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-B
PixelBob vs DeCurry
benladil vs xzeroxman
Zesty43 vs Void
burrocosta vs Bigboysneedlove2
AnglersDream vs SupaGmoney
Mok3s vs Leni
frigid void vs Lord Ninjax
AlphaQ vs blaab
mchaco vs Osake
cicepece11 vs YouanMingxue
Chicos vs Ne_emo
Caesarr vs Regiboob
georgiethefirst vs literxlly
Nakano Nino vs Call me PK
UB_blakk vs A1Gallade
Edgar vs Roaring Moonlight
SaiderD4C vs NoName6293
ArcadianSkies vs Azluc On Top
aLMArED! vs NeoNaruto
yfy vs jack flabre gun
Boonty88 vs Going Hard
LudwigFrog vs yerdunc
bh_33 vs Itoshiflwr
Bomb21XD vs TAG2Y2
Amaske vs CarTulo
AC_Shade vs coolguy14604
zinnias vs Aariceus
MasterJ007 vs Corperate n
Drachenkeule vs Jefozz
PigWarrior19 vs Untrue_reality
Toryyy vs a fairy
darkman64 vs Iguana
TDR vs DMVortex38
rule vs Vileman
Waci vs Tbp24
Kebab mlml vs SigmaGamer123321
gfredu18 vs JMC3
OhioGengar vs PHB11677
OmBrArch vs luciano
Novax vs 1yr
Shemages vs Starfox.
Xurkiyee vs lasesino
Estuardo19 vs renaissance blaze
Eledyr vs Quentinouuu
Gondra vs Frailty
urrgh vs Tenebricite
Srita Kaguya vs treeshhhh
Abyssal Ruins vs A Daydream
karthik199729 vs Angello7796
justbaguette vs Shaymin Sky
LucioCerra vs Mik3y
terrors vs Zentrox
scarletnetto vs needle on top
Lacks vs Failbor
t.t vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
Comett7778 vs Staraptor
Glowking Agenda vs Diamondnt_
Forten vs trace
Papillon vs GrimtheImpy
yiyueweiming vs fatBatman
sappheiros vs akxhdwy
SilverKnight3716 vs Pais
Endill vs bello figo
Choice Specs vs Shadow079
fate1q vs Duko
Booooooy vs mind gaming
QuackingDuck vs Wappy.kBs
Horii vs MichaelderBeste2
FaronAan vs Ayante
SalvatoreSesso vs Swaay
Raceding vs SoulWind
FR•MrPrince vs Suikyo
ghostfacewar1 vs renxø_pl
olivia vs Celeste
Hoennseptile vs Beshoy
Chomp2504 vs Ineros
Magician vs Suhayb
vwnz vs lights_on
Steam Buns vs glass shadows
Kourado vs Shiba
tko vs suwuki
zmath vs Nat
Forrest23567 vs merrypasta
cala_aa vs John Dozo
Cielau vs im_m0rtal.
Savouras vs avlavlavlavl
Rio Vidal vs besudo
jcbc vs Arcanine1929
SASAGEYO vs bbnate
bring it on vs dynameow
bocoaa vs ThiaggoGatinho
Doggelindo vs pokem1399
Vulpix03 vs rush of my blood
FFK vs Luirromen
Nashrock vs Souji/Akumu
lax vs chiefbeef1234
Calmmind75 vs Kits
Mada vs Career Ended
Dugtrio Is Broken vs summer islands
Silent Waltz vs Uber45
CyberOdin✝ vs wvsp
Medasus vs Critsomnia
VaporeonUser vs Pudistours
birqzz vs Are you vaping?
mipc vs Omnisapien
Jeanmarc07 vs vgc_flox
Eternal Spirit vs Hydra_Y21
JabbaTheGriffin vs Sanesa8724
MADARAAAA vs Gilbert arenas
KeshBa54 vs Slikkles
yunino vs SpyOP
no way iz vs Oculars
Confide vs Trippo8
Shucklegigas vs Fakee
TanDaMan vs doso749
Flora TK vs Maxymax300
Zong200 vs Firetheicenow
Quinn vs Peachy._.
Alpha1013 vs cescken
P1k7 vs ZDen
mayo vs ShuckleEviolite
LifelessDx12 vs Rangerpsychedelic
ZombieEyeZ vs StepC
ishtar vs DiegoCelebiYGPT
LimonPokefan vs TPH
SHSP vs eliana.
quacc vs Lady Bug
Kokona Aoba vs MarcusGruber
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-C, 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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