THE DEADLINE IS DIFFERENT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE DEADLINE THIS IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT
Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard BW 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 Pokémon
Arceus (All formes), Blaziken, Cloyster, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Manaphy, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Thundurus, Tornadus-Therian, Zekrom
Banned Moves
Acupressure, Assist, Double Team, Fissure, Grass Whistle, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Hypnosis, Lovely Kiss, Minimize, Sheer Cold, Sing, Sleep Powder, Spore, Swagger, Yawn
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Moody, Sand Rush, Sand Veil, Shadow Tag, Snow Cloak
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Gems, King's Rock, Lax Incense, Soul Dew
Arceus (All formes), Blaziken, Cloyster, Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Genesect, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Kyurem-White, Landorus, Lugia, Manaphy, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Reshiram, Shaymin-Sky, Thundurus, Tornadus-Therian, Zekrom
Banned Moves
Acupressure, Assist, Double Team, Fissure, Grass Whistle, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Hypnosis, Lovely Kiss, Minimize, Sheer Cold, Sing, Sleep Powder, Spore, Swagger, Yawn
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Moody, Sand Rush, Sand Veil, Shadow Tag, Snow Cloak
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Gems, King's Rock, Lax Incense, Soul Dew
Battle Clauses
- Evasion Abilities Clause: Evasion abilities are banned
- Evasion Items Clause: Evasion items are banned
- Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
- OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
- Sleep Moves Clause: Sleep-inducing moves are banned
- Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, they lose
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- Moody Clause: Moody is banned
- Weather + Speed Ability Clause: Teams are not permitted to include Pokémon with the abilities Drought and Drizzle with Pokémon with the abilities Chlorophyll and Swift Swim. Players may enter a battle with one or the other
- Gems Clause: Gem items are banned
- Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned
- Baton Pass Stat Clause: No Baton Passer may have a way to boost its stats
Resources
BW OU Resources can be found here. Sample teams can be found here. You can join BW Discord here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
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Tree69420 vs Minatevis
Don Eduardo vs Kayzn
Django vs Peum
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Mendeez vs Loneling
Estuardo19 vs Elfuseon
seraphz vs Horii
ThinkingSceptile vs CringeLord!
Mister McLovin vs Enzonana.
Airi vs Fear
watashi vs Kanha Greninja
JabbaTheGriffin vs Meru
KeshBa54 vs estra
sychillz vs Insou
Blazing vs Chaitanya
TLTK vs Wanony
MGdos16 vs Hiro'
Meridian vs Dwagon
Baddy vs Bella
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Souw vs YaVR_1
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D4 Repertoire vs YJos
BookofConke vs Clem
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Eeveeto vs ReshiRampage
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Always! vs roxie
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zinnias vs Ninja
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Kingler vs coco
SENSHO vs Soltrac
OranBerryBlissey10 vs le LLiolae
Going Hard vs Kaz
mjfblaze vs DigoDigo
Jaajgko vs naere
OmBrArch vs HSK7
DKM vs Slowpoke Fan
For 4LOM vs JustFranco
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LB vs sugarhigh
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T.O.T.S vs Sachumberto
PDC vs Pikete
lax vs X-Wing
TGA vs Malekith
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Confide vs CrossHeart
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wssi vs Cochetas
Charmflash vs Quarante8
Tmuniz vs Ryuuji Kuroiwa
IUPLC vs jam
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Neko vs Voyager
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Genesis7 vs l'habitat
Star vs #1 Bukayo Saka Fan
PoseidonWrath vs AC7
Hubriz vs magma_man
London Beats vs Sossa
Ale Duncan vs Triangles
UltiNooba vs RosebloomNixie
goldmason vs veti
velvet vs Bouff
Blossum vs devin
Shivam_Z vs Typical_bastard
Jonen vs Charmriah
rarre vs Wifike2
Mako vs King Billu
BlazingDark vs kjdaas
Pideous vs Capidaxter
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DAHLI vs kDCA
IsaiahMeep vs Strictsceptile
TwentyTwan vs betathunder
Steve Angello vs TakingNotesKinda
Call me PK vs Lustre
Kaboom vs Dusk
xSuko vs hybone
mj vs elodin
Ashbala vs Plague
thebestever543 vs nigel
Azphiel vs ElectricityCat
Exiline vs benladil
Flying Beagle vs Suhayb
Chomp29 vs Vital Whale
TyCarter vs ziloXX
Ayatou vs toshimelonhead
A Hero's Destiny vs crying
Amaranth vs weird mon
Texas Cloverleaf vs violet river
Loven vs 8truc
krwozen vs Irene
yone vs Thor
lighthouses vs Drud
Extension deadline is <t:1751500740>.
Round 1 deadline is <t:1751846340>.
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