Tournament World Cup of 1v1 IV - Semifinals

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World Cup of 1v1 IV - Semifinals
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:rotom-heat: South Europe (2) vs US Central (6) :centiskorch:
SS BO7: DenisTheMenace vs Nalei
SS BO5: Bomb21XD vs smely socks
SS BO5: Close vs zioziotrip
SM BO5: LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21
SM BO5: AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell 1v1
ORAS BO5: XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy
BW BO5: stableprince569 vs Sanshokuinsumireko
DPP BO5: Tom842 vs alive
Monopoke BO5: magicarpe_lvl100 vs D2TheW

:pangoro: Asia (3) vs Eastern Europe (5) :hydreigon:
SS BO7: philisteen vs Leru
SS BO5: King Leo V vs Blazikin
SS BO5: Baleblaze vs eblurb
SM BO5: Kentari vs 187 Fan
SM BO5: lmni 1v1 vs Persephone
ORAS BO5: DEG vs ggopw
BW BO5: Kaif vs SolarflareRo
DPP BO5: Euphonos vs Inkreativ
Monopoke BO5: PartMan vs pazza
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The deadline for this round is August 23rd Sunday 11:59 PM EDT.
 
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rosa use the fucking logos if we have them there is 0 reason not to jfc. anyway onto predicts:
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South Europe (8) vs US Central (0)

SS Bo7: DenisTheMenace vs Nalei
SS: Bomb21XD vs smely socks
SS: Close vs zioziotrip
SM: LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21
SM: AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell 1v1
ORAS: XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy
BW: stableprince569 vs Sanshokuinsumireko
DPP: Tom842 vs alive
Monopoke: magicarpe_lvl100 vs D2TheW​

this is just not even close the tiebreaker was for nothing.

Asia (4) vs East Europe (4)
SS Bo7: philisteen vs Leru both popped off in pools, but it all boils down on whether Leru's support is able to outMU philisteen too
SS: King Leo V vs Blazikin if king leo v had played in pools this would be a different story, but this being his first 1v1 tour game (afaik) makes it very hard for him to win. Blazikin is also one of those players that rarely loses to players worse than him
SS: Baleblaze vs eblurb I don't think it's even gonna be close. Baleblaze might win against decent players but eblurb is 10 ranks above the rest. Truly a force to be scared of...
SM: Kentari vs 187 Fan it's hard to predict otherwise, seeing how the tour has been going for both players, and how each one's tour history is. Kentari's standalone prep might be better than what all of eeu has to bring. Scary player.
SM: lmni 1v1 vs Persephone This is a more even match-up imo. Persephone is the better player but SM is a tier where it's hard to just take teams from other people and bring them to tour. Giving it to lmni on experience.
ORAS: deg vs ggopw man.
BW: Kaif vs SolarflareRo this is a more controversial pick but I think Kaif's style of building is more specifically tailored to beat Solar. I also think Kaif just cares more to win here than Solar. It's a guts pick but I think Kaif can def do it
DPP: Euphonos vs Inkreativ the Ink vs E# match in pools was indicative of how evenly matched these two are. Ink was very very close to losing and that was Euphonos' first 1v1 tour match. I can def see E# pop off here as much as I can see Ink 3-0 him.
Monopoke: PartMan vs pazza GOHARRRRRRRRRRRR

tiebreaker is gonna be some weird shit cuz LUs and stuff are always weird when ggopw is on the team but EEU is gonna win ultimately imo

The real winners are the viewers cause all of these matches are fucking HYPE

LET'S GO SOUTH EUROPE
 
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South Europe vs US Central
DenisTheMenace vs Nalei, I could see this one going either way 50/50 kinda, but I’ll pick denis here
Bomb21XD vs smely socks I think that smely will prep more and better and will win here
Close vs zioziotrip another really good matchup which could go either way, but I’m picking zio here
LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21, La ballade has been really good lately in sm and I don’t think landon has played as much recently.
AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell, usually I would pick squirtell but he hasn’t been winning as much lately
XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy, I see xsc taking this one
Stableprince569 vs Sansho, overall stables better imo
Tom842 vs alive him and lrxc can build some cool sets, I think Alive will take it


