
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 and the runner up will win 95 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.
- Sleep Moves Clause: A player cannot use moves that induce Sleep status on the opponent in their Pokemon's movesets.
- 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
kauelindao23 vs zo
flipper125 vs MRP
Not_Savenz vs quacc
Twixtry vs NeoNaruto
hex vs toytean
pibechamoso vs Xurkiyee
King Billu vs ZeroKitss
aminita vs Milkylex
Samaellle vs Loneling
Even7 vs JustBlissful
Lightniong vs ima
Dominus Dude vs BeauDiddly
j0nathan vs TJ
We Three Kings vs Scizornite
Waallp vs UwU1v1
Hochie Cakes vs Lseeeeeck
biggy4 vs Goro Yagami
Thiago Nunes vs TheLegendaryJ
Gochan vs Hats
Ghfgi201 vs horriii
The MarionetteXD vs Paxerion
Void King vs SwaggySammy44
Caesarr vs Snowlyi
oof29 vs ert12
devin vs Leo Justice
Longestbanana vs AlejanDraco
RuanTheBuilder vs EnderJogo
Abbehat vs Nemosse
CyberOdin✝ vs MCOBSOK
tenta a sorte vs avaluggsimp
Malekith vs Ashbala
Supraz vs WampaStampa
teamo vs Wildcat Formation
Drnoobys= vs echo7x
TPP vs halaman95
Silent Waltz vs angl3r
MGdos16 vs polt
MortalWombat vs relaxray
emforbes vs Antho17###
TPH vs Nat
Skip The Drip vs haxlolo
darth sigma vs Einstien74
JesusGP vs JustFranco
Sercod vs Asurah
swinubfan44 vs AJB
ign27 vs Jusfordlolz
Elian vs prav33n
Msousa vs Squeeby
Noble_Henry vs Rubyblood
Jeidel vs Totallity
Void vs DaddyBuzzwole
qways vs Corperate n
Pokemh vs SirDabs420
skylerddd vs Yoko
store1 vs jpzado
Portrait or Ruin vs NickzinndaZL
Glurakaiser vs Revixion
Ayante vs Goobing Fire
Akaru Kokuyo vs Fad IV
JustOut459 vs Winterbub
napimsiken vs Dewgonglover121
lolebruh vs Spenrun
Argon657 vs ItsJustChris
Fabiocrak vs SirPeanutCronch
Kindyy vs MemphisDepay
Dayer vs LoSconosciuto
TheUltimateChamp24 vs Vortex!
Mindnight vs Skyiew
Shiritu vs Avipony
sire clod vs Srita Kaguya
jyusaan vs volcanionisgood
Princess Autumn vs omg_seabass
blunder vs Vishmoongarr
Kaboom vs Hizuri
Ziyeh vs obii
gregoreturns vs ooblt
chiefbeef1234 vs Hacker
Dhrabb vs Shion
des121 vs Akeras
Failbor vs Teddy bear18
kreatorkat vs Edentical
Sacri' vs JojoOui
zokua2908 vs Altthiel
Mister McLovin vs xavcow
zioziotrip vs Clarex
Tico vs Lugi Lugi
TyCarter vs Fogbound Lake
Ev_Evan vs p5 vioz
Lemusmke vs B0by
chansey and lulu vs Tav72
dmbros vs Onionsmoothie
tachi vs EpicGuy321
Fairytale2244! vs Niko
Danny vs Srn
PHB11677 vs idkwth
SetsuSetsuna vs Blue YM
Mollymiltoast vs TDR
Legendary spam vs pu1t
Laroxyl vs Saadhak
Fluore vs EeveeWillEatYou
AnimeroDaniel vs RL
Zerotti vs davidTheMaster
Indi01 vs Lycosidae
agenS vs F1shyy
SoulWind vs Ming549
Theycallmephil vs pLOpy13
Dota vs Fufulover211
ExguardiaN vs Felirex151
Metazyer vs Zenith Horizon
wvsp vs orange32
a fairy vs Enzonana.
CyanSword vs Gilbert arenas
NDK vs Fusien
3d vs Jojen
Abele01 vs plunder
Don Eduardo vs Tji69
cam.o7s vs Wesleyy
Heatranator vs Dusk
Milkshook vs phantomclaw8888
njs vs D4 Repertoire
Kayzn vs lucqq
ManbaStrike15 vs Emre Mor 9
PZZ vs Loven
vinizinmel vs freezai
Pranjalsingh vs shiloh
Gei vs Flights of Fantsy
jcbc vs txitxas
cherif18 vs nemoauditur
(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 2nd at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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