Welcome to the first edition of the NDM Winter seasonals and, also, the first round!
This will be the last chance you have to potentially qualify for the NDM Circuit Playoffs.
Tournament Rules:This will be the last chance you have to potentially qualify for the NDM Circuit Playoffs.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Standard National Dex Monotype.
- Best-of-three, double elimination.
- Battles should take place on the Smogtours server or the main PS! server if not.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Tiers are locked at the beginning of each round.
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Same Type Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Terastal Clause
- Timed Battle
- Team Preview
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.
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 in 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, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes. The timer may not be turned off in any other circumstance.
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 in such cases are not allowed.
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.
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 in 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, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes. The timer may not be turned off in any other circumstance.
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 in such cases are not allowed.
General recommendations:
- Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
- When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
- Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the timezone.
- If I catch news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, I reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of my ability in conjunction with the TD team provided there is adequate evidence to warrant it.
Good luck everyone!
Round 1
t&a ninetales vs vwnz
1yr vs hex
Dead by Daylight vs sn00syw00sy
Dutchum vs LogIce
Don Bork vs giove97
qtfox vs Pr1nce0fAllSaiyans
VeryBadTrip vs kiru
CutyAs vs TTK
liliou vs Bka Onon
Dwagon vs KniY
hxmo vs Lightniong
Mateeus vs Bey is Back
jrm-gray_ vs Bows
Neko vs Pained
Spy1198 vs Leafeonlol
Me Empty vs Ringmaster Uta
up58 vs GHollow
Serise vs tegan02
Error5091 vs Hyjinks
benladil vs krwozen
Ineros vs SladeMenaceJ
Trouser Snakes vs Incognition
duskumbreon99 vs KamenAlliterator
MattandMello vs Loading Revenge
Fixzation vs Amomeupaieminhamae
Mok3s vs Dunes
MiniNoob vs SpouseOwner69
LiRip vs Comett7778
Manan999 vs KiteaLuluuu
Zangoose360 vs M4th3
Irys vs Calmmind75
Yuukimura vs Metagross773
Deadline for Round 1: November 16th, 2025 (11:59 PM -4)
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