Welcome to 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 200 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 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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- 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 good 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 2-D
ninjadog vs yanngeek
SteamingReaper vs dice
Stockings vs Blastoise Expert
TyCarter vs brokenmotor
(Winner of Leads vs. MotherHorse) vs Vert
mamaduck_49 vs DragMagReborn
ASKid679 vs sunsets
xavgb vs pj
siras vs Thor --- extension
Dhrabb vs maxseiji
Bu88leMania vs MayorLucas777
Nowelle vs Joya
Malekith vs Oscarchan
Lavern vs MultiPokemon
Outrageous Fortune vs Ashe0736
kDCA vs pratik2007
Kizaco vs Pabu22
Gabriel Maleson vs Garay oak
MAVERICK SHOOTERS vs jawabarat
LunaNORA vs Kaneki-san
setset77 vs Clastia
Theoneandonly78 vs Scarlet Stars
umbry vs daddl_ding
Bannana_Waddle_Dee vs 16bit
Hiro' vs Springerk
Pais vs AV11
crucify vs Clementine
Xavnax_ vs Lugior
Spcplayzz vs Takatk
Iranagsen vs the pokemon dad
ALeciau vs SchwarzWolf
ima vs slayedthehousedown
Mega Breloom vs Nislas
MyNameIs: LBP. Att: Luis vs Hachimaki
patos vs MelancholyBill
it's tago! vs Frijoles
juleocesar vs ImDoneThrowing
Savouras vs megasalappo
ateliers vs Zepherox
Lfrs vs Achimoo
NHelioX7 vs Bluxio
Misplayin vs Shucklegigas
Louna vs Ash KetchumGamer
lemonstre1 vs GogodsG
blinkboy vs Tyrone.Purpl3
Vegeta1017 vs Some Thug
diego_yuhhi vs baddummy
udongirl vs yNot Mence
Nowh vs munkadoo1984
clean vs Monai
AuRyce vs BABIGURL3000
Gei vs Avni
TeamCharm vs Maxima
hidin vs Let's Rumble Shall We
Itry2bfunny vs Iguana
Aberforth vs Mewthree69
Angel tiopo vs Hys
Arakd’eau ㋛ vs Drud
yovan33321 vs Indi01
D2TheW vs Séance
Athena's Myth vs soulgazer
Haroff vs Hockey1
Spindaa327 vs InkSams
DonSalvatore vs shinyarc50
Hax Believer vs Call me PK
Rubyblood vs Yuanyu
GaijinEagle vs Leftiez ---- extension
Van Sword vs ultimate3038
Beka vs NoName6293
Tenebricite vs Fantasy
Hybuyn vs CriasDelSuperVasco
ChrisPBacon vs gali
kaipro vs VoltPLL
Elian vs AquaticCarlie
Expulso vs HugeNoobLmao
YasuKe vs BenDover2535
FlyKunai313 vs Souw
SoulWind vs hmsa2012
Poek vs Mashing
Martinus_03 vs Palmesote
Quite Quiet vs MysticMysfit
GXE vs eyoadjklnboe
Jazz#100 vs So Noisy
false vs Seanobiwan
Lunala vs Sethc123
zMisaka vs Sahki
Proftreez vs erberbety
Rasar vs dog mendigoso
EmmyLikesPandas vs Blox
bb skarm vs Tji69
MajicMiranda vs Mohw
Logan83 vs Errorcodejoe
shadowtime2000 vs lydian
PlatDog vs Peeky07
Vertigo vs MonkeBoi215
LNumbers vs Corperate n
JoelzeDummy vs Sonickevinmp
Sieeeffmon vs Pokeglace17
tf vs NoahDeKnight
Pappkopp vs Segale
bydy vs Sylveon used calm mind
Eeveeto vs Analytic
El Quixana vs ALUC
Coffy vs RockyRoadstheRogue
Glurakaiser vs Stormbrimger
Señor Haus vs BAGANHA13
teal6 vs DeeJ
phantomclaw8888 vs mentalsoft
AndViet vs Fablle
Ruft vs Muditgupta68
AlejanDraco vs Lennart
MisterWN vs Jakeback123
Aurora vs Fear
TBG_IPLAYSHOWDOWN vs BloodEagle1992
mncmt vs touc
robjr vs BigFort96
Melanie goes boating vs Vileman
Radden_123 vs jonfilch
Flarowak vs marmanch ---- extension
taxi driver vs Misterioussaint
Baydogg vs Violet Raichu
MichaelderBeste2 vs Blui
yokoisop vs Bye 1
LyricsOfTheFate vs Bye 2
Maxouille vs Bye 3
Sificon vs Bye 4
GarchompFan1512 vs Bye 5
skatt7000 vs Bye 6
(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, February 12th at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5).
Extension Deadline: Wednesday February 8th, 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5)
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!! SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD FOR INFO
Extension Deadline: Wednesday February 8th, 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5)
REPLAYS MUST BE POSTED FOR YOUR WIN TO COUNT!! SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD FOR INFO
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