Tournament ZUPL VII - Semifinals

[AC7]

Art by DoomBre1oom

Hosted by Eledyr, July, and AC7

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Morpeek-A-Boos (0) vs (0) The VANGUARDS
SV ZU: yo cho vs Tuthur
SV ZU: fish anemometer vs JJ09LIE
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs FlamPoke
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Taka
SS ZU: TheFranklin vs avarice
SM ZU: btboy vs a fruitshop owner
ORAS ZU: Havocknight vs Tenebricite
BW ZU: Foolycl vs Monai
DPP ZU: Plague vs Baddy
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs DD Joe

Ragebait Raticates (0) vs (0) Cramlington Cramorants
SV ZU: PTKmoekyuun vs TJ
SV ZU: TakingNotesKinda vs PlayaBeavs
SV ZU: Xrn vs LBN
SV ZU: diegoyuhhi vs lettuce
SS ZU: seraphz vs Pokeslice
SM ZU: sugar ovens vs Terracotta
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa
BW ZU: Tack vs 5Dots
DPP ZU: Drud vs HSOWA
ADV ZU: czim vs plznostep

The deadline for this round is Sunday, September 21st at 23:59 GMT -4.

Predictions Format

Morpeek-A-Boos (0) vs (0) The VANGUARDS
SV ZU: yo cho vs Tuthur
SV ZU: fish anemometer vs JJ09LIE
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs FlamPoke
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Taka
SS ZU: TheFranklin vs avarice
SM ZU: btboy vs a fruitshop owner
ORAS ZU: Havocknight vs Tenebricite
BW ZU: Foolycl vs Monai
DPP ZU: Plague vs Baddy
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs DD Joe

Ragebait Raticates (0) vs (0) Cramlington Cramorants
SV ZU: PTKmoekyuun vs TJ
SV ZU: TakingNotesKinda vs PlayaBeavs
SV ZU: Xrn vs LBN
SV ZU: diegoyuhhi vs lettuce
SS ZU: seraphz vs Pokeslice
SM ZU: sugar ovens vs Terracotta
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa
BW ZU: Tack vs 5Dots
DPP ZU: Drud vs HSOWA
ADV ZU: czim vs plznostep

 

[DD Joe]

Ragebait Raticates (7) vs (3) Cramlington Cramorants
SV ZU: PTKmoekyuun vs TJ Tj will win if he receives the right support and team
SV ZU: TakingNotesKinda vs PlayaBeavs Beavs hard to prep for
SV ZU: Xrn vs LBN idk
SV ZU: diegoyuhhi vs lettuce Diego is a better player but Lettuce might shock
SS ZU: seraphz vs Pokeslice SPHZ is pretty good
SM ZU: sugar ovens vs Terracotta Sugar ovens is one of the best sm lower tier players
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa idk, Dugza has a good record
BW ZU: Tack vs 5Dots Scarier player
DPP ZU: Drud vs HSOWA Druddigod
ADV ZU: czim vs plznostep better record

 

[THE_CHUNGLER]

Morpeek-A-Boos (6) vs (4) The VANGUARDS
SV ZU: yo cho vs Tuthur really impressed with tuthur’s SV
SV ZU: fish anemometer vs JJ09LIE fish looks like he’s back in form and has better meta knowledge, pretty 50-50 though since JJ might even be the overall better player, idk
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs FlamPoke rooting for flampoke, but he will be way more locked in on scl. Esteb4n will get passed something with more testing behind it
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Taka pretty close game, trichotomy got unlucky vs me to lose in the regular season and then beat my ass a few times during floatzel reqs so I respect the game.
SS ZU: TheFranklin vs avarice will go for the more upset pick here, both have good records but I gotta ride with the KINGPIN capo
SM ZU: btboy vs a fruitshop owner we are many, they are few
ORAS ZU: Havocknight vs Tenebricite I Iove both these players so this can go either way, but estra is 7-0 and predicting a tie in playoffs is LAME
BW ZU: Foolycl vs Monai Monai in bw is a terror
DPP ZU: Plague vs Baddy come on man, plague subbed in at zero hour and beat roro last night, KINGPIN.
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs DD Joe dd joe beat step last week, he can click

Ragebait Raticates (4) vs (6) Cramlington Cramorants
SV ZU: PTKmoekyuun vs TJ been better and crams sv builds are solid
SV ZU: TakingNotesKinda vs PlayaBeavs Beavs beats me on ladder a lot
SV ZU: Xrn vs LBN I’m an LBN believer and he will prep hard
SV ZU: diegoyuhhi vs lettuce personal highlight, I love these two guys, lettuce has been better iirc but it’s a big stage that he might not be used to yet.
SS ZU: seraphz vs Pokeslice idk this tier but slice and baitwiz have been cooking
SM ZU: sugar ovens vs Terracotta sugar seems like a good matchup vs terracotta since he always seems to get a good matchup in sm tiers and uses very extreme style while terracotta is big on just loading bulky offense and trying to outplay. Unpredictability will be to sugar’s advantage
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa Both great but I love ruffles too much as a guy
BW ZU: Tack vs 5Dots not sure how seriously tack will play but 5dots has been good despite getting lucky
DPP ZU: Drud vs HSOWA Drud is one of the best players in this tour overall I think
ADV ZU: czim vs plznostep someone has to take down unc, highlight matchup and we will see some absolute fire from both sides. This will be the week deciding game

 

[lettuce]

Prediction time! Maybe I'll figure out how I did last week, maybe I won't.

