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 Three
Losers Bracket (Arkhan, Bye, Nyx, Simpleton and ZebstrikemDown are used as substitutes for dropped/banned users because I forgot you can just remove them entirely)
Dhdux vs Comedier
JubioHDX vs Pollitoshark
potato_enigma vs not mishmesh
Kaneki-san vs Rwbyred
skimmythegod vs Reaper Dude
henguinie vs burrg
goofy luffy vs Aira Koito
Happygate vs lax
Bye 33 vs kniops
Jack0lantern89 vs Rissoux
HarmonyHatterene37 vs Xiphactin
Esmeray vs LeoRegulus224
bhkg vs Celestiial
Nox was taken vs SwordMain
yerdunc vs PaperRuby
Kachurin vs Orange Fruit
Roufail vs teal6
lukxray vs shadow gallade yt
Bleedal vs TheHelixFossil1
rogueRotom vs V4trena
QSN vs Dragon246
Dorron vs AdamAsh123456
Hospice vs Rozza72
Sylvi vs BaddyGames
Spcplayzz vs Totomon
Ciqarettan vs ImmortalMence
q2w3e4r5 vs Azery
Nametab vs Snackard
AgencyIsOwn vs Abdul69420
AquaticCarlie vs Rainer24
vincemelvin vs Knight Sky
E Man vs Pandapear
PrinceofUnderworld vs GoldenBoot04
lydian vs LuciferArtemis
Amaura745 vs Pranay
Flapple1 vs deathdragon25o
GGTC vs Bye 36
BrutalBjörn vs DubiousDSK
Ahnick vs Sibales1
prismatic_lazar vs Chairman Rose
Ilyes25 vs Delta4
Don Bork vs Ariana.
austinerzs vs fatelvl
Coconut | 椰果 vs Enzonana.
PJB vs TheDougArt
kurse vs DJTittyFat
HeckOffMate vs l3ssth4n3
robjr vs Valerie
choptch vs DiamondDiancie25
jscurf2 vs phantomclaw8888
EviGaro vs BlazeOfVictory
TeeZwo vs Raika
termnal vs Fierce Flamethrower
hariyana grande vs Kingsous
Bye 34 vs SpeedyBlu
Your_Shinigami vs Rasche
Dark green hue vs Frablz
Kerthwack vs HJ5ean
Soccerpies vs Jappithegreat
Psycho782 vs TengokuLight
HyperTM vs bblano
s1lveryo vs HisuAvalugg
Harv vs JimmyG
YashGreninja vs Fnv enjoyer
Swagata Mitra vs Bananacrazy111
Maric28 vs OdinRM
Demostert vs Shaad Skyel
Bean of Destiny vs TTK
Benusiek vs Mr.Yessir
Hecticashiin vs head0fthetable
Tobii079 vs Joelesheesh
Rocker19304 vs ItsNimXD
MegaMando vs luna107
7ayakum vs Sir Slaking
Cryptiiiiiic vs chimp
Mxreau vs Fieox
JRoberts vs Poppinphresh
Bye 37 vs Rayquaza37
JerseyJared vs Huskyy
Aryan3003 vs KhaBanh
Hacker vs Jordy004
Imagina 2 vacas vs memedose46
Ghostke vs SergeantWafflez
Spwert vs 5camp
SizzleySnom vs BLAZING HAWK
kxiao vs moaath324
ComputerWhiz vs Samm (13ms)
TDK vs Bye 35
Soulblaze vs Lyssa
Justinhuang911 vs AncientFr33z
dark tsunami04 vs Roodle
Gilmoney02 vs ITZWhateva
Real GLaDOS vs enoelr
silver grace vs Arvid
chippysmit vs Bullet From The XO
Pachequitos vs enjoi18bc
tomcufkibs vs Bye 1
kaminjaw vs Bye 2
LuxTea226 vs Bye 3
Fenrir Rune vs Bye 4
pigsuit vs Bye 5
Ray_Brooks20 vs Bye 6
SimsyBool vs Bye 7
Greentea570 vs Bye 8
Sir.dee vs Bye 9
Crimfinity vs Bye 10
MonkeBoi215 vs Bye 11
Jedonn vs Bye 12
shadowtime2000 vs Bye 13
zomb™ vs Bye 14
Dabman1069 vs Bye 15
IcyHallsz vs Bye 16
ogalbina vs Bye 17
VoidOfDarknesss vs Bye 18
daddl_ding vs Bye 19
Axelraid2828 vs Bye 20
Paxerion vs Bye 21
TrashMonkey vs Bye 22
khmerougegaming vs Bye 23
Dyguain vs Bye 24
Professor Shuckle vs Bye 25
BeautyDevon vs Bye 26
Hawhatos vs Bye 27
ZardAce vs Bye 28
geniusturtle vs Bye 29
Flameorbjolt vs Bye 30
banito13 vs Bye 31
KingofKrook vs Bye 32
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 11th at 11:59 PM GMT-0
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, 16th 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.
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, 16th 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.
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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