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Tournament 1v1 Premier League VI - Tournament Discussion

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LRXC said:
Just wanted to put this here because I think its notable enough, but after some consideration this past week, I've decided to not participate in this years PL. I really want to play multigen in PL, as its such an exciting format, but I was not expecting the workload of homework I would have in college with the higher level classes I am taking this semester along with a job. While I do have some free time, which I am using for streaming, I've decided with that other section of free time I have, I think I want to pursue college and make ultra sure I do very well in school, as well as getting involved on campus and having that free time TOO make friends and do something I need to learn how to do, relax, and sadly I think participating in 1v1 PL would be a deterrent to these things, as much as that pains me, because of my all in or all out approach. I wouldn't be at the caliber that I want to be at.

I am still really excited to see some top level 1v1, and plan doing some 1v1 PL videos recapping some of my favorite matches during the weeks if I have time! I will also be streaming the draft this Sunday at 11:00AM GMT-6 at twitch.tv/lrxc_ Also, if anyone wants support with building or ideas, don't hesitate to PM me.

I appreciate all the support yall have given me with my recent badge and twitch success and everything, it means a lot.

lastly, true FREE ADV

godspeed
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I didn't say you could refuse... :blobpex:

just kidding take care buddy
 
Another mocc happened! proxy posting for Mubs
mocc.jpg

XSTATIC COLD20500
STABLE19500
Nalei19000
zioziotrip17500
LBDC17500
Satanic Beast16500
TheShadowClaw16500
Squirtell 1v115500
D2TheW15500
Lancer Fr15500
rumia15000
Gym Socks!15000
Aliss14500
Urfgurgle14000
neomon13500
Sanshokuinsumireko13500
torterraxx13500
eblurb13000
pqs13000
crow crumbs13000
Blanched12500
Rosa12500
Fragments12000
Rellia11500
Joker 1v111000
Jabiru11000
Freddy Kyogre10500
OM9000
Scraftionite8000
Leru7500
Yami7000
DezShizzels6500
AOPSUser5500
RTM5500
LRXC5000
Boat5000
Lugia_numair5000
gorilaa5000
IPF4500
pj4500
doc12034000
LeCehlou4000
beatiful4000
Adam35604000
Sky of Doom4000
tenzhii4000
ExplodingDonkey4000
413X3500
Toto3500
ncalathes3500
Tol3500
Dj Breloominati♬3500
not a racist3500
Nick.see3000
DannyDoritos3000
ToastedBunzzz023000
CashKP3000
The Strap3000
airfare3000
crying3000
jonas3000
goo gu3000
Justdelemon3000
Mr.Bossaru3000
SuperMemeBroz3000
bea3000
Vrji3000
QWILY3000
Ballfire3000
nolenot3000
Playful Panchams
XSTATIC COLD20500
STABLE19500
Fragments12000
AOPSUser5500
LRXC5000
413X3500
Nick.see3000
DannyDoritos3000


Hyperspace Horrors
Squirtell 1v115500
D2TheW15500
neomon13500
Blanched12500
RTM5500
IPF4500
doc12034000
ToastedBunzzz023000
CashKP3000


Drive-By Dragapults
zioziotrip17500
Satanic Beast16500
Sanshokuinsumireko13500
Rosa12500
Toto3500
The Strap3000
airfare3000
crying3000
jonas3000


RPS Rhyperiors
TheShadowClaw16500
Lancer Fr15500
Aliss14500
Urfgurgle14000
Yami7000
Boat5000
goo gu3000
Justdelemon3000


Metro Boomin' Megarays
rumia15000
eblurb13000
Rellia11500
Joker 1v111000
Freddy Kyogre10500
Lugia_numair5000
LeCehlou4000
ncalathes3500
Mr.Bossaru3000


Trigger-Happy Thwackeys
Nalei19000
pqs13000
pj4500
beatiful4000
Adam35604000
Tol3500
Dj Breloominati♬3500
SuperMemeBroz3000
bea3000
Vrji3000


Hellfire Heatrans
LBDC17500
torterraxx13500
Jabiru11000
DezShizzels6500
Sky of Doom4000
not a racist3500
QWILY3000
Ballfire3000


Big Baller Barraskewdas
Gym Socks!15000
crow crumbs13000
OM9000
Scraftionite8000
Leru7500
gorilaa5000
tenzhii4000
ExplodingDonkey4000
nolenot3000
 