Morpeek-A-Boos (6) vs (4) The VANGUARDS

SV ZU: yo cho vs Tuthur (These are 2 of the best players/builders in this meta, and I will be watching this game to see whose team I want to steal more, if I don't just take both. yo cho has had a great season, losing only 2 games. However, one of those games was Liquid Ooze, and this is the same team that brought Liquid Ooze. Tuthur has also only lost 2 games this season, but he didn't play in 2 of the weeks. I think this is going to be a battle of two locked-in players, both ready to push the meta. I think that Tuthur is going to bring a more consistent and standard team though, which will give him the win.)

SV ZU: fish anemometer vs JJ09LIE (JJ Is one of the better clickers in the SV pool (pretty sure they dont build but im afraid to guess wrong), while fish is more or less top 3 overall. Although fish hasn't been locked in all season, fish is on a 3-game winning streak and is no longer negative. JJ is doing great and has a 5-2 record, and I trust that there will be good teams on both sides. But, if this is a locked in fish - and I think it will be - it's hard to bet against fish.)

SV ZU: Esteb4n vs FlamPoke (The only loss Esteb4n faced was due to the hands of the Vanguard, losing to Tuthur when the two teams faced. FlamPoke, on the other hand, is 2-5 on the sheet. I think that Esteb4n's record speaks for itself here.)

SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Taka (Trich is 2-4 and Taka is 3-4. The last time these two teams faced, Taka won the match. I think they're both solid and going to be receiving good teams, and their records and past faceoff are the best I can use to give the edge to one.)

SS ZU: TheFranklin vs avarice (both of these players are doing well in the SS pool. avarice is on a 2-game losing streak, and I'm fully aware that the stat probably means nothing here. However, I'm trying to differentiate two good players, and the first loss avarice received was from TheFranklin)

SM ZU: btboy vs a fruitshop owner (again, both good players, and I don't follow SM enough to know who was better. In their last face-off, btboy won. They have the same record at 4-3, and even though in the previous predicts I would lean btboy with this, i just have a feeling afo is gonna win.)

ORAS ZU: Havocknight vs Tenebricite (7-0 Havocknight)

BW ZU: Foolycl vs Monai (for a 4k oldgen slot, Foolycl's 3-4 record is not bad. However, Monai is a lot more than 4k. Even though foolycl won the last time these 2 played, it's still hard to bid against Monai)

DPP ZU: Plague vs Baddy (this might be my least familiar tier and neither is winning that hard on the sheet (3-3 vs 3-4) so I just picked one.)

ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs DD Joe (Both have ADV support (Melninja and bydy respectively) so this probably will be a good game. I find it easier to pick the player who started the season vs the one who played 1 ADV game, and I also didn't want ot predict a tie.)

back into the mines i go

 

[zause]

Morpeek-A-Boos (7) vs (3) The VANGUARDS
SV ZU: yo cho vs Tuthur -- has looked much better this tour, and didn't lose to DBD
SV ZU: fish anemometer vs JJ09LIE -- jj has had a better season though fish has been locked in the last few weeks
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs FlamPoke -- same guy who peaked in umpl
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Taka -- has looked much better this tour
SS ZU: TheFranklin vs avarice -- avarice has lost last 2 weeks including to franklin, while franklins only loss was to the best ss in pool
SM ZU: btboy vs a fruitshop owner -- unc is locked in
ORAS ZU: Havocknight vs Tenebricite -- Havocknight farms shitty ahh oras pool! What's new?
BW ZU: Foolycl vs Monai -- still have no clue who this guy is and hes been in for 2 months now
DPP ZU: Plague vs Baddy -- antimcm supersub
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs DD Joe -- hwat

Ragebait Raticates (6) vs (4) Cramlington Cramorants
SV ZU: PTKmoekyuun vs TJ -- cant bold tj for personal reasons
SV ZU: TakingNotesKinda vs PlayaBeavs -- Beavs is the goat
SV ZU: Xrn vs LBN -- much better player
SV ZU: diegoyuhhi vs lettuce -- bolding lettuce till the day i die
SS ZU: seraphz vs Pokeslice -- i dont know ball according to this bum but he should be locked in
SM ZU: sugar ovens vs Terracotta -- i cant bold terra after last week
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa -- other than losing to zp*ce ruffles has been locked
BW ZU: Tack vs 5Dots -- dont get lucked
DPP ZU: Drud vs HSOWA -- hl rivalry mu but drud will win this time
ADV ZU: czim vs plznostep -- uncle's locked