Stratos
Banned deucer.
SPECIFIC RULES
- This is a standard ORAS Doubles tournament
- This tournament will be Double Elimination
- All rounds will be Best of Three. You may switch teams in between battles of the same set.
- Matches are to be played on Pokemon Showdown!
- To encourage the development of the metagame, and so that everyone is on an even playing field, all matches must have replays recorded. If neither player posts replays of the match, both players will suffer an automatic game loss. (If you were in losers' when you played, you are both out. If you were in winners', the winner is in losers' and the loser is out.)
- Every round, I will choose a match (possibly two) as the Highlight Match. If your match is chosen as the highlight match, two of our commentary crew (myself, Lohgock, Arcticblast, Laga, BLOOD TOTEM) will be commentating your match through the SmogonU Twitch, and it will then be uploaded to Smogon's YouTube. I will contact both players by PM immediately in order to schedule a time. If either player wishes to not be streamed, they may opt out, but let me know quickly, so I can choose someone else to be the highlight match for the week.
- Didn't think I needed to say this, but please do your best to play your entire bo3 in one sitting. It's ok if you have to leave because of unforseen events, but going into game 1 knowing that you won't be finishing game 3 right then is against the spirit of a best of 3 set. If you refuse to finish your set but stick around chatting, I will think less of you as a person.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same PokeDex number on his team.
- Evasion Clause: The moves Double Team and Minimize are banned. (No other evasion boosting things are banned).
- OHKO Clause: The moves Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, and Fissure are banned.
- Endless Battle Clause: Anything capable of intentionally creating an endless battle is banned.
- Uber Clause: Anything that appears on Smogon Doubles' banlist is banned. Because the dex page is outdated (i put in a pull request like three weeks ago but it hasn't been approved), this is the banlist for Smogon Doubles:
- Mewtwo
- Lugia
- Ho-oh
- Kyogre
- Groudon
- Rayquaza
- Dialga
- Palkia
- Giratina
- Giratina-O
- Arceus
- Reshiram
- Zekrom
- Kyurem-White
- Xerneas
- Yveltal
- Dark Void
- Salamencite
Identity
I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter. I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. Everyone will have access to your replays from earlier rounds though.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
I expect many battles to be completed under alts. This can be bad for tournament security, and thus I will make this clear: If I hear any whispers of identity theft (battling as someone you are not) or proxy battling (helping someone else battle through pm) I will not be pleased and I will take severe actions.
Scouting
Next, I do not want to hear anything about counterteaming, at all. Do not complain about it. I also don't want to hear about any blatant scouting. There is a difference between "[user] is known for using stall" and "let me follow [user] around all day to watch all his battles since I am his opponent". I expect a lot of the former and none of the latter. I give permission to all battlers to ask any person spectating their battle to leave if they do not want them watching. Everyone will have access to your replays from earlier rounds though.
Timer Clause
As for taking long between moves, if your opponent asks you to hurry up, please oblige. If you are doing a damage calc for a key turn that is one thing, but prolonging every move is suspicious and annoying. Don't do it. Furthermore, Battle Timeout is a rule for a reason. If you run out of time, you lose, simple as that. It does not matter what your opponent says. Do not battle if you think you will have to leave mid battle, and instead reschedule for a better time.
Disconnections
Finally, in the case of a disconnect, the decision is in the hands of the player who did not disconnect. The options are: redo the battle move for move, redo the battle with the same teams but different moves, or redo the battle with completely different teams. If the battle was without a doubt over, they may also take the win. Any suspicion that a disconnect was committed on purpose to redo a match may be appealed to me, and if I feel this happened there will be severe consequences, don't do it.
