SparksBlade
Community Leader
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, thousands* (!) of 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 400 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
OST Specific Rules
- This is a standard SS 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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- 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.
- 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 one 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 very high 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.
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..
obii vs jonfilch
Cam vs Rcook
BK vs Kmoor
DarkyLeThugLife vs The RR guy
Gethsisn vs Chicos
James2464 vs Zokuru
Honey SweeTTootH vs Goose1633
MrTact1C vs MikelPrat01
mailiam45 vs reyscarface
Pais vs ilovekillhunter
Nat vs MegaLucario
Abhisdn417 vs cb aaron judge
beatiful vs Rexus
Hys vs Luthier
nono10023 vs SoulWind
oldspicemike vs Blim
yelodash vs el rojo
Yomepha vs Smash fletchum
Bruno de Lucas vs VKadenius
Lord Thorx vs ExtremeHD
egereek vs Jawow
RoiDadadou vs The gaming attack
Lennart vs Bothadeeznutz
SpaghettiV vs shawyu 1313
Mega zygarde-100% vs temp
Boat vs rylon
Haruno vs EroAero
FU SHUN HA vs Atha
xray vs Death of Mimikyu
Adrift and Alone vs Sapientia
entrocefalo vs 7u9i2
sorbzz_05 vs Malekith
Galarian Blades vs Mysterious M
The Grand Babido vs Raichy
Fear vs elodie
Eo Ut Mortus vs atomicllamas
Seo. vs Confide
Regnite vs Terraquaza
Pragorius vs curiosity
Jamez155 vs North
supercreeper005 vs DemZii
pokebasket vs Falling to Hell
Ismail vs capo the battler
it's tago! vs Empire_Sharky
85percent vs hidden
Lolol.y vs Jacked
Roseybear vs Amir
SubZeroMartin vs Angels & Airwaves
Quite Quiet vs LpZ
Blu Squiid vs Shiiftry
TraskUlgo vs Rinzer
Deezcastforms vs brodean
Morale vs arn.av136
Chaitanya vs StepC
Conflux vs Lusa
Highscorezero vs Rchie99
Jucherz vs Mob Barley
Samqian vs Sheik :
Piyush25 vs Blimax
kd24 vs Aishia
Ghostricker0197 vs DYA
talonflame qinghuan vs Klay
Icequake vs Bekaray
LightScreener vs Rhymeee
Alpha Rabbit vs martha
Aikon03 vs Failures
Attribute vs RufflesPro
Jorgeta57 vs Kiwis rulw
Sciroccoo vs tf
Amelia Diane vs Adarsh sahu
EpicBoost vs Alumn
daunt vs vs ilesaural
Raph369 vs Sificon
hidekov vs CBU
JabbaTheGriffin vs Horodro
Vaboh vs Sabella
Pokeglace17 vs Hero 1O8
TJ vs MS3D
Wolf-X vs dog nga
Metallica126 vs Ancaval
PandahFish vs Zneon
Quaze vs Abyssal Ruins
Cheese5555 vs Clint_House
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs Smalls
Mario34 vs Kenix
RussBobert vs Pujo
toytean vs lph
Lord_Enz vs Fardin
cielbakasan vs Haund
zio vs Meme0267
Croo vs Trognon
lax vs Sahki
weird mon vs SpookyZ
Cahr0s vs afakedugong
Th3oU vs Liemaster
Perish Song vs TonyFlygon
byronthewellwell vs Eoward
Elite 4 Three vs davidTheMaster
Kickerich vs lolebruh
zeefable vs Steez Ibanez
Cousiin vs GuardArc
Bluxio vs EviGaro
Sockzz vs Mynism
Marshall.Law vs zugubu royale
TeamCharm69 vs slainey
Altthiel vs umbry
London13 vs AmericanPi
Shucklegigas vs Drud
ArgyleVGC vs Invo12345
DC. vs PGA Arkzen
Ch1ck3n Nu99ets vs [神凯] Shenkai
ligkfl vs Sharow
CyberOdin✝ vs Omnnislash
JizzleFire9 vs Niko
Asuya vs Mace
TistieyZ vs needle on top
Garay oak vs Pataozinho
Wanony vs STABLE
adjustments vs MatLaTomate
megachonkmoment vs AltCauseImInsecure
IPlayLoomianLegacy vs Void
Gucci Sadness vs lucardinho
Punny vs Shakur
naruto(sage) vs lotiasite
starry blanket vs Algeria
TAOChingChong vs Hybuyn
Mattorr Is Cute vs NA Weezing
Zenadark vs RidMain
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B, and 1-D threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, January 24th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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