Grand Slam XIII - UU and LC Open Signups

The thirteenth Smogon Grand Slam has begun, with signups for the UnderUsed and Little Cup Opens available now! Players compete in the 6 different Opens to earn qualification points towards the Grand Slam Playoffs. See the Grand Slam Introduction thread for more information.

—eva on Apr 15, 2024 Permalink

PS! now has Ladder Seasons!

You know them, you love them - PS now has seasons! Get high on the ladder, and get a shiny medal to show off. Great, right? But be warned: Anyone can take it from you. If you want to keep it, you'll have to fight for it. Learn more on the announcement thread.

—eva on Apr 9, 2024 Permalink

Dungeons & Dragons Room

Are you a fan of Dungeons & Dragons? Join the newly public room to discuss everything D&D-related!

—eva on Apr 9, 2024 Permalink

Los Juegos Del Azar III Signups and Dungeons & Dragons Room

Player Signups for the third iteration of Los Juegos Del Azar, Spanish and Eventos rooms' biggest team tournament, is now open! Sign up to get a chance to prove your strength in Challenge Cup as you compete for a team custom avatar.

Are you a fan of Dungeons & Dragons? Join the newly public room to discuss everything D&D-related!

—eva on Apr 5, 2024 Permalink

Draft League's SV NatDex I and Gen 7 Randbats Open Signups

Draft League is opening enrollment for its first National Dex tournament of the year! Draft Pokémon from all 9 generations, as well as mega evolutions, and sign up for our first SV tournament without terastalization!

The fourth edition of Rands Slam is underway! Sign up for the first tournament of the circuit - The Gen 7 Random Battles Open!

—eva on Apr 3, 2024 Permalink

PS! now has Ladder Seasons!

—hecate on Apr 1, 2024 Permalink

PS! now has Ladder Seasons!

—hecate on Apr 1, 2024 Permalink

Mono BW Cup Signups

Signups for the Mono BW Cup are open! The Monotype Cup has entered its final phase with BW! Participate and do your best to qualify for the Monotype Cup with a \$500 prize pool, with additional prizes for the winners of each individual cup! Signups end on Sunday, March 31st.

—eva on Mar 29, 2024 Permalink

Draft League World Cup Signups

Draft League is opening enrollment for its first sub-forum World Cup! With 20+ countries and nearing 400 sign-ups already, it’s sure to be a blockbuster event! Sign up and represent your country/continent well!

—eva on Mar 25, 2024 Permalink

Smogon Tour 36

The 36th edition of Smogon's only live tournament is back again, now with a \$150 prize pool, starting on Fridays at 6 PM EST (GMT -4)! To learn more about Smogon Tour - including the tournament times and where you play your games - check out the tournament introduction thread.

—eva on Mar 22, 2024 Permalink

Mono ORAS Cup Signups

Signups for the Mono ORAS Cup are open! The Monotype Cup has entered its fourth phase with ORAS! Participate and do your best to qualify for the Monotype Cup with a \$500 prize pool, with additional prizes for the winners of each individual cup! Signups end on Sunday, March 24th.

—eva on Mar 18, 2024 Permalink

1v1 Swiss Signups

Signups for 1v1 Swiss I are up! The tournament will feature multiple rounds of Swiss followed by a single-elimination Top Cut. Get in on the action before Sunday March 24, and compete to win 1v1's second yearly circuit tournament!

—eva on Mar 11, 2024 Permalink

Draft League ORAS Cup II & Mono SS Cup Signups

The ORAS Cup for Draft signups are live! Draft eight Pokemon from the ORAS generation with point limitations and in a pool with seven others, then play in a tournament structure with your draft against others! This tournament counts for the Draft Circuit, which awards a ribbon at the end of the year to the winner. Signups end on Saturday, March 9th.

Signups for the Mono SS Cup are open! The Monotype Cup has entered its second phase with SS! Participate and do your best to qualify for the Monotype Cup with a \$500 prize pool, with additional prizes for the winners of each individual cup! Signups end on Sunday, March 10th.

—eva on Mar 4, 2024 Permalink

Mono SV Cup Signups

Signups for the Mono SV Cup are open! The Monotype Cup starts with SV! Participate and do your best to qualify for the Monotype Cup with a \$500 prize pool, with additional prizes for the winners of each individual cup! Signups end on Sunday March 3rd @ 11PM (GMT-5).

—Eva on Feb 26, 2024 Permalink

NDMPL IV Signups

Signups for NDMPL IV are open! The fourth iteration of NDMPL is here, featuring SV/SS NDM as well as Monothreat, NDM Ubers, and a new addition in Z-less NDM!

—Eva on Feb 24, 2024 Permalink

Pokemon Games Room XY Community Playthrough

The Pokemon Games room is hosting a Community Playthrough of Pokemon X and Y! In the coming weeks, participants will explore the beautiful 3D world of Kalos, and share their experiences with one another in the room!

—Eva on Feb 21, 2024 Permalink

OSDT IV

Signups for the fourth edition of the Official Smogon Doubles Tournament are now open! Compete the site's largest DOU tournament, hosted in the swiss format, to play a ton of SV DOU and take your shot at winning a trophy!

—Theia on Feb 14, 2024 Permalink

Dungeons & Dragons Room

New Year New D&D!

It's the year of the Dragon! That means it's time to embrace your inner beast and join the Dungeons & Dragons room! We've got a new look, new style and a new roar! Embrace our little corner where fantasy meets Table Top!

—Syrinix on Feb 12, 2024 Permalink

Lunar New Year Event

From February 9th to the 23rd, many Pokémon Showdown rooms will host games & tournaments related to the Lunar New Year! Gather points to have a chance of winning a custom avatar, a username color change, or an inactive username. Make sure to read the rules and keep an eye on the event schedule!

—Syrinix on Feb 9, 2024 Permalink

1v1's Old Gen Premier League Signups

Signups for 1v1 Old Gens Premier League II are now live! Join for a chance to play SS through ADV 1v1 on one of 6 teams trying to be this year's champions!

—Syrinix on Feb 5, 2024 Permalink

The Art Gallery x Smogfight

The new PS! chatroom The Art Gallery is live and hosting a major event in collaboration with Smeargle’s Studio with the chance to win a custom avatar! Signups will be open from February 2nd to February 9th, and for more details and even more events, check out this document!

—Syrinix on Feb 2, 2024 Permalink

Pets & Animals Mystery Box Event and PU Blind Draft Signups

Pets & Animals is hosting their first ever Mystery Box event! Solve puzzles starting from January 29th until June 30th, to have a chance at winning a custom avatar, username reset, or a custom username color! For more details, check out this information document. The puzzles await you!

Signups for the inaugural PU Blind Draft are open! Players that have signed up will be put into a pool and will be drafted by managers in a live auction; the managers will not know what each other's bids are, and highest bidder gets the player! Featuring RBY-SV PU!

—Syrinix on Jan 29, 2024 Permalink

[Gen 3] LC Ladder

To help players practice for the ongoing ADV LC Open, a [Gen 3] LC ladder is temporarily live! You can find it under the Unofficial Metagames category in the format list. Resources for the tier are also available! Why not give it a try?

—Syrinix on Jan 22, 2024 Permalink

Draft League’s Natdex Ubers I Player Signups

Sign up to play in Draft League’s Natdex Ubers I tournament! This tournament will take place in the [Gen 9] NatDex Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in pools followed by a single elimination bracket.

—Syrinix on Jan 20, 2024 Permalink

Random Battles Extension League Player & Manager Signups

Were you unable to participate in Random Battles Team Tournament? Don't worry, try your luck at the Random Battles Extension League, a tournament designed to help even more people play in a randbats team-tour setting and allow them to stand out in the competitive scene! Manager signups are open as well!

—Syrinix on Jan 15, 2024 Permalink

Game Corner’s GCPVP III and Smogon x NPA Signups

Game Corner is hosting GCPVP III, an event where players duke it out in a tournament featuring the room's games! Qualification cycles begin on January 15th, with 3 cycles where you have to place in the top 20. Prizes include a custom avatar and more! More information can be found on the event page.

Signups for Smogon x NPA, VGC's most prestigious team tour, are live! Sign up to compete and work with the best VGC players for a chance to win a custom avatar! Additionally, every single person who gets drafted receives two custom avatars as well!

—Syrinix on Jan 12, 2024 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XX

Signups for the twentieth edition of Smogon's largest OU Tournament, the Official Smogon Tournament, are now open! Face off against hundreds of players to be the one left standing in this single elimination tournament.

—Syrinix on Jan 12, 2024 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XX

—Syrinix on Jan 8, 2024 Permalink

1v1 Global Cup Signups, Draft Room, and Draft Winter Seasonal Signups

Start the new year off by signing up for 1v1 Global Cup, the first tournament of the 2024 1v1 circuit!

Are you a fan of Draft Leagues? Check out our brand new Draft room for Draft League discussion! Additionally, sign up for Draft Winter Seasonal, a major Draft SV tournament!

—Syrinix on Jan 5, 2024 Permalink

The Indigo Disk Official Giveaway

Join the Wi-Fi room on Saturday, December 30th from 4 PM GMT to celebrate the release of the Indigo Disk DLC with a special themed Giveaway! Don't miss your chance to win lots of shiny and battle-ready Pokemon!

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 29, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Premier League XV Signups

Player signups for the 15th edition of Smogon Premier League, the longest running team tournament on the site, are now open! 10 teams will draft from the signup pool to compete over the course of 11 weeks until only one team is left standing.

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 26, 2023 Permalink

Random Battle Team Tournament Signups & End of Year Community Day Contest!

Signups for RBTT VII are now open! In RBTT, 8 teams compete across random formats to see who will be crowned champions. All players receive a custom avatar, and winners receive a Smogon banner!

The Pokemon Go room is hosting a big end-of-year contest, celebrating all the Pokemon to have received Community Days this year! Find out more information on the event page, and try to win yourself your choice of a Custom Avatar, Name Reset, or Name Color Change!

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 22, 2023 Permalink

Battle Dome's Holidome

From the 16th to the 30th of December, Battle Dome is hosting its annual holiday event: Holidome! Join us to play an exciting combat RPG, with epic events in a beautiful winter-themed environment. You can play for fun, compete for a chance to have your own content added to the game, or even have an opportunity to join us as a room voice and game designer. Either way, there's something for everyone here! Check out this event page for more information.

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 18, 2023 Permalink

The Game Awards 2023

The Video Games room is hosting its annual Game Awards Predictions contest! Predict who you think will win each award and then join us in chat on December 7th at 7:30 PM EST to watch the show! And throughout the rest of the month, vote for your personal Games of The Year so we can find out The VG room's Game of the Year for 2023!

—nya~ ❤ on Dec 2, 2023 Permalink

Re: Replays

Hi, all! We have an update on the replays situation for you to read here. In short, we can recover all replays of ladder and tournament battles, and are doing our best to work on restoring challenges from after the 2020 backup was made. This will take some time, so we appreciate your patience and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

—nya~ ❤ on Dec 2, 2023 Permalink

Re: Replays

—mia on Dec 1, 2023 Permalink

Unofficial Metas Room & Ubers UU!

We now have a room for Unofficial Metagames! Come join in for discussions on UM tiers like 2v2, NFE, and the latest addition of Ubers UU, where lesser used Ubers Pokemon (and maybe even some lower tier threats) get to shine!

Additionally, Ubers UU is celebrating their addition to Unofficial Metagames with a kickoff tournament! Sign ups are now open!

—ironwater on Nov 27, 2023 Permalink

Lobby's Christmas Giveaway Event

From December 1st to 31st, Lobby will be hosting a variety of games and events, with Steam game giveaways thrown in for good measure! Everything from tournaments to trivia will earn you points, with the grand prize awarding your choice of a custom avatar, name color change, or the rights to an inactive username!

—nya~ ❤ on Nov 25, 2023 Permalink

PTPL V Signups

Player signups for the Portuguese Premier League, Portuguese's room team tournament, are now open! Sign up for a chance to duke it out across all of Smogon's core and official metagames and win a team Custom Avatar! Speaking Portuguese is not a requirement for playing!

—bri'ish loser on Nov 20, 2023 Permalink

We now support messaging offline users!

No longer will you need to wait for your friends to come online to talk to them! It's been requested for years, and after a lot of work, I've introduced offline messaging! Simply chat in the PM window like you normally would, and after a quick confirmation the message will be off, to be received by the target user when they log back in. For more information, see this post.

—mia on Nov 9, 2023 Permalink

OUPL VII Player Signups

Signups for OU Premier League VII are open!. OUPL is a tournament with 8 teams competing across SV, SS and SM OU!

—bri'ish loser on Nov 7, 2023 Permalink

Survivor Capture The Flag Tournament 2023

Survivor on PS! is hosting a 3-on-3 Capture The Flag Tournament! Find yourself a team of three, or join as a solo and let us find you a team. Compete for a team custom avatar - no skill or experience needed! Find more information here. Sign up by joining the Survivor room and PMing any of the staff!

—bri'ish loser on Nov 4, 2023 Permalink

1v1 World Cup VII

1v1 World Cup is a large, global team tournament with slots from SV to BW 1v1. Team up with others from your country or region to be crowned 1v1 Champions!

—bri'ish loser on Nov 4, 2023 Permalink

1v1 World Cup VII

1v1 World Cup is a large, global team tournament with slots from SV to BW 1v1. Team up with others from your country or region to be crowned 1v1 Champions!

—bri'ish loser on Oct 30, 2023 Permalink

SmORGon S23 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 23rd season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Treasure Town, today! Check out our signup form!

—bri'ish loser on Oct 19, 2023 Permalink

New Avatars!

Thanks to Kyledove & Horo, there are 30 new avatars available for use by everyone!

This link shows the newest batch uploaded, to use any of these avatars, or any of the other hidden avatars, simply type /avatar [avatar name] into any text box.

—bri'ish loser on Oct 16, 2023 Permalink

Teamballo III

Signups for Teamballo III are open! The third edition of the Italian room's team tournament will include ORAS-SV OU and SV Monotype, LC, and Ubers and a custom avatar prize for the winning team!

—bri'ish loser on Oct 10, 2023 Permalink

EiPP 8

Ever wonder what a Free-For-All battle with 40 Pokémon would look like? Everyone is Pokémon Pokémon (EiPP) is hosting its 8th battle, and looking for new players. EiPP is a massive Pokémon Free-For-All social game that takes place over Discord. Put your Pokémon and diplomacy skills to the test and see if you can be one of the last Pokémon standing to win the $50 prize.

—bri'ish loser on Oct 6, 2023 Permalink

Teams can now be stored server-side!

Gone are the days of losing all your teams when you clear your cookies! After many years of requests, and a lot of work, I've finally introduced server-side team storage! Type /teams in chat to access your stored teams, accompanied by a new button at the bottom of the teambuilder that lets you upload your current team to the server. Once it's uploaded, you'll be able to access it on any device that you're logged into. For more information, see this post.

—Mia on Oct 2, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Masters I Signups

Signups for the first edition of Smogon Masters, a swiss bracket tournament featuring ORAS OU, SM OU, and SWSH OU in a best of three series, are open until this Sunday

—bri'ish loser on Sep 22, 2023 Permalink

DCL I

Signups for the first ever edition of Draft Champions League are open! Sign up for your chance to play SV, SS, SM, ORAS, and VGC draft in a team tour environment for the first time on Smogon with a chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Sep 12, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Classic VII

The first signups for this year's edition of 1v1 Classic are live! Players will fight it out in multiple older generations of the 1v1 format, with the overall best players between all of the tiers earning the chance to compete in playoffs and earn the prestigious white trophy!

—bri'ish loser on Sep 4, 2023 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia Event III

Join the Sports room and put your sports knowledge to the test as we host a variety of trivia events from 11th - 13th September with the winner receiving £50 & a custom avatar, colour change or an inactive account. Full event details can be found in the event summary document.

—bri'ish loser on Sep 4, 2023 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia Event III

—bri'ish loser on Sep 1, 2023 Permalink

Gen 9 Random Battles Open & SmORGon BB Signups Are Open!

You have played it, you have loved it, you know all the sets and Teratypes already. The most popular ladder, PS' flagship format has its own individual tournament!
Sign up now to the Gen 9 Random Battles Open! Show you are the best among the best, while you win points for the Rands Slam Circuit!

Fan of Big Brother on TV? Not familiar with BB, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the inaugural season of our Pokémon-themed Big Brother today! Check out our signup form!

—bri'ish loser on Aug 28, 2023 Permalink

Español Premier League

Player signups are open for the Español Premier League Tournament! One of the biggest tournaments events hosted by the Hispanic community so far, demonstrate your competitive Pokemon skills in this team tournament.

—bri'ish loser on Aug 26, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Masters II

Signups for 1v1 Masters II, the last tournament of the 1v1 circuit, are up! The tournament will be double-elimination where seeding is determined by current circuit rankings. You have until August 27th to sign up!

—bri'ish loser on Aug 21, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Champions League III Player Signups

Player signups for the third edition of Smogon Champions League, the largest Current Generation team tournament on the site, are now open! 10 teams will draft from the signups to compete over the course of 11 weeks until only one team is left standing.

—bri'ish loser on Aug 16, 2023 Permalink

The Library Pre-Fall All & All

Couldn't win a custom avatar any easier - and it's fun too! Come join The Library for the Pre-Fall All & All, where you can bring pretty much basic knowledge to win a custom avatar and more! Staff have prepared events fun for everyone to participate in including tournaments, hangman events, trivia, a non-contest writing event, and more.

Starting Sunday, you can catch these events according to the Event Timetable on the event document, where you can also find out more about the events and prizes available!

—Kennedy on Aug 12, 2023 Permalink

Randbats Doubles Open III & VGC 2023 World Championships

Prepare for trouble, and make it double! With a brand new generation, Rands Slam III brings you a new challenge! Sign up now to the Randbats Doubles Open!

VGC's most prestigious tournament of the year, the invite-only World Championships, will be held in Yokohama, Japan from August 11-13. Thousands of dollars in prizing and the glory of becoming World Champion are at stake in an exciting weekend of in-person action from players across the globe. You can find more details on the official Pokemon website. Watch games live on Pokemon's Twitch

—Kennedy on Aug 12, 2023 Permalink

Randbats Doubles Open III & VGC 2023 World Championships

Prepare for trouble, and make it double! With a brand new generation, Rands Slam III brings you a new challenge! Sign up now to the Randbats Doubles Open!

—Kennedy on Aug 9, 2023 Permalink

World Cup of Randbats 2023 Player Signups & OMs of the Month

Player Signups for The World Cup of Randbats 2023 are now open! Teams will play across all singles Random Battles generations and the winning team will be awarded a custom avatar! Sign up now!

The OM of the month for July is 350 Cup, where all Pokemon with a BST of 350 or less gets their stats doubled. The Leader's Choice is Bonus Type, where any Pokemon can be given a third type!

—Kennedy on Aug 4, 2023 Permalink

EVO 2023

EVO 2023 is finally upon us, featuring games such as Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear: Strive, Tekken 7, and more. Come join the Video Games room in discussing and watching along the largest fighting game tournament of the year with us from August 4-6.

—Kennedy %◕‿‿◕% on Aug 1, 2023 Permalink

Smash Bros. Random Tour & World Cup of Randbats 2023 Captain Signups

The Smash room on PS! is hosting another random character tournament for Smash Ultimate on July 29th! Compete for a chance to win a custom avatar, a disabled name, or a namecolor change. Registration is free! Find rules, times, and registration here! :3

The World Cup of Randbats is back for its 2023 edition! Teams will play across all singles Random Battles generations and the winning team will be awarded a custom avatar. Sign up to be a captain here!

—nya~ ❤ on Jul 22, 2023 Permalink

Randbats DS Open & Classic Cup

What's better than one screen? Two! Relive the best of the DS generations in the Randbats DS Open, showcasing Gens 4, 5 & 6 of Random Battles!
Signups are open until Sunday 23rd, where you can win points for the Rands Slam circuit. Circuit Prizes include a custom avatar!

Signups for the RBY Cup, the final Cup of the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Kennedy ☭ on Jul 17, 2023 Permalink

RoAPL IX

Signups for the ninth edition of Ruins of Alph Premier League are open! Sign up for your chance to play the first six generations of OU in a team tournament setting for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Jul 14, 2023 Permalink

Monthly Ladders & SmORGon S22 Signups

The OM of the month for July is Force of the Fallen, where if a Pokemon faints, all other Pokemon that are still alive gain the fourth move of said fainted Pokemon as an extra move in their moveset. The Leader's Choice is Inheritance, where any Pokemon can "inherit" the moves and ability from another Pokemon.

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 22nd season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Mesagoza, today! Check out our signup form!

—Kennedy ☭ on Jul 7, 2023 Permalink

UGO & Smogon Classic IX - ADV Cup

Games abound! UGO is returning this year with even more chaos, lasting July 8th to July 30th. Compete for a custom avatar, custom color, Smogon title and more in this collaborative event involving all seven of the On-Site Game rooms! More info can be found in the UGO room, or over here!

Signups for the ADV Cup, the third of the five cups for the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Theia on Jul 3, 2023 Permalink

Monotype OMPL I & ZUPL V

Player Signups for Monotype OM Premier League I are open! The tournament will have six teams and will feature various OM formats with a Monotype twist!

Signups for ZUPL V are now open! Sign-up for a chance to get drafted, tiers from the newly established SV ZU down to DPP ZU are in, the winning team will receive a team custom avatar prize!

—Kennedy ☭ on Jul 1, 2023 Permalink

Hackmons Cup Open II & Smogon Classic IX - DPP Cup

Is Random Battles not random enough? Then the Hackmons Cup Open II is the tour for you! Display your skill in Pokémon's most chaotic format, and earn points for the Rands Slam Circuit to win prizes including a custom avatar! Signups open until July 2nd!

Signups for the DPP Cup, the second of the five cups for the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Theia on Jun 28, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Premier League VII & Pokeathlon Signups

Player Signups for 1v1 Premier League VII are up! The tournament will have eight teams and will feature SV through BW 1v1, with the winning team getting a Custom Avatar as a reward! Be sure to sign up to play in the year's most prestigious 1v1 tournament.

Do you have a group of friends that likes to play games together? If not, do you like games and want to meet others who do as well? Come sign up for Smogon's Pokéathlon, where teams of up to 8 compete in various minigames and competitions in an Olympics-style tournament!

—Kennedy ☭ on Jun 24, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Classic IX - BW Cup

Signups for the BW Cup, the first of the five cups for the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Theia on Jun 20, 2023 Permalink

Pokémon Games BDSP Community Playthrough + Egglocke

The Pokémon Games room is hosting their annual Summer Community Playthrough Egglocke Challenge, this time for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl! Every hatchable Pokémon in the Sinnoh National Dex has been bred with unique traits such as Egg Moves and Hidden Abilities, all to help you have your most memorable Pokémon playthrough yet! The Egglocke is not mandatory for participation in the Community Playthrough, so feel free to play your own way, too! Make sure to apply for the Egglocke if you are interested in participating!

—nya~ ❤ on Jun 19, 2023 Permalink

RCoP 2023 and AGPL V

Signups for the main stage of the Retro Cup of Pokemon 2023 are open! Sign up to play your favorite past OUs and represent your country, with a chance to win a custom avatar!

Sign up for the fifth edition of Anything Goes Premier League to play every generation of Anything Goes in a team tour environment for the chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Jun 12, 2023 Permalink

MPL IX

Signups for the ninth edition of Monotype Premier League are open! Sign up to play the most popular generations of Monotype in a team tour environment for the chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Jun 10, 2023 Permalink

OSDT III

Signups for the third edition of the Official Smogon Doubles Tournament are now open! Compete the site's largest DOU tournament, hosted in the swiss format.

—Theia on Jun 7, 2023 Permalink

Rands Slam III - Gen 7 Random Battle Open

Signups for the second edition of the Gen 7 Random Battle Open are now underway! Show off your skills with Mega Evolution and Z-moves for points in the Rands Slam III, reach the circuit playoffs where the top 32 will compete for a custom avatar!

—Kennedy ☭ on Jun 6, 2023 Permalink

UPL XI and RCoP 2023

Signups for the eleventh edition of Ubers Premier League are open! Sign up for your chance to play every generation of Ubers to date in a team tour environment and win a custom avatar prize!

Qualifier signups for the Retro Cup of Pokémon 2023 are now open! Sign up here for a chance to represent your country in the best the older generations have to offer! And for the main stage teams: stay tuned for the main stage signups, opening next week!

—Theia on May 30, 2023 Permalink

BDSPPL II

Signups for the second edition of BDSP Premier League are now open! Sign up to play some of your favorite BDSP tiers in a team tournament environment!

—Theia on May 26, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - Ubers and PU Opens

Signups for the final two Opens of the twelfth Smogon Grand Slam have begun, with both the PU Open and Ubers Open signups available now! Players compete in the 6 different Opens to earn qualification points towards the Grand Slam Playoffs. See the Grand Slam Introduction thread for more information.

—Theia on May 8, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - NU Open

Signups for the NeverUsed Open, part of the twelfth Smogon Grand Slam, are available now! Players compete in the 6 different Opens to earn qualification points towards the Grand Slam Playoffs. See the Grand Slam Introduction thread for more information.

—Theia on May 2, 2023 Permalink

Pets & Animals Room Grand Opening Festival

The Pets & Animals Room is going public and hosting its Grand Opening Festival to celebrate! This includes a photography contest along with other mini-events. Participate for a chance at winning a custom avatar, custom color, a custom username, and other prizes - you can check out this document for more information!

—Theia on Apr 28, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - RU Open, Rands Slam III, and WCOP 2023 Qualifying Signups

Signups for the RarelyUsed Open, part of the twelfth Smogon Grand Slam, are available now! Players compete in the 6 different Opens to earn qualification points towards the Grand Slam Playoffs. See the Grand Slam Introduction thread for more information.

Player signups for qualifying teams in the World Cup of Pokemon 2023 are now open! The 17 qualifying teams will compete to enter the main stage of WCOP starting next week.

Part of the Rands Slam, Multi Factory Open is a bo3 single elimination tournament where players can showcase their skills in gen6, gen7, and gen8 Battle Factory and BSSF formats. Check out the OP for more info!
Multi Factory Open! Rands Slam III!

—Theia on Apr 25, 2023 Permalink

Los Juegos Del Azar II & VGC Premier League III

Player signups, for the second iteration of Los Juegos Del Azar, Spanish and Eventos room biggest team tournament, are open! Sign up for a chance to prove your strenght in Challenge Cup as you compete for a Team Custom Avatar, sign ups close on Wednesday 26th.

Another year, another edition of VGC Premier League. If you think you have what it takes to win and earn a team custom avatar, player signups are open until April 28th!

