The Unscrupulous Tiering Director Tournament - Round 2

[Eo Ut Mortus]

Signups / Round 1

If you haven't heard, we've decided to revise Smogon's tiering system. Everyone knows that the OU council is run by people who don't actually play, and suspect tests are just ban-happy bandwagoning fools who don't appreciate what Blaziken and Shaymin-S contribute to the metagame. Our new system will be a democracy: everyone will have a say.

The Unscrupulous Tiering Director Tournament

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Rules:
Standard OU rules apply
- No Ubers
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Drizzle + Swift Swim Clause
- Moody Clause
- Wifi Battle
- Timed Battle

This is a BW2 Tournament. Battles are to be played by default on Showdown, but can be played on PO if both people agree.

Sign-up Instructions

In your sign-up post, include exactly two Pokemon, moves, or items you wish to ban. Please use the following format:

BAN HIPPOWDON
BAN ICE BEAM

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You can ban two Pokemon (Hippowdon and Flaaffy)
You can ban two moves (Lava Plume and Flare Blitz)
You can ban two items (Fist Plate and Magnet)
You can ban a Pokemon and a move (Reuniclus and Icy Wind)
You can ban a Pokemon and an item (Dragonite and Leftovers)
You can ban a move and an item (Hyper Beam and Life Orb)

If you ban the original Pokemon, it will NOT ban any alternate formes.

You CANNOT ban combinations (U-turn + Earth Power, Stone Edge + Close Combat on Terrakion)
You CANNOT ban parts of Pokemon (Speed Boost on Sharpedo, Magic Mirror Xatu)
You CANNOT ban strategies (Dragon Spam, VoltTurn)
You CANNOT ban abilities (Sheer Force, Flash Fire)
You CANNOT ban users (Bloo, Stone_Cold)

You may not ban the same thing twice (yourself). That's just pointless, and I will not count your sign-up post if you do so. If you really don't want to ban anything else, ban Magikarp.

Whatever you ban will remain banned for EVERYONE in the tournament--that is, until you lose. If you lose in this tournament, you will be deemed unqualified to act as a tiering leader and will be assassinated by Smogon administrators in the middle of the night. Your bans will be revoked at the beginning of the tournament's next round.

You may ban something even if other people have already banned it. Bans enacted by multiple people will remain in effect until all people with the same ban are eliminated.

You cannot change your bans! Nobody likes a flipflop tiering leader.

Substitutes' bans will not take effect. Substitutes will adopt the bans of the players whose positions they take.

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I have included the banlists both in the form of a spreadsheet and in hide tags below. I have also included a list of available OU Pokemon.

Make sure to review these lists carefully!

Spreadsheet

Banned Pokemon

Ability Dependent
Hippopotas
Snover
Vulpix

OU
Blissey (3)
Breloom
Deoxys-D
Dragonite (4)
Ferrothorn
Gliscor
Haxorus
Hippowdon (2)
Jirachi (6)
Keldeo
Landorus-T
Latios
Ninetales (5)
Politoed (8)
Reuniclus (2)
Scizor
Tentacruel (2)
Terrakion (2)
Thundurus-T (9)
Tornadus-T (3)
Tyranitar (2)
Volcarona

BL
Kyurem

UU
Kingdra
Scrafty

BL2/RU/NU
Amoonguss
Durant

Banned Moves

Baton Pass (4)
Bulk Up
Calm Mind
Draco Meteor
Dragon Claw
Dragon Dance
Dragon Pulse
Earthquake
Hidden Power
Hurricane
Iron Head
Outrage
Quiver Dance (2)
Rapid Spin
Recover (2)
Roost
Sandstorm
Scald
Shell Smash (2)
Spikes (5)
Spore (2)
Stealth Rock (9)
Stone Edge
Substitute (2)
Sunny Day
Tailwind
Toxic
Toxic Spikes (2)
U-turn (3)
Volt Switch (3)
Will-O-Wisp

Banned Items

Bridgemail D
Choice Scarf (4)
Eviolite (2)
Iron Ball
Lagging Tail
Leaf Stone
Muscle Band
Rocky Helmet
Wise Glasses

