Tournament Almost Any Ability Premier League II - Week 1

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Scheduling​

Scheduling should be done on Smogon Profile walls, plain and simple:​
  • If there is communication on only one user's behalf, the win will go to them. Feel free to call activity in this thread beforehand
  • If there is a very healthy back and forth regarding potential times and one user is a no-show, a manager may take the opportunity to sub out the no-show competitor; if this is not done, the user that showed up responsibly will be awarded the win.
TL;DR: Post on your opponent's Smogon wall, schedule your matches, and be reliable. If you can't play for any reason, let your manager know so they can sub you out ASAP.​
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Use these posts as a place to initiate discussion about bo1 or bo3 as well (or bo5 if you're insane like that)!​


Sportsmanship​
Exhibitions of unsportsmanlike conduct with regards to the Almost Any Ability Premier League will be met with an infraction at the discretion of the OMPL host/OM mods. This is unlikely to include interactions within a team's private chat unless there is reason found to make an exception. This rule is meant to protect other users from being publicly flamed/bashed/provoked by another competitor for the duration of and following the tournament.​
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All players must complete their matches by the given deadline. Any incomplete matches by that time will be subject to an activity decision (MAKE SURE YOU POST ON YOUR OPPONENT'S WALL); otherwise, it will be a deadgame. All matches should ideally be done on your most notable alt (the one you registered for OMPL with) to avoid confusion and all match replays must be saved and posted in this thread.​


Substitutions & Lineups​
Managers, if you wish to make any substitutions, you must post here tagging both the player you're subbing out, the player you're subbing in, the manager and assistant manager of the opposing team, the substitute's opponent, and all of the hosts (Isaiah). This is to assure that everyone is in-the-loop and that the OP is updated accordingly to reflect the new match-up.​
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Managers, when you send in lineups, please send it in with the tier and Smogon username of each player fully written out for ease of transcription.​

Matchups
:Latios: vs :Honchkrow:
The Luster Purgers (4) vs (2) Psycho Honchkrows
SV: Slither Wing vs Quantum Tesseract
SV: Glory vs DeepFriedMagikarp
SV: Dragonillis vs AM
UU: olivia vs ojr
Ubers: Geysers vs Codename C.A.T
SS: Hera vs Andyboy

:Charizard: vs :Roaring Moon:
Charming Charizzards (2) vs (4) Madhouse Moons
SV: ghostlike vs Ivar57
SV: Atha vs MZ
SV: matte vs Kinetic
UU: pannu vs Fraise
Ubers: PrimalKyogre vs Stories
SS: Osake vs hayedenn

:Talonflame: vs :Ceruledge:
Unnerfed Talonflames (3) vs (3) Cherry Pit Ceruledges
SV: SammyCe123 vs Racool
SV: Career Ended vs Kaif
SV: damflame 3 vs Potatochan
UU: BoingK vs crow crumbs
Ubers: Velcroc vs Vertigo
SS: Maybca☆〜ゝ。∂ vs Jrdn

Deadline:
10:00 PM (GMT -5) on September 1st, 2024
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The Luster Purgers (0) vs (0) Psycho Honchkrows
SV: Slither Wing vs Quantum Tesseract
SV: Glory vs DeepfriedMagikarp
SV: Dragonillis vs AM
UU: Olivia vs ojr
Ubers: Geysers vs Codename C.A.T
SS: Hera vs Andyboy

Charming Charizzards (0) vs (0) Madhouse Moons
SV: ghostlike vs Ivar57
SV: Atha vs MZ
SV: matte vs Kinetic
UU: pannu vs Fraise
Ubers: PrimalKyogre vs Stories
SS: Osake vs Hayedenn

Unnerfed Talonflames (0) vs (0) Cherry Pit Ceruledges
SV: SammyCe123 vs racool
SV: Career Ended vs Kaif
SV: damflame 3 vs Potatochan
UU: BoingK vs crow crumbs
Ubers: Velcroc vs Vertigo
SS: Maybca☆〜ゝ。∂ vs Jrdn
 
