The Draft League subforum is launching it's next tournament, BW I! This tournament will NOT award points for the 2025 Draft League Circuit and is ran by goldmason and Monai. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 5] Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in pools followed by a single elimination bracket.
Pairings
watashi vs Bye
adriancosmoem vs Celeste
PokeFan4125 vs Sharky King
Akuu vs Vazquez 2.0
chimechoo vs aim
FogHorn vs The Dovahneer
Marshy. vs Wifike2
ReeApple vs Star
Pachequitos vs bronzo
Lux2821 vs Portrait or Ruin
Capitão General vs 64 Squares
SammyCe123 vs GOATED im_m0rtal.
ejorange vs FlutterFliss
powergo1 vs Aleksanteri
Quarante8 vs mbf
impersonxtor vs jackuzzler
Flapple1 vs Idyll
Sossa vs Zygarde12
Crystal Methyd vs Aimel
s1lveryo vs benjaboynl
VashStravos vs Raiza
Jamieon vs karrottensirup
Scribble vs E Man
Mysterious Player vs Gensuzu
evakiyama! vs vogue
Fc vs DonMarto
stunt-o vs Guille
Lustre vs Puckbud
XDill-V vs jecotto03
jeronis vs squinn
Swagata Mitra vs Ghoul in PJs
CrashinBoomBang vs Xocov
Koalacance vs Knele97
Coconut | 椰果 vs Milkshook
Sergio Aguero vs King L5
iiFWM vs Iride
Colteor vs King Choco
TheGrandAdmiral vs urban
kumiko vs jozin457
SwordIsBored vs Nefertum
Bibleman9 vs CoolEvan1098
Scizor Boladão vs RacsoZeta
mad dawg vs hattorivt
An Agent of Chaos vs tsukinomiko
ogalbina vs SponsoredPost
kerbecs vs Azcelerator
MK29 vs Mister McLovin
OdinRM vs zinc
vengabenga vs LatiGOD
Paying Attenton vs DJGravity
Clb7 vs magialice
Shmur vs Mok3s
gengariza vs Gypsy
bobbiswas vs Finchinator
Monai vs scionicle
VoltyPichu vs Lucas2543
Down By VI vs Bowas
Moron5 vs daddydaveslidinintourdms
larando vs sebtct
RavenEyeKSR vs Blui
Treyunt vs brranden
ZebstrikemDown vs Truthankamon
HisuAvalugg vs sqoiche
EntryHazardous vs P2gyorg
DOCUMENT FOR MATCHUPS
Games are due <t:1756699140:F>.
This thread and all future BW I threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 5] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
- BW cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Sand Veil is banned
- Snow Cloak is banned
- Baton Pass can only be used for momentum, stats may not be passed (Dry Pass only)
- Excadrill may not have the ability Sand Rush
- Landorus-I may not have the ability Sheer Force
- The abilities Drizzle and Swift Swim may not appear on the same team
- The abilities Drought and Chlorophyll may not appear on the same team
- The abilities Sand Stream and Sand Rush may not appear on the same team
- ALL Gems are banned
- Quick Claw, King's Rock, Razor Fang and Bright Powder are banned
- Any items unreleased in BW are banned.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, 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.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, 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.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
Pairings
watashi vs Bye
adriancosmoem vs Celeste
PokeFan4125 vs Sharky King
Akuu vs Vazquez 2.0
chimechoo vs aim
FogHorn vs The Dovahneer
Marshy. vs Wifike2
ReeApple vs Star
Pachequitos vs bronzo
Lux2821 vs Portrait or Ruin
Capitão General vs 64 Squares
SammyCe123 vs GOATED im_m0rtal.
ejorange vs FlutterFliss
powergo1 vs Aleksanteri
Quarante8 vs mbf
impersonxtor vs jackuzzler
Flapple1 vs Idyll
Sossa vs Zygarde12
Crystal Methyd vs Aimel
s1lveryo vs benjaboynl
VashStravos vs Raiza
Jamieon vs karrottensirup
Scribble vs E Man
Mysterious Player vs Gensuzu
evakiyama! vs vogue
Fc vs DonMarto
stunt-o vs Guille
Lustre vs Puckbud
XDill-V vs jecotto03
jeronis vs squinn
Swagata Mitra vs Ghoul in PJs
CrashinBoomBang vs Xocov
Koalacance vs Knele97
Coconut | 椰果 vs Milkshook
Sergio Aguero vs King L5
iiFWM vs Iride
Colteor vs King Choco
TheGrandAdmiral vs urban
kumiko vs jozin457
SwordIsBored vs Nefertum
Bibleman9 vs CoolEvan1098
Scizor Boladão vs RacsoZeta
mad dawg vs hattorivt
An Agent of Chaos vs tsukinomiko
ogalbina vs SponsoredPost
kerbecs vs Azcelerator
MK29 vs Mister McLovin
OdinRM vs zinc
vengabenga vs LatiGOD
Paying Attenton vs DJGravity
Clb7 vs magialice
Shmur vs Mok3s
gengariza vs Gypsy
bobbiswas vs Finchinator
Monai vs scionicle
VoltyPichu vs Lucas2543
Down By VI vs Bowas
Moron5 vs daddydaveslidinintourdms
larando vs sebtct
RavenEyeKSR vs Blui
Treyunt vs brranden
ZebstrikemDown vs Truthankamon
HisuAvalugg vs sqoiche
EntryHazardous vs P2gyorg
DOCUMENT FOR MATCHUPS
Games are due <t:1756699140:F>.
This thread and all future BW I threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.