Welcome to the very first seasonal tournament of the 2019 Ubers Tournament Circuit, the fourth edition of the Ubers Winter Seasonal! This seasonal, like other tournaments that compose this year's circuit, will award points towards a general Ubers leaderboard which will ultimately award the 2019 Ubers Ribbon (if you have any doubts over the ribbon system, check out this thread)!
SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard USM Ubers tournament
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!, preferably on the smogtours server.
- This tournament will be Double Elimination.
- All rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, all matches must have replays recorded. If neither player posts or at least saves replays of the match, both players will suffer an automatic game loss. (If you were in losers' when you played, you are both out. If you were in winners', the winner is in losers' and the loser is out.) There may be some exceptions to this rule.
- Every round, I may choose several games as the Highlight Matches.
- Any eventual tier changes will only take effect in the following round.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same PokeDex number on his team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned. (No other evasion boosting things are banned).
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
- Moody Clause
- Sleep Clause
- SleepTrap Clause: A Pokemon cannot use a move that can inflict sleep status on the opponent if it has the ability Shadow Tag.
- Rayquaza is not permitted to Mega Evolve.
- The move Baton Pass is banned.
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 opponents 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 opponents 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.
VMs are the only thing that matter for activity. Use this guide to ensure you don't lose via activity or coinflip.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COINFLIP ANY GAME WITHOUT PROPER SCHEDULING PROTOCOL FOLLOWED.
Please let me know if there are any mistakes with the pairings.
If you missed signups, feel free to post "in as sub" and I will add you to the sub list.
Round 1:
Marshall.Law vs FelipeRT
Raichy vs Mysterious M
cb aaron judge vs Chinese food lover
The Dovahneer vs Melee Mewtwo
byronthewellwell vs Xiri
Evuelf vs Dark Shion
EternalSnowman vs Starlight ecstasy
Cynara vs Six
skysolo14 vs Mapplle
Roseybear vs Ninjadog13
Sas0 vs didi
Akashi vs Mr. Abby
Cam vs Gunner Rohan
Exiline vs cielbakasan
SANJAY vs Gochan
OminousDraco vs Wamr
Hassin627 vs Ernestofp13
Acsel vs Horny Sindhi
GotCookies vs Jhonx~
Peli vs Rodriblutar
frisoeva vs KanzakiHAria
Osh vs JdRDMS
Melle2402 vs BuffettFan
Staxi vs Royal1604
Watchog vs Ed
Mikaav vs RCred403
PocasTrancasBR vs Rasengan777
maroon vs Terracotta
AnimeroDaniel vs King Billu
Hamhamhamham vs Hijasu
Satanic Beast vs JLK 17
Freddy Kyogre vs cromagnet42
Mateeus_1 vs Batt'
PurpleGatorade vs Vulpix03
Holy Break vs Eramoth
Leo vs TrueGodsLeftUs
Jase The World vs Sificon
DurzaOffTopic vs Megazard
luisotte vs xujing691691
Arushi vs RaJ.Shoot
Grimreminder09 vs Chill Shadow
frogger1387 vs Otrebor
peachycl0uds vs ara
Magma vs wyc2333
roman vs Nowh
Anime Sans vs SiTuM
Lux92 vs Sharow-san
neomon vs kythr
Jeffis vs get flanked
TogliBabineBoeuf vs Lashum
Thiago Nunes vs Charmflash
pazza vs Dragonflo
Ehvrim vs KevinELF
Mack Knife vs Krokorona
Bertold vs zolaski
Paradise Seeker vs Hydreigon Specs
Regrets vs bdov
Marination vs Plas
iry vs Game Moderator
wehavecancer vs Chazm
Misterioussaint vs YasuKe
Sets vs Pycryoz
-RDKB- vs Real FV13
SorryDidYouGetRekt vs Youngster_Bill
Goat Heart ♥ vs Squash17 ^_^
Ismakhil vs daunt vs
Rhmsitb vs Holy Ghost
patoche vs Pohjis
Biswa Kalyan Rath vs Highlord
Drakus04 vs Alkione
LaBalladeDesCieux vs Rokhan
Bansā vs Dark G
Node vs Gurpreet Patel (Sent you a Friend Request)
buggahz349 vs Yvettee
Jinoo Daddy vs squinn
Uł the Kïńg vs BelmontGabriel
Ackler vs MSnt
CaCaTuA vs Descending
LordST vs i'mperfect
N4H0S vs Shocki
Garay oak vs RedEmption
MJ vs Akamask
fatty vs Bye 1
tcr vs Bye 2
Arifeen vs Bye 3
AAamen vs Bye 4
Huston vs Bye 5
Heaxys vs Bye 6
Serga vs Bye 8
Velvet Blood vs Bye 9
Stoward vs Bye 13
Donnel vs Bye 14
Investor-A vs Bye 15
MistyTrapper vs Bye 16
Dollainthewoods vs Bye 17
Sacred Wings vs Bye 19
None yet!
Good luck to everyone!
Last edited:
