Tournament HPL5 - Finals [Won by Staraptors Hyderabad]

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Bo5 1v1; Bo3 Random Battle; Bo1 others
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3: loser picks generation after first

#1 Staraptors Hyderabad (6) v. #3 Gujarat Gholdengos (4)
OU1: Exotic64 v. MAVERICK SHOOTERS
OU2: Luirromen v. Thiago Nunes
OU3: Hiko v. Amaske
Ubers: RichardMillePlain v. LBN
UU: fish anemometer v. memedose46
Monotype: metagross does architectu v. sasha
Doubles: Loudwinner v. sundays
1v1: Kala chasmah v. delemon (3-2)
Random Battle: satvik123 v. USN (2-1)
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3: airfare v. Nor (SM→ORAS→SWSH)

Deadline: Monday, October 28 at 8 PM IST/UTC+5:30
 
------Prediction-----
#1 Staraptors Hyderabad (3) v. #3 Gujarat Gholdengos (7)
OU1: Exotic64 v. MAVERICK SHOOTERS
OU2: Luirromen v. Thiago Nunes
OU3: Hiko v. Amaske
Ubers: RichardMillePlain v. LBN
UU: fish anemometer v. memedose46
Monotype: metagross does architectu v. sasha
Doubles: Loudwinner v. sundays
1v1: Kala chasmah v. delemon
Random Battle: satvik123 v. USN
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3 (ORAS first): airfare v. Nor
 
won vs delemon, GGS!
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Hey delemon glitched games aside, i have really enjoyed any learned from y'all!! The Start of 1v1 was all because that i wanted to defeat delemon and DripLegend .... one of the best players of 1v1!! Finally achieved it vs delemon. Driplegend ur next

LETS GO STARAPTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's ur revenge Liimpy Go greeninja

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S/O Duke of Fortress for this amazing draw!!

MOST IMPORTANTLY S/O Mentality
 
The Gujrat Gholdengos dream run has finally been crushed. But im super proud of how we played, and id like to congratulate the raptors for winning it all. Thanks to Eseque and Arsenal for giving me a chance to manage when a lot of people did not believe in me, i am forever grateful i got this opportunity
Team s/os:
First of all would like to start off with Thiago Nunes , i know u werent that active throughout the tour due to work and still gave ur best, so thanks for that and goodluck on ur work, hope we team up again sometime soon

Nor Hey u were absolute beast in the bo3 Slots while also having a superb presence in the server, ur wins against pj were v impressive to watch and i hope u make it big into SPL one day, goodluck for that.

Amaske you are personally one of my favourite rising players, had a superb record throughout the season, displayed epic charecter as well, ur hpl videos were nice to watch,hope to see you playing for india in wcop some time. Goodluck ahead bro

Typical_bastard towards the end i know u didnt get enough chances, but the chances u got at the start, u justified urself in a tier uve never played much,Thanks for playing SV and hope you do well further

LBN from ndpl gholdengos to this, story remains the same of losing in finals lol. U were an outstanding chat presence and an excellent player, Ur win vs richard in finals really got me pumped up..I also loved talking to you, ur easily one of the funniest people ive met on this site, goodluck for future tours and id love to team up w you again next year

sasha ima be honest, if not for silver idt i would have drafted you because my initial plan was dunoks and id never seen u play before except the hpl 2022 finals.But u played so superbly after all those bad mus throughout the tour and a bad record at the start of the season, its very impressive. Hope someone can get u a win in a tour sometime in the future

delemon ur a really good 1v1 player, and i loved ur presence in the cord and the activity u maintained throughout the tour. U were also p good in ur slot and ur revenge arc vs liimpy was a treat to watch personally, glad we could team up.Best wishes for future tours

sundays Thanks for playing DOU, and ur one of my close friends on this site, u were amazing in the tour and dont worry too much about finals now, shit happens, ur very good. LETS team up next year again

USN u got very unlucky and i feel bad for you, because u played amazing but good robbed in so many games it baffles me, Hope u find ur luck soon and gl for future tours, Lets meet sometime in the future

Dead by Daylight Thanks for putting up scouts everyweek, u were amazing for it and also a very good chat presence, glad i could give u some games and hoping to team again sometime later

Continuing coz i cant tag anymore ppl...
 
GGs Gujarat Gholdengos!
This win was so important for me after my team losing in 1v1pl finals very close. I couldn't afford the same in HPL.... I have no words right now to tell how amazing I am feeling right now.... Every teammate had a contribution 1 way or the other whether its providing wins for our team in a week to helping others in builds/scouts.

Most Stupid Moment by me:- Me yelling in my srh discord server that why tga and tdr subbed me out and choose bka onon in thinking that he lost vs Mattorr is cute. Soon after I checked the post again and I realised Bka onon won by 3-1 ;-;

Unforgettable Moment:-
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MAVERICK SHOOTERS thanks for showing enthusiasm towards the end in playing,and like sundays ur also a very good friend of mine.see u soon bro, saved the best 2 for the last.