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CHALLENGE CODES​
/chall [Gen 9] Almost Any Ability @@@ -Azelf, -Barraskewda, -Ceruledge, -Chien Pao, -Cinderace, -Cobalion, -Corviknight, -Deoxys-Speed, -Dragonite, -Electrode-Hisui, -Empoleon, -Garchomp, -Gengar, -Gholdengo, -Goodra-Hisui, -Great Tusk, -Heatran, -Iron Boulder, -Iron-Crown, -Iron Hands, -Iron Moth, -Iron-Treads, -Kingambit, -Latios, -Manaphy, -Mandibuzz, -Meowscarada, -Moltres-Base, -Ogerpon-Cornerstone, -Ogerpon-Hearthflame, -Ogerpon-Wellspring, -Pecharunt, -Primarina, -Roaring Moon, -Sandy Shocks, -Scream Tail, -Skarmory, -Slither Wing, -Swampert, -Ting-lu, -Volcarona, -Walking Wake, -Zamazenta-Base, -Zapdos-Base, -Zapdos-Galar, -Zarude
/challenge [Gen 9] Anything Goes@@@Standard OMs,Sleep Moves Clause,!Obtainable Abilities,Ability Clause = 1,Terastal Clause,-Arena Trap,-Comatose,-Contrary,-Gorilla Tactics,-Huge Power,-Illusion,-Imposter, -Innards Out,-Magnet Pull,-Moody,-Neutralizing Gas,-Parental Bond,-Pure Power,-Shadow Tag,-Simple,-Stakeout,-Speed Boost,-Water Bubble,-Wonder Guard,-Calyrex-Shadow,-Baton Pass,-Slaking
/challenge gen8anythinggoes @@@ Standard OMs, Ability Clause = 2, !Obtainable Abilities, Sleep Moves Clause, -Archeops, -Blacephalon, -Buzzwole, -Calyrex-Ice, -Calyrex-Shadow, -Dialga, -Dracovish, -Dragapult, -Dragonite, -Eternatus, -Genesect, -Gengar, -Giratina, -Giratina-Origin, -Groudon, -Ho-Oh, -Kartana, -Keldeo, -Kyogre, -Kyurem, -Kyurem-Black, -Kyurem-White, -Lugia, -Lunala, -Magearna, -Marshadow, -Melmetal, -Mewtwo, -Naganadel, -Necrozma-Dawn-Wings, -Necrozma-Dusk-Mane, -Noivern, -Palkia, -Pheromosa, -Rayquaza, -Regigigas, -Reshiram, -Shedinja, -Solgaleo, -Spectrier, -Urshifu, -Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, -Victini, -Weavile, -Xerneas, -Yveltal, -Zacian, -Zacian-Crowned, -Zamazenta-Base, -Zekrom, -Zeraora, -Zygarde-Base, -Arena Trap, -Comatose, -Contrary, -Fluffy, -Fur Coat, -Gorilla Tactics, -Huge Power, -Ice Scales, -Illusion, -Imposter, -Innards Out, -Intrepid Sword, -Libero, -Magic Bounce, -Magnet Pull, -Moody, -Neutralizing Gas, -Parental Bond, -Poison Heal, -Protean, -Pure Power, -Shadow Tag, -Simple, -Stakeout, -Speed Boost, -Unburden, -Water Bubble, -Wonder Guard, -King's Rock, -Baton Pass, -Electrify
 
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WOOO AAAPL

The Luster Purgers (4) vs (2) Psycho Honchkrows
SV: Slither Wing vs Quantum Tesseract - Slither Wing is a dinomoth from our imaginaaationnnn, lizard-like with fiery wings it's still not a fucking draaaagonnn
SV: Glory vs DeepfriedMagikarp - Yo wait these ppl aren't playing Ubers
SV: Dragonillis vs AM - I haven't seen Dragonillis play SV and I think AM has stronger clicking
UU: Olivia vs ojr - maybe bellibolt is viable in this tier, who knows?
Ubers: Geysers vs Codename C.A.T - Geysers has an insane builder at their disposal, should be decent chances for em
SS: Hera vs Andyboy - I'm ngl i don't know who andyboy is this a bad thing :sob: apparently andyboy is good

Charming Charizzards (2) vs (4) Madhouse Moons
SV: ghostlike vs Ivar57 - Big name matchup, I think ghostlike could do it but i'd favour ivar here
SV: Atha vs MZ - Another big name matchup, I favour atha + French Power
SV: matte vs Kinetic - Had a nuts ompl, favour him to win here
UU: pannu vs Fraise - French Power
Ubers: PrimalKyogre vs Stories - I *think* stories plays regular ubers
SS: Osake vs Hayedenn - nerdsake


