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SS OU Winter Seasonal #4
Entering this seasonal earns you points in qualifying for the SS OU Championship. Winning this tournament will allow you to display
Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations are in effect and can be found here.
- This is a standard Gen 8 OU Tournament.
- This tournament will be double elimination, all rounds will be Bo3. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Replays will not be required until Top 16, but it is mandatory to save them regardless in case of disputes.
- Matches are to be played on smogtours, unless both parties agree to play on Pokemon Showdown! main server.
- Do not make baseless activity posts -- get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only. Activity calls will be made by myself, potentially with neutral assistance from a RoA Tournaments Moderator or Tournament Director. Coinflips will be done publicly on PS!
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, you must 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.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
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.
Host discretion will be applied for all unplayed games. This means that an activity win will not be automatically granted if you post, and a lack of post does not automatically result in a coinflip.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which one can find here!
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. 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 once 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 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 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.
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. 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 once 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 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 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.
- Banned Pokémon
- All Pokémon in the "Uber" tier.
- Banned Moves
- Baton Pass
- Banned Abilities
- Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Power Construct
- Clauses
- Sleep Clause, Species Clause, OKHO Clause, Evasion Clause, Moody Clause, Endless Battle Clause, Dynamax Clause
SS OU Sample Teams can be found here.
Tournament Rules and General Guidelines can be found here. Scheduling Guide can be found here. Activity Win guidelines can be found here.
Round 1
Userstardude vs Pichiu
VlTRIOL vs Enzonana.
blooclipse vs Bey is Back
agenS vs mikejohns
Legitly vs Nichalho
Ikaishi vs Jojen
Nemosse vs Are you vaping?
4tup vs Mattz_
Concept vs lonk
zRyan74 vs Spoontech
sire clod vs liliou
Sanos vs Cluelessmagnet
zmath vs Lostmemories
t.t vs summer islands
Caesarr vs B0by
CodyNice vs Bluxio
benladil vs 8truc
Zoyotte vs Sagazinha
basaninho vs Xurkiyee
StepC vs Oqo
Typical_bastard vs shuzoku
X-Wing vs TyCarter
DD Joe vs urrgh
Falancies vs Revenge Killer
Sensibility vs Shemages
Failbor vs Luigi
doso749 vs waffle04
Mindnight vs Suuicunee
stratdkt vs Abele
t&a ninetales vs Platum
Indulge in dreams vs LimonPokefan
Mik3y vs ZombieEyeZ
IoSonoNeon vs Fleance
SkyHighSundae vs Maxisc23
mentalsoft vs Ani
mclagno vs DKM
Metallica126 vs thajester
chocobo69mix vs birqzz
Airi vs Genhui
olivia vs Dwagon
Sossa vs cute vn
Shiritu vs LityL
David Watts vs awyp
LuckOverSkill vs PAIN2007
MahTheBot vs Horii
c0mp vs Hazardeur
Toryyy vs Dugtrio Is Broken
Sepha vs fiish
Leroipolux vs Bird of belief
lealleallegal vs shuixin
Nashrock vs Fraaxn
Mister McLovin vs jrm-gray_
Ineros vs Slowpoke Fan
glowbrogang vs Call me PK
Lord Rekkuza vs LeBomboclats
Mendeez vs Vaictador
deviously vs Corvikafka
Me Empty vs yuji
Hizuri vs SpookyZ
cyberacc vs JC98
Idomenee vs ysjssg
Rubyblood vs Fdmw
GUZOT vs Dvorek
DonBoneJones vs TPH
Fakee vs Oathkeeper
Tenebricite vs Showl
Malekith vs entrocefalo
Shucklegigas vs A Welcome Guest
Gochan vs YouanMingxue
KeshBa54 vs blaab
davidTheMaster vs Satanic Beast
darkman64 vs Soda_Eesti
Lacks vs ILoveGarchom
mielke vs veti
Bundy300 vs shreyashhy
MGdos16 vs mestreoscar
Sergio Aguero vs paysa
hxmo vs Bloshh
RADU vs justbaguette
Rybak vs Choice Specs
SOM/05 vs vwnz
dragon_king vs dex
Loneling vs Runo
Jordy004 vs Durk27
rarh2 vs YoruNoxx
krwozen vs rylon
Aso vs CyberOdin✝
talentea vs LB
abreuolindo vs Akaru Kokuyo
ImperialH vs Hiro80223001
IPF vs Aoi_happy
mipc vs Kits
feen vs JeoZ
Regiboob vs kiru
Always! vs MAT 2012
digo vs Interlinked
1yr vs lolebruh
Abbehat vs Baddy
CaptainEikichi vs Sacri'
deaje vs Braga S2
BlazingDark vs Setsu
Calmmind75 vs Yttoshirib
Estuardo19 vs Laurel
Juseth sepulveda vs MemphisDepay
Mada vs hex
Wesleyy vs mrfraud
Mollymiltoast vs SEROO
Proszz vs GreatSocialistEast
slopcat vs TakingNotesKinda
JinF vs giatneh
Django vs gorgie
SammyCe123 vs BannedList
Novax vs bApe
SASAGEYO vs Dabman1069
Nicosupersigma vs SpyOP
Dagoato vs Brandonlee1
M4th3 vs Aln
Zerotti vs Steez Ibanez
leo568 vs Incognition
pastelito vs Lightniong
Macaco Socialista vs monchooo
zinnias vs HSK7
King Billu vs Tricknology
Ziyeh vs porcupine21
xieeee vs Iguana
lolmy vs purbaj
noqqiytz__ vs im_m0rtal.
