Tournaments BW Monotype Open I [$100 PRIZE] - Signups

View attachment 760591
Banner made by nomadderwhat
Approved by BW Forum Mods

Welcome to the first ever BW Monotype Open! This is a standard fifth generation Monotype individual tournament. Monotype is an metagame based on OU where all Pokémon on your team must share a common type. Both single- and dual-type Pokémon are allowed. For instance, Keldeo is eligible for both mono-Water and mono-Fighting teams. This metagame is maintained by the Monotype community. How you overcome this shared weakness will be a challenge to your ability as a teambuilder and your skill as a player. There will also be a $70 cash prize to the winner!

To join the tournament, post "In" below.

TOURNAMENT RULES
  • This is a standard BW Monotype tournament.
  • All scheduling attempts MUST be done publicly on Smogon walls. No other proof of communication will count for act calls regarding scheduling attempts.
  • All matches are to be played on the main PS! Server or Smogtours, or else they will not be counted.
  • All games will be Best Of Three.
  • Each round will last 1 week.
  • The tournament will be Single Elimination.
  • All replays must be posted.

RESOURCES

PLAY RESTRICTIONS

All standard OU tier clauses apply, with the exception of:
  • Gems Clause - Gem items (eg. Normal Gem) are allowed.
Additionally, the following rules are active in Monotype:
  • Same Type Clause: Pokémon in a team must share a type.
  • Players can use the following Pokémon:
  • Players cannot use the following Pokémon:
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent will be given the win, unless the player that timed out was in a position where they couldn't possibly lose. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the battle will be recreated by the Tournament Directors from the point of interruption. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.

Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.

Trapaça : Trapaças em suas diversas formas são totalmente proibidas. Jogadores flagrados trapaceando sofrerão Banimentos de Torneio e serão punidos de acordo. Algumas formas de trapaça podem levar à repetição da partida em que a trapaça ocorreu, enquanto outras não. O que consiste em trapaça pode ser encontrado mais adiante neste tópico, embora fique sempre a critério do TD. Infratores reincidentes são sempre tratados com mais severidade, assim como pessoas em posições de poder, como Diretores e Gerentes de Torneio. Admitir trapaça pode ter sua punição reduzida em até 25% da duração da mesma. Reservamo-nos o direito de oferecer imunidade a um trapaceiro em troca de informações sobre trapaças. Utilizar habilidades concedidas por posições de simulador ou fórum para obter vantagem sobre oponentes também é considerado trapaça e resultará em um Banimento de Torneio e, no mínimo, uma recomendação para que essas posições sejam removidas.

[NOVO] Tentativa de trapaça : Tentar trapacear é equivalente a trapaça e será punido com a mesma severidade, mesmo que nenhuma trapaça real resulte da tentativa.

Cronômetro : O cronômetro está sempre ativo durante os jogos do torneio. As regras sobre o que acontece em caso de desconexão podem ser encontradas aqui .

Identidade : Fingir ser outro jogador em uma batalha de torneio é estritamente proibido. Não tente se passar por outro jogador ou jogar como ele. Você pode solicitar que seu oponente faça login na conta principal dele para confirmar que ele é quem afirma ser, e ele deve obedecer.

Empates : Se uma batalha terminar empatada em um torneio de eliminação ou torneio de equipes, deve haver uma revanche entre os jogadores, com a opção de ambos trocarem de equipe.

Arremesso : Perder de propósito para beneficiar o oponente é estritamente proibido e resultará no banimento do jogador que arremessou. O que constitui arremesso fica a critério da Diretoria do Torneio.

Decisões do Anfitrião/Diretor do Torneio : O anfitrião pode tomar uma decisão sobre o resultado de uma batalha com resultado contestado, mesmo que um jogador tenha violado as regras. Se você acredita que o anfitrião tomou uma decisão injusta, pode informar o Diretor do Torneio responsável pelo torneio sobre a situação e solicitar que ele tome uma decisão final.

Esportividade : Se um jogador demonstrar espírito esportivo extremamente ruim antes, durante ou depois de uma batalha de torneio, ele poderá ser desclassificado ou punido de outra forma.

