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DPP OU Winter Seasonal #8
Entering this seasonal earns you points in qualifying for the DPP 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 4 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.
DPP OverUsed Format
Important: Sleep is now banned from DPP OU!
Banned Pokémon
Arceus (All formes), Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Garchomp, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latios, Lugia, Manaphy, Mew, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Salamence, Shaymin-Sky, Wobbuffet, Wynaut, Machamp.
Banned Moves
Swagger.
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Snow Cloak.
Banned Items
Soul Dew.
Clauses
Sleep Clause, Species Clause, OKHO Clause, Evasion Clause, Endless Battle Clause.
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
DPP forum for resources.
WINNERS BRACKET:
urrgh vs Pkel SweeTforU
Vulpix03 vs mackie
IoSonoNeon vs Airi
Raceding vs Django
Kingler vs Track
rylon vs search
dex vs Bundy300
Toryyy vs RADU
mielke vs KeshBa54
jyusaan vs UBD Yamoshi
Gamebooadvanced vs bydy
PANNAMAA vs Znain
199 vs Setsu
Malekith vs chocobo69mix
vivalospride vs Aristrea01
Joaf vs Emeral
GUZOT vs Blui
mipc vs Dawn Dreams
G-vyle vs XYStarshine
Rubyblood vs eldids
Going Hard vs zAllonso
WeesKind333 vs Genexys
Lacks vs Iguana
aubury vs Sanos
Gjaku vs LBN
Le Don vs Sossa
slopcat vs monchooo
Incognition vs kiru
Moyerf vs LeBomboclats
Falancies vs pixie909
winner of (velvet vs Sato07) vs leo568
Nemosse vs burninghalfapie
Indulge in dreams vs MAT 2012
laffon vs SalvatoreSesso
Shing vs Cryolite
David Watts vs DD Joe
Sheik : vs winner of (DazzlingCream vs CloudyEJ)
WraxiusGaming vs Enzonana.
Kira43 vs TBE
NDK vs violet river
Laurel vs A Welcome Guest
JC98 vs gorgie
SammyCe123 vs CyberOdin✝
doso749 vs cute vn
AnimeroDaniel vs yuji
Wesleyy vs jackuzzler
sky vs deviously
yatanxz vs gthorpe
Dw16 vs Huargensy
Loneling vs F-00
Sonnet Oublie vs Cow
Mustounet vs Remnonc
le LLiolae vs Leroipolux
SFG vs PDC
nightcore vs summer islands
winner of (Dwagon vs Emix) vs DBK31TH
Mishimono vs Sergio Aguero
B0by vs Blåhaj Blast
Lady Bug vs Drud
Milkshook vs chiefbeef1234
winner of (toshimelonhead vs harshest) vs Typical_bastard
Medeia vs george182
Mik3y vs jam
Rackham vs davidTheMaster
LOSERS BRACKET:
blaab vs agenS
Martiniman64 vs Lazuli
jimboss vs melancholy0
SpyOP vs Aln
Dridri457 vs SkyHighSundae
awyp vs blooclipse
Xurkiyee vs ballout650
Tricknology vs metagross does architectu
Sificon vs Sensibility
Void vs Staxi
SEROO vs seraphz
TyCarter vs Itoshiflwr
Sunrose vs Shucklegigas
loser of (DazzlingCream vs CloudyEJ) vs darkman64
bApe vs Wamr
Lord Ninjax vs Bye 1
SOM/05 vs Bye 2
Sevenor3 vs Bye 3
HeartsMap vs Bye 4
GreatSocialistEast vs Bye 5
CodyNice vs Bye 6
bello figo vs Bye 7
mentalsoft vs Bye 8
Hiro' vs Bye 9
Loven vs Bye 10
TLTK vs Bye 11
Showl vs Bye 12
spell vs Bye 13
crash vs Bye 14
Hubriz vs Bye 15
drazinha vs Bye 16
oh the guilt vs Bye 17
tahatahat vs Bye 18
Fraaxn vs Bye 19
steve22 vs Bye 20
mien vs Bye 21
Donopan vs Bye 22
Estuardo19 vs Bye 23
mayo vs Bye 24
MahTheBot vs Bye 25
etern vs Bye 26
Zelph vs Bye 27
LB vs Bye 28
Fdmw vs Bye 29
blazingdark vs Bye 30
LuizgamerXD vs Bye 31
Abyssal Ruins vs Bye 32
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Bye 33
CrimsonManic vs Bye 34
Blueflea vs Bye 35
sheep vs Bye 36
Oathkeeper vs Bye 37
PHB11677 vs Bye 38
DonBoneJones vs Bye 39
StepC vs Bye 40
pengu vs Bye 41
DKM vs Bye 42
lcalvexx vs Bye 43
Ani vs Bye 44
Tizio Potente Ao vs Bye 45
purbaj vs Bye 46
loser of (Dwagon vs Emix) vs Bye 47
loser of (velvet vs Sato07) vs Bye 48
loser of (toshimelonhead vs harshest) vs Bye 49
Deadline: 9th of February, 6 PM -5.
