Welcome to the second 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 500 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 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.
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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 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..
Bunnyhop vs mcpallday
StallSucksBro vs Hyogafodex
AtraX Madara vs Snehasis9977
Keahi vs By Like Cat
byronthewellwell vs Kebab mlml
Cristianchini74 vs Lednäh
TheFlyingHam vs M Dragon
Speedalch vs PikachuZappyZap
Lord_Enz vs IPF
Woopy woops vs Ayante
ModernUmutcan vs Tom Epsilon
perfect minun vs the pharoah
ez vs Pietro25
agenS vs Attribute
Doppelsoldner vs ElyFlyGuy
TJ vs Saurav the great
z0mOG vs Mihowk
sunlight boy vs dubwool_entusiast
Ian_Yo vs popular ok
Alkione vs Leru
KeshBa45(yes) vs INSULT
illianes vs Isekai is good
neilvgc vs Ikealavike
featherlight vs Nakofum
Shiva846 vs Argasfultrols65w
Axzel vs Xandes
Overdrive8911 vs gmelgyu123
64 Squares vs pigsaysoinkoink111
JustJulian vs CLRaven
Forrester vs Mysterious M
Haok vs TOXpkmn
Leland Tyler Wayne vs Vextal
piyush master vs Haribos4
Lauriane vs Ziyeh
Beraldinho vs Ary
Rubyblood vs Lazy_bread27
ChewingToffee vs ChickWayne
Haru vs Ant_mazz00
TurboGrady vs LBDC
Churielix vs Atilax
SBPC vs Drookez
Mendeez vs Elwka
100percentpureheat vs Fakee
AshStackem vs Trade
Kowasabii vs Dr. Narwhal MD
julian113 vs CNightShyamalan
FaceOFF vs Vulpix03
Regnite vs blarghlfarghl
Lancelot Alucard vs PA
robjr vs Feaniix
yovan33321 vs Lennart
Unowndragon vs silver97
TDK vs UnzipsCrogre
Pheo' vs hybone
Sagiri vs Wind Tempos
Mypsonid vs SwaggySammy44
Tails72 vs Shucklegigas
neomon vs Arundrago
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs Raiza
ChoiceBandSpade vs Akola
Ahmad Alfatih vs abbehzt
kjdaas vs Ox the Fox
Thunder Pwoell vs Astrø
Skarph vs zokua2908
Lugior vs suapah
pppppp vs DonSalvatore
ekoi vs Monai
Greentea570 vs Dabi
Sakura＆Seele vs Ultraman Russo
bartei vs Jefozz
Serika vs StuffedRavioli
Mimikyu Stardust vs eclipseY
XxSevagxX vs So Noisy
NÏsenn vs GasaiYunoSan
lax vs YoruNoxx
cb aaron judge vs Banny
Drako42 vs Askov
Floss vs eden
HSOWA vs CyberOdin✝
-Frexa- vs Specs
horrorist vs kalifguest22
Kezakoopa vs Excal
Osda12 vs MG Master Piece
Jhonx~ vs okgoogle4
fabwooloo vs Loethalion
iinverynoob vs flamewarrior741
Jakerocks73 vs vani
Perish Song vs mimi2004
Will-I-am vs ckw
Goblin vs 5gen
Elian vs Reje
Myzozoa vs cy
Roseybear vs Hevxav
xray vs Eremita
Lusa vs LittleBigPlanet2
StitChuu vs Queen95
Niko vs MicoLiza24
Lambovino vs Dr. Elite
banaaaaaaa vs InkPupil
Band Cresselia vs advaita
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d vs Drnoobys=
tlenit vs Phalonix
Banded Bonks vs Zerkas
Aussie vs Avery
baconeatinassassin vs Tarrembeau
Trickster7 vs Lionyx
Alpha Rabbit vs Lucas Feuer
shadow-lxrd vs Llamadom
Bushtush vs Brexus
hero vs TerminatorWW
JoeBurger360 vs Rafita35
ima vs NickReiDelas
starbitstorm vs ChompGInc
Vittorioso vs TTTech
lxy vs mj
yoepboyy vs Leftiez
banks vs Luna's Banned now
Misabi vs Roginald
GhostOnToasty1 vs Santu
Corazan vs toshimelonhead
Cristaldrake vs Xiri
Croo vs Gei
Fercho99 vs goomykino
Xrn vs redbloo
pifessional vs nikitas
Kyo vs beanotl
Meracx vs DarkSilverZerra
Skarmx2 vs DurzaOffTopic
(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 6th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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