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..
Hypertonix vs Gefährlicher Random
Padox vs misakabai
Mrdin69 vs Emblaze Uchiha
Trismagestus vs mferg
Vileman vs HANTSUKI
Nelson vs Total Clefairy
EternalSnowman vs Zepherox
Oxi vs Maxomega
KJLX vs jeza.p
Leru vs Pheo'
Hyssou vs Diophantine
Nuxl vs rozes
UnovaaaN vs Abnxrmal
Gtcha vs Noiptile
Pira vs Yami
Aka Diamond vs euqinu
BaddyGames vs vani
Insult vs Rex Slayer
tomhyoshi vs MrAldo
PedroGregg vs LuluDzn
Lyss vs Oiseau Bleu
Blui vs 100%GXE
ActuallyAmoonguss vs TheGreenRoman
mind gaming vs Robbiepants
Master Origami vs MargotLestrade
euFeatured vs thiccmeme
BigFatMantis vs elodin
Veritas95 vs steelskitty
Astrø vs ShionShadows
XKH vs Ash KetchumGamer
egalvanc vs gye5
Justamente vs Special Rant
Spectral Thief vs Quint_
CDW Enrique vs nadiplayer
GelatinOSO vs kjdaas
TanteMolly vs snaga
DomZor-El vs BlessyZ
A Hero's Destiny vs Dasmer
Karppi vs Finding True Love
Trade vs spatulakun
Thildema vs Elian-san
LoveStallLiveLife vs Doppelsoldner
Serika vs MAX UND MAX
geniusturtle vs Adrianic Love
dogknees vs McMeghan
DraKeyTT vs Xiri
Guille14 vs LolTrollGame
ssjjynx vs DetroitLolcat
lockjaw vs Jaajgko
Dark Shion vs MichaelderBeste2
Prisoner952 vs ukaaa
notjack vs false
Curry from deep vs CMDoge
Reegychodon_64 vs ctdenton
Cono de la Corrèze vs hmsa2012
Konthegod vs IPF
Swagsire_87 vs Amukamara
xtra$hine vs Magnitude Report
ChaFouuu vs Ta9967
avarice vs Mr. Mime fan
berry vs Cristina Makise
Misery_Gear vs Lillia2.0
HSA vs agenS
Xurkiyee vs kalifguest22
Gabedude22 vs Joya
Pyroshi02 vs TacosAreBroken
Lednäh vs MetaMnce
Dread Arceus vs Ricardo
1 True Lycan vs Monky25
Winterains vs Eulelp
SerenalovesAsh1234 vs qwily
APW001 vs Skypenguin
HSOWA vs iNoLife
stitch.kr vs Finchinator
Maxy07 vs Gomi
Tobste vs jcbc
Paulluxx vs TopLel TopKek
Harshal_08 vs SidTheShuckle
Mindnight vs Maskun
Mazinger vs Violet'Chucky
Lets In The Sun vs mc56556
Fc vs Meru
Hamhamhamhamham vs eden
Adaam vs talah
Mix vs Starshooter
Emlee vs Spl4sh
Kefky vs PA
FeaNiiX vs Louna
Colchonero vs Mordecai & Rigby
M24 vs Vulpix03
Gilgamesh9 vs Averardo
Raj 00 vs realSurfyTeen
Royal1604 vs Eleyn
Fusien vs The412Gang
Goblin vs DeeJ
robjr vs slay3r
Trosko vs LordDar_PkMn_Swdn
Enzo Gorlami vs Decem
Dragonillis vs Monsareeasy
Gondra vs halaman95
Hockey1 vs Michael213
Stef Bryant vs Eccalliti ✿
Misabi vs Beraldinhoo
Lameflame vs Askov
Twixtry vs 100percentpureheat
M Dragon vs crucify
Nael222 vs Mok3s
aythi vs Frrf
cuzzie vs MisterWN
Choice Specs vs Enzonana.
Savouras vs Anique
Skilpad vs SOMALIA
Vusty. vs Farzeen
The Thunderbirds vs hellpowna
Chiles Habaneros vs Roxiee
juan123juan vs Stecolomaxx
Viduf vs ashbala99
Yomii vs Waylaid
I'm hate hats vs Lacks
taxi driver vs Trickster7
Marlon Lando vs Ron...5
Curly Brace vs Maxouille
ABR vs Paycard
Allen-xia vs guez
trace vs Mew
Ojama vs J-K-World
ChickWayne vs brewfasa
Ske vs Espeonage.
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-C and 1-D threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, January 24th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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