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 2
Seanobiwan vs OneHitTrix
Irene vs DanceOfHearts
elodin vs cyberacc
dice vs Ocelote_Solitario
vani vs melancholy0
Poipole is so cute vs zugubu royale
Enzonana. vs Kristyl
Souw vs Kykz
B0by vs Havocknight
luisin vs Nael222
Magician vs Typical_bastard
BooterBoons vs Josh Fleszar
agenS vs jjjnkn
Minatevis vs PDC
robjr vs Ninja
Amomeupaieminhamae vs Bohrier
feen vs Maxisc23
mintjellyfish vs Surmen6781
poison dax vs Charmriah
ElectricityCat vs Amaranth
David Watts vs GirlsSeeGhosts
Pideous vs leoperi
kDCA vs kaipro
Fakes vs MrSoup
Kingler vs Gochan
Toryyy vs GaryTheGengar
evakiyama! vs Hockey1
CloudyEJ vs Slowpoke Fan
roxie vs Mako
UltiNooba vs Elfuseon
Loneling vs Sificon
Zokuru vs ziloXX
Iguana vs blank
doso749 vs Sossa
GLFGno7 vs Knight who says "Ni"
GUZOT vs lihj
Siatam vs Void
Don Eduardo vs NDK
Steve Angello vs Flying Beagle
crying vs Mik3ymon
Fear vs Zcarlett
SkyHighSundae vs Nick
Confide vs Kiyo
urrgh vs DugZa
bello figo vs Ryuuka
Raichy vs Quottle
Feaniix vs mj
Dawn Dreams vs weird mon
ThinkingSceptile vs Leroipolux1
Kokona Aoba vs Airi
Yayamaingame vs Triangles
Shucklegigas vs Munchie2ff
Fabiocrak vs Kanha Greninja
JustFranco vs Neko
Reymedy vs SvelteSnake
jackuzzler vs Tenebricite
Garay oak vs seingalt
krono101 vs Big Thicc Blissey
Baddy vs PeterKart4444
TyCarter vs P15
Isza vs betathunder
yfy vs TurboRx
Miyoko vs Malekith
slopcat vs CyberOdin✝
Slaklord vs Strictsceptile
StepC vs Thor
aminita vs Emre Mor 9
HeyYa!_Forte vs chiefbeef1234
A Welcome Guest vs LUCASQUAQUE
Skarpherim vs timeless_asteroid
JoaF vs leall
D4 Repertoire vs NoName6293
Horodro vs PHB11677
teamo vs violet river
Gold Force vs tylerkehne
twash vs MGdos16
noctaplasma56 vs Kaboom
MichaelderBeste2 vs Lord Ninjax
JStanislaw vs LORD SAGIS
Marshall.Law vs Peum
AmShaegar vs The_App
Capidaxter vs SANKE CARP
reyscarface vs Kaz
Waruchuu vs SEROO
Makakeo vs HSK7
Mendeez vs Waffleztastegood
damedesyo vs ExguardiaN
OranBerryBlissey10 vs Destroyer459yt
Deezcastforms vs kydas3169
Cristal vs ima
OmBrArch vs tahatahat
Maris Bonibell vs TakingNotesKinda
hemze00 vs F-00
Plague vs Star
Mashing vs Xyldaz
TLTK vs Texas Cloverleaf
coco vs Estuardo19
WisteriaRequiem vs Mister Magnus
zIcarus vs Extinct!
Metagross773 vs lax
sigmaboy12 vs Sheik :
MahTheBot vs Ashbala
DKM vs SoulWind
toshimelonhead vs Underlying
KeshBa54 vs LB
shiloh vs watashi
Loven vs Sulfura28
EG Jhonx~ vs bydy
Pikete vs JabbaTheGriffin
melange vs Groudon
stunner047 vs Charmflash
ABR vs monchooo
Dwagon vs -Howkings
alive vs Sacri'
entrocefalo vs dangerk1d
(Winner of Thicc_Shady vs Rubyblood) vs lighthouses
DonBoneJones vs le LLiolae
Elian vs Fablle
avarice vs jam
mjfblaze vs ZeninMaki
SeaShanties vs gorgie
AndrewRK vs Mindnight
k3nan vs washizugaming
Voyager vs TheFrogWaffle
BlazingDark vs ZyzzTREINER666
Gypsy vs Vileman
#1 Bukayo Saka Fan vs hybone
Genesis7 vs Azphiel
Round 2 deadline is <t:1753675140:F>.
Replays are required!
