Welcome to the 2026 RU Winter Seasonal! This Type A tournament is the opening tournament of the 2026 RU circuit, therefore a great opportunity to start gaining a consistent amount of points in the race to the 2026 RU Ribbon. This tour is hosted by seed.
Specific Rules:
- This is a standard SV RU tournament.
- Matches are to be played on PS!, preferably on the Smogtours server.
- The format for this tournament is best of three, double elimination.
- Any tier changes that occur during a round will not be in effect until the following round.
- Replays are not required for this round, but they are encouraged and useful to have, so be sure to properly save them for proof of your victory.
- Changing teams between games is allowed.
Activity Win Rules:
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless 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, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. 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, it is recommended that you open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold and provide a link to the evidence of an activity win.
Identity
Users are expected to play on identifiable accounts. They may choose not to, but if asked must comply with identification requests by an opponent, either via switching to an account you are identifiable on, or via a Smogon message. Do not assume an account that you use regularly in other tours or with your friends is "identifiable." Use an account that matches your Smogon username or is in your About page to avoid this problem.
Scouting: Going through publicly posted teams or available replays from other tournaments / rounds / the PS! replays site is understandable and an acceptable play in tournament prep. Using power given on Smogon or PS! to find things unavailable to the regular user, such as deleted posts, PS alt account connections, or hidden rooms, is unacceptable and can result in loss of access.
Do not badger an opponent's friends, teammates, or previous opponents for information, respect their wishes for privacy if asked. 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 and Disconnections: The timer is expected to be on from the start of every game until its conclusion, unless indicated otherwise in a tournament's rules (such as a ghosting tour). Please be respectful of each other's time while in-game, battle timeouts are there for a reason.
If you run out of time, you lose. If you disconnect and run out of time to reconnect, you lose. For particularly high stakes games, under certain conditions, a Tournament Director may be able to recreate a game played on Smogtours, but do not rely on or expect this. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires (15 minutes), as one a room expires there is no chance of recreation. A game played on Main can never be recreated.
Communication:
Schedule your games via public wall/visitor messages (VMs) to make it possible for hosts to track activity claims when needed. Use this guide (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tournament-rules-and-general-guidelines.3642760/) to ensure that you don't lose via activity or go to a coinflip. If you use other means of contacting your opponent, such as private messages on Smogon, Discord or PS! messages of any sort, or another platform altogether, then provide all scheduling conversations should you need to make an activity claim.
Remember that late contact is not grounds for an activity claim. If extensions are even possible, they will only be provided in circumstances where contact was early enough and you and your opponent were unable to find a time during the standard schedule to play and have already found a time during the standard extension window to play. The further you stray from that ideal, the less likely an extension request is to be granted.
Server:
The default server to play tournament matches on is Smogtours. An acceptable alternative, should both players agree to go to it, is the main Pokemon Showdown server. No other server is allowed, even if both users agree to it. If one user requests to play on Main and the other user requests to play on Smogtours, the game must be played on Smogtours.
Bugs:
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, Throwing, and Poor Sportsmanship:
Respect yourself and your fellow players. The Tournament Rules (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tournament-rules-and-general-guidelines.3642760/) go into more detail on each of these topics, but the short answer is that players who do any of the above acts risk removal from the tournament, infractions, or worse.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, it will be coin flipped unless 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, or if hosts determine an activity win was earned based on public contact. 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, it is recommended that you open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold and provide a link to the evidence of an activity win.
Identity
Users are expected to play on identifiable accounts. They may choose not to, but if asked must comply with identification requests by an opponent, either via switching to an account you are identifiable on, or via a Smogon message. Do not assume an account that you use regularly in other tours or with your friends is "identifiable." Use an account that matches your Smogon username or is in your About page to avoid this problem.
Scouting: Going through publicly posted teams or available replays from other tournaments / rounds / the PS! replays site is understandable and an acceptable play in tournament prep. Using power given on Smogon or PS! to find things unavailable to the regular user, such as deleted posts, PS alt account connections, or hidden rooms, is unacceptable and can result in loss of access.
