Prob one of the cleverest ways I have ever seen someone say "Recruit me, I'm desperate" before haha
hey I did pretty good in bh open and im ok at ladder I demand to be on that listI know this is kinda early but a lot of BH players already signed up so here comes my possibly biased Guide for BH Drafting of OMPL VI! Not going to play this year but hope to spectate some great games!
The players in this section have past experience in OMPL and the BH tournament scene in general and are kept up to date with the current metagame. Needlessly to say, all managers are pretty familiar with them and their abilities. So if you want them on your roster, expect a good amount of investment in your auction!
E4 Flint (hasn't signed up yet but placed here anyway)
The tier leader himself still has the "high ground" against the majority of the players in the tournament scene of BH. Not insurmountable but surely a top pick. No more words needed.
highlighter
badlighter, nooblighter, or w/e you want to call him, you can't deny him a place at the top of this list. He's back and proves to be in good form recently. If you are an outsider, just watch his replays in his recent RMT: the way he plays Chansey already differentiates himself from all others that are not in the top 8 of this list.
morogrim
When morogrim is on, he is superb. The gut reliant side of him and the sometimes weird team choice (like last OMPL final) is exploitable, but this is my nitpicking and he is still ahead of the majority of the pool.
MAMP
MAMP the champ. Kept coming up with cool sets, and has a winning history in the past. As long as he is active and tries hard, he is in this category.
The players in this section have success in the recent circuit tournament scene, or in the past edition of OMPL / BH team tour. While their name isn't added to "the greatest BHers in history" they have the most potential to succeed. And they should cost you a tiny bit less than those in the section above. (Not guaranteed though)
Willdbeast
It's now the turn of the new BH Open winner to prove himself in the team tournament scene. Some claimed he has "exploitable weakness" in his building habit but that should be easily fixed by a teammate. What I like about will is the fact that he is guided by First Principle and is actually conscious of the choices he makes in team building.
And his humor should be a good asset to any team :)
(It's cool to see you grow buddy, hope you shine in this one 0.0)
SL42 (Gurpreet Patel (Sent you a Friend Request))
The gimmick king with actually interesting gimmicks. You might claim that he has strange team choice and is not so reliable on the big stage, but I put him here with gut feeling. Some may complain that he complains a bit more than others when he loses: No one likes losing, esp. when the MU is bad, and that shows he is willing to claim victories. If he has decent teammate support to stop him when he goes over the line of using gimmicks, I can surely see him being successful.
jasprose
Jasp is one of the only two starters that had a positive record in BH last year (the other is Flint), and despite attempted quitting a bunch of times in the past months, he eventually stayed. Hope he can keep it going in winning OMPL games.
Quantum Tesseract
The new BH Open runner-up and a successful OM player all around. I put him at the bottom of the list not because I doubt his ability (and they are pretty close anyway) but mostly because he might be playing another tier. If he can avoid the over MU-reliant building habit he showed in last rounds of Open and get good assistance in building from a teammate, I can see him being a very successful pick.
These two sections above concludes my own pick of the 8 most worthy starters of the season. And nearly all of them are self-contained players who can both build and play at a high level. Surely I can foresee some other players pop up and take their places due to perhaps personal connection, or an amazing form during the tryouts, or even some of them landing on the same team.
Real Heat? God Player? Ladder Hero?
The players in this category have varying backgrounds. Some I am more familiar with and some not. While not in the top 8, they are players with decent metagame knowledge and ready to shine as well, just not with the top tour record that the top eight have. Unlike the two sections above, players here are alphabetized.
Adrian Marin
You might question me why Adrian isn’t in the tried and true veteran list. Again, I haven’t seen him playing on the tour scene for a while, and single-dimensionally using stall cannot be very successful in the current metagame. I saw a game in which he had a double regen core combined with a tina that actually loses to imposter due to free PP stall and not enough pressure. However, needless to say, he was and will possibly be a great pick.
aki0s
A good friend of mine that I failed to include on lists above but aki0s knows the meta well and can be a good asset in both building and the playing.
Duckymono Senior
A controversial player with a strong opinion and a history of bans. He had a chance of becoming a good player should he didn’t go through all the drama resulted from his attitude. Would you risk picking him? Only you yourself know.
Funbot28
Another good friend of mine that I failed to include in top two sections, partially because she is a versatile player and might end up playing something else. Admittedly her last showing of BH in OMPL wasn’t a great memory but she’s been kept up with the tier and is capable of competing with the best.