Another mocc happened!
mocc2.jpg

Nalei23000
XSTATIC COLD21000
STABLE19500
LBDC19500
zioziotrip19000
TheShadowClaw17000
Squirtell 1v117000
Satanic Beast16500
D2TheW15000
Sanshokuinsumireko14500
Gym Socks!14500
Lancer Fr14500
SuperMemeBroz14000
torterraxx14000
Rosa13500
eblurb12500
Jabiru12000
Aliss12000
Mishlef11500
Freddy Kyogre11000
rumia11000
Fragments11000
Urfgurgle10000
pqs9500
Blanched9000
inkreativ9000
crow crumbs9000
Joker 1v19000
OM8500
neomon8500
Leru8000
ToastedBunzzz027500
Rellia7500
DezShizzels7000
dogknees7000
Sky of Doom7000
Scraftionite6500
LRXC5500
RTM5000
pj4500
IPF4500
Vrji4500
HeyMan4500
LeCehlou4500
Adam35604500
AOPSUser4000
berryalcremie4000
Nick.see4000
beatiful4000
gorilaa4000
Yami3500
tenzhii3500
Boat3000
nolenot3000
413X3000
TJ3000
Tol3000
bea3000
CashKP3000
Toto3000
magicarpe_lvl1003000
linux user3000
superstrike663000
Lkjc3000
Justdelemon3000
not a racist3000
crying3000
DannyDoritos3000
Dj Breloominati♬3000
Drive-By Dragapults
STABLE19500
SuperMemeBroz14000
pqs9500
Blanched9000
inkreativ9000
pj4500
AOPSUser4000
Boat3000
nolenot3000


RPS Rhyperiors
Sanshokuinsumireko14500
Gym Socks!14500
Jabiru12000
Leru8000
DezShizzels7000
IPF4500
Vrji4500
berryalcremie4000
Yami3500
413X3000
TJ3000


Playful Panchams
XSTATIC COLD21000
D2TheW15000
eblurb12500
dogknees7000
Nick.see4000
tenzhii3500
Tol3000
bea3000
CashKP3000


Hyperspace Horrors
TheShadowClaw17000
torterraxx14000
Aliss12000
Urfgurgle10000
OM8500
ToastedBunzzz027500
RTM5000
Toto3000


Trigger-Happy Thwackeys
Nalei23000
LBDC19500
HeyMan4500
magicarpe_lvl1003000
linux user3000
superstrike663000
Lkjc3000
Justdelemon3000


Metro Boomin' Megarays
Squirtell 1v117000
Rosa13500
Mishlef11500
Freddy Kyogre11000
Sky of Doom7000
Scraftionite6500
LRXC5500
LeCehlou4500


Hellfire Heatrans
zioziotrip19000
Satanic Beast16500
crow crumbs9000
Adam35604500
beatiful4000
not a racist3000
crying3000
DannyDoritos3000


Big Baller Barraskewdas
Lancer Fr14500
rumia11000
Fragments11000
Joker 1v19000
neomon8500
Rellia7500
gorilaa4000
Dj Breloominati♬3000
 
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Hyperspace Horrors
STABLE18000
Blanched12000
TheShadowClaw10500
Inkreativ9500
Leru9000
Mishlef9000
gorilaa5000
tenzhii4000


RPS Rhyperiors
Satanic Beast19500
Squirtell 1v116500
Gym Socks!15500
OM8000
CashKP5500
Ron5000
goo gu5000
Lugia_numair3500


Metro Boomin' Megarays
Nalei20000
smely socks14000
eblurb12000
dogknees10500
Lkjc9000
Tol5000
Wonter3000
blittius3000


Trigger-Happy Thwackeys
LBDC18000
rumia12500
Rellia12000
beatiful6000
Sky of Doom4500
Adam35603000
ncalathes3000
AOPSUser3000


Big Baller Barraskewdas
XSTATIC COLD22500
D2TheW12000
Joker 1v111000
Boat7500
Yami6500
superstrike663000
1 EAST3000
NERNRQZ3000


Playful Panchams
zioziotrip17500
Sanshokuinsumireko14000
Jabiru10000
pqs9500
Fragments7500
Scraftionite6000
IPF4000
RTM3500


Drive-By Dragapults
Rosa21000
Maki14500
DezShizzels12000
Freddy Kyogre9000
Aliss8500
MegaGalladeGamer094500
MrTorres20073000
SwagMander Gaming3000


Hellfire Heatrans
Lancer Fr16000
torterraxx10000
Urfgurgle9000
crow crumbs9000
neomon6500
LeCehlou4500
airfare4000
nolenot3000


