Welcome to the first round of this year's Official Smogon Tournament! The OST is one of Smogon's longest standing traditions in tournaments and has crowned many great Pokémon players as its champions across five generations. Over the next few months, thousands* (!) of players will compete to the best of their ability as they attempt to join the exclusive ranks of the OST trophy holders. Only one of those players will succeed in their journey and earn the recognition that comes with their victory, along with the iconic OST trophy.
The tournament will have a best of three format. This means that players will play until one of them wins two games. Players are allowed to switch teams in between games, or use the same team throughout the set; it is completely up to the player. If players only partially complete a series before the deadline, it will be considered an uncompleted match and action will be taken accordingly (either an activity win or a coin flip).
Just like last year, there will be a cash prize for this tournament! The winner of this year's Official Smogon Tournament will receive 200 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
OST Specific Rules
- This is a standard SV OU tournament.
- The tournament will be single elimination.
- Players will play a best of three series of games each round
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!. If you can't agree on which server to play on, the Smogtours server is the default option.
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- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokémon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokémon.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same Pokémon on their team. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on his or her team.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot use the moves Double Team or Minimize in their Pokémon's movesets.
- OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
- Team Preview: Players must turn on the Team Preview feature where players can view the opposing team's Pokémon and choose their lead Pokémon.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play. Check this thread for more information.
- Baton Pass Clause: The move Baton Pass is banned outright.
- Uber Clause: Players may not use any items, moves, abilities, or Pokemon that appear on Smogon's OU Ban List. If the tiers change or new items, abilities, moves, or Pokemon become available in the middle of a round, the changes will take effect in the following round. There will be an announcement in the relevant round if this occurs.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, 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.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, 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.
In case of disconnections, if you played in the SmogTours server, call a Tournament Director as soon as possible and we'll see about the possibility of having a rematch.
General Tournament Rules
Substitutions