UT I'm fighting for you and your birds babyyy
 
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The Luster Purgers (4) vs (2) Psycho Honchkrows

SV: Slither Wing vs Quantum Tesseract - hmmm I believe QT is a fundamentally better player but they haven't impressed me during the OMPL and the AAA teams they brought were sus, Slither Wing played relatively well recently and I believe they're able to take the upset
SV: Glory vs DeepfriedMagikarp - Glory's probably one of those cheat code players as a builder but in a bo1 i think DFM is just the better player
SV: Dragonillis vs AM - Drago is so unpredictable that I have no idea of his level in AAA, but I don't think AM has played the tier lately too so giving the edge to Drago for creativity
UU: Olivia vs ojr - if ojr loses this he should either retire or reveal that Olivia is stresh's alt
Ubers: Geysers vs Codename C.A.T - don't know them in Ubers but I think Geysers is a better player, don't know who's building for them tho so with DFM in the back Codename cat can def win this
SS: Hera vs Andyboy - until im proven wrong andyboy might be washed (4/6 of the SS players are though)

Unnerfed Talonflames (3.5) vs (2.5) Cherry Pit Ceruledges

SV: SammyCe123 vs racool - ain't convinced by Sammy but he def can do way better than he did during OMPL. I'm curious to see if racool will be as invested as during OMPL, can def pull a 5-0 if so
SV: Career Ended vs Kaif - Kaif will prob need a week or two to adapt to the meta and career as a first opp isn't an easy task
SV: damflame 3 vs Potatochan - Potatochan is still the best player ever they aren't losing a single game
UU: BoingK vs crow crumbs - crow crumbs was fine when they played ORAS last year so I'm betting on them but eh UU is a weird tier so I don't rly know
Ubers: Velcroc vs Vertigo - 0 idea of the tier, 0 idea of the level of the players, hf ig
SS: Maybca☆〜ゝ。∂ vs Jrdn - not washed vs washed until proven wrong, Maybca's weird teams might face a tough opponent though


don't cry if I didn't bold you and get better, or ask hayedenn to 6-0 me W1 so I'll stfu (it's gonna happen dw)
 
The Luster Purgers (0) vs (0) Psycho Honchkrows
SV: Slither Wing vs Quantum Tesseract
bonk is good but idt he's good enough to either outbuild or outplay qt yet
SV: Glory vs DeepfriedMagikarp
HL of the week for me, I'm very huge on both of these guys tho ill slightly favour glory cuz he might be more intune with triple a ATM
SV: Dragonillis vs AM
name I recognize as an om player
UU: Olivia vs ojr
never seen olivia play and ik jr is good
Ubers: Geysers vs Codename C.A.T
he's got this, probably
SS: Hera vs Andyboy

Unnerfed Talonflames (0) vs (0) Cherry Pit Ceruledges
SV: SammyCe123 vs racool
racool is pretty good
SV: Career Ended vs Kaif
SV: damflame 3 vs Potatochan
UU: BoingK vs crow crumbs
Ubers: Velcroc vs Vertigo
SS: Maybca☆〜ゝ。∂ vs Jrdn
 
gm everyone, following popular demand (Atha bullying me) I'll do a quick PR for all the teams (except mine obviously, but since I'm managing and playing we will be down 0-1 every week, tough tour)

Last year I used 3 criterias and predicted (easily) the winner, but I've been trolled by some team names that were... too smart for me I guess, so I'm not going to take the risk again. I'll split between managers' strength (on /5), starters' strength (on /10 as it should be the main way to get wins), and substitutes' strength (on /5 at it's more situational)

The Luster Purgers

Managers' strength : 2.5/5. Both Gimmicky and Slither Wing are good players that play AAA, and managers don't need to be the best of the best to be valuable, and if they're able to support in UU / Ubers (i don't really know who plays those tiers sorry) as well as building in SV, it's more than enough. 12K for Slither Wing's self buy feels a lot to me but I appreciate the risk taking and I'm curious to see if they'll manage to have a positive record.

