Hello everyone, we will be hosting a live SV OU tournament with $500 in prize money!
Here are the relevant details:
- This will be a live tournament, which starts promptly at 11 am CST
- Finchinator will be hosting the tournament
- The first 128 sign-ups will be put into the single elimination, best of 1 field
- The tournament will take place on the Smogon Tournaments server, https://smogtours.psim.us/
- Please PM Finchinator when you win any round -- do not PM anyone if you lose
- This tournament will be fully streamed on my Twitch channel,
- All participants are subject to following the full rules outlined below in the HIDE tags
- The winner will be rewarded $300 with the runner-up getting $125 and third place getting $75
- If the bracket is a clean number, third and fourth will play each other to determine third or they can elect to mutually agree to split it
- You must have a Smogon forum account to sign up. You cannot participate if you do not post in the signups thread.
- When this tour is posted, post as quickly as you can to ensure a place in the tournament. The number of spots available is limited and it is up to the discretion of the host on when sign-ups will be closed. On Xenforo (our current forum software), YOUR POST NUMBER IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE. Do NOT whine to the host or on SmogTours if your post number implies you should have been in the tournament and you are not.
- If you have signed up successfully, you must stay for the entire tournament unless you have lost.
- You may change teams between rounds without penalty. You are, in fact, encouraged to do so to prevent your opponents from knowing your team in advance.
- Do not hassle the host(s) of the current tournament.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two (2) of the same species of Pokemon on their team, based on National Pokedex number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on their team.
- Sleep Moves Clause: Sleep-inducing status moves are banned.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot increase their Pokemon's evasion stat with a move that specifically increases evasion. Items or indirect boosts do not break this clause.
- OHKO Clause: A player cannot use a move that has a chance of instantly KOing an opposing Pokemon. For example, Horn Drill or Sheer Cold are illegal moves.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, that player loses. SmogTours staff will not turn the timer off in any circumstance.
- Self-KO Clause: If a player uses a recoil move to cause a draw, that player wins. If a player uses Explosion, Selfdestruct, Destiny Bond, or Perish Song to cause a draw, that player loses. If a draw would be caused by a hold item or ability that causes recoil to the opponent, the player that controls the Pokémon with the hold item or ability wins. (This clause helps determine the winner of what would be called a tie in DPP. Later generations do not apply this clause, because their cartridge mechanics will prevent ties from happening.)
- Endless Battle Clause: A player cannot use a combination of items / moves / abilities to force a game that will never end (example: Recycle / Leppa Berry / Heal Pulse, etc).
- Moody Clause: A player can not use the ability Moody.
- Swagger Clause: A player can not use the move Swagger.
Please message myself and Finchinator with any questions! Thank you.
