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-D
Carkoala vs power
damien the genius vs OrderPizza
Deltune vs The Gunner
AntFire vs Lunala
Shiritu vs Darkdiglett
LoSconosciuto vs Zerkas
borutothelast vs BlazingDark
Eivor vs Herlisto21
firepuma46 vs shinyarc50
Zephyri vs Gastlies
Ford Prefect vs ong
Zooch vs RL
trace vs jacob
El_Gho5t vs dog mendigoso
zxgzxg vs Bhayden407
CupSSB vs ArcticBreeze
peacool9 vs Bijets
brodean vs Purpur4
paolode99 vs Ash KetchumGamer
KingOBanana vs Kingsous
Nuxl vs Nelson
sablolol vs Bhalal
Luigi vs Quite Quiet
icewave vs pkcc
ben barbar vs Jefozz
Riott2105 vs OJslice
Savouras vs Unowndragon
TheNewGuyM8 vs adenS
Insan1ty vs Typical_bastard
HSOWA vs Lfrs
Goootzinho vs SenseiSese
Eremita vs zedped
Chiko_Beanz vs Xrn
Karma2871 vs Tal0
UGaming vs Always!
CarnelianM vs Danny
Empo vs Roginald
SidTheShuckle vs JT’s Idol
joenomama vs corbat743
Wearth vs Proftreez
Gertz vs LunaNORA
egalvanc vs YoruNoxx
Lightniong vs Behz :3
Steven Stone 007 vs RoiDadadou
myjava vs jekke11
Unamed vs Azyor
shwetabhg2 vs Maskun
Akalli vs Reje
Stockings vs ConquestGanda
Martinique Jason vs hhhhhhhfff
Santu vs luna107
Banbadoro vs Viocyber
Ara vs Sificon
GasaiYunoSan vs Hiro'
Maushold is kinda good vs Kristyl
Hamhamhamhamham vs Bluecliqse
The_AG vs Ackr0
Allama2112 vs Melanie goes boating
alos vs juleocesar
Tuthur vs Insou
setset77 vs Garrett
funguyfiwee vs Nayjar
Athena's Myth vs Elitemagikarp
bigguac vs NotAReportedName
Farfromani vs za Josephiroth Jetray
ShadowSpoon vs ZachPKM
Fondaaaa vs Indi01
Stunfisk2140 vs DoremiFasolati
Arvinraj K III C vs HikozaruGG
pppppp vs OreoSpeedruns
TheBaruTheBaru vs ApacheRomero
Iodyne vs Alnuzz
Kaneki-san vs marcelo calasparra
Fakee vs daddl_ding
Watercelly vs Hohaaz
Trickster7 vs MudkipNerd
Whyloler vs Sayorus
Themythicalgogoat vs avarice
Xmas vs Reazy
LonelyNess vs bloated_bagel
Dicemand vs Robert
bodybuilderbellsprout
up_startme vs Tarrembeau
Reken vs Rubyblood
ZDen vs Iguana
Mako vs Letmeactuallyplay
Vholtninja vs JP_PN
jonfilch vs Ryuuji
aaa2121 vs baibaiats
luisin vs Espeonage.
Mysterious M vs Meta
Yves Stone vs Tonsue
robjr vs Caxixi
El Quixana vs Lameflame
Nichalho vs Euglena
nightcore vs Meri Berry
Jung3 vs Nyick
fnoonan15 vs artifice.
Shaneghoul vs theBigbrother17
Bruh Wobuffet vs Shucklegigas
JayKist vs Paulluxx
Antonazz vs London Beats
AtraX Madara vs gglrg
AnimusKellen vs Sharow
jlowex2 vs Pais
Geobyte vs MonkeyKing-M
Raulmorenazo00 vs Jumping_Zeraora
ABR vs Emptymap
2manyflies vs TBIC106
KelFeasin vs HugeNoobLmao
naruto(sage) vs MZ
dancole vs Jisoo
EviGaro vs Concept Everything
Sceptile1450 vs jnhygs ?
