Tournaments ADVPL V - Finals [Won by the Locked-In Magnetons]

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Good luck to the victor of ADVPL. Congrats to both teams for making it this far!!

:magneton: Locked-In Magnetons (6) vs (4) Spartoi Elites :gastly:
ADV Ubers: Charmriah vs FatFighter2
ADV OU: mielke vs Johnald
ADV OU: Pak vs Caloom
ADV OU: Lady Bug vs gorgie
ADV OU BO3: violet river vs Endill
ADV UU: Kaboom vs Shiba
ADV RU: Fogbound Lake vs jam
ADV NU: Stories vs Bughouse
ADV PU: Oskari vs Lazuli
ADV LC: Shing vs Raichy

:magneton: Locked-In Magnetons (0) vs (0) Spartoi Elites :gastly:
ADV Ubers: Charmriah vs FatFighter2
ADV OU: mielke vs Johnald
ADV OU: Pak vs Caloom
ADV OU: Lady Bug vs gorgie
ADV OU BO3: violet river vs Endill
ADV UU: Kaboom vs Shiba
ADV RU: Fogbound Lake vs jam
ADV NU: Stories vs Bughouse
ADV PU: mind gaming vs Lazuli
ADV LC: Shing vs Raichy

The deadline for this round is Sunday, May 25th at 11:59 PM GMT -4.
 
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Predictions, finals edition

:magneton: Locked-In Magnetons (5) vs (5) Spartoi Elites :gastly:
ADV Ubers: Charmriah vs FatFighter2
ADV OU: mielke vs Johnald
ADV OU: Pak vs Caloom
ADV OU: Lady Bug vs gorgie
ADV OU BO3: violet river vs Endill
ADV UU: Kaboom vs Shiba
ADV RU: Fogbound Lake vs jam
ADV NU: Stories vs Bughouse
ADV PU: mind gaming vs Lazuli
ADV LC: Shing vs Raichy
Magnetons win in Tiebreaker
 
ADV Ubers: Charmriah vs FatFighter2
ADV OU: mielke vs Johnald
ADV OU: Pak vs Caloom
ADV OU: Lady Bug vs gorgie
ADV OU BO3: violet river vs Endill
ADV UU: Kaboom vs Shiba
ADV RU: Fogbound Lake vs jam
ADV NU: Stories vs Bughouse
ADV PU: mind gaming vs Lazuli
ADV LC: Shing vs Raichy

Magnétons FTW
 
LGi Spartoi elites!

:magneton: Locked-In Magnetons (0) vs (10) Spartoi Elites :gastly:
ADV Ubers: Charmriah vs FatFighter2
ADV OU: mielke vs Johnald
ADV OU: Pak vs Caloom
ADV OU: Lady Bug vs gorgie
ADV OU BO3: violet river vs Endill
ADV UU: Kaboom vs Shiba
ADV RU: Fogbound Lake vs jam
ADV NU: Stories vs Bughouse
ADV PU: mind gaming vs Lazuli
ADV LC: Shing vs Raichy
 
won against gorgieboy, gg

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Now that I played my last game, assuming I don't play in the tie breaker if it happens... I wanna say thank you for drafting me. I signed up with 0 ADV OU experience and didn't really expect to get drafted, let alone be a starter... very happy with how this tour went and happy to be on such a strong and dominant team. Let's finish this off in the next 3 games

