Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard ADV OU.
- Best of three, single elimination.
- 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.
- Replays in winposts must be easily findable and accessible as per this.
This is just a small snippet of the full rules, which you 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, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Ingrain (on Smeargle), Minimize, Sheer Cold, 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, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Ingrain (on Smeargle), Minimize, Sheer Cold, 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 Items Clause: Evasion items are banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
- OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
- Sleep Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
- Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
- Switch Priority Clause Mod: Faster Pokémon switch first
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, they lose
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- One Boost Passer Clause: Limit one Baton Passer that has a way to boost its stats
- Freeze Clause Mod: Limit one foe frozen
Resources
ADV OU Resources can be found here. Sample teams can be found here. You can join ADV Discord here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
Round 2:
Yamoshi vs Deezcastforms
AndrewRK vs Azphiel
JabbaTheGriffin vs Mirak
EG Jhonx~ vs Maxouille
Dionysys vs Stinkbugg
ukaaa vs Lycans
davidness vs Cristal
Zpanther vs Elian
X-Wing vs Amaranth
Martiniman64 vs robjr
SEROO vs CyberOdin✝
Vital Whale vs rarre
mayopockets vs thelinearcurve
Irene vs OllyPokemon
lihj vs Sheik :
SANKE CARP vs Sificon
eden vs Blox
Click>Think vs Waldinji
OmBrArch vs WalrusCove
darkman64 vs muk fan
SvelteSnake vs xSuko
magma_man vs silvermason
TheDonW vs JStanislaw
Eeveeto vs Hiro'
Xurkiyee vs verbatim
DKM vs dice
Flying Beagle vs mint yerb
mind gaming vs sayyonara
Elfuseon vs DAHLI
Ninja vs mu_II
NameNotCow vs D4 Repertoire
Shing vs PHB11677
BluesEnergy00 vs twash
Sadlysius vs PanWithQueso
Print Screen vs Ashbala
archieapplewoe vs A Hero's Destiny
Waruchuu vs RavenEyeKSR
OnlyAntagonist47 vs xXEricXx
Ayu vs Strictsceptile
reyscarface vs Qwensdai
GirlsSeeGhosts vs mielke
AmShaegar vs Charku
Confide vs betathunder
harshest vs RichBMS1
Lhions vs Emre Mor 9
Spreek vs lacoot
boy-dude-king-fire vs stunner047
Kingler vs Minatevis
Garay oak vs Career Ended
mudi45 vs Charmflash
Django vs Huston
Isza vs Gochan
Zerkas vs churrojr
watashi vs Leroipolux1
FR•MrPrince vs Plague
Void vs entrocefalo
Endill vs SPFunkM
Melninja vs P15
jyusaan vs Ganso
Msousa vs Yuiis
pixie909 vs DonBoneJones
Charmriah vs (Winner of Sacri' vs GaryTheGengar )
Duke Sux vs TLTK
zIcarus vs Skarpherim
Genexys vs 8-bitgamer2
Slowpoke Fan vs Shitrock enjoyer
UltiNooba vs coco
H!kari vs Fakes
therealcptn vs Rubyblood
MGdos16 vs SuperBoss
Tetrafolium vs evakiyama!
artkauan vs Triangles
zugubu royale vs Utente Redatto
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Incognition
B0by vs Dawn Dreams
violet river vs Astro
lolopero vs AC7
Sulfura28 vs dwightasaurus
luisin vs DuGuo
Kristyl vs ict
Malekith vs gorgie
Kaz vs bello figo
Metagross773 vs Airi
tigersuit vs aminita
Zaza vs RL
iNasty vs Suhayb
yakarimseni vs Kanha Greninja
Sato07 vs naere
Raichy vs crying
VerySuboptimal vs Sieeeffmon
Red ✫ 95/96 ✫ vs TGA
Texas Cloverleaf vs Rambode
GLFGno7 vs Figull400
elodin vs hybone
Johnald vs aubury
Laurel vs Rezzo
lax vs Alhen
Remnonc vs mjfblaze
drossito pambisito vs Surimi
Gypsy vs Drxxtv
Yves Stone vs Hockey1
Mik3ymon vs Mkns1070
Steve Angello vs (Winner of King Billu vs BlazingDark )
lighthouses vs IllidanStr
-Howkings vs Corvinus
Tenebricite vs C05ta
BIG WILL vs PDC
Pak vs Call me PK
Elias PSY vs #1 Bukayo Saka Fan
Queenie_ vs David Watts
Cousiin vs Sylveon HRT
Groudon vs Oswa923
Cow vs bydy
MichaelderBeste2 vs Vileman
Sossa vs Baddy
Zokuru vs davidTheMaster
yandaud vs Wolf Turds
YSL_Enton vs CairoW
evilbobdylan vs Zcarlett
kjdaas vs AyoMrWhite
Allan2004 vs MahTheBot
Kira43 vs OOz!?
Genesis7 vs berry
Mendeez vs Quarante8
Hclat vs ima
Mindnight vs VlTRIOL
SoulWind vs MadelinMorningstar
HeyYa!_Forte vs Thor
Round 2 deadline is <t:1753675140:F>.
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