Player Agreements: Players are allowed to make agreements about their game before it happens, as long as it doesn't break the rules of the tier that the game is happening in, for example agreeing to "No Snorlax GSC OU" is acceptable, but agreeing to "Celebi allowed GSC OU" isn't. The players are not allowed to agree to play a different generation than what they were paired up in, nor a different game. It should also be noted that this is all entirely based on honor, Tournament Directors would not hand out a loss to a player that agreed not to bring Snorlax and then brought it.

Server: All tournament battles should be played on the Smogtours server. If a valid reason is provided and both players agree, playing on the Main server is acceptable, though know that you risk a recreate not being possible should either player time out. Playing anywhere else is unacceptable.

Forum Bans: Users banned from the forums will be disqualified from any tournaments they are in, except under exceptional circumstances. More information can be found here.

Playing on a Proxy: Any user playing on a proxy is subject to being disqualified from tournaments, if their behaviour is suspicious.

Playing before the round is up: Any game played before the round is officially posted doesn't count. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Live Streaming: Any stream of a live Smogon Tournament game must include a two minute delay. Attempting to provide or receive advice through livestream feed is considered a form of ghosting.

[NEW] Mechanics Questions:

Providing players with additional information during a match is generally not permitted. The main exception to this is player-requested mechanics queries, which are allowed if they are both objective and specific. For a question to be considered objective, it must be something that could be answered without knowledge of the game's current state. For a question to be considered specific, the question cannot be an open ended request for information; it must be asking about a single mechanic. Valid mechanics queries also include questions about how the simulator behaves (for example in cases where a mechanic is not currently implemented correctly).

Questions about mechanics must be requested by the player; unsolicited information about mechanics should not be sent.

Objective mechanic questions that would be allowed:
Can a magic guard pokemon be fully paralyzed in DPP?
Will Steelix's defense overflow if it uses Curse under Reflect in GSC?
How long is sleep in ADV?

Non-objective questions that would not be allowed:
Will that Rotom-W outspeed my Gyarados?
- answering requires assumptions on EVs, natures, items
Can the opposing Chansey use Softboiled in my RBY game?
- requer saber o valor atual de HP de Chansey
O inimigo Clefable tem Mente Calma?
- convidando à especulação sobre o conjunto de movimentos do Clefable, não uma questão sobre mecânica


Trapaceando

Suspensões de Torneios
: Qualquer pessoa considerada culpada de trapaça, conforme definido abaixo, será banida do torneio pelo período apropriado. Ser banido do torneio significa desclassificação imediata de todos os torneios em que você estiver participando, a impossibilidade de participar de novos torneios ou postar no fórum do torneio enquanto durar a suspensão do torneio, uma infração de 2 pontos e um Título Personalizado vermelho que o demarca como banido do torneio.

Ghosting : Ghosting é definido como dar qualquer conselho a alguém que está jogando. Qualquer forma de conselho direto é considerado ghosting. Um jogador deve ser capaz de tomar suas próprias decisões com base no que observa. Pedir sugestões ou afirmações adiciona uma dinâmica injusta e reduz significativamente as chances de cometer erros. Nossos torneios são projetados para testar a habilidade individual, não a habilidade de um jogador com o apoio de outros, fornecendo sugestões ou prevenindo jogadas ruins. Jogar enquanto estiver em uma chamada de voz com outra pessoa sempre será tratado como ghosting da mais alta gravidade.

A punição por ghosting é um banimento de torneio que pode variar de 3 meses a 1 ano, dependendo de uma série de fatores.

Observe que tudo isso se aplica ao lobby do Smogtours, portanto, nenhuma sugestão de movimentos ou especulação sobre os cenários de qualquer um dos jogadores será tolerada.

Vazamento de Times : É estritamente proibido revelar o time pretendido de alguém ao seu oponente. Se isso for constatado, quaisquer jogos que tenham sido comprometidos por contra-ataques desse tipo serão anulados, e as medidas cabíveis serão tomadas dependendo do torneio. Se um time for vazado para você, é seu dever informar o Diretor do Torneio; caso contrário, você será cúmplice da trapaça.