Players may sign up as a substitute if they didn't join in time. If you are eliminated from the tournament (i.e. you lose your games, are substituted out, or drop out), you may not sign up as a substitute. I will endeavor to substitute players in whenever a player drops out, and one week before the round 1 deadline, I will look through all players and activity win requests and replace any inactive players with substitutes. Given the size of the bracket this year, there might be two substitution waves. There is a good chance that you will get to play if you sign up as a substitute. Substitutes will only be allowed into the tournament during round 1. Substitutes will be implemented on a mostly first come, first serve basis, but if you are inactive after you sign up as a substitute then you're at risk of not being substituted into the tournament.
To sign up as a substitute, please use the substitute signup thread.
Please read this guide if you're unsure how to schedule with your opponent! Alternatively, watch this video made by teal6:
Now then, without further ado..
Round 1-B
KillaLeston vs Digu56
weird mon vs Kyo
diego_yuhhi vs GrafikYTquert
sharkydee vs Ovxrlord
koze GT vs Clementine
Fc vs Eternal Spirit
DefinitelyDani vs Nazip
Internal vs Yuanyu
Blanched vs Hairoll
Pokemonguru420 vs Arronking370
Spellcaster vs Kyora
Misterioussaint vs victordoblew
Waci vs Shogeki
pattek vs cash3y
ZeyderZawliet vs STABLE
I'm Pastel vs Clastia
Zakattack332 vs Mr.Yessir
Plankh vs Xavnax_
ChampionPapi vs Violet Riachu
ShinNguyen vs Cultris 2
-Tsunami- vs quicktoanchor
megasalappo vs Sampi133
haxlolo vs Yoink 0
DarkNight342 vs faynarx
GoatKiWi vs pratik2007
DayinFiction vs Askov
Komodo_Drogo vs Opelucid
Feli_joseph vs earl gr3y
Graydemon vs siras
maxseiji vs Kool Kiddo
Mahathir2010 vs Springerk
CaptainEikichi vs noahwantstobattle
outbackrabbit vs Kingo9629
Sethc123 vs momsinlabor
TheMemeHead vs MAVERICK SHOOTERS
Gochan vs The Lord Penguin
Pleikkis vs Jr21montoya
Fant'sy Beast vs PurpleDolphin
Stecolomaxx vs Scripfish
lanimort vs adrianex_123
Nearshiro vs ImDoneThrowing
ateliers vs JackSpearrow28B
TDNT vs MajicMiranda
ADF Test vs vandesaarr
yNot Mence vs kennylfk
A rainbow child vs Yericky
lele3 vs sexychu
BAGANHA13 vs Cicada
dalsonyan vs hmsa2012
Éric vs FatalFutility
Hybuyn vs Theoko
DJ Dib Dab vs ThinkingSceptile
ACExDiscostu93 vs Wing Fighter
Kebab mlml vs MiniNarga
thajester vs Oceanides
Edgar vs jetou
ZeroKitss vs mael
Broken Promises; vs Pappkopp
Gilbert arenas vs awesomeaaron8
AzGaming vs NHelioX7
ProDigeZz vs termi
Bundy300 vs Sliceofbread96
JabbaTheGriffin vs AquaVanilla
Toxzn vs skimmythegod
kriptomgames vs Shiiftry
CELTiiC vs AmericanPi
iKeepAglokLikeAcop vs Mihowk
Akaru Kokuyo vs Pelok
Dragon246 vs X_alexanderX_
2Tomi vs InkSams
brokenmotor vs Mitchitus
Kage Unova vs Flip The Switch
DeStef2003 vs Mr.Bossaru
Yisus piola xd vs myostatinmommy
eliana. vs Daruma
utofa vs lotiasite
bb skarm vs BigFatMantis
MixZzzz vs chat chatting joke
SapphicAffinity vs SoulWind
Edstur98 vs doc1203
azogue vs sensei axew
Scoptile vs Etherios
AyanCR7 vs B1215
Wowiehejust vs xGreydientz
zS vs PottedOddish
Haruno vs Torpedine
Ruft vs ChiZGritz17
Jacataca37 vs Vert
MoxProxy vs Ti_Ne_Si_Fe
flyingtaco vs Punny
Taki28 vs cicepece11
NoName6293 vs TL The Legend
YunoGasai0000 vs VoltPLL
Mysticwind vs LBN
Pidge vs Oasis_404
qsns vs FullMetalFlincher
capo the battler vs Mewthree69
Nat vs Amir
etern vs Foufakirby
xujing691691 vs Mister Magnus
BattleCrayon29 vs maroon
Fusien vs Siddakid
Coolcodename vs Polonium
Lord Moet vs hariyana grande
GDCytosine vs KJ Corp
Highv0ltag3 vs OrochiLucario
Chaos23333 vs gbaer200
AgencyIsOwn vs Roseybear
