Welcome to the first round of this year's Official Smogon Tournament! The OST is one of Smogon's longest standing traditions in tournaments and has crowned many great Pokémon players as its champions across five generations. Over the next few months, over a thousand (!) players will compete to the best of their ability as they attempt to join the exclusive ranks of the OST trophy holders. Only one of those players will succeed in their journey and earn the recognition that comes with their victory, along with the iconic OST trophy.
The tournament will have a best of three format. This means that players will play until one of them wins two games. Players are allowed to switch teams in between games, or use the same team throughout the set; it is completely up to the player. If players only partially complete a series before the deadline, it will be considered an uncompleted match and action will be taken accordingly (either an activity win or a coin flip).
Just like last year, there will be a cash prize for this tournament! The winner of this year's Official Smogon Tournament will receive 200 USD and the runner up will win 95 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
- REPLAYS WILL BE REQUIRED IN YOUR WINPOST STARTING IN ROUND 2
- This is a standard SV OU tournament.
- The tournament will be single elimination.
- Players will play a best of three series of games each round
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
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- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
- Sleep Moves Clause: A player cannot use moves that induce Sleep status on the opponent in their Pokemon's movesets.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Team Preview: Players must turn on the Team Preview feature where players can view the opposing team's Pokémon and choose their lead Pokémon.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Check this thread for more information.
- Baton Pass Clause: The move Baton Pass is banned outright.
- Uber Clause: Players may not use any items, moves, abilities, or Pokemon that appear on Smogon's OU Ban List. If the tiers change or new items, abilities, moves, or Pokemon become available in the middle of a round, the changes will take effect in the following round. There will be an announcement in the relevant round if this occurs.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: 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. 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.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: 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. 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.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
General Tournament Rules
Substitutions
Players may sign up as a substitute if they didn't join in time. If you are eliminated from the tournament (i.e. you lose your games, are substituted out, or drop out), you may not sign up as a substitute. I will endeavor to substitute players in whenever a player drops out, and in the first week before the round 1 deadline, I will look through all players and activity win requests and replace any inactive players with substitutes. Given the size of the bracket this year, there might be two substitution waves. There is a decent chance that you will get to play if you sign up as a substitute. Substitutes will only be allowed into the tournament during round 1. Substitutes will be implemented on a mostly first come, first serve basis, but if you are inactive after you sign up as a substitute then you're at risk of not being substituted into the tournament.
To sign up as a substitute, please use the substitute signup thread.
Please read this guide if you're unsure how to schedule with your opponent! Alternatively, watch this video made by teal6:
Now then, without further ado..
Round 1-D
Kaneki-san vs monchooo
Misterioussaint vs Pawchete
samjo vs Gray
Uber45 vs Ampha
Seyhura vs GirlsSeeGhosts
Kin+ak (✧∇✧) vs Novax
bingenji vs 64 Squares
oldspicemike vs Praise The Salt
NoobishTrainerJoe vs Extinct!
Tarre25 vs Venekko
JspKiC vs ToastedBunzzz02
MrAlpaca vs boiled batata
Donnel vs neymar X
kimer vs twash
Yovan vs be7
TriTheGuy vs Jivesh9829
hoyssxo vs I love Bagon
darkprobz vs HaunterBoy28
L1rycal vs Slip
bocoaa vs Foolycl
montegom vs SEROO
weird mon vs Farnsworth
StreetBoom vs Aurora Pearl
Shivam_Z vs CerealKurus
Raichy vs True Psycho
Maxouille vs Rewer
Darkness 789 vs ACII
Finabas vs naere
Hermitcrab vs Eternal Spirit
Robert vs Palmesote
Tskiwi vs SBPC
dex vs Amelia Doutora
Juseth sepulveda vs iiFWM
TheIronPikachu vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
vk vs violet river
paolode99 vs Savouras
CupSSB vs Cow
Laurel vs firmgummibears
Shucklegigas vs Pidge
Ehmcee vs yuramas
blank vs Éric
toshimelonhead vs johansuarezrivez
King Griffin vs Remedy4brokenh3art
applenjoyer vs YoruNoxx
Falancies vs Showl
Rivnar vs CarterTheQ
HYpertonix vs pyu
Xuwu vs Vileman
Fragments vs Ruft
robjr vs TDNT
HoopsspooH vs FFK
Strictsceptile vs Row1et
Luirromen vs Unowndragon
Zephyr Moonbeam vs Paycard
-Tsunami- vs Trade
Ikaishi vs Prwell_world
Zelph vs Punny
mimi vs magma_man
hidin vs fade
Milk Chug vs duckycrater
691 vs Maxisc23
Meru vs WimpyRanger
Steven Stone 007 vs Leroipolux1
yone vs mentalsoft
natalia vs Terracotta
cianpeppa vs kaipro
Roller K vs RealBlueBerry
Sylveon used calm mind vs timesetnight
Sagdiyev vs Nor
big tony 2014 vs DripLegend
Athena's Myth vs Monai
Waci vs no1better
Adriyun vs Eoward
abriel vs lax
Mrbanana45 vs NeverX
C.1221 vs vikvik33
TMTito vs xavgb
Mysterious M vs Thor
Spwert vs schwipper
RunThaHitta vs arcadio
Vaporeonds vs waterfals
Ryuji vs jonas
bu0yant vs Mysticwind
Igglly vs Volcaronium
Amaske vs gastlies
Fc vs Autistic Soviet
xdRudi.exe vs Tizio
atomicllamas vs Eeveeto
Call me PK vs moriiiiiiii
Flareblitzkreig vs Confide
Trainer RocKY vs Gallinova
Vulpix03 vs Bouff
BUIHNHV vs LpZ
VlTRIOL vs Heza
usernameinserted vs Don Bork
NoRNG vs Incognition
dice vs zxCaliari
giove97 vs santonto
Splash vs jetou
Surfy vs SpookyZ
tcian vs DAHLI
Flarefox_7 vs balmain
Xrn vs Paquito73
fish anemometer vs Poke fan
avarice vs Captain Chran
irontuskuthy vs tsixi
Sonired vs Star
QT vs Celeste
bOOm_headshOt56 vs C0zzLax
hoyesdomingo vs Ske
Beemo666 vs burnermf
Enfermo Mental vs Sabella
Sachumberto vs Sam
PancakeWithKetchup vs Azick
Hashg Skynyrd vs Leni
Cao Jie vs Toryyy
RaJ.Shoot vs HSBT
gulch vs Wugtrioenjoyer23
pdt vs Hiko
Cloudznn vs Saint_Rez
Clawed Winter vs Carl The Turtle
scionicle vs John Dozo
13naoki140 vs suwuki
zemessai vs sayyonara
Javi vs attcris
bydy vs Daharan
MichaelderBeste2 vs DugZa
Typical_bastard vs Raiza
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C threads for it! Alternatively, you may be on the substitute list, and you'll be tagged to let you know your pairing when you're substituted in!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 2nd at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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