Available OU Pokemon

Abomasnow
Alakazam
Celebi
Chansey
Cloyster
Conkeldurr
Donphan
Dugtrio
Espeon
Forretress
Gastrodon
Gengar
Gyarados
Heatran
Hydreigon
Infernape
Jellicent
Jolteon
Landorus
Latias
Lucario
Magnezone
Mamoswine
Metagross
Mew
Rotom-W
Salamence
Skarmory
Starmie
Tornadus
Toxicroak
Vaporeon
Venusaur
Virizion

Unbanned

Pokemon
Abomasnow
Chansey
Conkeldurr
Heatran
Hydreigon
Latias
Magnezone
Mamoswine
Munchlax
Pikachu
Salamence
Skarmory
Slowbro
Snorlax
Wobbuffet

Moves
Brave Bird
Charge Beam
Close Combat
Focus Blast
Giga Drain
Light Screen
Protect
Pursuit
Rain Dance
Reflect
Softboiled
Superpower
Swords Dance
Thunder Wave

Items
Choice Band
Choice Specs
Flame Orb
Focus Sash
Leftovers
Life Orb

Notable bans (does not include everything):
- All auto-weather EXCEPT Hail has been banned for this round. All weather-inducing moves EXCEPT for Hail and Rain Dance have been banned.
- All entry hazards have been banned for this round.
- All Hidden Powers have been banned.
- Calm Mind and Bulk Up have been banned.
- Recover and Roost have been banned for this round. Slack Off, Milk Drink, Heal Order, and Softboiled remain unbanned.
- Toxic, Spore, and Will-O-Wisp have been banned.
- Scald has been banned.
- Draco Meteor, Outrage, Dragon Claw, and Dragon Pulse have all been banned. The strongest 100% accuracy Dragon move is now Dragonbreath.
- Choice Scarf remains banned.

Notable unbans:
- Abomasnow has been unbanned and is now the only available automatic weather inducer. The move Rain Dance has also been unbanned.
- Swords Dance has been unbanned.
- Thunder Wave has been unbanned.
- Many usable items have been unbanned, including Choice Band, Choice Specs, Life Orb, and very importantly, Leftovers. Choice Scarf still remains banned.
- Latias, Hydreigon, and Salamence have all been unbanned; unfortunately, their STAB Dragon moves remain banned.


Extensions:
8. CrashinBoomBang vs 9. ~GreenCore
73. Foster vs 105. KelseyH

If ~GreenCore loses, Iron Head will not be unbanned until Round 3.

Deadline: Tuesday, July 31 at 12:00 PM CDT (GMT -5)

Activity wins:
66. Level 51 vs 117. Iconic
83. blaaz vs 133. Audiosurfer
3. Jets vs 121. Orichalcos Owl
108. Cicada vs 71. PsYch07ic
22. .Robert vs 67. Malekith
54. Honus vs 49. complete legitimacy
34. Noodlez vs 77. Dusk209
100. Asek vs 102. Agammemnon
75. Novaray vs 136. CS4m
31. rairyan vs 131. ShadowFC
11. AkHolic vs 101. The Kyle
44. FelixMinamimoto vs 56. AuraRayquaza
118. SethZiBritannia vs 76. Alakapimp
21. Amell vs 135. R7Rules
28. CheezitKing vs 43. Lamppost
24. Hangover vs 119. Brotom

Coinflips:
72. Ningildo vs 13. LighTz911
30. Marshall.Law vs 53. Noblesse Oblige
18. mostwanted vs 107. Anno nyme