Overall
XSTATIC COLD22500
Rosa21000
Nalei20000
Satanic Beast19500
STABLE18000
LBDC18000
zioziotrip17500
Squirtell 1v116500
Lancer Fr16000
Gym Socks!15500
Maki14500
smely socks14000
Sanshokuinsumireko14000
rumia12500
Blanched12000
eblurb12000
Rellia12000
D2TheW12000
DezShizzels12000
Joker 1v111000
TheShadowClaw10500
dogknees10500
Jabiru10000
torterraxx10000
Inkreativ9500
pqs9500
Leru9000
Mishlef9000
Lkjc9000
Freddy Kyogre9000
Urfgurgle9000
crow crumbs9000
Aliss8500
OM8000
Boat7500
Fragments7500
Yami6500
neomon6500
beatiful6000
Scraftionite6000
CashKP5500
gorilaa5000
Ron5000
goo gu5000
Tol5000
Sky of Doom4500
MegaGalladeGamer094500
LeCehlou4500
tenzhii4000
IPF4000
airfare4000
Lugia_numair3500
RTM3500
Wonter3000
blittius3000
Adam35603000
ncalathes3000
AOPSUser3000
superstrike663000
1 EAST3000
NERNRQZ3000
MrTorres20073000
SwagMander Gaming3000
nolenot3000
Hellfire Heatrans
SS Bo7 DenisTheMenace
SS crow crumbs
SS airfare
SM Lancer Fr
SM torterraxx
ORAS Urfgurgle
BW neomon
MG Close

Metro Boomin' Megarays
SS Bo7 Nalei
SS DEG
SS dogknees
SM Tol
SM Lkjc
ORAS smely socks
BW Itchy
MG eblurb

Big Baller Barraskewdas
SS Bo7 superstrike66
SS D2TheW
SS Bopher
SM XSTATIC COLD
SM Boat
ORAS Joker 1v1
BW Yami
MG crucify

Hyperspace Horrors
SS Bo7 Mishlef
SS blanched
SS Leru
SM TheShadowClaw
SM Inkreativ
ORAS Jamez
BW PA
MG STABLE

RPS Rhyperiors
SS Bo7 Gym Socks
SS Murman
SS Elo Bandit
SM Squirtell
SM Satanic Beast
ORAS OM
BW Ron
MG goo gu

Trigger-Happy Thwackeys
SS Bo7 tears
SS rellia
SS ncalathes
SM LBDC
SM rumia
ORAS AOPSUser
BW Sky of Doom
MG Potatochan

Playful Panchams
SS Bo7 zioziotrip
SS Fragments
SS RTM
SM Kentari
SM Jabiru
ORAS Scraftionite
BW Sanshokuinsumireko
MG Trashuny

Drive-By Dragapults
SS Bo7 HCTC
SS Aliss
SS Maki
SM Rosa
SM Freddy Kyogre
ORAS DezShizzles
BW Mubs
MG SwagMander Gaming / MegaGalladeGamer09

final mock before the actual auction! see ya tmrw
 
XSTATIC COLD 2.875 eblurbs
Nalei 2.8125 eblurbs
STABLE 2.4375 eblurbs
LBDC 2.375 eblurbs
zioziotrip 2.3125 eblurbs
Squirtell 1v1 2.125 eblurbs
D2TheW 2.125 eblurbs
Satanic Beast 2.0625 eblurbs
smely socks 1.9375 eblurbs
neomon 1.75 eblurbs
TheShadowClaw 1.75 eblurbs
Aliss 1.75 eblurbs
Gym Socks! 1.6875 eblurbs
Urfgurgle 1.6875 eblurbs
Blanched 1.6875 eblurbs
torterraxx 1.6875 eblurbs
Sanshokuinsumireko 1.6875 eblurbs
crow crumbs 1.625 eblurbs
pqs 1.5625 eblurbs
Jabiru 1.5 eblurbs
Rosa 1.5 eblurbs
Inkreativ 1.4375 eblurbs
Lancer Fr 1.4375 eblurbs
OM 1.25 eblurbs
Fragments 1.25 eblurbs
Rellia 1.125 eblurbs
rumia 1.125 eblurbs
Mishlef 1 eblurbs
eblurb 1 eblurbs
Leru 1 eblurbs
Freddy Kyogre 0.9375 eblurbs
DezShizzels 0.875 eblurbs
gorilaa 0.875 eblurbs
tenzhii 0.8125 eblurbs
LeCehlou 0.75 eblurbs
crying 0.75 eblurbs
Joker 1v1 0.75 eblurbs
Scraftionite 0.6875 eblurbs
ncalathes 0.6875 eblurbs
AOPSUser 0.6875 eblurbs
Toto 0.625 eblurbs
Boat 0.625 eblurbs
IPF 0.625 eblurbs
ToastedBunzzz02 0.625 eblurbs
RTM 0.625 eblurbs
dogknees 0.625 eblurbs
Tol 0.5625 eblurbs
A Hero's Destiny 0.5625 eblurbs
Adam3560 0.5625 eblurbs
Maki 0.5 eblurbs
Nick.see 0.5 eblurbs
frostyicelad 0.5 eblurbs
bird poop 0.5 eblurbs
Sky of Doom 0.5 eblurbs
Dj Breloominati♬ 0.5 eblurbs
Ballfire 0.5 eblurbs
pj 0.5 eblurbs
SuperMemeBroz 0.4375 eblurbs
QWILY 0.4375 eblurbs
Zen 0.375 eblurbs
thesecondbest 0.375 eblurbs
The Strap 0.375 eblurbs
realiti 0.375 eblurbs
Yami 0.375 eblurbs
lei 0.375 eblurbs
eu 0.375 eblurbs
berryalcremie 0.375 eblurbs
doc1203 0.375 eblurbs
Fakee 0.375 eblurbs
ExplodingDonkey 0.375 eblurbs
nolenot 0.375 eblurbs
piyush master 0.375 eblurbs
beatiful 0.375 eblurbs
413X 0.375 eblurbs
 
