Welcome to the Anything Goes Winter Seasonal! This seasonal is a type A tournament that will be included in the 2026 AG tournament circuit; learn more about it here.
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here, or below.
- This is a standard SV Anything Goes tournament.
- Best of three, double elimination.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!
- Do not make baseless activity posts, get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
- All the usual Smogon rules regarding activity, timer, disconnection, and ghosting rules apply.
- Replays are not required until the last couple of rounds, but you should save them in the case of a disagreement; it is the only way to settle disputes!
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: The matches must be played on either the Smogtours server or the Main PS! server if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the host(s) and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponent's replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: 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 Clause / Disconnections
Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Scheduling
Use VMs to schedule with your opponent to make it easier for me to track activity calls when needed, and use this guide to ensure you don't lose via activity or coinflip. If you use other methods to contact your opponent outside of VMs, then post in this thread confirming you're in contact with your opponent; otherwise, it's not necessary. Extensions for those with time conflicts will only be given when proof is provided of scheduling with their opponent in the beginning of the round, so do not schedule last minute expecting to be compensated in case of timezone conflicts or be given an activity win over your opponent.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: The matches must be played on either the Smogtours server or the Main PS! server if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the host(s) and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponent's replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: 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 Clause / Disconnections
Timer Clause: As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections: Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Scheduling
Use VMs to schedule with your opponent to make it easier for me to track activity calls when needed, and use this guide to ensure you don't lose via activity or coinflip. If you use other methods to contact your opponent outside of VMs, then post in this thread confirming you're in contact with your opponent; otherwise, it's not necessary. Extensions for those with time conflicts will only be given when proof is provided of scheduling with their opponent in the beginning of the round, so do not schedule last minute expecting to be compensated in case of timezone conflicts or be given an activity win over your opponent.
I know that was a lot to read, but it is all necessary for me to have posted here so everyone can see it in the case of a dispute. I don't want any confusion or any problems.
Round 1:
hxmo vs HSBT
Geysers vs Bye 1
JK vs Bye 2
GigaBytes7 vs Bye 3
Ellie<3 vs Bye 4
Originality Key vs Bye 5
Rats220 vs Bye 6
GhastlyPixie vs Bye 7
Swas vs Bye 8
Lord Rekkuza vs Bye 9
liliou vs zmath
shuixin vs Bye 11
Kunvirgo vs llamaledgend
Corvikafka vs Bye 13
xinnobu vs Bye 14
Arpitraj1 vs Bye 15
Concept vs Playering
EntryHazardous vs Bye 17
Borschtboy vs DD Joe
MAT 2012 vs Bye 19
SpyOP vs lettuce
RL vs Bye 21
Tocause vs Bye 22
Apagogie vs Bye 23
mipc vs Bye 24
bApe vs Bye 25
Jhnfui vs Bye 26
Bread Sandwich vs a fairy
Lyna vs Medeia
doso749 vs Beka
dragon_king vs Bye 30
Kanha Greninja vs Bye 31
l'habitat vs Bye 32
chocobo69mix vs Bye 33
SomeRandomDoodle vs Bye 34
Mik3y vs Zong200
Sificon vs Bye 36
LongRat vs Fc
Shadoclaw vs Bye 38
SnomLover vs Bye 39
MirrorSaMa vs Bye 40
Alpha16 vs Bye 41
unglitchedlatios8 vs lag=bad
Sagazinha vs TwentyTwan
shreyashhy vs Bye 44
Gop18777 vs Bye 45
Sunesis vs Bye 46
iforgetwhyimhere :D vs Bye 47
cute vn vs Bye 48
Empty Brackets vs Bye 49
IH8B9LM vs Bye 50
Bobcensor vs polt
Quick top 500 tho vs Bye 52
jb291 vs Bye 53
CKCompany vs Bye 54
Tic-Tac-Toe Guru vs Bye 55
Vxltarktimi vs Bye 56
YouanMingxue vs Bye 57
Snoms vs Bye 58
SeaLife vs Bye 59
June vs Bye 60
Qbbandrew vs Bye 61
Makaney vs Bye 62
ShoreFantasy vs Bye 63
subs are open until 11:59 pm gmt-5 wednesday january 28
deadline: 11:59 pm gmt-5 sunday, february 1
please get the one set done sooner lol
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