12
Career Ended vs Bye 13
fish anemometer vs corvere
Novax vs Bye 15
Metallica126 vs Bye 16
Fragments vs Bye 17
Antares vs plznostep
yovan33321 vs Bye 19
olivia vs ARTYMASION
Wilski780 vs skimmythegod
Fluore vs Bye 22
Clorodulce vs Bye 23
Trade vs Bye 24
Monstrr07 vs Bye 25
Rozith97 vs Bye 26
vndrevc vs Kate
KarliTheFrenshie vs Bye 28
Finchinator vs Bye 29
abriel vs Bye 30
usernameinserted vs Bye 31
z0mOG vs Bye 32
UzumakiFox vs Bye 33
Kiyo vs Bye 34
Hera vs Bye 35
elodin vs Bye 36
King Billu vs Ryuji
joemonke vs Akaru Kokuyo
Bear4950 vs Ming549
lax vs Bye 40
Geomancy vs Bye 41
RyuSnowシ vs Bye 42
Thiago Nunes vs Bye 43
roxie vs Bye 44
Wearth vs Bye 45
Oathkeeper vs Bye 46
SoulWind vs Bye 47
Fernanch vs Bye 48
yakarimseni vs BlackKnight_Gawain
aptedepresence vs Dlanyer
AS Saint Priest vs Bye 51
Cielau vs THE_CHUNGLER
Wamr vs Bye 53
TVVFG vs Bye 54
Royal5888 vs Bye 55
dunoks vs Bye 56
jyusaan vs Bye 57
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Bye 58
Arcanine1929 vs TGA
Lime vs Bye 60
Astrø vs Bye 61
Corvy vs Bye 62
feen vs Bye 63
Chloe vs Bye 64
Seraphz vs Bye 65
GentleSpook vs Bye 66
DugZa vs Bye 67
CHEESETHE vs Bye 68
Taka vs db
competitiveZero vs Bye 70
Sylveon used calm mind vs C0nfiden1 0yster
The deadline for this round is Sunday, May 26th at 11:00 PM EDT (GMT -4).