Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard ADV OU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Matches are to be played on Smogtours, unless both parties agree to play on Main PS! server.
- Do not make baseless activity posts -- get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
- Replays will be required starting in Round 2 of the tournament.
- Replays in winposts must be easily findable and accessible as per this.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which you can find here!
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not. Furthermore, pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True Disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection, if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired, your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not. Furthermore, pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True Disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection, if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired, your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
Banned Pokemon
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Ingrain (on Smeargle), Minimize, Sheer Cold, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Ingrain (on Smeargle), Minimize, Sheer Cold, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Battle Clauses
- Evasion Items Clause: Evasion items are banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
- OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
- Sleep Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
- Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
- Switch Priority Clause Mod: Faster Pokémon switch first
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, they lose
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- One Boost Passer Clause: Limit one Baton Passer that has a way to boost its stats
- Freeze Clause Mod: Limit one foe frozen
Resources
ADV OU Resources can be found here. Sample teams can be found here. You can join ADV Discord here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
Round 3:
Zokuru vs Laurel
#1 Bukayo Saka Fan vs Cow
Xurkiyee vs BluesEnergy00
Rubyblood vs magma_man
Deezcastforms vs OllyPokemon
Metagross773 vs rarre
MGdos16 vs Click>Think
Waruchuu vs David Watts
muk fan vs Ayu
Wolf Turds vs xXEricXx
Utente Redatto vs evakiyama!
elodin vs xSuko
Gochan vs mielke
PDC vs Vileman
Dawn Dreams vs Duke Sux
Leroipolux1 vs churrojr
Johnald vs Charmflash
Shitrock enjoyer vs kjdaas
Void vs Kristyl
Skarpherim vs A Hero's Destiny
RichBMS1 vs betathunder
D4 Repertoire vs Zpanther
HeyYa!_Forte vs iNasty
AmShaegar vs aminita
Ashbala vs coco
Kaz vs Azphiel
TGA vs Kingler
luisin vs Msousa
Corvinus vs Groudon
GaryTheGengar vs Dionysys
drossito pambisito vs OOz!?
Sieeeffmon vs Tenebricite
JStanislaw vs boy-dude-king-fire
Incognition vs lighthouses
Lycans vs Zaza
dwightasaurus vs Genesis7
Cousiin vs Plague
CairoW vs Endill
Malekith vs Zcarlett
Martiniman64 vs Pak
mint yerb vs BlazingDark
Raichy vs Ninja
Remnonc vs Figull400
Rambode vs OmBrArch
Hiro' vs yakarimseni
lax vs Fakes
dice vs Gypsy
Cristal vs X-Wing
Mkns1070 vs violet river
MahTheBot vs Mendeez
ima vs mayopockets
Sadlysius vs Yves Stone
Triangles vs JabbaTheGriffin
Sheik : vs Sificon
Lhions vs reyscarface
naere vs Spreek
P15 vs AC7
DAHLI vs Shing
CyberOdin✝ vs Ganso
Sossa vs DonBoneJones
Mindnight vs Django
Genexys vs eden
SoulWind vs mind gaming
Garay oak vs Maxouille
Round 3 deadline is <t:1754279940:F>.
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