Welcome to the fourth Doubles Classic! See the Doubles Classic IV commencement thread for details on scoring and the playoffs that will follow the conclusion of BW, XY, SM, and SS Cups.
Tournament-specific rules
- This is a standard BW Doubles OU tournament. (see the BW 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 BW 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.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
- 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.
- Moody Clause: Players cannot use a Pokemon with the Moody Ability.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use the moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure.
- Sleep Clause: Players cannot put two Pokemon on the opposing team to sleep.
- Species Clause: Players cannot use two Pokemon with the same Pokedex number on the same team.
- Swagger Clause: Players cannot use the move Swagger.
Players cannot use the following Pokemon:
- Mewtwo
- Lugia
- Ho-Oh
- Kyogre
- Groudon
- Rayquaza
- Jirachi
- Dialga
- Palkia
- Giratina
- Giratina-Origin
- Arceus
- Reshiram
- Zekrom
- Kyurem-White
In addition to the moves restricted in the above clauses, players also cannot use the following moves:
- Dark Void
- Gravity
Players cannot use the following item:
- Soul Dew
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We received 68 total signups for BW Cup. By Smogon tournament convention, to make an even bracket of 64 players, 4 players will be relegated to substitutes and will be subbed in should activity concerns arise early in the first round. The first 5/8 of 64 are locked in and cannot be made substitutes (64*5/8 = 40), which means the remaining 3/8 (64 * 3/8 = 24) slots will be determined via lottery from the remaining signups, with four players relegated as substitutes. Substitutes were determined by the Smogon bracketmaker and are listed below. If you did not sign up initially but also wish to play, you may have a chance to do so by posting in as sub in this thread, where priority to substitutes will be given on a first come, first served basis.
Current priority for subs:
DONE
**IMPORTANT**
To maximize the number of completed matches, in round one only, I will be checking for activity to determine substitutes on Thursday, April 20th by 11:59 PM Eastern time (GMT-4). 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
Avocadorable vs yokoisop
Spurrific vs Zeal
shadowmaster6789 vs smudgerox
Toxigen vs JRL
CyndaKill-SH vs papiloco
big pichu vs SuckyLucky
Amaranth vs Nudisto
luisin vs Yuichi
Frixel vs Frania
Terekusai vs Chris32156
Neblina vs SMB
KennyJ vs zee
Fangame10 vs Teals
Gatubraz vs Tenzai
Akaru Kokuyo vs Memoric
SingleThunder vs Sanjay das
GasaiYunoSan vs MZB
Bless vs Farfromani
John1240 vs Commander Beta
Mizuhime vs Meminger21
AIRedzone vs Fluore
Yoda2798 vs Feyy
Mishimono vs bage1
iKiQ vs Éric
GenOne vs eragon11145
giove97 vs Voltix
Mr.Bossaru vs Lemurro
Actuarily vs MADARAAAA
DaAwesomeDude1 vs robjr
Penter vs entrocefalo
Concept Everything vs B1Kharma
Laurel vs Ado!
The deadline for round one is Sunday, April 23rd at 11:59 PM Eastern time (GMT-4).
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