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..
Blastoise Expert vs adem
Seasons vs Aneldi
FrostPixel vs mc56556
Chaitanya vs JOKERDOG
Blue Koichi vs Hervalt
Limpy Lucario vs SenseiSese
Stecolomaxx vs Noahbrudder
TDR vs agc x dababy
Maxouille vs Kristyl
xavgb vs TDNT
hjkhj vs AmyQuaris
MS3D vs Mannuraj
PGuillaume vs Juseth sepulveda
Acey 2B vs Twitter Feed
SOM/05 vs QWILY
Ruparajan vs R13zi
7u9i2 vs Bongi
WeissValentine vs haxlolo
TSR vs Caiya
thomas888 vs czim
Kairoh vs DerpyBoi
ProDigeZz vs false
Quaze vs Maya
Yk4509 vs mncmt
Kefky vs H.M.N.I.P
toytean vs GXE
Danny vs 10 Not found
skimmythegod vs dave
pkcc vs Aeiou 24
James2464 vs UmarPro
TLTK vs Relous
josito vs Ron
Cousiin vs DetroitLolcat
MaswoodShaheb vs Nultiprise
the calligrapher vs Y0M1
SPACE FORCE meeps vs Aayush_0
A plague doc vs MetalGro$$
Ballfire vs Razky kai-kun
SoulWind vs Dragonillis
Wait2Seconds vs Chaos23333
Xenqt vs jay
Podra vs Shiox
BigManBigPP vs dex
velvet vs Wenger
Carkoala vs KingTChallax
Gilbert arenas vs Delta4
Bouff vs AndromedaPlayz
Spl4sh vs Confide
Geldren vs Justamente
NicoPapito vs LoSconosciuto
Ganso vs Drogba In Shenhua
Flamita vs Eternal Spirit
Stampi vs Marshall.Law
Sagisolar vs benjamaru
Skyrio vs decis
NHelioX7 vs Skypenguin
YGBLAZTEDB vs Stathakis
Faultiestduck vs Elou2000
The Contrast vs camiam098
Adaam vs Priyanshu Tiwari
apologies vs Wail Wailord
Arkter vs TreyvionBeef
LuckyRain vs Holy Ghost
BubbaGumSimpCo vs Yarti
Bless vs AFlyingMermaid
GohthePrince vs Star
FMG vs august
haxrme vs coolcucumber5321
Hollow Soul vs Afdvsc
StarGuardianMiku vs Zesty43
AntiSurrealism vs Habaduh
schaurig-Kosmos vs Freezerman
Mxrs vs ShinyXTyrunt
saggylove69allthetime vs Prof.Æther
eifo vs BaddyGames
Sificon vs Garay oak
michy47 vs exlipsebeast
Bbox3000 vs SmellyJacket
RodriAlves vs Hollem
Luigi vs decisive
Luthier vs ImpossibleYT
Dr. Mint vs aqh
thecoolguy vs Void
Pohjis vs toljs
thotpatrol vs Anique
BAGANHA13 vs Syrinix
LudwigFrog vs Cam
Rhmsitb vs DugZa
Jb2424 vs Kito234
afakedugong vs Fear
liamisbad vs Buhrito
Raptor vs entrocefalo
gorex vs Quint_
Drafeu-kun vs Ojama
umbry vs Stareal
Gochan vs Vroxxz
pokemonisfun vs wesh papillon
Captain Funk vs rinsecycle
M2H vs qsns
JP192 vs Chorley Cakes
Mdraa vs Paulluxx
SargentSkirata vs quojova
Squash vs Phantomistix
Lpow12 vs Expulso
scorpion7598 vs TonyFlygon
Charmflash vs Bijets
idkblake vs Aryan 10
Portrait or Ruin vs Rinda
Makesuit vs Maomiraeniya
Huargensy vs #greninja/no.1
GogodsG vs SleepingLover
Laroxyl vs Buu
LegendaryC26 vs GaijinEagle
Robert vs Sabella
silver ghost vs McMeghan
Clorodulce vs dragonitenb
alreadyajd vs YUNG GOAT
Sharky King vs GoldenTTRex1
Leon 383 vs Sedom
IEN31 vs Darkness 789
Blimax vs atomicllamas
Gondra vs bulufan14
jonathan_best24 vs MysticMagic06
Sheik : vs Inder
ASKid679 vs MAX UND MAX
Redian Rose vs DittoDropper
lolebruh vs naruto(sage)
drew12513 vs Bye 1
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 2-A, 2-B and 2-C threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 6th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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