don't feel like organizing 10 people talking over each other just to shit on the teams they're not on, so since I'm not playing this tour I figure I can give some pretty unbiased power rankings:

8. RPS Rhyperiors

It's no surprise that this team ranks here. elo bandit + murman is an incredibly solid scouting core, although both have had noticeable trouble getting wins as of late. Had they decided to just grab a standard lineup of decent players that were generally self-sufficient, I could see this team getting most of their wins in the builder. It looks like they ran into some issues during the draft, however, and the inflated prices meant they got some pretty variant players for likely more than they bargained for. They got a trio of 13.5k players, with blanched and urfgurgle being newer faces in the tour scene and gym socks having notable trouble winning in team tours, although he did win champs with murman's help. following an early grab on the possibly unmotivated tsc, murman started drafting seemingly at random. his last 5 pickups were almost unexplainable, and the pl newbie LeCehlou will certainly have to perform above initial expectations to make this lineup work. what I assume was a failed upbid on bird poop coupled with the drafting of someone without discord makes me approach the success team with more than a little apprehension.

7. Hyperspace Horrors

In second to last, I've put the Horrors. Both managers bought themselves for this tour, but seeing as both are well-known as DPP players in a tournament without DPP, I don't quite see the reasoning. James' 2021 leads me to believe he'll be able to hold down the multigen slot, but the rest of the team is a haphazard assortment of SM mains + alice. Dropping 17k on squirtell, a player with an incredibly high ceiling who consistently underperforms in pl and hasn't even been in the scene for the past 8 months, leads me to believe the success of this team is more of a gamble. Alice is another respectable pickup; she usually gets wins in the ss slot, but I do think that price is very telling of how the horrors managed their money this time around. dropping 14k on alice and 13.5k on torterra-a player who gained much of their traction during elo bandit sm tours-mostly just fits in with the gambling narrative shown by the immediate squirtell pickup. They'll also need to hope dez is able to find teams or become more self-sufficient, because the team struggles with oras building. Overall I can see this team making playoffs, but that's only if everything goes right for them. Even then, I rate their pretty high ceiling lower than many others in this tour, so they're relegated to the 7th spot.

6. Drive-By Dragapults

I don't think this draft was bad by any means, but in my eyes the single greatest barrier to the team getting wins will be the motivation of their stars. the former 0-5qs teams up with 0-4 in pl5 mubs as a decent core of players that can get wins, but sometimes just don't. I really like the consistency in mubs' draft with the pickup of sansho and lancer to hold down oldgens for the squad, but it comes with some severe issues in motivation for the group. Sansho isn't much of a chatter, and the success of variant players like dogknees and rumia who don't seem all too motivated for this tour hinges on the activity of their discord. For that reason I like the pickup of sub slots alex, tenzhii, and adam, although 6.5k for mubs' biggest hater confused the hell out of me. I think with all things equal and everyone in their prime, the starting 8 should have no reason to switch out and are contenders this pl, but the lack of depth and slotting issues this team will face leaves me worried that a couple bad weeks would mean the end of this team's chances.

