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-A
AxonVGC vs Tytohbird
namanisking vs SuperOinge22
Pajomar vs Atreeus
Zenadark vs BlazingDark
RichardMillePlain vs Rumor
Splash vs DBK31TH
fLaT_eArThEr.global vs Wait2Seconds
California Boys vs BennyWildguy
MTB vs Rayo joaquin
s7a vs DeltaVelvet
INSULT vs mncmt
Raiza vs MFG
Extinct! vs RoiDadadou
Bassai Dai vs abdulziz
Giovanni but good vs Nkc1201*
Nayza vs Sirwings
Tinii vs Swynot
d0nut vs CaroOui
ChickenMcDouble vs topshotta
Meru vs Petele
Visible Man vs ms_DiosMagikarp
sayyonara vs Kingsous
jerojenol vs Hacker
NicolasMarley vs sumitvs138
watashi vs sensei axew
Farnsworth vs hammer798
viivian vs EeveeWillEatYou
Yes or no my dude vs Aberforth
bardicinspiration vs wavyish
Nico Serrano vs shadowtime2000
Mirbro vs shiraiki
crace1345 vs DragonPhoenix333
schwipper vs ToastedBunzzz02
Dezpa1r vs M Dragon
Reze vs TPH
ToasterBoi420 vs Kenix
Star vs Orokamo Kaito
lemonstre1 vs ACII
Watercelly vs JspKiC
Kyo vs mind gaming
Cristianchini74 vs shiloh
velvet vs jetou
PokemonGuyVGC21 vs RL
dice vs Shucklegigas
CrowZzach vs Fusien
treeshhhh vs Mattakata
trainer_j0nathan vs Ampokemon
valuez vs Thiago Nunes
SiTuM vs damflame 3
Chicos vs Maktyum
samorathis vs AlyssaVGC
Milkshook vs ilnam
Skypenguin vs ChrisPBacon
Jacataca370 vs Gaboswampert
Light DN vs backgroundcolors
StarsoulProductions vs brilliance1234
Cao Jie vs Fabriisse
dog mendigoso vs wxcked
Sensibility vs Skalmon
Sahki vs drowsy69
zS vs Lord Ninjax
Holy Cheetos vs kDCA
loomishh24 vs GeniusX
rylibes64 vs Pais
Owany vs Atha
Grooby vs Breezy
NotVeryCake vs TheDragonDealer
Vileman vs Shoot
yuji vs Vaboh
PolloAriosto vs Longestbanana
heskey23 vs Wamuudes
Ado vs agentkeval
Joeshh vs StardustDragon123
PokeDestined99 vs joangaes_
Jumpylantern vs Leavers
ZviTello vs anan2004
Chris Chien Pao vs Qbking3
Miyoko vs q b o
Flygon pl0as vs Armada
Nuxl vs sexychu
Shakur vs a fairy
Buhrito vs evakiyama!
One Autumn Leaf vs Luthier
Always Edgy vs MadaraSixSix
Weaselfie vs Autistic Soviet
Tenebricite vs Belefeb
brodiewhat vs Abettergreen
Uta The Clown vs Forten
elodin vs Nultiprise
Sweet Sok vs gum
Sachumberto vs sablolol
Gei vs T8rguy
Gigolo JC Denton vs Seraphz
KingKrash78 vs Cicada
zioDorico vs TyCarter
Mimikyu Stardust vs Dasmer
Kaneki-san vs Paycard
AmericanPi vs Fearlesschi
Jonen vs 2MuchSAWCE
Spoby vs leng loi
Prismatic Void vs Rowlet69420
Souji/Akumu vs Skyiew
jamesSenin vs Xyldaz
empoleon621 vs Sapientia
Storm Zone vs thebigmansback
HANTSUKI vs Zerotti
Quinn vs kiplerKP
spell vs yovan33321
MikeTheEntei vs ZeroKitss
Squeeby vs mikejohns
goatdolphin vs DestinyTGU
Zoyotte vs avarice
Trout In Space vs Muffets#1fan
GirlsSeeGhosts vs JJ09LIE
Sabella vs Yoink 0
baibaiats vs xavgb
Blazking vs Gamma 1 and 2
M3llamo vs Medeia
supermonst vs PrinceOfAllTacos
Corperate n vs MichaelderBeste2
dex vs Eoward
GBD777 vs hidin
Exiline vs Ewin
Morkal vs Ghoulish Champ
Indi01 vs UnzipsCrogre
klg1220 vs spookykitten1
Don Bork vs kinjiko
thebestever543 vs OranBerryBlissey10
(If your name isn't in this list check the OST Round 1-B, 1-C, 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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