—Kennedy on Apr 22, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - UU and LC Open

The twelfth Smogon Grand Slam has begun, with signups for the UnderUsed and Little Cup Opens available now! Players compete in the 6 different Opens to earn qualification points towards the Grand Slam Playoffs. See the Grand Slam Introduction thread for more information.

—Theia on Apr 18, 2023 Permalink

SSPL I

Signups for the first and inaugural edition of the SS Premier League are now open, featuring all the best tiers Sword and Shield have to offer and a custom avatar prize for the winning team! Here you can find out more and sign up!

—Theia on Apr 14, 2023 Permalink

BLT X Final Cycle

The last round of qualifiers for BLT X, the Tournaments room's annual team tournament, has begun! Play in room tournaments through April 16th for your chance to qualify!. A prize pool of a team custom avatar and 2000 dollars is available for the winning team! Check out the commencement thread for more information about how to qualify.

—Theia on Apr 7, 2023 Permalink

April's Monthly Ladders + Randbats Gameboy Classic Open

Meow Cup may be gone, but there's still two limited edition OMs to ladder. Pokébilities, the OM of the Month, lets Pokémon use all of their abilities at once, and Cross Evolution, this month's Leader's Choice lets Pokémon take the stat buffs, typing and abilities of a different Pokémon's evolution.

If you don't like OMs, that's cool too! BW UU is Ruins of Alph's Rotational Ladder, RBY Tradebacks OU is the community choice ladder, and ORAS RU is the RoA staff choice ladder. Enjoy!

The Random Battles individual circuit is back with Rands Slam III! Come compete in the Randbats Gameboy Classic Open and prove your skills in Gens 1-3 of Random Battle. Points earned in this tour will help you qualify for the Slam III playoffs, and the final prize: a custom avatar!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Apr 3, 2023 Permalink

BDSP LC and PU Opens & OU Room Live Tours

Sign up for the BDSP PU and LC Opens, the last two tours of the BDSP Grand Slam! As a reminder, the three best performances will count for points, so do your best to get to the playoffs!

The OverUsed room is hosting the 2023 edition of OU Room Live Tours. Play in scheduled Gen 9 OU roomtours to earn points and compete for a custom avatar.

—Kennedy☭ on Apr 1, 2023 Permalink

New login server

Hi, we've rewritten our login server, which will make it easier to add more features in the future. For now, this won't affect most regular users, but be on the lookout for bugs with it – specifically in logging in/out, and uploading replays. If you find a bug, go to the Help room to begin the process of getting it fixed. Thanks!

—Kennedy ☭ on Mar 27, 2023 Permalink

New login server

—Zarel on Mar 26, 2023 Permalink

Wi-Fight! The Paldean Competition & 1v1 Majors III

Wi-Fight when you can work together to reach the top? Join the Wi-Fi room this April and enter Wi-Fight! The Paldean Competition for a chance to win a Team Custom Avatar!! Find out more about the event here, or ask about it in the room! Sign-ups close on March 29th at midnight EST.

Signups for 1v1 Majors III are up! The tournament will feature two pool stages followed by a single elimination playoff bracket. Be sure to sign up before Sunday, March 26th to have a shot at taking down the pool bosses!

—Kennedy ☭ on Mar 24, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Tour 35

The 35th edition of Smogon's only live tournament is back again, now with 4 tournaments per week, starting on Fridays at 8PM EDT! To learn more about Smogon Tour - including the tournament times and where you play your games - check out the tournament introduction thread.

—Kennedy ☭ on Mar 24, 2023 Permalink

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idk how to delete this and i duplicated something lol, oops
-Kennedy (very good admin)

—Theia on Mar 21, 2023 Permalink

BLT X

Qualifications for BLT X, the Tournaments room's annual team tournament, have begun! Play in room tournaments over two cycles to qualify for your chance to be drafted. A prize pool of a team custom avatar and /$2000 is available for the winning team! Check out the commencement thread for more information about how to qualify.

—Theia on Mar 21, 2023 Permalink

SmORGon S21 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 21st season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Tagtree Thicket, today! Check out our signup form!

—Theia on Mar 3, 2023 Permalink

Draft League ORAS Cup

Signups for the first tournament of Draft Classic, the ORAS Cup are now open! Sign up and compete to earn points towards the Draft Classic Playoffs!

—Theia on Mar 1, 2023 Permalink

Arts & Culture Contest + PG Movie Marathon!

Arts & Culture is once again collaborating with Smeargle's Studio to bring you a new iteration of our Background Pokemon Challenge! Enter for a chance to win a custom avatar, an Amazon gift card, and more! All relevant information can be found here!

The Pokémon Games room is hosting a movie marathon to celebrate the end of Ash Ketchum's journey to become a Pokémon Master. Join them on February 26th to enjoy three of Ash's greatest adventures, including The First Movie!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Feb 24, 2023 Permalink

Monotype ORAS + BW Cups

Signups for the Monotype ORAS Cup and Monotype BW Cup are open! These are two of five cups that count towards the overall Monotype Cup. Sign up to earn points towards competing for a \$500 prize pool!

—Theia on Feb 21, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Charity Bowl IV

Smogon is hosting its fourth Charity Bowl, a SV OU live tournament to raise funds for humanitarian aid for those affected by the recent earthquake in Syria and Turkey through the Syrian American Medical Society on Sunday, February 19th at 12 PM EST. Join us on the SmogonU Twitch channel and the SmogTours Server as we play to raise money for a good cause!

—Theia on Feb 18, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Old Gens Premier League

Player Signups for the first edition of the 1v1 Old Gens Premier League are up! This edition will have six teams and eight playable slots. The deadline to sign up is Friday, February 24th, so be sure to sign up by then to have a shot at playing!

—Theia on Feb 18, 2023 Permalink

Monotype SS + SM Cup and BDSP OU Winter Seasonal

Signups for the Monotype SS Cup and Monotype SM Cup are open! These are two of five cups that count towards the overall Monotype Cup. Sign up to earn points towards competing for a \$500 prize pool!

The BDSP Circuit is back! Sign up for the BDSP OU Winter Seasonal, one of the most important tournaments for the circuit, even with a cash prize for the winner!

—Theia on Feb 14, 2023 Permalink

February's Monthly Ladders

Try out our limited edition OMs of the month. Convergence is the OM of the Month. It allows all Pokémon that have identical types to share moves and abilities. Camomons is the OM Leader’s Choice, allowing Pokémon to have their types set to match their first two moves.

As with all other months, if OMs aren’t your taste or you prefer older generations, Ruins of Alph has you covered! ADV UU was chosen as their Rotational Ladder, BW RU was chosen by the Ruins of Alph community, and DPP NU has been picked by the Ruins of Alph staff. Enjoy!

—Theia on Feb 11, 2023 Permalink

Monotype SV Cup

Signups for the SV Monotype Cup are open! This is one of five cups that counts towards the overall Monotype Cup. Sign up to earn points towards competing for a \$350 prize pool!

—Theia on Feb 7, 2023 Permalink

Lunar New Year Celebration Festival

From Jan 23th to Feb 5th, many Pokémon Showdown rooms will host games & tournaments related to the Lunar New Year! Gather points to have a chance of winning a custom avatar, a color change, or an inactive name. Make sure to read the rules and keep an eye on the event schedule!

—Theia on Jan 20, 2023 Permalink

AG Snake III and 2v2 Doubles Pool League II

Signups for AG Snake III, the first AG team tournament of the generation, are open! Sign up to play in multiple generations of Anything Goes!

Player Signups for 2v2 Doubles Pool League II are underway with a 170$ prize pool! Join the 2v2 community in the fast paced doubles metagame spanning generations 5-9! Join the 2v2 room and discord for more information.

—Theia on Jan 17, 2023 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XIX

Signups for the nineteenth edition of Smogon's largest OU Tournament, the Official Smogon Tournament, are now open! Hundreds of players will sign up, but only one will manage to win this single elimination tournament.

—Theia on Jan 14, 2023 Permalink

ZU Olympiad I

ZU is hosting a team tournament focused on oldgens! From Croconaw and Magby to Rotom and Articuno, experience the lowest tier through the years in the ZU Olympiad, signups open now.

—Theia on Jan 10, 2023 Permalink

Randbats Team Tour Signups

Signups are now open for Random Battles Team Tournament VI! Starting January 16th, 8 teams will compete in an array of randomized metas for fun, glory, and the chance to win a team custom avatar!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Jan 6, 2023 Permalink

January's Monthly Ladders

Hello reader! Happy New Year! Showdown has pieced together several limited edition formats for you to play on ladder this month. Firstly, Other Metas has provided VoltTurn Mayhem as the OM of the Month and Partners in Crime as OM Leader’s Choice. These are both Generation 9 OMs that really put your creativity to the test. Click on either of the metagame names to discover what they are.

If OMs aren’t your taste or you prefer older generations, Ruins of Alph has you covered! GSC UU was chosen as their Rotational Ladder, DPP ZU was chosen by the Ruins of Alph community, and ORAS LC has been picked by the Ruins of Alph staff. There’s no better time to try out something new than the new year’s season. Enjoy yourself!

—Theia on Jan 3, 2023 Permalink

Pokémon Games Treasure Hunt Contest

The Pokémon Games room is hosting the Treasure Hunt, an art and writing contest inspired by the following prompt: What do you treasure most about Pokémon? Prizes for the contest include a name color change, custom avatar and Paldean Pokémon usernames! The room is also hosting their Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Community Playthrough and Shiny Fest events, so be sure to check them out!

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 30, 2022 Permalink

Wi-Fi Room Giveaway

Join the Wi-Fi room on December 30th for the first ever SV Official Giveaway, featuring shiny and/or perfect Pokémon! The room will also be hosting their Monthly Monotype Tournament during that same week!

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 30, 2022 Permalink

Wi-Fi Room Giveaway

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 26, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Premier League XIV Signups

Player signups for the fourteenth edition of Smogon Premier League, the longest running team tournament on the site, are now open! 10 teams will draft from the signup pool to compete over the course of 11 weeks until only one team is left standing.

—Alex on Dec 19, 2022 Permalink

K-Pop Room's Debut

Join the K-Pop room debut! 안녕하세요! We will be celebrating the debut of the PS! K-Pop room in our opening events happening from December 12th to December 18th! Show off your K-Pop knowledge and stand to win a special Pokémon username on PS!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Dec 13, 2022 Permalink

VGC Winter League

Smogon VGC Winter League is one of the first major VGC team tournaments of Generation 9 and player signups are now open. The winning team will earn a custom avatar prize! Sign up here and compete with some of the best!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Dec 13, 2022 Permalink

K-Pop Room’s Debut

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 12, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Draft Kickoff Tournament

—Theia on Dec 7, 2022 Permalink

December's Monthly Ladders

Gen 9 has emerged and there are new monthly ladders available! Other Metas shared its power for you to play at full potential! Shared Power is our first OMotM of the generation and Full Potential is our first Generation 9 Leader’s Choice of the Month!

Not looking forward to Gen 9? If you want to try out previous generations, Ruins of Alph has you covered! Gen 7 Ubers, Gen 1 UU, and Gen 6 Doubles OU have been chosen as RoA ladders!

—Theia on Dec 5, 2022 Permalink

Game Awards Prediction Contest

The Video Games room is hosting its annual Game Awards Predictions contest! Predict who you think will win each award and then join us in chat on December 8th at 7:30 PM EST to watch the show! And throughout the rest of the month, vote for your personal Games of The Year so we can find out The VG room's Game of the Year for 2022!

—Theia on Dec 2, 2022 Permalink

Teamballo II

The Teamballo, the italiano room's team tournament is back in business to give you a first taste of what Scarlet and Violet have to offer! Sign up here: there's a sweet team custom avatar on the line too!

—Theia on Nov 22, 2022 Permalink

The 2022 World Cup in the Sports room

Everyone is welcome to join the sports room to enjoy the highs and lows of the World Cup the way it should be enjoyed (with a load of strangers on a pokemon sim)!

You can also fill out our predictions form, and join our fantasy league and our predictions league before the world cup kicks off on Sunday! The winner of the fantasy league will be rewarded with a custom avatar, name reset or colour change whilst the winner of the predictions league will be awarded roomprizewinner (^).

—Kennedy❆ on Nov 15, 2022 Permalink

November's Monthly Ladders

As Generation 8 draws to a close, the OM Leaders have decided to throw all of Sword and Shield to the players. Pure Hackmons is the final Leader Choice of the generation. This is a chaotic metagame that features the exclusive Eternatus-Eternamax and the devastating Neutralizing Gas; both aspects of the game that rival Gen 1 Mewtwo's dominance. An additional OM ladder will be chosen upon the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet so stay tuned!

If you’re looking to see what other generations have to offer instead, Ruins of Alph has made three more ladders featured for the month. Gen 6 Ubers was selected as the Rotational Ladder, Gen 3 Doubles OU has been chosen by the RoA community, and Gen 3 UU has been chosen by the RoA staff. Have fun!

—Theia on Nov 8, 2022 Permalink

PU World Cup III

Signups for the third edition of PU World Cup are open! Sign up for the chance to represent your region in several generations of PU for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Oct 31, 2022 Permalink

Wi-Fi Room Goodbye Galar Gala Official Giveaway

Join the Wi-Fi room and bring your Nintendo Switch on Saturday, October 29th starting 8AM EDT to take part in the our very last Sword & Shield Official Giveaway! This Giveaway will last for 16 hours and feature 55 different mons, all either shiny or flawless (often both!). You won't want to miss it!

—Theia on Oct 28, 2022 Permalink

Unofficial Metas Premier League II

—Theia on Oct 25, 2022 Permalink

TCG Room Pokémon TCG Online/Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Tournaments

The TCG & Tabletop room is holding their first TCG tournament night! Come play in either the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online or the Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel tournament, with two booster boxes worth of TCGO packs on the line! And while you're there, check out the Community Binder or even submit your own collection to it!

—Theia on Oct 18, 2022 Permalink

SmORGon S20 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 20th season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Cobalt Coastlands, today! Check out our signup form!

—Theia on Oct 14, 2022 Permalink

October's Monthly Ladders

October’s monthly ladders come with all sorts of tricky surprises to serve as treats. The OMotM is Revelationmons, a format where a Pokemon’s move in the first slot dresses up to have the user’s primary typing and if the Pokemon has a secondary typing, the move in the second slot dresses up to have the user’s secondary typing. The OM Leader’s Choice is Tag Team Singles, a bring-4-pick-2 metagame where the Pokemon take turns trick-or-treating (or engaging in battle). OM Leadership hopes you all enjoy these formats.

Ruins of Alph has also made a couple of changes to its monthly ladders. The old and established Gen 5 Ubers tier is back in action as the Rotational Ladder, Gen 7 PU has been chosen as the Community Pick, and Gen 2 UUBL is a unique choice given by the Ruins of Alph staff! Enjoy!

—Theia on Oct 4, 2022 Permalink

Pokémon Games Scarlet and Violet Hype Event and Ubers World Cup

In celebration of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet releasing soon, the Pokémon Games room is hosting a week-long event filled with fun games from October 5th to the 9th! Join our room to participate for a chance to win some cool prizes which include a custom avatar, Amazon gift cards, Discord Nitro, and more! More details and information can be found on the event page.

Sign ups for the second edition of Ubers World Cup are open! Sign up to fight for your country in several generations of the Ubers metagame!

—Theia on Sep 30, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Tour 34

Smogon Tour 34 begins this weekend! Compete in live tours every Saturday and Sunday in the three most recent generations of OU, with three tours every week. Check the main Smogon Tour 34 post for details on dates and times.

—Theia on Sep 16, 2022 Permalink

1v1 Classic, OURLT II, and Portuguese Premier League IV

The OverUsed room is hosting the second cycle of its main Live Tournament! Join our tri-weekly SS OU tournaments during our first 4-weeks period for a chance to reach playoffs and win a custom avatar! The tournaments take place on Wednesday 3pm, Saturday 10pm and Sunday 10am all GMT-4. More details and information can be found here.

Player Signups for PTPL IV, Portuguese room's biggest team tournament, are open! Sign in to get a chance to duke it out and prove your strenght as you compete for prizes, including a Team Custom Avatar!

—Theia on Sep 13, 2022 Permalink

Battle Stadium Premier League VII

Sign up to play in Battle Stadium Premier League VII! This year's winner of Battle Stadium's team tournament will receive a team custom avatar!

—Theia on Sep 9, 2022 Permalink

September's Monthly Ladders

Whether you like to test your cognition or are just getting your mind ready for back to school, Other Metas has released two complicated brain games for you this month. Partners in Crime is our OM of the Month, and Chimera 1v1 was chosen as OM Leaders’ Choice.

Want to play the normal game instead? RoA has provided three standardized choices for you this month. Gen 4 Ubers is the Spotlight Rotational Ladder, Gen 4 LC is RoA’s Community Choice Ladder, and Nintendo Cup 1997 was chosen as the RoA Staff Pick! Enjoy your September!

—Theia on Sep 6, 2022 Permalink

Random Battles Monthly Spotlight Ladder

Your favorite forgotten Random Battle formats are finally getting the love they deserve! Every month, users will choose a new monthly spotlight, and the Random Battles room will host room tours and other projects dedicated to the spotlit format. Voting for the inaugural spotlight is now open!

—Theia on Aug 27, 2022 Permalink

Gen 6 Random Battle Open and National Dex Premier League III

Every circuit ends with a blast, and Rands Slam II is not the exception! Sign ups are here for the Gen 6 Random Battles Open, come and show your mastery on the OG fairy gen arena!

Signups for the third edition of National Dex Premier League are open! Sign up now to play your favorite National Dex tiers in a team tournament environment for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Aug 23, 2022 Permalink

VGC 2022 World Championships

VGC's most prestigious tournament of the year, the invite-only World Championships, will be held in London from August 18-21. Thousands of dollars in prizing and the glory of becoming World Champion are at stake in an exciting weekend of in-person action from players across the globe. You can find more details on the official Pokemon website. Catch the action live on Pokemon's Twitch.

—Theia on Aug 17, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Champions League II Player Signups

Player signups for the second edition of Smogon Champions League, the largest Current Generation team tournament on the site, are now open! 10 teams will draft from the signups to compete over the course of 11 weeks until only one team is left standing.

—Nol on Aug 16, 2022 Permalink

Pokemon Games 25th Community Playthrough

The Pokémon Games room is holding their 25th Community Playthrough starting on August 29th. The games this time around are Sword and Shield, and to celebrate the milestone, the staff team have bred 500 Eggs to give out for an optional Egglocke challenge! Make sure to apply for the Egglocke if you are interested in participating!

—Nol on Aug 12, 2022 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia II and 2022/2023 Football Season Predictions!

Between the August 12th-14th, the Sports room will be hosting a variety of trivia events for a chance to win a custom avatar, colour change or an inactive account. More info can be found in this document.

Put your football knowledge to the test with our predictions form for the upcoming football season! Which transfer will be the biggest flop? Who will win the Champions League?? (Bonus points if you predict Liverpool to win it all)

—Nol on Aug 5, 2022 Permalink

Tours Plaza Premier IV and New Avatars!

Sign up now for the fourth edition of Tours Plaza Premier to play custom metas in a team tour environment and a chance at winning \$100!

Pokemon Showdown now has over 50 new avatars based on costumes from Pokemon Masters EX, courtesy of KyleDove, Brumirage, and Grapo!

—Nol on Jul 29, 2022 Permalink

Official Ladder Tournament IX

Laddering cycles for the ninth Official Ladder Tournament start soon, with cycle 1 beginning on July 27th! Check out the introduction thread for more details on Smogon's biggest ladder tournament.

—Nol on Jul 25, 2022 Permalink

Randbats Doubles Open

Prepare for trouble, and make it double! One of the most important Opens of Rands Slam II is here! Sign up now for the Randbats Doubles Open!

—Nol on Jul 22, 2022 Permalink

RBY Cup VIII, NFEPL VI, Anything Goes Summer Seasonal, and BWPL II

Signups for the RBY Cup, the final cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, are now open! Sign up for the last cup that awards points towards qualifying for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

The Anything Goes Summer Seasonal is now live! Sign up to earn points towards Anything Goes' first ever ribbon!

Signup for BWPL II and play in all kinds of BW tiers for your chance at a custom avatar!

—Nol on Jul 19, 2022 Permalink

World Cup of Randbats and Jump! Magikarp! Competition

The first-ever World Cup of Randbats is here Signups are still open, and a separate thread for submitting as a manager is now open as well. Come play in every generation of Random Battles for your country or region's fame and glory!

Battle Stadium’s newest competition is 2v2 Doubles where one Pokémon has to be Magikarp. Discuss it in the thread or in the Battle Stadium room.

—Nol on Jul 15, 2022 Permalink

GSC Cup VIII

Signups for the fourth cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, the GSC Cup, are now open! Sign up for one of the last chances to earn points towards qualifying for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Nol on Jul 12, 2022 Permalink

July's Monthly Ladders

Check out what July 2022 has in store for ladders! Broken Record is OM of the Month and Inheritance is OM’s Leader’s Choice! In addition, GSC Ubers is RoA’s Rotational Ladder, Gen 3 1v1 is RoA’s Community Choice Ladder, and Gen 1 Stadium OU is RoA’s Staff Choice Ladder. Each of these formats are currently playable online. Have fun!

—Nol on Jul 8, 2022 Permalink

ADV Cup VIII and Multi Factory Open

Signups for the ADV Cup, third cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

Signups for the Multi Factory Open are live! Test your skills in five different factory formats for a chance to earn points towards Rands Slam II!

—Nol on Jul 5, 2022 Permalink

Ubers Suspect Test and PU Suspect Test

Ubers is suspect testing Calyrex-Shadow. Obtain a minimum of 80 GXE in at least 50 games to qualify for voting. A fresh alt including the prefix UBCS is required and the suspect test will run until July 13th.

PU is suspect testing Araquanid. Obtain a minimum of 79 GXE in at least 50 games to qualify for voting. A fresh alt including the prefix PUAS is required and the suspect test will run until July 17th.

—Nol on Jul 2, 2022 Permalink

DPP Cup VIII, ZU Premier League IV, and 2v2 Premier League III

Signups for the second cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, the DPP Cup, are now open! You can points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

Signups for the fourth edition of the ZU Premier League are now up! Six teams will test their might with these forgotten Pokémon for a chance at winning a custom avatar and the glory of the Pokémon world's underdogs!

Player Signups for 2v2 Doubles Premier League III are underway! Join the 2v2 community in the fast paced doubles metagame spanning generations 5-8! Join the 2v2 room and discord for more information.

—Nol on Jun 28, 2022 Permalink

CAP Premier League VIII and Mafia Forum Summer Circuit

Player signups are now open for CAP Premier League VIII! Join the CAP community's largest team tour for the chance to win a custom avatar.

Mafia's Forum Summer Circuit has returned for the fourth time! The Mafia room will be hosting four forum games, a free-for-all and a Survivor between now and September. Join us for your choice of a custom avatar, custom color or a high priority username.

—Nol on Jun 24, 2022 Permalink

BW Cup VIII

Signups for the BW Cup, the first of the five cups for the 8th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Nol on Jun 21, 2022 Permalink

National Dex Monotype Premier League II and PU Premier League VIII

Signups for the second edition of National Dex Monotype Premier League are open! Sign up to play your favorite National Dex Monotype metas!

The eighth iteration of PU Premier League is under way! Sign up to play multiple generations of PU for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Nol on Jun 17, 2022 Permalink

BDSP Random Battles Open I

Shining as pearls, on a style as brilliant as diamonds, the BDSP Random Battles Open starts accepting sign ups! Don't miss the chance to be Sinnoh's very best and win points for Rands Slam II!

—Nol on Jun 14, 2022 Permalink

Little Cup Premier League XI and June's Monthly Ladders

Signups for the eleventh edition of Little Cup Premier League are open! Sign up to play multiple generations of the Little Cup metagame for your chance to win a custom avatar!

Gen 8’s last summer season kicks off with some old favorites from OM! Like Smogon tiers? Try out Tier Shift, our OM of the Month community choice! Maybe you want to try a flipped type chart instead, where Fire beats Water. If this is your case, OM’s Leader’s Choice has you covered with Inverse!

Want old gens instead? Luckily for you, RoA has provided three ladder choices to offer! Gen 7 UU and Gen 1 Ubers are their Rotational ladder picks of the month while ORAS ZU is their Community Choice ladder. These three are standard tiers that hold a different roster for you to use in each. These formats are up and waiting. Are you in?

—Nol on Jun 10, 2022 Permalink

Official Smogon Doubles Tournament II

Signups for the second edition of the Official Smogon Doubles Tournament are now open! Enter the site's largest DOU tournament, this year in a swiss format.

—Nol on Jun 7, 2022 Permalink

SmORGon S19 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 19th season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Desert Resort, today! Check out our signup form!

—Nol on Jun 3, 2022 Permalink

Anything Goes Premier League IV

Sign up for the fourth edition of Anything Goes Premier League to play every generation of the Anything Goes meta so far in a team tournament for the chance to win a custom avatar!

—Nol on May 31, 2022 Permalink

Gen 8 Random Battles Open and 1v1 World Cup VI Signups

The biggest Random Battles tournament is here! Sign up for the Gen 8 Random Battles Open now!

Signups for this year's edition of 1v1 World Cup are live! 8 teams will compete based on global region in multiple generations of 1v1 to determine the winner!

—Nol on May 24, 2022 Permalink

Ultimate Gaming Olympics

UGO is back! That's right; between May 21st and June 13th, participate in ANY of our seven On-Site Gaming rooms during this massive crossover event for a chance to win a Custom Avatar, Smogon Title, and more. Find out more in this thread. Hope to see you there!

—Nol on May 20, 2022 Permalink

Backstory Competition and Explorers of Wit

The Library and Dungeons & Dragons are bringing back their Backstory Competition and Explorers of Wit Games! The event will run through May 24th, but see the doc for more information!

—Nol on May 17, 2022 Permalink

May's Monthly Ladders

Check out the crazy new OM ladders we have up for May! Crazyhouse has been chosen as OM of the Month and Pokébilities AAA is OM Leader's Choice.

Changes in RoA ladders have also been featured! Try out the Rotational Gen 6 UU ladder, the Gen 4 Anything Goes Community Pick, and the Gen 7 RU RoA Staff Pick!

Have fun laddering!

—Nol on May 14, 2022 Permalink

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1v1 Tournament and Monotype Premiere League

The Smash Room on PS! is hosting another 1v1 tournament for Smash Ultimate! Compete for a chance to win a custom avatar, a disabled name, or a namecolor change. Other prizes include a $25 Amazon gift card and a one month subscription for Discord Nitro. Rules and registration can be found here.

Signups are live for the eighth annual Monotype Premier League! Featuring the best Monotype Players from Black/White to Sword/Shield, sign up to compete with the best of the best for a chance for a custom avatar! Signups are open until May 21st!