Round 4 Matchups (interesting matches in italics):
Winner's Bracket:
U-turn Out vs SpaceBass
Flame Road vs TheFourthChaser game 1 game 2
jacob vs Aurious game 1 game 2
Austin vs Tesung game 1 game 2 game 3
KyleCole vs ShunGTX!! game 1 game 2 game 3
Can-Eh-Dian vs Lunar. game ? game 3
Quality Content vs Labor game 1 game 2
qsns vs BLOOD TOTEM game 1 game 2
BLINGAS vs Tricking game 1 game 2
Stratos vs -Tsunami- game 1 game 2
Croven vs finally game 1 game 2
Cnorth26 vs GiraGoomy game 1 game 2
Haruno vs Agammemnon
Kingmidas vs Deoxys Speed game 1 game 2
TGMD vs qwerts game 1 game 2
makiri vs trc game 1 game 2
Krauersaut vs Improbable game 1 game 2
Xyldaz vs Tokyo Tom game 1 game 2
Edgar vs TewMew game 1 game 3
Leremyju vs JODY_HiGHROLLER game 1 game 2
SoulWind vs Quaggster game 1 game 2
kamikaze17 vs Qazoo306 game 1 game 2 game 3
iliketrains11 vs Jefozz game 1 game 2 game 3
Lasagne vs McMeghan
Bouffalant vs Roxer game 1 game 2
Clefairy vs Vinc2612 game 1 game 2
Electrolyte vs Kortex
Haunted Diamond vs Level 56 game 1 game 2 game 3
Alf' vs Mizuhime game 1 game 2
Genesis7 vs Pinoy Pwnage game 1 game 2
Steelphoenix vs xzern game 1 game 2
Loser's Bracket:
Rumor vs
AngryShroomish vs Fer game 1 game 2 game 3
pokebasket vs Anty game 1 game 2
We R DNA vs AuraRayquaza
Victorious B.I.G. vs Pat Labor
scorpdestroyer vs Spitzkopf Larry
Yellow Paint vs TheKFC game 1 game 3
shrop05 vs blinkie game 1 game 2
Not Canadian vs D4RR3N
silver97 vs srk1214 game 1 game 2 game 3
Sapientia vs Metaphysical game 1 game 2
hard vs Arcticblast game 1 game 2 game 3
Meloetta<3 vs 13ulbasaur game 1 game 2
n1n1 vs Hashtag game 1 game 2
BKC vs Rozykli
PDC vs SocialSocialSocial game ?
antemortem vs Rams
[winner of Floppy vs It Is Guest game 1 game 2 game 3] vs Braverius game 1 game 2 game 3
dEnIsSsS vs Destiny Device
Hikari vs
Shaian vs Void
radianthero156 vs
Memoric vs
Moony vs Nido-Rus game 1 game 2 game 3
PROBLEMS vs Asterya
atomicllamas vs aim game 1 game 2 game 3
tape vs TUO game 1 game 2
Lord Alphose vs blarajan game 1 game 2
Lohgock vs zdrup15 game 1 game 2 game 3
clius vs Cronenberg game 1
stunner047 vs AllAttack game 1 game 2 game 3
Highlight Match: BLINGAS vs Tricking: stream link
Scheduling Rules:
USE VM WALLS! If you really don't want to schedule via a VM conversation, then post in this thread to let me know that you are in contact with your opponent some other way. If you use VM walls, you do not need to post in this thread to let me know. (If you don't know how to access your opponent's VM wall, type their name in the search box like shown). If neither player has established contact by the sub date, you will be at risk of a double sub. If one player has contacted and the other has not responded, he will be at risk of a sub. Unless you have clearly scheduled for a date shortly after the deadline (and cannot make a date before the deadline) you will be given an activity call instead of an extension. I'm not making the calls, so I can't promise what will or won't make you safe, but I know that activities which will up your chances are posting specific times on your opponent's wall, responding to their VMs promptly, and posting any IRC logs of you scheduling in this thread.
Extension Deadline: Wednesday Mar 18 at 11:59 PM EST
Deadline: Sunday Mar 22 at 11:59 PM EST
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