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Ok, I apologize for the delay - I goofed up when OM and I were setting up everything for the tour. This should be the correct pool of matchups now. I sincerely apologize for what happened.
If anyone is interested, here is the schedule during this pools phase (all GMT=0)
I'll edit this message if I can be more precise about the schedule.
SS Almost Any Ability :
atha vs arn.av136 Dj Breloominati♬ : Sunday 21th, 4:30 PM
atha vs خسدڭۋە i : 20 or 21th november
atha vs Racool : 27 or 28th november
atha vs MZ : Sunday 21th, 8 PM
SS Balanced Hackmons :
damflame vs MAMP :Sunday28 november, 10 AMA
damflame vs IloveScaldBurns :
damflame vs willdbeast Stresh : Week of 22th november
damflame vs a loser : Wednesday 24th, 8 PM
SS Camomons :
Alternatif vs Euphonos : Saturday 27th, 2 PM
Alternatif vs Xevara :
Alternatif vs PA :
Alternatif vs Havens :
SS Mix and Mega :
Hats vs TectonicDestroyer :
Hats vs Fakee : Thrusday 11th, 7 PM
Hats vs Chazm :
Hats vs Quantum Tesseract : 20 or 21th november
SS NFE :
Pandadoux vs King Leo V : Sunday 21th, 8 PM
Pandadoux vs mh : Sunday 28th, 3 PM
Pandadoux vs Stareal : Saturday 20th, 8 PM
Pandadoux vs beauts : Saturday 27th, 8 PM
SS STABmons :
LBDC vs The Immortal : Saturday 27th, to define.
LBDC vs Nalorium : Saturday 13th, 8 PM
LBDC vs Greybaum : Sunday28 november, 5 PM
LBDC vs SBPC ItsChew : Friday 26th, 8 PM
Hello everyone ! Here are my predicts for the wcup, I'll give my thoughts on the pool, sometimes on the games if I have something relevant to say but it's hard as I don't know everyone and I don't have sufficient knowledge outside of AAA but w/e. I'll also try to update this if people are subbed out/in, but I can't guarantee it. Also, you can find in the spoiler at the end a copy of the games without my predicts, if you were too lazy to do it by yourself, you can have it to make your own predicts !
P-S : there are maybe (probably) errors as I wrote all the nicks letter by letter, do not hesitate to let me know so I can edit <3
Brilliant Pool
Canada / US West / China / US NE / Europe
Jrdn vs Eggs Despite his shaky record at the OMPL, and even if he hasn't played the tier much afaik, Jrdn is still insanely good and is better in game than his opp Jrdn vs gostop
Jrdn vs Heracross2.0 I think Jrdn is better, but Heracross2.0 proves during the AAALT that he was able to threaten TNM, so I'm bolding the upset here Jrdn vs Quagg Good players but Jrdn is more familiar with the tier
Eggs vs gostop
Eggs vs Heracross2.0 From what I've seen, Heracross is a little bit better but it'll be interesting Eggs vs Quagg same as above
gostop vs Heracross2.0
gostop vs Quagg it might be rude for gostop, but I've never heard of you before and in this pool with only good players, it'll be really hard to win games. I wish you the best tho
Heracross2.0 vs Quagg Paradoxically, I feel like Quagg's style fits better to beat Heracross, but it'll be a tough game
This pool is quite uniform, except from gostop (imo), and even if Jrdn is probably the better player here I think everyone has their own strengths
Ren vs cityscapes just because I hate Ren from now Ren vs leonxu
Ren vs TTTech
Ren vs Ivar57 why did you played three games d1 dude, I hate you so much, I hope your team will lose
cityscapes vs leonxu cityscapes vs TTTech cityscapes vs Ivar57
leonxu vs TTTech
leonxu vs Ivar57
TTTech vs Ivar57
TTTech probably deserved a better record, but I think city will stomp this pool. I'm bolding Ivar for his win against Ren, and again, sorry for leonxu, but it's kinda the same as with gostop : I don't know you at all and the pool is tough.
Camomons
Mossy Sandwich (1-3) / anaconja (2-2) / cscl (1-3) / Meta (3-1) The Number Man (2-2)
Mossy Sandwich vs anaconja
Mossy Sandwich vs cscl
Mossy Sandwich vs Meta
Mossy Sandwich vs The Number Man
anaconja vs cscl
anaconja vs Meta
anaconja vs The Number Man
cscl vs Meta
cscl vs The Number Man
Meta vs The Number Man
I don't have so much too say cuz Camomons is a bad tier a tier I don't really understand, despite Siamato's builds. Quite uniform pool, but I think cscl can upset on one or two games
Fardin vs DerpyBoi
Fardin vs hybone
Fardin vs Andyboy
Fardin vs Jordy
DerpyBoi vs hybone
DerpyBoi vs Andyboy
DerpyBoi vs Jordy
hybone vs Andyboy
hybone vs Jordy
Andyboy vs Jordy
ngl I honestly don't know what to think here, it's maybe linked to my ignorance of the players. Fardin was goated in OMPL, and I first wanted to put him in 4-0, but I remembered he had stresh support so idk. I want to believe in Andyboy comeback after OMPL's fiasco, and I have no idea of Jordy's level in MnM - DerpyBoi was quite good in OMPL, but I think hybone can take a win here.