Asia(3) vs Eastern Europe(5)
Philisteen vs Leru I think eeu has the better ss prep so I’m going with leru
King Leo V vs Blazikin I got blaz here, I just don’t see King Leo V winning
Baleblaze vs eblurb goat
Kentari vs 187 fan, fan didn’t do as well in oras, but I don’t think moving him to sm was the move, I see kentari winning
lmni 1v1 vs Persephone idk tbh but I see lmni winning
DEG vs ggopw got ggopw here
Kaif vs SolarflareRo lol
Euphonos vs inkreativ good new dpp player, I can see him winning

100 percent accurate predicts here
 

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i got all of the tie break predicts wrong though pog
:emboar: king gohar back with the predicts. :electivire:


:rotom-heat: South Europe (3) vs US Central (4) :centiskorch:
SS BO7: DenisTheMenace vs Nalei - This is going to be an interesting game. On one hand you have Denis whose always been consist in 1v1 since gen7 and has only got better in gen8, but on the other you have Nalei whose been performing damn well this tour by taking down XSC 4-0 and SiceXV. Nalei also has great support of zioziotrip, smely socks, and cone goons like bopher,potatochan, and dogknees.
SS BO5: Bomb21XD vs smely socks - They're both pretty mid when it comes to playing. Both are pretty evenly matched in skill and have good prep, could go either way.
SS BO5: Close vs zioziotrip - this is gonna be a close one, close had a pretty easy pool, bu insane mu's vs waylaid. imo zio should win he's a better picker and has better support.
SM BO5: LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21 - LBDC has been doing good in every recent 1v1 tour, last pl and this wc he's been doing great. Landon hasn't really had much results in 1v1 since 2018? LBDC should win here unless Landon becomes god again.
SM BO5: AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell 1v1 - Squirtell is hot off a win against Cp2, although went 1-2 in his pool I think he'll beat acii since he's starting to use non-top tier mons so he wont be as easy to cteam. acii is still a god and has lbdc helping him prep.
ORAS BO5: XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy - xsc one weakness is getting cteamed and derek can build wack shit and beat xsc as long as he uses his brain which might not happen.
BW BO5: stableprince569 vs Sanshokuinsumireko - stable is a far better builder and picker than sansho, as well as the fact that lrxc dipped from mons basically. shouldn't be close
DPP BO5: Tom842 vs alive - looks like lrxc sitting out for semis and finals if central makes there. tom should win since central dpp/old gens in general is pretty bad without lrxc.
Monopoke BO5: magicarpe_lvl100 vs D2TheW - flipped a coin

:pangoro: Asia (3) vs Eastern Europe (4) :hydreigon:
SS BO7: philisteen vs Leru - both went 3-0, but leru went 3-0 in an argueable harder pool and was his first 1v1 tour. leru has ggopw and crucify building for him and is a good picker. philisteen has a shitton of people building for him as well but, i dont think they can compare.
SS BO5: King Leo V vs Blazikin - blazikin makes some questionable plays but he wins so i am not complaining. he got fire prep but i wouldnt be suprised if leo won since he's pretty good at mons in general and has like 12 people prepping for him.
SS BO5: Baleblaze vs eblurb - eblurb is a don at pokemon. got dom crucify SiceXV zioziotrip pazza building the absolute goat teams for him.
SM BO5: Kentari vs 187 Fan - 187 is good at sm but kentari l2ped very quickly and is back at his don forme.
SM BO5: lmni 1v1 vs Persephone - idk where perse even is LOL, lmni should win since they're trying harder but depends on how sober perse is while playing.
ORAS BO5: DEG vs ggopw - fire matchup. both great oras players so i can't wait to see this match. both have proven they're amazing at playing and good at oras. but you already know but of them are going to john untill 1 hour untill deadline
BW BO5: Kaif vs SolarflareRo - you saw how solar played his sm matches, if he plays this match like then, then kaif has a free win here.
DPP BO5: Euphonos vs Inkreativ - inkreativ is better but euph tryhards building so i wouldnt be suprised if euph won but my moneys on ink.
Monopoke BO5: PartMan vs pazza - pman vs pman

