These are definitely the 2 best teams in the tournament so I'm glad to see both in finals. I do think the Scooters had a stronger lineup in a tiebreaker but I feel like not going Ojama SM / ben gay ORAS was a pretty big mistake from them.
Talking a little bit about these 2 teams, I honestly don't give a fuck who wins. I like how the Tyrants try their very hardest to make everyone in the community dislike them when in reality I think no one but them or the Ruiners (and Mr.E) really cares about who wins SPL X at this point, so that's pretty funny. This is the reyscarface effect since 2012 to be honest, can't remember the last time this man managed or played for a team and didn't try his hardest to make everyone else hate them. That's why I love rey and sympathize with the Tyrants, despite thinking they look silly at times trying to imitate their manager when that's something extremely difficult to do because rey is a top 3 most annoying user of all time (with Sweepage and Tele) and a top 10 player of all time as well.
The Ruiners are a team filled with friends and they're like the opposite of the Tyrants when it comes to their attitude. While the Tyrants dgaf and flame everyone so that the community sees it and starts hating them, the Ruiners act respectfully and sportsmanlike so that the community thinks they're likable when in reality they're attempting to ghost qsns and hard flaming everyone in private. So while the Tyrants have players like
CTC who are just gonna hard flame people after being thoroughly outplayed and just not give a fuck, the Ruiners are like "gg great game friend" in public after their games and in private chats they're like "omg did you see how that retard haxed me fuck that trash player" even if luck wasn't even relevant in the game.
So I think the Ruiners are a fake nice team, and the Tyrants are a fake annoying team. Both are identities I personally fuck with a lot, so I'm happy with either of these teams winning. Kind of cheering for Ruiners cuz there's so many friends (2 of them Brazilians!) on this team, but then again after the change of heart I saw in
z0mOG after winning his Tour trophy idk if I want my friends to win trophies anymore just to become arrogant evil people ;_;
SM OU:
Mana vs Hiye - honestly haven't seen too much from either this SPL but I do know Mana is a very solid player and I've always felt like Hiye had predictable team choices coupled with a passive, exploitable playstyle that made him overrated despite winning often.
SM OU:
BLUNDER SANTANA vs Empo - really like both players, but blunder is impossible to predict against this SPL. This man is the best preview player of all time.
SM UU: Christo vs
Pearl - think Pearl is a better player when he's not afraid to make moves. Idk if the pressure will get to him but I do think he has the edge over Christo, who thinks way too highly of himself for a UU main.
SM RU:
aim vs passion - I feel bad predicting vs the love of my life but Joey's been super fire this SPL and I have always thought of him as an excellent player nonetheless. This man just has a very unique way of approaching the game imo.
SM NU: ict vs
lax - toughest game to predict man. Both these players are fire as fuck. I thought ict would be trash going into SPL but he showed me how wrong I was. lax has more creative approaches to the tier, however, and I think that's gonna be the difference maker here.
SM DOU: emforbes vs Croven - not gonna predict doubles because I have no idea who's better tbh.
ORAS OU:
Poek vs imsosorrylol - Poek's been super solid after the beginning of the tournament and he used to be my favorite player to watch at the beginning of SM. Very creative ideas and aggressive playstyle which I really enjoy. I still like sorry a lot and think he has a pretty decent shot at winning this if he's smart about the team he brings.
BW OU:
We Three Kings vs Rewer - haven't been really impressed by either this SPL. We Three Kings' record is a bit inflated due to a weak pool and luck while Rewer's is worse than it should be due to bad luck, but at the end of the day W3K has better support, a better understanding of the tier and is less likely to bring something completely retarded which will lose him the game on matchup, so I favor him.
DPP OU: GaryTheGengar vs
Jimmy Turtwing - I think GaryTheGengar doing well in DPP is not correlated to him being good because this man was not even good back in the early XY OU metagame he innovated by building the OG Deo-S / Thund-i / Mega-Lucario / Genesect / Bisharp / Lando-i team. The fact that he has a good record is an indicator, to me, that this tier is dogshit and that the playerbase sucks too. Jimmy Turtwig is not one of these dogshit players, so I think he has the edge.
ADV OU: Gilbert arenas vs
Hyogafodex - read above, except marcop's contribution to the community was getting banned by posting a nutsack on an ice cream cone instead of a solid XY OU team. Hyoga is a pretty solid player and I think he'll definitely come through as long as he doesn't give marcop too much credit.
GSC OU: sulcata vs
Lavos - impossible to predict vs Lavos since he's been one of the best players on the site for a long time now. I have nothing against sulcata but Lavos is just on another level when it comes to this SPL and GSC in particular. I do think if sulcata pulls this upset then the Ruiners can just forfeit and let the Tyrants have the trophy, cuz there's no way the rest of his team is able to pull through.
RBY OU:
Heroic Troller vs FriendOfMrGolem120 - Probably a closer game than most people are expecting? Troller's super solid though and hard to predict against.