Thunder management simulator.
Tournament Rules
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Smogon Classic rules can be read here.
- Standard GSC 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
Celebi, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo
Banned Moves
Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sleep Move + Mean Look, Sleep Move + Spider Web
Banned Items
Bright Powder
Tie Rules
Battle ties do not progress either player towards winning the match.
Celebi, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mew, Mewtwo
Banned Moves
Baton Pass + Mean Look, Baton Pass + Spider Web, Double Team, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize, Sleep Move + Mean Look, Sleep Move + Spider Web
Banned Items
Bright Powder
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
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, they lose
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
- Freeze Clause Mod: Limit one foe frozen
- SleepTrap Clause: Having a sleep-inducing move and Mean Look or Spider Web on the same moveset is not allowed.
- TrapPass Clause: A Pokémon cannot have Baton Pass alongside the moves Mean Look or Spider Web in its moveset.
Resources
GSC OU Resources can be found here. Sample teams can be found here. You can join GSC Discord here.
Scheduling guidelines can be found here. Activity win guidelines can be found here.
Round 1:
1Thompson vs weird mon
blank vs giatneh
hax and momola vs BlazingDark
Django vs GLFGno7
teamo vs PorygonBG
lolopero vs Ryuuka
Zaza vs agenS
#1 Bukayo Saka Fan vs t.t
StepC vs sayyonara
Shucklegigas vs TGA
Sachumberto vs MichaelderBeste2
PokeKids2 vs Typical_bastard
zIcarus vs djprice
elodin vs JublifeCityCouncil
Thicc_Shady vs Rubyblood
KeshBa54 vs Career Ended
Loven vs Fusien
Wifike2 vs toshimelonhead
SEROO vs dakouty
Maxouille vs cyberacc
Metagross773 vs King Billu
Exiline vs LORD SAGIS
average alcoholic vs Sulfura28
Gringo Papii vs Ashbala
Pikete vs Yuudachi0811
Yves Stone vs JabbaTheGriffin
rarre vs coco
nevinbevin123 vs crying
CyberOdin✝ vs velvet
lighthouses vs Larry
ict vs SoulWind
Tiran0 vs Thor
kjdaas vs Lord Ninjax
Kanha Greninja vs Flabeauf
PeterKart4444 vs Conflict
Doomerang31 vs Kingler
Mik3ymon vs Cow
Eeveeto vs feen
rojaslezam vs ElectricityCat
Underlying vs Bye 1
July vs doso749
slopcat vs Bye 3
aminita vs Bye 4
stunner047 vs Bye 5
DKM vs Bye 6
Gypsy vs Bye 7
melancholy0 vs Bye 8
OmBrArch vs Bye 9
LB vs Bye 10
ABR vs Bye 11
violet river vs Bye 12
bydy vs Frailty
HSK7 vs Bye 14
SANKE CARP vs Bye 15
Deezcastforms vs Bye 16
Baddy vs Bye 17
Texas Cloverleaf vs Bye 18
Maris Bonibell vs Bye 19
Azphiel vs Bye 20
Elian vs Bye 21
monchooo vs Bye 22
Groudon vs Bye 23
entrocefalo vs Bye 24
evakiyama! vs Bye 25
bello figo vs Bye 26
F-00 vs churrojr
Siatam vs Bye 28
betathunder vs Bye 29
Neko vs Bye 30
gorgie vs Bye 31
vani vs Bye 32
Star vs Bye 33
JoaF vs Bye 34
Airi vs Bye 35
Plague vs Bye 36
kaipro vs Bye 37
Amaranth vs Bye 38
Zokuru vs Bye 39
DonBoneJones vs Bye 40
Kiyo vs Bye 41
Mendeez vs Bye 42
Mashing vs Bye 43
Souw vs Bye 44
lihj vs Bye 45
Charmflash vs Bye 46
DanceOfHearts vs Bye 47
jackuzzler vs Bye 48
PHB11677 vs Bye 49
magma_man vs Mako
Kristyl vs Bye 51
JustFranco vs Bye 52
NoName6293 vs Bye 53
Elfuseon vs Bye 54
dice vs Bye 55
damedesyo vs Bye 56
Kykz vs Bye 57
D4 Repertoire vs Bye 58
melange vs Bye 59
Don Eduardo vs Bye 60
Enzonana. vs Bye 61