—Nol on May 10, 2022 Permalink

Ubers Premiere League X

Signups are live for the tenth annual Ubers Premier League, an all-Ubers team tournament where managers draft players to compete in battle for Pokemon supremacy! This is our flagship tournament where you play with the strongest Pokemon of every generation, from Red & Blue to Sword & Shield! Signups are open until May 14th!

—Nol on May 6, 2022 Permalink

Hackmons Cup Open

What can be better than randomized Hackmons? A tournament where you can play it among the best wacky-fun sets players, a Hackmons Cup Open! Sign up this week for this tournament that also gives points for Rands Slam II!

—Nol on May 3, 2022 Permalink

WCOP 2022 Qualifying Signups

Player signups for qualifying teams in the World Cup of Pokemon 2022 are now open! Qualifying teams will compete to enter the main stage of WCOP starting next week.

—Nol on Apr 26, 2022 Permalink

Gen 7 Random Battles Open and THP Easter Event

Don't miss the chance to sign up for the Gen 7 Random Battles Open, a new installment of the Rands Slam II circuit!

Springtime is upon us, and The Happy Place plans on celebrating it to the fullest extent! Join our room everyday between April 15th and 17th to participate in our Easter Event!

—Nol on Apr 12, 2022 Permalink

Petstravaganza

The Pets Room is hosting its first-ever PETSTRAVAGANZA! This includes a
user-judged pet photo competition open to all pet lovers, along with other pet themed events! More details and info can be found here!

—Nol on Apr 8, 2022 Permalink

April's Monthly Ladders

April’s monthly ladders feature some returning OM ladders to check out! Sketchmons is OM of the Month and Flipped is OM Leader's Choice.

As with all other months, more changes in RoA ladders have also been featured! Feel free to try out the Rotational Gen 5 UU ladder, the Gen 5 NU Community Pick, and the Gen 6 PU RoA Staff Pick!

All of these formats are currently available to play. Have fun!

—Nol on Apr 5, 2022 Permalink

RoAPL VIII

Signups for the eighth edition of RoAPL are open! Sign up to compete in RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP, and BW OU in this classic team tournament for a chance at a custom avatar!

—Nol on Mar 29, 2022 Permalink

Rands Slam II and Randbats Classic Open signups

The yearly Random Battles Circuit, the Rands Slam II has started! Compete in 8 Opens throughout 2022 for a chance to get into playoffs and win a Smogon banner, along other prizes.
The Randbats Classic Open has already opened signups until Sunday 27th! Play in best-of-five matches across Generations 1-5 to show who's the best on the boomer formats!

—Nol on Mar 25, 2022 Permalink

OMPL X and TV Films Oscars Prediction Contest

Player signups for the tenth edition of the OM Premier League are live! This year the tournament will be even MORE prestigious, featuring the 8 EPIC OM ladder metagames: Almost Any Ability, Balanced Hackmons, Mix and Mega, NFE, STABmons, Godly Gift, 2v2 Doubles, and Anything Goes! Additionally, the winning team will receive a team custom avatar!

The TV & Films room is celebrating this year's Oscars with another prediction contest for various room prizes. Submit your predictions here before the Academy Awards ceremony on March 27th at 8 p.m. EST and join the room for contest results and more red carpet speculation!

—Nol on Mar 22, 2022 Permalink

BLT IX and Smogon Tour 33

Qualifications for the ninth iteration of the Tournaments room's annual team tournament are about to begin! The prize pool of BLT IX consists out of a custom avatar and a whopping \$2000 for the winning team. More information can be found here.

Smogon Tour 33 is underway and we want you to participate in Smogon's best tournament featuring SS OU, SM OU, and ORAS OU! This season we have a total prize pool of over \$500 for the best performers. Check it out here!

—Nol on Mar 18, 2022 Permalink

Pokemon Background Challenge + ADV PL II

The Arts & Culture room is collaborating with Smogon's Smeargle's Studio to bring you a competitive event dedicated to creating your favorite Pokémon locations! The highest-scoring entrants will be eligible to receive valuable prizes, such as a Custom Avatar, a disabled username, or a free namecolor change! Signups and more details can be found here.

—Nol on Mar 15, 2022 Permalink

Japanese Room, March's Monthly Ladders, and SMPL

The Japanese room is public again, welcoming all Japanese speakers! 日本語チャットがpublicになって帰ってきました！様々な企画を予定しているので、日本語を話せる方は是非参加してください！

Don’t miss your opportunity to play March’s monthly ladders! Shared Power is the OM of the Month and Cross Evolution is the OM Leaders’ Choice! In addition, Gen 4 UU is RoA’s Rotational Ladder, Gen 7 LC is RoA’s Community Choice, and Gen 5 PU is RoA’s Staff Pick! These ladders will remain on Pokémon Showdown until April. Enjoy!

—Nol on Mar 11, 2022 Permalink

OU Live Tournament

The OverUsed room is hosting its yearly Live Tournament! Join our bi-weekly SS OU tournaments during our first 9-weeks period for a chance to reach playoffs and win the very coveted custom avatar! The room tournaments take place on Wednesday 3pm (GMT-5) and Saturday 9pm (GMT-5). More details and information can be found here.

—Nol on Mar 8, 2022 Permalink

Teamballo I

Player signups for Teamballo, the italiano room's first team tournament are open. Join us in this adventure for a chance at winning a Team Custom Avatar! More information can be found here. We look forward to seeing you there!

—Nol on Mar 8, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Charity Bowl III

Smogon is hosting its third Charity Bowl, a SwSh OU live tournament to raise funds for humanitarian aid for Ukraine through Project HOPE and CARE on Saturday, March 5th at 12 PM EST. Join us on the SmogonU Twitch channel and the SmogTours Server as we play to raise money for a good cause!

—Nol on Mar 4, 2022 Permalink

Lunar New Year Celebration Festival

From the 14th to the 28th of February, many Pokémon Showdown rooms will host games & tournaments related to the Lunar New Year! Gather points to have a chance of winning one of a custom avatar, a color change, or claiming an inactive name. Make sure to read the rules and keep an eye on the event schedule!

—Nol on Feb 15, 2022 Permalink

February's Monthly Ladders

Trademarked is February 2022’s OM of the Month and Linked has been chosen as OM Leader’s Choice! In addition, RoA has chosen ADV UU as their Rotational Ladder Choice, Gen 1 NU as their Community Choice, and Gen 4 Ubers as their Staff Pick of the month! These formats are now available to play on ladder. Have fun!

—Nol on Feb 12, 2022 Permalink

Tours Plaza Classic III

Tired of playing the classics over and over again? Come sign up to participate in the extravagant formats of TPC, with a new custom format every week for a breath of fresh air!

—Nol on Feb 8, 2022 Permalink

SmORGon S18 Signups

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 18th season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Crown Tundra, today! Check out our signup form!

—Nol on Feb 4, 2022 Permalink

AG Winter Seasonal Signups

Come join the first Anything Goes Seasonal Tournament of 2022! Signups can be found here!

—Kennedy on Jan 28, 2022 Permalink

1v1 Premier League VI Signups

Signups for this year's edition of 1v1 Premier League are live! 8 teams will face off in multiple generations of 1v1 alongside the newly added Multigen slot in order to become the champions of 1v1's most prestigious tournament!

—KeN ◌͜◌ nEDy on Jan 24, 2022 Permalink

SPL Apparel Shop

The Smogon Apparel Store has been updated to include SPL XIII merchandise! Purchasing SPL XIII merchandise contributes towards the prize pool for the ongoing edition of OST.

—Nol on Jan 21, 2022 Permalink

OM Grand Slam VII

Signups for the last two Opens of OM Grand Slam VII are up! Sign up for the Balanced Hackmons Open, as well as the first-ever Godly Gift Open! Make sure to sign up before all slots are filled!

—Nol on Jan 18, 2022 Permalink

VGC Winter Seasonal

Smogon VGC kicks off its 2022 Circuit with the Winter Seasonal! Signups can be found here and come join the fun with the new Series 12 rules and lots of legendary Pokemon!

—Nol on Jan 14, 2022 Permalink

Anything Goes Snake Draft II, OM Grand Slam VII, National Dex Anything Goes Minitour, and Ubers Winter Team Tour

OM Grand Slam VII continues with signups for the Mix and Mega and STABmons Opens! Make sure to sign up before all slots are filled!

The first-ever official Anything Goes circuit starts off with signups for the National Dex AG minitour! Make sure to join and have a go at AG's first-ever ribbon tournament!

Join the Ubers Winter Team Tour, featuring Ubers from every generation so far, for your chance to show your skills!

—Nol on Jan 11, 2022 Permalink

January's Monthly Ladders, OM Grand Slam VII, and NatDex Winter Seasonal

January 2022 is packed with all sorts of ladder changes! Pokébilities has been chosen as OM of the Month and Camomons has been chosen as OM Leader’s Choice, while GSC UU is RoA’s Rotational Ladder Choice, BW NU is RoA’s Community Choice, and BW LC is RoA’s Staff Pick of the month. These formats are now playable on Pokémon Showdown. Enjoy!

OM Grand Slam VII has started off with signups for the AAA and NFE Opens! Sign up to see how well you fare!

National Dex kicks off its 2022 tournament circuit with the Winter Seasonal! Participate to earn points for the National Dex circuit!

—Nol on Jan 7, 2022 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XVIII Signups

Signups for this year's edition of Official Smogon Tournament are live! With a 1100 USD prize pool for Top 8 and a custom avatar for the winner, you won't want to miss your chance for glory.

—Nol on Jan 3, 2022 Permalink

Multi-Platform Star Tournament

Come join the Wi-Fi and Tournaments rooms throughout the month of January to participate in the Multi-Platform Star Tournament. Prizes include a Switch OLED, custom avatar, new name color, and many more! More info can be found here!

—Nol on Dec 31, 2021 Permalink

THP Winter Event

The Happy Place is hosting our annual Winter event, but this time with a chance to win some amazing prizes! Join us from December 27th to 29th, and participate in festive tours, Who's That Pokémon games and the much requested Skribbl.io! More details can be found here!

—Nol on Dec 27, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Team Tournament

The 5th annual Random Battles Team Tour is here! Over 9 weeks, 8 teams will compete in various randomized formats; the winning team will receive a custom avatar! Signups are open until January 8th. Come by the Random Battles room to spectate, speculate, and maybe even compete!

—Nol on Dec 24, 2021 Permalink

Holidome!

Battle Dome is holding a holiday event from 19th of December to the 2nd of January. Compete for prizes such as your own custom map to add to the game or a chance to get room voice, or just play because it's a lot of fun! More information can be found in our information document. There's going to be a couple of tutorial events on Tuesday the 21st, so feel free to drop by! We'll be here to help you.

—Nol on Dec 21, 2021 Permalink

Lobby Winter Giveaway

Celebrate the holidays with free games! Join Lobby on December 23rd and 24th for a chance to win from a list of 150 different Steam keys! Check the event page for details.

—Nol on Dec 17, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games Monkey Day Open + ShinyFest #5: Sinnoh vs Hisui

The Pokémon Games room has two upcoming events! On December 14th, celebrate International Monkey Day with a monkey only tournament: The Monkey Day Open! And between December 20th and January 2nd, hunt for shiny Pokémon with other users to contribute points to either Team Sinnoh or Team Hisui during ShinyFest! Don't miss out on these awesome events in the Pokémon Games room!

—Nol on Dec 14, 2021 Permalink

Attitude of Gratitude

The Happy Place and The Library are hosting their annual Attitude of Gratitude event! Send letters of appreciation to anyone on PS! by completing the form and one of our event helpers will deliver it. Check out this post for more information!

—Nol on Dec 10, 2021 Permalink

December's Monthly Ladders

Check out our new cycle of ladders! Revelationmons and BDSP Balanced Hackmons have been chosen by Other Metas, while RBY UU, ORAS 1v1, and BW Doubles OU have been chosen by Ruins of Alph. Each of these formats are currently playable on Pokémon Showdown. Enjoy!

—Nol on Dec 7, 2021 Permalink

The Game Awards and VG Room GOTY

The Video Games room is hosting its annual Game Awards Predictions contest! Predict who you think will win each award and then join us in chat on December 9th at 7 PM EST to watch the show! Then, throughout the rest of the month, vote for your personal Games of The Year so we can find out The VG room's Game of the Year for 2021!

—Nol on Dec 4, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Premier League XIII Player Signups

Player signups for the 13th edition of Smogon Premier League are now open. Join us for the commencement of Smogon's largest team tournament!

—Nol on Nov 30, 2021 Permalink

Chess World Championship has begun!

The World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi is underway! Swing by the Board Games room to discuss the match and play some games of your own!

—Nol on Nov 26, 2021 Permalink

Monotype Winter Premier 4

Signups for Monotype Winter Premier 4 are now up! Join Monotype's annual OM tournament to compete in Monothreat and National Dex Monotype!

—Nol on Nov 22, 2021 Permalink

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Release

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are out now! Join the Pokemon Games room to experience and talk about your adventure with others, and join the Wi-Fi room for all of your trading, battling, and collecting needs within the Sinnoh region!

Want to enjoy the new BDSP competitive meta as it develops? Come join the BDSP Metagames room for room tours and discussion as we see how our old favorites stack up with new mechanics!

—Nol on Nov 19, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Charity Bowl II

Smogon is hosting its second Charity Bowl, a BDSP OU live tournament that will be raising funds for The Trevor Project, on November 20th! Come join us to have fun battles and raise money for a good cause. The tournament will also be livestreamed on the SmogonU Twitch channel.

—Nol on Nov 19, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games Sinnoh Movie Marathon

The Pokémon Games room is hosting a Sinnoh Movie Marathon on Saturday, November 13th! Come watch the fan-favorite movies Pokémon: Rise of Darkrai and Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life with the room to celebrate the release of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl!

—Nol %◕‿‿◕% on Nov 9, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Unite and November's Monthly Ladders!

Tired of solo queueing? The new Pokemon Unite room room is now live! Feel free to join this new Pokemon Games subroom to learn and talk about the new cross-platform Pokémon MOBA!
Meet friends, explore the meta and lane with people who will (hopefully) rotate for Drednaw! Events and daily updates on the game coming soon.

New month means more ladder changes! Check out the unique formats we have this time! Sketchmons and Almost Any Ability Doubles were chosen by Other Metas, while Gen 6 Ubers, Gen 4 UU, and Gen 3 Doubles OU were chosen by Ruins of Alph. Enjoy!

—Ransei on Nov 2, 2021 Permalink

Galar End Game Official Giveaway

Come and join the Wi-Fi room on October 31st for our last Official Giveaway in the Sword/Shield main series games for a chance of winning a huge amount of Shiny and Rare Pokemon! Let's give the Galar region a send off with style!

—Nol %◕‿‿◕% on Oct 29, 2021 Permalink

Arts & Culture DTIYS Halloween Event

Join the Arts & Culture room for the Monthly Cultural Spotlight featuring Germany! A variety of fun events revolving around the country's culture will be held along with plenty of general discussion to last the entire month. Additionally, join us for a Halloween-themed Do This In Your Style art event that anyone can participate in! Submissions will be compiled and displayed to the entire room right after Halloween. More details can be found here!

—Nol on Oct 19, 2021 Permalink

SmORGon S17 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 17th season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Aether Paradise, today! Check out our signup form!

—Nol on Oct 15, 2021 Permalink

October's Monthly Ladders

Check out the changes we've made to ladders this month. Multibility and 350 Cup have been chosen by Other Metas, while Gen 5 Ubers, Gen 7 PU, and Gen 2 NC2000 + Crystal Moves have been chosen by Ruins of Alph. Enjoy!

—Ransei on Oct 5, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Modern Trio Open

The future is now, old man! Gen 6, Gen 7 and Gen 8 [No Dmax] Random Battle are here to clash on the Modern Trio Open, the last chance to classify for the Rands Slam! Signups open until this next Sunday!

—Ransei on Oct 5, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Modern Trio Open

—Nol on Sep 27, 2021 Permalink

Survivor 1v1 Tournament

Survivor on PS! is hosting its first ever 1v1 tournament! Compete against other players in a variety of exciting games to see who is the luckiest of all - no skill or experience needed to win! Find more information here and sign up here!

—Nol on Sep 24, 2021 Permalink

Tours' Leaderboard Tour V

Join the Tournaments room for your chance to qualify for Tours' Leaderboard Tour V! Compete for your chance to win glory and a $50 Amazon gift card!

—Nol on Sep 17, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Tour 32

The 32nd edition of Smogon's most popular tournament returns this Saturday 6AM EST! If you want to know more about Smogon Tour - including the tournament times and where you play your games - you can read the tournament's introduction or watch 2-time winner BKC further detail the process to new players.

—Nol on Sep 14, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon TCGO Tournament

The TCG & Tabletop room is hosting their first-ever Pokémon TCG Online tournament! Enjoy the fresh post-rotation meta and compete to win Evolving Skies and Chilling Reign booster packs! More information can be found on the tournament page here.

—Nol on Sep 10, 2021 Permalink

September's Monthly Ladders

September's batch of ladders consists of many fan favorites! Our OM ladders this month are Inheritance and Godly Gift and our RoA Spotlight ladders are Gen 4 Ubers, Gen 3 1v1, and Gen 1 Tradebacks OU. Have fun!

—Ransei on Sep 7, 2021 Permalink

Smogon VGC Fall Scramble!

The VGC 21 Fall Scramble is here! Players are split into four flights and are encouraged to play as many matches as possible in two weeks. The winner will receive Room Prize Winner (^) in the VGC room! Check out the Smogon thread to find more information.

—Nol on Aug 31, 2021 Permalink

Portuguese Premier League III

Player Signups for PTPL III, Portuguese room's biggest team tournament, are open! Sign in to get a chance to duke it out and prove your strength as you compete for prizes, including a Team Custom Avatar!

—Nol on Aug 27, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Classic VII and Smogon Champions League

Smogon Classic VII continues with signups for RBY Cup VII! Sign up now to participate in the most prestigious old gens tournament of the year.

Signups for the first edition of Smogon Champions League are live, join us for the commencement of an exciting new team tour!

—Nol on Aug 23, 2021 Permalink

Random Doubles Battles Open and GSC Cup

Sign up for the Random Doubles Battles Open! Don't miss your chance to show your dubs moves, win a joinphrase and Rands Slam points!

Smogon Classic VII continues with signups for GSC Cup VII! Sign up now to participate in the most prestigious old gens tournament of the year.

—Nol on Aug 17, 2021 Permalink

ZUPL

The ZeroUsed Premier League has just started! Sign up to have the chance to participate in the biggest ZU team tournament of the year featuring the worst Pokémon of the game across multiple gens. Come share this experience with us in the ZU room.

—Nol on Aug 13, 2021 Permalink

BSPL and Cartridge Major

Join the Battle Stadium room for our annual team tour! Sign up here if you're interested in playing high-level 3v3! Also, check out our Cartridge Major featuring the new Series 10 rules. Participants can earn circuit points toward the 2021 BSS Invitational and a chance at a forum ribbon!

—Nol on Aug 9, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Classic VII and August's Monthly Ladders

Smogon Classic VII continues with signups for DPP Cup VII and ADV Cup VII! Sign up now to participate in the most prestigious old gens tournament of the year.

New month new ladders! August's monthly OM ladders are Alphabet Cup and STABmons Mix & Mega! The new RoA Spotlight ladders are Gen 3 Ubers, Gen 4 UU, and Let's Go OverUsed.

—Ransei on Aug 6, 2021 Permalink

National Dex Ladder Tournament & STABmons Seasonal

Join the STABmons Seasonal, a double-elimination tournament in the STABmons format, to earn a chance at competing in the OM Circuit Championship!

—Ransei on Aug 3, 2021 Permalink

Tours Plaza Premiere III & BW Cup VII Signups

Sign up to compete in Tours Plaza Premiere III, a tour where teams compete in custom formats for a chance at glory! Join Tours Plaza for fun and chaos!

Smogon Classic VII has begun! Signups for BW Cup VII are live now, and you can sign up as a substitute once the tournament begins on Monday.

—HoeenHero on Aug 1, 2021 Permalink

NFEPL V

The NFE Premier League player signups are now underway! 6 teams will battle it out at generations 4-8 of NFE to become the champion of NFE's most prestigious tour! Join the NFE room for discussion.

—Aeonic on Jul 27, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games ShinyFest #4

The Pokémon Games room is hosting their fourth ShinyFest event! Pledge your support to either Team Magma or Team Aqua and hunt for shiny Pokémon over a two week period when the event starts on July 26th!

—Aeonic on Jul 24, 2021 Permalink

Friends list!

After many years of requests, we have finally rolled out our version of a friends list! You can use /friend add to add a friend, /help friends to see how you use it, and all the details you can want can be found here. Happy friending!

—chaos on Jul 21, 2021 Permalink

SmORGon S16 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 16th season of our Pokemon-themed Survivor, Azure Bay, today! Check out our signup form!

—Aeonic on Jul 17, 2021 Permalink

Pokemon GO Fest 2021

Join the Pokemon Go room for an epic GO Fest weekend full of shinies, raids, and contests! Come hang out during the weekend of July 17-18 to celebrate this once-a-year event! Winners of the room contests can win a custom avatar and the prize winner rank! More details in this post.

—Aeonic on Jul 13, 2021 Permalink

National Dex Grand Slam, Part II

Finishing off the National Dex Grand Slam are the signups for the National Dex UU Open! Make sure to sign up for a chance to compete and gain points for the National Dex circuit!

—Aeonic on Jul 10, 2021 Permalink

July's Monthly Ladders

July's monthly OM ladders are First Blood and Pure Hackmons! The new RoA Spotlight ladders are Gen 2 Ubers, Gen 5 RU, and Gen 1 Stadium OU.

—Ransei on Jul 6, 2021 Permalink

National Dex Grand Slam

National Dex Grand Slam has started! Sign up for the National Dex Monotype and National Dex Anything Goes Opens for a chance to get into playoffs and gain points for the National Dex Tournament Circuit!

—Aeonic on Jun 29, 2021 Permalink

Epic Entertainment Event

Join the Entertainment Section from June 28th to July 1st as the Anime & Manga, The Library, Pro Wrestling, Sports, The Studio, TV & Films, and YouTube rooms host a variety of events! Grand prize includes a custom colour change! To find out more, check out the information document!

—Aeonic on Jun 26, 2021 Permalink

Gen 8 Random Battles Open

The very first Open of the most played ladder on Pokémon Showdown is here! The winner gets Room Prize Winner and a joinphrase on the Random Battles room for a month, and also points for Rands Slam I! Come, sign up and prove you're the best randbats player on PS!

—Aeonic on Jun 21, 2021 Permalink

Smash Bros. 1v1 Tour

The Smash Bros. room will be hosting a 1v1 tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on June 26th, 2 PM EST! Compete for the chance to win a custom avatar or an unused name of your choice. Signups are located here, and you will be required to check in one hour before bracket officially kicks off.

—Aeonic on Jun 19, 2021 Permalink

Game Corner Player vs. Player Tournament

Game Corner is hosting GCPVP II: an event where players duke it out in a GC game tournament! Qualification cycles begin on June 15th, with 3 cycles where you have to place in the top 20. Prizes include the room prize winner rank and a custom avatar! See the info sheet for more information.

—Aeonic on Jun 15, 2021 Permalink

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is Back

E3 2021 season is finally here! Join us in the Video Games room between June 12th - 15th as we discuss, speculate and react to the event together! While you watch with us, why not try your chance at winning E3 Bingo by playing along during the event!

—Aeonic on Jun 12, 2021 Permalink

June's Other Metagames and Speedrunning Event

June's monthly OM ladders are Bonus Type and Chimera 1v1! The new RoA Spotlight ladders are Gen 7 UU, Gen 3 NU, and Gen 1 Ubers.

The Speedrunning Room has launched an official ruleset for users to race their way up various ladders on Pokemon Showdown! Check the information and discussion thread to find out how to get started!

—Aeonic on Jun 7, 2021 Permalink

Pokemon Go Gible Community Day

The Pokemon Go room is hosting a contest to find the largest shiny Gible in honor of this long-awaited Community Day! Join us on June 6th to celebrate Gible and share your adventures with us!

—Aeonic on Jun 4, 2021 Permalink

Mafia Summer Circuit 2021

Mafia is again hosting our annual Forum Summer Circuit! Throughout the summer, various events will be hosted, including a free-for-all and a Survivor. Join us for a chance at a Mafia voice nomination and your choice of a custom avatar, custom color, or high-priority username! Also, if you're a fan of the show Survivor, or you just love a good competition, come join Summer Circuit's biggest event, Survivor: the Apocalypse! Signups are open now!

—Aeonic on May 31, 2021 Permalink

Smogon VGC Major

Smogon VGC is here with their first cash prize tournament! The Smogon VGC Major is a live tournament that will be hosted on May 29th and May 30th in the VGC 2021 Series 9 format and offers 1150 dollars in total prizing with no entry fee! For more information on how to participate, please check the forum thread.

—Aeonic on May 22, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games Snap Photo Contest

The Pokémon Games room is hosting a New Pokémon Snap Photo Contest! Enter your stylish and silly photos for a chance to win a custom avatar or username reset!

And while you're there, be sure to check out the ORAS Community Playthrough!

—Aeonic on May 19, 2021 Permalink

Ubers Premier League IX

The ninth edition of Ubers Premier League is about to start, an all-Ubers team tournament where managers draft players to compete in a seven-week round-robin battle for Ubers supremacy! This is Ubers’s largest and main team tournament, providing an opportunity for Ubers powerhouses to display their dominance, veteran players to return, and for new talent to emerge! Signup now on forums if you're ready to compete in our top tournament!

—HoeenHero on May 15, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Classic Open

On the Random Battles Classic Open, some hidden jewels lay between the old but good generations. Clash on the first 5 generations of Pokémon and demonstrate that some things never go out of style! This tournament also gives points for Rands Slam I! Sign Ups open until May 9th.

—HoeenHero on May 4, 2021 Permalink

May's Monthly Ladders & Mix and Mega Seasonal

May's monthly OM ladders are Sketchmons and Inverse! The new RoA Spotlight ladders are Gen 6 UU, Gen 4 LC, and Gen 7 Monotype.

Want to play in a tournament where you can mega evolve Pokémon with nearly any mega stone? The Mix and Mega Seasonal signups are now open! Show them you have what it takes to become the Mix and Mega Champion!

—Ransei ❤ on May 4, 2021 Permalink

NFE Seasonal

Are you an NFE player? Sign up for the NFE Seasonal tournament today! Sign ups are open until Sunday at 11:59 PM EST (GMT -4) or until there are enough players in the tournament. NFE resources are here! For players wanting to discuss NFE, a room for it exists here on Pokémon Showdown.

—Ransei on Apr 9, 2021 Permalink

April's Monthly Ladders & OM Classic II

April's monthly OM ladders are Pokébilities and Godly Gift! The new RoA Spotlight ladders are Gen 5 UU, Gen 6 UU, and Gen 6 CAP.

