Systemic racism and police violence have destroyed innumerable lives and communities. While the world faces a global pandemic, the United States is dealing with a pandemic of its own, one born out of a long history of racist policing that has led to overincarceration, the decay of civil rights and even outright murder. Smogon stands with the protesters across the world who are rising up against the senseless brutality that has led to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others.
To that end, Smogon is hosting its first ever Charity Bowl, a live tournament to take place on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 12 PM EST (GMT -4). The Smogon Charity Bowl will be raising funds for the following organizations:
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Black Lives Matter Global Network
- The Bail Project
- The National Police Accountability Project
FORMAT
The Smogon Charity Bowl will consist of two parts: a live tournament qualifier, immediately followed by seeded best-of-three playoffs for the top 8. The format will be Sword & Shield OU.
These sign-ups are for the LIVE TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER. Players will be randomly divided into two groups. Each group will play in a live best-of-one tournament, following the same rules and format as the Smogon Tour. The top 4 from each live tournament will advance to playoffs. Playoffs will be seeded based on live tournament results, and will be played in a best-of-three format.
- This tournament will be held on the official Smogon Tournament server at http://smogtours.psim.us/. All games MUST take place on this server.
- Send a PM to "kjdaas" on SmogTours when you win your match. Do **NOT** PM the host if you lost.
- The format for the tournamet is SS OU! The current banlist on Smogon University is in effect. This includes all post-DLC updates.
- **I PREFER BEING PMed ON SmogTours, SO DO IT THERE IF YOU CAN INSTEAD OF ON DISCORD.**
General rules:
- You must have a Smogon forum account to sign up for this tournament. You cannot participate if you do not post in this thread.
- When this tour is posted, post as quickly as you can to ensure a place in the tournament. The number of spots available will vary from week to week, and it is up to the discretion of the host on when sign-ups will be closed. On Xenforo (our current forum software), YOUR POST NUMBER IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE. Do NOT complain to the host or on SmogTours if your post number implies you should have been in the tournament and you are not.
- Substitute players will only be applied in the first round and as deemed necessary by the host.
- If you have signed up successfully, you must stay for the entire tournament unless you have lost.
- You may change teams between rounds without penalty. You are, in fact, encouraged to do so to prevent your opponents from knowing your team in advance.
- Do not hassle the host(s) of the tournament.
- All tiers are based on Smogon tiers. The current status of the appropriate standard ladder will function as the prevailing tier list. If you have any question about whether a particular Pokemon is banned or not in any particular tier, reference the banlist of the appropriate ladder on PS! with '/tier'. This is not confusing. There will be no exceptions.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two (2) of the same species of Pokemon on their team, based on National Pokedex number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on their team.
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokemon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokemon.
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot increase their Pokemon's evasion stat with a move that specifically increases evasion. Items or indirect boosts do not break this clause.
- OHKO Clause: A player cannot use a move that has a chance of instantly KOing an opposing Pokemon. For example, Horn Drill or Sheer Cold are illegal moves.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, that player loses. SmogTours staff will not turn the timer off in any circumstance.
- Self-KO Clause: If a player uses a recoil move to cause a draw, that player wins. If a player uses Explosion, Selfdestruct, Destiny Bond, or Perish Song to cause a draw, that player loses. If a draw would be caused by a hold item or ability that causes recoil to the opponent, the player that controls the Pokémon with the hold item or ability wins. (This clause helps determine the winner of what would be called a tie in DPP. Later generations do not apply this clause, because their cartridge mechanics will prevent ties from happening.)
- Endless Battle Clause: A player cannot use a combination of items / moves / abilities to force a game that will never end (example: Recycle / Leppa Berry / Heal Pulse, etc).
- Moody Clause: A player can not use the ability Moody.
PRIZES
In addition to the $100 contribution made in their name, the winner will also receive a prize banner to appear on their Smogon account. In addition, the following Pokemon Showdown prizes are being offered:
- A custom avatar.
- The ability to recolor your PS username.
- The ability to claim an unused PS username.
The $100 contribution will be distributed to the following organizations:
The prize banner will appear under the user’s custom title and state that they are the winner of the Smogon Charity Bowl.
The custom PS avatar must meet all ordinary rules for custom avatars, and is subject to Zarel’s approval.
The PS name recolor will allow you to change your PS username color to the color of another account that you own.
Regarding claiming an unused PS username, only names that have not been used for four or more years are eligible to be claimed.
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Black Lives Matter Global Network
- The Bail Project
- The National Police Accountability Project
The prize banner will appear under the user’s custom title and state that they are the winner of the Smogon Charity Bowl.
The custom PS avatar must meet all ordinary rules for custom avatars, and is subject to Zarel’s approval.
The PS name recolor will allow you to change your PS username color to the color of another account that you own.
Regarding claiming an unused PS username, only names that have not been used for four or more years are eligible to be claimed.