arn.av136 vs خسدڭۋەwith Redlifx support and its good ingame, and since I don't know the opp...Dj Breloominati♬ vs خسدڭۋە not gonna change my predict, and I think Dj has more experience than arnav arn.av136 vs Atha Atha is on my top 5, maybe top 3 of the best current AAA players, so... Dj Breloominati♬ vs Atha tbf I don't really now Dj Breloominati♬'s level, I think it's a friend of Atha (?) but Atha's so strong so arn.av136 vs Racool I think Racool will have some difficulties to adapt herself to the new meta, so I'll bold activity over experience Dj Breloominati♬ vs Racool no idea of Dj's activity but I'm gonna bold Racool, idk I have a feeling arn.av136 vs MZ MZ p good in game, the only question being his builder, probably QT, sorry for you if it's the case, always forced to carry ur mates :d Dj Breloominati♬ vs MZ MZ is slightly better overall imo
خسدڭۋە vs Atha Atha's just better خسدڭۋە vs Racool might be rough tho, but idk Racool semms rusty
خسدڭۋە vs MZ Better
Atha vs Racool Atha vs MZ the game I'll watch for sure, p cool pairing, but Atha won in OMPL so I'm bolding him again
Racool vs MZ
Atha and MZ are gonna stomp the pool imo, and I won't be surprised if Racool is subbed out.
MAMP vs IloveScaldBurns
MAMP vs damflame 3
MAMP vs wildbeast
MAMP vs a loser
IloveScaldBurns vs damflame 3
IloveScaldBurns vs wildbeast
IloveScaldBurns vs a loser
damflame 3 vs wildbeast
damflame 3 vs a loser
wildbeast vs a loser
a loser is the best, wildbeast not gonna 0-4 again parce qu'il parle un peu français, MAMP looked really rusty in OMPL, and damflame is in the middle
Camomons
Euphonos (3-1) / Xevara (0-4) / Alternatif (2-2) / PA (2-2) / Havens (3-1)
Euphonos vs Xevara Euphonos vs Alternatif Euphonos vs PA
Euphonos vs Havens
Xevara vs Alternatif
Xevara vs PA
Xevara vs Havens
Alternatif vs PA
Alternatif vs Havens
PA vs Havens
Alternatif when s/o - Euphonos is really good and I have a good feeling with Havens. Alternatif and PA can both finish in 3-1 or 4-0, the level of this pool looks really good. Unfort for Xevara,I feel like it's really hard to perform in camo when you haven't really played it before, and afaik it's not the case, and in this pool it'll be too much.
TectonicDestroyer vs Fakee Dorron - not gonna change my predict tho TectonicDestroyer vs Hats
TectonicDestroyer vs Chazm
TectonicDestroyer vs Quantum Tesseract
Fakee vs Hats Fakee vs Chazm
Fakee vs Quantum Tesseract
Hats vs Chazm
Hats vs Quantum Tesseract
Chazm vs Quantum Tesseract
wtf is this pool you have 2 of the best MnM players, Tect who can be really good when he wants, and Hats and Fakee that are kinda ???. srry Hats, I think your only chance is against Fakee, but you'll prep well and you'll finish in 3-1 nw nw (no). Tect is bad but he has Redflix support and flix told me tect was gonna win 2 games and I always trust flix.
NFE
King Leo V (3-1) / mh (0-4) / PandaDoux (2-2) / Stareal (3-1) / beauts (2-2)
King Leo V vs mh King Leo V vs PandaDoux
King Leo V vs Stareal
King Leo V vs beauts
mh vs PandaDoux
mh vs Stareal
mh vs beauts
PandaDoux vs Stareal
PandaDoux vs beauts
Stareal vs beauts
King Leo is goated, Stareal too, beauts is impressive in NFE, PandaDoux is quite good too and can upset anyone, sorry mh but it'll be tough
The Immortal vs Nalorium
The Immortal vs LBDC seulement si tu john pas
The Immortal vs Greybaum
The Immortal vs SBPC
Nalorium vs LBDC
Nalorium vs Greybaum
Nalorium vs SBPC
LBDC vs Greybaum
LBDC vs SBPC
Greybaum vs SBPC
ngl I'm super hyped by some games here, pls bring us heat (and don't johh LBDC)
Cumulated records :
1) US South : (3-1) (4-0) (3-1) (4-0) (2-2) (0-4) -> +8
2) UK : (1-3) (2-2) (2-2) (3-1) (3-1) (4-0) -> +6
4) France : (4-0) (2-2) (2-2) (0-4) (2-2) (3-1) -> +2
4) Asia Pacific : (1-3) (1-3) (3-1) (2-2) (3-1) (2-2) -> +0
5) Hispanic : (1-3) (1-3) (0-4) (1-3) (0-4) (1-3) -> -16
I think I highly underestimated Stresh support for UK, and I think they'll get more wins that in my predicts. However, the ranking still corresponds to what I had in mind, UK/US South in first, France and Asia Pacific with almost the same results, and Hispanic far behind because... I don't know any of their players in the OMs community.
Brilliant Pool 
Almost Any Ability 
Balanced Hackmons 
Camomons 
Mix And Mega 
NFE 
STABmons 
Shining Pool 
Captains 
LaBalladeDesCieux 
Players 
Atha 
damflame 3 
Alternatif 
Hats 
PandaDoux 
aesf 
Altthiel 
- Euphonos is really good and I have a good feeling with Havens. Alternatif and PA can both finish in 3-1 or 4-0, the level of this pool looks really good. Unfort for Xevara,I feel like it's really hard to perform in camo when you haven't really played it before, and afaik it's not the case, and in this pool it'll be too much.
