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 3
Heysup vs Askov
SiTuM vs TheMenceMaster
scald vs Ninjadog
SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs TheFenderStory
EriDBst vs Pepeduce
DEG vs Blimax
Hamhamhamhamham vs robjr
zS vs Roldski32
Gingy vs Haru
Tenshinhan vs Sensei Axew
ziloXX vs Fardin
Ahmad Alfatih vs Shrug
bugzinator vs Pamplona
Taskr vs Idcanymre
Crashy vs TDK
Malekith vs Vaboh
Bowas vs Abnxrmal
frisoeva vs Daveefaser
TDW vs Riku Sakuraba
Kingler vs EnzoLapras
Corckscrew vs vooper
basaninho vs toinha
Eeveeto vs Royal1604
Akashi vs dfmetal
Bartho vs ToastedBunzzz02
zugubu royale vs Elfuseon
Voltix vs devinn
EviGaro vs Nat
Zenadark vs Cheese5555
Confide vs Insult
RaJ.Shoot vs OTG Pesky
xray vs Souw
banks vs So Noisy
TheFranklin vs KingKdot
termi vs Bruno de Lucas
davidTheMaster vs MaranVaran
Mazinger vs Lilburr
babyboyblues vs Moutemoute
Quite Quiet vs PinkDragonTamer
CMDoge vs Merritt
dahli vs pokeisfun
Eniigma vs Amaranth
Mishimono vs TioDragonite
Nineage vs Osh
GOAO vs Amsson
temp vs atomicllamas
ivyz vs Luthier
Fivell vs Stareal
Kei Kikuno vs Xizaaa
StepC vs shoxwon
risi vs K3ppr
Amukamara vs Thiago Nunes
Sonired vs Wamr
vivalospride vs LilyAC
Star vs MZ
Fylkir Pudin vs Boat
watashi vs l'habitat
EternalSnowman vs ACR1
daunt vs vs Youngster_Bill
Highways vs Let's Rumble Shall We
martha vs jeronipuff
Coconut vs SANJAY
Ktütverde vs Joltage
Andy Skabelund vs Sahki
Round 2 deadline is July 26th, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Extension Deadline is Wednesday July 22nd, 11:59 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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