A punição por vazamento é um banimento do torneio que pode variar de 3 meses a 1 ano, dependendo de uma série de fatores.

Conluio : Qualquer tentativa de fazer seu oponente arremessar ou desistir é inaceitável e resultará em um banimento do torneio de 3 meses tanto para a pessoa que solicitou o arremesso quanto para a pessoa que arremessou.

Personificação : Representar alguém em um jogo de torneio fará com que você seja banido do torneio por 1 ano. Deixar alguém se passar por você em um jogo de torneio fará com que ambas as partes envolvidas sejam banidas do torneio por 1 ano.

Falsificação de Resultados : Alegar ter vencido uma batalha que você não venceu resultará em uma punição de até 1 ano de banimento do torneio. Esteja sempre preparado para provar que uma partida aconteceu. Falsificar atividades, como criar registros falsos ou apagar comunicações, também se enquadra nessa regra, assim como falsificar registros para incriminar alguém por trapaça.

DDOS : Qualquer tentativa de interferir na conexão de internet de alguém durante uma batalha de torneio será punida com um banimento permanente do torneio.

Participar de um torneio mais de uma vez : Você só pode participar de cada torneio uma vez. Inscrever-se em um torneio várias vezes usando outras contas resultará na desclassificação de todas as contas, no banimento das contas alternativas no fórum e no banimento da conta principal no torneio por 1 ano.

Participar de torneios em alts: mesmo que você participe com apenas uma conta, participar de um torneio em um alt não é permitido e será punido com um banimento de torneio de 3 meses.
As inscrições encerram em <t:1754884740:F> .

EDIT: Um agradecimento especial ao Gypsy por adicionar mais US$ 20 ao prêmio.
View attachment 760591
Banner made by nomadderwhat
Approved by BW Forum Mods

Welcome to the first ever BW Monotype Open! This is a standard fifth generation Monotype individual tournament. Monotype is an metagame based on OU where all Pokémon on your team must share a common type. Both single- and dual-type Pokémon are allowed. For instance, Keldeo is eligible for both mono-Water and mono-Fighting teams. This metagame is maintained by the Monotype community. How you overcome this shared weakness will be a challenge to your ability as a teambuilder and your skill as a player. There will also be a $70 cash prize to the winner!

To join the tournament, post "In" below.

TOURNAMENT RULES
  • This is a standard BW Monotype tournament.
  • All scheduling attempts MUST be done publicly on Smogon walls. No other proof of communication will count for act calls regarding scheduling attempts.
  • All matches are to be played on the main PS! Server or Smogtours, or else they will not be counted.
  • All games will be Best Of Three.
  • Each round will last 1 week.
  • The tournament will be Single Elimination.
  • All replays must be posted.

RESOURCES

PLAY RESTRICTIONS

All standard OU tier clauses apply, with the exception of:
  • Gems Clause - Gem items (eg. Normal Gem) are allowed.
Additionally, the following rules are active in Monotype:
  • Same Type Clause: Pokémon in a team must share a type.
  • Players can use the following Pokémon:
  • Players cannot use the following Pokémon:
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent will be given the win, unless the player that timed out was in a position where they couldn't possibly lose. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the battle will be recreated by the Tournament Directors from the point of interruption. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.

Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.

Cheating: Cheating in it's various forms is entirely prohibited. Players found to be cheating will suffer Tournament Bans and be infracted accordingly. Some forms of cheating may lead to the match that the cheating happened in being replayed, while others don't. What consists of cheating can be found later on in this thread, though it is always up to TD discretion. Repeated offenders are always treated more harshly, as are people in positions of power such as Tournament Directors and Managers. Admitting to cheating might get your punishment reduced by up to 25% of it's length. We reserve the right to offer immunity to a cheater in exchange for information regarding cheating. Utilizing abilities granted by sim or forum positions to gain an advantage over opponents is also considered cheating, and will result in a Tournament Ban and at minimum a recommendation that those positions be removed.

