1. Amukamara vs 16. eifo: eifo had some pretty wack tiebreak games to say the least, though part of that can be blamed on the current state of the tier. Liam's been on a roll lately, winning or getting far in just about every UU circuit tour I can currently think of besides UULT. While he hasn't been able to show too many results in SS lately (unless I'm forgetting something), he's been on a tear and shows no signs of stopping. This is not to discredit eifo however, he's a good player, but his teams looked pretty wonky from what I could tell. I wouldn't be surprised if eifo takes this but the overall results and general metagame knowledge make me lean in Liam's favor here.
2. Adaam vs 15. SANJAY: Adaam may die of salmonella before he can even play this game, and provided that happens, congrats to SANJAY on the free bye. In all seriousness, you can't really go wrong bolding Adaam vs anyone. He's one of the best SS players atm, and has pretty cool teams to back him up. On the other hand, SANJAY qualified via UU Masters, a meta two DLCs ago, and has absolutely no current SS UU results. I don't remember his tb games vs Pohjis at all, but it won't affect much either way for the most part. Provided Adaam does not die of salmonella poisoning, he should be able to take this.
3. Highways vs 14. Pohjis: Highways has been fine in his UU snake games thus far and has overall more metagame knowledge than Pohjis. Again I don't remember what Pohjis used in TB, but iirc his teams were fine for the most part. He's also a good player and is experienced with these sorts of ribbon tours (though iirc he didn't qualify for much this year). The SANJAY point also applies here, where Pohjis hasn't had much modern UU results, while Highways did well in majors and iirc is building in snake. Pohjis can definitely take this as he is a great player, but more experience with the tier gives Highways the edge.
4. High Impulse vs 13. Askov: The left side trend finally ends as we come to the Bouffalants one-man army civil war. While Amir did win open, and defeated Askov in semifinals, I also remember there being plenty of hax in said series. Amir's snake games have also been, to put it bluntly, awful. Not gonna go too much into it because merely remembering them is enough but there was several noticeable misplays. Askov on the other hand, has had quite possibly the worst snake game vs Moute, but I won't hold him too hard for that. Both have had some pretty questionable games but I rate Askov's play and teams higher. If Askov isn't haxed again he should be able to win this one.
5. 100% GXE vs 12. Luigi: This game is happening in an hour at the time of me writing this post, so I'm writing these next ones rather fast. Neither have been involved in UU recently from what I can tell. GXE had some wack ass teams while he was active but for the most part they were a good kind of wack. Luigi uses teams from the Brazillians, which would normally be a bad sign, but the Brazillians have solved SS UU lately so I can't be too harsh on them. While I think the chances of GXE bringing some wack team that Luigi isn't prepped for and winning is high, the chances of him running into a poor mu with said teams and losing is also high. Therefore, I flipped a coin and it landed on tails (aka Luigi) so I will bold Luigi.
7. SoulWind vs 10. CBU: It's hard to root against SW atm, he's been fine in UU Snake despite some of his team choices being rather wack. Bad teams or not however, he's still one of the greatest players of all time, and I wouldn't bold against him vs anyone in this pool. SW has also beaten CBU plenty of times before, and while those were in vastly different metas, I think by this point he'll know how CBU plays enough. I can see him getting cheesed or surprised by a weird tech / team, but otherwise I'm bolding the overall better player.
8. Accelgor vs 9. Indigo Plateau: Being 100% unbiased here. Accel had a rough start in UU Snake but had a good win vs basa, where he 6-0d with Grassy Seed Latias. I think Indigo Plateau has been active in SS for UU Snake? Regardless I haven't seen him actually play in this meta so I can't really judge his skill. While Accel did look a bit out of tune in his first snake games, I trust that he can bounce back for this one, especially with more on the line. This is not to discredit IP however, although I have not seen him play in a while he was good when I last remembered him. I think either of them can easily take this one. I am bolding neither because I cannot choose, and I do not even want to coinflip
Playing rob at Wednesday 3 pm -5. Good luck to everyone participating, and if anything is incorrect then blame Askov.
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