5. Trigger-Happy Thwackeys

It was neck and neck for the 5th place slot between thwackeys and megarays. Ultimately, I decided to pick thwackeys because I'm just still not fully drinking the cool-aid. carlos had a historic 2021 season in pl 5, but hit some historic lows during world cup. I think his confidence and motivation for this tour is probably at an all-time high and I expect a good performance, but I just don't know what to make of the rest of his team. SS for this team is going at least 2-1 every week, but oldgens slots like rosa, freddy, OM, and fakee are far from the consistency that ss brings. all of these players-besides the relatively unproven fakee-have struggled in the past during team tours, though the ceilings for the first 3 are known to be high. jacob throwing himself in multigen leaves ss3 to either crying (let's go) or nolenot, which should be interesting to see regardless. I'm pretty nonplussed by this composition thus far, and I think they'll struggling with filling oldgen slots should a player struggle this tour, but I couldn't put a team with jacob + carlos below this spot.

4. Metro Boomin' Megarays

In terms of player success and ability, this team should probably be ranked third. Almost every player on this lineup has gone positive in a past teamtour, so experience is really no issue. I just think the synergy here is horrible. A team captained by deg with an instabuy of zio could easily find success feeding teams to good clickers like frag or maki, but instead deg and itchy decided to pick up a host of almost entirely self-sufficient builders. I definitely think the draft plan was a bit flawed, but the value they got from it was certainly redeeming. a solid and active ss slot in smely should pair well with what I'd expect to be a zio bo7, but more likely than not zio will be forced into multigen. This means they'll have to start two of scholar (formerly known as yami), neomon, boat, or smb in ss 1v1. Maybe ink will get to multigen, but the fact of the matter is still that they still can't cover all slots with proper generational mainers. also, who the fuck is playing oras if smely is in ss? This team has some serious slotting issues that I don't expect to be resolved until at least week three, which puts them on the backfoot until their talent manages to break through. Definitely a playoff contender, but between personality differences and some serious slotting issues I don't see this team succeeding early on.

3. Big Baller Barraskewdas

This is the first of the teams' draft in this list that I like. crucify picking up notable feedable players in eblurb, leru, and maki gives this team a pretty high ceiling whenever crucify is motivated, and bird in the back should be able to provide some good ss support for whenever he's not. A strong sm1 in edgar and hopefully a similarly strong sm2 in bopher makes me impressed by their oldgens as well. Covering oras should be alright, they don't have a mainer but crucify will build and maki can click, and pretty much every slot is well supported and active. My biggest concern for this team is possible clicking issues in rellia and bird. both aren't known for having the cleanest of series', and it might be worth training up nick.see or the strap in the instance that one or both underperform. subs are really the only problem in this team; should a starter do ass they've don't have too much playoff-quality backup. What really elevates this team above the others after the draft is the synergy-all of these players know and like each other, and they cover each other's weak spots well. Definitely a contender, and it would be cool to see the barraskewdas succeed in pl once again.

2. Hellfire Heatrans

I will admit that I was apprehensive of a team managed by close and denis when they announced that they would not be doing tryouts, but I'm pleasantly surprised by their draft. while they do seem a bit top-heavy, the combo of denis, close, and radu is nothing short of monstrous. They also played to their strengths and picked clickers they can feed like frag + gorilla + aops. They even thought ahead and grabbed 1v1 newblood ncath to pump out some teams if radu gets tired of building ss with regidrago on every team. 6k joker is actually laughable for this inflated draft, so they were definitely able to get some value with the small amount of money they had after drafting all 3 managers. Not much else to say, these guys are stacked. If I had to pick a weakness, it'd be that joker doesn't have a whole lot of oras support which could be exploited during a potential oras tiebreak, but I think this team is really solid.

1. Playful Panchams

These guys are my favorite to win the tour for somewhat obvious reasons. The insane drafting strategy of nalei + XSC for the best bo7 and multigen in the pool that wasn't already taken by managing spots left the team with very low funds, but forgoing the pickup of kentari in favor of the very solid jabiru +tol sm core was a good strategic decision. Trashuny's oldgen experience should be able to help cover oras and bw, as well as support xsc as needed in multigen. This team's biggest weakness is that their 10-player pickup strategy in order to afford their stars forces them to pick between zen, toto, and thesecond best for the last ss slot, but such a slot is going to have the impressive support of trashuny, nalei, mishlef, and xsc. a bit of a gamble, but I'm a huge proponent of star-power drafting, so I expect this team to be able to succeed in weeks and smash during playoffs once their lineup is ironed out.
 
