Art by Blazenix
Hosted by evakiyama! & Zpanther
Entering this seasonal earns you points in qualifying for the ADV 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 3 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
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Smeargle + Ingrain, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Smeargle + Ingrain, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Resources
ADV OU Resources can be found here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
Round 2
Winner's Bracket:
Oqo vs urrgh
Conflict vs pixie909
Bird lives! vs Sheik :
someone random vs Lacks
AlphaKey187 vs CyberOdin✝
spell vs Remnonc
Malekith vs SuckyLucky
Sergio Aguero vs le LLiolae
freezingpop87 vs JeFraADV
bApe vs Charcoal13
Oathkeeper vs Yak Attack
mrsunsmash vs lacoot
UBD Yamoshi vs davidTheMaster
shuixin vs Going Hard
SammyCe123 vs mentalsoft
Click>Think vs doso749
White Atoq vs tahatahat
SalvatoreSesso vs Splendid Silver Star
Lord V vs David Watts
damflame 3 vs abreuolindo
DKM vs Spreek
Gamebooadvanced vs Garpachi
Prinz vs Sinodin
Kira43 vs SkyHighSundae
Skarmory vs Janis105
mint yerb vs CoolEvan1098
yfy vs Drud
gorgie vs diegoyuhhi
Xurkiyee vs firecross
jus vs Arcanis Prime
Genexys vs Sossa
Rosegamerxd vs HydreigonTheChild
Juni Frostheart vs mipc
zinc vs Finchely
Lady Bug vs AndryBlaze2424
Charmayanne vs violet river
luisin vs liljackha
sylvea vs The K Tank
DarthTyros vs Wamr
Cow vs Estuardo19
4lowray vs sky
Zpanther vs Buzzed27
Loneling vs Indulge in dreams
G-vyle vs F-00
JoshSketch vs Shitrock enjoyer
Charliezard7 vs rineko
MTB vs mayo
Ganso vs muk fan
softshellcrabcakes vs Elias PSY
Rybak vs Falancies
SoggyBagel64 vs FJ2K
Forte vs Truthankamon
MahTheBot vs Abyssal Ruins
Martiniman64 vs Bouff
Zcarlett vs WraxiusGaming
Sato07 vs xtinaxendrix
Kollin7 vs TyCarter
Itoshiflwr vs SEROO
Joaf vs LpZ
Tetrafolium vs TFabian
BIG WILL vs yandaud
Lupsss vs Teriso179
Peum vs lighthouses
trickmasterz vs Msousa
Loser's Bracket:
TLTK vs JC98
PHB11677 vs DoubleJimmy
Sagazinha vs slopcat
LongRat vs krwozen
Rambode vs NotVeryCake
Slowpoke Fan vs jam
BlazingDark vs Bugsileus
CarTulo vs Mindnight
Exiline vs gthorpe
Void vs Blaze
robjr vs leo568
Derevien vs pzwrd
goldmason vs greenapricotttss
Rainer24 vs monchooo
Skmagnet vs RADU
dex vs Ruined
Aln vs Leroipolux
JunkyardBronze vs 4tup
Baptosta vs Archduck
Sanos vs Elian
X-Wing vs Raceding
Larvii vs crimsonbacon38
SeaLife vs Dridri457
Portrait or Ruin vs chiefbeef1234
Sificon vs Matender
Thor vs DugZa
Deezcastforms vs Maarck
Maitre rock vs TakingNotesKinda
isnialan vs DD Joe
Scally_Wagon vs agenS
eden vs Fraaxn
BobChess vs etern
Corvinus vs Klird
mielke vs DonBoneJones
eeriespell vs Mollymiltoast
kiru vs HSK7
Roider vs H!kari
des121 vs Crab Person
SpyOP vs LuizgamerXD
B0by vs TheBaker
Voyager vs nishikino kotori
NDK vs MAT 2012
KeshBa54 vs Django
RL vs Durk27
A Welcome Guest vs CloudyEJ
dwightasaurus vs Amomeupaieminhamae
Attazer vs ZombieEyeZ
Grounded vs bydy
Dwagon vs Tomotaco69
NicodzirraADV vs Laurel
xikedih vs Yash Vortex
Wesleyy vs Incognition
Fernanch vs Skrublax
tea hawk vs Kykz
zmath vs darkman64
Hellbeer vs FastCarVroom!!!