Tenebricite vs Bye 62
dangerk1d vs Bye 63
Slowpoke Fan vs Bye 64
A Welcome Guest vs Bye 65
ThinkingSceptile vs Bye 66
MahTheBot vs Bye 67
hybone vs Bye 68
The_App vs Bye 69
Kokona Aoba vs Bye 70
Waffleztastegood vs Bye 71
zugubu royale vs Bye 72
David Watts vs Bye 73
Leroipolux1 vs Bye 74
harshest vs jjjnkn
Sheik : vs Bye 76
lax vs Bye 77
TyCarter vs Bye 78
ziloXX vs Bye 79
twash vs Bye 80
Gochan vs Bye 81
reyscarface vs Bye 82
leall vs Bye 83
Sossa vs Bye 84
ima vs Bye 85
Confide vs Bye 86
Raichy vs Bye 87
Seanobiwan vs Bye 88
Miyoko vs Bye 89
mjfblaze vs Bye 90
TheFrogWaffle vs Bye 91
Vileman vs Bye 92
jam vs Bye 93
Strictsceptile vs Bye 94
Charmriah vs Bye 95
Ninja vs Bye 96
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Bye 97
Mister Magnus vs Bye 98
roxie vs Bye 99
mj vs Bye 100
UltiNooba vs Bye 101
Iguana vs Bye 102
MrSoup vs Bye 103
Fakes vs Bye 104
Feaniix vs Bye 105
AndrewRK vs Bye 106
Surmen6781 vs Bye 107
Genesis7 vs Bye 108
TakingNotesKinda vs Bye 109
Loneling vs Bye 110
Dwagon vs Bye 111
leoperi vs Bye 112
Cristal vs Bye 113
Steve Angello vs Bye 114
TLTK vs Bye 115
luisin vs Bye 116
robjr vs Bye 117
Havocknight vs Bye 118
Hockey1 vs Bye 119
Toryyy vs Bye 120
CloudyEJ vs Bye 121
TurboRx vs Bye 122
JStanislaw vs Bye 123
Zcarlett vs Bye 124
Estuardo19 vs Bye 125
Garay oak vs Bye 126
Emre Mor 9 vs Bye 127
Isza vs Bye 128
GUZOT vs Bye 129
Munchie2ff vs Bye 130
ZyzzTREINER666 vs Bye 131
B0by vs Bye 132
OneHitTrix vs Bye 133
avarice vs Bye 134
Extinct! vs Bye 135
ExguardiaN vs Bye 136
Flying Beagle vs Bye 137
P15 vs Bye 138
Mindnight vs Bye 139
chiefbeef1234 vs Bye 140
Horodro vs Bye 141
watashi vs Bye 142
Bohrier vs Bye 143
-Howkings vs Bye 144
WisteriaRequiem vs Bye 145
alive vs Bye 146
Amomeupaieminhamae vs Bye 147
Minatevis vs Bye 148
Reymedy vs Bye 149
Kaboom vs Bye 150
Voyager vs Bye 151
washizugaming vs Bye 152
Maxisc23 vs Bye 153
Ocelote_Solitario vs Bye 154
SeaShanties vs Bye 155
sigmaboy12 vs Bye 156
Malekith vs Bye 157
SvelteSnake vs Bye 158
NDK vs Bye 159
Void vs Bye 160
timeless_asteroid vs Bye 161
Destroyer459yt vs Bye 162
GirlsSeeGhosts vs Bye 163
tylerkehne vs Bye 164
Nael222 vs Bye 165
Quottle vs Bye 166
EG Jhonx~ vs Bye 167
Xyldaz vs Bye 168
DugZa vs Bye 169
Marshall.Law vs Bye 170
urrgh vs Bye 171
mistguy23 vs k3nan
poison dax vs Bye 173
Knight who says "Ni" vs Bye 174
Pideous vs Bye 175
Fablle vs Bye 176
GaryTheGengar vs Bye 177
ZeninMaki vs Bye 178
Nick vs Bye 179
Kaz vs Bye 180
LUCASQUAQUE vs Bye 181
mintjellyfish vs Bye 182
Makakeo vs Bye 183
seingalt vs Bye 184
Irene vs Bye 185
Sacri' vs Bye 186
yfy vs Bye 187
Fear vs Bye 188
AmShaegar vs Bye 189
shiloh vs Bye 190
Fabiocrak vs Bye 191
hemze00 vs Bye 192
BooterBoons vs Bye 193
PDC vs Bye 194
mind gaming vs kDCA
kydas3169 vs Bye 196
Yayamaingame vs Bye 197
noctaplasma56 vs Bye 198
SkyHighSundae vs Bye 199
krono101 vs Bye 200
tahatahat vs Bye 201
Gold Force vs Bye 202
Big Thicc Blissey vs Bye 203
Josh Fleszar vs Bye 204
HeyYa!_Forte vs Bye 205
Triangles vs Bye 206
le LLiolae vs Bye 207
Slaklord vs Bye 208
Capidaxter vs Bye 209
Poipole is so cute vs Bye 210
Skarpherim vs Bye 211
Sificon vs Bye 212
Waruchuu vs Bye 213
MGdos16 vs Bye 214
Dawn Dreams vs Bye 215
Peum vs Bye 216
Magician vs Bye 217
Round 1 deadline is <t:1753070340:F>.
Replays are not required for round 1 but it's recommended that you save them.
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