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Waylaid said:
don't feel like organizing 10 people talking over each other just to shit on the teams they're not on, so since I'm not playing this tour I figure I can give some pretty unbiased power rankings:

8. RPS Rhyperiors

It's no surprise that this team ranks here. elo bandit + murman is an incredibly solid scouting core, although both have had noticeable trouble getting wins as of late. Had they decided to just grab a standard lineup of decent players that were generally self-sufficient, I could see this team getting most of their wins in the builder. It looks like they ran into some issues during the draft, however, and the inflated prices meant they got some pretty variant players for likely more than they bargained for. They got a trio of 13.5k players, with blanched and urfgurgle being newer faces in the tour scene and gym socks having notable trouble winning in team tours, although he did win champs with murman's help. following an early grab on the possibly unmotivated tsc, murman started drafting seemingly at random. his last 5 pickups were almost unexplainable, and the pl newbie LeCehlou will certainly have to perform above initial expectations to make this lineup work. what I assume was a failed upbid on bird poop coupled with the drafting of someone without discord makes me approach the success team with more than a little apprehension.

7. Hyperspace Horrors

In second to last, I've put the Horrors. Both managers bought themselves for this tour, but seeing as both are well-known as DPP players in a tournament without DPP, I don't quite see the reasoning. James' 2021 leads me to believe he'll be able to hold down the multigen slot, but the rest of the team is a haphazard assortment of SM mains + alice. Dropping 17k on squirtell, a player with an incredibly high ceiling who consistently underperforms in pl and hasn't even been in the scene for the past 8 months, leads me to believe the success of this team is more of a gamble. Alice is another respectable pickup; she usually gets wins in the ss slot, but I do think that price is very telling of how the horrors managed their money this time around. dropping 14k on alice and 13.5k on torterra-a player who gained much of their traction during elo bandit sm tours-mostly just fits in with the gambling narrative shown by the immediate squirtell pickup. They'll also need to hope dez is able to find teams or become more self-sufficient, because the team struggles with oras building. Overall I can see this team making playoffs, but that's only if everything goes right for them. Even then, I rate their pretty high ceiling lower than many others in this tour, so they're relegated to the 7th spot.

6. Drive-By Dragapults

I don't think this draft was bad by any means, but in my eyes the single greatest barrier to the team getting wins will be the motivation of their stars. the former 0-5qs teams up with 0-4 in pl5 mubs as a decent core of players that can get wins, but sometimes just don't. I really like the consistency in mubs' draft with the pickup of sansho and lancer to hold down oldgens for the squad, but it comes with some severe issues in motivation for the group. Sansho isn't much of a chatter, and the success of variant players like dogknees and rumia who don't seem all too motivated for this tour hinges on the activity of their discord. For that reason I like the pickup of sub slots alex, tenzhii, and adam, although 6.5k for mubs' biggest hater confused the hell out of me. I think with all things equal and everyone in their prime, the starting 8 should have no reason to switch out and are contenders this pl, but the lack of depth and slotting issues this team will face leaves me worried that a couple bad weeks would mean the end of this team's chances.

5. Trigger-Happy Thwackeys

It was neck and neck for the 5th place slot between thwackeys and megarays. Ultimately, I decided to pick thwackeys because I'm just still not fully drinking the cool-aid. carlos had a historic 2021 season in pl 5, but hit some historic lows during world cup. I think his confidence and motivation for this tour is probably at an all-time high and I expect a good performance, but I just don't know what to make of the rest of his team. SS for this team is going at least 2-1 every week, but oldgens slots like rosa, freddy, OM, and fakee are far from the consistency that ss brings. all of these players-besides the relatively unproven fakee-have struggled in the past during team tours, though the ceilings for the first 3 are known to be high. jacob throwing himself in multigen leaves ss3 to either crying (let's go) or nolenot, which should be interesting to see regardless. I'm pretty nonplussed by this composition thus far, and I think they'll struggling with filling oldgen slots should a player struggle this tour, but I couldn't put a team with jacob + carlos below this spot.

4. Metro Boomin' Megarays

In terms of player success and ability, this team should probably be ranked third. Almost every player on this lineup has gone positive in a past teamtour, so experience is really no issue. I just think the synergy here is horrible. A team captained by deg with an instabuy of zio could easily find success feeding teams to good clickers like frag or maki, but instead deg and itchy decided to pick up a host of almost entirely self-sufficient builders. I definitely think the draft plan was a bit flawed, but the value they got from it was certainly redeeming. a solid and active ss slot in smely should pair well with what I'd expect to be a zio bo7, but more likely than not zio will be forced into multigen. This means they'll have to start two of scholar (formerly known as yami), neomon, boat, or smb in ss 1v1. Maybe ink will get to multigen, but the fact of the matter is still that they still can't cover all slots with proper generational mainers. also, who the fuck is playing oras if smely is in ss? This team has some serious slotting issues that I don't expect to be resolved until at least week three, which puts them on the backfoot until their talent manages to break through. Definitely a playoff contender, but between personality differences and some serious slotting issues I don't see this team succeeding early on.

