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, thousands* (!) of 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 400 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
OST Specific Rules
- This is a standard SS 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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- 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.
- 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
Players may sign up as a substitute if they didn't join in time. If you are eliminated from the tournament (i.e. you lose your games, are substituted out, or drop out), you may not sign up as a substitute. I will endeavor to substitute players in whenever a player drops out, and one week before the round 1 deadline, I will look through all players and activity win requests and replace any inactive players with substitutes. Given the size of the bracket this year, there might be two substitution waves. There is a very high chance that you will get to play if you sign up as a substitute. Substitutes will only be allowed into the tournament during round 1. Substitutes will be implemented on a mostly first come, first serve basis, but if you are inactive after you sign up as a substitute then you're at risk of not being substituted into the tournament.
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..
Drivetacos vs Ark
Manan999 vs BBallHunter
NeoNaruto vs Skyrio
Broken Promises; vs KJ Corp
OllieOrange vs benjaboynl
pattek vs Feliburn
Analytic vs sandrine Bogaczyk
Youngster_Bill vs Ninjadog
mael vs Ophion
Nalorium vs greenandgrey77
Roginald vs dice
Descending vs SacredKunoCV
Bitesh9 vs suapah
EriDBst vs Akaramba
cleann vs abd1710
tlenit vs Mateeus
21suggie vs LockedBeast
Vextal vs Archiiiie17
PixelMax vs Sagisolar
Xsczd vs Acey 2B
HR. vs Xizaaa
velvet vs Boss Surge
Davidoar15 vs Rhmsitb
Ausma vs Chaoss150
Raahel vs Fyrox
zerodragon vs Laz
Kyundai vs Pflugmeister
PlayTimeOver vs pkcc
Gilbert arenas vs Dflo
idiotfrommars vs Posho
CaptainEikichi vs monchooo
Pkonob31 vs DKM
RedEmption vs Gray
lukxray vs maroon
Maple vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
ynnavoy vs Aurodian
Imrunninghometoyou vs Tenebricite
Sir Pitulio vs BluBirD252
Shinigami vs Lfrs
Gigolo JC Denton vs ramboss
dex18 vs Solomence
Anirav vs eclipseY
DJRubik vs GoldCat
Excal vs 0NI
tobitomatenkopf vs Its all RNG
RichardPepper vs Jytcampbell
Delio_V vs Romus
Snackers vs Pokeseba
Justice helltaker vs Spikematoi
Dragonjarl vs Attack on Samurott
Brumirage vs Bdon_07
Bamarah vs bulufan14
Ryenix vs austriangeorge
KSt3ve vs Humpanickel
lacrio vs MintyF
Jæns vs SPACE FORCE meeps
TheAprilFool vs Brain Laggs
jessep123 vs Fakee
Osake vs alaserdolphin
pigassaultking vs RaiZen1704
Tamahome vs Maxance
Hervalt vs raf
Star vs Pako
Ninja vs ChibiEevee
Doom desires vs Doomstadt
sand1234 vs RaJ.Shoot
Lady Gaga vs alive
Sjneider vs le LLiolae
Ryanada vs Blastoise Expert
Staxi vs Ahsan-219
King Billu vs Zephyr2007
AM vs zedhatool
bb skarm vs BlueLobster
Eveling vs GotCookies
ivyz vs Rumor
Draphirion vs MTV BRATVA
Skysolo vs corey_axis
Lazy_bread27 vs robbinskate
ToastedBunzzz02 vs Xenqt
LonelyNess vs Aurella
Lyster vs toinha
John W vs ez
Sir Snub vs TGC_HOGZ
Dorron vs fran17
Wamr vs Drogba In Shenhua
Genesis7 vs Maki
Juseth sepulveda vs Yes or no my dude
Merendon00 vs SpacialRendevous
kythr vs ZzSubZero
Jipay15 vs PureJules
Akaru Kokuyo vs msad
Bloody alfa vs SiirinZ
Mo3zito vs Carl Murray
Quagmander vs mcpallday
Duhpanda vs justin frog
Corazan vs RapSenpapi
ThirdStrongestMole vs Fast and Greasy
Kyotoshi vs ok cool omg
Anvil Head vs lighthouses
Nazip vs Internal
blinkboy vs Rewer
Crisite vs iKiQ
Steve Angello vs Pulsegod
mncmt vs Sacri'
Cicada vs tko
Sevelon vs qdhwefdw
Ruft vs Chorley Cakes
Shiba vs power2234
Tomahawk vs decis
Astamatitos vs Mr.Bossaru
Jondi vs SiTuM
gorex vs pj
GW vs Bread Sandwich
Chaos $eptember vs FogHorn
imperfectluck vs Sunrose
Thunder Pwoell vs Kebab mlml
TectonicDestroyer vs Eremita
DnkeyMemez26 vs thomas888
KiruxOnTheFlux vs Matro
Kingstarman vs -Voltage-
afoggy vs Gtraikon
lucarioXriley vs toshimelonhead
Blaowhello vs Drookez
Sensei Axew vs Vawpire
Jordy vs Zeno.io
fakenagol vs e~t~h~e~y
Newmetarookie vs watashi
Froggy vs The Commoner
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-B, 1-C and 1-D threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, January 24th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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