GL Volkner
Sadly, VoltDarkrai had a bad time last OMPL due to many factors, some out of his hand. (I still regret my team suggestion for Gmu to this date lol) Still a potential player and I bet he hopes to be a helper of Flint should they get on the same team.For the players reading this:The following players either had decent showings in some tours or in general appears to know the tier decently (disclaimer: “know the tier” solely judged by their post in BH thread or discord channels so this could be very inaccurate). However, honestly, I don't know much about their BH plays partly due to my own inactivity, plus the fact that OMPL games are on a whole different level compared to ladder / other tournaments (esp. before semis). So you need to do the tryout with them yourself to figure it out.
Had some results in BH team tour / spring seasonal / BH open / Ladder:
Go0d (Spring Seasonal) / Catalystic / Akashi aka jeran (Open) / Whitephoenixac (Spring Seasonal) / Balanced Freakmons / Mark_K / SuperSkylake(ladder??)
(Didn’t sign up but likely to signup?:) Ztest (ladder) / ElMustacho(ladder?) / Semako (ladder?) / ...
Shows decent metagame knowledge in Posts:
Scarfwynaut (managing) / Magikingdra(?) / Pickachuun(?) / RNG aka DMDW (not signed up yet) / Anaconja(?) / ...
Will keep this guide updated when new noticeable players sign up!
Don’t feel offended if you didn’t get placed in the place you think you would deserve/didn’t make this list at all: this guide only include players who signed up (also excuse me if I missed your signup since I basically searched "BH" in the signup thread :v) and is heavily (if not solely) based on BH tour scene records starting 2017 (plus my familiarity with certain individual players). You might prove to the managers yourselves (through tryouts etc.) that you are the hidden gems ready to shine!
Honestly, should this thing exist in the last year, I can’t imagine me placed among the 6 starters. But luckily I got drafted and walked out with a neutral record, so believe in yourself and try your best in tryouts!
E4 Flint (hasn't signed up yet but placed here anyway)
TheCoastsOfToast has solved my puzzle! the correct answer was "Jellyfish" and im sure he can explain how he solved it if you would like to know. Hope this was a fun way to kick off an exciting OMPL and i look forward to a fun draft and great games!Are you ready kids?
What better way to start off an OMPL discussion thread then with a good old fashioned treasure hunt! The goal of this hunt is to find the hidden clues I will create using a complex method. This might sound-EXtremely challenging, but there is an easy way to solve this. You must find these clues and use them to unlock the secret formula. The catch is: you will not know what the clue actually might be. I will hide it somewhere within this message, and the first person to solve this puzzle will win the grand prize! PM me on discord (bdov#8714) when you think you have the answer. Now squeeze that brain of yours and start searching! Remember this is supposed to be Just 4 fun so 1 want no one 2 cheat: fair and square.
Good luck and most importantly, have fun!
Edit: adding some more info as people are having difficulty. the answer is ONE word. you may need to decipher a code but the way of doing so is in the message.
Wait i get it the answer is jellyfishAre you ready kids?
What better way to start off an OMPL discussion thread then with a good old fashioned treasure hunt! The goal of this hunt is to find the hidden clues I will create using a complex method. This might sound-EXtremely challenging, but there is an easy way to solve this. You must find these clues and use them to unlock the secret formula. The catch is: you will not know what the clue actually might be. I will hide it somewhere within this message, and the first person to solve this puzzle will win the grand prize! PM me on discord (bdov#8714) when you think you have the answer. Now squeeze that brain of yours and start searching! Remember this is supposed to be Just 4 fun so 1 want no one 2 cheat: fair and square.
Good luck and most importantly, have fun!
Edit: adding some more info as people are having difficulty. the answer is ONE word. you may need to decipher a code but the way of doing so is in the message.
Thank goodness y'all ain't managing.
DBW isThank goodness y'all ain't managing.
That's why my draft is the bestDBW is
thats one word to describe itThat's why my draft is the best
Don't trust anyone not even yourself.#Catalystic ❤: .nom Hannibalism
*Scrappie: catalystic from The Bedroom Blisseys has nominated Hannibalism for auction. Tiers:
*Scrappie: catalystic[The Bedroom Blisseys]: 3000.
#Catalystic ❤: .4
*Scrappie: catalystic[The Bedroom Blisseys]: 4000.
*Scrappie: Oh, its scrappie, i hate it when dumbass niggas like you make retarded moves and choke the whole fucking game away that way. I wish the people i played werent actually worthless you filth.
Is there anything more perfect than Adrian's team containing OM roomauth from three years ago, stall users, a Heavenly Dragon Gods member, and someone named Classicstupidmemer?