Welcome to the eighth iteration of the largest LC tournament, the LC Open! Almost a year has passed since ggggd won the last LC Open over both Serene Grace and tazz in a 3 way final, 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 SM LC.
- 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, not to be turned off even in the case of a player disconnecting as we now have a separate disconnection timer (more details here). The timer may not be turned off in any 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, not to be turned off even in the case of a player disconnecting as we now have a separate disconnection timer (more details here). The timer may not be turned off in any 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
- 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
Raseri vs TDK
(Winner of Void vs StepC) vs HSA
hellpowna vs Haru
FLCL vs Ampha
Pearl vs Averardo
McMeghan vs SparksBlade
SoulWind vs Plas
BIHI vs Winterains
Raichy vs Cheese5555
Raiza vs Sificon
Kingofcrimea vs ZoroDark
Kushalos vs Shiba
Fille vs B@oba
Kingler12345 vs Haki
Shrug vs His
Doctor_DraX vs Lasen
Nineage vs Twilight
Feliburn vs Star
Antgeezy vs Ren-chon
byronthewellwell vs Celysi
Unamed vs Robert Alfons
Ajna vs Laz
Kink vs snaga
TheFenderStory vs Finchinator
fran17 vs Staxi
HT vs Dr Nibs
Analytic vs Miss Novelist
Poek vs Twixtry
BK vs smartiemartie7
xray vs (Winner of Sken vs neomon)
Dlanyer vs Sabella
xSkelly34 vs Hockey1
Odd Della Robbia vs Sensei Axew
Thisbemyalt vs MetalGro$$
Aaronboyer vs Ismail
tko vs Natural Talent
lax vs Joltage
liptonic vs Kebab mlml
ssunbae vs babyboyblues
Cam vs
Jrdn vs Ganso
tjdaas vs lighthouses
OminousDraco vs Midnight Howl
Chill Shadow vs agenS
Portrait or Ruin vs Count Riario
Accelgor vs Estarossa
Gunner Rohan vs Emre Mor 9
SiTuM vs Tachibana
zben vs jake
Pohjis vs Shadowmonstr4
Osh vs London Beats
Serene Grace vs Spicy Empanada
DBW vs Bouff
Rodriblutar vs ilesaural
lightning1870 vs Jox
Eternally vs Wanonymous1616
poh vs 0NI
didi vs Ernestofp13
Moutemoute vs Yay
lyd vs Bye
Ninjadog13 vs frisoeva
TheFranklin vs LuluDzn
czim vs fatty
maroon vs sagar0027
Descending vs Mr.Bossaru
robjr vs trace
egalvanc vs Marshall.Law
Yoshi vs dEnIsSsS
Finding True Love vs Forblaze
MK007 vs Dragonflo
Jase The World vs Youngster_Bill
Paycard vs SANJAY
Sjneider vs Freeroamer
suapah vs tahu
Corazan vs Charmflash
eifo vs Pak
Gochan vs yzyszn3
Bruno de Lucas vs Jaajgko
Hys vs Alpha
Goomer vs Thiago Nunes
Rexus vs Cdumas
banks vs BelmontGabriel
Jytcampbell vs Luthier
EnzoLapras vs Louna
boulicrok vs Garay oak
TheJ3estPenguin vs DeadYouAre
Chokepic vs Pepeduce
dahli vs EternalSnowman
UltraBallz vs Tushar Cool
Yami vs Mordecai & Rigby
xujing691691 vs Sciroccoo
DKM vs Mellow
cielbakasan vs obii
Bebo vs Jack In My Box
RaJ.Shoot vs Quartosa
Nurul vs CKW
yovan33321 vs Hamhamhamham
Pamplona vs gilftl308
Pierrick vs Royal1604
Toadow vs KingKdot
Wabane vs Fantos13
Deezcastforms vs Gareth Adamson
Zorro349 vs Zesty43
TheLoneMusketeer vs ILoveMilk
Acehunter1 vs Eniigma
Oro e Diamanti vs HSOWA
Mystic Master vs Velvet Blood
Alumn vs Scizorphobic
Xizaaa vs WhiteQueen
Hurtadoo vs pokeisfun
Parpan21 vs blarghlfarghl
Fogbound Lake vs PD
Mirbro vs Alpha Rabbit
Ismakhil vs tazz
Leafium Z vs fitzy72
Souw vs MunchlaxAndChill
gyter ph0 vs TSR
AlvusWrath vs Megazard
bigtalk vs Corckscrew
Flawless Nazgul vs JoPaz
Acselsior13 vs Sacri'
TioDragonite vs HarrisIsAwesome
Tikkito vs Mike Cometa
Vaboh vs Mikaso04
Tindorr vs GunGunJ
PumpkabooMaster666 vs The Quasar
Deadline: Sunday July 21st, 11:59 PM EDT
Extension Deadline: Wednesday July 17th, 11:59 PM EDT
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