Pairings:
117. Iconic vs 112. ThisMysteriousGuy
79. sheep vs 12. reyscarface
123. Living Things vs 68. Ginku
93. toshimelonhead vs 105. KelseyH
33. zdrup15 vs 122. Ricky Horror
53. Noblesse Oblige vs 35. Dracule Mihawk
98. bluewooper vs 129. papai noel
80. wiiii vs 43. Lamppost
21. Amell vs 131. ShadowFC
111. Infinity.Cypher vs 8. CrashinBoomBang
116. Lady Bug vs 65. Soulwind
89. Seco453 vs 100. Asek
49. complete legitimacy vs 1. Heist
81. DestinyUnknown vs 136. CS4m
77. Dusk209 vs 18. mostwanted
91. Cristal vs 10. blarajan
47. Jirachi vs 76. Alakapimp
15. wilson46 vs 67. Malekith
7. Lavos Spawn vs 24. Hangover
29. Magik vs 46. fatty
106. Evil vs 61. DetroitLolcat
37. Megan_Fox vs 3. Jets
11. AkHolic vs 109. Cloudbreaker
25. zorbees vs 108. Cicada
82. -Manu- vs 44. 56. AuraRayquaza
26. Expert Physics vs 69. Zebraiken
96. DarkLoic vs 127. AlphaJolt
50. DC. vs 59. undisputed
124. cescken vs 51. rockhp31
5. Myzozoa vs 62. Tobes
115. vonFiedler vs 64. Steven Snype
83. blaaz vs 13. LighTz911

Pairings w/Bans

117. Iconic (Breloom / Keldeo) vs 112. ThisMysteriousGuy (Thundurus-T / Eviolite)
79. sheep (Politoed / Tyranitar) vs 12. reyscarface (Reuniclus / Deoxys-D)
123. Living Things (Jirachi / Gliscor) vs 68. Ginku (Ninetales / Spikes)
93. toshimelonhead (Substitute / Spore) vs 105. KelseyH (Dragonite / Terrakion)
33. zdrup15 (Tentacruel / Ferrothorn) vs 122. Ricky Horror (Blissey / Toxic Spikes)
53. Noblesse Oblige (Blissey / U-turn) vs 35. Dracule Mihawk (Thundurus-T / Jirachi)
98. bluewooper (Stealth Rock / Recover) vs 129. papai noel (Tentacruel / Dragonite)
80. wiiii (Stealth Rock / Politoed) vs 43. Lamppost (Latios / Thundurus-T)
21. Amell (Terrakion / Haxorus) vs 131. ShadowFC (Scizor / Dragonite)
111. Infinity.Cypher (U-turn / Volt Switch) vs 8. CrashinBoomBang (Spikes / Stealth Rock)
116. Lady Bug (Jirachi / Baton Pass) vs 65. Soulwind (Politoed / Ninetales)
89. Seco453 (Tyranitar / Shell Smash) vs 100. Asek (Earthquake / Choice Scarf)
49. complete legitimacy (Politoed / Baton Pass) vs 1. Heist (Politoed / Scald)
81. DestinyUnknown (Eviolite / Blissey) vs 136. CS4m (Volt Switch / Ninetales)
77. Dusk209 (Stealth Rock / Stone Edge) vs 18. mostwanted (Rocky Helmet / Volcarona)
91. Cristal (Stealth Rock / Hippowdon) vs 10. blarajan (Quiver Dance / Dragon Dance)
47. Jirachi (Rapid Spin / Kingdra) vs 76. Alakapimp (Roost / Calm Mind)
15. wilson46 (Spikes / Jirachi) vs 67. Malekith (Draco Meteor / Outrage)
7. Lavos Spawn (Spore / Ninetales) vs 24. Hangover (U-turn / Volt Switch)
29. Magik (Substitute / Hidden Power) vs 46. fatty (Politoed / Reuniclus)
106. Evil (Bulk Up / Tailwind) vs 61. DetroitLolcat (Recover / Toxic)
37. Megan_Fox (Stealth Rock / Thundurus-T) vs 3. Jets (Baton Pass / Politoed)
11. AkHolic (Toxic Spikes / Dragonite) vs 109. Cloudbreaker (Vulpix / Sunny Day)
25. zorbees (Iron Ball / Lagging Tail) vs 108. Cicada (Durant / Will-O-Wisp)
82. -Manu- (Hippopotas / Snover) vs 56. AuraRayquaza (Tornadus-T / Thundurus-T)
26. Expert Physics (Dragon Claw / Dragon Pulse) vs 69. Zebraiken (Thundurus-T / Spikes)
96. DarkLoic (Shell Smash / Thundurus-T) vs 127. AlphaJolt (Hurricane / Sandstorm)
50. DC. (Stealth Rock / Jirachi) vs 59. undisputed (Stealth Rock / Spikes)
124. cescken (Ninetales / Quiver Dance) vs 51. rockhp31 (Hippowdon / Thundurus-T)
5. Myzozoa (Thundurus-T / Baton Pass) vs 62. Tobes (Bridgemail D / Leaf Stone)
115. vonFiedler (Stealth Rock / Scrafty) vs 64. Steven Snype (Kyurem / Landorus-T)
83. blaaz (Muscle Band / Wise Glasses) vs 13. LighTz911 (Tornadus-T / Amoonguss)

