Welcome to the first round of this year's Official Smogon Tournament! The OST is one of Smogon's longest standing traditions in tournaments and has crowned many great Pokémon players as its champions across five generations. Over the next few months, over a thousand (!) players will compete to the best of their ability as they attempt to join the exclusive ranks of the OST trophy holders. Only one of those players will succeed in their journey and earn the recognition that comes with their victory, along with the iconic OST trophy.
The tournament will have a best of three format. This means that players will play until one of them wins two games. Players are allowed to switch teams in between games, or use the same team throughout the set; it is completely up to the player. If players only partially complete a series before the deadline, it will be considered an uncompleted match and action will be taken accordingly (either an activity win or a coin flip).
Just like last year, there will be a cash prize for this tournament! The winner of this year's Official Smogon Tournament will receive 200 USD and the runner up will win 95 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
- REPLAYS WILL BE REQUIRED IN YOUR WINPOST STARTING IN ROUND 2
- This is a standard SV OU tournament.
- The tournament will be single elimination.
- Players will play a best of three series of games each round
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
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- 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.
- Sleep Moves Clause: A player cannot use moves that induce Sleep status on the opponent in their Pokemon's movesets.
- 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.
- Team Preview: Players must turn on the Team Preview feature where players can view the opposing team's Pokémon and choose their lead Pokémon.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Check this thread for more information.
- Baton Pass Clause: The move Baton Pass is banned outright.
- 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.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
General Tournament Rules
Substitutions
Players may sign up as a substitute if they didn't join in time. If you are eliminated from the tournament (i.e. you lose your games, are substituted out, or drop out), you may not sign up as a substitute. I will endeavor to substitute players in whenever a player drops out, and in the first week before the round 1 deadline, I will look through all players and activity win requests and replace any inactive players with substitutes. Given the size of the bracket this year, there might be two substitution waves. There is a decent chance that you will get to play if you sign up as a substitute. Substitutes will only be allowed into the tournament during round 1. Substitutes will be implemented on a mostly first come, first serve basis, but if you are inactive after you sign up as a substitute then you're at risk of not being substituted into the tournament.
To sign up as a substitute, please use the substitute signup thread.
Please read this guide if you're unsure how to schedule with your opponent! Alternatively, watch this video made by teal6:
Now then, without further ado..
Round 1-A
RobinWins vs DivineMadness
Breezy vs JoaF
King Carbonation vs KR1MS0N3
Smikkel vs Ghostilex
Expulso vs colorednaem
EC vs Ren-chon
Avacato vs Tizio Potente Ao
Dunkin_Smeargle vs rarh2
anan2004 vs Sanesa8724
jackuzzler vs KanzakiHAria
Let's Rumble Shall We vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d
Banana Dee vs heileone
M3llamo vs SWAGCOLFO
Patatexv vs pokédutch
angelthesaucegod vs Critsomnia
marsandback vs M Dragon
georgiethefirst vs Mentality
yonmd vs RYUMON
AhmedxWaleed vs steadyfirebreathin
d18l vs JJ09LIE
xoxo98 vs Supreme_Volo
dunoks vs RichardMillePlain
Sun vs slopcat
reymaki vs dark tsunami04
procorphish vs neomon
willgrahamsencephalitis vs K0 Ten
Nyurgh555 vs abra xdd
Moochem vs saw war newnew
Flying Beagle vs Destroyer459yt
NinjaMeerkat vs TwentyTwan
woo vs Bad Player
Poosh_i vs Toxinalpaca
Fablle vs Cosmo'Star
Unstoppable1 vs benbe
Skarpherim vs Zephyri
ambi_ vs Medasus
nico123 vs roxie
epog123 vs fififlutters
etern vs zastra
SASAGEYO vs Ado
irustedzz vs thajester
Cape Canaveral vs Ryus0ken
Alexis2282AE vs Zerotwo.
R-0 vs Eelektrone
Lokifan vs Kyraku
lihj vs Esteb4n
acespeedy1 vs DBK31TH
It's classified vs UGaming
Vxltarktimi vs Elisy
Drifting vs Chorley Cakes
Montreal vs choicebadkyurem
Xerneas2 vs Nuxl
Magician vs IShowSped
tom holland vs DirMb
badtv vs Luigi
Sieeeffmon vs Delta4
leng loi vs youngVegeta2
Nichalho vs Alpha1013
X-Wing vs Cam
Plague vs Ruthra
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs lighthouses
Maia vs Peterbraa
drossito pambisito vs koopa003
churrojr vs Tbp24
Mikeim520 vs GabrieLopez
Weather Report vs Concept
Yahtze vs thebestever543
Mik3ymon vs MarcusGruber
Tenebricite vs 3q1anx
Mok3s vs Tuthur
Eledyr vs Charliereall
Light DN vs Zcarlett
JuninxZ9 vs cicepece11
ACR1 vs velvet
TakingNotesKinda vs Lily
Astralst0rm vs GUZOT
oznova55 vs sugar ovens
Dawn Dreams vs urrgh
Cielau vs emoxu9
Pozzle vs keji
The_App vs Zokuru
Drachenkeule vs bricknermon
Riruia vs mrfraud
elodin vs RTM
aditya1729 vs sleid
SupaGmoney vs DJNNR8
LeafInTheWind vs battle_penguin_og
SidTheShuckle vs LovelyLuna
blooclipse vs OmBrArch
LucioCerra vs Mada
Potayo vs shawninnovations
Wanony vs n0stall
Kaif vs B1Kharma
Mimikyu Stardust vs Renegade
Lialiabeast vs iPetBigfoot
mailiam45 vs ZZZDamon1896
Exotic64 vs akxhdwy
Suhayb vs GCGoat
YouanMingxue vs Excal
Leavers vs StepC
The RR guy vs Feaniix
SHSP vs SValore
TheFranklin vs ghostlike
KaiserImpacter vs entrocefalo
LOOR vs Separation
ySagaz_ vs JoelXLeaf
darkman64 vs cloud and book
Sylvi vs miminggg
VloneVictini vs Xopitask
Beleth vs Pkel SweeTforU
Tentro3095 vs Phantom0rion
Wikke vs redcarmine
Trognon vs DigoDigo
XKH vs Airi
kDCA vs TAG2Y2
sugarhigh vs Venuesaur
Alhen vs aohasbf
1LDK vs graynium-Z
Uta The Clown vs Lasan_VGC
Elfuseon vs Santu
LityL vs SPHZ
JeoZ vs Cicada
Skulcell vs Bezrukiy_noob
Gaucho vs mestreoscar
GOATED im_m0rtal. vs agentkeval
hyupers vs Niroglift
JabbaTheGriffin vs yirkabaslim
BABIGURL3000 vs tick_tackplayz
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-B, 1-C, and 1-D threads for it! Alternatively, you may be on the substitute list, and you'll be tagged to let you know your pairing when you're substituted in!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 2nd at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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