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Sirfetch’d December 20th, 2019 1:37 PM

PC's First Sword and Shield OU Tournament
 
Sword and Shield OU Tournament

Tournament Countdown Series


Introduction: Welcome to the very first Sword and Shield OU Tournament on PC!

About: This will be the very first Sword and Shield OU Tournament held on PokéCommunity. The games have been out over a month now and the metagame has finally settled down a bit. Smogon has recently banned Dynamax and Gigantamax so we have a good idea of what the meta will look like going forward.

Rules: Here are a few things to keep in mind if you plan on participating.

  1. All battles will be held on our official battle server. Click here to be redirected to the server.
  2. All battles should be held in the [Gen 8] OU format.
  3. All matchups are best of three. Battle replays must be saved & posted in this thread.
  4. The only prize you'll receive is bragging rights until the next tournament.

Conclusion: That's it! If you're interested in joining, comment below with "in," or some variation of that. The tournament will begin when there are at least 8 participants, or as soon as five days have passed. Happy battling!

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wolf December 20th, 2019 3:36 PM

in!

gimmepie December 21st, 2019 1:51 AM

In!

Ooka December 24th, 2019 8:15 AM

In

Mobile Tsk December 24th, 2019 12:41 PM

In

Dark Azelf December 24th, 2019 3:01 PM

In.

What could possibly go wrong having never battled in this gen before lol. ;)

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Sirfetch’d December 25th, 2019 11:22 AM

gonna leave signups open for another day or two for late entries and then we'll get this started!

Archer December 26th, 2019 4:15 PM

Count me in!

I haven't played competitively in a loooong time. Gonna be interesting...

5qwerty December 27th, 2019 4:24 PM

What if gdarm gets banned while this tournament is still ongoing?

Sirfetch’d December 27th, 2019 5:56 PM

It will be allowed throughout the entire tour if we start before it’s banned

Flowerchild December 28th, 2019 3:06 AM

i'll do it :) if it's not too late

Sirfetch’d December 28th, 2019 7:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5qwerty (Post 10106281)
What if gdarm gets banned while this tournament is still ongoing?

Are you interested in joining? Will start as soon as you respond!

5qwerty December 28th, 2019 10:12 PM

Nah I'm good this time. After careful consideration I decided to not play.

Thanks for asking though :)

Sirfetch’d December 29th, 2019 7:14 PM

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Originally Posted by gimmepie
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Originally Posted by Ooka
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Originally Posted by Mobile Tsk
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Originally Posted by Dark Azelf
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Originally Posted by Archer
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Originally Posted by Rainbow
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Round one has now started! The matchups are:

gimmepie vs Rainbow
Archer vs Dark Azelf
Ooka vs Mobile Tsk
wolf gets a bye.

You have a week to do your matches. Best of luck!

Sirfetch’d December 29th, 2019 7:15 PM

Also, as of today, Darmanitan-Galar has been banned from OU. It will not be allowed in this tournament.

gimmepie December 30th, 2019 12:30 AM

I need to re-build my main team lmao.
When's good for you, Dakota?

Flowerchild December 30th, 2019 4:31 AM

...why do i always battle gp first he always destroys me :')
need a lil bit to figure out my team as well but i'm free all the time towards the end of the week

gimmepie December 30th, 2019 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainbow (Post 10107266)
...why do i always battle gp first he always destroys me :')
need a lil bit to figure out my team as well but i'm free all the time towards the end of the week

Look on the bright side, I always get destroyed in Round 2.

Ooka January 2nd, 2020 8:20 AM

I sent a PM to Mobile Tsk a few days ago, haven't heard back.

Just got a reply, we should have our match finished this weekend!

Yoshikko January 4th, 2020 7:23 AM

CHASE.... is there a way I can still join this? I only found out about it just now :o(

gimmepie January 4th, 2020 2:39 PM

Dakota and I will get our game done soon. Sorry for the delay.

Yoshikko January 4th, 2020 4:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Azelf (Post 10105347)
In.

What could possibly go wrong having never battled in this gen before lol. ;)

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shuddup, you know you're gonna win lol

Sirfetch’d January 4th, 2020 5:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshikko (Post 10109560)
CHASE.... is there a way I can still join this? I only found out about it just now :o(

If wolf is cool with picking up a round one match, sure! Would even it out at 8 people!

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Originally Posted by wolf
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wolf January 4th, 2020 6:18 PM

sure!