The final two pieces of the major OM Classic II tournament have been released! Sign up for Gen 6 Pure Hackmons and Gen 7 STABmons for a chance to become the champion of old gen OMs!

—Ransei on Apr 6, 2021 Permalink

Rands Slam I & Multi Format Open Signups

The Random Battles room is hosting Rands Slam I, the first Random Battles circuit. Composed of five tournaments featuring the most popular randomized formats and a Playoff round, the players will get points to win a Smogon banner and more!

The Multi Format Open, featuring BSSF, Hackmons Cup, RB Monotype, Super Staff Bros 4 and Battle Factory has Signups open until Sunday 4th! Don't miss it!

—HoeenHero on Mar 30, 2021 Permalink

OM Classic II and Retro OMs

Ever wanted to play some of our most favored past gen OMs in a tournament setting? OM Classic II has officially commenced! Our first tournament in OM Classic II is Gen 7 Balanced Hackmons Cup! Sign up if you have what it takes to become the champion of old gen OMs!

To commemorate the commencement of OM Classic II, Gen 7 STABmons and Gen 6 Almost Any Ability are now ladder formats on Pokémon Showdown and will be available to play for the duration of the event. Gen 7 Mix and Mega has also been added to Pokémon Showdown but as a permanent ladder! For more information on the new ladders, check out this thread.

—Ransei on Mar 23, 2021 Permalink

RoAPL Player & UU Open X Signups

Player signups for the seventh iteration of RoAPL are live. Signup now to relive your favorite old gen metagame in 7 weeks long Round Robin format!

Signups for The UU Open X are live! Signups will be open until Sunday, and substitutes will be able to join until Wednesday.

—HoeenHero on Mar 19, 2021 Permalink

Arts and Culture Spring Contest & BLT VIII

Come and join the Arts and Culture room for their annual spring art contest! Spring is a lovely season full of beauty and wonder, and there's many ways to showcase what it's all about. Come show us what spring means to you through your art and compete for the chance to win a custom avatar, among other prizes! Click on the information document for more details!

The annual Tournaments room event BLT has begun! This season is led by Raj. Shoot and features a return to the popular group format. Staff from the Tournaments room will be representing their qualified scripted tournament leaderboard players in a community team tournament. Check out the thread for more details!

—HoeenHero on Mar 16, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Tour 31 and SPL XII Apparel Shop

The 31st edition of Smogon's most popular tournament returns next Friday, 6PM EST! If you want to know more about Smogon Tour - including the tournament times and where you play your games - you can read the tournament's introduction or watch 2-time winner BKC further detail the process to new players. Furthermore, the exclusive SPL XII merchandising will be available in the Smogon Apparel Shop until Sunday, March 14th 23:59 EST! You can check an index of the products and designs we are offering or head over directly to our Teespring store!

—HoeenHero on Mar 9, 2021 Permalink

OU Room Live Tours!

Starting in March, OU Room staff will be hosting official ranked tournaments in the OU room! For more information or to see monthly leaderboards, schedule and prizes come visit overused or check the official smogon thread!

—HoeenHero on Mar 5, 2021 Permalink

March's Other Metagames and RoA Spotlights

This month's featured OM ladders are Max Berries and The Loser's Game. In Max Berries, all berries are modified to have maximum effects on a Pokémon. In The Loser's Game, a player wins once all six of their Pokémon have fainted.

RoA's featured ladders are the BW PU, SM PU, and DPP UU tiers.

—Ransei on Mar 1, 2021 Permalink

Ultimate Gaming Olympics & Hispanic Grand Slam

Between February 27th, 2021 @ 7PM EDT and March 20th, 2021 @ 7PM EDT, Battle Dome, Game Corner, Mafia, Scavengers, Survivor, and Trivia are bringing you UGO! Involving events showing off the best of each room and one overarching leaderboard, you could win one of: custom avatar, a username color change, a high-value name, and custom titles. Find out more in this thread!

Espanol room will be hosting a multitier daily tournament & trivias based on Pokemon! Starting on March 1st, make yourself a spot in the scoreboard and classify to playoffs to win a choice of a username to claim, a custom avatar or a custom name color. Full events detailed in this thread. The event will be in spanish, but don't forget Pokémon is a global language, so dont be afraid to test your knowledge & skill!

—HoeenHero on Feb 26, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games Regional World Tournament + Movie Marathon

The Pokémon Games room is hosting two events to celebrate Pokémon's 25th Anniversary! On Wednesday, February 24th, earn points for your favorite region by winning random battle tournaments in the Regional World Tournament! And on Saturday, February 27th, come watch three classic Pokémon movies with the room during the Movie Marathon! Be sure to come hang out and celebrate Pokémon Day!

—HoeenHero on Feb 23, 2021 Permalink

2v2 Doubles Ladder Tournament

The 2v2 Doubles Ladder Tournament is underway! The top 4 registered alts on the ladder after each of 4 weeks will enter the playoffs. Compete against others and try to top the ladder to show you have what it takes. Join the 2v2 room for information and discussion.

—HoeenHero on Feb 19, 2021 Permalink

Retro OM Ladders!

A new group of OM ladders have appeared! They are known as Retro Other Metagames. This group features beloved OMs from the past in order to revive their former glory! Gen 7 Balanced Hackmons and Gen 6 Pure Hackmons have been given permanent ladders to reflect this! They can be found on the far center right of the format list. Check out this thread for further details!

—Ransei on Feb 16, 2021 Permalink

SmORGon Season 14

Fan of the TV show Survivor? Do you like social games? Want to win 50 USD? Apply to SmORGon Season 14: The Great Marsh today and check out the discord server. Spectators welcome! Applications end February 17th! Game starts February 19th!

—HoeenHero on Feb 12, 2021 Permalink

Chinese New Year Celebration Festival

From the 8th to the 21st of February, many Pokémon Showdown rooms will host games & tournaments related to the Chinese New Year! Gather points to have a chance of winning one of a custom avatar, a color change, or claiming an inactive name. Make sure to read the rules and keep an eye on the event schedule!

—HoeenHero on Feb 9, 2021 Permalink

Battle Stadium Series 8

The new BSS and VGC ruleset is now playable! These formats allow any Pokémon obtainable in Sword & Shield, and the DLCs, with a limit of one restricted legendary per team! Discussion on the formats can be found in the Battle Stadium and VGC rooms.

—HoeenHero on Feb 5, 2021 Permalink

Other Metagames Ladders & Tournament

February’s featured OM ladders are Inheritance and Nature Swap!

Signups for the STABmons Open are live! This is the last chance to earn a spot in the OM Grand Slam VI Playoffs!

—The Immortal on Feb 2, 2021 Permalink

Youtube Groupwatch Nuzlocke

Join the Youtube room as we attempt to beat a Pokemon HeartGold nuzlocke but we need YOUR help. Using groupwatch, a way in which to watch youtube videos right on PS!, we will be livestreaming every Friday from January 29th at 2pm GMT until we beat the elite 4! Come by and help make crucial decisions, get a Pokemon named after you and ultimately be a part of the YouTube room’s quest to become Johto region champion!

—HoeenHero on Jan 29, 2021 Permalink

Roles for Initiative

Dungeons & Dragons and The Library are teaming up to offer a contest for those with a creative bent that are seeking adventure. Your task will be to create a compelling, and appropriate, backstory for a character following a pre-arranged set of criteria. Our judges will pick their favorite and you could win various prizes including a custom avatar! For more information, feel free to hop into either room and ask a member of staff or view the info document.

—HoeenHero on Jan 26, 2021 Permalink

1v1 Premier League V player signups

1v1 Premier League signups are under way. 8 teams will compete at generations 4-8 of 1v1! Join the 1v1 room for live discussion!

—HoeenHero on Jan 22, 2021 Permalink

TV & Films and The Cafe Super Sized Event!

The TV & Films and The Cafe rooms are hosting a week and a half long event with games and more daily starting on Saturday the 16th! Prizes include a choice of a username to claim, a custom avatar or a custom name color. Full event details can be found in the information document and in the corresponding rooms (including the schedule listed in /events). We hope to see you there!

—HoeenHero on Jan 15, 2021 Permalink

Multiplayer Games and Speedrunning Event & BSS Factory

Video Games' subroom, Social Games, has rebranded to Multiplayer Games, and to kick off the new year we will be collaborating with Speedrunning to host a speedrunning challenge following on from AGDQ 21! Join the room for more information!

The generation 8 version of BSS Factory has now been added and can be found under Randomized Metas. You'll receive 6 BSS Pokemon and have to choose 3 to battle with. Help can be found in Battle Stadium or the discussion thread.

—HoeenHero on Jan 8, 2021 Permalink

January's Other Metagames & Tournaments

This month's featured OM ladders are Tier Shift and Shared Power! The 2021 OM Circuit has kicked off with the NFE Open! Signup for the first of five Opens to earn a spot in the OM Grand Slam VI Playoffs!

Signups for Official Smogon Tournament XVII are live! Join the largest tournament on Smogon for a chance to win the first place prize of a Smogon trophy, a custom avatar, and 200 USD!

—The Immortal on Jan 4, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games/Scavengers Move Animation Trivia

The Pokémon Games and Scavengers rooms are joining together to host a Move Animation Trivia event! Prove your series-wide knowledge of Pokémon Moves in this two-part event on Sunday, January 3rd at 3:00PM EST!

—HoeenHero on Jan 1, 2021 Permalink

Throwback Photo Contest

Come and join Arts and Culture for a photo contest! Show off your photography skills and highlight past travels for a chance to showcase amazing memories and win some fabulous prizes! Check out the document for more info!

—HoeenHero on Dec 29, 2020 Permalink

Super Staff Bros 4

The Super Staff Bros format has been updated for new generation of Pokemon just in time for Christmas! Battle it out with 120 new sets based on staff members from the site, each having their own custom moves and more! For more information, check out the Super Staff Bros 4 article written about the format!

—HoeenHero on Dec 25, 2020 Permalink

Random Battles Team Tour 4

The Random Battles room is hosting the fourth edition of the Random Battles Team Tournament! This year, even often-forgotten formats like CAP 1v1 and Gen 1 Random Battle will have a chance to shine! Sign up before January 2nd to have a chance to win a team-wide custom avatar on Pokemon Showdown!

—HoeenHero on Dec 22, 2020 Permalink

Holidome

Battle Dome is holding a holiday event from 13 to 27th of December. Compete for prizes such as your own custom map to add to the game or a chance to get room voice, or just play because it's a lot of fun! More information can be found in our information document. There's going to be a couple of tutorial events on Tuesday the 15th, so feel free to drop by! We'll be here to help you.

—HoeenHero on Dec 15, 2020 Permalink

Lobby Video Game Tournament

Come celebrate the holidays with free game keys! From December 18-20, Lobby is hosting a series of tournaments in various randomized formats, with a prize pool of 90 different games. Learn more and check out the list of games here!

—HoeenHero on Dec 11, 2020 Permalink

December's Other Metagames

This month's featured OM ladders are Alphabet Cup and StAAAbmons! In Alphabet Cup, Pokémon gain access to all moves that they share a first letter with.

What happens when you mashup STABmons and Almost Any Ability? You get the unique and exciting format known as StAAAbmons! In this metagame, Pokémon gain access to moves they share a type with, as well as any ability they desire.

—The Immortal on Dec 8, 2020 Permalink

Dragon King Cup

The next Battle Stadium online competition is coming up, so utilize the new ladder to practice for the real thing! Information can be found in this thread or by asking in the Battle Stadium room.

—HoeenHero on Dec 4, 2020 Permalink

The 2020 VG Awards

The Video Games room is hosting its annual Game Awards predictions contest, running from December 1-9. We will also be watching the awards show hosted by Geoff Keighley on December 10th at 7 PM EST, so you can see if your predictions were spot on or completely wrong. Users with the best score are eligible for a prize.

—HoeenHero on Dec 1, 2020 Permalink

TV & Films Snapshot Weekend

The TV & Films room (formerly Jubilife TV & Films) has rebranded, and to commemorate the event they're hosting a triple whammy of their signature game, Snapshot (users guess the TV show/film from pictures) this weekend (7 P.M EST Fri & Sat, 3 P.M EST Sunday)! Visit the room for full details!

—HoeenHero on Nov 27, 2020 Permalink

SmORGon S13 Signups are Open!

Fan of Survivor on TV? Not familiar with Survivor, but have a competitive spirit? Looking for a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to the 13th season of SmORGon, Badlands, today! Check out our signup form!

—HoeenHero on Nov 20, 2020 Permalink

Monotype & OM Team Tours

Signups for Monotype's Winter Premier League is up. Do not miss this opportunity to play various Monotype metagames with different rulesets such as AAA and STABmons. Signups will last for 2 weeks, visit the Monotype subforum to signup now!

World Cup of Other Metagames III has commenced! Compete for your region with OMs such as Balanced Hackmons and Mix & Mega. Find out more in the player signups thread.

—HoeenHero on Nov 17, 2020 Permalink

2v2 Doubles Premier League II

Fan of a fast-paced doubles meta? 2v2 Doubles Premier League II signups are underway! 6 teams will compete in generations 5-8 of 2v2 Doubles! Join us in the 2v2 room for live discussion.

—HoeenHero on Nov 13, 2020 Permalink

Worlds Collide!

The Magic & Mayhem room is hosting Worlds Collide! Create a Wizard and a Superhero team with a partner to compete. Teamwork makes the dream work! The contest will begin November 9th and all submissions must be turned in for judging by November 30th.

Winners will receive the Prize Winner rank, choice of a roomintro shoutout, joinphrase, or spot on the rooms website, and the choice of the next movie we watch for the rooms movie night. See the rules document for more info.

—HoeenHero on Nov 10, 2020 Permalink

Pokemon Games ShinyFest Event & Tundra Tourney

The Pokemon Games room is currently hosting their second ShinyFest event! Come hang out and shiny hunt until the event ends on November 15th!

Excited to try the new DLC Pokémon? The Tundra Tourney online competition on Battle Stadium is a 3v3 singles format that only allows Pokémon from the Crowned Tundra Pokédex. Check out the Battle Stadium room for more info.

—HoeenHero on Nov 6, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & Livetour Circuit

November's Other Metagame of the Month ladders are Trademarked and Scalemons!

The Other Metagames Livetour Circuit begins this weekend! It will feature Almost Any Ability, Balanced Hackmons, Camomons, Mix and Mega, and STABmons.

—The Immortal on Nov 3, 2020 Permalink

Crown Tundra Giveaway!

Enjoying the Crown Tundra DLC? Come join the wifi room on Sunday, November 1st for our official Crown Tundra Giveaway, featuring over 30 returning Pokemon given away over 20 hours!

—HoeenHero on Oct 30, 2020 Permalink

Halloween Event & Among Us Event

Missing out on trick and treating this year? Well worry not, because Survivor and Scavengers are teaming up to bring you a spooky night of candy and monsters! Join the odyssey and adventure forward in this document!

Emergency meeting! Halloween weekend is upon us and what better way to embrace the spooky season than with Among Us games hosted by The Happy Place and Social Games rooms!! Work together to eliminate the imposter, or sabotage the crewmates yourself. Stop by and join us for some fun filled games from October 30th - November 1st!

—HoeenHero on Oct 27, 2020 Permalink

Crown Tundra & Trainer Academy Room

The Crown Tundra update for Pokemon Showdown has been released! You can now use the new and returning Pokemon in the Generation 8 formats. If you find any issues, be sure to make a Bug Report if it has not been reported recently.

The Trainer Academy room has been recreated! If you want to get started with competitive Pokémon (be it the teambuilding or battling basics) or help beginners out, this is the place to go.

—HoeenHero on Oct 24, 2020 Permalink

Battle of Legends

The next online competition hosted on the Nintendo Switch games has been announced. The format will be 4v4 doubles, with one legendary or mythical Pokémon allowed per team. Check out the Battle Stadium room for more information.

—HoeenHero on Oct 9, 2020 Permalink

CAP 28 Playtest Sign Ups

CAP 28 is about to be finished and to celebrate, the CAP Project will be holding a Playtest Tournament! Sign ups will run for 2 weeks, so head over here to signup if you're interested. The winner will get a custom banner on the forums.

—HoeenHero on Oct 6, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & Seasonal Pet Mod

Camomons is the Other Metagame of the Month for October! In this OM, each and every Pokemon become the types of the first two moves in their moveslots.

The Pet Mod of the Season is ViAbilities! This mod attempts to make every ability useful and balanced.

—The Immortal on Oct 2, 2020 Permalink

Pokémon Games DPP Community Playthrough

The Pokemon Games room is hosting a Community Playthrough of Diamond, Pearl and Platinum! Over the coming weeks participants will explore the chilly mountains and vast routes of the lore-rich Sinnoh region, and share their experiences with one another. The Community Playthrough starts on September 21st - don't miss out on experiencing these fan-favorite games with the Pokemon Games room!

—HoeenHero on Sep 22, 2020 Permalink

Smogon Tour 30

Signups for the Smogon Tour 30 are now open! There will be live tours every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the next two months, and you sure won't want to miss participating. Head over to Smogtours to compete!

—HoeenHero on Sep 18, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & Megamax Ladder Tour

September’s Other Metagame of the Month ladders are Inheritance and 350 Cup!

The seasonal Pet Mod, Megamax, is running a ladder tournament until the end of the month. More information can be found here.

—The Immortal on Sep 8, 2020 Permalink

Scavengers 1v1 Collab Tour

Outfox your opponents one round, then outsearch them the next in 1v1 and Scavengers' mashup Triple Elimination Swiss tournament on Friday, September 4th, at 3PM EDT (GMT-4)! The champion of this battling and knowledge tournament will earn a Smogon custom title, 1v1 Kyubits, and Scavengers ladder points! Check out the info doc for 1v1 sample teams, scavenging tips, and other info.

—HoeenHero on Sep 4, 2020 Permalink

Battle Stadium / VGC Series 6

New rules for the next season on Battle Stadium have been announced; a combined list of top 10 most-used Pokémon from both singles and doubles - 16 Pokémon total - have been banned from both BSS and VGC. The new rules will be introduced in season 10 of Battle Stadium. Be sure to discuss the metagames in the Battle Stadium and VGC rooms.

—HoeenHero on Sep 1, 2020 Permalink

Smogon's biggest ever Survivor game starts this Saturday!

Smogon Survivor: The Official is an 80 player survivor game starting Saturday, Aug 15. A unique Smogon Banner will be awarded to the Sole Survivor! Head to the smogon thread to sign up or spectate.

Update: Signups are now closed! Feel free to spectate the game!

—HoeenHero on Aug 14, 2020 Permalink

Smash Bros. Random 1v1 Tournament

Join the Smash Bros. room on August 15th at 1 PM EST for a random-character 1v1 tournament! To add to the random fun, it will also be randomly seeded. To register, sign up here!

—HoeenHero on Aug 11, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & STABmons Suspect

August's Other Metagame of the Month ladders are Godly Gift and Inverse!

STABmons is suspect testing V-Create. Obtain a minimum of 75 GXE in at least 25 games to qualify for voting. A fresh alt including VCS is required and the suspect test will run until August 21st.

—The Immortal on Aug 7, 2020 Permalink

Pokemon Showdown Trivia League & ZUPL Signups

Trivia is hosting the Pokemon Showdown Trivia League (PSTL)! You and an optional partner can team up and duel other players on PS! to win a custom avatar for your group! Signups and more information about the event are here. Hope to see you there!

ZU Premier League player signups are underway. ZUPL is back for another year, featuring DPP ZU to SS ZU and six teams. Click on the link for more info and sign up if you are interested.

—HoeenHero on Aug 4, 2020 Permalink

The Library Worldbuilding contest

The Library's back with another contest, this time with a whole new world to explore! The staff has created a base for a world, and you will expand on it with your own stories. The winners get a custom avatar or a story/art piece made by our staff members! More info can be found in the information document.

—HoeenHero on Jul 31, 2020 Permalink

Mafia Summer Circuit

The Mafia Summer Circuit has passed its halfway point - hopefully you've enjoyed the first half! Join the EiMM Game hosted for a final chance of winning a custom avatar and Mafia Room Voice. Forge alliances, gather info, and backstab as needed to ensure that you're one of the last players standing!

—HoeenHero on Jul 24, 2020 Permalink

They targeted gamers- I mean E3

Since E3 had the big rip this year and it's one of the only things us nobodies in Video Games look forward to, join us as we us judge separate gaming events happening on July 12th (Ubisoft), 14th (Google Stadia), 20th (Summer Games Fest Showcase/Nintendo Direct Mini) and the 23rd (Xbox).

—HoeenHero on Jul 14, 2020 Permalink

Smogon Survivor Season 12

Smogon's Circus Maximus is starting another official game of online Survivor soon! Do you watch Survivor on TV and have always wanted to play? Do you want a chance to win 50 USD? Are you bored in quarantine and want to meet new people? If yes, then apply!

—HoeenHero on Jul 10, 2020 Permalink

1v1 World Cup Signups

World Cup of 1v1 Signups are underway! 8 teams for each region around the world will compete in generations 4-8 of 1v1!

—HoeenHero on Jul 7, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & Pet Mods

Cross Evolution is the Other Metagame of the Month for July and Linked is the Leader's Choice!

Megamax is the Pet Mod of the Season! Join the Pet Mods room for live discussion.

—The Immortal on Jul 4, 2020 Permalink

The Cafe's Guess The Food Event

Come join The Cafe for the Guess The Food event, a fun, food-themed series of minigames for the first week of July! Scheduling can be found in the information document. Additionally, a Custom Avatar will be awarded for first place, so don't miss out!

—HoeenHero on Jun 30, 2020 Permalink

PU Open & LC Open

The last two signups for Smogon Grand Slam IX have just gone up! Show off your lower tier knowledge and prowess in the PU Open and the LC Open. It's your last chance to participate in this year's edition of the Grand Slam, so be sure to join in!

—HoeenHero on Jun 23, 2020 Permalink

Game Corner PvP Tournament

Game Corner is hosting a Game Corner PvP Tournament! The event is a 1v1 where players compete to be the last one standing. Qualifications will run for three cycles (June 19- July-31). Official Tournament takes place from August-September. Participants are awarded bits, but major prizes include: a custom joinphrase, a roomintro shoutout and a custom avatar! More info can be found in the information document!

—HoeenHero on Jun 19, 2020 Permalink

RU Open & NU Open

Signups for the RU Open and NU Open have been posted! If you consider yourself an expert Silvally wrangler, sign up for these tournaments now and participate in Smogon Grand Slam IX!

—HoeenHero on Jun 16, 2020 Permalink

Mafia Summer Circuit & UU Open

It's back! For our second year, come join the Mafia room this summer for a series of social games and forum competitions, including mafia, survivor and more! Five games will be hosted between June and August, and the winners will be eligible for prizes, including a Room Voice promo, Custom Avatar, and more. Check out the full announcement for more details!

Are you a lower tier master? Then show us what you've got in Smogon Grand Slam IX! Players will compete in UU, RU, NU, PU and Little Cup for a chance at the coveted turquoise trophy. GSIX is officially kicking off now with UU Open, so dust off your Noiverns and give it your best!

—HoeenHero on Jun 12, 2020 Permalink

Monotype Premier League VI Player Signups

Monotype Premier League VI player signups are up! Join to have fun playing generations 8-5 Monotype while facing off against 7 other teams!

—HoeenHero on Jun 9, 2020 Permalink

Magic & Mayhem

The Magic & Mayhem room is hosting a contest from June 5-19 for users like you to design your very own character from your favorite magical world or superhero universe. The winners will receive prizes such as a shoutout for themselves and their character in the room's intro, Magic & Mayhem's Kid A badge, or a joinphrase upon entering the room! Join the room and read the rules document to learn more! Have fun!

—HoeenHero on Jun 5, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & NFE Suspect

Tier Shift is the Other Metagame of the Month for June and 2v2 Doubles is the Leader's Choice!

NFE is suspect testing Machoke. Obtain a minimum of 75 GXE in at least 25 games to qualify for voting. A fresh alt prefixed with NFEMA is required and the suspect test will run until June 14th.

—The Immortal on Jun 2, 2020 Permalink

University Challenge Champion Challenges Trivia and Scholastic!

University Challenge champion and Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Million Second Quiz alumnus - and avid Pokemon Showdown player - Brandon Blackwell is going to do an event with the auth of trivia and scholastic. Questions about the trivia world, game shows, and what it was like to be on the winning University Challenge team will be answered, and Brandon himself will be crafting questions for a showdown between Trivia roomauth and Scholastic roomauth to determine the sharper room. The event will be Friday, May 22 at 3 PM EDT, which is 8 PM GMT +1.

—HoeenHero on May 19, 2020 Permalink

Special Lobby Gameaway

Ready to prove you're the very best AND win yourself game keys? Come test your mettle in the Humble Lobby Giveaway! From May 22-24, Lobby is hosting a series of tournaments in various randomized formats, with a total of 90 different video games available to win! Learn more and check out the games list here!

—HoeenHero on May 15, 2020 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia

Are you sad that your favourite sports have been cancelled due to the coronavirus? Why not show off your sports knowledge and stand a chance to win a custom avatar? From the 15th to the 17th of May the sports room is hosting 3 events where you identify players and clubs from their pictures or career stats or answer trivia questions. More info can be found in this document.

—HoeenHero on May 12, 2020 Permalink

Battle Dome v4.3

Come join Battle Dome in a large scale reveal of a new update to the game, version 4.3! The biggest update to the game since 2017, plenty of game changing updates and a large amount of new content are available to play, so come hang out with your friends over the summer! More content and features will be released throughout the following months, so make sure to stop by and have some fun

—HoeenHero on May 8, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & NFE Room

May's Other Metagame of the Month is Camomons, while the Leader's Choice ladder is Flipped!

NFE is now a public room!

—The Immortal on May 5, 2020 Permalink

Pokemon Games Gym Leader Competition & Give-a-May Events

To celebrate the upcoming release of Part 1 of the Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pack, The Isle of Armor, the Pokemon Games room is hosting the Create-a-Gym Leader competition! Much like Klara and Avery in The Isle of Armor, participants will create their very own Pokemon Gym Leader, as well as a Gym for them to run! Up to 30 USD will be given away in Nintendo eShop gift cards as prizes!

But that's not all! The Pokemon Games room will also be hosting Give-a-May! Every day during the month of May, a rare Pokémon will be given out to one lucky user, courtesy of the Pokémon Games staff!

For more information on both of these sweet events, as well as discussion related to the Isle of Armor DLC, be sure to join the Pokemon Games room!

—HoeenHero on May 1, 2020 Permalink

Trivia Minigame Fortnight

The Trivia room is hosting a Minigame Fortnight from May 1- May 15! Compete in this two-week event by playing fun trivia minigames to earn points. The top 2 finishers will win prizes such as Steam Keys or a Custom Avatar! You can learn more by reading the Rules Document or by joining the Trivia room and asking about it there! Good luck!