Starters' strength : 4/10. This is probably the weakest part of the Luster Purgers as their main core who should be Slither Wing, Hera, Glory, and Dragonillis (based on the prices but also of the overall knowledge of those players) have 0 players that are known to be able to pull up a 4-1. All of them are good but none of them are confirmed and I'm more expecting everyone finishing in 3-2 or 2-3, with maybe one of them with 4-1 (but can also finish in 1-4), and no one to really carry them. I might underestimate Glory cuz I don't know them very well, but ik taht Dragonillis isn't really active atm so he wil just build and play for his slot, and Hera is still waiting a major tour to confirm their potential - and the SS pool of this AAAPL is not rly the easiest one.

Subsitutes' strength : 2,5/5. I'd say they are decent, TTTech and seth are solid players (from what I've heard at least) that can probably get a win or two if subbed in. I have no idea who Olivia and Rae are (Olivia's starting though so idk if it's some unheard monster or just managers' friends lol), and Geysers has still to confirm in Ubers, which is why I put them in this category - I won't be surprised if they perform well though.

Overall : 9/20. A decent draft all around but that feels rly underwhelming considering the other teams, and the lack of players able to rly carry the team might cost the POs qualification.

Cherry Pit Ceruledges

Managers' strength : 2/5. None of them are known to be really knowledgeable in AAA, although Potatochan has played it quite a bit. They went 5-3 last year though and are def able to repeat this, but I'm not sure how much support both are able to give to their teams ; I've heard Potatochan was a bit burnt out after OMPL too, so idk if they'll give as much support as they can.

Starters' strength : somewhere between 2/10 and 8/10 - will say 6.5/10. This is a really tricky draft and my #4 ranking comes from my personal bias that everytime I've seen an old player come back, they haven't performed THAT well (and sometimes it was just terrible), so I'm not a believer of the archeologists teams that are trying to revive fossils. Jrdn and Racool are both able to 5-0 but also to 1-4, and both are most likely to go even I'd say. Kaif and Potatochan, probably the 2 others relatively experienced AAA players of the team, are solid but will probably need some weeks to learn the meta. I'm expecting this team to have a rough start but to potentially steamroll at the end and, if Racool and Jrdn live up to the expectations, this team can def cook everyone.

Subsitutes' strength : 1.5/5. I might be a bit rude but uhnn I'm not rly convinced by the potential subs of this team. Frito went for 11K and isn't starting but I also don't know them in AAA, Crow Crumbs was good in ORAS last year, but can they repeat this in UU ? Lemonstre1 and Sevag are decent players (Sevag cooked in SS AAA at some point), but they aren't rly 'solid', and most important point, who's building ? None of the subs play AAA (afaik), so ig all the pressure if on Potatochan and Racool to build for everyone which might be too much for them.

Overall : 10/20. A team that def has potential but will rely a lot on their starters to build and win, can easily fall appart but can be rly good if it works.

Unnerfed Talonflames

Managers' strength : 1/5. No shame to a fairy, I really appreciate her, but I don't think she has rly played AAA and I'm not sure she will able to rly support the team by herself - might be able to bring helpers and such though, which is also valuable as a manager but I'm only ranking the pure strength in support and plays here.

Starters' strength : 6.5/10. 3 really good players as starters, Sammy, Career, and Maybca, who are all able to go 4-1 (the weakest one probably being Maybca, with the thoughest pool too) and I expect them to carry the team. Would've been higher with a clear 4th strong player but even if BoingK and damflame are good players I can't really put them in the strong side of the team, esp when the comparison is with Career or Sammy lol.

Subsitutes' strength : 3/5. If I couldn't put them in the Starters' category, they're def good players that you like to have in your team and that will bring wins. Depending on how much invested cat is, they might be a rly good support, alongside Sulo and RL who are fine clickers and can sub if necessary.

Overall : 10.5/20. A team that has a really strong core of 3 but will need them to perform, with good subs being able to clutch if necessary, and the only downside being the manager who just lacks experience in AAA but as proved by OM and drampa during OMPL, it's not the point that is the most important anyway and I won't be surprise if they do way better than what I predicted.

