- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SM UU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SM 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, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes (keep in mind that this is a interim solution while we wait on PS! developers). The timer may not be turned off in any other 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, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes (keep in mind that this is a interim solution while we wait on PS! developers). The timer may not be turned off in any other 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
General recommendations:
- 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 as wide a swathe of time 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 nefarious play, 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.
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Sceptorus vs mael
Azx vs Mikaav
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Mr. Miner vs xMarth
Oltan vs Euphonos
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dice vs Jackster556
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Tachibana vs Amane Misa
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soTsoT vs Sacri'
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Ed vs Finchinator
lax vs PinkDragonTamer
lunarneoplasia vs tjdaas
dhaarma vs Laz
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carcy vs Shiba
starry blanket vs sicko
Charmflash vs Adaam
KingPiloswine vs Yagura
Marshall.Law vs Super Destroyer 123
Anish vs Pearl
Zephir vs BlueIvy
DeeJ vs eaglehawk
ayevon vs Kitten Milk
MunchlaxAndChill vs snagaa
itsjustdrew vs Youli
Luthier vs cielbakasan
Tangelo vs FUMA HI-FI
elodin vs Kingofcrimea
majaspic22 vs shiloh
sqwizzles vs Blitzburgh
mellowyellowhd vs bsu
Akiko Yosano vs Pat Labor
Instynct vs Chistaco
Alpha Rabbit vs S poi re
Juniorsniper45 vs patlop2307
London Beats vs Buizah
robjr vs Kink
HarrisIsAwesome vs Cephlin
Elias PSY vs All-Star Lineup
trash vs TTBorusse
lighthouses vs Posho Alola
MONNA LUSA vs Ihiihuio
Eternally vs BigBallerBrand
Marty bounty vs wmartinez101
Ectoboggan vs Teollisuus
NekoNecross vs RequinBleu
slated vs ara
Poek vs Magearna8000
Trace vs Jacobikko
TonyFlygon vs KingKdot
Zeden vs Bdlc
TR Shuhei vs Hogg
TheMrx747 vs Mirbro
Accelgor vs Lycans
BeralRed2103 vs Amukamara
Polyzon vs Zokuru
byronthewellwell vs MetalGro$$
Nails vs sstj
MartAlvarez vs Typhlosion56
Descending vs MiyoKa
Nurul vs Hydreigon Specs
TDK vs DurzaOffTopic
Lord Moet vs Tszuki
Metou vs aro1904
GNDL vs El Paraflinch
marilli vs TheWall
Mncmt vs BunnyOfGold
RaJ.Shoot vs Jeffis
.Mx vs Mysterious M
jklioe vs njs
Clearly vs LonelyNess
Santu vs YouGotMeLOL
scald vs Wanka
SoulWind vs Dundies
Slick Willy vs dom
Hayburner vs UltraBallz
vso vs Maskun
TLN 3LetterName Club vs Algeria4Ever
CBU vs Jho
Chucuflaseo vs Prosted
little maths vs fujitive
HJAD vs NaCl
Misterioussaint vs Ajna
Lord Crucify vs Shakaji
dcae vs Eramoth
Staxi vs B@oba
FMG vs Hijasu
SuperPez vs NMSK
DonSalvatore vs Big words scare me
Sirhelio vs dakotaromans
squinn vs implaser
LordST vs Mana
Quaze vs Davovo
Teddeh vs Notily
tko vs lordcacturne
FrozenMan vs xray
Shrug vs Paleo
Holy Ghost vs 416_anthony
toshimelonhead vs didi
Kushalos vs Chrisloud1
Liemaster vs STARDUSTER478
DetroitLolcat vs praj.pran
jakshrive vs Assassin Rogue
Pepeduce vs Wamr
TJ vs Renny
rssp1 vs Zyg
skvettleif vs Mike Cometa
Cynde vs AKX
teal6 vs SamuelBestt
paoisd vs Stan Soojung
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Deadline is 22 July 11:59 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Extension deadline is 18 July 11:59 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Please note that all the tier shifts that have occurred will NOT be used for this round. Refer to this post for more details. All games should be played in the Gen 7 OU format
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Highlight matchup:
robjr vs Kink
Accelgor vs Lycans
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