—HoeenHero on Apr 28, 2020 Permalink

A&C Spring Art Contest

Cosmopolitan and Art have merged to form Arts & Culture! If you are looking for somewhere to share your art or talk about the world, this is the place! They are also hosting an art contest for aspiring artists to show what Spring means to them. This event document contains details.

—HoeenHero on Apr 21, 2020 Permalink

Official Survivor Game

Do you watch Survivor on TV and have always wanted to play? Are you bored in quarantine and want to meet new people? Do you want a chance to win 50 dollars? If the answer to any of those is yes, apply to join the Official Survivor Game! Find out more in the information document.

—HoeenHero on Apr 17, 2020 Permalink

HGSS Community Playthrough & Tri-Hard Tournament

The Pokemon Games room is hosting a community playthrough of Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Over the next few weeks participants will explore these beloved games together and discuss their experiences! Drop by Pokemon Games and check out our info spreadsheet to learn more.

Battle Dome, Mafia and Survivor are teaming up to bring you the Tri-Hard Tournament! From April 13th to May 3rd, players will compete in challenges across all three rooms to make a name for themselves. Claim your spot at the top of the leaderboard and compete for your chance to win a custom avatar, along with other room-specific prizes! Check out the event page for more details.

—HoeenHero on Apr 14, 2020 Permalink

Best Leaderboard Tournament VII

BLT VII's qualification phase has started! Come join the tournaments room and reach top 4 in roomtours to gain points. If you gain more than 50 points in a cycle of 2 weeks you have a chance to be in the tour!

—HoeenHero on Apr 11, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & Spring Seasonals

April's Other Metagame of the Month is Shared Power, while the Leader's Choice ladder is Pacifistmons!

Spring Seasonals for the 2020 OM Circuit are live! Sign up to compete in Almost Any Ability, Balanced Hackmons, or Mix and Mega.

—The Immortal on Apr 6, 2020 Permalink

Random Battle Suspect Test

Random Battle is suspect testing Dynamax. Earn the requirements of 80 GXE and a minimum of 60 games to decide the future of Gen 8 Random Battle. This suspect will run until April 16th.

—The Immortal on Apr 4, 2020 Permalink

Wrestlemania 36

Are you a wrestling fan? Good news! Prowrestling is hosting a watchalong event this Saturday and Sunday for WWEs biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania! Join the room for live discussion of the event and other activities.

—HoeenHero on Apr 2, 2020 Permalink

Smogon Classic VI

Signups for the last two Smogon Classic cups are officially up! Don't forget to join both GSC Cup and RBY Cup in order to try and qualify for the playoff stage. Good luck!

—HoeenHero on Mar 17, 2020 Permalink

Battle Stadium Premier League

Signups for BSPL V are open! If you’re interested in VGC or BSS then this is the team tournament for you. Any questions should be directed to the Battle Stadium room.

—HoeenHero on Mar 13, 2020 Permalink

Smogon Tour Season 29

The 29th Season of the Smogon Tour is starting on Friday, March 13th. Come join our Live Tournaments every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 6, 4 and 2 PM EST respectively for the next 9 weeks. The first weekend is all SS OU!

—HoeenHero on Mar 6, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & SM Monotype Ladder Tour

March's Other Metagame of the Month is Inheritance, while the Leader's Choice ladder is Scalemons!

The SM Monotype Ladder Tournament is under way! The top 4 registered alts on the ladder after each of 4 weeks will enter the playoffs.

—The Immortal on Mar 3, 2020 Permalink

VGC International Championships - Australia

VGC's first International Championship of Sword & Shield is being held in Melbourne, Australia from February 21-23. Watch top VGC players from around the world battle it out for thousands of dollars in prizing on Pokemon's Twitch. Find more details on Pokemon's official website and in the VGC room.

—HoeenHero on Feb 18, 2020 Permalink

Studio Grammys!

On February 16th at 5PM EST break out your suits and dresses and join The Studio for our version of The Grammys! You can't say that the results are rigged because YOU nominated and voted for the winners.

—HoeenHero on Feb 14, 2020 Permalink

OM of the Month & 1v1 PL

The Other Metagame of the Month for February is Pure Hackmons, and Trademarked is the Leader's Choice!

1v1 Premier League signups are under way. 8 teams will compete at generations 4-8 of 1v1!

—The Immortal on Feb 4, 2020 Permalink

Scavengers' New Decade Odyssey Hunt

Will you be the first to solve Scavengers' community-created progression of puzzles and clues? Test your wits in Treasure Town this February, beginning on February 1st at 7 PM EST!

—HoeenHero on Feb 1, 2020 Permalink

Wifi VGC2020 Monthly Tournament

The Wifi room is hosting its first two Monthly Tournaments in which participants battle each other using their Nintendo Switch following the VGC2020 Rules. If you don't have a Battle-Ready team, there are plenty of public Rental Teams available which you can choose from. For more information check out the information and rules document.

—HoeenHero on Jan 24, 2020 Permalink

Studio Grammys!

Join The Studio in their very first Studio Grammys and vote for your favorite songs and albums of 2019. Take part in nominations until January 26 and voting from January 28th - February 13th. Finally, put on your suits and dresses for the Studio Grammys Show, taking place on February 16th.

—HoeenHero on Jan 21, 2020 Permalink

Oscars Run-Up Event & OST Last Chance Sign-ups

Join the Jubilife TV and Films room for over 3 weeks of fun events and games (such as hangman, Snapshot and trivia) all leading up to The Academy Awards on February 9th! Prizes include Voice nominations, gift cards, game keys, room intro rewards and more! Refer to this event document for further details!

Don't miss your last chance to sign up for Smogon's inaugural Gen 8 OU tournament! Featuring over 1000 participants and 200 USD worth of cash prizes!

—HoeenHero on Jan 17, 2020 Permalink

Wizarding World Writing Contest

The Harry Potter and The Library rooms are hosting a writing contest! Write a short story set in the Harry Potter universe for a chance to win big prizes, such as giftcards and more. Submit your stories by January 27, and join the rooms to discuss ideas with your fellow competitors! More information can be found in the contest document.

—HoeenHero on Jan 14, 2020 Permalink

Smogon University Store

The apparel store returns with shirts, hoodies, mugs, and stickers! We have designs featuring the 10 SPL teams, as well as the classic athletic design, which hasn't been sold since 2017. SPL merch is limited time only.

—chaos on Jan 10, 2020 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XVI Signups!

Official Smogon Tournament XVI signups are now open! Come join the biggest Singles Tournament on the planet, with a 200$ prize. Drop by the OST room if you have any question about it.

—HoeenHero on Jan 7, 2020 Permalink

New OM & Pet Mod Ladders

2v2 Doubles is the Other Metagame of the Month for January! Bring 4 Pokemon to Team Preview and choose 2 to battle.

The first ever Pet Mod of the Season is Clean State: Micro. Play a brand new "micrometagame" created from scratch with the ultimate goal of balance.

—The Immortal on Jan 3, 2020 Permalink

RBTT 3 is here!

The Random Battles room is hosting its third annual Random Battles Team Tour! The tour consists of various randomized formats snake draft-based team format. The winning team will get a custom avatar on PS!. Rules and instructions to sign up can be found on the thread. May the most skilled™️ team win!

—HoeenHero on Dec 20, 2019 Permalink

Holidome!

Battle Dome is holding a holiday event from the 21st to 28th of December. Compete for prizes such as your own custom item to add to the game or a chance to get room voice, or just play because it's a lot of fun! More information can be found on the information document. If you join the room a bit early you get a chance to learn the game before the events are going on, so feel free to drop by! We'll be here to help you.

—HoeenHero on Dec 17, 2019 Permalink

OM of the Month & NFE Suspect Test

Camomons is the Other Metagame of the Month for December! Change Pokémon types using your move slots to create unique combinations!

NFE is suspect testing Dynamax. Obtain a minimum of 78 GXE in at least 35 games to qualify for voting. A fresh alt prefixed with NFED is required and the suspect test will run until December 21st.

—The Immortal on Dec 7, 2019 Permalink

SPL XI Signups & OU Suspect Test

The new year is right around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: it’s SPL season! Ten teams will duke it out over nine weeks for a shot at the coveted red trophy in the 11th annual Smogon Premier League. Sign up now for a chance to join the action!

OU is suspect testing Dynamaxing. To vote in the test, you must achieve a GXE of 81 or higher with at least 40 games using a newly registered alt that starts with OUTM. More information can be found in the suspect thread.

—HoeenHero on Dec 3, 2019 Permalink

Battle Stadium Room

Battle Spot has been renamed to Battle Stadium to match those of the formats on the Sword and Shield games. Join in to discuss 3v3 singles, 4v4 doubles, and the Galar Beginnings competition!

—HoeenHero on Nov 26, 2019 Permalink

OU Room Premier League III

To celebrate the launch of Sword & Shield, the OU room is hosting its third team tournament! 6 teams will battle it out in an all-SS OU format, in one of the first team tournaments of the new generation! Player signups are now open.

—HoeenHero on Nov 19, 2019 Permalink

Generation 8 Beta

Pokemon Showdown has released beta formats for the eighth generation of Pokemon! You can now battle in Gen 8 Random Battles, OU, Doubles OU, and Balanced Hackmons! More formats will be released as the beta progresses. If you find any issues, be sure to make a Bug Report if it has not been reported recently.

—HoeenHero on Nov 17, 2019 Permalink

Other Metagame of the Month

Tier Shift has been selected to end the generation as OM of the Month! Battle using lower tier Pokemon with boosted stats in this diverse metagame!

—The Immortal on Nov 5, 2019 Permalink

SM 1v1 Dragonite Suspect

1v1 is suspecting Dragonite! The requirements to vote are a GXE of 75.5 and a minimum of 70 games played on a fresh account starting with "1VDN". The suspect will run until November 6th, 11:59 PM EST. More details can be found in the smogon thread.

—HoeenHero on Oct 25, 2019 Permalink

NFE Sendoff Tournament

Celebrate the end of an era and the beginning of a new generation in the NFE Sendoff Tournament! Signups can be found here and are open until Saturday October 19th. If you need help preparing for your matches, join us in the NFE chatroom!

—HoeenHero on Oct 11, 2019 Permalink

OM of the Month & World Cup

The Other Metagame of the Month for October is Inheritance, while 350 Cup is the Leader's Choice.

Sign up for the 2nd annual World Cup of Other Metagames! Team up with players from your region to battle in Almost Any Ability, Balanced Hackmons, Camomons, Mix and Mega, STABmons, and Tier Shift!

—The Immortal on Oct 8, 2019 Permalink

Grand Slam XIII - UU and LC Open Signups

—eva on Apr 15, 2024 Permalink

PS! now has Ladder Seasons!

—eva on Apr 9, 2024 Permalink

Dungeons & Dragons Room

Are you a fan of Dungeons & Dragons? Join the newly public room to discuss everything D&D-related!

—eva on Apr 9, 2024 Permalink

Los Juegos Del Azar III Signups and Dungeons & Dragons Room

Are you a fan of Dungeons & Dragons? Join the newly public room to discuss everything D&D-related!

—eva on Apr 5, 2024 Permalink

Draft League's SV NatDex I and Gen 7 Randbats Open Signups

The fourth edition of Rands Slam is underway! Sign up for the first tournament of the circuit - The Gen 7 Random Battles Open!

—eva on Apr 3, 2024 Permalink

PS! now has Ladder Seasons!

—hecate on Apr 1, 2024 Permalink

PS! now has Ladder Seasons!

—hecate on Apr 1, 2024 Permalink

Mono BW Cup Signups

—eva on Mar 29, 2024 Permalink

Draft League World Cup Signups

—eva on Mar 25, 2024 Permalink

Smogon Tour 36

—eva on Mar 22, 2024 Permalink

Mono ORAS Cup Signups

—eva on Mar 18, 2024 Permalink

1v1 Swiss Signups

—eva on Mar 11, 2024 Permalink

Draft League ORAS Cup II & Mono SS Cup Signups

—eva on Mar 4, 2024 Permalink

Mono SV Cup Signups

—Eva on Feb 26, 2024 Permalink

NDMPL IV Signups

Signups for NDMPL IV are open! The fourth iteration of NDMPL is here, featuring SV/SS NDM as well as Monothreat, NDM Ubers, and a new addition in Z-less NDM!

—Eva on Feb 24, 2024 Permalink

Pokemon Games Room XY Community Playthrough

—Eva on Feb 21, 2024 Permalink

OSDT IV

—Theia on Feb 14, 2024 Permalink

Dungeons & Dragons Room

New Year New D&D!

—Syrinix on Feb 12, 2024 Permalink

Lunar New Year Event

—Syrinix on Feb 9, 2024 Permalink

1v1's Old Gen Premier League Signups

Signups for 1v1 Old Gens Premier League II are now live! Join for a chance to play SS through ADV 1v1 on one of 6 teams trying to be this year's champions!

—Syrinix on Feb 5, 2024 Permalink

The Art Gallery x Smogfight

—Syrinix on Feb 2, 2024 Permalink

Pets & Animals Mystery Box Event and PU Blind Draft Signups

—Syrinix on Jan 29, 2024 Permalink

[Gen 3] LC Ladder

—Syrinix on Jan 22, 2024 Permalink

Draft League’s Natdex Ubers I Player Signups

—Syrinix on Jan 20, 2024 Permalink

Random Battles Extension League Player & Manager Signups

—Syrinix on Jan 15, 2024 Permalink

Game Corner’s GCPVP III and Smogon x NPA Signups

—Syrinix on Jan 12, 2024 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XX

—Syrinix on Jan 12, 2024 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XX

—Syrinix on Jan 8, 2024 Permalink

1v1 Global Cup Signups, Draft Room, and Draft Winter Seasonal Signups

Start the new year off by signing up for 1v1 Global Cup, the first tournament of the 2024 1v1 circuit!

Are you a fan of Draft Leagues? Check out our brand new Draft room for Draft League discussion! Additionally, sign up for Draft Winter Seasonal, a major Draft SV tournament!

—Syrinix on Jan 5, 2024 Permalink

The Indigo Disk Official Giveaway

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 29, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Premier League XV Signups

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 26, 2023 Permalink

Random Battle Team Tournament Signups & End of Year Community Day Contest!

Signups for RBTT VII are now open! In RBTT, 8 teams compete across random formats to see who will be crowned champions. All players receive a custom avatar, and winners receive a Smogon banner!

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 22, 2023 Permalink

Battle Dome's Holidome

—Syrinix %◕‿‿◕% on Dec 18, 2023 Permalink

The Game Awards 2023

—nya~ ❤ on Dec 2, 2023 Permalink

Re: Replays

—nya~ ❤ on Dec 2, 2023 Permalink

Re: Replays

—mia on Dec 1, 2023 Permalink

Unofficial Metas Room & Ubers UU!

Additionally, Ubers UU is celebrating their addition to Unofficial Metagames with a kickoff tournament! Sign ups are now open!

—ironwater on Nov 27, 2023 Permalink

Lobby's Christmas Giveaway Event

—nya~ ❤ on Nov 25, 2023 Permalink

PTPL V Signups

—bri'ish loser on Nov 20, 2023 Permalink

We now support messaging offline users!

—mia on Nov 9, 2023 Permalink

— on Apr 20, 2024 Permalink

OUPL VII Player Signups

Signups for OU Premier League VII are open!. OUPL is a tournament with 8 teams competing across SV, SS and SM OU!

—bri'ish loser on Nov 7, 2023 Permalink

Survivor Capture The Flag Tournament 2023

—bri'ish loser on Nov 4, 2023 Permalink

1v1 World Cup VII

1v1 World Cup is a large, global team tournament with slots from SV to BW 1v1. Team up with others from your country or region to be crowned 1v1 Champions!

—bri'ish loser on Nov 4, 2023 Permalink

1v1 World Cup VII

1v1 World Cup is a large, global team tournament with slots from SV to BW 1v1. Team up with others from your country or region to be crowned 1v1 Champions!

—bri'ish loser on Oct 30, 2023 Permalink

SmORGon S23 Signups are Open!

—bri'ish loser on Oct 19, 2023 Permalink

New Avatars!

Thanks to Kyledove & Horo, there are 30 new avatars available for use by everyone!

This link shows the newest batch uploaded, to use any of these avatars, or any of the other hidden avatars, simply type /avatar [avatar name] into any text box.

—bri'ish loser on Oct 16, 2023 Permalink

Teamballo III

Signups for Teamballo III are open! The third edition of the Italian room's team tournament will include ORAS-SV OU and SV Monotype, LC, and Ubers and a custom avatar prize for the winning team!

—bri'ish loser on Oct 10, 2023 Permalink

EiPP 8

—bri'ish loser on Oct 6, 2023 Permalink

Teams can now be stored server-side!

—Mia on Oct 2, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Masters I Signups

Signups for the first edition of Smogon Masters, a swiss bracket tournament featuring ORAS OU, SM OU, and SWSH OU in a best of three series, are open until this Sunday

—bri'ish loser on Sep 22, 2023 Permalink

DCL I

—Theia on Sep 12, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Classic VII

—bri'ish loser on Sep 4, 2023 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia Event III

—bri'ish loser on Sep 4, 2023 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia Event III

—bri'ish loser on Sep 1, 2023 Permalink

Gen 9 Random Battles Open & SmORGon BB Signups Are Open!

—bri'ish loser on Aug 28, 2023 Permalink

Español Premier League

—bri'ish loser on Aug 26, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Masters II

—bri'ish loser on Aug 21, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Champions League III Player Signups

—bri'ish loser on Aug 16, 2023 Permalink

The Library Pre-Fall All & All

Starting Sunday, you can catch these events according to the Event Timetable on the event document, where you can also find out more about the events and prizes available!

—Kennedy on Aug 12, 2023 Permalink

Randbats Doubles Open III & VGC 2023 World Championships

Prepare for trouble, and make it double! With a brand new generation, Rands Slam III brings you a new challenge! Sign up now to the Randbats Doubles Open!

—Kennedy on Aug 12, 2023 Permalink

Randbats Doubles Open III & VGC 2023 World Championships

Prepare for trouble, and make it double! With a brand new generation, Rands Slam III brings you a new challenge! Sign up now to the Randbats Doubles Open!

—Kennedy on Aug 9, 2023 Permalink

World Cup of Randbats 2023 Player Signups & OMs of the Month

Player Signups for The World Cup of Randbats 2023 are now open! Teams will play across all singles Random Battles generations and the winning team will be awarded a custom avatar! Sign up now!

The OM of the month for July is 350 Cup, where all Pokemon with a BST of 350 or less gets their stats doubled. The Leader's Choice is Bonus Type, where any Pokemon can be given a third type!

—Kennedy on Aug 4, 2023 Permalink

EVO 2023

—Kennedy %◕‿‿◕% on Aug 1, 2023 Permalink

Smash Bros. Random Tour & World Cup of Randbats 2023 Captain Signups

—nya~ ❤ on Jul 22, 2023 Permalink

Randbats DS Open & Classic Cup

Signups for the RBY Cup, the final Cup of the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Kennedy ☭ on Jul 17, 2023 Permalink

RoAPL IX

—Theia on Jul 14, 2023 Permalink

Monthly Ladders & SmORGon S22 Signups

—Kennedy ☭ on Jul 7, 2023 Permalink

UGO & Smogon Classic IX - ADV Cup

Signups for the ADV Cup, the third of the five cups for the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Theia on Jul 3, 2023 Permalink

Monotype OMPL I & ZUPL V

Player Signups for Monotype OM Premier League I are open! The tournament will have six teams and will feature various OM formats with a Monotype twist!

Signups for ZUPL V are now open! Sign-up for a chance to get drafted, tiers from the newly established SV ZU down to DPP ZU are in, the winning team will receive a team custom avatar prize!

—Kennedy ☭ on Jul 1, 2023 Permalink

Hackmons Cup Open II & Smogon Classic IX - DPP Cup

Signups for the DPP Cup, the second of the five cups for the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Theia on Jun 28, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Premier League VII & Pokeathlon Signups

—Kennedy ☭ on Jun 24, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Classic IX - BW Cup

Signups for the BW Cup, the first of the five cups for the 9th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Theia on Jun 20, 2023 Permalink

Pokémon Games BDSP Community Playthrough + Egglocke

—nya~ ❤ on Jun 19, 2023 Permalink

RCoP 2023 and AGPL V

Signups for the main stage of the Retro Cup of Pokemon 2023 are open! Sign up to play your favorite past OUs and represent your country, with a chance to win a custom avatar!

Sign up for the fifth edition of Anything Goes Premier League to play every generation of Anything Goes in a team tour environment for the chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Jun 12, 2023 Permalink

MPL IX

Signups for the ninth edition of Monotype Premier League are open! Sign up to play the most popular generations of Monotype in a team tour environment for the chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Jun 10, 2023 Permalink

OSDT III

Signups for the third edition of the Official Smogon Doubles Tournament are now open! Compete the site's largest DOU tournament, hosted in the swiss format.

—Theia on Jun 7, 2023 Permalink

Rands Slam III - Gen 7 Random Battle Open

—Kennedy ☭ on Jun 6, 2023 Permalink

UPL XI and RCoP 2023

Signups for the eleventh edition of Ubers Premier League are open! Sign up for your chance to play every generation of Ubers to date in a team tour environment and win a custom avatar prize!

—Theia on May 30, 2023 Permalink

BDSPPL II

Signups for the second edition of BDSP Premier League are now open! Sign up to play some of your favorite BDSP tiers in a team tournament environment!

—Theia on May 26, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - Ubers and PU Opens

—Theia on May 8, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - NU Open

—Theia on May 2, 2023 Permalink

Pets & Animals Room Grand Opening Festival

—Theia on Apr 28, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - RU Open, Rands Slam III, and WCOP 2023 Qualifying Signups

Player signups for qualifying teams in the World Cup of Pokemon 2023 are now open! The 17 qualifying teams will compete to enter the main stage of WCOP starting next week.

—Theia on Apr 25, 2023 Permalink

Los Juegos Del Azar II & VGC Premier League III

Another year, another edition of VGC Premier League. If you think you have what it takes to win and earn a team custom avatar, player signups are open until April 28th!

—Kennedy on Apr 22, 2023 Permalink

Grand Slam XII - UU and LC Open

—Theia on Apr 18, 2023 Permalink

SSPL I

—Theia on Apr 14, 2023 Permalink

BLT X Final Cycle

—Theia on Apr 7, 2023 Permalink

April's Monthly Ladders + Randbats Gameboy Classic Open

If you don't like OMs, that's cool too! BW UU is Ruins of Alph's Rotational Ladder, RBY Tradebacks OU is the community choice ladder, and ORAS RU is the RoA staff choice ladder. Enjoy!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Apr 3, 2023 Permalink

BDSP LC and PU Opens & OU Room Live Tours

Sign up for the BDSP PU and LC Opens, the last two tours of the BDSP Grand Slam! As a reminder, the three best performances will count for points, so do your best to get to the playoffs!

The OverUsed room is hosting the 2023 edition of OU Room Live Tours. Play in scheduled Gen 9 OU roomtours to earn points and compete for a custom avatar.

—Kennedy☭ on Apr 1, 2023 Permalink

New login server

—Kennedy ☭ on Mar 27, 2023 Permalink

New login server

—Zarel on Mar 26, 2023 Permalink

Wi-Fight! The Paldean Competition & 1v1 Majors III

—Kennedy ☭ on Mar 24, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Tour 35

—Kennedy ☭ on Mar 24, 2023 Permalink

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idk how to delete this and i duplicated something lol, oops
-Kennedy (very good admin)

—Theia on Mar 21, 2023 Permalink

BLT X

—Theia on Mar 21, 2023 Permalink

SmORGon S21 Signups are Open!

—Theia on Mar 3, 2023 Permalink

Draft League ORAS Cup

Signups for the first tournament of Draft Classic, the ORAS Cup are now open! Sign up and compete to earn points towards the Draft Classic Playoffs!

—Theia on Mar 1, 2023 Permalink

Arts & Culture Contest + PG Movie Marathon!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Feb 24, 2023 Permalink

Monotype ORAS + BW Cups

—Theia on Feb 21, 2023 Permalink

Smogon Charity Bowl IV

—Theia on Feb 18, 2023 Permalink

1v1 Old Gens Premier League

—Theia on Feb 18, 2023 Permalink

Monotype SS + SM Cup and BDSP OU Winter Seasonal

Signups for the Monotype SS Cup and Monotype SM Cup are open! These are two of five cups that count towards the overall Monotype Cup. Sign up to earn points towards competing for a \$500 prize pool!

The BDSP Circuit is back! Sign up for the BDSP OU Winter Seasonal, one of the most important tournaments for the circuit, even with a cash prize for the winner!

—Theia on Feb 14, 2023 Permalink

February's Monthly Ladders

—Theia on Feb 11, 2023 Permalink

Monotype SV Cup

Signups for the SV Monotype Cup are open! This is one of five cups that counts towards the overall Monotype Cup. Sign up to earn points towards competing for a \$350 prize pool!

—Theia on Feb 7, 2023 Permalink

Lunar New Year Celebration Festival

—Theia on Jan 20, 2023 Permalink

AG Snake III and 2v2 Doubles Pool League II

Signups for AG Snake III, the first AG team tournament of the generation, are open! Sign up to play in multiple generations of Anything Goes!

—Theia on Jan 17, 2023 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XIX

—Theia on Jan 14, 2023 Permalink

ZU Olympiad I

ZU is hosting a team tournament focused on oldgens! From Croconaw and Magby to Rotom and Articuno, experience the lowest tier through the years in the ZU Olympiad, signups open now.

—Theia on Jan 10, 2023 Permalink

Randbats Team Tour Signups

Signups are now open for Random Battles Team Tournament VI! Starting January 16th, 8 teams will compete in an array of randomized metas for fun, glory, and the chance to win a team custom avatar!

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Jan 6, 2023 Permalink

January's Monthly Ladders

—Theia on Jan 3, 2023 Permalink

Pokémon Games Treasure Hunt Contest

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 30, 2022 Permalink

Wi-Fi Room Giveaway

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 30, 2022 Permalink

Wi-Fi Room Giveaway

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 26, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Premier League XIV Signups

—Alex on Dec 19, 2022 Permalink

K-Pop Room's Debut

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Dec 13, 2022 Permalink

VGC Winter League

—Bidoof ❤ Princess on Dec 13, 2022 Permalink

K-Pop Room’s Debut

—Kennedy❆ on Dec 12, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Draft Kickoff Tournament

—Theia on Dec 7, 2022 Permalink

December's Monthly Ladders

Not looking forward to Gen 9? If you want to try out previous generations, Ruins of Alph has you covered! Gen 7 Ubers, Gen 1 UU, and Gen 6 Doubles OU have been chosen as RoA ladders!

