For the past two years, this tour has been on discord, but it will be back on forums again. This makes the tournament official. There is no prize as of now, but we are opening up donations for a cash prize pool. If anybody is interested in donating, please dm me on discord.
This year, 28 players will be in main, and 32 players will head to playins. 4 players from playins will make it to mains, for a total of 32 players.
Also, I want to add more rules to make selection more objective and less subjective, to avoid hard feelings.
Also, about invitational discord. We wont be using that now since it's on the forums. Please use the official ORAS discord instead to discuss this tournament.
ORAS Discord Link
This year, 28 players will be in main, and 32 players will head to playins. 4 players from playins will make it to mains, for a total of 32 players.
- This is a standard ORAS OU tournament.
- This tournament will be Double Elimination. 32 players, 10 Rounds. Both the Main Event and Play-ins are invite-only.
- All matches are ORAS OU bo3 until Round 8 (top 4), at which point all subsequent matches are bo5.
- Replays are mandatory for all games at every stage of both tournaments.
- Extensions are only given in exceptional cases and need to be applied beforehand. The hosts may refuse any extension request.
- All games must be played on the Smogon Tournaments Pokemon Showdown! server (smogtours.psim.us).
- Play-ins will be a Best of Three Single Elimination 16-person bracket where the top two participants will qualify for the main event.
- Do not cheat. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- Do not harass or insult your opponents, spectators, or staff. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- The main event will take over 2 months to complete. This is a hefty time and effort commitment. Make sure you can commit to playing the entire tournament until the end before accepting the invitation.
- This is a serious, competitive, invite-only ORAS OU Tournament with hundreds of dollars on the line. Effort, serious teams and Pokemon, and not forfeiting games/sets for no valid reason are expected of all players. We reserve the right to disqualify anyone from breaking this rule.
- This tournament will be Double Elimination. 32 players, 10 Rounds. Both the Main Event and Play-ins are invite-only.
- All matches are ORAS OU bo3 until Round 8 (top 4), at which point all subsequent matches are bo5.
- Replays are mandatory for all games at every stage of both tournaments.
- Extensions are only given in exceptional cases and need to be applied beforehand. The hosts may refuse any extension request.
- All games must be played on the Smogon Tournaments Pokemon Showdown! server (smogtours.psim.us).
- Play-ins will be a Best of Three Single Elimination 16-person bracket where the top two participants will qualify for the main event.
- Do not cheat. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- Do not harass or insult your opponents, spectators, or staff. The hosts reserve the right to disqualify anyone breaking this rule.
- The main event will take over 2 months to complete. This is a hefty time and effort commitment. Make sure you can commit to playing the entire tournament until the end before accepting the invitation.
- This is a serious, competitive, invite-only ORAS OU Tournament with hundreds of dollars on the line. Effort, serious teams and Pokemon, and not forfeiting games/sets for no valid reason are expected of all players. We reserve the right to disqualify anyone from breaking this rule.
September 14th - Main Event Invitations
September 27th - Play-In Invitations
September 28th - Play-Ins start, 4 weeks
October 26th - Main event starts
September 27th - Play-In Invitations
September 28th - Play-Ins start, 4 weeks
October 26th - Main event starts
Mains Pool (28)
