Welcome to the second Doubles Classic! See the Doubles Classic II commencement thread for details on scoring and the playoffs that will follow the conclusion of BW, XY, and SM Cups.
SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard XY Doubles OU tournament. (See the XY DOU metagame thread for various resources.)
- This tournament will be Single Elimination.
- Rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!
- Replays must be saved. Any match win reported without replays will not count. This is to promote the development of the XY DOU metagame and ensure players are on an equal playing field with regard to replay access.
- Activity calls will be made by me, potentially with neutral assistance from a TD / other Doubles Classic hosts. Coin flips will be done publicly in the Smogon Doubles room.
- If you are found signing up under more than one alt, you will be banned from circuit events for life.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same PokeDex number on their team.
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Moody Clause: Players cannot use a Pokémon with the Moody ability.
- Evasion Abilities Clause: Players cannot use a Pokemon with the Sand Veil or Snow Cloak Ability.
- Evasion Moves Clause: Players cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize.
- Gravity Sleep Clause: The combination of Gravity and sleep-inducing moves with imperfect accuracy are banned.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
- Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned.
Players cannot use the following Pokemon:
- Arceus
- Dialga
- Giratina
- Giratina-Origin
- Groudon
- Ho-oh
- Jirachi
- Kyogre
- Kyurem-White
- Lugia
- Mewtwo
- Palkia
- Rayquaza
- Reshiram
- Xerneas
- Yveltal
- Zekrom
In addition to the moves restricted in the above clauses, players cannot use the following moves:
- Dark Void
Players cannot use the following items:
- Salamencite
- Soul Dew
XY Cup received 62 signups. This means there are 2 byes (0 left) in a bracket of 64,
Current subs:
**IMPORTANT**
If more than two people sign up as subs, an activity sweep will be done on Thursday 10th June at 11:59pm GMT+1. Please schedule publicly so I can verify if contact has been established. If you have not established scheduling by that time, or you have scheduled privately (e.g. via Discord or Smogon PM) and not mentioned it to me or on either player's wall, you risk being subbed out by a player waiting to play.
PAIRINGS
emma vs dnagerbadger - extension
Platinum God n1n1 vs RLplayer
CyndaKill-SH vs YoBuddy
MADARAAAA vs GasaiYunoSan
Grandmas Cookin vs Shadowmonstr7
blueebee vs Memoric
Eisenherz vs MXF
Demantoid vs Nir1x
Toxigen vs SMB
Amaranth vs Mr.Bossaru
Spurrific vs IMT
Mishimono vs Akaru Kokuyo
Arcticblast vs Yoda2798 - extension
SingleThunder vs Karnisbroke
Sunrose vs Mack Knife
KyleCole vs Trognon
RobDog747 vs K3ppr - extension
emforbes vs kalifguest22
JRL vs umbry
DaWoblefet vs no one interesting
qsns vs Frania
The_Bandit vs papiloco
LightScreener vs GenOne
Yellow Paint vs Jomatoes
MZB vs Ron...5
sawamura vs zeefable
Z Strats vs Hockey1
fespy vs Gatubraz
RKD vs Raineko
Human vs Nido-Rus - extension
smudgerox vs KennyJ
Laurel vs txitxas - extension
The complete bracket may be found at https://challonge.com/DOU_XY_CUP.
Round 1 will end Sunday 13th June at 11:59pm GMT+1. NOTE TIME! Deadline is NOT midnight EDT.
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