end thoughts: eeu vs asia is pretty boring but frita vs central has a lot of fire games.

as always, thanks for reading and have a good day. mubs out
 
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South Europe(3) vs US Central(5)
DenisTheMenace vs Nalei - Clearly Nalei will end up winning. Denis has done nothing this tour after going 0-3 in pools...what a noob
Bomb21XD vs smely socks - I do not support violence. So socks > bombs
Close vs zioziotrip - believe in zio like he's cards they said, you won't lose they said...zio is the Tristan to Close's Weville
LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21 - #21
AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell - squirtell said hi to me yesterday....the other guy frz me with kyub
XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy - we had this match before and it was underwhelming
Stableprince569 vs Sansho - staples is like blue cheese
Tom842 vs alive - Tom has a furry for his pfp, so why not...idk


Asia(4) vs Eastern Europe(4)
Philisteen vs Leru - if you post all yoru teams wins in one post....
King Leo V vs Blazikin - melo the kylo
Baleblaze vs eblurb - bale the snail....tried to rhyme it like above
Kentari vs 187 fan - kentari's wife plays animal crossing :3
lmni 1v1 vs Persephone - sure
DEG vs ggopw - idk ggopw secretly into cat girls
Kaif vs SolarflareRo - canturne
Euphonos vs inkreativ - DDP games...ya know?
 
predicts 4 ur own team r stupid but I'm 100% sure we will be winning 8-0 I'm tired as shit so yk these are of quality
:pancham: Asia (3) vs (5) Eastern Europe :Zweilous:
Philisteen vs Leru - leru went 12-0 in pools w/o hax and chokes basically. This isn't to say phil is to be underestimated but idt he has as much support as he did in pools.
King Leo V vs Blazikin - Blazikikin 9 19
Baleblaze vs eblurb - man has a fucking collective
Kentari vs 187 fan - idt fan is the man to stop the train that is kentari
lmni 1v1 vs Persephone - pers is just gonna get fed ggopw teams which are busted this one is gonna be incredibly rough for lmni
DEG vs ggopw - another hard ass one considering ggopw is just very good at the video game
Kaif vs SolarflareRo - holy shit this is unviables the series ★zioziotrip ♗: !pick solar, kaif We randomly picked: solar yeah ok w/e
Euphonos vs inkreativ - don't sleep, e# got incredibly close last time time and while I'm sure ink will not take him lightly I have a lot of faith for e#
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:rotom-heat: South Europe (4) vs US Central (4) :centiskorch:
SS BO7: DenisTheMenace vs Nalei - nalei is my good friend and I'd love to see her win, but Denis is a great SS player and a bit more proven in this gen imo.
SS BO5: Bomb21XD vs smely socks - im a smely socks fan and i dont know too much about bomb21xd.
SS BO5: Close vs zioziotrip - hl af. Close is a phenomenal 1v1 player, but zio definitely has the gen knowledge. If I had to pick, I think zio wins this in the builder, but I think this is very close and could go either way.
SM BO5: LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21 - these SM matches are fire. so is LBDC. Landon is obviously great but I think LBDC has a better understanding of the current SM meta, and shows no sign of slowing down his general upward trend.
SM BO5: AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell 1v1 - im an ACII fan but Squirtell 1v1 is a bit more proven in SM i think. in any other gen I'd bold ACII in a heart beat, but slight favor squirtell in this case.
ORAS BO5: XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy - i think xstatic is too good to get thrown off by ryys building. I really like SEU's pick of putting him here.
BW BO5: stableprince569 vs Sanshokuinsumireko - strong favor stable. top 2 BWer who is gonna tryhard af even vs a "weaker" opponent. sansho is good but i think just outclassed here.
DPP BO5: Tom842 vs alive - probably the mildest match here. central hurts without LRXC playing, but I haven't been super impressed by Tom in DPP. bolding on the assumption LRXC will still help alive with teams. if not, could go either way.