[NEW] Attempted Cheating: Attempting to cheat is tantamount to cheating and will be punished just as severely, even if no actual cheating materializes from the attempt.

Timer: The timer is always on during tournament games. The rules for what happens in case of a disconnection can be found here.

Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player. You may request that your opponent log on to their main account to confirm that they are who they claim they are, and they must comply.

Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or team tournament, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.

Throwing: Losing on purpose to benefit your opponent is strictly forbidden, and will lead to the person throwing being Tournament Banned. What constitutes throwing is up to the Tournament Directors' discretion.

Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.

Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.

Acordos entre Jogadores : Os jogadores podem fazer acordos sobre a partida antes que ela aconteça, desde que não infrinjam as regras da categoria em que a partida está acontecendo. Por exemplo, concordar com "Snorlax GSC OU não permitido" é aceitável, mas concordar com "Celebi permitiu GSC OU" não. Os jogadores não podem concordar em jogar em uma geração diferente daquela em que foram pareados, nem em uma partida diferente. Vale ressaltar também que tudo isso se baseia inteiramente na honra. Os Diretores de Torneio não dariam uma derrota a um jogador que concordasse em não trazer Snorlax e depois o trouxesse.

Servidor : Todas as batalhas do torneio devem ser jogadas no servidor Smogtours . Se um motivo válido for fornecido e ambos os jogadores concordarem, jogar no servidor principal é aceitável, mas saiba que você corre o risco de não conseguir recriar o jogo caso um dos jogadores perca o tempo limite. Jogar em qualquer outro lugar é inaceitável.

Banimentos do Fórum : Usuários banidos dos fóruns serão desclassificados de qualquer torneio em que participem, exceto em circunstâncias excepcionais. Mais informações podem ser encontradas aqui .

Jogando em um proxy : qualquer usuário que jogue em um proxy está sujeito a ser desqualificado dos torneios se seu comportamento for suspeito.

Jogar antes do fim da rodada : Qualquer partida jogada antes do término oficial da rodada não conta. Não há exceções a esta regra.

Transmissão ao vivo: Qualquer transmissão ao vivo de um jogo do Torneio Smogon deve incluir um atraso de dois minutos. Tentar fornecer ou receber conselhos por meio da transmissão ao vivo é considerado uma forma de ghosting.

[NOVO] Dúvidas sobre mecânica:

Fornecer informações adicionais aos jogadores durante uma partida geralmente não é permitido. A principal exceção a isso são as consultas sobre mecânicas solicitadas pelos jogadores, que são permitidas se forem objetivas e específicas. Para que uma pergunta seja considerada objetiva, ela deve ser algo que possa ser respondido sem o conhecimento do estado atual do jogo. Para que uma pergunta seja considerada específica, ela não pode ser um pedido aberto de informações; ela deve perguntar sobre uma única mecânica. Consultas sobre mecânicas válidas também incluem perguntas sobre o comportamento do simulador (por exemplo, em casos em que uma mecânica não está implementada corretamente).

Perguntas sobre mecânica devem ser solicitadas pelo jogador; informações não solicitadas sobre mecânica não devem ser enviadas.

Perguntas objetivas de mecânica que seriam permitidas:
Um Pokémon de guarda mágica pode ficar totalmente paralisado no DPP?
A defesa do Steelix irá transbordar se ele usar Maldição sob Reflexo no GSC?
Quanto tempo dura o sono no ADV?

Perguntas não objetivas que não seriam permitidas:
Será que esse Rotom-W vai ser mais rápido que meu Gyarados?
- responder requer suposições sobre EVs, naturezas e itens
O Chansey adversário pode usar Softboiled no meu jogo RBY?
- requer saber o valor atual de HP de Chansey
O inimigo Clefable tem Mente Calma?
- convidando à especulação sobre o conjunto de movimentos do Clefable, não uma questão sobre mecânica


Trapaceando

Suspensões de Torneios
: Qualquer pessoa considerada culpada de trapaça, conforme definido abaixo, será banida do torneio pelo período apropriado. Ser banido do torneio significa desclassificação imediata de todos os torneios em que você estiver participando, a impossibilidade de participar de novos torneios ou postar no fórum do torneio enquanto durar a suspensão do torneio, uma infração de 2 pontos e um Título Personalizado vermelho que o demarca como banido do torneio.