Deadline: August 11 at 11:59 PM CDT (GMT-5)

 

[Eo Ut Mortus]

Highlight Matches​

116. Lady Bug (Jirachi / Baton Pass) vs 65. Soulwind (Politoed / Ninetales)

Rising star Soulwind has been performing well in tournaments, but can he beat Lady Bug? It'll be tough for sure; with Abomasnow, Galvantula, and Golurk all unbanned, Lady Bug is a clear favorite for this round.

49. complete legitimacy (Politoed / Baton Pass) vs 1. Heist (Politoed / Scald)

Two of the greatest RU players are thrust into unfamiliar OU territory in this match. Will Heist ride his Meganium to victory or be crushed by complete legimatacy's complete legitmacy?

91. Cristal (Stealth Rock / Hippowdon) vs 10. blarajan (Quiver Dance / Dragon Dance)

"Most susceptible to disconnect" Cristal (formerly M Dragon) faces "biggest john" (formerly kd24) in a match that one can only hope will get completed.

5. Myzozoa (Thundurus-T / Baton Pass) vs 62. Tobes (Bridgemail D / Leaf Stone)

Tobes McGobes apparently had an issue with his in-game experience judging from his two bans. It is up to US West starter Myzozoa to defeat him and save all the Victreebel and Viloplumes.

15. wilson46 (Spikes / Jirachi) vs 67. Malekith (Draco Meteor / Outrage)

King wilson46 find himself against tour runner-up Malekith in a match worthy of a Bloo-rigged bracketmaker.

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While not necessary, I request that anyone involved in a highlight match notifies me of the time it will take place and/or saves the log (c/p the log into Pastebin if playing on Showdown! since it currently doesn't save logs) and sends it to me! The logs will be posted only at the end for posterity. Anyone else is also welcomed to send logs to me.

 

[bluewooper]

Will contact my opponent,

 

[vonFiedler]

I'm on vacation this week. I'll come up with a Pokemon team on the plane rides, be ready when I get back. Shouldn't be hard to find Snype.

 

[Seco453]

vm`d opponent

 

[Asek]

got Seco453 VM. Will organize match.

 

[destinyunknown]

I have my opponent on msn so it shouldn't be difficult to contact him ^^

 

[Asek]

I won in a close one, GG Seco453!

 

[Seco453]

lost to Asek in a close game, gg

 

[Jets]

i'll make a new team and contact Megan Fox

 

[AlphaJolt]

Left a VM for DarkLoic.

 

[Kelsey]

won a close game vs Foster, gg

VMed opp

 

[Ricky Horror]

Vm'ed opponent. [: Will set up time later.

 

[AuraRayquaza]

activity, will definitely try and get this match done

 

[elodin]

Me and my opponent are in contact.

 

[Living Things]

Vm'ed Ginku

 

[Jets]

in contact with megan fox, activity

 

[CrashinBoomBang]

~Greencore has also given me the win.....

 

[Lavos]

activity post, contacting user hangover

 

[Jirachee]

Contacted Alakapimp

 

[ShadowFC]

VM'ed Amell.

 

[Mr. Uncompetitive]

VMed Iconic

 

[Magik]

vm'ed opponent xD

 

[wiiii]

VM'd Lamppost

 

[Jets]

gonna play today hopefully activity post