The thirteenth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open, has begun! Sylveon used calm mind won the previous edition after a long fight, but it's time once again to find a champion. Many players will enter but only one will come out on top. 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.
- Standard SV LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination. You may switch teams between each game.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
- Replays are mandatory beginning in Round 2.
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 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.
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 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.
You will be required to post your replays in your winpost starting in Round 2 of this 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.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 2
Lily vs kimerCat
berryjuicejoy vs Quinn
Thiago Nunes vs Punny
Laroxyl vs JadeDoesAThing
yakarimseni vs HSOWA
genisu vs Chococroc
Chloe vs Kenix
db vs Ngammer
Enzonana. vs Chris Chien Pao
Beraldo vs kyoyoyko
RL vs nils2050
AS Saint Priest vs Bovine Ghoti
Luigi vs Ashbala
sasha vs Grankie
Vulpix03 vs LegitEU
FriendlyDeath26 vs Zokuru
Isza vs SoulWind
Phantom0rion vs Edstur98
YinTurtle vs John76
Lemon LC on YT vs wssi
Camden vs Kate
Petele vs Brewfus
LORD SAGIS vs Liz Angeles
CHEESETHE vs kDCA
Yippie vs yellowfin
LpZ vs Yves Stone
false vs Baloor
HoopsspooH vs Aberforth
vndrevc vs eifo
Boom4Life vs Bag of Trixx
Dlanyer vs TheFranklin
Fatol vs matherumaderu
Dawn Dreams vs Lialiabeast
Astrø vs Lasen
JabbaTheGriffin vs Lightniong
eternal ocean vs rarre
ForretressWatching vs B1Kharma
King Leo V vs freezai
MrSoup vs Acehunter1
Kipkluif vs sweettingz
Hacker vs horriii
Taka vs Tay Pendragon
Cao Jie vs dunoks
MAVERICK SHOOTERS vs Sciroccoo
RudeLiees vs Finchinator
RampageWebber vs CyberOdin✝
Akaru Kokuyo vs Midoriya245
Floss vs fade
Career Ended vs Hockey1
olivia vs TMM
Zcarlett vs Nashrock
crying vs Larry
Novax vs Holy Cheetos
JojoOui vs MarcerCyoon
Colin vs Éric
TVVFG vs UnzipsCrogre
Boru Guy vs xavgb
Corperate n vs Arcanine1929
zS vs lou dort
JesusGameplays2 vs Zecronium14
Baddy vs bodi
skimmythegod vs Malekith
MZ vs Micciu
TakingNotesKinda vs OranBerryBlissey10
tazz vs Expulso
Cielau vs Laurel
Toxinkthehollow vs tkcannihilator
justdrew vs Rasche
Bowas vs Mashing
Arucanny vs Mizunami14
MOHAMEDALL vs Lokifan
TPP vs Cojack
hellom vs Stecolomaxx
Danny vs DugZa
Vxltarktimi vs -Howkings
ToastedBunzzz02 vs Beleth
decis vs Nyx
aleaniled vs byulharang
FadedCharm vs Banbadoro
Rex Slayer vs Shoot
Zenadark vs KeshBa54
golderzoa vs entrocefalo
Railgun vs Ampha
Luthier vs TGA
TomatoZause vs ghost
Mada vs PoseidonWrath
JJ09LIE vs elodin
Xocov vs Achimoo
A plague doc vs Mihowk
Fernanch vs Hoopas Dad
Ryuji vs jyusaan
zuzhouwawa vs weird mon
STarsAma vs Ina fable
Nichalho vs DAHLI
A Welcome Guest vs KneeStealer
Drifting vs Confide
Vort3x_Thunder vs aurora
kythr vs Freddygyattbear
Magician vs Greedy_eb
Charmflash vs TDNT
Elfuseon vs giove97
Stories vs glowbrogang
Eniigma vs Scottie
zeroouttathere vs 691
Aurella vs Martinique Jason
jackuzzler vs Beuto
WailmerWasher vs bleahey
Pokemonrainer vs Vertigo
Star vs gali
atomicllamas vs memedose46
PolloAriosto vs BlackKnight_Gawain
Aktinium vs MarinaraSlim777
fintastic15 vs Cam
avarice vs Javi
Tempo di anguria vs DivineMadness
Zpice vs sufys
CMDoge vs JustFranco
FFK vs lax
Xiri vs RTM
fitzy72 vs Surfy
feen vs Cyfix
Fragments vs Sylveon used calm mind
Metallica126 vs Flying Beagle
bydy vs Kiyo
Trout In Space vs ninjadog
Drud vs spell
Super eevee vs Medeia
Emre Mor 9 vs Mister Magnus
Deadline: Sunday May 12th, 11:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
POSTING REPLAYS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL GAMES
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