Lovely art by grape tylenol The Draft League subforum's inaugural Summer Seasonal is here! Being the second Type A tour and the first double elimination tour in the circuit, it'll provide a multitude of points towards this year's Draft League Circuit. The tour will be hosted by Nyx and Theia and take place in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown!
Please note that during the odd numbered bracket rounds after round 2 (so rounds 3, 5, 7 etc.), only the losers bracket will play. This is to ensure that both brackets reach finals at the same time.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- Once the draft is over, you must declare one Tera Captain. This is the only Pokémon on your draft that may Terastallize.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- No Pokémon may hold the item Leppa Berry - The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
- Baxcalibur
- Dragonite
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Valiant
- Palafin 
- Regieleki
- Roaring Moon
- Tornadus-Therian
- Urshifu-Single-Strike
- Zamazenta-Crowned - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Basculin 
- Oricorio 
- Toxtricity 
- Indeedee 
- Basculegion 
- Oinkologne 
- Maushold 
- Squawkabilly 
- Tatsugiri 
- Dudunsparce 
- If a Pokémon that is available in SV is untiered, please ask a host.
- Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokémon on their opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat
- OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
- Rankings within pools may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based upon: most wins, head-to-head, battle differential.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, 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.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, 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.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Round Four
Winners Bracket
Habaduh vs hjj no
Galactic Greninja vs hynax
Mister McLovin vs Humdawg
Bowas vs Zooch
CivilNathan vs Zaqwe51
Garden Sage vs Frosty707
jcbc vs Cliffb7
Luxanse vs MattyBrollic
foodv_v vs a12qsd too
Blui vs Pampey
vengabenga vs Meta
FrootLoops vs King L5
PrinceOfAllTacos vs DJS
attcris vs Shiritu
rray vs Techno6377
Waci vs LatiGOD
catast vs TRowePrice667
Glacier48 vs CyndaKill-SH
jacob vs Vaami
JD Twigs vs Zingmunk
zxgzxg vs HarrisIsAwesome
WombatBaby vs 6Roggenrolas
empoleon9000 vs blittius
SkillzBP vs OshawottSenpai
P2gyorg vs LC04
RoiDadadou vs dtGray
The W-Team vs SOM/05
Marshy. vs apologies
MZ vs Metrona
GeniusX vs softlock
Stefaan vs scionicle
Sittingduck1080 vs Feyy
Dartrix - Joker vs drebby
sundays vs Lady Salamence
Babyhuey vs chi yu later
twig___ vs ultraplayer
bronzo vs Lucas2543
Fleeting Memories vs Jesse504
Manofwoof1 vs Glue
vmnunes vs gorex
watashi vs Meowscarada!
Peregrine_ST vs Wait2Seconds
ashasash vs CG12
Deranged_Lime vs SidTheShuckle
3.14dgeot-Mega vs Baws381
Golden Warrior vs Almighty Rye
rich.p vs yuramas
Maxy07 vs Cureja
SoggyDoggySage vs Shade1x
WagonFruit vs NouoN
Tjb145 vs thunderbug
thebeardydragon vs MysticNyan
P4bl00 vs BetelNutCEO
SponsoredPost vs Venoo
Odieq vs Concept Everything
Palkia62 vs 2playaLuffy
mcgrits vs Lumaris
crow crumbs vs Hamish150
Trogba Trogba vs PortlandPrinplups
olivia7 vs Ac130gaming
ThinkingSceptile vs Axel The Flygon
Star vs sablolol
kurpie vs hedja
aagarocks vs PikachuZappyZap
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Losers Bracket
Rainer24 vs Celestiial
SimsyBool vs Pranay
robjr vs HyperTM
shadowtime2000 vs Ciqarettan
GoldenBoot04 vs Frablz
Chairman Rose vs BLAZING HAWK
TTK vs lydian
Kerthwack vs Knight Sky
JimmyG vs Soccerpies
BrutalBjörn vs pigsuit
Roufail vs Snackard
yerdunc vs EviGaro
Axelraid2828 vs Spwert
E Man vs Ahnick
Sir Slaking vs JRoberts
kaminjaw vs Comedier
choptch vs SpeedyBlu
tomcufkibs vs Benusiek
Roodle vs skimmythegod
ItsNimXD vs Raika
zomb™ vs enjoi18bc
deathdragon25o vs Fnv enjoyer
SwordMain vs Swagata Mitra
Professor Shuckle vs TDK
Dyguain vs JubioHDX
enoelr vs Enzonana.
HisuAvalugg vs Soulblaze
Shaad Skyel vs Hawhatos
HeckOffMate vs Ilyes25
ogalbina vs Abdul69420
Kingsous vs Aira Koito
TrashMonkey vs TheHelixFossil1
ITZWhateva vs Orange Fruit
LuxTea226 vs VoidOfDarknesss
Rayquaza37 vs Ray_Brooks20
TheDougArt vs Xiphactin
Crimfinity vs BaddyGames
burrg vs Kaneki-san
Esmeray vs lukxray
khmerougegaming vs lax
silver grace vs MonkeBoi215
not mishmesh vs Rasche
Psycho782 vs Sir.dee
JerseyJared vs kxiao
rogueRotom vs KingofKrook
Hacker vs geniusturtle
AdamAsh123456 vs Ariana.
daddl_ding vs Dragon246
KhaBanh vs kniops
Justinhuang911 vs Imagina 2 vacas
Totomon vs IcyHallsz
termnal vs Bullet From The XO
MegaMando vs Paxerion
SergeantWafflez vs Flameorbjolt
chimp vs Rissoux
Fenrir Rune vs kurse
Maric28 vs ComputerWhiz
Greentea570 vs ZardAce
fatelvl vs Fieox
Azery vs GGTC
Jedonn vs Dabman1069
Joelesheesh vs jscurf2
BeautyDevon vs Rozza72
head0fthetable vs banito13
The drafts for each matchup in this round can be found at this link: https://spo.ink/summer_seasonal_2023_bracket_matchups
The extension deadline is Tuesday, July 18th at 11:59 PM GMT-0
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, 23rd July 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts following the Activity Win Rules above.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY, POST THEM IN THIS THREAD.
This thread and all future Summer Seasonal 2023 threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, 23rd July 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts following the Activity Win Rules above.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
/chall gen9terapreviewpaldeadexdraft @@@ -Last Respects, -Shed Tail, -Leppa Berry, -Baton PassREPLAYS ARE MANDATORY, POST THEM IN THIS THREAD.
This thread and all future Summer Seasonal 2023 threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
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