Oglemi
Borf
Welcome to the RU Open, the best tournament of the best tier imo.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard XY RU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- The banlist for this tournament is the same as the RU ladder of the Smogon University server of Pokemon Showdown.
- If tier changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!.
- I like replays, you should post them :>
- Do not make baseless activity posts, get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
Battle Clauses:
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
Pairings:
Jaiho vs chimpact
champetero vs Wepwn
LatiosPro vs Meru
Fantasy vs SOMALIA
Psychotic vs B-Lulz
scotti vs Rozykli
BurningFury101 vs Ger9119
ZoroDark vs Leer
High Impulse vs Ice Arrow
Afro Smash vs scorpdestroyer
Son of Zeus vs kingmidas
Laga vs Haunted.Shadow
Anty vs Brazilian Army
Tesung vs Kaioken0591
Dhaora vs FinalFlash
Zebraiken vs SilentVerse
Antar vs New Breed
Hollywood vs Century Express
Arcticblast vs FireMage
Hantsuki vs Pako
zdrup15 vs Vinc2612
Hot N Cold vs Sapientia
TheFourthChaser vs Bluwing
sugarhigh vs namehtmas
Cicada vs cbt
The Quasar vs Level 51
Hill vs The TurtleLord
Terraquaza vs McMeghan
Scene vs d0nut
MoxieInfinite vs Robert Alfons
Rohail vs Quite Quiet
BKC vs radianthero156
TRC vs aim
Nova vs JirachiCelebiMew
-Tsunami- vs Cristal
fatty vs Davon
V0x vs SongSing
Level 56 vs Lighthouses.
-Manu- vs Spirit
Calloflochie vs BLINGAS
Raducan vs FLCL
Mael vs D4RR3N
Kebabe vs Haruno
Rowan vs Xyldaz
Poopdawg4 vs Mizuhime
Pidge vs absdaddy
WhiteQueen vs gr8astard
Santuga vs cuteflounder
The Hitman vs toshimelonhead
Omfuga vs geeezer
HBK vs GlassGlaceon
malefic vs Bad Ass
SoulDragonite vs ßasedVictory
Toxzn vs Korby
zeriloa vs I Shuckle
Seismitoad vs Sweep
Bloo vs shartruce2
papai noel vs Capteon
Sinclair vs M Dragon
Gizmozian vs Pearl.
SoulWind vs MetalGro$$
Nas vs xtrashine
ForgottenOnes vs atomicllamas
PDC vs Shuckleking87
Deadline:
Friday, September 12th at 11:59 PM EST. Extensions have until Thursday, September 4th at 11:59 PM EST.
If there are any mistakes please let me know asap.
Thanks to Zracknel for contributing the artwork for the tournament!
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