—Theia on Dec 5, 2022 Permalink

Game Awards Prediction Contest

—Theia on Dec 2, 2022 Permalink

Teamballo II

—Theia on Nov 22, 2022 Permalink

The 2022 World Cup in the Sports room

Everyone is welcome to join the sports room to enjoy the highs and lows of the World Cup the way it should be enjoyed (with a load of strangers on a pokemon sim)!

—Kennedy❆ on Nov 15, 2022 Permalink

November's Monthly Ladders

—Theia on Nov 8, 2022 Permalink

PU World Cup III

Signups for the third edition of PU World Cup are open! Sign up for the chance to represent your region in several generations of PU for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Oct 31, 2022 Permalink

Wi-Fi Room Goodbye Galar Gala Official Giveaway

—Theia on Oct 28, 2022 Permalink

Unofficial Metas Premier League II

—Theia on Oct 25, 2022 Permalink

TCG Room Pokémon TCG Online/Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Tournaments

—Theia on Oct 18, 2022 Permalink

SmORGon S20 Signups are Open!

—Theia on Oct 14, 2022 Permalink

October's Monthly Ladders

—Theia on Oct 4, 2022 Permalink

Pokémon Games Scarlet and Violet Hype Event and Ubers World Cup

Sign ups for the second edition of Ubers World Cup are open! Sign up to fight for your country in several generations of the Ubers metagame!

—Theia on Sep 30, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Tour 34

—Theia on Sep 16, 2022 Permalink

1v1 Classic, OURLT II, and Portuguese Premier League IV

—Theia on Sep 13, 2022 Permalink

Battle Stadium Premier League VII

Sign up to play in Battle Stadium Premier League VII! This year's winner of Battle Stadium's team tournament will receive a team custom avatar!

—Theia on Sep 9, 2022 Permalink

September's Monthly Ladders

—Theia on Sep 6, 2022 Permalink

Random Battles Monthly Spotlight Ladder

—Theia on Aug 27, 2022 Permalink

Gen 6 Random Battle Open and National Dex Premier League III

Every circuit ends with a blast, and Rands Slam II is not the exception! Sign ups are here for the Gen 6 Random Battles Open, come and show your mastery on the OG fairy gen arena!

Signups for the third edition of National Dex Premier League are open! Sign up now to play your favorite National Dex tiers in a team tournament environment for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Theia on Aug 23, 2022 Permalink

VGC 2022 World Championships

—Theia on Aug 17, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Champions League II Player Signups

—Nol on Aug 16, 2022 Permalink

Pokemon Games 25th Community Playthrough

—Nol on Aug 12, 2022 Permalink

Peterthegreeat Memorial Sports Trivia II and 2022/2023 Football Season Predictions!

—Nol on Aug 5, 2022 Permalink

Tours Plaza Premier IV and New Avatars!

Sign up now for the fourth edition of Tours Plaza Premier to play custom metas in a team tour environment and a chance at winning \$100!

Pokemon Showdown now has over 50 new avatars based on costumes from Pokemon Masters EX, courtesy of KyleDove, Brumirage, and Grapo!

—Nol on Jul 29, 2022 Permalink

Official Ladder Tournament IX

Laddering cycles for the ninth Official Ladder Tournament start soon, with cycle 1 beginning on July 27th! Check out the introduction thread for more details on Smogon's biggest ladder tournament.

—Nol on Jul 25, 2022 Permalink

Randbats Doubles Open

Prepare for trouble, and make it double! One of the most important Opens of Rands Slam II is here! Sign up now for the Randbats Doubles Open!

—Nol on Jul 22, 2022 Permalink

RBY Cup VIII, NFEPL VI, Anything Goes Summer Seasonal, and BWPL II

Signups for the RBY Cup, the final cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, are now open! Sign up for the last cup that awards points towards qualifying for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

The Anything Goes Summer Seasonal is now live! Sign up to earn points towards Anything Goes' first ever ribbon!

Signup for BWPL II and play in all kinds of BW tiers for your chance at a custom avatar!

—Nol on Jul 19, 2022 Permalink

World Cup of Randbats and Jump! Magikarp! Competition

Battle Stadium’s newest competition is 2v2 Doubles where one Pokémon has to be Magikarp. Discuss it in the thread or in the Battle Stadium room.

—Nol on Jul 15, 2022 Permalink

GSC Cup VIII

Signups for the fourth cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, the GSC Cup, are now open! Sign up for one of the last chances to earn points towards qualifying for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Nol on Jul 12, 2022 Permalink

July's Monthly Ladders

—Nol on Jul 8, 2022 Permalink

ADV Cup VIII and Multi Factory Open

Signups for the ADV Cup, third cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

Signups for the Multi Factory Open are live! Test your skills in five different factory formats for a chance to earn points towards Rands Slam II!

—Nol on Jul 5, 2022 Permalink

Ubers Suspect Test and PU Suspect Test

—Nol on Jul 2, 2022 Permalink

DPP Cup VIII, ZU Premier League IV, and 2v2 Premier League III

Signups for the second cup of the 8th Smogon Classic, the DPP Cup, are now open! You can points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

Player Signups for 2v2 Doubles Premier League III are underway! Join the 2v2 community in the fast paced doubles metagame spanning generations 5-8! Join the 2v2 room and discord for more information.

—Nol on Jun 28, 2022 Permalink

CAP Premier League VIII and Mafia Forum Summer Circuit

Player signups are now open for CAP Premier League VIII! Join the CAP community's largest team tour for the chance to win a custom avatar.

—Nol on Jun 24, 2022 Permalink

BW Cup VIII

Signups for the BW Cup, the first of the five cups for the 8th Smogon Classic, are now open! You can earn points in each of the 5 cups to qualify for the Smogon Classic Playoffs.

—Nol on Jun 21, 2022 Permalink

National Dex Monotype Premier League II and PU Premier League VIII

Signups for the second edition of National Dex Monotype Premier League are open! Sign up to play your favorite National Dex Monotype metas!

The eighth iteration of PU Premier League is under way! Sign up to play multiple generations of PU for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Nol on Jun 17, 2022 Permalink

BDSP Random Battles Open I

Shining as pearls, on a style as brilliant as diamonds, the BDSP Random Battles Open starts accepting sign ups! Don't miss the chance to be Sinnoh's very best and win points for Rands Slam II!

—Nol on Jun 14, 2022 Permalink

Little Cup Premier League XI and June's Monthly Ladders

Signups for the eleventh edition of Little Cup Premier League are open! Sign up to play multiple generations of the Little Cup metagame for your chance to win a custom avatar!

—Nol on Jun 10, 2022 Permalink

Official Smogon Doubles Tournament II

Signups for the second edition of the Official Smogon Doubles Tournament are now open! Enter the site's largest DOU tournament, this year in a swiss format.

—Nol on Jun 7, 2022 Permalink

SmORGon S19 Signups are Open!

—Nol on Jun 3, 2022 Permalink

Anything Goes Premier League IV

Sign up for the fourth edition of Anything Goes Premier League to play every generation of the Anything Goes meta so far in a team tournament for the chance to win a custom avatar!

—Nol on May 31, 2022 Permalink

Gen 8 Random Battles Open and 1v1 World Cup VI Signups

The biggest Random Battles tournament is here! Sign up for the Gen 8 Random Battles Open now!

Signups for this year's edition of 1v1 World Cup are live! 8 teams will compete based on global region in multiple generations of 1v1 to determine the winner!

—Nol on May 24, 2022 Permalink

Ultimate Gaming Olympics

—Nol on May 20, 2022 Permalink

Backstory Competition and Explorers of Wit

The Library and Dungeons & Dragons are bringing back their Backstory Competition and Explorers of Wit Games! The event will run through May 24th, but see the doc for more information!

—Nol on May 17, 2022 Permalink

May's Monthly Ladders

Check out the crazy new OM ladders we have up for May! Crazyhouse has been chosen as OM of the Month and Pokébilities AAA is OM Leader's Choice.

Changes in RoA ladders have also been featured! Try out the Rotational Gen 6 UU ladder, the Gen 4 Anything Goes Community Pick, and the Gen 7 RU RoA Staff Pick!

Have fun laddering!

—Nol on May 14, 2022 Permalink

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1v1 Tournament and Monotype Premiere League

—Nol on May 10, 2022 Permalink

Ubers Premiere League X

—Nol on May 6, 2022 Permalink

Hackmons Cup Open

—Nol on May 3, 2022 Permalink

WCOP 2022 Qualifying Signups

Player signups for qualifying teams in the World Cup of Pokemon 2022 are now open! Qualifying teams will compete to enter the main stage of WCOP starting next week.

—Nol on Apr 26, 2022 Permalink

Gen 7 Random Battles Open and THP Easter Event

Don't miss the chance to sign up for the Gen 7 Random Battles Open, a new installment of the Rands Slam II circuit!

Springtime is upon us, and The Happy Place plans on celebrating it to the fullest extent! Join our room everyday between April 15th and 17th to participate in our Easter Event!

—Nol on Apr 12, 2022 Permalink

Petstravaganza

—Nol on Apr 8, 2022 Permalink

April's Monthly Ladders

April’s monthly ladders feature some returning OM ladders to check out! Sketchmons is OM of the Month and Flipped is OM Leader's Choice.

As with all other months, more changes in RoA ladders have also been featured! Feel free to try out the Rotational Gen 5 UU ladder, the Gen 5 NU Community Pick, and the Gen 6 PU RoA Staff Pick!

All of these formats are currently available to play. Have fun!

—Nol on Apr 5, 2022 Permalink

RoAPL VIII

Signups for the eighth edition of RoAPL are open! Sign up to compete in RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP, and BW OU in this classic team tournament for a chance at a custom avatar!

—Nol on Mar 29, 2022 Permalink

Rands Slam II and Randbats Classic Open signups

—Nol on Mar 25, 2022 Permalink

OMPL X and TV Films Oscars Prediction Contest

—Nol on Mar 22, 2022 Permalink

BLT IX and Smogon Tour 33

—Nol on Mar 18, 2022 Permalink

Pokemon Background Challenge + ADV PL II

—Nol on Mar 15, 2022 Permalink

Japanese Room, March's Monthly Ladders, and SMPL

—Nol on Mar 11, 2022 Permalink

OU Live Tournament

—Nol on Mar 8, 2022 Permalink

Teamballo I

—Nol on Mar 8, 2022 Permalink

Smogon Charity Bowl III

—Nol on Mar 4, 2022 Permalink

Lunar New Year Celebration Festival

—Nol on Feb 15, 2022 Permalink

February's Monthly Ladders

—Nol on Feb 12, 2022 Permalink

Tours Plaza Classic III

Tired of playing the classics over and over again? Come sign up to participate in the extravagant formats of TPC, with a new custom format every week for a breath of fresh air!

—Nol on Feb 8, 2022 Permalink

SmORGon S18 Signups

—Nol on Feb 4, 2022 Permalink

AG Winter Seasonal Signups

Come join the first Anything Goes Seasonal Tournament of 2022! Signups can be found here!

—Kennedy on Jan 28, 2022 Permalink

1v1 Premier League VI Signups

—KeN ◌͜◌ nEDy on Jan 24, 2022 Permalink

SPL Apparel Shop

The Smogon Apparel Store has been updated to include SPL XIII merchandise! Purchasing SPL XIII merchandise contributes towards the prize pool for the ongoing edition of OST.

—Nol on Jan 21, 2022 Permalink

OM Grand Slam VII

Signups for the last two Opens of OM Grand Slam VII are up! Sign up for the Balanced Hackmons Open, as well as the first-ever Godly Gift Open! Make sure to sign up before all slots are filled!

—Nol on Jan 18, 2022 Permalink

VGC Winter Seasonal

Smogon VGC kicks off its 2022 Circuit with the Winter Seasonal! Signups can be found here and come join the fun with the new Series 12 rules and lots of legendary Pokemon!

—Nol on Jan 14, 2022 Permalink

Anything Goes Snake Draft II, OM Grand Slam VII, National Dex Anything Goes Minitour, and Ubers Winter Team Tour

OM Grand Slam VII continues with signups for the Mix and Mega and STABmons Opens! Make sure to sign up before all slots are filled!

The first-ever official Anything Goes circuit starts off with signups for the National Dex AG minitour! Make sure to join and have a go at AG's first-ever ribbon tournament!

Join the Ubers Winter Team Tour, featuring Ubers from every generation so far, for your chance to show your skills!

—Nol on Jan 11, 2022 Permalink

January's Monthly Ladders, OM Grand Slam VII, and NatDex Winter Seasonal

OM Grand Slam VII has started off with signups for the AAA and NFE Opens! Sign up to see how well you fare!

National Dex kicks off its 2022 tournament circuit with the Winter Seasonal! Participate to earn points for the National Dex circuit!

—Nol on Jan 7, 2022 Permalink

Official Smogon Tournament XVIII Signups

Signups for this year's edition of Official Smogon Tournament are live! With a 1100 USD prize pool for Top 8 and a custom avatar for the winner, you won't want to miss your chance for glory.

—Nol on Jan 3, 2022 Permalink

Multi-Platform Star Tournament

—Nol on Dec 31, 2021 Permalink

THP Winter Event

—Nol on Dec 27, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Team Tournament

—Nol on Dec 24, 2021 Permalink

Holidome!

—Nol on Dec 21, 2021 Permalink

Lobby Winter Giveaway

Celebrate the holidays with free games! Join Lobby on December 23rd and 24th for a chance to win from a list of 150 different Steam keys! Check the event page for details.

—Nol on Dec 17, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games Monkey Day Open + ShinyFest #5: Sinnoh vs Hisui

—Nol on Dec 14, 2021 Permalink

Attitude of Gratitude

—Nol on Dec 10, 2021 Permalink

December's Monthly Ladders

—Nol on Dec 7, 2021 Permalink

The Game Awards and VG Room GOTY

—Nol on Dec 4, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Premier League XIII Player Signups

Player signups for the 13th edition of Smogon Premier League are now open. Join us for the commencement of Smogon's largest team tournament!

—Nol on Nov 30, 2021 Permalink

Chess World Championship has begun!

The World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi is underway! Swing by the Board Games room to discuss the match and play some games of your own!

—Nol on Nov 26, 2021 Permalink

Monotype Winter Premier 4

Signups for Monotype Winter Premier 4 are now up! Join Monotype's annual OM tournament to compete in Monothreat and National Dex Monotype!

—Nol on Nov 22, 2021 Permalink

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Release

Want to enjoy the new BDSP competitive meta as it develops? Come join the BDSP Metagames room for room tours and discussion as we see how our old favorites stack up with new mechanics!

—Nol on Nov 19, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Charity Bowl II

—Nol on Nov 19, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Games Sinnoh Movie Marathon

—Nol %◕‿‿◕% on Nov 9, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon Unite and November's Monthly Ladders!

—Ransei on Nov 2, 2021 Permalink

Galar End Game Official Giveaway

—Nol %◕‿‿◕% on Oct 29, 2021 Permalink

Arts & Culture DTIYS Halloween Event

—Nol on Oct 19, 2021 Permalink

SmORGon S17 Signups are Open!

—Nol on Oct 15, 2021 Permalink

October's Monthly Ladders

—Ransei on Oct 5, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Modern Trio Open

—Ransei on Oct 5, 2021 Permalink

Random Battles Modern Trio Open

—Nol on Sep 27, 2021 Permalink

Survivor 1v1 Tournament

—Nol on Sep 24, 2021 Permalink

Tours' Leaderboard Tour V

Join the Tournaments room for your chance to qualify for Tours' Leaderboard Tour V! Compete for your chance to win glory and a $50 Amazon gift card!

—Nol on Sep 17, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Tour 32

—Nol on Sep 14, 2021 Permalink

Pokémon TCGO Tournament

—Nol on Sep 10, 2021 Permalink

September's Monthly Ladders

—Ransei on Sep 7, 2021 Permalink

Smogon VGC Fall Scramble!

—Nol on Aug 31, 2021 Permalink

Portuguese Premier League III

—Nol on Aug 27, 2021 Permalink

Smogon Classic VII and Smogon Champions League

Smogon Classic VII continues with signups for RBY Cup VII! Sign up now to participate in the most prestigious old gens tournament of the year.

Signups for the first edition of Smogon Champions League are live, join us for the commencement of an exciting new team tour!

—Nol on Aug 23, 2021 Permalink

Random Doubles Battles Open and GSC Cup

Sign up for the Random Doubles Battles Open! Don't miss your chance to show your dubs moves, win a joinphrase and Rands Slam points!

Smogon Classic VII continues with signups for GSC Cup VII! Sign up now to participate in the most prestigious old gens tournament of the year.

—Nol on Aug 17, 2021 Permalink

ZUPL

—Nol on Aug 13, 2021 Permalink

BSPL and Cartridge Major

—Nol on Aug 9, 2021 Permalink

MeTube? YouTube!

The YouTube room will be bringing back its Video of the Week events! Video of the Week is a competition in which you get to enter a video that you have uploaded in the past week and the room votes for their favorite. The winning video will be featured in the room intro for a whole week! If you're looking for an opportunity to give your channel some exposure, then make sure to enter.

The room is also creating a new attraction called the YouTube Wall, which is a page on the room's website that will feature all of your channels in a collage. It's still in development but the requirements will be released shortly, so make sure to keep an eye out for it!

—Trickster on Oct 29, 2016 Permalink

OU Suspect: Sablenite

OverUsed is suspect testing Sablenite.

—antemortem on Oct 27, 2016 Permalink

RMT ORAS OU Team Rating Workshop

There will be an OU team rating workshop in the Rate My Team room on Saturday 29 October at 3 pm EST. Members of the room's staff will provide advice on teams that are sent in, discussing possible changes and helping as many people as they can. People will be able to send in teams around 15 minutes before the start. Please note that modchat will be set for the duration of the workshop.

I highly encourage you to join if you're looking to improve your rating skills or learn more about OU in general and the current state of the metagame. Hope to see you there!

—IronBullet on Oct 26, 2016 Permalink

Writing Room Halloween Contest

The Writing room is hosting a Halloween themed contest with its sister room Mythology! The winner will be granted room voice and have their work displayed in both roomintros. Check out the entry information and show off your literary skills in this spooky event!

—sirDonovan on Oct 19, 2016 Permalink

The Studio's Song Recommendations

Ever looking to discover new music? The staff of The Studio have a Smogon thread dedicated to helping you find songs and artists to help expand your library. Staff recommendations are posted every Friday, and you can even add your own recommendations to the thread!

—Trickster on Oct 7, 2016 Permalink

Customizable Room Tournaments

Tournament creators can now customize tournament banlists! Using the command /tour banlist, Pokemon, moves, items, and abilities can be banned or unbanned. See the tournament script guide for more info!

—sirDonovan on Sep 30, 2016 Permalink

OM of the Month: Voting

Voting for October's Other Metagame of the Month is open! Choose the ladder you want next month!

—The Immortal on Sep 28, 2016 Permalink

Writing Room Workshop

The Writing room will be hosting a Making Everything Write workshop on Monday, September 26th from 8 to 10 pm EST. Members of the room's staff will guide participants through various short story and poetry activities. There will also be time for reviewing works written previously or during the workshop. If you are interested in improving your writing skill or learning something new, be sure to join!

—sirDonovan on Sep 24, 2016 Permalink

Smogon Apparel Sale

After almost two years, we're pleased to announce our second ever sale of Smogon apparel to the public! The sale is available for a limited time only & next time our design will be different; click here to get one while you can!

—antemortem on Sep 20, 2016 Permalink

The hacking on September 17

Last night, we were hacked. We managed to identify and fix the vulnerability and get PS back up and running in a matter of hours, but the attacker did make off with a database dump.

Our passwords are stored in an encrypted format and are relatively difficult to brute-force (technical details: we were using bcrypt) but you should change yours anyway. That includes on PS, and everywhere else you were using the same password (you should not use the same password everywhere else). Other than that, there's no need to worry: our passwords are encrypted enough that you have plenty of time to change your password before it's a problem.

—Zarel on Sep 18, 2016 Read more

RMT ORAS OU Team Rating Workshop

There will be an OU team rating workshop in the Rate My Team room on Sunday 18 September at 2 pm EST. Members of the room's staff will provide advice on teams that are sent in, discussing possible changes and helping as many people as they can. People will be able to send in teams around 15 minutes before the start. Please note that modchat will be set for the duration of the workshop.

I highly encourage you to join if you're looking to improve your rating skills or learn more about OU in general and the current state of the metagame. Hope to see you there!

—IronBullet on Sep 16, 2016 Permalink

The TV, Books, and Films Room's Animation Domination Takeover

The TVBF room will be hosting an Animation Domination Snapshots Extravaganza on Saturday September 17th at 11a.m. and 9p.m. EST! If you think you're an animation know-it-all when it comes to recognizing animated films from screenshots, be sure to join them and strut your stuff!

—Trickster on Sep 6, 2016 Permalink

September's OM Ladders & RoA Spotlight

Mix and Mega is this month's OMotM! This metagame allows you to give nearly any mega stone or primal orb to a Pokemon of your choice and evolve them into your own custom mega Pokemon!

Balanced Hackmons Doubles is, you guessed it, a hybrid of Balanced Hackmons and the Doubles metagames!

RoA's new Spotlight Ladder of this month is ADV NU!

—Eevee General on Sep 2, 2016 Permalink

OM of the Month: Voting

Voting for September's Other Metagame of the Month is open! Choose the ladder you want next month.

—Eevee General on Aug 29, 2016 Permalink

Chess Room Tournaments

The Chess Room is hosting two new weekly tournaments. Starting this week, every Monday at 8:00 PM Eastern, a single-elimination speed chess tournament will be hosted. Every Thursday at 8:00 PM, a Chessmons tour will be hosted. The winners will have their names put in the Chess Room Intro!

For more information, and to learn how to play Chessmons, click here.

—scotteh on Aug 21, 2016 Permalink

PSPL Finals

The finals of Pokemon Showdown Premier League IV have begun! Click here to follow the action. Who do you think will win; Doubles or Competitive Tutoring? Good luck to all players!

—antemortem on Aug 19, 2016 Permalink

Sun & Moon Room ORAS Review Contest

The Sun & Moon room is hosting a contest to find the best review of Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire! Show off your literary skills in this fun event. The winner will be granted a custom avatar on PS and a spotlight in the Sun & Moon roomintro.

Check out the entry information for a chance at winning the top prize!

—Vacate on Aug 8, 2016 Permalink

August's OM Ladders & RoA Spotlight

Nature Swap is this month's OMoTM! Pokemon's base stats are swapped amongst each other depending on the selected nature. As a fun example, with Mega Camerupt, it can run a Timid nature to swap its Attack and Speed, allowing it to have 120 base Speed and 20 base Attack, respectively!

Follow The Leader is a metagame where the first Pokemon's movepool and abilities must be used by ALL other Pokemon on the team. Clefable's wide movepool and good abilities in Magic Guard and Unaware makes offensive and defensive Clefable teams especially viable!

RoA's new Spotlight Ladder of this month is GSC UU!

—Dell on Aug 1, 2016 Permalink

Official Ladder Tournament and Monotype BLT

Smogon's TD team returns with another installment of the Official Ladder Tournament, with the intent to increase ladder activity and quality and rewarding high-playing players into playoffs. This event will be using the ORAS OU format, and we've set up the OLT room for discussion of the tournament. We hope to see a nice turnout among the competitive scene!

In other news, the Monotype community hosts a Monotype BLT, a tournament format inspired by the Tournaments room and staff!

—Dell on Aug 1, 2016 Permalink

OM of the Month: Voting

Voting for August's Other Metagame of the Month is open. Choose the ladder you want!

—The Immortal on Jul 30, 2016 Permalink

PSPL IV: Quarterfinals

This week we enter PSPL's quarterfinals, with 8 teams left standing! Will we see yet another outright astounding victory from a team like last round (UU's 8-0 victory against Mafia)? Find out as we progress with the tournament!

—Dell on Jul 27, 2016 Permalink

PSPL IV: Top 16 Playoffs

Another week, which of course means another round of PSPL IV! We've moved into the knockout phase of the tournament, so things are getting a little more interesting. With 16 rooms remaining, it's still anyone's to win. Cheer on your room! For rooms that didn't make it to playoffs, we take this opportunity to thank you guys for participating in what's been a fun event, and we hope you guys continue to spectate!

—Dell on Jul 16, 2016 Permalink

MMO Room's Screenshot Contest and Maplestory Level Up Event

The MMO Room is hosting two different events with monetary prizes! A screenshot competition will be held for players to submit a screenshot of one their favorite MMOs entailing one of their most enjoyable experiences. There is also a Maplestory event being hosted, where new players who are just starting off can be offered help and will be able to be assisted in level ups in the game.

—dell on Jul 16, 2016 Permalink

Competitive Tutoring ORAS UU Teambuilding Workshop

There will be a UU teambuilding workshop in the Competitive Tutoring room on Wednesday, 13 July, at 10 am EST. In this workshop, members of the room's staff will build teams using certain predetermined cores for a few hours, and will discuss how to build around them and use them effectively. Modchat will be set for its duration.

I highly encourage you to join if you're looking to improve your teambuilding skills, rating skills or learn more about UU in general and the state of the current metagame. Hope to see you there!

—IronBullet on Jul 12, 2016 Permalink

Pokémon GO Room

We now have a public Pokémon GO room because pretty much everyone is playing it. Enjoy!

—antemortem on Jul 11, 2016 Permalink

PSPL - Week 3

The third week of PSPL IV has begun! This will be the final week of the group stage of the tournament before we head to playoffs, with an announcement that includes the current team standings. Check out the new match-ups, look out for replays, and cheer on your favorite rooms as they compete to secure their spots in the next stage!

—Dell on Jul 11, 2016 Permalink

July's OM ladders and Seasonal

Enchanted Items is the OM of the Month. Every Pokemon can get access to a second ability by holding a corresponding item. For example, Thick Club's effect is replaced with Kyogre-Primal's ability Primordial Sea and Manaphy can combine it with its Hydration ability to cure its status.

This month's Leader's Choice is AAA Ubers. This meta is AAA with the addition of Ubers as well as some previously banned abilities such as Aerilate and Fur Coat.

The Seasonal is Fireworks Frenzy, in which fireworks fall from the sky and damage the battling Pokemon each turn.

—Dell on Jul 6, 2016 Permalink

OMotM Voting

Voting for July's Other Metagame of the Month is open! Come vote for the ladder you want next month.

—Eevee General on Jun 29, 2016 Permalink

PSPL IV - Week 1

The first week of PSPL IV has officially begun! For the first stage of the tournament, the group stage, our teams are placed into eight groups of four. Within each group, the four teams will battle each other in a round robin format over a three week period. At the end of this stage, the two highest ranked teams in each group will advance while the other two will be eliminated. Check out the current match-ups and cheer on your favorite rooms!