Do not badger an opponent's friends, teammates, or previous opponents for information, respect their wishes for privacy if asked. 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 and Disconnections: The timer is expected to be on from the start of every game until its conclusion, unless indicated otherwise in a tournament's rules (such as a ghosting tour). Please be respectful of each other's time while in-game, battle timeouts are there for a reason.
If you run out of time, you lose. If you disconnect and run out of time to reconnect, you lose. For particularly high stakes games, under certain conditions, a Tournament Director may be able to recreate a game played on Smogtours, but do not rely on or expect this. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires (15 minutes), as one a room expires there is no chance of recreation. A game played on Main can never be recreated.
Communication:
Schedule your games via public wall/visitor messages (VMs) to make it possible for hosts to track activity claims when needed. Use this guide (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tournament-rules-and-general-guidelines.3642760/) to ensure that you don't lose via activity or go to a coinflip. If you use other means of contacting your opponent, such as private messages on Smogon, Discord or PS! messages of any sort, or another platform altogether, then provide all scheduling conversations should you need to make an activity claim.
Remember that late contact is not grounds for an activity claim. If extensions are even possible, they will only be provided in circumstances where contact was early enough and you and your opponent were unable to find a time during the standard schedule to play and have already found a time during the standard extension window to play. The further you stray from that ideal, the less likely an extension request is to be granted.
Server:
The default server to play tournament matches on is Smogtours. An acceptable alternative, should both players agree to go to it, is the main Pokemon Showdown server. No other server is allowed, even if both users agree to it. If one user requests to play on Main and the other user requests to play on Smogtours, the game must be played on Smogtours.
Bugs:
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, Throwing, and Poor Sportsmanship:
Respect yourself and your fellow players. The Tournament Rules (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tournament-rules-and-general-guidelines.3642760/) go into more detail on each of these topics, but the short answer is that players who do any of the above acts risk removal from the tournament, infractions, or worse.
Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same PokeDex number on their team.
Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned.
OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned, draws will be enforced after 1000 turns
Sleep Clause: You cannot inflict sleep upon more than one member of the opposing team.
Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned.
OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned, draws will be enforced after 1000 turns
Round 2:
Winners bracket (proof):
MemphisDepay vs zAllonso
killua_ vs Heatranator
DeMarvelous vs Wadley
BlazingDark vs Jojen
Terracotta vs Bastien_
PTKmoekyuun vs rrr2r2r2rrr2
wssi vs Tomja95
LpZ vs Acrididae
Tjoker vs udhhfd12345
Sussaix vs ruidoceus
Kev vs YT_JP_SL
slopcat vs Regiboob
melonnoodle vs treeshhhh
