Logo by MiniArchitect
ADV Cup Round 1
Let's find out who's the best at the best generation, now with 100% less Mr.Mime shenanigans.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here
- Standard ADV OU
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- Do not make baseless activity posts -- get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which one can find 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
- Baton Pass Clause: Limit teams to a maximum of three baton pass users and bans Baton Pass on Smeargle.
Monai vs Fant'sy Beast
mixwell vs THE918th
obii vs Rokhan
crucify vs OOz!?
Raptor vs -Tsunami-
false vs Fakes
Kingler vs So Noisy
Ryuuji Kuroiwa vs ramolost
Sapientia vs Fakee
Kaisser vs QWILY
Ara vs frisoeva
Bdlc vs Ruft
Heysup vs Hyogafodex
Endill vs ziloXX
Kenix vs Sabella
Eeveeto vs Tomahawk
Splash vs Chaitanya
toytean vs Frrf
johnnyg2 vs txitxas
DarthTyros vs D4 Repertoire
Horodro vs SpectralThief
Drogba In Shenhua vs reymaki
Shakur vs BKC
Gochan vs McMeghan
TonyFlygon vs twash
afakedugong vs SiTuM
Souw vs Shogeki
Grandmas Cookin vs BlessyZ
BlazingDark vs baddummy
Roseybear vs baister09
Luigi vs weird mon
Conflict vs Chaos23333
umbry vs Hclat
Nalorium vs mikmer
Leo vs Fc
Blui vs Nails
Eonito vs zeefable
Beraldinhoo vs Ninja
TDK vs Scythe.
PixelMax vs Dflo
Lacks vs Aliss
devin vs alive
BIHI vs dragonitenb
Genesis7 vs Koalacance
Caloom vs Jyuux
London13 vs tko
Spl4sh vs Star
Malekith vs Rodriblutar
agenS vs pokology
Lionyx vs robjr
16bit vs Bushtush
Laurel vs Mana
Winterains vs BreakthrU89
Nelson vs Teclis
Exiline vs Goblin
Drud vs RealJester
zeno420 vs Dragon Claw
GobiGobi vs CKW
Dizno vs The Real Randy
Thatsjustpeachy vs hellpowna
Trick Nyck vs beatiful
Kev vs Vaboh
CyberOdin✝ vs watashi
bruno vs Hockey1
Fear vs PDC
Ninjadog vs Kristyl
mj vs Justamente
XKH vs Kyundai
sulcata vs RLplayer
EviGaro vs Vextal
Gardevoir vs Sadlysius
Finchinator vs Bughouse
gorex vs Ganso
pkThunderbolt vs GaRy OaK.
byronthewellwell vs Kerts
Luchik vs Yokago
ABR vs TectonicDestroyer
Sagisolar vs Rubyblood
Shamankingaursu vs Xevara
Uncle Jack vs Vulpix03
Holy Ghost vs Monsareeasy
London Beats vs Gilbert arenas
Hervalt vs SidTheShuckle
MichaelderBeste2 vs Mushi Musha
Akola vs Altina
GaryTheGengar vs Ctown6
Amaranth vs eden
jacob vs Hayburner
mc56556 vs Clint_House
Deezcastforms vs roystopror
Vileman vs MTV BRATVA
monchooo vs Pohjis
Nazip vs NHelioX7
Alpha Rabbit vs fourmi
Zygarde12 vs shiloh
ukaaa vs Jisoo
Good luck to everyone participating. Please contact your opponents and schedule in a timely fashion. Feel free to contact me privately if you have any questions or concerns!
Deadline for extensions will be August 25th at 11:59pm GMT-4
Deadline for round 2 will be August 29th at 11:59pm GMT-4.
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