Aries Dragons vs LpZ
Round 1 Deadline: Sunday February 1st at 11:59pm GMT -7
If you have any questions, feel free to message me on Discord or through Smogon PM/VM.
Userstardude vs Pichiu
VlTRIOL vs Enzonana.
blooclipse vs Bey is Back
agenS vs mikejohns
Legitly vs Nichalho
Ikaishi vs Jojen
Nemosse vs Are you vaping?
4tup vs Mattz_
Concept vs lonk
zRyan74 vs Spoontech
sire clod vs liliou
Sanos vs Cluelessmagnet
zmath vs Lostmemories
t.t vs summer islands
Caesarr vs B0by
CodyNice vs Bluxio
benladil vs 8truc
Zoyotte vs Sagazinha
basaninho vs Xurkiyee
StepC vs Oqo
Typical_bastard vs shuzoku
X-Wing vs TyCarter
DD Joe vs urrgh
Falancies vs Revenge Killer
Sensibility vs Shemages
Failbor vs Luigi
doso749 vs waffle04
Mindnight vs Suuicunee
stratdkt vs Abele
t&a ninetales vs Platum
Indulge in dreams vs LimonPokefan
Mik3y vs ZombieEyeZ
IoSonoNeon vs Fleance
SkyHighSundae vs Maxisc23
mentalsoft vs Ani
mclagno vs DKM
Metallica126 vs thajester
chocobo69mix vs birqzz
Airi vs Genhui
olivia vs Dwagon
Sossa vs cute vn
Shiritu vs LityL
David Watts vs awyp
LuckOverSkill vs PAIN2007
MahTheBot vs Horii
c0mp vs Hazardeur
Toryyy vs Dugtrio Is Broken
Sepha vs fiish
Leroipolux vs Bird of belief
lealleallegal vs shuixin
Nashrock vs Fraaxn
Mister McLovin vs jrm-gray_
Ineros vs Slowpoke Fan
glowbrogang vs Call me PK
Lord Rekkuza vs LeBomboclats
Mendeez vs Vaictador
deviously vs Corvikafka
Me Empty vs yuji
Hizuri vs SpookyZ
cyberacc vs JC98
Idomenee vs ysjssg
Rubyblood vs Fdmw
GUZOT vs Dvorek
DonBoneJones vs TPH
Fakee vs Oathkeeper
Tenebricite vs Showl
Malekith vs entrocefalo
Shucklegigas vs A Welcome Guest
Gochan vs YouanMingxue
KeshBa54 vs blaab
davidTheMaster vs Satanic Beast
darkman64 vs Soda_Eesti
Lacks vs ILoveGarchom
mielke vs veti
Bundy300 vs shreyashhy
MGdos16 vs mestreoscar
Sergio Aguero vs paysa
hxmo vs Bloshh
RADU vs justbaguette
Rybak vs Choice Specs
SOM/05 vs vwnz
dragon_king vs dex
Loneling vs Runo
Jordy004 vs Durk27
rarh2 vs YoruNoxx
krwozen vs rylon
Aso vs CyberOdin✝
talentea vs LB
abreuolindo vs Akaru Kokuyo
ImperialH vs Hiro80223001
IPF vs Aoi_happy
mipc vs Kits
feen vs JeoZ
Regiboob vs kiru
Always! vs MAT 2012
digo vs Interlinked
1yr vs lolebruh
Abbehat vs Baddy
CaptainEikichi vs Sacri'
deaje vs Braga S2
BlazingDark vs Setsu
Calmmind75 vs Yttoshirib
Estuardo19 vs Laurel
Juseth sepulveda vs MemphisDepay
Mada vs hex
Wesleyy vs mrfraud
Mollymiltoast vs SEROO
Proszz vs GreatSocialistEast
slopcat vs TakingNotesKinda
JinF vs giatneh
Django vs gorgie
SammyCe123 vs BannedList
Novax vs bApe
SASAGEYO vs Dabman1069
Nicosupersigma vs SpyOP
Dagoato vs Brandonlee1
M4th3 vs Aln
Zerotti vs Steez Ibanez
leo568 vs Incognition
pastelito vs Lightniong
Macaco Socialista vs monchooo
zinnias vs HSK7
King Billu vs Tricknology
Ziyeh vs porcupine21
xieeee vs Iguana
lolmy vs purbaj
noqqiytz__ vs im_m0rtal.
Aries Dragons vs LpZ
Round 1 Deadline: Sunday February 1st at 11:59pm GMT -7
If you have any questions, feel free to message me on Discord or through Smogon PM/VM.
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