Welcome to the second 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..
Highv0ltag3 vs Descending
Skyrio vs Brumirage
Konthegod vs Vextal
LockedBeast vs Trosko
Genesis7 vs Blanko
kalifguest22 vs Abnxrmal
AmyQuaris vs Gtraikon
Cam vs Vusty.
Reje vs hellpowna
Amukamara vs Abyssal Ruins
Lacks vs Falling to Hell
DemZii vs James2464
Pais vs lucardinho
Wait2Seconds vs Laz
MSnt vs TanteMolly
Lambovino vs temp
StepC vs Adaam
Astoria vs Nelson
Trognon vs Carl Murray
Matthew vs Thildema
rozes vs Jaajgko
VKadenius vs cb aaron judge
BaddyGames vs Yes or no my dude
starry blanket vs LightScreener
toytean vs Maple
So Noisy vs ArgyleVGC
Piyush25 vs TopLel TopKek
trace vs Maxance
Jefozz vs Bluxio
Viduf vs xavgb
elodie vs Pohjis
the pharoah vs -Taka-
Sensemaker vs Ojama
ligkfl vs emma
Wamr vs austriangeorge
Eo Ut Mortus vs tomhyoshi
watashi vs GelatinOSO
Malfunction vs nori30
Maxy07 vs Storm Zone
Jytcampbell vs jeza.p
MS3D vs TPP
Lyss vs taxi driver
EroAero vs reyscarface
PixelMax vs Jacked
yovan33321 vs Mordecai & Rigby
Welli0u vs SOMALIA
mncmt vs guez
Jæns vs Glurakaiser
Vulpix03 vs Star
IronFlashGaming vs Pflugmeister
Gigolo JC Denton vs ToadNorton
Confide vs LonelyNess
CBU vs lighthouses
Ron...5 vs randy_west
Drookez vs StallSucksBro
maroon vs Steez Ibanez
Mimolette vs 64 Squares
KSt3ve vs Youngster_Bill
Its all RNG vs Fruitdealer
ChickWayne vs elednb
get_lucki vs Padox
Eleyn vs Fener
Attack on Samurott vs Skysolo
spanishlines vs Raahel
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 2-A, 2-B and 2-C threads for it!)
Deadline is Sunday, January 31st at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
Deadline for extended games is Wednesday, January 27th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
Deadline for extended games is Wednesday, January 27th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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