Accelgor - AKA manager 2. Alright so I won't pretend I wasn't heavily disappointed when I logged on from work and saw that, not only were we going to a tiebreak, but you brought Liepard cheese to your game to add insult to injury. You were also ridiculously unlucky throughout the whole season, but I have 0 regrets with picking you from day fucking 1 to team with. Record aside, you were everything I could've hoped for. Your general positivity and the ability to help every slot, particularly old gens, if needed is quite literally an unmatched commodity in this tournament. Beyond what you did for us on the Pokemon side, I knew for a fact you would care a lot and that you would help foster a friendly and inclusive environment, which honestly I'm unsure if I would be able to pull off by myself. I know this game hasn't been too kind to you by any means over the years, and whatever path you choose in the future I'll respect it, but you do have the potential to reach the highest heights if you want to shoot for it. I'll be there every step of the way if needed.
Gondra - my boy. I met you way back in SPL 9 (haha throwback to the above), and that tour put your potential as a player on full display. At the time you weren't too consistent, but you've definitely improved since then, and it eventually turned out that you were an absolute monster at UU. It didn't surprise me in the slightest given your general skill level and ability to pull triggers on aggressive plays. Anyway, beyond that, it was great to have you around. Whether it was entertaining my 50+ line rants when planning or being there to make everyone laugh here and there during the season, it was great to team with you again after the dumpster fire that was SPL X (and to finally win one). Maybe some day you'll pick up the english past tense tho.
Lycans - It kinda goes without saying, but obviously this tour wasn't what you're capable of as a player. I'm willing to accept some of the blame there as your manager but sometimes stuff just doesn't go your way in this game. I could tell from early early on that you truly wanted to help this team succeed, but other (mostly irl) factors got in the way and there's no one to blame for that. Given your skill ceiling, I have no regrets retaining you at that price or putting you in the tiebreaker at the end. Dw about anything bro, you're still a beast and I'm glad you got to show that again in some of the later weeks. I knew benching you after the rough start would be a mistake and you did more than enough to justify my decision there imo. Stick with it and you'll keep dominating UU or whatever else you want to in the future.
Raichy - Alright time to come clean LOL. Going into the auction, I had no idea this man played ADV, and it was kind of a leap-of-faith pick after PIF luckily upbid me on 2 other goons. I saw raichy was doing p well in RUPL at the time and said fuck it. It turned out you were flipping ADV UU jesus, as well as a great great dude to have around. I know your english isn't great, but you didn't let that prevent you from being an amazing chat presence. Always positive, always on top of your shit. Hell, your ridiculous skill ceiling was p much just icing on the cake. Going into the tour, I wasn't a fan of ADV UU as a whole, but you brought a fresh take and some fire plays, and made it a hl for me every week to watch. I know you'll dominate whatever tier to take up next, so gl with that. But first, let's win wcop with the 2 lads above yn
alive - the other half of the gone-for-5-years core that carried this team. As a whole, you were pretty quiet and unfortunately I couldn't realistically do anything to help you, so I mostly just watched you and ark grind away in the gsc channel here and there. Going into the draft, I made sure to scout out of some the gsc pool, which mostly came from the unofficial GSC UU cup a while back. Peeped some replays, and long story short, you just seemed like a dude who was clearly competent, had a strong interest in the tier, and seemed like a great guy on top of that. All those seemed to hold over into this, as you eventually grabbed the best record in the tier as well as a win in the deciding game. Not much else to say man, great to have you around and thanks for the all the wins.
Jarii - oh man god damn. I've known you for a long time from tournaments room stuff but we've never gotten the chance to team up till now. To be quite honest, working with you was a bit frustrating at times mainly due to team picks, but at the end of the day, if I gave you all the hard hitters you would slay everyone. It was p clear from the start that you did genuinely care about this tour, evidenced by your active chat presence, help with scouting every week, and ofc the record you ended up with. You surpassed any expectations I had going in, be it in your games or in the chat making everyone laugh. This was fun bro, hope we get to team again in the future.
Kushalos - I obviously wish you had been more active, but I mean, it weirdly worked out? I'm pretty sure every time you subbed out, we won that same slot without fail, including the finals tiebreak where you randomly showed up drunk and I was about to go ballistic. Regardless, you're one of the most steady hands in this tournament, and that's why I was pretty keen on getting you from the start. The flexibility you and accel offered just between you two gave us a lot of room to play w things till we found the right blend in the lineup. Anyway, this man's season can be summarized in 1 log from semis.
