Welcome to the ninth iteration of the largest NU tournament, the NU Open! Almost a year has passed since Nobody won the NU Open over established players blarghlfarghl and Skelos. It's now finally time to crown a new champion in the realm of
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Grand Slam rules can be found here.
- Standard SS NU.
- Best-of-three, single elimination.
- Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- SS 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.
Good luck to all competitors!
Round 2
Renny vs watashi
Xizaaa vs maroon - act
swagapult vs ggggd - extend
Sacred Wings vs blarghlfarghl - act
davidTheMaster vs Ahmad Alfatih
KmjNext vs bye #1 (yeezyknows is now banned and won his r1 game)
vanillacoke vs Loki
sand1234 vs Moutemoute - act
PureJules vs Updated Kanto
Chokepic vs zeriloa
Kaif vs Pepeduce
atomicllamas vs snaga
Luck O' the Irish vs xzern
PasteurPS vs TSR - act
zugubu royale vs Kev
ToastedBunzzz02 vs Miss Novelist
Reje vs Quaze - flip
jeronipuff vs avarice - act
Ayk157 vs beatiful - given w
Heysup vs melancholy hills - act
Hamhamhamhamham vs xerovis
Valentine vs IRazvann
Ajna vs Ninjadog
GotCookies vs dfmetal - extension
xavgb vs ProDigeZz - act
elpresidento vs Trognon
Djokra vs KingKdot
Mr.Bossaru vs King Billu - act Mr.Boss pending proof
s_aman vs Let's Rumble Shall We - extension
SoulWind vs Forsendi
PinkDragonTamer vs Finding True Love
Gondra vs Ho3nConfirm3d - act
Lizardu'' vs Count Riario - extension
Aloopuriza vs -Niko- - act
DreamScream vs lax - given w
Luisin vs the pharoah
LordluxrayYT vs rozes - act
tko vs Bobby Dagen - flip
ToadNorton vs SputnikGT
Metronome vs McMeghan
Jytcampbell vs Energy - ext
TJ vs Klinklang AV - given w
l'habitat vs anzu42
Feliburn vs Sakumoto - given w
Malekith vs xSkelly34
Kenix vs termi - given w
Lennart vs mael
Dankoc vs BIHI - ext
Tenshinhan vs Ktütverde
Lord Thorx vs CBU
Makesuit vs Serpi - act
GoldCat vs Confide
vani vs ceraa - act
Pheo' vs Sacri'
John W vs Stareal - flip
EviGaro vs Procopius
Chloe vs Gonz@lo - act
TioDragonite vs egalvanc
Nowh vs Ampha - act pending proof from Nowh
Dflo vs Sabella
Dragon Claw vs Nat
xray vs toytean
Star vs robjr - extension
jake vs NEWAL - given w
Averardo vs Askov
Burt Jarvis vs Skipkan - act
Pikachu090 vs Haru
Hockey1 vs ZoroDark
cuzzie vs Mikaav
Havens vs Cheese5555
frostyicelad vs UltraBallz
Marshall.Law vs Elgino10 - act
Sjneider vs DEG
SANJAY vs LonelyNess - act
GOAO vs Gentle Berserker
Shrug vs Eeveeto
HaxxSel vs Vulpix03 - act
Ren-chon vs hs
Insult vs giove97 - extension
Xiri vs ziloXX - act
Riku Sakuraba vs Enzo Gorlami
umbreon098 vs Splash - given w
pattek vs Skysolo - given w
banks vs trace
Portrait or Ruin vs GW
Drookez vs capperrr - act
Conflux vs yovan33321
TDK vs AltCauseImInsecure
Karppi vs Santu - act
Lord_Enz vs IoSonoNeon
Gingy vs Lopunny Kicks
Loege vs Haruno - extend
Serene Grace vs SiTuM - flip
TheFranklin vs Kyundai - act
vivalospride vs Garay oak
HSA vs ForgottenOnes - given win
Raichy vs basaninho
Pohjis vs Akashi - act
Spl4sh vs TheDarkSwirl
bugzinator vs HJAD - extend
Sciroccoo vs Roseybear
halaman95 vs SpacialRendevous
Expulso vs Jaajgko - given w
Oathkeepre vs Oibaf
KW vs Kebab mlml - act
Meri Berry vs jcbc
Davon vs soTsoT
Elias PSY vs jacob
Heika vs Socrates1O1 - act
Luthier vs vooper - given win
kythr vs Attack on Samurott
Juno vs poh
pj vs Alkione - given w
RahelGamer03 vs quziel
Acselsior13 vs Kiyo - extend
frisoeva vs Osh
TopLel TopKek vs ekoi - act
Abejas vs megaoshawott
So Noisy vs TaxiCab
Christo vs Amaranth - extend
GunGunJ vs Jhonx~ - act
pokeisfun vs OminousDraco - act
Bixten vs Maki's Fox - act
Bouff vs The LpZ
Alvaro271 vs Vaboh - ext
micromorphic vs Shadowmonstr4 - act
musasa347 vs ACR1
SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Staxi - extension
The deadline for Round 2 will be July 12th at 11:59 PM GMT-4. Extended pairings have until the end of Tuesday (GMT-4). Make sure to contact your opponent ASAP. In addition, CONTACT YOUR OPPONENT VIA VM AND POST IN THIS THREAD IF YOU ARE SCHEDULING OVER DISCORD. I cannot keep track of PMs I am not included in and you are responsible for reporting things that I cannot access.
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