:pangoro: Asia (4) vs Eastern Europe (4) :hydreigon:
SS BO7: philisteen vs Leru - match between two 3-0 rookies, definitely cool to see. I'm bolding Leru because he overall had a more difficult pool, and he has better SS team support, but I wouldnt be surprised to see philisteen take this. he's 3-0 for a reason.
SS BO5: King Leo V vs Blazikin - blazikin traditionally struggles in team tours, but he's still a force to be reckoned with. im not too familiar with leo, so favor melo.
SS BO5: Baleblaze vs eblurb - eblurb has been doing well recently, but theres no way he can competently schedule with someone from asia if he struggled to find a time with someone that shares his timezone. act win to bale
SM BO5: Kentari vs 187 Fan - I think fan is super super good, but I'm not sure I agree with EEU decision to slot him in SM. meanwhile, Kentari kicked ass in pools. favor kentari, but the superior team support of EEU could make this interesting.
SM BO5: lmni 1v1 vs Persephone - I usually see persephone in the BW slot, and even there he struggled this tour. not sure how much he knows about SM. lmni on the other hand, is absolute fire.
ORAS BO5: DEG vs ggopw - best match in this series. ggopw, especially with potential dom support, is such a force in ORAS its hard not to bold him. DEG is definitely a worthy opponent though, and he'll make it hard for ggopw for sure. favor ggopw, but definitely watch this one.
BW BO5: Kaif vs SolarflareRo - hl match. Solarflare is traditionally one of the best BWers in 1v1, but in both PL and WCop has been spending more time in other slots. Kaif meanwhile appears to have dedicated full time to BW, and came out with a positive records in pools. slight favor kaif, but definitely could go either way.
DPP BO5: Euphonos vs Inkreativ - euphonos came through in a big way for asia, but I think he's just outclassed here. Ink is incredibly solid in DPP and beat euphonos when they played in pools
 
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i was told to do predictions so here goes

:rotom-heat: South Europe (5) vs US Central (1) :centiskorch:
SS BO7: DenisTheMenace vs Nalei - Denis is probably top 3 in SS right now. Nalei is a solid player in her own right, but Denis truly feels on another level right now. Should be a good match though, both very entertaining players to watch.
SS BO5: Bomb21XD vs smely socks - smely had a nice pools but Bomb beat TSC in Bo7 which honestly feels like the more impressive WC performance between the 2. Either way both are solid and use cool teams (I loved the Raboot FWG Bomb used vs TSC) but I haven't seen Bomb play enough to make a call here. Slightly leaning smely but definitely a close game
SS BO5: Close vs zioziotrip - Just when you'd think the SS games in this series couldn't get any better... Close is, while sometimes going a bit under the radar, resultswise easily one of the most accomplished 1v1 players. zio is a newer player who broke out this year, but has had decent results since then, and is considered one of the premier metagamers in SS right now. I definitely consider Close the better player between the two, and his 3-0 in pools shows that he can definitely convert his skills to SS, but zioziotrip is far from a slouch and will pose a threat to even Close.
SM BO5: LaBalladeDesCieux vs UBERLandon21 - Both went undefeated in pools, although Landon had a far smaller sample size. However, 1 game is really all we needed as proof that Landon is Not Crust :tm:, and anyone who has been around for a while knows how good Landon was in his prime. Very exciting series that could easily swing either way.
SM BO5: AltCauseImInsecure vs Squirtell 1v1 - This guy beat CP2 in tiebreak. next.
ORAS BO5: XSTATIC COLD vs ryyjyywyy - XSC recently won LT, which in my opinion solidified his claim as the 2nd greatest 1v1 player of all time. ryyjyywyy is coming hot off a positive pools performance and a tiebreak win, but actually looking at those series paints a different picture. I'm not sure when the last time XSC played ORAS was, but he was/is a solid player in it and should take this one due to his far superior fundamentals.
BW BO5: stableprince569 vs Sanshokuinsumireko - stable is looking like one of the, if not the premier BW players right now. Sansho definitely impressed in pools, and is someone I've been a fan of for a long time. It's hard to predict against the SEU captain though, especially with him being as invested as he is right now.
DPP BO5: Tom842 vs alive - Tom is a solid jack of all trades type of player. He doesn't have the most DPP knowledge out of the pool, but his fundamentals are solid enough. alive had a great PL3, but hasn't made the same waves since. If he returns to form he'll win this pretty comfortably, but otherwise I'm expecting Tom to take this. LRXC would wash both of them tho
Monopoke BO5: magicarpe_lvl100 vs D2TheW - 4-0 goat.

