Official Smogon Tournament XV - Quarterfinals

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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! With the Finalist receiving $100 and both semifinalists taking home $50 each.

If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or another TD team member!

OST Specific Rules
  • This is a standard USM 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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Standard Rules and Clauses
  • 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.


Playing before the prediction tour occurred

The prediction tournament will return this year! You may play before the prediction tournament is up but try not to announce the result of your games before it actually get posted. In case you would play, the result wouldn't be altered anyway.

General Tournament Rules


craing ;_; vs Insult
Indigo Plateau vs Eeveeto
Tricking vs Fruitdealer
isuckstbattles vs Lopunny Kicks


ROUND DEADLINE IS ON SUNDAY APRIL 7TH AT 11 PM EDT.


FROM THIS ROUND ONWARDS IT IS A MUST TO POST THE REPLAYS OF YOUR SET. IF YOU DONT YOU RISK YOUR GAMES BEING NULLIFIED. NO HIDING REPLAYS.
 
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ben gay is a consistently good and inimitable watch. hoping we can see him in the finals again

theres a couple of guys currently who are consistently rising above and redefining their tiers and ben is one of them. been enjoying this from the outside and hoping we can get some commentary from his end when its all over
 
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looking forward to seeing how it turns out this time around, let's hope for some interesting battles

craing ;_; vs Insult - ben's been doing his thing for quite some time now and is the more established of the 2 but insult has played some great games along with smart team choices as of late. i'd also bet on him to take it all, but regardless i hope the winner of this faces tricking in finals. for sure closest series and highlight of the round.

Indigo Plateau vs Eeveeto - there's not a ton of data on either of these players, gonna go with eeveeto though as he's got a super diverse arsenal and comfort in piloting those.

Tricking vs Fruitdealer - been getting a good amount of results for some time now, just way better and way more proven of the 2. i can see a timeline where he wins it all.

isuckstbattles vs Lopunny Kicks - pretty much same as above except he's not quite as good as tricking, hard to not go with lopkicks here.
 
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