Failbor vs Mzmarcos1
RealMenix vs B0by
Betticus IV vs JuliTukJ
AnglersDream vs MrPioupiou
Gymleadernyash vs Firebro
Nakoruru_XD vs TheBulletInMyHead
THE_CHUNGLER vs lavpatatas
ishan023 vs qualityblu
hxmo vs milliongatejumpguy
Peum vs MachJacob
JoelXLeaf vs GoldCat
Showl vs riXtro
RADU vs Fraaxn
G-vyle vs Kits
TyCarter vs lighthouses
LeBomboclats vs LBN
about15gals vs jyusaan
Snowzada vs Bernardo
des121 vs Roaring Moonlight
AnotherSlobro vs July
Rubyblood vs Xiri
BlackU-turn vs DKM
Fifty eyes vs Silent Waltz
DeCurry vs 8truc
Don Bork vs Career Ended
gfredu18 vs Ryuuji Kuroiwa
Dabman1069 vs Cloudznn
feen vs Incognition
kiru vs lealleallegal
Zerotwo. vs Nkc1201*
EviGaro vs SpyOP
Lux2821 vs Dutchum
ChessAddict_ vs renxø_pl
MCOBSOK vs StreetBoom
hi.naming is hard vs cute vn
yatanxz vs 12Ike
Quinn vs Ampha
SHRAIDER vs Canard
Slikkles vs koopa003
akxhdwy vs Cielau
liliou vs Wubben
DugZa vs VaporeonUser
Dead by Daylight vs zause
Sabella vs angolano06
Flareblitzkreig vs TheOGDragon1
Simuxxie vs t&a ninetales
Soul King0 vs frogfrend5
SvelteSnake vs Rats220
The Hisui Region vs Hoops
giove97 vs bApe
Ming549 vs Vxltarktimi
Noaa vs Remake
Irene vs icyicyisee
Tbp24 vs Hildi Thryth
db vs PokemonCestDur
asssnatcher67 vs Sneakyplanner
Benimh vs Cold07
Indulge in dreams vs Metallica126
staplepopcorn47 vs Staxi
mipc vs zmath
vwnz vs Jhavichuela
Squeeby vs KingBillu
StFirezim vs trickmasterz
MatLaTomate vs Akotelette
IMMAAXX vs ambi_
Kingler vs EliteGamerCheezo
4tup vs Lacks
pan de lag vs ewitslou
t.t vs SilverKnight3716
Jerm175 vs Django
colorednaem vs TheFranklin
JesusGP vs FlamPoke
Fernanch vs OranBerryBlissey10
Medasus vs abreuolindo
NinjaCaro vs EPM
glowbrogang vs Piriko
Rybak vs Sussyzao
Mindnight vs seraphz
Mumu-The-mudkip-8787 vs Mik3y
heelkey vs Aries Dragons
leo568 vs Nemosse
skopergmamer vs Nael222
fghhrdnj vs baututitu
djistivi vs eifo
Lilo vs paralelo
Defolgado vs ThauanXBB
pheonixxed vs Sulfura28
L Lawliet vs Hyperium1233
Electry vs flamefix
cicepece11 vs GhostlyPlanets
FastCarVroom!!! vs xGinesect
swedrf vs Ktütverde
Hairoll vs JuninxZ9
peixe200 vs Leroipolux
krwozen vs Cyrakii
LuizgamerXD vs ZombieEyeZ
chiefbeef1234 vs Maxisc23
JacintoElGrande vs Oathkeeper
Stories vs Txunt!
LittEleven vs Heni-san
EntryHazardous vs eeriespell
Amomeupaieminhamae vs kokomybeloved
benladil vs Daharan
huuh vs Starfox.
Sk3no vs OtaviioZx
Nashrock vs lcalvexx
no way iz vs Nichalho
entrocefalo vs hoyssxo
etern vs Calmmind75
sra99 vs Korinthe7
God Koro vs jrm-gray_
CarTulo vs Corvikafka
Frishjoejgf vs HSK7
KaderLeCrime vs bricknermon
DustPlasma24 vs mclagno
Losers bracket (proof):
Falancies vs thecontainerguy
Ledwing vs What should by name be?
UltraX vs shuixin
Airi vs pawn of fate
Ea-Nasir vs Sus_dedication
Winterbub vs paysa
percseventy vs DripLegend
felzzz vs Legofakatsuki
Huargensy vs agenS
GC vs Mr.SnickerDude
rylon vs Gentai_Kaijo
coconut1234 vs CatioloQuenti
Arcanine1929 vs Scarf Kricketune
doso749 vs EldestSlayer
Babaxtnn vs Yttoshirib
Guille vs NDK
shreyashhy vs Zong200
Aariceus vs Paprikaflow
DD Joe vs Megapokemon11
Mok3s vs Bye 1
Charcoal13 vs Bye 2
seed vs Bye 3
KeshBa54 vs Bye 4
Sagazinha vs Bye 5
Shaak15 vs Bye 6
Ellie<3 vs Bye 7
MAT 2012 vs Bye 8
robjr vs Bye 9
RuanK1o vs Bye 10
couchlaserparty vs Bye 11
musashi109 vs Bye 12
Durk27 vs Bye 13
The deadline for this round is <t:1769403540:F>. Good luck!
The deadline to complete Round 1 games granted extension is <t:1769057940:F>.
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