quote WiseLugia

Sleep Clause

You may only afflict one enemy pokemon with sleep at a time. You may sleep another only after the first wakes up or gets knocked out. This rule exists to prevent every game from turning into a "who can sleep everyone on the other team first" fest. Mass sleep is just stupid, because you'd have to use crappy Insomniacs or Sleep Talk on everything. When Sleep Talk allows you to choose the move used by it, then this rule will be lifted.

Note: Even if a move, such as Yawn, would not immediately put something to sleep, it still violates sleep clause if something was already asleep through means of the Yawn caster's team.

Note: Self-inflicted sleep (Rest) does not apply towards sleep clause, because the player willingly used it.

Note: Ability-inflicted sleep (Effect Spore) does technically apply towards sleep clause, so don't sleep another if this occurs, but don't freak out about it if it goes off after sleeping someone first, as this doesn't happen enough to matter.

Evasion Clause

Don't use Double Team and Minimize. The game becomes dreadfully dull when every game is DT x6 followed by Baton Pass to a sweeper. DTing walls will never die either. Some may say "carry haze", but the fact is, Hazers, Vaporeon aside, are very easy to kill, and you won't have pure hazers, which is what Double Team demands you to have. No need to say this would take all the fun and skill out of the game.

Note: Abilities such as Sand Veil and Snow Cloak are fine, as those are conditional.


One-hit KO Clause

Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, and Sheer Cold don't belong in competitive play. Bogus random kills are just luck and don't reflect player skill in any way.


Species Clause

No having two pokemon of the same species. Try to be original, k?

Note: You can feel free to have a pokemon and a lower evolution, such as a Porygon2 and a Porygon-Z, as they are different pokemon.


Hax Item Clause

Bright Powder
Focus Band
King's Rock
Lax Incense
Lucky Punch (Yeah, like this matters, amirite?)
Quick Claw
Razor Claw
Razor Fang
Scope Lens
Stick (lol Farfetch'd)

The above items don't belong in a competitive atmosphere, as they are luck-based and don't reflect player ability.

Note: Just because I know someone is going to ask: No, Focus SASH is not one of these. Keep your items straight.

Ubers

Simply put, no ubers unless otherwise agreed upon. This would also apply to say, no OUs and BLs when you agreed on a UU battle. Stay within your tier or lower! To find out what is in what tier, refer to the tier list.