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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 on Thursday of this week, 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..
dahli vs hs
Simich vs randy_west
Tachibana vs Jhonx~
Welli0u vs oookkk
LBDC vs Blanko
Snorlax in the way vs Estarossa
nori30 vs IoSonoNeon
BIHI vs Aliss
Carkoala vs get_lucki
Squash17 vs ACR1
Ox the Fox vs Heika
Celysi vs Drafeu-kun
wadeeeeeeeee vs Naga[Fr]
Brayz vs So Noisy
CKW vs zeno420
Pappkopp vs Floss
Cat food and vs bpewn
michy47 vs Lartedipissog
Doctor Scranton vs xavgb
Dragonpiley007 vs Bomb21XD
Sonired vs Dankoc
SwaggySammy44 vs frisoeva
Scoffler vs Expulso
StealElo vs Pohjis
pen77 vs Wait2Seconds
Xandes vs Loki
Coxman vs odr
Storm Zone vs Xephyrr
Isza vs Midnight Fredrick
Loege vs Edstur98
Mikaav vs Bushtush
Kev vs devin
A-drago destroyer vs Meracx
Vessev vs Alkione
Endill vs King Leo V
helpinghans vs ima
Gerbacia14 vs 30GXENOOB
Unowndragon vs Leo
M3teora vs ggggd
the pharoah vs Ajna
CaesarzeppeliXD vs Baloor
Eledyr vs DisguisedGhost
Givrix vs shade
Aberforth vs gilftl308
Teclis vs WhiteQueen
ObsidianWarrior vs Highv0ltag3
zS vs t0te
Eternal Spirit vs Energy
Kadiro vs Fener
Ho3nConfirm3d vs Wigglytuff
iNasty vs MagicalXerneas
Christo vs Anthonyy23
SpenderOfTime vs Shaad Skyel
London Beats vs Kale EO Trixiewagon
Teggun Burcs vs FatFighter2
I Eat Snoms vs Mike Cometa
Sensemaker vs little maths
Stareal vs spanishlines
AtlantisBreloom vs Ramolost
Pabloxty vs Luispeikou
Luirromen vs Santu
BlazingDark vs ziloXX
daddl_ding vs MetalGro$$
TheJoeSwanson vs Groudon
Empo vs krusty.bazooka
mimikyu dayo 69 vs Raiza
Zesty43 vs HuckleBerryShuckle
Mygrein vs IronFlashGaming
baddummy vs Astoria
Eeveeto vs Reje
Sagiri vs Poek
AmyQuaris vs Gochan
SeaRabbit vs jacob
Akola vs Malek77
Ojczul Rassiak vs McSim
Malfunction vs Daveefaser
yovan33321 vs Koalacance
DerpyBoi vs Hyperuser
DonSalvatore vs Pandapear
Neic vs ToadNorton
TioDragonite vs SilvioGuacamole
Kira Uzumaki vs Ace-11
Glurakaiser vs Rubyblood
Mishimono vs Lyxsil
Souw vs NHelioX7
Mihowk vs Skipkan
Zenter vs z0mOG
apologies vs guesswhoo
Toxin boost vs Miraage
MJ vs Luigi
prodigyash vs emma
SanJl vs HG
AlolaPersian12 vs kael
ashwins72 vs againa
Thiago Nunes vs Waves
JBOMB04 vs RyitoTheKid
Pols_pot vs 64 Squares
7shoes vs ara
Mimolette vs Srita Kaguya
Metalkarp99 vs Iceman8911
Pudistor Alpha vs Matthew
elednb vs Splash
Ktütverde vs Nowh
nightcore vs PapaMochi
Lambovino vs Pierrick
giove97 vs Guprei
Frania vs Bouff
Htaras vs sugarhigh
Fruitdealer vs Hammy
yugon.exe vs thesoldier1
Birkal vs TMM
Jefozz vs Saurav the great
rinnegan418 vs RampageWebber
damflame 3 vs deoxys speed
MSnt vs UnzipsCrogre
TPP vs Redflix
Ihatepikablue vs basaninho
Arundrago vs Pepeduce
Altina vs Gayskeletor
Exiline vs Mystras Leoxses
Queenzz vs StallSucksBro
Junji vs ProDigeZz
Separation vs Serene Grace
Oheb vs flygonisdragon
Sharayyyyyy vs -Taka-
Flamita vs Katy
Iam22toogood vs TheFranklin
Mdraa vs Swagata Mitra
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B and 1-C threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, January 24th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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