—Dell on Jun 19, 2016 Permalink

CAP 22 - TL and TLT Nominations

CAP 22 is right around the corner, and applications for leadership positions are being accepted from now until Friday. This will be the first CAP made for the CAP metagame, so if you have experience in the metagame or have displayed leadership qualities in other competitive areas then feel free to apply. Join the CAP room for discussion!

—Dell on Jun 9, 2016 Permalink

PSPL IV - Announcement

Would you like to represent your room in a fun community team tournament? We introduce to you Pokémon Showdown Premier League IV! Teams of each room will compete against one another in our competitive formats, with teams being made up of ranked users and regulars from each room like the previous PSPL event. Goodies in the form of featured rooms make a comeback from last year as prospective awards, and there are new updates on rules, format changes, and policies to make this event the best it can be. Look forward to Week 1 being posted in the coming days, and of course, have fun!

—Dell on Jun 5, 2016 Permalink

June's OM Ladders & RoA Spotlight

Got Talent? is the OM of the Month ladder for June. Every attack now corresponds with a contest category and stat, so if you use an attack that matches the "Tough" category (Defense), it calculates damage off your Defense instead!

The Leader's Choice ladder is Custom Power. In this meta the move in your first moveslot matches the Hidden Power value of your Pokemon's IVs.

Starting this month Ruins of Alph will have a Spotlight ladder on Pokemon Showdown! The first Spotlight is RBY UU.

—The Immortal on Jun 1, 2016 Permalink

OM of the Month Voting

Voting for June's OM of the Month is in progress. Vote for the metagame you want playable on the server!

—Eevee General on May 27, 2016 Permalink

The Flying Press: Where The Writers Coalesce

Check out the new article about the Writing room! Since the Writing room's creation, it has comprised of a friendly place for users to share works and give feedback, along with activities such as Ernest Hemingway (a fan-favorite game where users give a six-word description of a topic) being hosted. This informative piece also covers about the room's leaders if you ever wanted to know about them. Swing by there sometime!

—Dell on May 25, 2016 Permalink

Default IV updates

The teambuilder now minimizes Attack IVs on Pokémon that don't run physical moves (while maintaining the type of the move Hidden Power, if present). This has been the default on Smogon's recommended movesets for a while, as it reduces the damage taken from Foul Play and confusion. Trick Room and Gyro Ball behave similarly, but minimize Speed IVs instead.

—Dell on May 18, 2016 Read more

May's Usage-Based Tier Update

A new usage-based tier update has been released for the official tiers, where many Pokemon have undergone rises and drops based on their relative popularity within each tier!

—Dell on May 9, 2016 Permalink

May's Other Metagame Ladders

Extreme Tier Shift is the OMotM ladder for May. ETS takes the boosts from regular Tier Shift and doubles them!

The Leader's Choice ladder is Type Reflector. Each Pokemon on your team in slots 2 - 6 will have a secondary type that matches the primary type of your first Pokemon.

Super Staff Brothers will remain on the Seasonal ladder for another month! Have fun!

—Eevee General on May 1, 2016 Permalink

OM of the Month Voting

Voting for May's OM of the Month is in progress. Vote for the metagame you want playable on the server!

—The Immortal on Apr 27, 2016 Permalink

Endless Battle Clause fixes

Trick/Switcheroo Leppa Berry no longer causes staleness. In other words, you no longer auto-lose when your Leppa Berry is swapped twice.

In addition, Fling Leppa Berry (and its variants) are now correctly detected as an endless battle. There was previously a bug in its detection.

—Zarel on Apr 23, 2016 Permalink

User cards now show global rank

Hi guys, new update: Clicking on a user will now show their global rank (in addition to room rank).

—Zarel on Apr 13, 2016 Permalink

Snapshots in TVB&F

The TV, Books, & Film room is hosting a television-themed game of Snapshots (a game in which you guess where a screenshot is from) tomorrow, April 9th, between 5 and 6pm EST. Join in the fun!

—antemortem ☾ on Apr 8, 2016 Permalink

Other Metagame & Seasonal Ladders

The April OM of the Month ladder is Ability Unity, which grants the same abilities to Pokemon that share the same typing.

The new Leader's Choice ladder is Megamons, a metagame that allows you to use most Mega Pokemon without their stone.

And after a yearlong hiatus, Pokemon Showdown's favorite Seasonal ladder Super Staff Brothers returns! Enjoy these while they last!

—Eevee General on Apr 3, 2016 Permalink

Pokken Discussion on PS

Been loving Pokken Tournament? If you'd like to talk about the game or find battles with other users, swing by the In-Game room for all things Pokken-related.

—scene on Apr 1, 2016 Permalink

OM of the Month Voting

Voting for April's OM of the Month is in progress. Go vote for the metagame you want playable on the server!

—Eevee General on Mar 28, 2016 Permalink

Suspect Results & Testing

NU's suspect test resulted in Sceptile being banned.

LC's suspect test ended with Diglett not banned.

OU is currently testing Hoopa-Unbound. The test will last for two weeks.

—The Immortal on Mar 28, 2016 Permalink

Policy on sexually explicit content

Pokémon Showdown has a wide and varied userbase, with people of almost all ages enjoying the site. It is therefore against the rules to discuss anything sexually explicit, anywhere on the site. This includes PMs, even between two consenting adults. Any attempt to elicit sexual interactions with another user will absolutely not be tolerated and will be punished harshly. If there are suspicions that such behavior is taking place, we can and will check PM logs to investigate.

—Hugendugen on Mar 20, 2016 Permalink

2016 Smogon Awards: Voting

The voting period for the 2016 Smogon Awards has begun! The round will last until March 21st, so get your votes in ASAP!

—antemortem on Mar 14, 2016 Permalink

LC & NU Suspects

Little Cup is suspecting Diglett and NU is suspecting Sceptile.

Voting reqs for both suspects are set at 2800 coil.

—Eevee General on Mar 10, 2016 Permalink

Some updates

1. The teambuilder allows you to sort Pokémon now. You can even filter and sort at the same time!

2. Changes to username capitalization now stay changed.

3. We've lowered the resolution required to have two battles side by side.

Have fun!

—Zarel on Mar 8, 2016 Permalink

2016 Smogon Awards

The 2016 Smogon Awards have begun! The nomination round will last until March 13th, so get your votes in ASAP!

—Antemortem on Mar 6, 2016 Permalink

RU and NU Suspect Results

The RU suspect test resulted in both Mega Abomasnow and Sharpedo being banned!

Different tier, same result. Sawk has been banned from NU by a 67% majority!

—The Immortal on Mar 5, 2016 Permalink

Other Metagame of the Month

It's time to vote for your favorite OMs! You have until the end of the month to vote for March's OMotM.

—The Immortal on Feb 25, 2016 Permalink

Elo ratings in "Watch a battle" list

I do this thing where I make a feature and think "I'll announce it after testing it for a week" and a week later I think "everyone already knows about it, no need to announce". Basically, I always forget to announce features. But not this time!

Anyway, you can now see Elo rating in the "Watch a battle" list!

—Zarel on Feb 20, 2016 Permalink

The recent crashes

You may have noticed that PS has been crashing a lot recently.

PS runs on Node.js, and the newer versions aren't particularly stable and crash a lot. We used to run an old version to avoid that, but it's so old that it's not supported anymore, which means no security updates and some tools have stopped working.

So the new plan is to update to the newest version and fix those problems myself, but sometimes things crash. Sorry! But the good news is, we're making lots of progress so you should see much more stability in the future.

—Zarel on Feb 12, 2016 Permalink

PM Logging

We've gotten some reports of PM abuse with faked screenshots. To ensure the safety of all PS! users, starting in the next 48 hours, we'll start to log PM conversations so reports can't be faked.

NO ONE can look at the logs unless a participant gives us permission (such as through a "Report" button), or admins need to help enforce laws.

—Eevee General on Feb 9, 2016 Permalink

Other Metagame of the Month Ladders

February's Other Metagame of the Month winner is Mix and Mega. In this format you can give just about any OU legal Pokemon any Mega Stone or Orb that you want!

The Leader's Choice ladder is VoltTurn Mayhem, a metagame which adds the switching effect of U-turn and Volt Switch to nearly every move. Hold onto your hats; it's going to be a wild ride!

—Eevee General on Feb 4, 2016 Permalink

The 2016 TVBF Oscars

Want the power to choose who wins the Oscars? Now you can! Voting for the 2016 TVBF Oscars has begun; you have until 11:59PM EST on February 26th to vote. Winners will be announced during the event on February 27th! We'll see you on the red carpet!

—Antemortem on Feb 1, 2016 Permalink

Other Metagame of the Month

Voting for February's OM of the Month is in progress. Choose the metagame you want as a ladder!

—The Immortal on Jan 29, 2016 Permalink

Dark Mode (beta)

So there's a new Dark Mode (beta) option in Options. It's not finished yet but it's looking pretty nice.

—Zarel on Jan 28, 2016 Permalink

The Flying Press Room

We're unveiling The Flying Press room, an area dedicated to Smogon's media publication! Join us for live discussion on our on-site articles - both concepts and in-progress works.

—Antemortem on Jan 28, 2016 Permalink

Rearrange chatrooms/battles with drag and drop!

Yes, that's right, you can now drag and drop chatrooms and battles! You can even have two chatrooms next to each other by dragging one to the left, as long as your screen is big enough.

—Zarel on Jan 20, 2016 Permalink

Pro Wrestling Room

We're proud to announce that the Pro Wrestling room is now public and open to all fans of RKOs and body slams; enjoy!

—Antemortem on Jan 18, 2016 Permalink

Monotype Premier League and 1v1 Suspect Test

Signups have begun for the second annual Monotype Premier League! Impress managers in tryouts and you could get drafted!

Sticking with Other Metagames, 1v1 is testing Mega Salamence, Blaziken, and Mega Blaziken. In order to vote, you require 2600 COIL on a fresh alt.

Good luck!

—The Immortal on Jan 16, 2016 Permalink

New Other Metagame and Seasonal Ladders

January's Other Metagame of the Month ladder is Gods & Followers, where you build around a "god" Pokemon and five of its "followers". The god can be of the Uber rank and the followers must share at least one type with it. Once the god faints, your entire team is inflicted with the Curse effect!

The new Leader's Choice ladder is Monogen. In this metagame your team must consist of Pokemon that all debuted in the same generation!

Lastly, a new seasonal ladder called Polar Opposites is underway. On this ladder your randomized team will consist of six Ice-type Pokemon all battling under the effects of Inverse Battle. Enjoy!

—Eevee General on Jan 9, 2016 Permalink

Quick-Drops & PU Suspect Results

The quick-drops for January are now available. Big thanks to ~Antar for compiling them for us.

PU's suspect test for Vigoroth and Exeggutor ended with both banned (96% and 64% ban votes, respectively.)

—Eevee General on Jan 5, 2016 Permalink

UU Suspect Results & January OMotM

UU's suspect test ended with Crawdaunt unbanned receiving 57% of the vote.

Voting for January's OM of the Month is in progress. Choose the metagame you want as a ladder!

—Eevee General on Dec 27, 2015 Permalink

OU Suspect Results & PU Suspect Test

The OU suspect test for Sablenite and Shadow Tag ended with Sablenite not banned (54% ban votes, 60% needed) and Shadow Tag banned (89% ban votes, 60% needed).

Meanwhile, PU is testing Vigoroth and Exeggutor through the 30th. Vigoroth's combination of Bulk Up + Slack Off and Exeggutor's raw power and versatility have brought them into question. Players will need to reach 2800 COIL to vote. Good luck!

—Eevee General on Dec 18, 2015 Permalink

Ultimate Gaming Month

From December 19th to January 18th, the six chat gaming rooms on PS will all be participating in a fun event called Ultimate Gaming Month! During UGM, the Mafia, Scavengers, Survivor, Battle Dome, Trivia, and Game Corner rooms will all give out points for participation in events and general games. Workshops will also be held in Mafia, Survivor, and Battle Dome on the 19th of December.

The top placers will receive prizes, including a PS custom avatar for the overall winner! If you haven't yet, check out the involved rooms and make sure to be there during the month for lots of fun!

—Dell on Dec 14, 2015 Permalink

VGC 2016

VGC 2016 rules have been released, including its own format! VGC 2016 implements a rule similar to that of VGC 2010 where it allows all legendary Pokemon to be usable (with the exception of Mythical Pokemon), most notably Mega Rayquaza, Xerneas and Primal Groudon/Kyogre. What do you think this new format will look like? Discuss in our VGC room!

—Dell on Dec 9, 2015 Permalink

State of the replays

So the replay site is kind of down right now. I'm running it through a repair process, but the repair process apparently takes multiple days.

In the meantime, I added a "Download replay" button, which is really cool, and honestly, it's a nice ability to have whether or not we have a replay site.

But I'll bring the replay site back sooner or later! Don't worry, your replays won't be lost forever.

—Zarel on Dec 7, 2015 Permalink

UU: Crawdaunt, RU: Tyrantrum and PU: Throh

UU is currently re-testing Crawdaunt. Crawdaunt is a very potent offensive Pokemon, but the metagame has changed since it was last tested. The suspect test will have an B value of 20 and a COIL requirement of 2650. It will last 2 weeks.

In RU, Tyrantrum will be staying in the tier after its suspect test with a final vote of Ban 47 to Do Not Ban 48. The despot keeps its throne for another day!

Lastly in PU, Throh remains banned after its recent re-test after failing to reach a 60% majority vote to unban. The leaders thank everyone who participated in the suspect test!

—Eevee General on Dec 7, 2015 Permalink

Tier Update

Regular usage-based tier update implemented a new policy to tier Mega Evolutions and base formes separately. The tier update moved down 24 Pokémon whose usage of base formes was below 1.7% in a given tier. This only affects base Pokémon; Mega Evolutions that don't have enough usage to be considered OU, such as Mega Garchomp, still stay in OU.

—xfix on Dec 4, 2015 Permalink

December: OM of the Month

Ever wanted to toy around with baby Pokemon? Check out this month's featured OMs, which are 350 Cup and Little Cup Extended! 350 Cup in an Ubers-based tier that doubles the stats of Pokemon that have a base stat total of 350 or lower, allowing many LC Pokemon in particular to be especially viable. Little Cup Extended allows all Pokemon to have moves their evolutions may have, improving the overall coverage and versatility of certain Pokemon. Check out the respective threads for metagame discussion, and have fun laddering!

—Dell on Dec 1, 2015 Permalink

Ladder optimization

The ladder has been rewritten, and should be much, much faster now.

Sadly, this means the ladder's been reset again. I was going to convert the old database over, but no one could log in during the conversion (which could have taken days), so this was the only way to do it. Sorry.

Uh... look, a distraction! We've redesigned the Hangman system and I think it looks nicer this way. :)

—Zarel on Nov 25, 2015 Permalink

OU: Shadow Tag and Mega Sableye

OU is currently suspect testing Shadow Tag and Sablenite. Shadow Tag is suspected, as it disallows switching, while Mega Sableye causes setting up hazards to be very difficult. To vote, a battler needs to acquire 2700 COIL within 75 games limit on a suspect ladder or get to top 4 in a suspect tournament. On a suspect ladder Sablenite is banned, but not Shadow Tag, in order to check if Shadow Tag is still an issue without Mega Sableye. Have fun laddering.

—xfix on Nov 24, 2015 Permalink

Hangman

Thanks to bumbadadabum's hard work, the classic game of Hangman was added to Showdown. Staff members can use /hangman create [word], [hint] command in order to start a hangman game. After a game is started, words and letters can be guessed using /guess command.

—xfix on Nov 24, 2015 Permalink

Monotype: Mega Sableye

The Monotype Council is holding a suspect test for Sablenite! Mega-Sableye's combination of Magic Bounce, high defensive stats, and great setup/support movepool make it a centralizing force in the metagame. It has only a handful of checks and even fewer counters within the confines of Monotype team-building. Suspect voters will need to acquire 2600 COIL on a fresh account starting with the 'MS2' tag. Check out the Monotype discussion thread and the Monotype room for more information!

—Dell on Nov 9, 2015 Permalink

PU - the newest official tier

Thanks to its ongoing success, PU is now an official tier! This includes several privileges, including official suspect testing, its listing as a Singles tier, having the same amount of representation as the other official tiers in the Tournaments room's Official Tournaments lineup, and many more. The tier has finally progressed considerably, and the PU room is the place to be for ongoing competitive discussion, engaging tournaments, and more. There's also a new tier shift to keep people occupied as we get the ball rolling with our new updates. WE DID IT BOYS!

—Dell on Nov 3, 2015 Permalink

Cosmopolitan Photography Contest

Submit your own photos for the November Photography Contest held in the Cosmopolitan room! The theme of this contest will be based off of the season you're in during the month of November depending on your general location, whether it's related to spring, summer, winter or fall. Check out the thread for more information about the event's guidelines, and look forward to the winners being announced on November 30th!

—Dell on Oct 27, 2015 Permalink

Trivia Leaderboard

Get your mind in gear and your questions ready because the Trivia room is having an event to celebrate its new system for tracking Classic Trivia! The room will be holding bot-tracked classic trivia, with a scripted "Official Game" every four hours. The users at the top of the Classic and Official leaderboards after seven days will be nominated for room voice!

—Dell on Oct 27, 2015 Permalink

Poll feature

A poll feature for the sim has been implemented, which allows rooms to run their own polls. They are a nice built-in alternative for the many straw polls ran by various rooms. These polls are limited to one poll at a time per room, and display in the room when they're created, ended, or when someone joins the room. We're still in early development with this feature, so we'll appreciate any suggestions done to make things better. Enjoy!

—Dell on Oct 8, 2015 Permalink

TVBF room: Plot Twist Contest

Are you a mastermind plotter? Do you plot on your free time? Well, It's time for TVBF's Plot Twist Contest! Simply pick a low rated movie, and rewrite the plot the way YOU think it should be, for a chance to win $10 Amazon Gift Cards or a Free Month of Hulu! Get plotting, masterminds!

—Dell on Oct 3, 2015 Permalink

Tournament Script: Scouting

Our tournament script now has a built-in automatic scouting prevention! The commands are simple: staff members can use /tour scout on to allow scouting and /tour scout off to disallow scouting. Various rooms may find themselves using this feature for their prestigious tournaments, effectively preventing players from joining other tournament matches while they're still in the tournament. We hope you guys find this feature worth your experience in attending our room tournaments!

—Dell on Sep 18, 2015 Permalink

September OM of the Month

The featured OMs this month are Sketchmons and Hackmons 1v1! Sketchmons allows the move Sketch to be learned by every single Pokemon once, which gives them access to any illegal move (but only one illegal move per set). Hackmons 1v1 is just like the regular, fast-paced 1v1, but it combines the endless possibilities of Hackmons (meaning all moves and abilities are allowed). Check out the threads for more details of the formats, and enjoy laddering!

—Dell on Sep 5, 2015 Permalink

Ladder reset and Official Ladder Tournament

As we continue to work to reform the ladder system for PS, the ladder ranks are now reset among our formats. This is occurring in preparation of a fun Official Ladder Tournament that will be hosted by Smogon's TD team, with the intent to increase ladder activity and quality. This event will be using the ORAS OU format, and there will also be an official PS room that will be setup solely for this tournament. Check it out -- we hope to see a nice turnout among the competitive scene!

—Dell on Aug 17, 2015 Permalink

Battle Dome Voice Challenge (+)

The Battle Dome room is hosting a voice challenge! As the event implies, users who play this text-based RPG and complete a set of requirements will be rewarded with room voice, along with a large amount of other in-game rewards! There hasn't been a better time to join, so head over there now!

—Dell on Aug 14, 2015 Permalink

Room: Rate My Team

Check out the new Rate My Team room! This room has an interesting concept in that it will be in tight relations with the Rate My Team forum on Smogon, so everyone who wishes to participate can seek advice and rate teams. As the room develops, there will soon be many exciting events to come!

—Dell on Aug 9, 2015 Permalink

A new ladder system

Right now, our biggest issue is probably ladder reliability. We're working on a new ladder system entirely to replace the old one in the coming weeks, so be prepared for a ladder reset – all your ladder rankings will be wiped soon!

—Zarel on Aug 8, 2015 Read more

Recent updates

As you may or may not have noticed, we've been hard at work updating PS. The teambuilder supports dragging-and-dropping (even to and from files on your computer, on Chrome and the desktop client), and the experience on phones/tablets is a lot nicer.

In battles, we now keep track of opponents' PP, your own revealed pokemon, and duration for Reflect, Light Screen, and Tailwind.

—Zarel on Aug 8, 2015 Permalink

PS Room: RMT

Check out the new RMT room! This room has an interesting concept in that it will be in tight relations with the Rate My Team forum on Smogon, so everyone who wishes to participate can seek advice and rate teams. As the room develops, there will soon be many more events to come!

—Dell on Aug 7, 2015 Permalink

Doubles OU: Skymin

Doubles OU is suspecting Shaymin-Sky! This particular suspect has been deemed controversial due to its offensive presence, with an ability that further aids the possibility of side effects to occur among its most used options. Battlers need to achieve a coil of 2600 for the ladder, alongside making substantial contributions to the thread about the suspect in question. Enjoy laddering!

—Dell on Aug 7, 2015 Permalink

August OM of the Month/Seasonal

The featured OMs this month are No Status and MonsJustMons! No Status only allows moves in the Physical and Special category (disallowing all Status moves), and MonsJustMons prohibits the use of abilities, natures, items, EVs, and IVs.

This month's seasonal is Rainbow Road, a format with Mario Kart-themed events that features a variety of mechanics. Check out the threads for more details of the formats, and enjoy laddering!

—Dell on Aug 4, 2015 Permalink

1v1: Perish Song

The 1v1 metagame is testing Perish Song, as it's a move that's deemed by many to be uncompetitive and extremely centralizing. To qualify for voting rights, you'll have to achieve an Elo rating of 1550 in a fresh new alt. Perish Song will only be banned if it receives a 60% pro-ban majority.

—Dell on Jul 31, 2015 Permalink

Poetry Workshop

Writing room staff is hosting a community poetry workshop. The workshop is an interactive project that intends to introduce and discuss basic elements of poetry to writers of all skill levels. If you'd like to attend, fill out this form to sign up. Try it out, whether you're an experienced poet or not!

—Dell on Jul 28, 2015 Permalink

Lobby Revamp

In Lobby, we're working towards a new experiment with the room ranks (+, %, @), implementing them wholly. Chatters who consistently influence good and intelligent discussion will now have a good chance to earn these ranks. There's no set discussion topic required, and we hope to converse with you guys, whether it's Pokémon discussion or anything related to casual talk!

—Dell on Jul 24, 2015 Permalink

Rap Battle Premier League

The Studio is launching the Rap Battle Premier League! Its format is similar to PSPL in that it operates based on teams representing their rooms to compete against each other. Room Owners will be team managers who will select 2 users to represent their team in rap battles. Read all about it for full details, and be on the lookout for the event to take place soon!

—Dell on Jul 23, 2015 Permalink

PS Article: PSPL III Recap

For those not privy to our recent community team tournament, The Smog now launches an article that intends to recap everyone on the events of Pokémon Showdown Premier League III! This awesome piece features coverage regarding its foundation, semifinals and finals, covering the prize involved and analyses on the many battles that took place. Check it out!

—Dell on Jul 22, 2015 Permalink

Hoopa and Hoopa-Unbound

Are now released! Competitive discussion will take place in the Overused room, as it's now usable in the tier. If you're looking for potential giveaways, Wi-Fi is the place to be, as they'll be maintaining giveaways throughout the entire day. Check it out!

—Dell on Jul 18, 2015 Permalink

Portugues' PSPL victory

The Português room's team was victorious in PSPL III, beating Español 4-2. They put up quite a show for this community event, and to reward them, their room will be featured as an Official Chat Room for a week. Parabéns!

—Dell on Jul 16, 2015 Permalink

Endless Battle Clause Updates

To further expand on Endless Battle Clause, Heal Pulse and Leppa Berry + Trick/Switcheroo/Bestow are now banned from Singles formats. This should cover a large portion of the problems that weren't covered by the clause before with virtually no collateral damage involved, as Heal Pulse sees no competitive use in Singles. As always, if you find any other possible ways of forcing endless battles, please let us know, and we will deal with those accordingly!

—Dell on Jul 16, 2015 Permalink

Baton Pass Clause

A new Baton Pass clause is implemented to the ORAS Singles formats for the standard Smogon ORAS tiers (OU, UU, RU, NU). This clause disallows the use of Baton Pass on a Pokemon while also using a move that boosts Speed and a move that boosts another stat, with various exceptions included.

—Dell on Jul 14, 2015 Permalink

BLT II: Best 'Leaderboarders' Tournament

As we continue to use the tournament script for competitive play, BLT strikes back with a new season, hosted by Vapo! In this event, staff from the Tournaments room will be representing their qualified scripted tournament leaderboard players in a fun community team tournament. They will be formed into 8 teams, competing against one another until one ends up victorious. Check out the thread for more details!

—Dell on Jul 6, 2015 Permalink

MMO Room - ROTMG Event

MMO is hosting an event for Realm Of The Mad God on Saturday 27th June at 8 PM GMT +0. If you need help creating an account or want to know more about the event, check out our brief guide. Staff from the Social Media and Video Games rooms will also be streaming their first forays into the game, so if you want to play along or just watch, we look forward to seeing you at the event!

—Dell on Jun 25, 2015 Permalink

Latest Room Events and BH Suspects

Previously known as TCG, the room is renamed to Traditional Games! It retains its focus in primarily TCG games, but tabletop games are included in its list of topics.

Submit your own photos for the July Photography Contest held in our Cosmopolitan room!

In other news, Balanced Hackmons are holding a 2-week suspect test! It will feature Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, and Mega Rayquaza.

—Dell on Jun 22, 2015 Permalink

The Player merge and PS articles

As a lot of you may know by now, The Player (as well as The Competitor) has consolidated its media outlet to The Smog, where a slot dedicated to Pokemon Showdown articles will be held there. The Smog provides many resources and a much broader audience, allowing for more growth to expand our content towards faces with different backgrounds and experiences. We also hope to see you guys find your place in other types of articles!

This brings us to Issue #43 of The Smog, where Showdown brings in the table some explicit data about our bots, rating systems, the philosophy of the Room Owner rank, and much more. Check it out!

—Dell on Jun 9, 2015 Permalink

Scholastic Room

The Academics room has merged with Debates and Discussions to form Scholastic! If you're looking for a place to discuss current affairs or academic topics, chat about student life or just fancy learning something new, swing by!

They're also holding a competition to design their new Room intro, so if you're experienced with art and/or HTML, let the room staff know and they'll work something out. We'll appreciate any assistance in that regard, and we're likely to announce the winner and runner-ups in the room!

