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Winning the Classic by beating three out of four opponents 3–0—I think it’s no exaggeration to say that the last time we saw such dominance at this tournament was Lavos in 2018.
Honestly, I didnt have planned to play the Classic this year as I didnt in the last editions. As people know, I prefer to play old gens low tiers, where I really have fun, so I didnt get in touch with any OU gen in years. But some friends told me to take a break from teamtours cuz I was doing terribly, but at the same time, I was doing great in individuals in the same tiers. They encoraged me to give a try in "real tiers" as they say (e.e), I was reluctant to that idea... but shoutouts to them LMAO!
Luispeikou one of the friends that convinced me to participate, he was absolutely decisive, shared me a massive dpp teamdump that made me reach the dpp cup final, but then bro disappeared from the prem most part of the summer. He came back in time to provided me lot of moral support in poffs and help with the dpp prep. Btw, the DPP teamdump mentioned were from Le Don (if im not wrong). I havent played the dpp metagame since latias is OU (maybe a couple of games years ago), so that just goes to show how good the teams were, I even tried to nerf them w a few changes, credits to him dpp goat. Garay oak Garayoooo, what to say? Helped me during poffs with a massive gsc, adv and moral support, every time I get too pessimistic bro was there to slap me. Every team choice were right, an absolute beast at this game, top 2 special player I have seen. I learned a lot, doesnt matter the tier, always there to help with an endless patience, ty a lot! SoulWind IRMAO, o meu portugues favorito, o nº1 deste xogo, non coñecin a nadie máis cabezón e tan contrario a min, sempre polos opostos, deixa de stallear os visionados por favor, que van casi 5 anos e pouco me queda pa ir visitar a Castelao. In english: the top1, similar to what i said about Garay, but worse person for sure, made fun of me every time I won a round but ended like this LMAO
Justamente He offered to make the RBY prep ahead of the final, bro nailed it, I was quite surprised tbh, a rby goat. He was also one of the gscpl captains that introduced me in the world of the gsc low tiers years ago, always grateful for that. Eeveeto Another moral support (or not), reminding me that my builds sucks, probably cuz he was from the very very beginning one of my references and influences in my building style
Also asked M Dragon for an ADV team ahead of the final, thanks god never needed it, ty anyway Éric the lc goat, you should evolve ur mons bro, ahí lo llevas tu tb!
Thank you so much to everyone who has offered to help me and for all the messages of encouragement I have received, without a doubt, there were more than I expected or deserved
Gz , u are the first lower tier mainer to win the classic (and maybe the first who won an indiv besides slam if an1 correct me if im wrong) really impressive run and cool teams throughout ur run !
Felicidades tío, por fin tenemos a un jugador de low tiers que toma un trofeo de OU, quizas dejaran de decir que jugamos tiers falsos. Tú nos salvaste a todos.