Ghosting : Ghosting é definido como dar qualquer conselho a alguém que está jogando. Qualquer forma de conselho direto é considerado ghosting. Um jogador deve ser capaz de tomar suas próprias decisões com base no que observa. Pedir sugestões ou afirmações adiciona uma dinâmica injusta e reduz significativamente as chances de cometer erros. Nossos torneios são projetados para testar a habilidade individual, não a habilidade de um jogador com o apoio de outros, fornecendo sugestões ou prevenindo jogadas ruins. Jogar enquanto estiver em uma chamada de voz com outra pessoa sempre será tratado como ghosting da mais alta gravidade.

A punição por ghosting é um banimento de torneio que pode variar de 3 meses a 1 ano, dependendo de uma série de fatores.

Observe que tudo isso se aplica ao lobby do Smogtours, portanto, nenhuma sugestão de movimentos ou especulação sobre os cenários de qualquer um dos jogadores será tolerada.

Vazamento de Times : É estritamente proibido revelar o time pretendido de alguém ao seu oponente. Se isso for constatado, quaisquer jogos que tenham sido comprometidos por contra-ataques desse tipo serão anulados, e as medidas cabíveis serão tomadas dependendo do torneio. Se um time for vazado para você, é seu dever informar o Diretor do Torneio; caso contrário, você será cúmplice da trapaça.

A punição por vazamento é um banimento do torneio que pode variar de 3 meses a 1 ano, dependendo de uma série de fatores.

Conluio : Qualquer tentativa de fazer seu oponente arremessar ou desistir é inaceitável e resultará em um banimento do torneio de 3 meses tanto para a pessoa que solicitou o arremesso quanto para a pessoa que arremessou.

Personificação : Representar alguém em um jogo de torneio fará com que você seja banido do torneio por 1 ano. Deixar alguém se passar por você em um jogo de torneio fará com que ambas as partes envolvidas sejam banidas do torneio por 1 ano.

Falsificação de Resultados : Alegar ter vencido uma batalha que você não venceu resultará em uma punição de até 1 ano de banimento do torneio. Esteja sempre preparado para provar que uma partida aconteceu. Falsificar atividades, como criar registros falsos ou apagar comunicações, também se enquadra nessa regra, assim como falsificar registros para incriminar alguém por trapaça.

DDOS : Qualquer tentativa de interferir na conexão de internet de alguém durante uma batalha de torneio será punida com um banimento permanente do torneio.

Participar de um torneio mais de uma vez : Você só pode participar de cada torneio uma vez. Inscrever-se em um torneio várias vezes usando outras contas resultará na desclassificação de todas as contas, no banimento das contas alternativas no fórum e no banimento da conta principal no torneio por 1 ano.

Participar de torneios em alts: mesmo que você participe com apenas uma conta, participar de um torneio em um alt não é permitido e será punido com um banimento de torneio de 3 meses.
As inscrições encerram em <t:1754884740:F> .

EDIT: Um agradecimento especial ao Gypsy por adicionar mais US$ 20 ao prêmio.
Em
 
View attachment 760591
Banner made by nomadderwhat
Approved by BW Forum Mods

Welcome to the first ever BW Monotype Open! This is a standard fifth generation Monotype individual tournament. Monotype is an metagame based on OU where all Pokémon on your team must share a common type. Both single- and dual-type Pokémon are allowed. For instance, Keldeo is eligible for both mono-Water and mono-Fighting teams. This metagame is maintained by the Monotype community. How you overcome this shared weakness will be a challenge to your ability as a teambuilder and your skill as a player. There will also be a $70 cash prize to the winner!

To join the tournament, post "In" below.

TOURNAMENT RULES
  • This is a standard BW Monotype tournament.
  • All scheduling attempts MUST be done publicly on Smogon walls. No other proof of communication will count for act calls regarding scheduling attempts.
  • All matches are to be played on the main PS! Server or Smogtours, or else they will not be counted.
  • All games will be Best Of Three.
  • Each round will last 1 week.
  • The tournament will be Single Elimination.
  • All replays must be posted.

