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Me and my friend both made accounts in the same week on a school computer. We battle each other frequently and have recently taken to participating in chatroom tourneys. One of us will join a tourney but when the other tries to join they are greeted with the message "one of your alts is already in the tournament". What is happening and is there a way to fix it?
One of you will have to play in another internet connection.
 

mael

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any1 know why my ps main and my smogtours teambuilder aren't synched? and why smogtours deletes parts of the builder (never the whole) seemingly at random?

i cleared cookies nd shit, but it doesn't solve the issue
 

mael

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any1 know why my ps main and my smogtours teambuilder aren't synched? and why smogtours deletes parts of the builder (never the whole) seemingly at random?

i cleared cookies nd shit, but it doesn't solve the issue
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these teams were among the ones that were deleted this morning by smogtours server and now they're back all of a sudden, this is so weird lol
 

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Teams are stored on a per server basis, your teambuilder on smogtours is separate from the one on main.
everyone i asked said that the teambuilders synchronize and that's how it used to be for me too. now they're just 2 complete entities, which is fine too, if it wasn't for the fact that stours randomly deletes teams and apparently makes them reappear again. it's like it loaded different save states fsr
 

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everyone i asked said that the teambuilders synchronize and that's how it used to be for me too. now they're just 2 complete entities, which is fine too, if it wasn't for the fact that stours randomly deletes teams and apparently makes them reappear again. it's like it loaded different save states fsr
It probably is that it has loaded a different save state. Smogtours updates its server data far less frequently than main which is why, for instance, it's banned in major tournaments in randomised formats because it's usually using an older version of the format than main is. If Smogtours is copying main server data, you have to wait for it to do that.
 

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It probably is that it has loaded a different save state. Smogtours updates its server data far less frequently than main which is why, for instance, it's banned in major tournaments in randomised formats because it's usually using an older version of the format than main is. If Smogtours is copying main server data, you have to wait for it to do that.
the thing is, i have 180 teams on main and like 10 on stours, so it doesn't update at all between the 2 servers, not just slowly.
and the issue is that the stours server teams randomly disappear and reappear, completely unrelated to what's going on on main (at least as far as i can tell)

it is a bit frustrating cause i build some tournament teams for random tiers that i cannot ladder on stours only and i keep having to remake them and constantly transfering teams from main to stours for every small tournament game is also a bit annoying. i was wondering if i could just stop stours from randomly deleting teams
 

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It probably is that it has loaded a different save state. Smogtours updates its server data far less frequently than main which is why, for instance, it's banned in major tournaments in randomised formats because it's usually using an older version of the format than main is. If Smogtours is copying main server data, you have to wait for it to do that.
Personal team data is not stored on our servers, its stored in cookies on your device. This does not change the fact that teams are seperated between the two servers.
the thing is, i have 180 teams on main and like 10 on stours, so it doesn't update at all between the 2 servers, not just slowly.
To sync them, use backup/restore all to copy your teams from main to stours. Keep in mind if any of your teams are only on stours they will be lost, so copy those over to main first.
the issue is that the stours server teams randomly disappear and reappear, completely unrelated to what's going on on main (at least as far as i can tell)
Are you using a different device or browser when this happens?
 

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Personal team data is not stored on our servers, its stored in cookies on your device. This does not change the fact that teams are seperated between the two servers.

To sync them, use backup/restore all to copy your teams from main to stours. Keep in mind if any of your teams are only on stours they will be lost, so copy those over to main first.

Are you using a different device or browser when this happens?
I did clear all my data and then copy the teams from main to stours, but they don't sync and the problem persists

and no i am using the same device at all times
 

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but they don't sync and the problem persists
sync as in when you make a change on one server its reflected on the other? That doesn't happen automatically, it only happens when you do the above steps I mentioned. The teambuilders are separate for separate servers.
and no i am using the same device at all times
What about the same browser eg chrome or firefox? Are all your team's disappearing or just some?
 

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sync as in when you make a change on one server its reflected on the other? That doesn't happen automatically, it only happens when you do the above steps I mentioned. The teambuilders are separate for separate servers.

What about the same browser eg chrome or firefox? Are all your team's disappearing or just some?
i use only firefox.
sometimes just a few teams but just now it wiped the entire builder and it only happens on smogtours

edit:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/getting-2fa-on-the-tours-server-to-work-again.3704949/

lily linked this thread to me and now i put exceptions for smogtours and main and changes on main are reflect on smogtours now. lets see if that'll wipe my builder again
 
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Hi, does anyone know of a way to stop seeing opponent's Pokemon's nicknames? I've run into a few that are really immature and I'd rather focus on playing the game. I feel like this was a setting in the games at some point. I didn't see anything in any of the FAQ's.
 

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