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 3
Kira43 vs Sinodin
White Atoq vs Figull400
krwozen vs slopcat
Sificon vs Mollymiltoast
David Watts vs agenS
liljackha vs leo568
4lowray vs MAT 2012
Loneling vs A Welcome Guest
H!kari vs Wamr
KeshBa54 vs darkman64
shuixin vs Peum
Martiniman64 vs Charmayanne
Sylveon HRT vs pzwrd
Splendid Silver Star vs TakingNotesKinda
Corvinus vs jus
AlphaKey187 vs Oathkeeper
xtinaxendrix vs greenapricotttss
Sanos vs Hellbeer
bydy vs Lacks
Crab Person vs gorgie
eden vs Garpachi
SOM/05 vs DoubleJimmy
Lupsss vs NicodzirraADV
Slowpoke Fan vs Leroipolux
firecross vs lacoot
AndryBlaze2424 vs Truthankamon
Janis105 vs Tomotaco69
SeaLife vs Abyssal Ruins
mint yerb vs gthorpe
FJ2K vs spell
justbaguette vs Raceding
SEROO vs Rosegamerxd
JeFraADV vs Archduck
nishikino kotori vs G-vyle
bApe vs abreuolindo
Portrait or Ruin vs Staxi
mielke vs Cow
Rybak vs TyCarter
4tup vs DKM
doso749 vs UBD Yamoshi
leoperi vs Skmagnet
SuckyLucky vs trickmasterz
dwightasaurus vs WraxiusGaming
kiru vs JoshSketch
crimsonbacon38 vs pixie909
Blaze vs Skrublax
Rambode vs BobChess
Sossa vs Zpanther
MTB vs TFabian
JC98 vs glowbrogang
monchooo vs The K Tank
yandaud vs Finchely
5imian vs muk fan
Joaf vs rineko
le LLiolae vs Elias PSY
LuizgamerXD vs dex
Thor vs DD Joe
Durk27 vs Oqo
yfy vs Maarck
B0by vs SammyCe123
Yash Vortex vs CarTulo
Incognition vs Attazer
Bugsileus vs Sheik :
Juni Frostheart vs tea hawk
Deadline:<t:1770620340:F>
Kira43 vs Sinodin
White Atoq vs Figull400
krwozen vs slopcat
Sificon vs Mollymiltoast
David Watts vs agenS
liljackha vs leo568
4lowray vs MAT 2012
Loneling vs A Welcome Guest
H!kari vs Wamr
KeshBa54 vs darkman64
shuixin vs Peum
Martiniman64 vs Charmayanne
Sylveon HRT vs pzwrd
Splendid Silver Star vs TakingNotesKinda
Corvinus vs jus
AlphaKey187 vs Oathkeeper
xtinaxendrix vs greenapricotttss
Sanos vs Hellbeer
bydy vs Lacks
Crab Person vs gorgie
eden vs Garpachi
SOM/05 vs DoubleJimmy
Lupsss vs NicodzirraADV
Slowpoke Fan vs Leroipolux
firecross vs lacoot
AndryBlaze2424 vs Truthankamon
Janis105 vs Tomotaco69
SeaLife vs Abyssal Ruins
mint yerb vs gthorpe
FJ2K vs spell
justbaguette vs Raceding
SEROO vs Rosegamerxd
JeFraADV vs Archduck
nishikino kotori vs G-vyle
bApe vs abreuolindo
Portrait or Ruin vs Staxi
mielke vs Cow
Rybak vs TyCarter
4tup vs DKM
doso749 vs UBD Yamoshi
leoperi vs Skmagnet
SuckyLucky vs trickmasterz
dwightasaurus vs WraxiusGaming
kiru vs JoshSketch
crimsonbacon38 vs pixie909
Blaze vs Skrublax
Rambode vs BobChess
Sossa vs Zpanther
MTB vs TFabian
JC98 vs glowbrogang
monchooo vs The K Tank
yandaud vs Finchely
5imian vs muk fan
Joaf vs rineko
le LLiolae vs Elias PSY
LuizgamerXD vs dex
Thor vs DD Joe
Durk27 vs Oqo
yfy vs Maarck
B0by vs SammyCe123
Yash Vortex vs CarTulo
Incognition vs Attazer
Bugsileus vs Sheik :
Juni Frostheart vs tea hawk
Deadline:<t:1770620340:F>
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