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Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard DPP 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), Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Garchomp, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latios, Lugia, Machamp, Manaphy, Mew, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Salamence, Shaymin-Sky, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Acupressure, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Sand Veil, Snow Cloak
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense, Quick Claw, Soul Dew
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Arceus (All formes), Darkrai, Deoxys, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Defense, Deoxys-Speed, Dialga, Garchomp, Giratina, Giratina-Origin, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Latios, Lugia, Machamp, Manaphy, Mew, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Salamence, Shaymin-Sky, Wobbuffet, Wynaut
Banned Moves
Acupressure, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sheer Cold, Swagger
Banned Abilities
Arena Trap, Sand Veil, Snow Cloak
Banned Items
Bright Powder, Lax Incense, Quick Claw, Soul Dew
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
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 Clause Mod: Limit one foe put to sleep
- 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
- Baton Pass Stat Trap Clause: No Baton Passer may have a way to boost stats or trap Pokémon
- Freeze Clause Mod: Limit one foe frozen
Resources
DPP OU Resources can be found here. Sample teams can be found here. You can join DPP Discord here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
Round 2
Marshall.Law vs mentalsoft
Drogba In Shenhua vs Real FV13
Sossa vs pokevin03dragonite
The_App vs DD Joe
MichaelderBeste2 vs TGA
Felony vs Sificon
Abel685 vs nightcore
Samideaux vs DeMarvelous
Kristyl vs SEROO
Pudistours vs 16bit
Raichy vs Monai
Znain vs Drifting
NotVeryCake vs Mister McLovin
Proszz vs Drud
Raceding vs Loneling
lighthouses vs Skarpherim
EG Jhonx~ vs hybone
luisin vs JayMangyTangy
etern vs BIG WILL
NECROZZZZzz vs Huargensy
CrimsonManic vs Gjaku
Luispeikou vs Akola
Plague vs decis
DBK31TH vs manaphyfan23
Batmen vs OctalMicrobe
MirrorMage vs Shing
GirlsSeeGhosts vs 199
im_m0rtal. vs stunner047
1 True Lycan vs AgencyIsOwn
ReverseTracebacks vs Bernardo
Iguana vs LBN
Johaniscool vs damflame 3
aubury vs Hiro'
TyCarter vs Azphiel
Mah vs jackuzzler
Lazuli vs Exiline
Kirnia vs Ulti Bastion
egalvanc vs bx4x
ILoveGarchom vs reyscarface
Django vs Star
Blui vs hida
Laurel vs mackie
lacoot vs LogIce
WAJ vs A Welcome Guest
Pideous vs CyberOdin✝
Symphonie vs melancholy0
Neko vs SubtractZer0
DazzlingCream vs Fakes
bridalexpress vs MGdos16
Mimikyu Stardust vs Knele97
Sergio Aguero vs Bub
betathunder vs Mollymiltoast
NDK vs Animero
henrysalt vs Luzeh
Fogbound Lake vs Kingler
Gamebooadvanced vs Rubyblood
chiefbeef1234 vs jyusaan
Jojen vs Tenebricite
Underlying vs zugubu royale
PigWarrior19 vs Vinn
LNumbers vs byronthewellwell
pixie909 vs Sna
Togkey vs krwozen
t.t vs XenGg07
mind gaming vs bydy
Sol_Katti vs Incognition
ExguardiaN vs Cold07
Click>Think vs LORD SAGIS
Shitrock enjoyer vs Trawkan
Teriso179 vs Calmmind75
Zoyotte vs magialice
Cow vs Nemosse
seraphz vs Kasp
JabbaTheGriffin vs Going Hard
Dobesito vs entrocefalo
boudouche vs Nineveh
pz vs Loven
yogo896 vs Cono de la Corrèze
Bundy vs Torality
Willowissp vs jscurf
Ctown6 vs Scimjara
Don Bork vs agenS
Durk27 vs serperiorr
SalvatoreSesso vs tko
BagelJohn vs blaab
Amaranth vs BlazingDark
Isza vs mien
Army97 vs Fear
Drake.D.Blitz vs SamuelBest
twash vs SoggyBagel64
mikellazzo vs sugarhigh
crying vs Xyldaz
ElectricityCat vs Zelph
Ninja vs awyp
Capidaxter vs McComba
Baddy vs Mysterious M
Blame Hoffman vs MouseMonarch
Heres vs coco
mayo vs Chaos23333
LeBomboclats vs spell
Vital Whale vs LB
Waruchuu vs Meridian
SFG vs Ummbr
ewewpoke vs sky
robjr vs TanDaMan
Posho vs sequoia
Wamr vs george182
Expulso vs Seanobiwan
gonnafightyu vs Sam
bello figo vs Mok3s
Groudon vs Blox
venesha vs Deezcastforms
Leroipolux vs moxie57
The Allenatore vs Hugo
elodin vs Mustounet
Dharma vs StepC
Divine Kingdra vs xDarkcrafterHDx
eldids vs WraxiusGaming
monchooo vs Eternal Spirit
Dwagon vs X-Wing
fiish vs Fragments
yakarimseni vs Vulpix03
le LLiolae vs Frozion
Raahel vs Tizio Potente Ao
reversoral vs SvelteSnake
PoseidonWrath vs Lightniong
forkuser vs impersonxtor
Premonitions vs Bye 1
Round 1 extension deadline is Wednesday, June 17th at 11:59 PM GMT aka June 17, 2026 at 7:59 PM.
Round 2 deadline is Sunday, June 21st at 11:59 PM GMT aka June 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM.
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