—Dell on Jun 2, 2015 Permalink

Social Media Room

The Social Media room that some of you may have remembered from previously has been remade! With it now equipped with new staff, users and events, we all intend to bring the community closer together with new faces and experiences. As for events, you guys can expect content in the form of weekly streams, channel of the week (from any media-related website), and many more. Be sure to check it out!

—Dell on May 25, 2015 Permalink

PSPL III - Announcement

Would you like to represent your room in a fun community team tournament? We introduce to you Pokémon Showdown Premier League III! Teams of each room will compete against one another in our competitive formats, with teams being made up of ranked users and regulars from each room like the previous PSPL event. Unlike from before, goodies in the form of featured rooms will be awarded to the winning teams. Look forward to Week 1 being posted soon, and of course, have fun!

—Dell on May 17, 2015 Permalink

New Formats

The standard Challenge Cup is now replaced with Hackmons Challenge Cup. By extension, Challenge Cup 1v1 is replaced by Battle Cup 1v1, which will retain the old CC mechanics. This change is to provide variety on the format by allowing it to differentiate itself from Random Battle.

Two Nintendo formats, Little Cup and Battle Spot Special 10, are also added.

In addition, Battle Factory is added. It's a new format with a similar concept to Random Battle, but the difference is that it's focused on tiers, everything is set to level 100, and all sets are intended to be competitively viable!

—Dell on May 16, 2015 Permalink

Roleplaying: RustyRP

To mark the occasion, our very own tabletop room, Battle Dome, will showcase their game and help teach it to newcomers! Don't miss out on your chance to learn how to play or simply celebrate with others!

—Sir Donovan on May 9, 2015 Permalink

Room Events

The Game Corner room is hosting the Game Corner Premier League! This tournament follows the popular SPL format, but replaces battles with games. If you are interested in playing, first read over the rules and guidelines then fill out the signup form. The team auction will take place on Sunday, May 3rd. Be sure to visit the room and try to impress the managers before then!

The In-Game room is hosting a laddering race! On Friday, May 1st, a Mega Pokemon and a tier will be announced. Players will then build a team around that Pokemon and use it to ladder in the tier. The first person to reach an Elo rating of 1400 will win and receive an in-game prize for XY or ORAS!

—Sir Donovan on Apr 26, 2015 Permalink

The Player: Issue #11

Issue #11 of The Player is released! Here we uncover some interesting articles, such as the Best of the Worst on PS! Room suggestions, the final issue of The Gossiper series (including the departure of the author), and an informative guide on building teams of the past generations on the simulator. Read all about it!

—Dell on Apr 21, 2015 Permalink

Academics: Only Connect

The Academics room is launching its new game show in the form of a PS! team tournament called Only Connect! Every room can compete in this test of general knowledge and lateral thinking to decide once and for all which room is the most knowledgeable! For roomauth that are interested in representing their room, we have an application process to get things started. Enjoy!

—Dell on Apr 16, 2015 Permalink

Monotype Premier League and MMO Runescape event

Monotype room is hosting the Monotype Premier League! In this team tournament, hosts, team managers and assistant managers will be composed of the Monotype room staff, and for those interested, users that get drafted are promoted to room voice in the MonoPL room. Guidelines follow the same concept for SPL. Best of luck in playing, and look forward for week one to be announced on Monday, April 13!

Meanwhile, our pals down at MMO will be holding a Runescape event! Create a f2p account and join us for some legacy pvp at the 10th of April, starting at 5PM EST.

—Dell on Apr 10, 2015 Permalink

The Player: Issue #10

The Player launches its 10th Issue! In this significant and very unique issue, we uncover exciting new content, and the departure of one of the co-founders of The Player, Vacate. For this issue, he releases an article of The Player itself, where we learn about its foundation, how it's progressed since, and what it's become as of today. We wish him the best in all of his future endeavors!

—Dell on Mar 25, 2015 Permalink

Seasonal: Super Staff Bros.

In this month's seasonal, we introduce something that's one of its kind: Super Staff Bros.! It's a new metagame made by the staff that features each staff member's (and some ex-staff) custom Pokemon, including custom abilities, movesets, items, and a special signature move that contains some kind of unknown power or effect.

In addition, each Pokemon have very unique dialogue during switch-ins, phrases, and sometimes through use of signature moves. There are many more custom effects, all of which are waiting to be seen as you try out this awesome new format!

—Dell on Mar 9, 2015 Permalink

Ask the Admins - The Player 10th Issue

If you're looking for an interesting way to uniquely connect with the upper levels of the members of Pokemon Showdown, The Player will be hosting Ask the Admins for your opportunity this upcoming issue! Here in this thread, you're free to submit questions for a panel of Leaders and Administrators to answer, whether it's about PS!, Smogon, or Pokemon in some fashion. This time around, our panel consists of Okuu, Vacate, and verbatim! Enjoy!

—Dell on Mar 6, 2015 Permalink

In-Game Room & Facebook

In case you're wondering where it's gone, the old ORAS room has been renamed to In-Game! It's the place to be for all discussion about released Pokemon games.

Showdown's Facebook page has been in need of a facelift for a while, and it's now ready! Our Facebook page has been fully updated with all the recent sim news, so be sure to give it a like if you want to keep up with PS-related happenings.

—Vacate on Mar 1, 2015 Permalink

Mafia Workshop

Starting at 9 PM GMT +0, the Mafia staff will be hosting a workshop for their room, which intends to explain the concepts of this complex game. It will feature resources such as how the game is played, common roles and themes, and many more. If you're interested in learning more about the inner workings of the game, this will be a great opportunity!

—Dell on Feb 27, 2015 Permalink

&Sweep

Big time Ubers player and underdog hyper, Showdown Staff member Sweep is promoted to Leader! Congratulations!

—Dell on Feb 27, 2015 Permalink

The Player: Issue #9

This awesome new issue of The Player features some exciting new content, such as an interview with iconic global staff member SteelEdges, Studio's Rap Battles, and a very resourceful look into the Monotype metagame! We also send our regards to shaymin, who now departs from her role as a member of The Player staff. Be sure to read all about it, and to cast your votes for the next interview!

—Dell on Feb 24, 2015 Permalink

Battle Dome

The Battle Dome room is now open! Formerly known as TextQuest, the text-based RPG is back with new and improved classes, monsters, weapons, penguins, cookies and more. With frequent quests and raids, playing a text-based RPG has never been more fun!

—Dell on Feb 4, 2015 Permalink

Tournaments: Indigo Plateau

The Tournaments staff is pleased to announce a new subroom: Indigo Plateau! Indigo Plateau is a private tours room for people who have proven themselves either on the Smogon tournaments scene or on the ladder. Ladder requirements are 85 GXE in OU (80 GXE in other Smogon official tiers) and at least 50 battles. Also, anyone who has been on a team in the Smogon Premier League is allowed in. If you meet the requirements, PM a member of the Tournaments staff (% and up) to be added!

—Dell on Jan 25, 2015 Permalink

The Player: Issue #7

We've just launched the seventh issue of The Player! We have some major and interesting things happening inside, including Antemortem's new position as co-leader, an interview with Trickster, a new edition of the Gossiper, an intro of the MMO room, and a bunch more. Like always, we encourage you to vote for the next set of people to be interviewed and we're interested in hearing your input on how to improve our webzine project. Enjoy!

—Dell on Jan 19, 2015 Permalink

Gen 1: Random Battle

As we're sure you're all having fun with our ORAS iteration of Random Battle, we're now glad to announce the creation of our first gen version of Random Battle! Similarly to ORAS Random Battle, the Gen 1's iteration gives each player 6 random Pokémon with varying levels and combination of moves that aims to make the Pokémon as competitively viable as possible. Enjoy a new version of what's been a really successful and enjoyable format!

—Dell on Jan 9, 2015 Permalink

Server Owners Urgent Update

Pokémon Showdown is altering its server registration system. Every server must now have a contact email and smogon account that will serve as Pokémon Showdown's main method of contacting your server over any pressing concerns. Think carefully before you decide on the email address and smogon account to be linked to your server as the owner of both will be considered the server's sole owner in the event of any disputes that require our intervention.

Server Registration will remain closed for a month, or until all our current servers have updated to the new system. If any servers have failed to contact us by the end of this we will be forced to deregister them. For more information on this change and on how to contact us please check this thread.

—Jasmine on Jan 7, 2015 Permalink

OM of the Month: FU

This month's featured OM is now FU! FU is a fun and diverse usage-based metagame below PU that allows all PU Pokémon that are 2.28% or lower in the 1630 usage stats to be used. Like all other OMotMs, the top 8 users in the ladder at the end of the month will be qualified for our upcoming ladder challenge tournament. Discuss about FU in the Other Metas room. Enjoy playing!

—Dell on Jan 2, 2015 Permalink

The Player: Issue #6

Following up on our well wishes to Scene's departure as co-leader, here we give you the 6th issue of The Player! In this edition, we've got some awesome articles, such as the Perilous Pundit, another staff interview (Spydreigon), and the newest edition of Ask the Admins. We also take a look at past gen ladders and our established Help room. Happy New Years!

—Dell on Dec 31, 2014 Permalink

BLT: Best 'Leaderboarders' Tournament

The Tournaments room will be hosting the Best 'Leaderboarders' Tournament, where the winners of the scripted tournaments in the room will be ranked given points, and will come together in April for a big team based tournament! Check out this link for more details, and we hope to see you in the room earning points!

—Dell on Dec 30, 2014 Permalink

PS! TVBF Oscars

The TV, Books and Films room is holding an award ceremony to celebrate all the great movie releases this year! Vote for your movie of choice in each of 18 different categories, including cinematography, original song and director, to name a few! This event will be held at 5 PM EST on December 30, so head on over there and enjoy the ceremony!

—Dell on Dec 24, 2014 Permalink

VGC 2015

VGC 2015 rules have been released, including its own format! VGC 2014 will coexist with the new format until the season ends (December 31st!), so you guys can still duke it out in 2014's format until then. VGC 2015's rules are very similar to flat double battle rules; most 600+ BST legendaries and the Soul Dew are banned. Check it out, and head over to the VGC room for dedicated tournaments and discussion!

—Dell on Dec 17, 2014 Permalink

Trivia Script

Thanks to Morfent's hard work, the Trivia room now has a script! Featuring three different modes of gameplay, everyone is welcome to answer questions, join games, and climb up the trivia leaderboard. Subjects for questions range from pop culture to Pokemon to academic subjects. Enjoy!

—Dell on Dec 10, 2014 Permalink

The Player: Issue #5

This month has been pretty hectic with the sim's downtime, but now we deliver to you guys The Player's 5th issue! Here we showcase an interview with Vacate, a look at the closing stages of PSPL II, a guide on how to be a good presence in the Lobby, another edition of The Gossiper, and many more. Remember to vote for the next staff interview and to post your favorite article in the release thread. We hope you guys enjoy reading this issue!

—Dell on Dec 3, 2014 Permalink

Changes in the Ubers tier

Upon redefining Smogon's tier system, Ubers is now known as the tier above OU rather than just a banlist. Mega Rayquaza will not be allowed in this metagame, and instead is moved to our new format named Anything Goes! Outside of the Endless Battle Clause, this format intends to permit the use of anything legal in the cartridge games! Be sure to check it out and play!

—Dell on Dec 1, 2014 Permalink

PS is back up!

Actually, PS main has been back up for over a week now, and we've been slowly fixing the remaining parts of the website.

New today: The news system is working again! As before, you'll be seeing updates about our new features, tiers, events and many more as they come! Stay tuned... :o

—Zarel on Dec 1, 2014 Permalink

Seasonal Ladder Returns!

Remember the OM Seasonal Ladder? It now returns to Showdown in a brand new installment! Unlike the previous seasonals that celebrated specific holidays, Seasonal Strikes Back intends to celebrate the comeback of the format itself, mashing up the mechanics from the previous seasonals all together into one. This combination brings an enjoyable experience for everyone, with a nice hint of nostalgia for the older users, so don't miss out!

—Detective Dell on Nov 10, 2014 Permalink

Move Animations & Room Events

Updates to move animations are being made! Graphics will be frequently updated as we cover all of the existing moves (where either new or improved changes will be added), and changes will be applied to battles.

As what happened today, the MMORPG room will be hosting another game night next Saturday at 8 PM EST! They will be showcasing Realm of the Mad God.

Free Time is hosting a talent show, where singing, card tricks, art and more are accepted!

—Detective Dell on Nov 8, 2014 Permalink

The Player: Issue #4

The Player's fourth issue has been released! Check out the release thread and be sure to vote for the next staff interview. Issue 4 includes Sky Battles 102, an overview of PU, an interview with Goddess Briyella, and a spooky cover, as well as a redesign on the article front – be sure to take a look!

—Vacate on Nov 1, 2014 Permalink

Random Battle Tournament

Following up on PSPL II, Random Cup Tournament, hosted by Darnell, is arriving. The format essentially consists of a combination of various Random Battle and Challenge Cup in one Tournament! Sign-ups will end tomorrow, so be sure to check it out!

—Detective Dell on Oct 29, 2014 Permalink

Congratulations to Italiano

The Italian room's team was victorious in PSPL II, beating Wifi 4-2. They put up a great performance throughout the rounds and were deserving winners of the well-received community tournament. Forza Italia!

—Scene on Oct 25, 2014 Permalink

Room updates & NU Ladder Tournament

Meteor Falls is now renamed to ORAS. This transition is intended to invite as much ORAS discussion as possible, while having a room intro that will be constantly updated as the game progresses!

The Chess room will be producing tournaments that rewards Room Voice. For those interested, there's a monthly procedure.

Much like the current OU OLT, NU also has its own ladder tournament in a cyclical format. Expect upcoming prizes soon!

—Detective Dell on Oct 25, 2014 Permalink

More cool updates

ORAS OU ladder is now available under OM of the Month! Discussion is held in the Other Metas room.

WiFi Room has announced it will be giving out hundreds of shiny Pokémon via GTS giveaways each Sunday until ORAS' release. Stay tuned, as all are competitive, shiny and self-bred by the WiFi staff!

The CAP community is playtesting their newest creation - Plasmanta! Global voice is on offer for playing well on the ladder and in a subsequent tournament.

—Detective Dell on Oct 21, 2014 Permalink

Lots of good stuff

We've added the recent ORAS information a whole month before it was expected! Currently all move and stat information is what has been found in the demo. Graphics will be updated frequently between now and the games' full release, and by then these updates will also be applied to tier ladders.

The finals of PSPL II are here! Italiano take on Wifi to decide the winner of what's been a really successful and enjoyable tournament.

The Writing room is having a Halloween-themed contest! Poetry and stories are accepted, with prizes for both.

—Scene on Oct 19, 2014 Permalink

Help Room

As you may have noticed, we now have a dedicated Help room! It's highly recommended you check it out, as this room will help you find global staff members much more easily for issues pertaining to the server community.

If you're interested, this room also intends to encourage users to help others with general PS questions. Here we aim to service users as efficiently as possible, so if you think you have what it takes to participate, don't hesitate to lend a hand!

—Detective Dell on Oct 18, 2014 Permalink

PSPL Semifinals, Room Updates & Ubers Suspect

The semifinals of PSPL II have now begun, with four teams left standing.

Given the large amount of demand for both topics, PU and Smash Bros have received their own rooms. Enjoy!

Ubers has announced that Gengarite will not be banned, and they'll be proceeding onward with a full test for Shadow Tag.

—Detective Dell on Oct 9, 2014 Permalink

The Player: Issue #3 & PSPL Round 2

We've just launched the third issue of The Player! It's got lots of cool stuff inside: an interview with Scotteh, another iteration of The Gossiper, and our new Ask The Admins series, with some great cover art by Faxxifer.

Once again, we're indebted to our contributors for their hard work to make the project a success. If you're curious about joining, we've got some detailed contribution guidelines!

Another week, another round of PSPL II! We've moved into the knockout phase of the tournament, so things are getting a little more interesting. With 16 rooms remaining, it's still anyone's to win. Cheer on your room!

—Scene on Sep 30, 2014 Permalink

Chat font is now slightly bigger

No, it's not your imagination. Chrome recently made fonts look slightly smaller, so I'm making the chat font size slightly bigger (from 8pt to 9pt).

If you don't like it, give yourself a week to get used to it. Plenty of other things on your computer have different font sizes. In a week, I'll decide if we need to do anything else about it.

We also made an update yesterday that seems to have drastically decreased lag, so...

—Zarel on Sep 27, 2014 Permalink

Lobby Update, PSPL II and OLT

As you may have noticed, the Lobby has had a small update regarding staff. Similar to other rooms on the server, it now has its own roomauth. You should only contact global staff for issues outside of the Lobby as room staff members do not have global authority. A client update is planned to help distinguish between these two groups.

Week 3 of PSPL II has begun! This will be the final week of the group stage of the tournament. The announcement includes results from the previous week and current team standings. Check out the new match-ups and cheer on your favorite rooms as they compete to secure their spots in the next stage!

Smogon’s Official Ladder Tournament has entered its third cycle. If you are interested in competing, we recommend you read how to sign up and visit the OLT room for discussion of the tournament.

—Sir Donovan on Sep 25, 2014 Permalink

PSPL II, Tournaments and more

Read Issue #2 of The Player here!

Week 2 of PSPL II has begun! Continuing the group stage of the tournament, the announcement includes results from the first week and current standings. Check out the new match-ups and cheer on your favorite rooms!

After a brief downtime for maintenance, scripted tournaments are back. Head over to our official Tournaments room to compete in the leaderboard challenge! Smogon’s Official Ladder Tournament has entered its second cycle. We recommend you read how to sign up and visit the OLT room for discussion of the tournament. The Mentorship program is also hosting a tournament series called Mentours. These micro-tours are played four times a day in the Community Mentoring room to introduce newer players to Smogon's tiers as well as encourage teambuilding and collaboration with Mentors.

Congratulations to chechnya for winning the Academics room's Jeopardy tournament after defeating Weebl and AnthemOfTheWorld in the final round! If you would like to join the next tour, take this test and PM SteelEdges a screenshot of your results on Smogon forums if you pass to receive information on the next step.

The OM Mediocremons has been replaced by Hidden Type, and Smogon Doubles Ubers, LC UU, and Smogon Doubles UU now have ladders! Head over to their respective threads for information and discussion of these metagames.

—Sir Donovan on Sep 16, 2014 Permalink

PSPL II, OMs, Monotype News, and Tier Updates

The first week of PSPL II has officially begun! For the first stage of the tournament, the group stage, our teams are placed into eight groups of four. Within each group, the four teams will battle each other once over a three week period. At the end of this stage, the two highest ranked teams in each group will advance while the other two will be eliminated. Check out the current match-ups and cheer on your favorite rooms!

The Other Metagame of the Month for September is Haxmons! If you are not familiar with this metagame, read the official thread here. The Pokemon Throwback OM for this month is Gen III 1v1, which follows the bans and clauses of Gen III OU. Alphabet Cup has been replaced by Mediocremons and other new additions include Smogon Triples, 350 Cup, OM Mashup, and PU. Head over to our Other Metas room to discuss these formats and compete in the daily tournaments!

OU Monotype is now known simply as Monotype after implementing a major change in its tiering system. Instead of following the OU metagame, the banlist is now catered specifically to Monotype and comprised of two categories. The first category deals with global bans and states which Pokemon cannot be used anywhere in the tier. The second category deals with more complex type bans, where Pokemon or items are only banned if used on a specific monotype team. Try out the new ladder and discuss your experiences either in the thread or here in our Monotype room!

Three months have passed since our last usage-based tier update, so this month brings another one! For an explanation of the update and a list of which Pokemon have shifted to new tiers, head over to this thread prepared by Antar.

—Sir Donovan on Sep 4, 2014 Permalink

The Player released: Issue #2!

The second issue of The Player has been released! This issue features an interview with Darnell, a look at the Wi-Fi economy and The Studio's favorite artist of this month. The contributors did a superb job with this issue - if you're interested in contributing, check out our guidelines!

We also have Ask the Admins going for our third issue, in which you can ask our panel any questions you like. Remember to vote for the next staff interview and to post your favorite article in the release thread. Happy reading!

—Vacate on Aug 30, 2014 Permalink

PSPL II - Announcement

Do you want to represent your room in a fun community team tournament? Introducing Pokemon Showdown's Premier League II! In this event, teams of seven from each room compete against other rooms in a group stage -> knockout format, with each aiming to end up victorious. Check out the thread for full details, and look forward to Week 1 being posted over the coming days!

—Scene on Aug 25, 2014 Permalink

Random Doubles Battle updated

The Random Doubles Battle format on PS has been improved significantly, thanks to the efforts of dedicated Smogon Doubles players. Pokémon will now have doubles-specific moves like Protect and Helping Hand. Try it out, whether you've experienced Doubles before or not!

Balanced Hackmons is now enforcing the EV limit of 510 and Team Preview. These changes correspond to the XY game mechanics.

The Challenges room is hosting a voice challenge! To earn voice in the room, you simply have to complete three full weeks of their voice challenges.

—Scene on Aug 23, 2014 Permalink

The Player released: Issue #1!

Our debut issue of The Player is live! Be sure to vote for the next interview, too. Our talented contributors worked very hard to make this possible - writing, drawing, checking grammar, and HTMLing to make The Player a reality. We hope you enjoy this issue!

Would you like to see your work published? Our contribution guidelines will show you how.

—Scene on Jul 28, 2014 Permalink

Tournaments updates, Triples formats, and suspect test

Our tournament script has gotten better, so the Tournaments room is now our second Official Room! It's a fun alternative to the ladder, and supports several formats like Round Robin, Single Elimination and Double Elimination. We've worked hard to get here, so you should give it a try!

We also have some new XY Triples formats: Random Battle and Pikachu Tournamentchu on the ladder, and some others off! Pikachu Tournamentchu is a format where you must use Pikachu and any Pokemon that's not fully evolved.

We have some suspect tests! OU is testing Aegislash (2700 COIL to vote). The test ends on Saturday, July 26th. LC is has a discussion-based suspect (1950 COIL to vote), ending on Friday, July 25th. Good luck, everyone!

—Detective Dell on Jul 18, 2014 Permalink

The Player & Social Media Room launch

We've launched a PS webzine! Named The Player, it's a source for articles written by the community related to all aspects of PS. Read the introductory thread first, and if you're interested in writing for us check out the article submission guide and contributor guidelines (they don't take too long to read, and are well worth doing so). If you've got a brief question you'd like to ask, our SQSA thread should cover you there. We've had a fantastic response already in terms of articles and art, and expect to release our first issue in late July. We'd love to have you as a contributor too!

To tie in with the release of The Player, the Youtube room has been renamed Media! It's still the same room and still retains a focus on Youtube, but it's had a rename in order to emphasize that other social media sites like Facebook, Twitch and Twitter are very welcome as discussion topics in the room.

—Scene on Jul 10, 2014 Permalink

OMs, Doubles Challenge, Suspect Tests, and Tier Updates!

The Other Metagame of the Month for July is Mediocre-Mons! If you are not familiar with this metagame, read the official thread here. Another new OM is Pokemon Throwback, in which a popular OM will be applied to a past generation each month. Head over to our Other Metas room to discuss these formats and the many other metagames that we offer!

The Doubles room has a new event: the Ladder Tournament Challenge! To participate, simply create an alt that starts with the letters “LT” and battle on the Smogon Doubles ladder. Be sure to read the thread for full rules and instructions!

Several suspect tests are currently in progress! OU is testing Deoxys-Defense and Deoxys-Speed until Monday, July 7th. It’s not too late to participate! Achieve a COIL of 2700 on the OU (suspect test) ladder for a chance to vote. RU is having a test of Shuckle that is also ending Monday, July 7th. To be eligible for voting, players are required to achieve a COIL of 2400 on the RU (suspect test) ladder.

In other tiers, Staraptor’s retesting in UU has resulted in a ban to BL with Tornadus-Therian next in line for a retest, while Sigilyph was banned from NU!

—Sir Donovan on Jul 3, 2014 Permalink

Pokémon Charity, Tier Updates, Room Updates

The Speed Gamers community are doing a week long Pokemon charity marathon ending on June 27th, where they will attempt to collect every Pokemon throughout the series! They have already collected nickname donations from numerous participants, and you even have a chance to see your favorite Pokemon with a name of your choice here!

The voting phase for Baton Pass has ended. Players in OU are no longer allowed to have more than 3 Baton Pass users on their teams. After lengthy discussion, the Swagger ban was also extended to Ubers. In the lower tiers, Froslass has been banned from RU, Volcarona and Alakazite removed from UU, and Staraptor is currently up for suspect voting. Stick around here for updates on the results soon!

The Studio and The Happy Place rooms now have built-in plugins! In The Studio, users can now nominate an artist as the 'Artist of the Day', and the winning artist will be discussed in the room and have their music posted throughout the day. The Happy Place's plugin will provide a series of inspirational quotes to be set and shown to the room daily. Be sure to check them out!

—Detective Dell on Jun 25, 2014 Permalink

&Slayer95, New Driver, Staff Departures, Rooms and Events!

Slayer95 was promoted to Leader through his exceptional contributions related to programming on the server! On the other hand, Joim (Administrator) and TalkTakesTime (Moderator) have retired from the Pokémon Showdown staff. Joim has made a lifetime's worth of improvements and additions to the site throughout his time as a staff member and programmer, and was always an extremely approachable user who made the sim a more fun and enjoyable place for everyone. TalkTakesTime has made a lot of great additions to the server, namely the development of boTTT, implementing several commands and features for the server, and making the Tech & Code room a thing. We wish the two the best of luck in their future endeavors!

New rooms have been added to the server, while Pokemon In-Game has been rebranded to Meteor Falls. This rename provides an aesthetically appealing twist to the upcoming Pokémon games (Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) while still allowing discussion of anything related to casual Pokémon and more! The new rooms include a Chess room for discussion of the widely popular board game itself, while Scandinavia is our newest language based on languages of the northern Germanic countries in Europe!

Meanwhile regarding current room events, the Sports Room is hosting a fantasy league for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. If you're interested in joining, register, head over to "My Leagues" and search for the "PS league". In other news, Doubles Room will be having a standardized schedule for scripted tournaments. For more information on the scheduling, visit here.

Finally, Kostitsyn-kun was promoted to Driver for being an exceptional contributor in rooms across the server, particularly Anime and Manga and Debates and Discussions. Congratulations!

—Detective Dell on Jun 12, 2014 Permalink

Latest changes

Hi, guys!

We also have a new way to switch between chatrooms: Just press Left or Right while the textbox is empty. If you're on the downloadable client, Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab also work.

And if you type someone's name in chat, it'll give them a notification and highlight the message (you can turn this off in the Options menu as usual).

Also, I recently fixed faint order order (with some help from V4): now, if your last two Pokémon both faint on the last turn, instead of being a tie, the Pokémon that faints last wins.

—Zarel on Jun 9, 2014 Permalink