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this marks my first team tournament win on smogon(not counting farmers leagues or w/e) in a list of over twenty-five. I've been on a lot of teams that have a lot of decent slots, and some just can't win and you miss playoffs. I've been on teams where you have really sturdy players all around, but let it slip close to or in the finals and then we all blame hax and move on. This team was really special though, at least to me, in that I trusted all of you to win. I would see the week get posted and make mental predictions on who I thought would win and what could go either way, and unironically found myself predicting us to 10-0... thank you all for your truly fantastic performance. Not a single player went negative(bar a heroic sacrifice to shedinja) and everyone went above and beyond, either in the prep department, in grinding games, in pulling up and playing your hearts out.
I'd be lying if I said I was putting 100% into this, though. I found my attention carved into pieces by jimtour, draft money tour, various other tournaments - what I'm getting at is that this was completely impossible without the immense ass-hauling everyone's done.
First up - mielke . We've known each other for over a year and a half now, from running into each other on the ladder...lol. I think a lot of the Ruiners's ADV success can be attributed to you and your out of game work, meticulous attention to detail on teams. You're a great player in your own right, and it makes me happy to see you shine on bigger and bigger stages. Thank you for building for our OU and winning this tournament with me, friend.
Pak despite having teamed before for some UU tournament, I don't think we'd ever really spoken before advpl? However, when apd told me you wanted to sign and be retained, I was all for it. You were great, and I felt confident seeing monster carrot enter the battlefield. Congrats on the ADV success over the past year, and I love watching you play and perform.
Lady Bug I knew after the DPP game in SPL where you brought the earth power/hpice celebi that solowon a game that you were in fact still sheist. As much as by your own admission you hadn't really played ADV before, I think you stuck to it really well - it helps that I ran into you on the ladder often lol. You probably put in the most effort out of our OU for all of the games, and it was reflected in your play. And god you're good ahahhaha I found myself watching your games in the kitchen with my girlfriend going "Fire blast here they're not going to be X set" and then you scout it and I would have immediately lost the game on the spot. You play a precise game, optimal pokemon. I hope you keep with ADV and pokemon in general, and am always happy to help if ever you want a second eye on advance :D
Charmriah as much as you play on this website, I have to say I was unfamiliar with your game. Apd just said that we had to buy you because you carried them in every tournament across every slot, and you punched up super impressively this tournament, winning loads of important games. You're really competent across a lot of tiers and at pokemon in general, and I love seeing you in the team. Let's team more in the future :D
Amity I really wanted you for UU/RU, because I knew those were gens that I couldn't support at all. I understand that your life is tumultuous, and thank you for everything you did for our team - your week one win set the ball rolling, and your team support made us undoubtedly stronger.
Kaboom worth every penny, at that point in the auction we were looking at players and going "yeah as far as making our team better, we really only want Kaboom". Thank you for clutching in our UU slot and your no-nonsense attitude. Congrats on winning in invite playins finals and I hope to see you play more tournaments :D
Fogbound Lake apd told me that we had to budget 15k for you and i was like. okay bet. I knew from our encounters on this website that you really got how pokemon works, and that if you were motivated to build and play RU, you would dominate. Thank you for carrying us and shrugging off your tilt even after extremely stupid tests and such
Stories you were the only player I wanted for nu, and also budgeted about 15k for you... even if you don't think glalie should be banned, you're still super competent, and i enjoyed being able to help where possible in this slot. You're a player that wins, and I will not be surprised when you dominate next scl. Let's win NUPL now :D
mind gaming i also don't think i'd ever talked to you before this tournament(and even sparsely during, lol) but having you support in the CCL with crazy teams made our game discussion chat pop off there every week. Since then when apd told me that we had to buy you I was fantastically on board. Beating the two strongest players in the tier in weeks 1 and 2 in such fashion made me convinced that apd wasn't lying and you were actually playing hella ADV PU. Congrats on and thank you for the fantastic record, and I hope that whatever made you sub out in finals gets resolved. Hope to see you in more officials this year :D
Shing by your own admission in shoutouts you were the best adv lc player in the tournament LOL and the games proved you to be right. I think you really are a step or five ahead of everyone else in this tier, finding consistency amid a world of flips and cointosses. We wanted you ever since we signed up to manage the tournament ahahah and it was enjoyable to read you talking about a tier you're so passionate and knowledgeable about, thank you for your wins both when you played and when you built.
Colin Since shing wasn't able to play all of the time, we asked him who he thought the best prospect was, and he was adamant it was you. I think you proved it well enough in our channel and in your games, you're competent as fuck and if you played these tiers more you'd be unstoppable. Thank you for all your hard work and best of luck in all of your tournament games :D
Oskari I'm glad you're more active on the site now, I think you have fantastic game sense and will continue to excel the more tournaments you play in. You got some clutch wins, and I'm sorry we couldn't start you in OU with our lineup. Excited to team with you for ROAPL and watch you win more.
DugZa similarly your win was at the perfect time - it was super hype to watch. Thank you for subbing in for us and you're obviously a player that wins. Excited to win world cup with you and whatever else.
Sabelette You're someone I'd consider a great friend on this website, and I'm confident you would have performed in better games. Shedinja game was extremely funny to watch tho. Thank you for all of your help when it came(especially in Ubers) and your team presence, happy to have won this tour with you :D
sayyonara We bought you because you're strong in OU, but didn't end up needing you. You weren't the most active, but you made our team stronger by being on it. Locked in.
With the absurd main season differential, especially in the first few weeks, I'm confident this is the strongest team I've ever been a part of. I would love to team with any of you again. LOCKED IN

and of course, Plague -> you asked me to comanage this tournament with you like, 8 months in advance. I think you're a really competent manager and also very talented at pokemon at large, and i'd be happy to share a great many more tournaments with you. You did yell at me a little bit during the auction but thats okay i still think we got all the best players :D. locked in.
 