3. Big Baller Barraskewdas

This is the first of the teams' draft in this list that I like. crucify picking up notable feedable players in eblurb, leru, and maki gives this team a pretty high ceiling whenever crucify is motivated, and bird in the back should be able to provide some good ss support for whenever he's not. A strong sm1 in edgar and hopefully a similarly strong sm2 in bopher makes me impressed by their oldgens as well. Covering oras should be alright, they don't have a mainer but crucify will build and maki can click, and pretty much every slot is well supported and active. My biggest concern for this team is possible clicking issues in rellia and bird. both aren't known for having the cleanest of series', and it might be worth training up nick.see or the strap in the instance that one or both underperform. subs are really the only problem in this team; should a starter do ass they've don't have too much playoff-quality backup. What really elevates this team above the others after the draft is the synergy-all of these players know and like each other, and they cover each other's weak spots well. Definitely a contender, and it would be cool to see the barraskewdas succeed in pl once again.

2. Hellfire Heatrans

I will admit that I was apprehensive of a team managed by close and denis when they announced that they would not be doing tryouts, but I'm pleasantly surprised by their draft. while they do seem a bit top-heavy, the combo of denis, close, and radu is nothing short of monstrous. They also played to their strengths and picked clickers they can feed like frag + gorilla + aops. They even thought ahead and grabbed 1v1 newblood ncath to pump out some teams if radu gets tired of building ss with regidrago on every team. 6k joker is actually laughable for this inflated draft, so they were definitely able to get some value with the small amount of money they had after drafting all 3 managers. Not much else to say, these guys are stacked. If I had to pick a weakness, it'd be that joker doesn't have a whole lot of oras support which could be exploited during a potential oras tiebreak, but I think this team is really solid.

1. Playful Panchams

These guys are my favorite to win the tour for somewhat obvious reasons. The insane drafting strategy of nalei + XSC for the best bo7 and multigen in the pool that wasn't already taken by managing spots left the team with very low funds, but forgoing the pickup of kentari in favor of the very solid jabiru +tol sm core was a good strategic decision. Trashuny's oldgen experience should be able to help cover oras and bw, as well as support xsc as needed in multigen. This team's biggest weakness is that their 10-player pickup strategy in order to afford their stars forces them to pick between zen, toto, and thesecond best for the last ss slot, but such a slot is going to have the impressive support of trashuny, nalei, mishlef, and xsc. a bit of a gamble, but I'm a huge proponent of star-power drafting, so I expect this team to be able to succeed in weeks and smash during playoffs once their lineup is ironed out.
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Being mod changed you waylaid. Heatrans was undefeated, you were apart of it...and you dare put a panda above that...Don't be corrupt
 
