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, over a thousand (!) 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 200 USD!
If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or a tournament director!
- REPLAYS WILL BE REQUIRED IN YOUR WINPOST STARTING IN ROUND 2
- This is a standard SV 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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- 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 in the first 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 decent 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.
To sign up as a substitute, please use the substitute signup thread.
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..
Round 1-C
bread n breakfast vs Minnair
Ablaze215- vs ProDigeZz
Rewer vs Chase5423
Satanic Beast vs IoSonoNeon
tyo vs prav33n
LpZ vs cb aaron judge
Raulex902 vs flyingtaco
Ninja vs SHSP
Trickster7 vs cat
poporere vs crucify
Wesleyy vs mcpallday
urrgh vs Leni
Phantom0rion vs ghostlike
Erza10Scarlet vs Wubben
1LDK vs Broken Promises;
Valteyek vs Ayante
Hacker1787 vs StepC
Void vs XYZ15
agenS vs olivia7
temp vs Coffy
Isza vs not mishmesh
thunderbug vs Ravenna
Delta4 vs Ghost_gamz
Aislinn vs passion
Beleth vs Flip The Switch
Its_Kasari vs zioziotrip
Fille vs Mercupty
NDK vs DeeJ
fatBatman vs procorphish
Mrbanana45 vs s1lveryo
roxie vs Waci
Sandanlp vs Flarowak
Estuardo19 vs Fakee
EpicMr.L vs Gareeb
Roufail vs Luigi
Beka vs Quarante8
clance2x vs JabbaTheGriffin
eliana. vs Luispeikou
Originality56 vs Relous
C0nfiden1 0yster vs Babydragonzard
Jefozz vs Mysterious M
txitxas vs zoowi
AP51 vs Foufakirby
l4iskzt vs Deez Is The Way
entrocefalo vs TDNT
twash vs freezai
yuramas vs Akola
JeoZ vs spook
Deezcastforms vs Mada
nigel vs dunoks
Lifeismyth vs Baloor
Metallica126 vs UnBoosted
Claymore20 vs Cirlox
jawabarat vs Adri
Axzel vs Mannuraj
DAHLI vs Holymolycrabby
DugZa vs Kin+ak (✧∇✧)
JustOut459 vs Ina fable
D4 Repertoire vs Carkoala
Queza vs clean
Saitohimea vs Carolusim
lele3 vs Welli0u
Celestiial vs sugarhigh
Zepherox vs UGaming
Aliss vs Cat food and
goldmason vs Xerneas2
TMM vs UltiNooba19
autumn vs Piguite
ASU Sun Devils vs Feliburn
RudyRudy. vs Cielau
brodean vs 0ze
Magician vs Garay oak
GoldCat vs Eulelp
Buuditz vs Fluore
Silas AR vs crying
awyp vs Rampecker
SUQI vs Inder
lax vs DaMooster
duscl0ps356 vs Liimpy
Slip vs aim
Cam vs Michielleus
paattaata vs Hamhamhamhamham
Lhions vs EviGaro
Pidge vs EntryHazardous
wesh papillon vs John Madden
Mwoonn vs TectonicDestroyer
Toxzn vs Rubyblood
kitu7796 vs TakingNotesKinda
JUST ONE GALATINA vs Rytho
CyberOdin✝ vs georgiethefirst
pratik2007 vs basaninho
Zaeoy vs Robert
Pideous vs lydian
Thor vs Wolfenite
Durk27 vs pkcc
Scish vs BIG loven
Perish Song vs Hycolm
weird mon vs alive
Insanetube vs 1800saber
thajester vs qways
be7 vs Free Mew
duckycrater vs Frogmen
maxseiji vs Floss
N ™ vs termnal
siras vs sametsamet
angelthesaucegod vs samohi0
sullin vs feen
devin vs Dreemy
yandaud vs idiotpokemoner
oldspicemike vs realaccountami?
aquy vs Doomerang31
CINDERBLOCK vs Naraku Kirigiri
SenseiSese vs Ehmcee
Srita Kaguya vs havocknight
RagingSquirtle vs tommy1066
Stampi vs Monai
Trastullino vs HaxxSel
trace vs NeoNaruto
BigFisher vs Beast_Boy
ZoferOnPurple vs Zachu
Ardy vs Winterbub
Glurakaiser vs lolebruh
PoliticalMan vs Askov
Sificon vs Gigalodon
Maxouille vs Azyor
Let's Rumble Shall We vs veti
Tarre25 vs Bluxio
Duck Chris vs cicepece11
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-A, 1-B, and 1-D threads for it! Alternatively, you may be on the substitute list, and you'll be tagged to let you know your pairing when you're substituted in!)
Deadline is Sunday, February 4th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
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