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@Charmriah as much as you play on this website, I have to say I was unfamiliar with your game. Apd just said that we had to buy you because you carried them in every tournament across every slot, and you punched up super impressively this tournament, winning loads of important games. You're really competent across a lot of tiers and at pokemon in general, and I love seeing you in the team. Let's team more in the future :D
CHARMRIAH IS THE SALTINE TO MY CRACKER THE ALFREDO TO MY PASTA THE CHICKEN TO MY PARMESEAN MY BEST TO MY FRIEND AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH GZ ON WINNING
 
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not bad for a 3k that doesn't play the tier :heart:

I didn't really get to interact much with the rest of my team because I don't play ADV outside of NU, but this was the most dominant and positive team I've ever been a part of. Plague and River are besties and great managers that happen to play NU quite a bit so they helped me out a lot. Ty for the opportunity to play for you and ggs
 
Shoutouts to the squad for coming thru in finals. This was a super fun tour as always. Ever since joining the first edition, this has lowkey always been one of my favorite tours on the website. Aside from ladder it's where I really got my feet wet in the tier for the first time. We never managed to win it due to the anglerfish's crazy run, so this one is a little extra special. I still feel p bad for how I handled my finals game, but I can say with certainty that I wasn't surprised the rest of our team pulled it out. This was one of the best teams I've ever been on in the context of its tour, which there have been a lot of at this point. Hope to team w you all in the future or gl in anything else you got going on. Shoutout again to mielke for doing a lot of the heavy lifting behind the scenes this tour, I know for me of course but presumably for yourself and others as well. You've deserved something like this for a long long time and it should only continue if you keep applying yourself w a positive outlook on the game.
 
This is the first big team tournament I've won while actually caring about it, and I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Plague, Seroo, and Howkings adamantly wanting me to join within 4-6 months prior to the ADVPL V starting. Without the encouragement, I would have held it off because of the exam. I'm not certain if I'll join the next one as I'm still awful at preparing for exams, but you never know how suddenly my mind can be changed under the right circumstances.

Colin Plague asked me who I wanted to draft to cover up my inactivity, and I suggested you because I'd make up for you drafting me in my first LC tournament in a poetic way. Can't thank you enough for as it helped my preparation for exams quite a lot. If it wasn't you, I'd pick Gawain or Hacker. Again, glad we teamed up one more time.
Kaboom I'm very happy we're on the same team, as you've always been someone I've been curious about as a person, but I never found myself pushing to talk to you more personally until the last months. Thanks for the occasional feedback for ADV LC and just generally fun discussions through 2025. Best wishes for your next enormous team tournaments :)
Lady Bug It's odd that we encountered again, but this time in ADV out of anything. We may have a short span knowing each other from our dpp ladder games, dppcord talks and that one random ass SPL week w StarfZone cheesing but I'm glad I met you. You've a whole ass vibes of positivity, and everyone that gets you will have a good time. Good shit debuting your ADV run like that.
Fogbound Lake Stories Tack Thanks for those NU/RU friendlies + teams you gave me Tack. Those were fun, and glad I could be helpful despite the lack of understanding of those tiers. Best wishes to you Fogbound, for your future tours, and the same goes with you Stories(+Uppa), for upcoming events.

I don't think I've been in a team tournament where we managed to get four 8-2's. Our team was broken af looking back at it, and I'm very proud to be in this team. Insane draft Plague and River. As for my ADV LC run, while I've my thoughts on my ever-growing consistency with the tier, I can't shake the feeling that I'm arguably the luckiest player as I get bailed out in certain scenarios or my opponent is at their poorest state due to mental health or dissatisfaction with the tier gets through their skin. Maybe I'm thinking too much and may be inaccurate, but that's how I felt about this vs my opponents, and it's just smth I can't stop thinking about. Regardless, we locked in and nailed it with everyone on the server having awesome vibes <3
 
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