Overall a really cool series, super excited for every single one of these games and despite what the score of my prediction says this is a really close series imo. Go europe!


:pangoro: Asia (3) vs Eastern Europe (5) :hydreigon:
SS BO7: philisteen vs Leru - I (and everyone else) were very positively surprised by philisteen's pools performance. Although his 3-0 record doesn't tell the full story, he definitely showed that he's more than capable of playing this tier at high levels, and his support network is immaculate. Leru is on a whole different plane of being, though. Dropping only 1 out of his 14 pool games to not hax, it is near impossible to justify bolding anyone, really, over Leru right now. Sad to see one of these 2 take a loss after such surprising pool 3-0s
SS BO5: King Leo V vs Blazikin - Go Melo omg : D #GOASTAL
SS BO5: Baleblaze vs eblurb - Tied with Wanony is beloved and hyped rookie eblurb, who after an impressive seeded tour run finds himself in the last EEU SS slot. Despite having no prior team tournament experience, the environment is quite good for eblurb to break out here. With neomon and ggopw as his managers and co-SS players, the stars seemingly align for him here.
SM BO5: Kentari vs 187 Fan - Kentari in his prime was one of the greatest 1v1 players of all time, and his 3-0 pools show that his unwavering resolve is still there. It would take, like, CP2 or ggopw for me to bold against him, and as much as I think Fan is a very solid player, I don't think this is the match for him to turn his negative record around.
SM BO5: lmni 1v1 vs Persephone - lmni looked real solid in pools, and certainly cares a lot more about this match than Pers will (despite dropping her builder and (trying to) convincing her entire team to do the same). Pers has solid support but I don't think it will be enough, as I would consider lmni a better player and more in touch with the tier.
ORAS BO5: DEG vs ggopw - Absolute highlight of this round. DEG is easily one of the best ORAS players, but ggopw is the GOAT. Should be a banger.
BW BO5: Kaif vs SolarflareRo - If both these players were at their best, this would be a highlight rivaling the ORAS match above. However, Solar hasn't been playing much BW as of late, and had a pretty poor pools performance. Kaif's pools didnt look too great either, but I still expect the BWTL to take this one.
DPP BO5: Euphonos vs Inkreativ - Pools Rematch. Not much to say here, except that the first duel went to G5 so this should be a thrilling rematch.
Monopoke BO5: PartMan vs pazza - hbd gohar

Not as hype as SEU-C?O but still an exciting series. Not much expected Asia to even make it here, but here they are. Let's see if the underdog story can continue to finals, or if the reigning champs (sorta ig idk) can keep it up. Go europe!
 
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