SiTuM vs Vulpix03
Ann.pokepoke vs Altthiel
Yes or no my dude vs Quantum Tesseract
MaximAEM vs kenny
Doomstadt vs OhIghtt
CaptainDaimyo vs SinnohEevee
Tace vs Ravenna
JoeSpogatt vs Bye 402
Ryum vs Bye 403
Leavers vs Bye 404
ItsMiniflaX vs Bye 405
queso vs Bye 406
BenDover2535 vs Bye 407
Rasar vs Bye 408
Aurella vs Bye 409
Hys vs Bye 410
udongirl vs Bye 411
Maxima vs Bye 412
Tempered vs Bye 413
pj vs Bye 414
OceanTaco vs Bye 415
DugZa vs Bye 416
Theoneandonly78 vs Bye 417
Señor Haus vs Bye 418
KetchupFan2001 vs Bye 419
Limabean4512 vs Bye 420
Green Zebstrikaa vs Bye 421
Void vs Bye 422
Thor vs Bye 423
BigFort96 vs Bye 424
lydian vs Bye 425
JohnYiu vs Bye 426
Zesty43 vs Bye 427
Wahab vs Bye 428
Zeuspoof vs Bye 429
Thelonewalker vs Bye 430
Crinchley vs Bye 431
MachJacob vs Kowasabii
Loganisawesome57 vs Bye 433
XKH vs Bye 434
eyoadjklnboe vs Bye 435
Rewer vs Bye 436
ItsTulio1 vs Bye 437
mencemeat vs Bye 438
Separation vs Bye 439
Aurora vs Bye 440
Holograms vs Bye 441
rockdender vs Bye 442
CabinCabin vs Bye 443
richthenoob vs Bye 444
Flameshock340 vs Tack
GoldCat vs Bye 446
NeoNaruto vs Bye 447
TopRalphX vs Bye 448
Abyssal Ruins vs Bye 449
reddeadray vs Bye 450
patlop2307 vs Bye 451
taxi driver vs Bye 452
corvere vs Bye 453
Amstan vs Bye 454
Martinus_03 vs Bye 455
Lugior vs Bye 456
Elmo (aka GlisFan) vs AC7
Rex69 vs Tahz
Jakeback123 vs Bye 459
decis vs Bye 460
dex vs Bye 461
Sahki vs Bye 462
Sanipplez vs Bye 463
Kekwashi vs Bye 464
Eledyr vs Bye 465
Muditgupta68 vs Bye 466
phantomclaw8888 vs Bye 467
Tico vs Bye 468
Louna vs Bye 469
TyCarter vs dekisu
Spcplayzz vs Bye 471
Atha vs Bye 472
Vnc vs Bye 473
bofadeeznuzleafs vs Bye 474
Egor vs Bye 475
martinvtran vs Bye 476
Peeky07 vs Bye 477
LORD SAGIS vs Bye 478
GaijinEagle vs Bye 479
Ren_Harriet vs Bye 480
Turinglemur01 vs Bye 481
Lpow12 vs Iceman8911
AL vs Bye 483
Sibales1 vs Bye 484
Nowelle vs Bye 485
BloodEagle1992 vs Bye 486
Funkoo vs Bye 487
blank vs Bye 488
TiBooom vs Bye 489
Denji DX vs Bye 490
Pepelino vs DerpyBoi
blockayethe1st vs Bye 492
Trout In Space vs Bye 493
FranKMad vs Bye 494
Gei vs Bye 495
TrainerPla vs Bye 496
Juani0809 vs Bye 498
Stormbrimger vs Bye 499
Constant_Entity vs Bye 500
parissof vs Bye 501
1LDK vs Bye 502
choicebadkyurem vs Wooper Person
KeldeoCrowned vs Bye 504
CriasDelSuperVasco vs Bye 505
Mike Legend vs Bye 506
ALeciau vs Bye 507
velvet vs Shiox
Shenkai vs Bye 509
AdrienLeGameur vs blank who
gorex vs Bye 511
Bannana_Waddle_Dee vs Starchon
Spooky77 vs Bye 513
Sparzza vs Toto
Oscarchan vs Bye 515
0ze vs Bye 516
kDCA vs Bye 517
Hyssou vs Bye 518
zarathustrasama vs Bye 519
CyberOdin✝ vs Bye 520
Zenadark vs Bye 521
emma vs Bye 522
Undefeated Alt vs Bye 523
Delta4 vs Bye 524
Akai vs Bye 525
Ahsan-219 vs Bye 526
skatt7000 vs Bye 527
Afaki vs Bye 528
Frixel vs IkeDreams
Iranagsen vs Bye 530
Biggiezams vs Bye 531
SteamingReaper vs Bye 532
Malekith vs Bye 533
MCJD931 vs Bye 534
Webwyane vs Bye 535
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 5th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
">Garchomp for president[/USER] vs bodybuilderbellsproutup_startme vs Tarrembeau
Reken vs Rubyblood
ZDen vs Iguana
Mako vs Letmeactuallyplay
Vholtninja vs JP_PN
jonfilch vs Ryuuji
aaa2121 vs baibaiats
luisin vs Espeonage.
Mysterious M vs Meta
Yves Stone vs Tonsue
robjr vs Caxixi
El Quixana vs Lameflame
Nichalho vs Euglena
nightcore vs Meri Berry
Jung3 vs Nyick
fnoonan15 vs artifice.
Shaneghoul vs theBigbrother17
Bruh Wobuffet vs Shucklegigas
JayKist vs Paulluxx
Antonazz vs London Beats
AtraX Madara vs gglrg
AnimusKellen vs Sharow
jlowex2 vs Pais
Geobyte vs MonkeyKing-M
Raulmorenazo00 vs Jumping_Zeraora
ABR vs Emptymap
2manyflies vs TBIC106
KelFeasin vs HugeNoobLmao
naruto(sage) vs MZ
dancole vs Jisoo
EviGaro vs Concept Everything
Sceptile1450 vs jnhygs ?