RESOURCES

PLAY RESTRICTIONS

All standard OU tier clauses apply, with the exception of:
  • Gems Clause - Gem items (eg. Normal Gem) are allowed.
Additionally, the following rules are active in Monotype:
  • Same Type Clause: Pokémon in a team must share a type.
  • Players can use the following Pokémon:
  • Players cannot use the following Pokémon:
Disconnections and Timer Clause: In live tournaments with short time constraints such as the Smogon Tour, if a player disconnects or times out, the opponent will be given the win, unless the player that timed out was in a position where they couldn't possibly lose. In other tournaments, if a player disconnects and contends that they could still win, the battle will be recreated by the Tournament Directors from the point of interruption. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.

Simulator Glitches: Any battle mechanics not properly implemented in the simulator used for a tournament battle are fair game, unless explicitly banned by that tournament's rules. Illegal movesets that are not restricted by the simulator fall into this category as well. However, this does not include faulty tier scripts; for example, if there was a bug in the BW OU tier script that allowed you to use Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team, taking advantage of this would result in disqualification in that battle. If a game breaking glitch is discovered, we will make a blanket tournament ban on that glitch via an announcement in the Tournaments forum until it is fixed.

Cheating: Cheating in it's various forms is entirely prohibited. Players found to be cheating will suffer Tournament Bans and be infracted accordingly. Some forms of cheating may lead to the match that the cheating happened in being replayed, while others don't. What consists of cheating can be found later on in this thread, though it is always up to TD discretion. Repeated offenders are always treated more harshly, as are people in positions of power such as Tournament Directors and Managers. Admitting to cheating might get your punishment reduced by up to 25% of it's length. We reserve the right to offer immunity to a cheater in exchange for information regarding cheating. Utilizing abilities granted by sim or forum positions to gain an advantage over opponents is also considered cheating, and will result in a Tournament Ban and at minimum a recommendation that those positions be removed.

[NEW] Attempted Cheating: Attempting to cheat is tantamount to cheating and will be punished just as severely, even if no actual cheating materializes from the attempt.

Timer: The timer is always on during tournament games. The rules for what happens in case of a disconnection can be found here.

Identity: Pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player. You may request that your opponent log on to their main account to confirm that they are who they claim they are, and they must comply.

Draws: If a battle ends in a draw in an elimination tournament or team tournament, there should be a rematch between the players with the option for both players to change teams.

Throwing: Losing on purpose to benefit your opponent is strictly forbidden, and will lead to the person throwing being Tournament Banned. What constitutes throwing is up to the Tournament Directors' discretion.

Host / Tournament Director Decisions: The host may make a judgment call on the outcome of a battle with a disputed result, even if one player has broken the rules. If you believe the host has made an unjust decision, you may inform the Tournament Director responsible for the tournament of the situation and request that they make a final call on it.

Sportsmanship: If a player displays exceedingly poor sportsmanship before, during, or after a tournament battle, they may be disqualified or otherwise punished.

Player Agreements: Players are allowed to make agreements about their game before it happens, as long as it doesn't break the rules of the tier that the game is happening in, for example agreeing to "No Snorlax GSC OU" is acceptable, but agreeing to "Celebi allowed GSC OU" isn't. The players are not allowed to agree to play a different generation than what they were paired up in, nor a different game. It should also be noted that this is all entirely based on honor, Tournament Directors would not hand out a loss to a player that agreed not to bring Snorlax and then brought it.

Server: All tournament battles should be played on the Smogtours server. If a valid reason is provided and both players agree, playing on the Main server is acceptable, though know that you risk a recreate not being possible should either player time out. Playing anywhere else is unacceptable.

Forum Bans: Users banned from the forums will be disqualified from any tournaments they are in, except under exceptional circumstances. More information can be found here.

Playing on a Proxy: Any user playing on a proxy is subject to being disqualified from tournaments, if their behaviour is suspicious.