Dark Azelf January 5th, 2020 5:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoshikko (Post 10109718)
shuddup, you know you're gonna win lol

Yeahhhh about that......you havent seen my team lmao. :x

Yoshikko January 5th, 2020 2:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castform (Post 10109738)
If wolf is cool with picking up a round one match, sure! Would even it out at 8 people!

i'm sure he will, it's ME AFTER ALL! earth to wolfy!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Azelf (Post 10109867)
Yeahhhh about that......you havent seen my team lmao. :x

i don't need to to know loool

Dark Azelf January 5th, 2020 10:59 PM

Won vs Archer gg dude.

Archer January 5th, 2020 10:59 PM

I got chewed up by D_A. Good luck in round 2.

(Got bodied so hard I've uninstalled Showdown and left my pokemon Discord channels, haha)

Mobile Tsk January 6th, 2020 10:33 AM

Hi i'm sorry I have to forfeit my round I've been sick for a few days and don't have time :(

Yoshikko January 6th, 2020 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 10110163)
I got chewed up by D_A. Good luck in round 2.

(Got bodied so hard I've uninstalled Showdown and left my pokemon Discord channels, haha)

SUP ARCH!!! noooo hang in there :)

Sirfetch’d January 7th, 2020 4:59 AM

We’ve been having some server issues so I am going to extend this round by a few days. You can do your battles on the main showdown server if ours is still down when you are able to battle.

gimmepie January 8th, 2020 2:18 PM

won vs Dakota

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1043106411
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1043110188

Yoshikko January 8th, 2020 3:38 PM

won vs wolfy!

wolf these games were amazing, thank you! it was so close, i thought i was going to lose both of these

(do i have to post the replays....i dun want to reveal my team lol)

gimmepie January 8th, 2020 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshikko (Post 10111244)
won vs wolfy!

wolf these games were amazing, thank you! it was so close, i thought i was going to lose both of these

(do i have to post the replays....i dun want to reveal my team lol)

Yes.

Sirfetch’d January 9th, 2020 5:48 AM

Congrats you guys! I will be posting round two once I get to my computer later today. Stay tuned

Yoshikko January 9th, 2020 6:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimmepie (Post 10111398)
Yes.

i showed them to chase in private, he accepted this so it's cool

5qwerty January 9th, 2020 11:37 AM

I don't think it's quite fair to all the competitors if replays aren't saved. It is a required part of the rules in the first post, so why are people treating it like it's optional?

Having replays saved doesn't even offer competitive advantage, it just provides definitive proof that two people have battled. Scouting teams shouldn't be an issue because you can just switch teams.

By the way, people can search your replays once you've saved them. The argument should be between saving and not saving, if there is any argument to be made at all.

Sirfetch’d January 9th, 2020 8:52 PM

I don’t really mind either way if people post them or not. I just always add to do so in the rules so it’s easy confirmation but if both people confirm the match that works just as well.

Anyways round two has started!

Gimmepie vs yoshikko
Dark Azelf vs ooka

You have one week. Best of luck!

Yoshikko January 10th, 2020 4:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5qwerty (Post 10111614)
I don't think it's quite fair to all the competitors if replays aren't saved. It is a required part of the rules in the first post, so why are people treating it like it's optional?

Having replays saved doesn't even offer competitive advantage, it just provides definitive proof that two people have battled. Scouting teams shouldn't be an issue because you can just switch teams.

By the way, people can search your replays once you've saved them. The argument should be between saving and not saving, if there is any argument to be made at all.

i never said i didn't save them lol, i saved them, and showed them to chase in DM like i said. so you are welcome to search for it, though i would prefer if people didn't because i actually cannot switch teams, as i only have one and my life is too busy to make 5 separate teams. thanks!

5qwerty January 10th, 2020 8:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoshikko (Post 10111998)
i never said i didn't save them lol, i saved them, and showed them to chase in DM like i said. so you are welcome to search for it, though i would prefer if people didn't because i actually cannot switch teams, as i only have one and my life is too busy to make 5 separate teams. thanks!

I know that you saved them, I was replying in general since not everyone did. You not posting replays was odd from my perspective since you had saved them, which is when I decided to address the issue. In retrospect, I probably should have made the post after DA and Archer made their posts. Though I guess since the TO says it's fine then whatever.

Also if anyone wants teams, Smogon probably has sample teams. I also have some teams but I cannot guarantee that they will match your playstyle or tastes.

Mobile Tsk January 10th, 2020 12:16 PM

Idk if I already posted but i have to forfeit my round

Yoshikko January 14th, 2020 1:28 PM

beat gimmepie! ggs man :) we agreed not to post the replays, it was my request as the winner and gimmepie was okay with it

and i sent chase both replays so he can confirm

Sirfetch’d January 14th, 2020 1:47 PM

Congrats! I’ll post the finals once the last match is completed.

