- 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.
(snagaa vs Kushalos) vs Inflikted
Hydreigon Specs vs kingnaves
StepC vs Indigo Plateau
Mncmt vs Bunrphenix
Dreamcatcher vs DenisTheMenace
aim vs Confide
Pohjis vs Sacri'
Teddeh vs A Hero's Destiny
TLN 3LetterName Club vs Jaajgko
Arifeen vs byronthewellwell
MONNA LUSA vs (Alpha Rabbit vs Ganso)
ayevon vs LLH
Pearl vs tjdaas
Rokhan vs Finchinator
Freeroamer vs The Kyle
SoulWind vs Ninjadog13
Stan Soojung vs elodin
Chill Shadow vs Luigi
Pepeduce vs Trace
(FrozenMan vs dhaarma) vs TTBorusse
(Ectoboggan vs Charmflash) vs (g to the b vs B@oba)
Le Sabreur vs (tko vs czim)
(Libertus vs theOneBernie) vs Fall to Pieces
(EroAero vs praj.pran) vs bebo7788
KingKdot vs pilz0311
Manipulative vs Akiko Yosano
Amane Misa vs fujitive
miltankmilk vs Assassin Rogue
Holy Ghost vs BurntZebra
Plas vs Amukamara
DurzaOffTopic vs (Mix vs Kingler12345)
edi0n vs Gunner Rohan
(The Excadrill vs Mysterious M) vs (DonSalvatore vs Diophantine)
SamuelBestt vs shiloh
TSR vs jake
FlamingVictini vs Stuntfisk
BigBoy038 vs EternalSnowman
Osh vs itsjustdrew
le LLiolae vs marilli
ima vs Eyan
Blitzburgh vs Lycans
(Tobste vs HJAD) vs (Lopunny Kicks vs iamnathan)
Carmin06 vs Nat
Eternally vs FMG
esche vs SilvioGuacamole
Sabella vs robjr
Poek vs HT
BKC vs Dark Shion
The Hallows vs rssp1
BlurbleX vs Lextrevis
HarrisIsAwesome vs Drud
Pak vs BlueIvy
Euphonos vs Luthier
UltraBallz vs dakotaromans
lax vs DJKILLSHOTS
(Jho vs jasprose) vs FUMA HI-FI
explodingdaisies vs JCM.
Hogg vs CantoakaChris
(Shrug vs ChiefWek) vs frisoeva
Malekith vs Renny
Tszuki vs Eramoth
Gratify vs Dominatio
Darksafadao vs Dlanyer
(Instynct vs Leo) vs (dom vs Melle2402)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Deadline is 5 August 11:59 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Extension deadline is 1 August 11:59 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Please note that all the tier shifts that have occurred WILL be used for this round. All games should be played in the Gen 7 UU format.
Mega Diancie is BANNED from UU as of this round being posted, so do not bring it.
Do drop a like as thanks again for my volunteer work
Personal Highlight GamesPohjis vs Sacri'
Sabella vs robjr
Poek vs HT
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