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 "Perry #BLM" 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
100percentpureheat vs. D2TheW
Cicada vs. RaJ.Shoot
Adenela vs. Posho
beatiful vs. CBU
snaga vs. IRazvann
Djokra vs. noaue25
DemZii vs. TheAprilFool
Astoria vs. Hamhamhamhamham
Forsendi vs. Entei
KingSky vs. SMB
MonkeySniper vs. Quaze
Fish1899 vs. yagamauri
Pohjis vs. l'habitat
MS3D vs. Dj Breloominati♬
Haru vs. avarice
fakenagol vs. HANTSUKI
Ruft vs. EriDBst
Tutin vs. betostorm
Hiro' vs. kokogara
Garay oak vs. Abyssal Ruins
irruushi vs. MrYlander
Paaadeli! vs. Triangles
ziloXX vs. stexx
Spl4sh vs. Elias PSY
Empo vs. HarshilRulez
Hockey1 vs. High Impulse
Skysolo vs. xImRaptor
Lopunny Kicks vs. SiTuM
TioDragonite vs. Star
ACR1 vs. Enzo Gorlami
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs. basaninho
volcanionisgood vs. FeaNiiX
Konthegod vs. Sjneider
iNoLife vs. yovan33321
fran17 vs. Eccalliti ✿
TMM vs. BigBadKii
Skizar vs. Juniorsniper45
H.M.N.I.P vs. Ewin
DeltaInsurgent vs. shiny415
scald vs. Altthiel
Sonired vs. Estronic
Wigglytuff vs. agenS
Mazinger vs. capperrr
dahli vs. ivyz
capo the battler vs. HGgamer
Maxouille vs. Sabella
Roseybear vs. Serpi
Leo vs. [Herv] Vegeto
Raining Inside vs. teal6
Louna vs. NRTS
dirby vs. Der Sweitzer
suapah vs. pqs
mncmt vs. Nigajuice
Lets In The Sun vs. Kyundai
El Quixana vs. Bye3
Dflo vs. Bye4
Kaboom vs. Toplel Topkek
Nalorium vs. Keroua
UltraBallz vs. Bye7
raf vs. Rexus
hs vs. Bye9
MarquisPhantom vs. Bye10
lighthouses vs. Bye11
Mysterious M vs. Bye12
Round 2
Hockey1 vs. Nalorium
mncmt vs. Serpi
Hamhamhamhamham vs. Rexus
El Quixana vs. Fish1899
HANTSUKI vs. noaue25
TheAprilFool vs. scald
Lopunny Kicks vs. Maxouille
Sjneider vs. l'habitat
Cicada vs. Kaboom
Abyssal Ruins vs. ACR1
ziloXX vs. Dflo
100percentpureheat vs. lighthouses
Quaze vs. UltraBallz
Star vs. suapah
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs. MarquisPhantom
avarice vs. dirby
Raining Inside vs. hs
DeltaInsurgent vs. irruushi
Ewin vs. Paaadeli!
Ruft vs. Tutin
capo the battler vs. NRTS
MS3D vs. Kyundai
Hiro' vs. Forsendi
Empo vs. beatiful
agenS vs. KingSky
Mazinger vs. BigBadKii
IRazvann vs. fran17
Posho vs. volcanionisgood
Skizar vs. yovan33321
dahli vs. xImRaptor
Estronic vs. [Herv] Vegeto
Mysterious M vs. Elias PSY
Round 3
beatiful vs. Quaze
MS3D vs. TheAprilFool
fran17 vs. yovan33321
Hamhamhamhamham vs. Mysterious M
dahli vs. HANTSUKI
dirby vs. Abyssal Ruins
l'habitat vs. hs
Posho vs. Ruft
Serpi vs. Fish1899
Estronic vs. 100percentpureheat
Maxouille vs. Ewin
capo the battler vs. suapah
Kaboom vs. irruushi
ziloXX vs. Forsendi
Mazinger vs. Hockey1
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs. KingSky
Round 4
100percentpureheat vs. Mazinger
suapah vs. Ruft
Fish1899 vs. Kaboom
Forsendi vs. beatiful
dirby vs. Ewin
HANTSUKI vs. TheAprilFool
Giannis Antetokommo-o vs. yovan33321
hs vs. Hamhamhamhamham
Round 5
hs vs. Fish1899
suapah vs. Mazinger
TheAprilFool vs. Giannis Antetokommo-o
Ewin vs. Forsendi
Round 6
Ewin vs. hs
suapah vs. Giannis Antetokommo-o
Finals
hs vs. suapah
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