Also apologies for the confusion on the rule of replays. Going to discuss with the rest of BSS what would be the best way to handle replays in the future. After this tournament there will be a concrete rule in place of either posting them or PMing the event host. I’d be absolutely fine with the latter and we can post all replays after the tour is finished.

Yoshikko January 14th, 2020 1:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castform (Post 10114145)
Congrats! I’ll post the finals once the last match is completed.

Also apologies for the confusion on the rule of replays. Going to discuss with the rest of BSS what would be the best way to handle replays in the future. After this tournament there will be a concrete rule in place of either posting them or PMing the event host. I’d be absolutely fine with the latter and we can post all replays after the tour is finished.

as former battle server staff and current contender my opinion is that it would be fair to let the userbase vote on whichever rule they find fairest, as it will affect them the most.

in light of this i want to vote for the second option. reasoning: posting replays functions as a confirmation of the victory. sending them to the host and having them confirm it should suffice. there are strategic reasons for not wanting replays posted while the tour is still ongoing, while there are not many benefits of posting them publicly as opposed to privately.

Sirfetch’d January 14th, 2020 2:47 PM

I am not opposed to seeing what the community thinks. If anyone else wants to weigh in on this feel free to suggest it in another thread so this doesn't get derailed :)

Yoshikko January 14th, 2020 3:38 PM

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=429586

please read this thread if you care about the replay rules stuff

Sirfetch’d January 17th, 2020 7:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Ooka (Post 10105232)
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Originally Posted by Dark Azelf (Post 10105347)
In.

Hey guys! Just a reminder to try and get the round 2 battles done soon. I’m fine with extending the round a bit to accommodate schedules.

UlrickVGCMasters January 17th, 2020 12:47 PM

What kind of tournament is this that is going on?
How often will you guys have tournaments?

Sirfetch’d January 17th, 2020 1:01 PM

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Originally Posted by UlrickVGCMasters (Post 10115360)
What kind of tournament is this that is going on?
How often will you guys have tournaments?

This was a standard OU tournament for Sword and Shield. As for how often we run them, pretty much all of the time. We will likely have a UU tournament up soon so be on the lookout for that!

UlrickVGCMasters January 17th, 2020 1:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Castform (Post 10115363)
This was a standard OU tournament for Sword and Shield. As for how often we run them, pretty much all of the time. We will likely have a UU tournament up soon so be on the lookout for that!

Okieee Dokieee Will do can't wait to see whats up next.

Ooka January 18th, 2020 6:05 AM

Sorry, was aiming to get it done this weekend! Should have it done today or tomorrow.

Sirfetch’d January 21st, 2020 5:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ooka (Post 10115654)
Sorry, was aiming to get it done this weekend! Should have it done today or tomorrow.

Any update on this?

UlrickVGCMasters January 21st, 2020 6:09 AM

Patiently waiting for this tournament to be over to get into the next one lol!!!

Dark Azelf January 21st, 2020 2:46 PM

Well Ooka hasn't been on since the 18th sooo. I'm free whenever.

Sirfetch’d January 24th, 2020 6:33 AM

Unfortunately this round has to end on an activity win which I will award to dark azelf. The final match is between yoshikko and Dark Azelf! Good luck guys

Yoshikko January 25th, 2020 12:44 PM

NOOOOOO

Yoshikko February 1st, 2020 2:41 AM

elf and i are battling this weekend

UlrickVGCMasters February 3rd, 2020 7:24 AM

Dang is this tournament not finished yet lol. These things last super long .....

Dark Azelf February 5th, 2020 8:52 PM

Me and Yoshi are gonna battle over the next day or so. She hasnt been feeling too good.

Yoshikko February 6th, 2020 2:42 AM

if elf and i don't finish it today then he gets the win is what we decided on! not been in the headspace for it lately but we'll try today

Dark Azelf February 9th, 2020 3:53 PM

Won vs Yoshi.

Was a fun battle. GG. :) x

Sirfetch’d February 9th, 2020 5:06 PM

A bit of a bumpy tournament but thank you guys for participating! We are still working hard to get our server back up and will have a new tournament up very soon.

UlrickVGCMasters February 10th, 2020 8:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castform (Post 10124069)
A bit of a bumpy tournament but thank you guys for participating! We are still working hard to get our server back up and will have a new tournament up very soon.

Make sure to tag me in the next one lol


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