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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- 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.
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
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 very high 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.
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..
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 4-B thread for it!)
Valentine vs Vulpix03
baddjordan vs Serged
Ciele vs AquaFinity
Energy vs Garay oak
Marshall.Law vs sstj
-okara vs DracoNinja
mael vs MetaRiolu7
QuickBH vs Bongi
DAVIDpwns vs SoulWind
nightcore vs DenisTheMenace
sed vs Chicos
Particular1 vs Youngster_Bill
BLOOD TOTEM vs Freddy Kyogre
Fruitdealer vs LeoShakur
Ricardo vs GeniusX
FY2.0/Eko vs Hassin627
Jhueller vs Snow BLX
rozes vs Vgcici
iamnathan vs Lavos
Mob Barley vs Christo
Evuelf vs Parkzy
Cynara vs Relous
Poek vs Mikasa Ackerman
xray vs Kingler12345
Arifeen vs Choupa Chouiken
Diego Maradona vs deoxys speed
Eeveeto vs Terraquaza
ez vs Flares.
soTsoT vs Mohamed67
Tricking vs TPP
lockjaw vs Toxeek
Aaronboyer vs menci
Jefozz vs Adri989898
lax vs xImRaptor
Ace-11 vs WarioMaster
A vs Jimmy Turtwig
Sam I Yam vs Mentos
ggggd vs sablolol
Obliviate vs Drakus04
Kaori vs High Impulse
GeeMick vs Perry
Jrdn vs ADF Test
Chill Shadow vs WildWave
Altina vs Carmin
Sacri' vs hellpowna
Welli0u vs ceraa
MJ vs LL
obii vs Water Drone
TrivDiego vs yovan33321
dom vs BIHI
RedEmption vs Jytcampbell
Mysterious M vs Lucix
Bitana vs Der Sweitzer
Corckscrew vs mncmt
CKW vs Shoka
Lil Blaine vs MFJK
Twixtry vs CJSmooth
lotiasite vs Freeroamer
Ninjadog13 vs PhantomDragoon
maroon vs Victable
gaobear vs GSC LOWER TIER KING HSA
Lycans vs HGgamer
Lopunny Kicks vs Myzozoa
Adam the First vs Eo Ut Mortus
Deadline: Sunday March 3rd at Midnight EST
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