Playing before the round is up: Any game played before the round is officially posted doesn't count. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Live Streaming: Any stream of a live Smogon Tournament game must include a two minute delay. Attempting to provide or receive advice through livestream feed is considered a form of ghosting.

[NEW] Mechanics Questions:

Providing players with additional information during a match is generally not permitted. The main exception to this is player-requested mechanics queries, which are allowed if they are both objective and specific. For a question to be considered objective, it must be something that could be answered without knowledge of the game's current state. For a question to be considered specific, the question cannot be an open ended request for information; it must be asking about a single mechanic. Valid mechanics queries also include questions about how the simulator behaves (for example in cases where a mechanic is not currently implemented correctly).

Questions about mechanics must be requested by the player; unsolicited information about mechanics should not be sent.

Objective mechanic questions that would be allowed:
Can a magic guard pokemon be fully paralyzed in DPP?
Will Steelix's defense overflow if it uses Curse under Reflect in GSC?
How long is sleep in ADV?

Non-objective questions that would not be allowed:
Will that Rotom-W outspeed my Gyarados?
- answering requires assumptions on EVs, natures, items
Can the opposing Chansey use Softboiled in my RBY game?
- requires knowing Chansey's current HP value
Does the enemy Clefable have Calm Mind?
- inviting speculation on Clefable moveset, not a question about mechanics


Cheating

Tournament Bans
: Anyone found to be guilty of cheating as defined below will be tournament banned for the appropriate length of time. Being tournament banned means immediate disqualification from all tournaments you are currently in, the inability to join any new tournaments or post in the tournament forum for as long as the tournament ban lasts, a 2 point infraction and a red Custom Title that demarks you as tournament banned.

Ghosting: Ghosting is defined as giving any piece of advice to someone playing a game. Any form of direct advice is considered ghosting. A player should be able to make their own decisions based on what they observe by themselves. Asking for suggestions or affirmation adds an unfair dynamic and greatly reduces the chances of making mistakes. Our tournaments are designed to be tests of individual skill, not the skill of one player with the support of others providing suggestions or preventing bad plays. Playing a game while in a voice call with someone else will always be treated as ghosting of the highest severity.

The punishment for ghosting is a Tournament Ban that can range anywhere from 3 months to 1 year, depending on a series of factors.

Note that all of this applies to the Smogtours lobby, as such no suggesting of moves or speculation on the sets of either players will be tolerated.

Leaking Teams: Giving someone's intended team to their opponent is strictly forbidden. If this is found to happen any games that were compromised by counter teaming of this sort will be nullified, and the proper course of action will be taken depending on the tournament. If a team gets leaked to you, it is your duty to tell a Tournament Director, if you fail to do so you are complicit in the cheating.

The punishment for leaking is a Tournament Ban that can range anywhere from 3 months to 1 year, depending on a series of factors.

Collusion: Any attempt to get your opponent to throw or forfeit is unacceptable and will be met with a 3 month Tournament Ban for both the person requesting the throw and the person that threw.

Impersonating: Impersonating someone in a tournament game will get you Tournament Banned for 1 year, letting someone impersonate you in a tournament game will get both involved parties Tournament banned for 1 year.

Falsifying Results: Claiming to win a battle you didn't win will be punished by up to a 1 year Tournament Ban. Always be prepared to prove that a game happened. Falsifying activity, such as making up fake logs or deleting communication also falls under this, as does forging logs to incriminate someone of cheating.

DDOS'ing: Any attempts to tamper with someone's internet connection during a tournament battle will be punished with a permanent Tournament Ban.

Joining a Tournament More than Once: You may only join each tournament once. Signing up to a tournament multiple times by using other accounts will get every account disqualified, the alternate accounts forum banned and the main account Tournament Banned for 1 year.

Joining Tournaments on Alts: Even if you only join with 1 account, joining a tournament on an alt is not allowed and will be punished with a 3 month Tournament Ban.
Signups close on <t:1754884740:F>.

EDIT: Shoutout to Gypsy for adding another $20 to the prize.
In
 
Back
Top