Zong200 vs Sylveon HRT
Wubben vs Staxi
justbaguette vs Cryolite
glowbrogang vs Zelph
lealleallegal vs SOM/05
Rubyblood vs leoperi
GUZOT vs Figull400
Mom's Dumptruck vs 5imian
Deadline: <t:1770008340:f>
Winner's Bracket:
Oqo vs urrgh
Conflict vs pixie909
Bird lives! vs Sheik :
someone random vs Lacks
AlphaKey187 vs CyberOdin✝
spell vs Remnonc
Malekith vs SuckyLucky
Sergio Aguero vs le LLiolae
freezingpop87 vs JeFraADV
bApe vs Charcoal13
Oathkeeper vs Yak Attack
mrsunsmash vs lacoot
UBD Yamoshi vs davidTheMaster
shuixin vs Going Hard
SammyCe123 vs mentalsoft
Click>Think vs doso749
White Atoq vs tahatahat
SalvatoreSesso vs Splendid Silver Star
Lord V vs David Watts
damflame 3 vs abreuolindo
DKM vs Spreek
Gamebooadvanced vs Garpachi
Prinz vs Sinodin
Kira43 vs SkyHighSundae
Skarmory vs Janis105
mint yerb vs CoolEvan1098
yfy vs Drud
gorgie vs diegoyuhhi
Xurkiyee vs firecross
jus vs Arcanis Prime
Genexys vs Sossa
Rosegamerxd vs HydreigonTheChild
Juni Frostheart vs mipc
zinc vs Finchely
Lady Bug vs AndryBlaze2424
Charmayanne vs violet river
luisin vs liljackha
sylvea vs The K Tank
DarthTyros vs Wamr
Cow vs Estuardo19
4lowray vs sky
Zpanther vs Buzzed27
Loneling vs Indulge in dreams
G-vyle vs F-00
JoshSketch vs Shitrock enjoyer
Charliezard7 vs rineko
MTB vs mayo
Ganso vs muk fan
softshellcrabcakes vs Elias PSY
Rybak vs Falancies
SoggyBagel64 vs FJ2K
Forte vs Truthankamon
MahTheBot vs Abyssal Ruins
Martiniman64 vs Bouff
Zcarlett vs WraxiusGaming
Sato07 vs xtinaxendrix
Kollin7 vs TyCarter
Itoshiflwr vs SEROO
Joaf vs LpZ
Tetrafolium vs TFabian
BIG WILL vs yandaud
Lupsss vs Teriso179
Peum vs lighthouses
trickmasterz vs Msousa
Loser's Bracket:
TLTK vs JC98
PHB11677 vs DoubleJimmy
Sagazinha vs slopcat
LongRat vs krwozen
Rambode vs NotVeryCake
Slowpoke Fan vs jam
BlazingDark vs Bugsileus
CarTulo vs Mindnight
Exiline vs gthorpe
Void vs Blaze
robjr vs leo568
Derevien vs pzwrd
goldmason vs greenapricotttss
Rainer24 vs monchooo
Skmagnet vs RADU
dex vs Ruined
Aln vs Leroipolux
JunkyardBronze vs 4tup
Baptosta vs Archduck
Sanos vs Elian
X-Wing vs Raceding
Larvii vs crimsonbacon38
SeaLife vs Dridri457
Portrait or Ruin vs chiefbeef1234
Sificon vs Matender
Thor vs DugZa
Deezcastforms vs Maarck
Maitre rock vs TakingNotesKinda
isnialan vs DD Joe
Scally_Wagon vs agenS
eden vs Fraaxn
BobChess vs etern
Corvinus vs Klird
mielke vs DonBoneJones
eeriespell vs Mollymiltoast
kiru vs HSK7
Roider vs H!kari
des121 vs Crab Person
SpyOP vs LuizgamerXD
B0by vs TheBaker
Voyager vs nishikino kotori
NDK vs MAT 2012
KeshBa54 vs Django
RL vs Durk27
A Welcome Guest vs CloudyEJ
dwightasaurus vs Amomeupaieminhamae
Attazer vs ZombieEyeZ
Grounded vs bydy
Dwagon vs Tomotaco69
NicodzirraADV vs Laurel
xikedih vs Yash Vortex
Wesleyy vs Incognition
Fernanch vs Skrublax
tea hawk vs Kykz
zmath vs darkman64
Hellbeer vs FastCarVroom!!!
Zong200 vs Sylveon HRT
Wubben vs Staxi
justbaguette vs Cryolite
glowbrogang vs Zelph
lealleallegal vs SOM/05
Rubyblood vs leoperi
GUZOT vs Figull400
Mom's Dumptruck vs 5imian
Deadline: <t:1770008340:f>
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