Welcome to 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 2-B
Genesis7 vs blank
LuvvyAME vs Fusien
Raika vs Bouff
kevingoogo vs ojr
Ungo vs CaptainEikichi
RichardMillePlain vs MONCHO
Chaos23333 vs Xceloh
tyo vs Flip The Switch
daycard vs lax
mencemeat vs Luigigordovermelho
BossManSwag vs RaiZen1704
Yari vs Alumn
ZeroKitss vs HealthGage
Shinigami vs Coolcodename
egalvanc vs PrinceOfAllTacos
Darkdiglett vs Void
icewave vs Lapa Faraonul
dex vs mushamu
zbr vs Wowiehejust
giove97 vs Metallica126
reymaki vs shwetabhg2
Vawpire vs AgentSnorlax
Amstan vs Zooch
Booty vs dmbros
Reddo161 vs Firehead27
The_AG vs Mrbanana45
Lialiabeast vs Luispeikou
autumn vs Radiant Grub
Crinchley vs GaryTheGengar
Wartionzz vs Green Zebstrikaa
AtraX Madara vs Latias
Iodyne vs Spedonic
Scoptile vs rockdender
Luirromen vs Always!
Stecolomaxx vs decis
Toto vs Reje
Pira vs AbsurdCloak
Askov vs BlazingDark
MrSoup vs fakenagol
SwaggySammy44 vs ong
Pokemonguru420 vs Empo
corvere vs TPP
poopawmcgee vs Leafeontc
JESUSE3 vs McMeghan
Tal0 vs Taner704
Queen_Rosey_606 vs Roufail
The Gunner vs Akai
`ShadowTwo vs CaptainDaimyo
KillaLeston vs Vay
Hollow Soul vs JellyIO
Mike Legend vs TibarnWasTaken
mind gaming vs maroon
Navys_1 vs Kingsous
Water Drone vs Boomalacka
DeStef2003 vs kpse
Im_Totally_Human vs topshotta
Shxdowarcher vs cinnasaur
TBIC106 vs brycen
swag god vs Asuno
Remi-J vs baibaiats
Akashi vs Ado
Nick vs Ivanjsksas
Micciu vs blank who
artifice. vs lolebruh
Trogba Trogba vs Desmondo
MugiwaraLux vs gorex
Hohaaz vs GigaLucario37
nikos321 vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
fabwooloo vs derppudding404
sablolol vs Ryum
Wildcat Formation vs Welli0u
DOOR MONEY vs michy47
FranKMad vs flamelord505
the winking dol vs Rex69
Kristyl vs Nyick
up_startme vs GoldCat
Kingo9629 vs SpaceSpeakers
Hazza83773 vs Paulluxx
gum vs Chippy1105
corbat743 vs Spooky77
Xurkiyee vs Urshifu.lol
PurpleDolphin vs LpZ
itsJustRPS vs Garchomp for president
Edgar vs Ecca
Pinecoishot vs Nael222
Doomstadt vs Xrn
TTV_DarkAngel25 vs Finchinator
Mihowk vs Marshme1to
Stellar Flares vs Sydnacious
xujing691691 vs Lediable_34
chat chatting joke vs ABR
cardenas19 vs tom holland
avarice vs cheek-clapper6000
quojova vs Star
myjava vs TrainerPla
LudwigFrog vs TheBrightRising
bdov vs GamerGal1759
ArcticBreeze vs AC7
XelloW vs WhiteQueen
3d vs 0ze
Bijets vs SparX
Altthiel vs ayevon
XGhostlyCalebX vs procorphish
proudtrainer0015 vs Turinglemur01
Piyush25 vs welam73
Sam vs pokemonisfun
frisoeva vs Haruno
zS vs Ann
Warucario vs Chiles Habaneros
surgingoffense vs IloveScaldBurns
Ary vs Knight who says "Ni"
Mr.X&Y97 vs Lily
Hamhamhamhamham vs eifo
Maxisc23 vs DestinyTGU
jaydenhcndj vs Kate
DarkMage27 vs Spl4sh
kenny vs Mickey17
Rewer vs Gochan
Moscatas vs Skooma
Trout In Space vs vuthanh2807
cb aaron judge vs ZachPKM
emma vs Simia
Javi vs the_ultimate_bruh
KJ Corp vs Fogbound Lake
M Dragon vs Bad Grief
Fancy1 vs Mysterious M
Sayorus vs ramboss
Shakur vs Yung Goober
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 2-A, 2-C, and 2-D threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 12th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
Extension Deadline: Wednesday February 8th, 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5)
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!! SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD FOR INFO
Extension Deadline: Wednesday February 8th, 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5)
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!! SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD FOR INFO
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