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Welcome to this year's edition of one of Smogon's longest standing traditions, the Official Smogon Tournament! The format is as simple as it is classic - a winner-takes-all best of three in the current generation of our OverUsed format! The winner receiving the golden trophy
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Players will be picked randomly against one another for as many rounds as it takes to find one final champion. While posting replays will not be mandatory until the later rounds of the tournament, it is encouraged to save them in case of any disputes! Seriously, do yourself a favor and save them somewhere.
Additionally, join our discord and/or our PS! room to discuss the tournament, ask about rules, find your opponent more easily or just to hang out!
Rules
OST Specific Rules
This is a standard SS 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.
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.
Dynamax Clause: You cannot dynamax
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.
Por ejemplo, si crees que tu oponente está haciendo una solicitud injusta y que no merece que la actividad te gane, puedes hacer tu propia solicitud o citar su publicación y explicar por qué no se la merece. Debes tratar de hacer que tu actividad gane mensajes de solicitud al menos 24 horas antes de la fecha límite para darle a tu oponente una oportunidad razonable de competir con su propia solicitud de ganancia de actividad.
En caso de desconexiones, si jugaste en el servidor de SmogTours, llama al Director del torneo lo antes posible y veremos la posibilidad de tener una revancha.
Premio
Just like last year, in addition to the trophy the winner will receive a custom avatar on PS! courtesy of Zarel and there will be a cash prize for this tournament, courtesy of Chaos and Zracknel. The winner of this year’s Official Smogon Tournament will receive the top prize of 200 USD! Additional prizes for finalists and semifinalists will also be offered, based on revenue from the SPL Apparel Shop.
These signups will be open for about 1 week, though we may cut them short if it's deemed necessary.
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or another TD team member!