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@Leru - this is pretty much going to be a carbon copy of the one I gave you in snake, but your ability to play legit any tier and do so at a high level is utterly bananas. What you did this season, especially when subbing in 14 times, was more than I ever could've asked, yet I'm not surprised in the slightest. While I figured it would be mostly for the Venezuelans, there could not have been a more perfect utility sub for this team. While I may have to ignore more cat girl pics than I'm comfortable doing, there might just be something to what you told me earlier re: us not losing a tour while teaming together, so let's keep teaming up?
Wanka - Like with Leru, I said a lot of this in my snake win post, but regardless of your performance, you're one of my closest friends on here and it's been really fun teaming up again. I mostly credit your lackluster record to my own laziness this time around, but as shown by last year, you really are capable of dominating the pool and I wouldn't rather have anybody else manning ORAS for my team. Unfortunately, it's a dog shit meta and my motivation in building fresh stuff did take a hit, especially towards the end, and I want to apologize for letting you down in that regard. In the mean time, keep slaying tinder thots or whatever else you got going on sir.
Darksafadao - oml yugioh council member safa. I met you a decent while back when you were first getting your feet under you as a mons player, and your improvement in that timeframe has been huge. I wish I could've gotten you in more, but our team was pretty crowded SM wise so unfortunately that could not be the case. Regardless, your positive attitude never faltered and your presence was flipping fantastic through the whole thing. As for the later stages, I want to apologize here as well for not giving your thoughts and opinions the time they deserved. I can tend to be a control freak at times and towards the end tbh I was just really frustrated and wanted to take on everything myself. Hopefully I didn't discourage you, as you're another person who has a lot of potential if you choose to pursue it. I'll always be here to help and keep doing you bro.
Indigo Plateau - Tough tour, shit happens. I know you had a lot going on, especially early on in the season, and I can't really fault you if this game wasn't your main priority. You're obviously capable of better, and as I said w Lycans, just gotta stick with it and keep your head up. Things don't always go your way and it's just how things are. Beyond that, I can't speak highly enough of your attitude after moving to the bench towards the later parts of the season. Your dedication to the team was completely undeniable, and I can't thank you enough for taking some of the building load off me during portions of the tournament. Not the best performance by any means, but this dude was a great guy to have around Pokemon wise and chat wise.
Hikari - tbh I wish you were a bit more transparent when it came to teams and scheduling and stuff, but it was great to have you around. You were another person where things continually didn't go your way, but you stuck through it and gave us some high quality play, regardless of other factors that took place. Hell, after that Liepard game I would've left the chat and everything mons related. Anyway, hope to see you playing more in the future bro and gl w it if Venezuela permits. Also you're a weeb and it's easier to just accept it.
Santu - I got you for a reason and I do believe you're a strong player, but things just didn't work out tbh. It's mostly on me for overstocking our new gen players a bit too much, which left you with less playing time than I would've preferred, so I apologize for that. You were pretty quiet too but hopefully you had some fun here and there and in the games you did play. Gl with all you got going on otherwise in the future my man.
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Ark - We've been friends a long long time now and now that I think about it, have we ever formally teamed? I'm fairly sure we haven't although you're no stranger to helping me in random things and generally being a great dude to talk to. Aside from Accel at the end, you were the only person in the chat besides Alive that had a true sense of GSC UU, so your help was p much invaluable there. Additionally, your ideas in ADV, ORAS, and SM were, as usual, really creative and interesting and I'm definitely glad I got to talk mons w you again. Thanks again for always having my back when it comes to mons, or looking over my draft plan the day before, or other over-dramatic self pity, or w/e else man. It's much appreciated.
Thisbemyalt - Man, idk where to flipping start. All of the things I could potentially say are basically implied so I'll give the jist for the fine readers. This dude doesn't play Pokemon and hasn't for like 3 years but I still talk to him every day whether it's for my doofus jokes or about all my dumb problems and all the other shit. Probably one of the my best friends online or irl, hopefully we meet up sometime sir.
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YABO - I'm lazy at this point but thanks to all you goons for joining the chat and contributing in some positive way. Didn't end up actually teaming with any of you for one reason or another but ye it was cool talking to all of you again. Pearl, dad. Eyan, thank you for the meme support and maybe some day you can help me shed the dreaded title of "homesteader". Carlos, we've been over this, but I'm sorry I didn't get you although it worked out for both of us in the end. Hope to see more from you in the future. Killinryan you use some wild shit and it was refreshing to see in ORAS, gl with your cousin tomfoolery. Suapah thanks for saying things sometimes and discussing your tinder adventures w us. Something something meme lord YABO.