1. ACR1
2. Always!
3. BluBirD
4. c0mp
5. crying
6. Destro16
7. devin
8. Tenebricite
9. feen
10. Finchinator
11. lighthouses
12. Lusa
13. Metallica126
14. Niko
15 NoName6293
16. Ox the Fox
17. Paprikaflow
18. pj
19. Poek
20. Ruffles
21. Savouras
22. kingofking
23. GeniusX
24. Eternal Spirit
25. MANNAT
26. blunder
27. BlazingDark
28. z0mOG
Playins Pool (16+32) - Will be announced as they are confirmed
1. awyp
2. avarice
3. Ithi
4. ima
5. thajester
6. Typical_bastard
7. Xurkiyee
8. cloud and book
9. Cow
10. White Atoq
11. Sergio Aguero
12. Legitly
13. Amaske
14. purbaj
15. Horii
16. HSK7
17. Mada
18. mixnite
19. Persephone
20. entrocefalo
21. Drachenkeule
22. Joya
23. Sna
24. Bored Pikachu
25. Avendesora
26. Breezy
27. Nemosse
28. Django
29. Alpha1013
30. zRyan74
31. egalvanc
32. ImperialH
33. HSBT
34. Hyssou
35. Baddy
36. Stories
37. Wesleyy
38. Insou
39. Hacker
40. Dj Breloominati♬
41. Lets In The Sun
42. Mister McLovin
43. ojr
44. SpookyZ
45. DugZa
46. LB
47. PoseidonWrath
48. Devious flamigo
The final 3 in mains are being finalized by tomorrow. Until then!1. ACR1
2. Always!
3. BluBirD
4. c0mp
5. crying
6. Destro16
7. devin
8. Tenebricite
9. feen
10. Finchinator
11. lighthouses
12. Lusa
13. Metallica126
14. Niko
15 NoName6293
16. Ox the Fox
17. Paprikaflow
18. pj
19. Poek
20. Ruffles
21. Savouras
22. kingofking
23. GeniusX
24. Eternal Spirit
25. MANNAT
26. blunder
27. BlazingDark
28. z0mOG
Playins Pool (16+32) - Will be announced as they are confirmed
1. awyp
2. avarice
3. Ithi
4. ima
5. thajester
6. Typical_bastard
7. Xurkiyee
8. cloud and book
9. Cow
10. White Atoq
11. Sergio Aguero
12. Legitly
13. Amaske
14. purbaj
15. Horii
16. HSK7
17. Mada
18. mixnite
19. Persephone
20. entrocefalo
21. Drachenkeule
22. Joya
23. Sna
24. Bored Pikachu
25. Avendesora
26. Breezy
27. Nemosse
28. Django
29. Alpha1013
30. zRyan74
31. egalvanc
32. ImperialH
33. HSBT
34. Hyssou
35. Baddy
36. Stories
37. Wesleyy
38. Insou
39. Hacker
40. Dj Breloominati♬
41. Lets In The Sun
42. Mister McLovin
43. ojr
44. SpookyZ
45. DugZa
46. LB
47. PoseidonWrath
48. Devious flamigo
Also, I want to add more rules to make selection more objective and less subjective, to avoid hard feelings.
Starting next year, here are the criteria to be selected in mains:
1. Went 3-2 in last year's invitational or better
2. Went 2-2 in last year's invitational and has played at least 1 other ORAS tour w/ good results
3. Went 1-2 in last year's invitational and has played at least 2 other ORAS tours w/ good results, or 1 tour that is WCoP or SPL, or has qualified through play-ins
Starting next year, here are the criteria to be selected in play-ins:
1. Went 0-2 in last year's main stage invitational will drop to play-ins
2. Went 1-2 or 2-2 and doesn't qualify for the criteria mentioned above
3. Top finishers in seasonals. Good records in tours that include ORAS such as RoAPL, ORASPL, OUPL mainly. Masters League and things such as RCoP, NPL, APDL will be considered but weighted less.
Exclusion criteria
1. Losing r1 in play-ins will have a high probability of exclusion from next year's play-ins, especially if absent from ORAS tours.
1. Went 3-2 in last year's invitational or better
2. Went 2-2 in last year's invitational and has played at least 1 other ORAS tour w/ good results
3. Went 1-2 in last year's invitational and has played at least 2 other ORAS tours w/ good results, or 1 tour that is WCoP or SPL, or has qualified through play-ins
Starting next year, here are the criteria to be selected in play-ins:
1. Went 0-2 in last year's main stage invitational will drop to play-ins
2. Went 1-2 or 2-2 and doesn't qualify for the criteria mentioned above
3. Top finishers in seasonals. Good records in tours that include ORAS such as RoAPL, ORASPL, OUPL mainly. Masters League and things such as RCoP, NPL, APDL will be considered but weighted less.
Exclusion criteria
1. Losing r1 in play-ins will have a high probability of exclusion from next year's play-ins, especially if absent from ORAS tours.
Also, about invitational discord. We wont be using that now since it's on the forums. Please use the official ORAS discord instead to discuss this tournament.
ORAS Discord Link
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