(Unofficial) ORAS OU Cup
Tournament Rules:
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- Standard ORAS OU
- Best of three, single elimination.
- Battles should 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
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
I expect many battles to be completed under alts and I expect many battles to be completed on other servers to prevent scouting. These kind of factors are pretty bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. It is the silliest thing I have ever heard, any battler worth their marbles has more than one team. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any forceful scouting, whether it be spying on another teams irc channel or following your opponent around on PO. There is a difference between "ipl is known for using stall" and "let me follow ipl around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter.
With that said, I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. However, given the fact that this is the big stage, I am sure a lot of people want to watch, so don't be too mean.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment.
Disconnections
If a player disconnects and either player contends that they could still win, the optimal solution is to recreate the exact situation the disconnection occurred at during the battle. If it is agreed between players that this is not feasible due to unreasonable battle length, highly improbable circumstances, or some other reason, the player who did not disconnect may choose to rematch with either the same teams or (the option to use) new teams. Timing out is still classified as a loss, unless the reason for timing out is a disconnection. If there is any suspicion that a disconnect was carried out deliberately to take advantage of this rule in any way, we reserve the right to exercise a harsh punishment. Do not do it.
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokémon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokémon.
- 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.
- 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.
- Uber Clause: Players may not use any items, moves, abilities, or Pokemon that appear on Smogon's ORAS OU Ban List. If the tiers change 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.
- Baton Pass Clause: Players cannot have more than one Pokémon with the move Baton Pass. Furthermore, a Pokémon cannot have Baton Pass while also having a move or ability that boosts Speed and a move or ability that boosts another stat.
- Swagger Clause: Players cannot use the move Swagger.
This tournament will count towards a Past Gens Ribbon. This is a Type A tournament, meaning it counts towards 60% of a ribbon alongside the Global Championship. Please read this post for more information regarding Ribbons and the Past Gens Circuits.
Per this post, tournament banned users cannot participate in Circuit Tournaments.
Pairings:
S poi re VS neomon
jacob VS Hira
HQuaze VS Lovelle
zCheshrye VS KevinELF
DanielMax VS PHILISTEEN
Zycross VS Arifeen
TSR VS Djokra
PasY_G VS Sneakers
cute neko girls VS Xyiavez
pqs VS N01syBoy
Snowy VS SiTuM
Oro e Diamanti VS Spl4sh
The Excadrill VS I attract E-Girls
Sir Pitulio VS Algeria4Ever
Jase Duken VS steelskitty
BKC VS Santu
Rainy Dreams VS Sas0
tedd34 VS Sjneider
hexed VS monchooo
the dance of Alice VS peere
blunder VS WhiteLion
p2 VS BlazingDark
Stanford C's VS PokeTCG gamer1288
Drud VS Night Yagami
byronthewellwell VS Genesis7
Heika VS ReshiRampage
Eclipse VS Holy Ghost
Mysterious M VS Sam I Yam
CKW VS lordcacturne
zaaya VS Gochan
yjh971203 VS Mix
AkaiTenshi VS LL
Empo VS TheGreninjaWarrior21
Futtoka VS Roseybear
Exiline VS tjdaas
tokyovania VS AAamen
Leo VS Yucudo
RedEmption VS Blazenix
SOMALIA VS Lycans
Quagmander VS Puff Killa
Ganso VS KingKdot
Xiri VS Vai Lusa
SparksBlade VS eden's embrace
Cofaiclus VS Pohjis
Melle2402 VS Eden.
LORD HELIX 65 VS Jhonx~
Sergi VS Corazan..
Attribute VS ggopw
Simia VS Rexus
Lord Crucify VS Xjckillerx
Diophantine VS GunGunJ
Teclis VS Hassin627
Raspberry VS skysolo14
Jytcampbell VS Rey Joya
Nigel97 VS Twinmask
Chaitanya1.9 VS Analytic
Brayz VS I hate ninjask
perry VS blarghlfarghl
Stepchild VS Acsel
Lashum VS Le Sabreur
NightFox VS W2S
We Three Kings VS Txerogross
cielbakasan VS Lord Ninjax
Real Darthsidious VS MoneyGuy9559
Indigo Plateau VS Wamr
Alkione VS Finchinator
Rewer VS Hamhamhamham
Luispeikou VS Bluxio
Twixtry VS Bostonl1
Anish VS Jackster556
Shaneotb VS CaCaTuA
Zokuru VS mashumarutu
HNBL VS Za Meowdo
Myzozoa VS R!cardo
MrAldo VS Stan Soojung
Altina VS xray
Go0d VS FLCL
Autistik VS 1 True Lycan
mael VS dragonitenb
Jrdn VS Croo
Skarmx2 VS Naniwa Tiger
Averardo VS Hijasu
LordST VS CrashinBoomBang
Blitzburgh VS Flares.
Luigi VS toytean
psychicmewtwo VS le LLiolae
starry blanket VS Moony
Lugia Proto VS iRKD
MultiAmmiratore VS Newalfonquest
zugubu royale VS FMG
cb aaron judge VS Alfredo_Rivero
PDC VS lighthouses
Laz VS A Hero's Destiny
Z+V VS insult
GenZeon VS Herogod
Close VS Ervli
Potential subs (first come, first serve):
PokeTCG gamer1288
Xjckillerx
Naniwa Tiger
Laz
SOMALIA
Mysterious M
Dlanyer
Sablenite
Googly
Regrets
SilvioGuacamole
Round 1 ends SUNDAY, MARCH 18th at 11:59 PM EST! This round will last 12 days to avoid awkward ending dates; future rounds will only last a week.
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