Deadline for extensions: 4rth of February, 23:59 -5
Important: Sleep is now banned from DPP OU!
Banned Pokémon
Arceus (All formes), Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Garchomp, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latios, Lugia, Manaphy, Mew, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Salamence, Shaymin-Sky, Wobbuffet, Wynaut, Machamp.
Banned Moves
Swagger.
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Snow Cloak.
Banned Items
Soul Dew.
Clauses
Sleep Clause, Species Clause, OKHO Clause, Evasion Clause, Endless Battle Clause.
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
DPP forum for resources.
WINNERS BRACKET:
urrgh vs Pkel SweeTforU
Vulpix03 vs mackie
IoSonoNeon vs Airi
Raceding vs Django
Kingler vs Track
rylon vs search
dex vs Bundy300
Toryyy vs RADU
mielke vs KeshBa54
jyusaan vs UBD Yamoshi
Gamebooadvanced vs bydy
PANNAMAA vs Znain
199 vs Setsu
Malekith vs chocobo69mix
vivalospride vs Aristrea01
Joaf vs Emeral
GUZOT vs Blui
mipc vs Dawn Dreams
G-vyle vs XYStarshine
Rubyblood vs eldids
Going Hard vs zAllonso
WeesKind333 vs Genexys
Lacks vs Iguana
aubury vs Sanos
Gjaku vs LBN
Le Don vs Sossa
slopcat vs monchooo
Incognition vs kiru
Moyerf vs LeBomboclats
Falancies vs pixie909
winner of (velvet vs Sato07) vs leo568
Nemosse vs burninghalfapie
Indulge in dreams vs MAT 2012
laffon vs SalvatoreSesso
Shing vs Cryolite
David Watts vs DD Joe
Sheik : vs winner of (DazzlingCream vs CloudyEJ)
WraxiusGaming vs Enzonana.
Kira43 vs TBE
NDK vs violet river
Laurel vs A Welcome Guest
JC98 vs gorgie
SammyCe123 vs CyberOdin✝
doso749 vs cute vn
AnimeroDaniel vs yuji
Wesleyy vs jackuzzler
sky vs deviously
yatanxz vs gthorpe
Dw16 vs Huargensy
Loneling vs F-00
Sonnet Oublie vs Cow
Mustounet vs Remnonc
le LLiolae vs Leroipolux
SFG vs PDC
nightcore vs summer islands
winner of (Dwagon vs Emix) vs DBK31TH
Mishimono vs Sergio Aguero
B0by vs Blåhaj Blast
Lady Bug vs Drud
Milkshook vs chiefbeef1234
winner of (toshimelonhead vs harshest) vs Typical_bastard
Medeia vs george182
Mik3y vs jam
Rackham vs davidTheMaster
LOSERS BRACKET:
blaab vs agenS
Martiniman64 vs Lazuli
jimboss vs melancholy0
SpyOP vs Aln
Dridri457 vs SkyHighSundae
awyp vs blooclipse
Xurkiyee vs ballout650
Tricknology vs metagross does architectu
Sificon vs Sensibility
Void vs Staxi
SEROO vs seraphz
TyCarter vs Itoshiflwr
Sunrose vs Shucklegigas
loser of (DazzlingCream vs CloudyEJ) vs darkman64
bApe vs Wamr
Lord Ninjax vs Bye 1
SOM/05 vs Bye 2
Sevenor3 vs Bye 3
HeartsMap vs Bye 4
GreatSocialistEast vs Bye 5
CodyNice vs Bye 6
bello figo vs Bye 7
mentalsoft vs Bye 8
Hiro' vs Bye 9
Loven vs Bye 10
TLTK vs Bye 11
Showl vs Bye 12
spell vs Bye 13
crash vs Bye 14
Hubriz vs Bye 15
drazinha vs Bye 16
oh the guilt vs Bye 17
tahatahat vs Bye 18
Fraaxn vs Bye 19
steve22 vs Bye 20
mien vs Bye 21
Donopan vs Bye 22
Estuardo19 vs Bye 23
mayo vs Bye 24
MahTheBot vs Bye 25
etern vs Bye 26
Zelph vs Bye 27
LB vs Bye 28
Fdmw vs Bye 29
blazingdark vs Bye 30
LuizgamerXD vs Bye 31
Abyssal Ruins vs Bye 32
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Bye 33
CrimsonManic vs Bye 34
Blueflea vs Bye 35
sheep vs Bye 36
Oathkeeper vs Bye 37
PHB11677 vs Bye 38
DonBoneJones vs Bye 39
StepC vs Bye 40
pengu vs Bye 41
DKM vs Bye 42
lcalvexx vs Bye 43
Ani vs Bye 44
Tizio Potente Ao vs Bye 45
purbaj vs Bye 46
loser of (Dwagon vs Emix) vs Bye 47
loser of (velvet vs Sato07) vs Bye 48
loser of (toshimelonhead vs harshest) vs Bye 49
Deadline: 9th of February, 6 PM -5.
Deadline for extensions: 4rth of February, 23:59 -5
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