Donations
Even just $5 can go a long way toward supporting these organizations dedicated to ending police violence and systemic racism. However, if you are unable to give at this time, you will still be able to participate in this tournament. You can show your support here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/smogon.
Thank you, and good luck to all.
Black lives matter.
If you are participating in this tournament, either as a player or a spectator, we strongly encourage you to donate now.
Round 1
-Niko- vs. SorryDidYouGetRekt
LionnelThauvin vs. PikachuZappyZap
100%GXE vs. doryphorous
Tack :] vs. Freeroamer
sugarhigh vs. Lusa
Israel Castro vs. Lyster
balsamically vs. ShawnW
mind gaming vs. KillaLeston
EmForSee vs. Stareal
Welli0u vs. martha
Santu vs. IPF
Insult vs. t0te
tomhyoshi vs. Artmagic.
BK vs. LordluxrayYT
Skypenguin vs. AnyeloM
zugubu royale vs. Sakito
Thiago Nunes vs. Monsareeasy
CasperXVI vs. D4 Repertoire
Crunchyroll-Stand vs. Zesty43
Ishtarrr vs. Bluxio
GeniusX vs. PasteurPS
TJ vs. Askov
Confide vs. Winterains
Gondra vs. xJoelituh
Gomi vs. spatulakun
Sanshokuinsumireko vs. Jey3
ceraa vs. FernandoZs
Sensei Axew vs. Dorron
poh vs. Ophion
Reycup vs. Tech Froakies
Sagiri vs. truedrew
ToadNorton vs. Kebab mlml
Derpeddeath vs. Portrait or Ruin
Sapientia vs. TDK
JohnnyBC34 vs. blunder
Lilburr vs. Drypato8
lyd vs. Flamita
Floss vs. Kiichikos
mael vs. Splash
Rubyblood vs. Shakur
Mannat vs. Averardo
egalvanc vs. Samqian
0NI vs. watashi
Xevara vs. Eo Ut Mortus
Marshall.Law vs. Lamuertefrench
talah vs. pj
MegaLucario vs. lax
Raiza vs. Updated Kanto
SOMALIA vs. Qeyo
Jaajgko vs. crucify
Twixtry vs. John W
melancholy hills vs. SoulWind
henry vs. Eve
KW vs. Bye2
kaipro vs. Bye3
m rodrigues vs. Zepherox
Lomget vs. ilesaural
devinn vs. Bye6
Loki vs. Bye7
CDW Enrique vs. Bye8
Excal vs. Bye9
EnzoLapras vs. Bye10
Zarakro vs. Rinnegan 418
MJ vs. Robert
Round 2
Welli0u vs. D4 Repertoire
Eo Ut Mortus vs. Skypenguin
KW vs. Gondra
Lyster vs. crucify
Jey3 vs. Sagiri
pj vs. IPF
Derpeddeath vs. Updated Kanto
zugubu royale vs. Ishtarrr
100%GXE vs. Monsareeasy
CDW Enrique vs. ilesaural
Stareal vs. tomhyoshi
lax vs. henry
watashi vs. ceraa
GeniusX vs. Kebab mlml
EnzoLapras vs. Confide
-Niko- vs. Shakur
blunder vs. sugarhigh
Loki vs. John W
KillaLeston vs. SOMALIA
Ophion vs. Kiichikos
devinn vs. Mannat
t0te vs. LionnelThauvin
Crunchyroll-Stand vs. kaipro
Lamuertefrench vs. BK
balsamically vs. TJ
Sapientia vs. Drypato8
SoulWind vs. spatulakun
egalvanc vs. m rodrigues
Robert vs. mael
Rinnegan 418 vs. Excal
lyd vs. Tack :]
Reycup vs. Sensei Axew
Round 3
Jey3 vs. zugubu royale
Eo Ut Mortus vs. Reycup
BK vs. KillaLeston
KW vs. Welli0u
TJ vs. -Niko-
Confide vs. kaipro
t0te vs. Kiichikos
Stareal vs. egalvanc
sugarhigh vs. ceraa
Excal vs. lyd
Lyster vs. Robert
Monsareeasy vs. devinn
lax vs. Updated Kanto
spatulakun vs. GeniusX
Sapientia vs. ilesaural
pj vs. John W
Round 4
egalvanc vs. Robert
Welli0u vs. zugubu royale
Monsareeasy vs. Confide
Eo Ut Mortus vs. -Niko-
GeniusX vs. John W
BK vs. Kiichikos
Sapientia vs. sugarhigh
Excal vs. Updated Kanto
Round 5
egalvanc vs. GeniusX
zugubu royale vs. Eo Ut Mortus
Monsareeasy vs. BK
sugarhigh vs. Excal
Semifinals
Excal vs. egalvanc
Eo Ut Mortus vs. BK
Finals
Eo Ut Mortus vs. egalvanc
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