Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations are in effect and can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard ADV OU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Replays are now mandatory!
- Matches are to be played on Smogtours, unless both parties agree to play on Main PS! server.
- Do not make baseless activity posts -- get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
- Replays will be required starting in Round 2 of the tournament.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which one can find here!
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. Furthermore, pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
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
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True Disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection, if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired, your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
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. Furthermore, pretending to be another player in relation to a tournament battle is strictly prohibited. Do not try to impersonate or play as another player.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing on Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
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
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches are only allowed if there was a True Disconnection.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True Disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection, if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired, your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
Banned Pokemon
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Smeargle + Ingrain, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latias, Latios, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Assist, Baton Pass + Block, Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Smeargle + Ingrain, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Sand Veil, Soundproof
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Battle Clauses
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Species Clause
- Freeze Clause
- Timed Battle
- Endless Battle Clause
- Baton Pass Clause: Teams are limited to 1 form of stat-boosting alongside Baton Pass across the whole team. Mean Look/Spider Web/Block + Baton Pass is also disallowed.
Round 3
SFG vs BlazingDark
Sapientia vs Zpanther19
Portrait or Ruin vs Sificon
Rubyblood vs Dastardlydwarf
ez vs Sato07
Internal vs crucify
goldmason vs Iguana
Garpachi vs mielke
mentalsoft vs violet river
SoulWind vs Eeveeto
CalamityGreed vs AM
Fakee vs feen
oliveroddish vs 3d
Miyoko vs Skarpherim
leoperi99 vs AC7
Luthier vs Kaboom
Alice Kazumi vs Bohrier
Welli0u vs BIHI
yovan33321 vs Zelph
McMeghan vs melancholy0
Isza vs Shitrock enjoyer
mikeuuu vs Lionyx
UltiNooba19 vs berry
charizardsnuts vs Pheo
Koby23 vs Pideous
Gainery vs Celdanami
Malekith vs evakiyama!
TheRealEGR vs ForeverCubone23
Kenix vs Yoko
Groudon vs Monai
ABR vs Pikete
Fakes vs Tree69420
Ganso vs TRXXJEH
Mako vs Magnetoso
wavyish vs mind gaming
Deezcastforms vs Cousiin
Aliss vs Aero Genesis
false vs Lily
nicole7735 vs OG Thomas Shakur
Fogbound Lake vs AV11
daunt vs vs M Dragon
THE918th vs lolebruh
Void vs Finchinator
Kristyl vs Garay oak
Stareal vs Funkybeangamer
SPMagnezone97 vs Kollin7
LpZ vs CrossHeart
Tobes vs JabbaTheGriffin
Zokuru vs Edentical
NeverX vs One Last Kiss
Endill vs Charmayanne
Hclat vs watashi
Jytcampbell vs le LLiolae
Charmflash vs Conflict
CyberOdin✝ vs Airi
Hachimaki vs w_r
shiloh vs Luigi
pixie909 vs shadowhooh
crying vs Cdijk16
triple axel blaze vs ArcticBreeze
entrocefalo vs Star
vani vs HeyYa!_Forte
Milkshook vs BluesEnergy00
NoName6293 vs nightcore
Matches are due by Sunday, August 4th at 22:00 GMT-4.
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!
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