Welcome to the first 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, over a thousand (!) 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!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
- REPLAYS WILL BE REQUIRED IN YOUR WINPOST STARTING IN ROUND 2
- This is a standard SV 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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- 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 in the first 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 decent 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.
To sign up as a substitute, please use the substitute signup thread.
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..
Round 1-B
Cyril tbh vs Plimsoll Punks
Éric vs Confide
Trogba Trogba vs KeshBa54
zaydapoketrainer vs fa500
kn1ght#6969 vs NEOJO
HYpertonix vs TDR
Surfy vs Ashbala
Blui vs Froggy
VerySuboptimal vs Mihowk
Somieboy vs Ryuji
Zarkathian vs Zesty43
DripLegend vs damien the genius
Goootzinho vs -Taka-
ggggd vs Sylveon used calm mind
Tomynator vs bhkg
eclipseY vs King Billu
mudd_skip vs Divine10
Melt Gibson vs Ikaishi
Arcanine1929 vs MrSvancy
Capital Bra vs BrunnoGreen
Lostmemories vs Ziyeh
Akalli vs Savouras
SlowbroSlowbro vs jbo188
QWILY vs Astoria
UmPM vs Figull400
landlord42 vs sapphiree
yfleshcatchy vs alusa
tegan02 vs 6merk
bb skarm vs Zokuru
nines! vs DMPenguin
Mister McLovin vs Chlora
Watburnt vs manyproblems
Scarfire vs Eeveeto
LopunnyIsSoHot vs Edgar
Nemosse vs Ack3641Ack
pokédutch vs COALLA
AquaticCarlie vs egalvanc
Srn vs Batzi
Azick vs lou dort
Bogging vs Kit10
Hybuyn vs Mashin Sentai
Nalorium vs fade
DonSalvatore vs Ghostilex
reyscarface vs Kaboom
vAdeRaven vs giove97
Exotic64 vs Skyrio
Pla vs MarcerCyoon
The Green Moon vs LudwigFrog
Azamat140499 vs rs
sufys vs Suhayb
Pheo vs brubobn
Typical_bastard vs Tuthur
-Howkings vs lasesino
serperiorr vs TGA
urban vs Turfuuu
Gustsz vs LityL
mimilimi vs Kadiro
Genesis7 vs Concept Everything
It’s that breloom guy! vs Royal5888
Yves Stone vs BigDaddyAddy
Airi vs Trade
Boom4Life vs matte
wert23239 vs BeniSama
Joga vs Altthiel
ChronicIronic vs Uber45
reksaigoat vs LORD SAGIS
Xrn vs JesusGameplays2
averagetoxapexlover vs pj
Tace vs MultiPokemon
plunder vs na-kanon69
Fun Trading vs RaJ.Shoot
691 vs ima
Stareal vs X-Wing
Elfuseon vs TeamCharm
Mike Cometa vs i am a mcrib
halaman95 vs 2HP
Fablle vs capo the battler
Unowndragon vs MachJacob
Lizardu'' vs Stockings
ShamylSA vs Mylo Xyloto
Nichalho vs Daniel Ramos
el poeta vs Macaxandre
HikozaruGG vs vivalospride
jacob vs Vkhss
karrottensirup vs Frixel
Novisma vs TTV_DarkAngel25
Twixtry vs Strateg1c
Irella vs UprisingUpsilon
Amaranth vs CobsonYaoi
abriel vs Toxinalpaca
Vert vs Mr.X&Y97
pignoufland vs UltraGeist
NoobishTrainerJoe vs bydy
Blox vs Micciu
pdt vs Rasche
A Helpful Rayquaza vs FadedCharm
Volcaronium vs Beuto
Fc vs GoldenCyber
mentalsoft vs aimgaming
Fruitdealer vs Guille
Wade Connects vs Nashrock
AC7 vs Drifting
Quizzy vs TTTech
Shiiftry vs ACR1
WormStepper vs MCJD931
boris69 vs cowboyoctopus
Knight who says "Ni" vs tMoi
Señor Haus vs Smudge
ACExDiscostu93 vs LilOlaNordmann
Finchinator vs Noah Aloha
Kebab mlml vs MarcieDaHomie
Huston vs Abbehat
Swaay vs Lionyx
Laurel vs fish anemometer
Xr Kartana vs waterfals
Souw vs Igniizard
Sylvi vs Fear
Freezerman vs Fragments
kumiko vs Swagata Mitra
Chaitanya vs Leru
Kate vs Dragonite4242
Alkione vs Xiri
SirTalgath vs Not Miyan
malefic vs cherif18
gastlies vs adjustments
Unamed vs PuruglyIsUgly
Crowlignt vs MAHOH
Hiro' vs Malekith
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-C, and 1-D threads for it! Alternatively, you may be on the substitute list, and you'll be tagged to let you know your pairing when you're substituted in!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 4th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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