The OU Mini-Tournaments are run just like an official Smogon tournament. The first thread/post posted is the sign-ups. During the sign-ups you post "in".
The Rounds will last exactly 4 days from the second the round is posted here in the OU sub-forum. At the end of the 4 days, unfinished matches at the deadline will decided by coin flip. Exception: *If you contacted your opponent but they do not respond by the day before the deadline, then if that match does not get completed you will win by activity*
Each mini-tournament will consist of 16, 24, 32, 48 or even 64 participants. It will be first come first serve. Sign-ups will last for approximately 3 days unless the tournament reaches 64 participants, at which point sign-ups will finish.
General Rulings for all Tournaments
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be 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. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] 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.
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.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
OU Mini-Tournaments Rules:
Battles should take place on Pokemon Showdown! unless both players agree otherwise.
Standard Gen V OU. Refer to this page for more information on usable Pokemon.
This is a single elimination best of one tournament.
You may switch your team each round.
Battle Clauses:
Evasion Clause
OHKO Clause
Sleep Clause
Species Clause
Soul Dew Clause
Timed Battle
Team Preview
Other things to note about OU Mini-Tournaments:
Many of these tournaments will have quirks/gimmicks such as allowing previously banned pokemon or banning certain OU pokemon.
There won't be more than one tournament running at a time.
Any of the above rules are subject to change depending on the tournament at hand.
The second post will always outline the special rules of the tournament.
Please turn in a log or replay of your battle once it has been completed. This will ensure there is no drama, and select replays can be put up on the OU hub once the tournament reaches a close.
Round One!
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Parappa Da Sneak vs. MOET
Eranu vs. Ganj4lf
Husky vs. pokemon0078 H-C vs. Demist King vs. GaryTheGengar
Chimpakt vs. Papai noel
ClubbingSealCub vs. Aqualouis
DEMo Gorgon47 vs. Drako
Valentine vs. Orichalcos Owl Level 51 vs. DarkBlazeR
The Exeggutor vs. exotic
Incon vs. freedom2
The Unlucky one vs. Temp V1
Princess Bri vs. SethZiBritannia
Hot N Cold vs. CTC
BKC vs. Stone RG
LilOuOn vs. Brotom Asek vs. Kennen The Great Mighty Doom vs. dragonuser
undisputed vs. yee
Masamune vs. LCampoy8
ThunderBlunder vs. shartruce2
.Robert vs. dfiend
Double01 vs. FelixMinamimoto
lokt vs. Young Wild Free Lavos Spawn vs. Jayde
BurningMan vs. BROStime XKnightX vs. Shammas
Roie vs. Gary2346
Dracule Mihawk vs. Metroid78
Remedy vs. ThePillsburyDoughBoy
Blim vs. Improbable
Activity wins/Coin Flip Wins
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Husky vs. pokemon0078 Chimpakt vs. Papai noel Valentine vs. Orichalcos Owl Princess Bri vs. SethZiBritannia
Hot N Cold vs. CTC
BKC vs. Stone RG LilOuOn vs. Brotom Masamune vs. LCampoy8 ThunderBlunder vs. shartruce2 .Robert vs. dfiend Double01 vs. FelixMinamimoto Dracule Mihawk vs. Metroid78
Remedy vs. ThePillsburyDoughBoy Blim vs. Improbable
Round Two!
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Level 51 vs. freedom2
XKnightX vs. ThunderBlunder
The Great Mighty Doom vs. Chimpakt
MOET vs. Husky
Lavos Spawn vs. exotic
Drako vs. CTC
Dracule Mihawk vs. LilOuOn
Remedy vs. Yee
Double01 vs. Aqualouis Temp V1 vs. BROStime
Masamune vs. Blim Valentine vs. Princess Bri
Ganj4lf vs. Stone RG Young Wild Free vs. King Asek vs. Gary2346
H-C vs. .Robert
Activity Wins/Coin Flip Wins
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The Great Mighty Doom vs. Chimpakt MOET vs. Husky Lavos Spawn vs. exotic Drako vs. CTC
Remedy vs. Yee
H-C vs. .Robert
Round Three!
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.Robert vs. The Great Mighty Doom Blim vs. LilOuOn
Lavos Spawn vs. Drako
Aqualouis vs. Stone RG
Temp V1 vs. Yee Young Wild Free vs. MOET Valentine vs. Asek ThunderBlunder vs. freedom2
Round Four!
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Yee vs. Young Wild Free The Great Mighty Doom vs. Stone RG
Blim vs. Valentine
Drako vs. ThunderBlunder
Semi-Finals!
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The Great Mighty Doom vs. Valentine
Yee vs. ThunderBlunder
Finals!
The Great Mighty Doom vs. ThunderBlunder
*Please Save your replays and send them to me via PM*
Rain is omnipresent in our current OU metagame. It quickly turns offensive threats like Keldeo, Tornadus-T, and Thundurus-T into metagame defining threats; it transforms Pokemon like Ferrothorn and Tentacruel into untouchable behemoths. So what would happen if the Rain were to just, go away? Would Sun and Sand quickly become the only viable options or would weatherless teams take center stage once again? And without Drizzle support would Ubers like Thundurus-I and Manaphy really be Uber? All this and more will be answered in the 2nd OU Mini-Tournament!
This is a standard OU tournament with Politoed banned to Ubers. Along with this Thundurus-I and Manaphy are unbanned from Ubers.
Jayde
Nov 8th, 2012 8:51:46 PM
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Lavos Spawn
Nov 8th, 2012 8:52:58 PM
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Princess Bri
Nov 8th, 2012 8:54:16 PM
I need to defend my tiara.
papai noel
Nov 8th, 2012 8:54:27 PM
In
ThePillsburyDoughBoy
Nov 8th, 2012 9:04:37 PM
in
.Robert
Nov 8th, 2012 9:11:44 PM
in
Temp V1
Nov 8th, 2012 9:29:42 PM
In
lokt
Nov 8th, 2012 9:36:00 PM
in
dragonuser
Nov 8th, 2012 10:02:44 PM
in
DEMo_Gorgon47
Nov 8th, 2012 10:08:20 PM
In
MOET
Nov 8th, 2012 10:09:48 PM
in
ThunderBlunder
Nov 8th, 2012 10:11:16 PM
In
Dracule Mihawk
Nov 8th, 2012 10:15:07 PM
in
The Great Mighty Doom
Nov 8th, 2012 10:17:35 PM
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shartruce2
Nov 8th, 2012 10:22:47 PM
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freedom2
Nov 8th, 2012 10:47:01 PM
in
Stone RG
Nov 8th, 2012 10:48:00 PM
Completely in, i didnt have the pleasure ever of being in an OU environment with Thundy and Manaphy.
