The No Johns Tournament: ADV OU Edition
Back by popular demand! Hosted by yours truly, approved by the beautiful Zebraiken
Back by popular demand! Hosted by yours truly, approved by the beautiful Zebraiken
I typically make a banner in the finals with posts of the participants complaining about a loss in a tournament. However, to my dismay, UD doesn't have any of these posts, so.. This tournament is about building legends and removing johns.
john |jän|
noun, verb, johned, johning
- A cheap excuse for losing, missing a recovery, being hit by an attack, or any number of unfavorable events in Smash. It is a statement or action that detracts from the validity or quality of a competition (or its implied significance), irrespective of truth.
Tournament Rules and Clauses
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokémon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokémon.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any pokemon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Check this thread for more informations.
- Uber Clause: Players may not use any items, moves, abilities, or Pokemon that appear on Smogon's OU Ban List. If the tiers change or new items, abilities, moves, or Pokemon become available in the middle of a round, the changes will take effect in the following round. There will be an announcement in the relevant round if this occurs. Unlikely here.
- Games will be in a Best of 1 Format.
- Do not join this tournament unless you are extremely active. Deadlines will be very short.
Finals
The real UD vs Rain.
Deadline: August 25th @ 11:59 PM EST. Don't make me have to call this please. No Johns.
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