The tier the started it all and the tier you've all been waiting for. Here we go!
Tournament rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations, which can be found here.
- Smogon Classic IV rules, which can be read here.
- RBY OU tier's ruleset, which can be studied here.
- Best of three, single elimination
- Battles will take place on Pokemon Showdown!
- Do not make baseless activity posts, get in contact with your opponent and report missed times / scheduling issues only.
Identity
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing in Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes (keep in mind that this is a interim solution while we wait on PS! developers). The timer may not be turned off in any other circumstance.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches in such cases are not allowed.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
About playing on alts: It is entirely allowed to play on an alt other than your own main forum name, though if your opponent wishes to confirm your identity, you must log on to your main alt to show them you are who you claim to be. This is to prevent people from pretending to be who they're not.
About playing on different servers: Tournament matches must be played on the Smogtours server. The Main PS! server is also acceptable if both parties agree to that. Other servers are not sanctioned by the TD team and playing in them might result in your game not counting. Protect yourself from that by playing in Smogtours, where we also have the power to recreate games that end due to DC's.
Scouting
On scouting opponents: Going through your opponents replays of tournament and ladder games is entirely allowed, as long as a game is public there is nothing preventing you from watching it. An exception to this is abusing powers granted to you by being staff on Smogon or PS! to gain access to information a normal user wouldn't have access to, which is strictly forbidden.
On leaking teams: Divulging private information about someone's planned team to their opponent is never allowed, and will be heavily sanctioned. Requesting that such information be divulged is also grounds for punishment. Keep your scouting to publicly available information and you'll be fine.
Timer Clause / Disconnections
On the Timer: The timer must stay on throughout the whole battle, only being turned off in the case of a player disconnecting, and in that case will only be turned off for 5 minutes (keep in mind that this is a interim solution while we wait on PS! developers). The timer may not be turned off in any other circumstance.
On Timeout losses: A player that loses by having all his time run out loses the game. This is only not the case if the player that received the timeout loss can be verified to have suffered a True Disconnection. Rematches in such cases are not allowed.
On True Disconnection: The TD team has a secret threshold of seconds that your timer must be at or above, from the moment you disconnect, for a timeout loss to be considered a True disconnection. If your game is determined to be a true disconnection if you played on Smogtours and contacted a TD before the room expired your game will be recreated up to the point the disconnect happened. It is the responsibility of the player that disconnected to get a TD into the room before it expires.
Battle Clauses:
- Evasion Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Freeze Clause
- Species Clause
- Timed Battle
Round 1:
Please contact your opponents as soon as possible and schedule in a timely fashion to ensure you do not get subbed out! Even if you contact on discord or something, post a VM on your opponent's wall to confirm - this is the only mode of contact I can review when making substitutions or unplayed match decisions. Substitutions will start being made Monday/Tuesday - so make sure to contact your opponent before then.
And speaking of substitutions: feel free to sign up here if you'd like to be added to the list.
Finally, please post the score you won by (of 3) in your replies.
DEADLINE FOR R1: SUNDAY APRIL 22nd, 23:59 EST.
Match-Ups:
Picollo (2-0)
Leftiez
nightcore (W-A)
Frrf
Posho
Dundies (2-0)
Staxi vs fatty
SoulWind (2-0)
Hayburner vs Stepchild
PokeTCG gamer1288 (2-0)
Ark (W-A)
Pearl (2-0)
Twixtry (2-0)
Ralof101
Tachibana (W-A)
Xjckillerx (W-F)
tjdaas (2-0)
brown people wearing polo shirts (2-0)
Sybbl
ZoroDark
vsomani vs TheJFrenzy1
d0nut (2-0)
Mysteron (2-0)
Salzy vs BANTASAURUS
Alfredo_Rivero (2-1)
Evronight (W-A)
Renny vs MYNAMENATE
Professor Meteor vs CyberOdin
Rodriblutar (W-A)
roystopror vs
Slick Willy (2-0)
HSOWA vs Raspberry
Cretaceous (W-F)
Ortheore (2-0)
Shakaji vs
Newalfonquest (2-0)
ridk021 vs
Tamahome (2-1)
snagaa vs
Oltan (W-F)
Lunar. vs
KuraiTenshi26 (2-0)
We Three Kings (W-F)
Ranshiin (2-0)
M Dragon (W-A)
BluBirD252 vs Apple_Pineapple_Pen
Duskfall98 vs
Ingram03
Malekith (W-A)
Drogba In Shenhua (2-0)
Drud (W-A)
Cynara (W-A)
blunder (???)
sceptross (2-0)
Unowndragon (2-0)
Dutyword (2-1)
Frania (???)
TerminatorWW
Bedschibaer (2-1)
hexed (W-A)
SamuelBestt (2-0)
Diego Maradona (W-A)
mael (2-0)
GGFan (A-W) Lavos
Sinkyr29 (W-A) Posho Alola
Befus39 (W-A)
ara
baddummy vs Hec
John1240 vs Jase Duken
Ciele (2-0)
DurzaOffTopic (2-1)
stunner047 (2-0)
peach_nair vs Haruno
Golden Gyarados (2-0)
Windsong (W-F)
Santu vs zugubu royale
suapah (2-1)
k3nan (2-1)
MMagma vs bugzinator
jake (2-1)
ninamori vs MadeByRage
MetalGro$$ (W-F)
TheAprilFool (W-A)
Huston (2-1)
GaryTheGengar (2-1)
Coconut
badabing (W-A)
Teclis (2-0)
Ojama (W-A)
Brammi vs AA NickelQuack
Parley Pigeon vs Spooptile
WhiteQueen vs Arifeen
N01syBoy (W-A)
Exiline (2-1)
Pohjis (2-0)
Conni (W-A)
HANTSUKI (???)
HSA (2-0)
neomon (2-0)
Jytcampbell (W-A)
Kingler12345 (2-1)
Arii Stella (2-0)
Energy vs Nails
ALLALA (2-0)
Abyssal Ruins (2-0)
Pleasure (W-F)
TrapTricks (2-0)
Sand Castle (2-0)
Bushtush (2-0)
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- Joyverse
- Crest
- ggopw
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- Bran67
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