Welcome to the sign-ups for the latest tour of the OU Circuit. This will be a Single Elimination tour that will ultimately contribute to the OU Circuit Playoffs. More information can be found here as well as past results from the Live Tournaments hosted in December http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-ou-circuit.3587670/
This tournament will count for both OU Circuit Playoffs and Smogon Championship Playoffs so there is a chance to qualify for both playoffs with one. However the Playoffs for OU Circuit won't contribute to the Smogon Championship so only placement in this tour will qualify you. Point distribution can be seen below.
- This is a standard SM OU tournament
- This tournament will be Single 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 or at least saves replays of the match, both players will suffer an automatic game loss. There may be some exceptions to this rule.
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two (2) of the same species of Pokemon on their team, based on National Pokedex Number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffings on his or her team.
- Sleep Clause: A player cannot put two or more different opposing Pokemon to sleep using attacks that induce sleep to opposing Pokemon
- Evasion Clause: A player cannot increase their Pokemon's evasion stat with a move that specifically increases evasion. Items or indirect boosts do not break this clause.
- OHKO Clause: A player cannot use a move that has a chance of instantly KOing an opposing Pokemon. For example, Horn Drill or Sheer Cold are illegal moves.
- Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, he/she loses.
- Self-KO Clause: If a player uses a recoil move to cause a draw, that player wins. If a player uses Explosion, Selfdestruct, Destiny Bond, or Perish Song to cause a draw, that player loses. If a draw would be caused by a hold item or ability that causes recoil to the opponent, the player that controls the Pokémon with the hold item or ability wins. (This clause helps determine the winner of what would be called a tie in DPPt. Later generations do not apply this clause, because their cartridge mechanics will prevent ties from happening.)
- Endless Battle Clause: A player cannot use a combination of items / moves / abilities to force a game that will never end (example: Recycle / Leppa Berry / Heal Pulse, etc).
This tournament will be a part of the 2017 Smogon Championship Season and will contribute as a Type A Tournament, read up more here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-smogon-championship.3589700/
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Signups will stay open for around 72 hours or about the end of the day Monday or until we hit a sign up benchmark. There will be subs so make sure to sign up even if you don't think you'll make it.
