Another year, another OMPL. This was my third year participating, but only second time managing. I had an extravagant draft plan going in to the season, but due to the timing of the auction and the lack of sleep I'd experienced beforehand, my draft plans went out the window. The draft went past and I was honestly kinda disappointed. Now don't get me wrong, I love my team and I'm actually glad I didn't get who I initially wanted but I was so tired and confused and felt as if I had wasted many opportunities within the auction that could have been beneficial. A clear example of this is that my main draft plan had eight players listed and I ended up drafting fourteen.
As I said I'm very content with my team and I'm glad to have gotten to know most of them a lot better through this tournament. They all put in so much effort and we got pretty far. I am not to thank for that however. They each put in a lot of work and thanks to their continued contributions we had a pretty successful run. I was so drained after my draft preparation and when the results of that preparation weren't exactly what I expected, I didn't get as involved as I would've liked in the end.
Anyway, this is going to be a shoutouts post, because I loved the Hydreigons, and I was extremely proud of how well we did.
WTF THHE STALLS you were so amazing aaaaaaaaaaaa. You had an outstanding record and you should be very proud of it. I can't thank you enough for carrying us through the weeks where we were struggling and I can't thank you enough for putting so much effort in. You're very good at this game, and I'm sure everyone can see it. Best AG player performance in the tour by far.
M'joe'ra joe :) can't believe i got you so cheap, 6k for who I would consider the best M&M player in the tournament, really a steal, even if you consider you and hills as a duo i really got lucky with you two. thank you for trying every time you played, super glad i drafted ya. Thanks for putting the effort in.
In The Hills thanks for filling in for joe in those two weeks and the constant help you gave joe, you both did amazingly and i'm very glad i drafted both of you. how hard you were working despite not playing most of the time shouldn't be understated, you really did so much and i'm very very grateful.
Kentari i still don't really feel like i know you that well but your consistent effort into this tour was great and I just really wanna thank you for trying every week. You did quite well, 3-3 in the main season is actually quite solid.
UnleashOurPassion ik you didnt get to play much and we didn't really get you involved until half way through the second week but i do appreciate your commitment and i'm sorry you didn't get as much playtime as i would've liked to have given you.
GarbodorIsHot while your record wasn't really indicative of how good you are, i do appreciate the effort you put in each week, thanks you. :)
GRNBLN hey. thank you for playing for us in this semi. you would've won too if cata wasn't so lucky but what can you do. really appreciated your presence in the team discord, thanks for being cool.
jasprose OMG JASP i wish i played you from week 1, so good, jaspgoat, thank you for stepping in for halliday in week 4 and for playing every round since. i'm sorry if it felt like too big of an ask, you really did well though and i'm proud of ya.
Halliday can't blame you for being busy, thanks for getting a crucial win early on and solidifying our place near the top of the table even just due to that one win.
aesf you're amazing, i can't believe i got you for 4.5k. if there's retains next year and im managing im 100% retaining you, really amazing well done, thanks for coming in after two other aaa players played, thanks for helping us get through the last weeks of the season, you really were a fundamental part of this team and i'm really happy with the idea to bid on you.
TheCoastsOfToast ily toast <3 such an amazing presence in the chat, so good, i'm really happy that i drafted you. unlucky loss but helped aesf heaps during the season and helped keep the season fresh with your memes and jokes and shtuff, idk you're really cool.
Funbot28 ty for trying ;w; ik ompl didn't go so well for you this year but i'm still glad i drafted you. you tried your hardest and that's really all i could ask for. still a steal regardless of your record tbh.
lotiasite IM SORRY FOR NOT PLAYING YOU I DRAFTED 4 AG PLAYERS but you're cool I PROMISE i just suck at planning and wish i could've done better by both you and vhayle but reeeeeee and sorry again
Vhayle désolée :(, c'est la même chose mais j'espère que tu avais amusement. chais pas ;w; je voulais te donner un jeux alors que tu pourrais jouer un peu mais il y avait aucune opportunité; cependant, je suis encore content que je t'ai choisi. je suis très fatiguée en ce moment;
j'espère que ça a du sens lol
GL Volkner Chazm thanks for the help in that week, much appreciated. :3
What made this OMPL bearable for me was the players I drafted. As I've said multiple times, i couldn't have asked for a better team. Love them. As for what I'll do next year. If this year's taught me anything, it's that I don't enjoy managing. I'm probably going to try to play next year but I'll see what I feel like closer to the date.
As for why Hydrophobic Hydreigons. TI wouldn't let me choose the Escargots, despite it being the best team name ever, so I decided to go for a dumb name instead. I didn't really do my research prior to picking it, so apparently Hydrophobia is caused by rabies or something and isn't actually a synonym for aquaphobia. Oh well.
Well played Honchkrows. I'll be cheering on the Bewears in the finals but good luck to both teams, I'm sure we're in for a fun week.