Welcome to the first round of this year's Official Smogon Tournament! The OST is one of Smogon's longest standing traditions in tournaments and has crowned many great Pokémon players as its champions across five generations. Over the next few months, over a thousand players will compete to the best of their ability as they attempt to join the exclusive ranks of the OST trophy holders. Only one of those players will succeed in their journey and earn the recognition that comes with their victory, along with the iconic OST trophy.
The tournament will have a best of three format. This means that players will play until one of them wins two games. Players are allowed to switch teams in between games, or use the same team throughout the set; it is completely up to the player. If players only partially complete a series before the deadline, it will be considered an uncompleted match and action will be taken accordingly (either an activity win or a coin flip).
Just like last year, there will be a cash prize for this tournament! The winner of this year's Official Smogon Tournament will receive 200 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
- REPLAYS WILL BE REQUIRED IN YOUR WINPOST STARTING IN ROUND 2
- This is a standard SV OU tournament.
- The tournament will be single elimination.
- Players will play a best of three series of games each round
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
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- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
- Sleep Moves Clause: A player cannot use moves that induce Sleep status on the opponent in their Pokemon's movesets.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Team Preview: Players must turn on the Team Preview feature where players can view the opposing team's Pokémon and choose their lead Pokémon.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Check this thread for more information.
- Baton Pass Clause: The move Baton Pass is banned outright.
- Uber Clause: Players may not use any items, moves, abilities, or Pokemon that appear on Smogon's OU Ban List. If the tiers change or new items, abilities, moves, or Pokemon become available in the middle of a round, the changes will take effect in the following round. There will be an announcement in the relevant round if this occurs.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped if neither player clearly deserves the activity win or one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you should open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped if neither player clearly deserves the activity win or one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you should open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
General Tournament Rules
Substitutions
Players may sign up as a substitute if they didn't join in time. If you are eliminated from the tournament (i.e. you lose your games, are substituted out, or drop out), you may not sign up as a substitute. I will endeavor to substitute players in whenever a player drops out, and in the first week before the round 1 deadline, I will look through all players and activity win requests and replace any inactive players with substitutes. There is a decent chance that you will get to play if you sign up as a substitute. Substitutes will only be allowed into the tournament during round 1. Substitutes will be implemented on a mostly first come, first serve basis, but if you are inactive after you sign up as a substitute then you're at risk of not being substituted into the tournament.
To sign up as a substitute, please use the substitute signup thread.
Please read this guide if you're unsure how to schedule with your opponent! Alternatively, watch this video made by teal6:
Now then, without further ado..
Round 1-C
KazVgc vs Tomatag
Rubyblood vs rylon
Rubmv_ vs Phin22
Unstoppable1 vs Atha
lolmy vs Django
Gangsta cold vs KaoLum
ishan_j132932 vs Phantom0rion
Devn07 vs Leroipolux
1LDK vs MassiveScizorEnjoyer
Trickster7 vs Luispeikou
impersonxtor vs ASKOV
Stellar Flares vs ScizorDaGoat
ILoveGarchom vs skimmythegod
Mzmarcos1 vs MinimoT
Aln vs thehi
tahatahat vs churrojr
DonSalvatore vs billclintonlol
sky vs AquiIo
viagra vibes vs MRH1106
Azick vs pengu
NFS15 vs Mindnight
JeoZ vs Dutchum
awyp vs rarh2
StFirezim vs Betticus IV
entrocefalo vs Mrbanana45
Defolgado vs Vxltarktimi
Bastien_ vs big tony 2014
JojoOui vs Tricknology
shatoor0 vs Ged_Muncher
aminita vs weird mon
ScribeofRevocis vs obssy
lettuce vs Pichiu
DKM vs cars2uk
Jeidel vs Abso
Vert vs Leftiez
TyCarter vs Sachumberto
Akeras vs StygianWorm
lonk vs giove97
DAHLI vs BIG WILL
Zokuru vs venesha
Toxinalpaca vs Zachimations
Zenadark vs zeuscri20006
eclipseY vs Gei
Hairoll vs Maxouille
Cloudznn vs Hiko
Paycard vs DeMarvelous
Raichu95Lucario32 vs Yves Stone
Expulso vs Macaco Socialista
Laz_y vs Baddy
elodin vs Click>Think
Dusk vs BlueLobster
Mix vs Monai
JustFranco vs damien the genius
PoseidonWrath vs SpookyZ
zS vs xieeee
JspKiC vs VerySuboptimal
etern vs emoxu9
SBPC vs watashi
bApe vs might drago
IMMAAXX vs pinkstork
YoruNoxx vs Suuicunee
Vioz vs Strengthen
Eoward vs Dj Breloominati♬
lcalvexx vs U_Quokka
Isza vs Argon657
Ziyeh vs deviously
Einstien74 vs glowbrogang
brilliance1234 vs TGA
obii vs spell
Plague vs RichardMillePlain
shuixin vs Tempo di anguria
Finchinator vs stratdkt
ElPachirisuDelVGC vs Noaa
Adelynn vs aditya1729
Ooorange vs Vyluda
Msousa vs Firenix
LORD SAGIS vs Goobius Caesar
lil broom boi vs Quackborg
Hacker vs lighthouses
UBD Yamoshi vs DaviDXrt
shiloh vs Fusien
JinF vs arul
turnyacc vs Incognition
M1n0j vs couchlaserparty
Fragments vs Kyo
Tamamo vs sugar ovens
LeBomboclats vs Bohrier
Indulge in dreams vs JensenDale
Patatexv vs ThauanXBB
someone random vs HazzaC123
GirlsSeeGhosts vs ILSB
bbeeaa vs The Hisui Region
Jhavichuela vs sunny
CursedByHax vs Cow
LOOR vs thajester
JesusGP vs Sabella
RoyalReloaded vs toshimelonhead
Jojen vs Ash KetchumGamer
Jay vs pastelito
Elfuseon vs GeniusX
MahTheBot vs Ryus0ken
shores vs GautSam
viivian vs AlejanDraco
Fantasy vs lolebruh
rottx vs cloud and book
trickmasterz vs xBudgie
devin vs Corvikafka
Glue vs Originality Key
Setsu vs jscurf
Riruia vs Axzel
Yves LeBron Uchiha vs Envy
luisin vs Gym Leader Adam
Sacri' vs lealleallegal
LityL vs Akaru Kokuyo
jb291 vs Vaictador
Four Scores vs DugZa
Huargensy vs JUST ONE GALATINA
Stories vs kiru
Arc vs Terracotta
jetou vs Jethin 10
Braga S2 vs blunder
aeth vs natooo0
Naraku Kirigiri vs eldids
Astoria vs Let's Rumble Shall We
Skmagnet vs G-vyle
Markis348gamer vs Mkns1070
NinjaCaro vs egalvanc
Mortimer_D_Mouse vs ScufY_
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B, and 1-D threads for it! Alternatively, you may be on the substitute list, and you'll be tagged to let you know your pairing when you're substituted in!)
Deadline is <t:1770008340:R>
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