SiTuM vs Vulpix03
Ann.pokepoke vs Altthiel
Yes or no my dude vs Quantum Tesseract
MaximAEM vs kenny
Doomstadt vs OhIghtt
CaptainDaimyo vs SinnohEevee
Tace vs Ravenna
JoeSpogatt vs Bye 402
Ryum vs Bye 403
Leavers vs Bye 404
ItsMiniflaX vs Bye 405
queso vs Bye 406
BenDover2535 vs Bye 407
Rasar vs Bye 408
Aurella vs Bye 409
Hys vs Bye 410
udongirl vs Bye 411
Maxima vs Bye 412
Tempered vs Bye 413
pj vs Bye 414
OceanTaco vs Bye 415
DugZa vs Bye 416
Theoneandonly78 vs Bye 417
Señor Haus vs Bye 418
KetchupFan2001 vs Bye 419
Limabean4512 vs Bye 420
Green Zebstrikaa vs Bye 421
Void vs Bye 422
Thor vs Bye 423
BigFort96 vs Bye 424
lydian vs Bye 425
JohnYiu vs Bye 426
Zesty43 vs Bye 427
Wahab vs Bye 428
Zeuspoof vs Bye 429
Thelonewalker vs Bye 430
Crinchley vs Bye 431
MachJacob vs Kowasabii
Loganisawesome57 vs Bye 433
XKH vs Bye 434
eyoadjklnboe vs Bye 435
Rewer vs Bye 436
ItsTulio1 vs Bye 437
mencemeat vs Bye 438
Separation vs Bye 439
Aurora vs Bye 440
Holograms vs Bye 441
rockdender vs Bye 442
CabinCabin vs Bye 443
richthenoob vs Bye 444
Flameshock340 vs Tack
GoldCat vs Bye 446
NeoNaruto vs Bye 447
TopRalphX vs Bye 448
Abyssal Ruins vs Bye 449
reddeadray vs Bye 450
patlop2307 vs Bye 451
taxi driver vs Bye 452
corvere vs Bye 453
Amstan vs Bye 454
Martinus_03 vs Bye 455
Lugior vs Bye 456
Elmo (aka GlisFan) vs AC7
Rex69 vs Tahz
Jakeback123 vs Bye 459
decis vs Bye 460
dex vs Bye 461
Sahki vs Bye 462
Sanipplez vs Bye 463
Kekwashi vs Bye 464
Eledyr vs Bye 465
Muditgupta68 vs Bye 466
phantomclaw8888 vs Bye 467
Tico vs Bye 468
Louna vs Bye 469
TyCarter vs dekisu
Spcplayzz vs Bye 471
Atha vs Bye 472
Vnc vs Bye 473
bofadeeznuzleafs vs Bye 474
Egor vs Bye 475
martinvtran vs Bye 476
Peeky07 vs Bye 477
LORD SAGIS vs Bye 478
GaijinEagle vs Bye 479
Ren_Harriet vs Bye 480
Turinglemur01 vs Bye 481
Lpow12 vs Iceman8911
AL vs Bye 483
Sibales1 vs Bye 484
Nowelle vs Bye 485
BloodEagle1992 vs Bye 486
Funkoo vs Bye 487
blank vs Bye 488
TiBooom vs Bye 489
Denji DX vs Bye 490
Pepelino vs DerpyBoi
blockayethe1st vs Bye 492
Trout In Space vs Bye 493
FranKMad vs Bye 494
Gei vs Bye 495
TrainerPla vs Bye 496
Juani0809 vs Bye 498
Stormbrimger vs Bye 499
Constant_Entity vs Bye 500
parissof vs Bye 501
1LDK vs Bye 502
choicebadkyurem vs Wooper Person
KeldeoCrowned vs Bye 504
CriasDelSuperVasco vs Bye 505
Mike Legend vs Bye 506
ALeciau vs Bye 507
velvet vs Shiox
Shenkai vs Bye 509
AdrienLeGameur vs blank who
gorex vs Bye 511
Bannana_Waddle_Dee vs Starchon
Spooky77 vs Bye 513
Sparzza vs Toto
Oscarchan vs Bye 515
0ze vs Bye 516
kDCA vs Bye 517
Hyssou vs Bye 518
zarathustrasama vs Bye 519
CyberOdin✝ vs Bye 520
Zenadark vs Bye 521
emma vs Bye 522
Undefeated Alt vs Bye 523
Delta4 vs Bye 524
Akai vs Bye 525
Ahsan-219 vs Bye 526
skatt7000 vs Bye 527
Afaki vs Bye 528
Frixel vs IkeDreams
Iranagsen vs Bye 530
Biggiezams vs Bye 531
SteamingReaper vs Bye 532
Malekith vs Bye 533
MCJD931 vs Bye 534
Webwyane vs Bye 535
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 5th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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