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
Substitutes will only be allowed into the tournament during round 1.[/URL]
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 2-C
mikejohns vs atomicllamas
Dusk vs Breezy
Star vs Fc
skylerddd vs Srn
Huston vs Quinn
fififlutters vs YouanMingxue
Stellar Flares vs procorphish
Eledyr vs scionicle
Unstoppable1 vs Milkylex
Wikke vs Loven
TriTheGuy vs Kaboom
Alhen vs Kayzn
lasesino vs Don Eduardo
Xerneas2 vs Ziyeh
reyscarface vs Ghostilex
sugarhigh vs Sificon
vikvik33 vs Ikaishi
billclintonlol vs Amaske
DAHLI vs Feliburn
MAVERICK SHOOTERS vs HaunterBoy28
georgiethefirst vs Yippie
suwuki vs Montreal
Monai vs Landino6540
JabbaTheGriffin vs SHSP
Lasan_VGC vs TheHBard
Winterbub vs TDR
Trade vs Tizio Potente Ao
SirPeanutCronch vs waffle04
Wildcat Formation vs Kindyy
Tempo di anguria vs Kate
pLOpy13 vs Silent Waltz
shuzoku vs Robert
MortalWombat vs Snowmeows
JJ09LIE vs wesh papillon
fade vs Astralst0rm
HYpertonix vs vk
spook vs TDNT
Let's Rumble Shall We vs Rewer
Toryyy vs mrfraud
HSBT vs Typical_bastard
Ren-chon vs pj
oldspicemike vs Shion
Santouss vs Supraz
Gray vs MakeAmericaGreatAgain
Ninja vs Skip The Drip
Princess Autumn vs Ske
K0 Ten vs MCOBSOK
Steven Stone 007 vs Tony
Daharan vs Skyiew
ExguardiaN vs Samaellle
UGaming vs Lemusmke
quacc vs Ahsan-219
angolano06 vs jcbc
naere vs Drnoobys=
Hugo vs StepC
Micciu vs Failbor
hex vs reymaki
Zerotti vs Sachumberto
Incognition vs So Unlooky
Skulcell vs meio_potato
tom holland vs thajester
entrocefalo vs Pokemh
Nanchlax vs Fablle
wvsp vs MichaelderBeste2
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 2-A, 2-B, and 2-D threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 9th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!! SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD FOR INFO
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!! SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD FOR INFO
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