Pissog vs DeCurry
Tidalnoob vs EmmyLikesPandas
XAVIER5 vs im very mid
Union kel vs Run For Me Plz
Reddo161 vs qtipsa
Annomous_89 vs zbr
Churielix vs GuardArc
Magician vs watashi
Huargensy vs mimilimi
redbloo vs WhiteQueen
eifo vs TJ
Ewin vs mrfraud
Irish Irelia vs MoonEevee
Floss vs CerveauMuscle
ZKk vs Bye 134
budgie89797 vs Bye 135
Prime572 vs Bye 136
patos vs Bye 137
Baydogg vs Bye 138
Cloudyanime1 vs Bye 139
yanngeek vs Bye 140
GW vs Bye 141
Raika vs Bye 142
SageSpike vs Potatochan
flamelord505 vs Bye 144
Itry2bfunny vs Bye 145
AbsurdCloak vs Bye 146
XGhostlyCalebX vs Bye 147
JoelzeDummy vs Bye 148
HighPravine vs xdRudi.exe
Fancy1 vs Bye 150
SetsuSetsuna vs Bye 151
TGA vs Bye 152
cinnasaur vs Bye 153
RaJ.Shoot vs Bye 154
Ivanjsksas vs Bye 155
Bad Grief vs Bye 156
it's tago! vs Bye 157
Vawpire vs Gotham Paladin
IntuitioNsc2 vs Bye 159
Excal vs Bye 160
cleffa hater vs Bye 161
Garay oak vs Bye 162
fabwooloo vs Bye 163
Segale vs Bye 164
mentalsoft vs Bye 165
Lusa vs Bye 166
attcris vs Bye 167
kevingoogo vs Bye 168
derppudding404 vs Bye 169
the pokemon dad vs Bye 170
Mikestar21 vs Bye 171
crucify vs Bye 172
Art and Em vs Bye 173
Luispeikou vs Bye 174
Zerwixo vs Bye 175
blinkboy vs Bye 176
Fablle vs Bye 177
Zokuru vs Bye 178
intervertedbookence vs Bye 179
Tiazelite vs Bye 180
Josepharas1 vs Bye 181
swag god vs Bye 182
Dark Shion vs Bye 183
Chokepic vs Bye 184
procorphish vs Bye 185
Wildcat Formation vs Bye 186
heyitsjinx vs Bye 187
Mega Breloom vs Bye 188
Ary vs Bye 189
Herriz0 vs Bye 190
Spindaa327 vs Bye 191
Haarper vs Bye 192
Puvero vs Bye 193
Van Sword vs Bye 194
Marshall.Law vs Bye 195
sunsets vs Bye 196
hidingflames vs Bye 197
Sonyami vs Bye 198
Ungo vs Bye 199
villain_V vs roxie
Makima vs Bye 201
brycen vs Bye 202
Toxigen vs Bye 203
mysmogonaccount vs Bye 204
DukeOfKings vs Bye 205
omarsglock vs Bye 206
ANI_XD vs Bye 207
baddummy vs Bye 208
Pokeboi456 vs Bye 209
Specs Absol vs Bye 210
C and E vs Bye 211
Ashbala vs Bye 212
Tyrone.Purpl3 vs Bye 213
crshlw85 vs Bye 214
<NOVA> vs Bye 215
frisoeva vs Bye 216
Fear vs Bye 217
IcyHallsz vs Bye 218
spspsp11 vs Bye 219
bhkg vs Bye 220
Sylveon used calm mind vs Bye 221
Roufail vs Bye 222
Sankoer23 vs Bye 223
mxwingspan vs Bye 224
Hollow Soul vs Bye 225
Wtw_austin vs Bye 226
LyricsOfTheFate vs Bye 227
Toxin boost vs Bye 228
JasonDaChansey vs Bye 229
Jazz#100 vs Bye 230
Sydnacious vs Bye 231
TBG_IPLAYSHOWDOWN vs Bye 232
Radiant Grub vs Bye 233
Teamsweepersaswat vs Bye 234
Nick vs Bye 235
marmanch vs Bye 236
itsJustRPS vs Bye 237
GigaLucario37 vs Bye 238
Haroff vs Bye 239
IcySpirits vs Bye 240
slayedthehousedown vs Bye 241
sugar ovens vs Bye 242
Shakur vs Bye 243
Quartosa vs Bye 244
Luigigordovermelho vs Bye 245
Xceloh vs Bye 246
LuvvyAME vs Bye 247
dmbros vs Bye 248
Wubben vs Bye 249
Roller K vs Bye 250
Piyush25 vs Doomstadt
neymar X vs Bye 252
TLTK vs Bye 253
SirVala vs Bye 254
Vegeta1017 vs Bye 255
kythr vs Bye 256
Tommby vs Bye 257
TheBigSteve vs Bye 258
Booty vs Bye 259
toytean vs Bye 260
Autumnchi vs Bye 261
Lazuli vs Bye 262
Keahi vs Bye 263
Ayman09 vs d0nut
GeniusX vs Bye 265
Lediable_34 vs Bye 266
ASKid679 vs Bye 267
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-C, and 1-D threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 5th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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