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Quite frankly, I don't know what Jamez and PA were on when they put this draft together. By all means, these are mostly all players who have done well in their own right, so in a vacuum they could perhaps do well, however, in the context of a team tour, I just don't see how any of these people are getting along well enough to make for a winning team, if even talking at all. They at least got the DPP on lockdown, though-
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I don't know what Waylaid was smoking when he picked this as the top spot, but it just ain't it. With DPPless Jabiru, 2022 Scraft, Tol, and 2 entirely new players making up half your team, you're taking a massive gamble on whether or not you'll even go neutral, let alone positive. Toto is similarly new, but at least shows some solid promise as a team pilot with recent tour performance, and ofc your muscle slots are pretty obvious. I can potentially see this team squeezing into playoffs if Kentari support manages to deliver a positive SM performance out of Tol, Jabiru, and Scraft (should probably be starting this over SS). If you can get Nalei and XSC to actually talk (gl), you'll have a killer SS, though.
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Bit of an interesting selection here. This is definitely gonna be the most driven prep core of the tournament, though the main question here is gonna be whether or not the players can back it up with their clicks. I'd like to rank this team higher, but given that the main core of it is a selection of players who don't do well/do inconsistently in team tours naturally makes it hard to confidently do so. As long as the latter half of the team is driven to perform, I wouldn't be surprised to see this team making playoffs, though I do feel that with your uneven SM slotting, a lot is gonna come down to how well you snipe ideal opponents when submitting lineups. Naturally, you also super need to make sure TSC motivation stays high.
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Kind of an oddball assortment. All of the notable players here have all had at least one good run in tours before, but generally either lack consistency or haven't had a chance to continue developing yet, so, for all intents, this is a team that very well could succeed. The problems only really start popping up once you look closer, namely of which being: who carries the team? A good handful of your bigger players between HCTC, Sansho, and Lancer all don't really talk too much, and Mubs, rumia, and pqs can only really cover but so much of everything else. To that extent, you'll notice that picks like tenzhii, adam, and alex are all notable chatters, likely intentionally picked for the purpose of keeping the team server thriving. To that extent, the fate of this team will likely end up falling on the backs of whoever can keep the server and your bigger players alive. With that said though, picks like dogknees, pj, and possibly beatiful are all players who definitely have the capability to succeed with good training, which will be interesting to see as the tour goes on, especially if they make it to playoffs and get even more support from the eliminated teams as a result. Activity is the name of the game for this team.
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There really isn't a super weak link in this team. The main downsides I can see off the bat is that your only overwhelmingly consistently strong player is LBDC, with zio still being solid, though steadily been on a bit of a decline ever since his debut with Morpekos. Deg, zio, and smely support is naturally a big plus for making sure the SS side stays solid, though with the older gens you're banking pretty heavily on deg being able to deliver there as well, with your BW starter being someone with a rough record coming into this, your ORAS starter being half dead, and your MG requiring full feeding and teaching. SM is also a bit of a question mark; while LBDC will undoubtedly do well, I've no clue how active he is at supporting SM2, to which Boat and frosty aren't necessarily the most decorated veterans. Similar to Rhyperiors, uneven SM slotting means you're gonna have to plan your SM slots in lineups very carefully. Beyond that, the recipe for success for this team is gonna have to be having players you wouldn't expect putting up a better than usual performance, though since most of the players here are already solid/capable of performing to begin with, that wouldn't be entirely out of the question.
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Another solid lineup. The big issue I see with the team is that crucify is pretty clearly meant to be the star of the show; while he may cover a lot of ground with his proficiency in multiple tiers, the question is whether or not he can deliver the support necessary to all of the needed slots. In many ways (particularly Maki, bird, and crucify), this is a very similar team to the Scolipedes from last year, though this time around they've got a few new solid players in Bopher, eblurb, Edgar, and Rellia, at the cost of Squirtell, Sice, LRXC, and SoulWind. In that regard, I do believe the team has a bit better overall synergy with one another than the pedes, in addition to opponents this time around generally being a bit lighter than the teams we saw last year. An obvious weakness is that your choices of subs are:

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤand Nick.see, though just never have to sub out and ezpz lmaol. Again though, pretty much everything for this team, as it was for the Scolipedes, banks on the managers (crucify especially) to pull things together, which is undoubtedly a lot of pressure. Good synergy is a decent safety net, but doesn't necessarily solve everything.
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Something something team bias- While the draft looks wacky (thwacky, even) from afar, anyone familiar with the winning strategy for Porygons last year will immediately see what Potatochan is trying to do here. In essence, Potatochan is trying to recreate the concept where he was able to carry Porygons to success by tryhard covering three tiers at once between SS, ORAS, and BW, though this time around, he's picked up more generally seasoned players who are capable of meeting him in the middle when it comes to prep work and knowing how to use things. While the Trojan strategy managed to pull off a win last year, it still did require multiple players doing shockingly better than anyone would have expected them to. This time around, you're at least not asking for as drastic of an improved performance, but still otherwise hoping that the new bloods do better than 0-X, while everyone else maintains roughly the same level of performance that they are used to putting forth, which while reasonable, is never a guarantee.
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It's hard not to put the italian core at the top. Frankly, I'm disappointed nobody realized they were pretty clearly drafting a third manager in the form of Stable, since that would've been the easiest extra 6k you could ever force somebody to spend, but oh well. Right off the bat, you of course have the extremely consistent Close, Denis, and Stable all together, and following that up, you have two notably talented team pilots between Fragments and gorilaa, as well as highly competent extra backbone with Joker and ncal. Biggest challenges are naturally going to be the new blood and training them up to do well, as well as making sure the middle of the road players stay in the middle/do even better. Stable in particular also seems to be heading into SM this time around, which will be an interesting change of pace from the usual BW/DPP, and could very well depend on lineup slotting, as I mentioned for the Rays and Rhyperiors.
Good luck and have fun to everyone in the tour!
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I'm sure this year won't be cursed in any way at all...
 
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