Welcome to the ninth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open! Almost a year has passed since Luthier won the last LC Open with Croagunk in a close 2-1 set with EternalSnowman, and it's finally time to crown a new LC Open champion. Whether you're a veteran or a newcomer, I wish you the best of luck!
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS LC.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!, on the Smogtours server.
- SS cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
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.
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.
Round 2
Coconut vs BIHI
Corckscrew vs Anish
Crashy vs PureJules
Kiichikos vs Malekith
HJAD vs RaJ.Shoot
AltCauseImInsecure vs xray
Amaranth vs Solivagant
Idcanymre vs fran17
Andy Skabelund vs xtra$hine
Zenadark vs Temeevee
Acselsior13 vs Joltage
l'habitat vs King Leo V
Eeveeto vs solonor24
Bowas vs epicpvz2
Mazinger vs Grankie
Stareal vs Skipkan
Carlosmh7 vs Fylkir Pudin
Vaboh vs yovan33321
Chokepic vs Royal1604
Sjneider vs Ahmad Alfatih
Ktütverde vs Obi-Wan Dratini
MAMP vs MaranVaran
ron...5 vs Shrug
ziloXX vs Elgino10
Insult vs KSG
ToastedBunzzz02 vs Splash
davidTheMaster vs euFeatured
Wail Wailord vs EternalSnowman
CaptainKKOfficial vs Mishimono
Ampha vs StepC
Dlanyer vs Bartho
Sahki vs Terraquaza
Fiend vs vivalospride
Daveefaser vs lllllkkkkk
SiTuM vs idiotfrommars
poh vs zS
dahli vs vani
ivyz vs Pabloxty
MZ vs Draphirion
Adaam vs Nat
realSurfyTeen vs Pepeduce
Fardin vs McMeghan
Amukamara vs Updated Kanto
thebeardydragon vs EviGaro
Miia vs shoxwon
pj vs Confide
Feliburn vs Askov
Tenshinhan vs Heika
Bobby Dagen vs Merritt
-Latios- vs DripLegend
trace vs vooper
Energy vs Sonired
Akashi vs Luisin
Oibaf vs robjr
Berks vs Sensei Axew
Riku Sakuraba vs Hurtadoo
toinha vs Alton Francis
jacob vs GOAO
Endill vs daunt vs
Eniigma vs yedla
zben vs So Noisy
watashi vs ukaaa
EriDBst vs Luigi
Xiri vs ACR1
Alkione vs CMDoge
TDK vs dawnfallstar
Vulpix03 vs OTG Pesky
Karppi vs Abnxrmal
Haru vs Dragon Claw
martha vs Vieux Singe
basaninho vs CKW
K3ppr vs NEWAL
kythr vs Pamplona
TopLel TopKek vs scald
Laroxyl vs atomicllamas
Arts and stuff vs Voltix
Taskr vs Christo
devinn vs Crayfiish
TSR vs Kei Kikuno
Decem vs TioDragonite
Osh vs Many
Lilburr vs FAXEL2004
Amsson vs Kenix
Boat vs Bl0wN
risi vs false
EnzoLapras vs rinnegan418
PinkDragonTamer vs James2464
Drud vs Moutemoute
GoldCat vs TDW
LilyAC vs UBERLandon21
Fish1899 vs Quite Quiet
Hamhamhamhamham vs blarghlfarghl
Roldski32 vs tazz
SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Sacri'
babyboyblues vs Santu
ggggd vs Thiago Nunes
Groudon vs Fivell
Mikaav vs banks
TheFranklin vs Kebab mlml
Highways vs Djokra
Kingler vs Garay oak
Kev vs pokeisfun
TheMenceMaster vs Juniorsniper45
Genesect5393 vs TheFenderStory
Fuladono vs Luthier
Youngster_Bill vs GotCookies
SANJAY vs Lopunny Kicks
Let's Rumble Shall We vs Kiyo
Xizaaa vs Marshall.Law
Blimax vs Terracotta
HSOWA vs Bruno de Lucas
Elfuseon vs Mike Cometa
Wamr vs Malfunction
PasteurPS vs DEG
dfmetal vs Rex Slayer
jeronipuff vs MetalGro$$
bugzinator vs roman
Bouff vs termi
Procopius vs Star
SoulWind vs Souw
Heysup vs fitzy72
Cambrio vs Cheese5555
BK vs KingKdot
Nineage vs snaga
zugubu royale vs Drookez
Jox vs Ninjadog
frisoeva vs maroon
Gingy vs OminousDraco
Round 2 deadline is July 19th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline is Wednesday July 15th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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