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-A
Oshuna vs Kirnia
xSuko vs BABIGURL3000
Lameflame vs Cyrakii
owuli vs sleid
no1better vs Wanony
Larry vs iPetBigfoot
Arathorias vs Ykima
deaje vs Drud
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Always!
kerbecs vs Ghoulish Champ
xdRudi.exe vs Praise The Salt
mrfraud vs DaddyBuzzwole
Dead by Daylight vs Mozonite
magma_man vs Wicked.ink
Sulfura28 vs Glurakaiser
abreuolindo vs SEROO
alusa vs Dwagon
Unamed vs cute vn
Kameeeeee vs David Watts
yandaud vs MCOBSOK
theaprilfool vs l'habitat
Eeveeto vs BaitWiz
Wadley vs Sepha
SHRAIDER vs colorednaem
Maxisc23 vs Mollymiltoast
talentea vs clean
Dobesito vs Fdmw
LpZ vs Akotelette
PuPult vs krwozen
Razachu vs 3EyeQ
Ampha vs Ikra
Typical_bastard vs Remnonc
Kindyy vs goxfxie
ninth vs Star
C and E vs Lhions
TwentyTwan vs Kanenokami
RuanTheBuilder vs HSBT
Shmeckle vs Falancies
Ea-Nasir vs Dasmer
bydy vs Aso
Yash Vortex vs Soul King0
kDCA vs Juseth sepulveda
zRyan74 vs angolano06
VlTRIOL vs Steez Ibanez
Exiline vs HikawaNozomi
The_App vs Micciu
Wubben vs blinkboy
poopawmcgee vs fakenagol
Dhrabb vs davidTheMaster
Bundy300 vs Ack3641Ack
Ewin vs Blueflea
jyusaan vs ACR1
RoyalNGR vs JC98
Peum vs robjr
boowomper vs RaJ.Shoot
Cherry786 vs Josepharas1
Hybuyn vs FerroFodder
EC vs SHONE
Airi vs Slaw Goodman
queso vs X2Muz
Miyoko vs pokemonlover56
Showl vs Symphonie
hybone vs NDK
Me Empty vs sylvea
spoo vs Slowpoke Fan
velvet vs mudd_skip
Enzonana. vs Nemosse
henrysalt vs MethMaster4546
jus vs txlix
DripLegend vs B1Kharma
kamii vs Fernanch
xikedih vs Derevien
rock バンド vs BrushyBoi
seth vs Laurel
GhostlyPlanets vs Sificon
Raiza vs Bluxio
ExguardiaN vs agentkeval
sundays vs Viperino+1997
SirPeanutCronch vs Raahel
d18l vs shnowshner
adpg.2007 vs zekadopagodi
Hermitcrab vs YaVR_1
Ikaishi vs Juyenfun
Tarre25 vs July
SDK03 vs matte
God Koro vs sire clod
Mattz_ vs Kev
Alyosha vs Prateekkp
Lightniong vs ghostlike
Magcargo vs Kayzn
thiscantbesoul vs Sky Master11
pawn of fate vs Drifting
Blox vs ambi_
HSK7 vs Rasche
COALLA vs Vulpeenn
Alemezzagialla vs Analytic
gorgie vs UltraSword
Sk3no vs ZePodre
Nuxl vs Simuxxie
EV15 vs qways
Brandonlee1 vs SkyHighSundae
X-Wing vs benjaboynl
RADU vs Xiri
A Welcome Guest vs paysa
ReInsight vs waffle04
l4utaro vs SeaLife
Ayushfcb vs 64 Squares
EG Jhonx~ vs Nowelle
EPM vs Zenith Red
Antonazz vs veti
Bongi vs Pinecoishot
Scarfire vs Fraaxn
Originality56 vs jackuzzler
Blizz1243 vs D4 Repertoire
Azphiel vs Autistic Soviet
Charcoal13 vs Kaneki-san
Mister McLovin vs hxmo
Asurah vs Greentea570
AmericanPi vs Amomeupaieminhamae
Angel tiopo vs zAllonso
Iride vs Throg62
luuanfps vs Rowlet69420
Ashbala vs Suzuya
hzf vs DJ nou
Xyldaz vs SammyCe123
Zerotwo. vs Truthankamon
pdt vs Capidaxter
Genesis77 vs Taylor
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-B, 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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