Thunder management simulator.
Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard GSC 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
Celebi, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo
Banned Moves
Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sleep Move + Mean Look, Sleep Move + Spider Web
Banned Items
Bright Powder
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Celebi, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo
Banned Moves
Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sleep Move + Mean Look, Sleep Move + Spider Web
Banned Items
Bright Powder
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
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, they lose
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- Freeze Clause Mod: Limit one foe frozen
- SleepTrap Clause: Having a sleep-inducing move and Mean Look or Spider Web on the same moveset is not allowed.
- TrapPass Clause: A Pokémon cannot have Baton Pass alongside the moves Mean Look or Spider Web in its moveset.
Resources
GSC OU Resources can be found here. Sample teams can be found here. You can join GSC Discord here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
Round 3:
Malekith vs Poipole is so cute
Kaboom vs Nick
SANKE CARP vs Maris Bonibell
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Vileman
ABR vs gorgie
Siatam vs Hockey1
Groudon vs Thor
Slowpoke Fan vs GaryTheGengar
TheFrogWaffle vs Kingler
DanceOfHearts vs Dawn Dreams
GirlsSeeGhosts vs Seanobiwan
TLTK vs hybone
Xyldaz vs melancholy0
JStanislaw vs Elfuseon
Munchie2ff vs Underlying
lihj vs Waffleztastegood
ziloXX vs ExguardiaN
blank vs -Howkings
Deezcastforms vs TyCarter
MGdos16 vs urrgh
teamo vs Garay oak
stunner047 vs mjfblaze
Peum vs F-00
jackuzzler vs GLFGno7
Mister Magnus vs A Welcome Guest
shiloh vs HeyYa!_Forte
cyberacc vs jjjnkn
kaipro vs Skarpherim
BlazingDark vs Strictsceptile
Sheik : vs Kaz
Estuardo19 vs Havocknight
Rubyblood vs Kanha Greninja
Fakes vs Kokona Aoba
Extinct! vs Mako
Azphiel vs SoulWind
jam vs PHB11677
aminita vs bydy
HSK7 vs Waruchuu
MichaelderBeste2 vs Amaranth
Sacri' vs MahTheBot
Magician vs tylerkehne
k3nan vs leall
Sossa vs Kristyl
feen vs robjr
mj vs OmBrArch
Nael222 vs Pideous
Bohrier vs Flying Beagle
Confide vs JabbaTheGriffin
Baddy vs Don Eduardo
Loven vs NoName6293
Reymedy vs DonBoneJones
PDC vs Surmen6781
Raichy vs JustFranco
The_App vs Mindnight
Big Thicc Blissey vs lax
Triangles vs Fear
KeshBa54 vs crying
Star vs Charmriah
dice vs ima
entrocefalo vs TurboRx
Kykz vs Fablle
Ryuuka vs BooterBoons
Isza vs Sificon
Leroipolux1 vs slopcat
Round 3 deadline is <t:1754279940:F>.
Replays are required!
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