Psycho Honchkrows

Managers' strength : 3/5/5. Would've been lower if they self bought but I believe both SpaceSpakers and LordBox are better in the role of support and shadow builder than in the role of manager who needs to win every week to carry the team - I'm not saying they're bad, but 12K would probably be too much for that. Having them as builders is a cheatcode though, as they're prob able to support basically every slot.

Starters' strength : 7/10. QT for 12K is a massive steal, ok they haven't performed rly well in OMPL but like, it's QT. ojr for 10K is also a really nice pick if he's motivated, DFM for 16.5K feels a lot esp when you already have builders in the back + he's not playing Ubers which is a bit weird to me, but he's still a very competent player. Curious to see if Andyboy is able to come back at his best, still not a believer of old players as I said but who knows. Overall pretty strong players that will probably not flop so that's good.

Subsitutes' strength : 1.5/5. Probably the weakest part of the team, even if they got half of the pool in their team none of the subs seem to be more than a friend's pick. Berry and C.A.T are decent but I don't expect them to go crazy, Yoko and Sparksblade can maybe grab a win, but it feels a bit weak esp comparing to the starters.

Overall : 12/20. A team that relies a lot on QT's steal and their super solid managers to build, although their draft doesn't rly takes advantage of that as they didn't rly pick clickers. Still a very solid draft and I would be surprised to not see them in play-offs.

Madhouse Moons

Managers' strength : 4.5/5. Would be 5/5 if atha + TNM didn't exist last year cuz that was a more broken combo, but yeah basically 2 of the best AAA players atm, Betticus being able to build a lot and Ivar just being Ivar so he won't go negative and prob end up in 4-1 or something, that's without a doubt the best pair of managers of the tour (I reduced LordBox + SpaceSpeakers' note to 3.5 after seeing this pair cuz I think they're just so good they need to be 1 point above everyone else).

Starters' strength : 8/10. Probably the most solid draft, as MZ will take advantage of Betticus' builds, hayedenn is just solid if they don't throw the first 2 weeks and ragequit, Kinetic has been on fire lately and will probably have a rly good record, they still got Ivar in the back.. That's just a really good draft ngl

Subsitutes' strength : 3.5/5. Could've been a bit higher but I don't want to put them thaaat much above everyone else cuz I don't think it's true, but Glalie in the back is also a really nice pick, Fraises and Stories are rly good players and 9.5K for them is a steal, dreepy has been rly good in OMFL so with good teams they're prob able to do something, and Chessking aka one of the 2 Ubers mains to build is also a really nice pick.

Overall : 15/20. I don't expect them to stomp the tour like Charizzards did last year, but they just have too much consistency to flop. Good managers, good draft, good substitutes, I would honestly be very surprised if they don't reach the finals and so far they're clearly my favorites to win the tour.

Good luck to everyone, may the best team win, and have fun !

also pls free Magic Bounce in SS otherwise I'm cancering
 
The Luster Purgers (2) vs (4) Psycho Honchkrows
SV: Slither Wing vs Quantum Tesseract :Slither Wing: will outprep
SV: Glory vs DeepfriedMagikarp :Magikarp: will win because of TaxFraud
SV: Dragonillis vs AM even tho Drago is french and usually I cant bold against french but AM is my NDOTSL teammate and he is goated
UU: Olivia vs ojr RobJR
Ubers: Geysers vs Codename C.A.T I think this tier is more AAA based than Ubers based so the better AAA player wins
SS: Hera vs Andyboy ma boy Andy

Charming Charizzards (3) vs (3) Madhouse Moons
SV: ghostlike vs Ivar57 kip
SV: Atha vs MZ french toast
SV: matte vs Kinetic Kinetaco
UU: pannu vs Fraise sorry Pannu I would like to predict once for you but Fraise is in French
Ubers: PrimalKyogre vs Stories Black Pink teammate
SS: Osake vs Hayedenn french baguette

Unnerfed Talonflames (5) vs (1) Cherry Pit Ceruledges
SV: SammyCe123 vs racool Sammy being Sammy
SV: Career Ended vs Kaif even tho I enjoy bangla Kaif's Carrer Ended
SV: damflame 3 vs Potatochan french croissant
UU: BoingK vs crow crumbs I cant do 6-0 for UT sorry BoingK
Ubers: Velcroc vs Vertigo :Slaking:
SS: Maybca☆〜ゝ。∂ vs Jrdn Maybca is french and goated
 
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