LUSTRE my co, my bro thanks for trusting me and managing w me in this tour, if not for you i wouldnt have enjoyed this much. Ur easily one of the best friends ive had on this site, lets run it back again next year

Sole Survivor Thanks for joining the team and having a presence in dou slot, a pleasure and would team up w you again

Personal Tier:
I will be honest here i did not want to play UU, or expect to do decently because of having a very poor form pre HPL,and no idea of UU metagame whatsoever. But silver pushed me to play and i did, and im glad i did. Super thanks to Micciu and Cynde for helping me and i couldnt have done it without yall

velvet u were amazing for me, as a helper, again u carried me in uu slot like last year, built teams, had a nice presence and won a ou game too, sad to see we couldnt cross it all after last year and 2 heartbreaks in a row, hoping to team with you next year too

Helpers:
s/os to glitched Eeveekid10 (especially sfor 2 yrs in a row) Metallica126 Piyu myjava FFK Slowpoke Fan @ionss style.css for the helps in respective tiers, yall played a huge part for the team making it this far and couldnt have been done if not for yall

hoping to see yall next year, peace.
 
ngl havent had an enjoyable team tour in a while since this one so s/o TDR for doing nothing and Swas for being alive 24/7 :ROFL:
also first time properly writing s/os so

jokes aside
thx for getting me TDR TGA yall had a super cracked draft and i only knew after week 3 we were hella destined to win this tour

biggest shoutout to Dybala jr iykyk :skull:

Hiko our saviour who literally turned our season around (0-1-1 with week 1 4-6 and 5-5 to not losing a single week going 8-2 7-2 7-2 6-4 consecutively). still have 0 fucking clue how u didnt get drafted but ina fable getting banned ended up being a blessing in disguise bc u went 5-1 and cooked hard in playoffs thx my goat
fish anemometer i am sad i couldnt get you for oupl this year even though we spent our max bid and you got snaked :C ur prolly one of my fav people team with and an OG clodsire :pray: im just happy we could win this together. thx for always making chat alive with your based anime takes though u have to go watch bleach even if its just that shounen shit again etc etc IDGAF!
RichardMillePlain thank you Richard for being handsome, rich, and a genius is NOT what i would say you lucky piece of shit. although, i must say i have never seen you lose a speedtie hence you are prolly the best ubers player on this site rn! thx for carrying us goat and im looking forward to that SCL trophy as well. and fuck one piece and sorry for making you load glaceon ROFL
Kala chasmah yeah ngl i almost bawled by eyes out after seeing urshifu and ogerpon spam encore taunt counter vs each other this 1v1 tier is the most braindead shit ever! that reverse sweep in finals was inspiring even if you are just playing 1v1 you are the goat and in my eyes ur the best 1v1 player rn so cope mainers. it was fun teaming with you o7
Loudwinner handsome man doubles goat sexy himself. not much to say but you really had a huge redemption in this tour and watching your games was inspirational. will never forget how hard i was getting 6-0d in tests, hoping to play you in DPL next
Swas Bka Onon bro i didnt know you at all when we started the tour but man you guys made the chat and team environment really fun. loved talking bleach and oshi no ko with you guys (peak series) and i geniunely hope to team with you guys in future, yall are awesome. i would advise you to stop reading latest ONk chapters tho onion,.....

to everyone else we didnt talk much but i really hope you guys enjoyed this tour as much as me, it was real fun teaming with yall. metagross does architectu ur mono games were fiyah and airfare that finals performance was superb and great redemption for the shitty hax infested reg season you absolutely did not deserve. Luirromen you are great to talk to as always and really hope we will win OUPL this time (lets fuck up vks team first).

ggs guys the SRH franchise is the best in HPL.
and MAVERICK SHOOTERS i hate you for ruining my record :C
 
This is legit the first time I'm ever writing s/o's so please bare with me lol. After 10 long weeks which had lows and highs we have finally won this shit raptors, I have been a little bit inactive lately because of exams but that doesn't change the fact how much winning this tour means to me after coming so close last time around to coming back and winning it all the very next year feels quite surreal.

First of all thank you TGA for managing this tour with me probably my best friend on this site it feels really special winning this while managing along with you, hopefully we manage a lot more tours in future anyways you know I'll always be there! and also good luck with your academics and stuff because lately you have been focusing on it which is cool.

RichardMillePlain you are an absolute powerhouse in this tier, it was a no brainer picking you in the first round of the draft and having the luxury of an auto win slot, you always won and were also a great presence in the chat anyways this doesn't change the fact you support arsenal and are a stinky bandar.

Loudwinner MY GOAT. you were simply superb the entire tour after having a rough start you were able to bounce back and clutch consistently ultimately winning us the entire thing! keep giving me gym tips :)

airfare a very unlucky individual season for you getting robbed multiple times but you did manage to clutch important games especially in finals, also you have finally won after making it to finals 3 times in a row...

Exotic64 it was pretty fun to snipe you from vk lol and you did live up to the expectations almost a guaranteed win slot whilst using meme teams half the time you're epic, lets win oupl as well now :)

fish anemometer you were pretty good winning games consistently don't let the playoffs games tell you otherwise, sometimes it do be like that...also good luck with marine biology and SCL!

Mihowk I'm really sorry i wasn't able to play you more often because of the foreign player limitations but you were great in the few games you played and also helping prep the mono slot! good luck in future endeavors

Luirromen we first met in EPL last year and I still remember us winning that thing which made me get you and you managed to do quite well despite not being very active especially getting the dub in finals! hopefully we win oupl as well.

Kala chasmah MY GOAT, from being relatively unknown to displaying a dominating performance throughout the season, you got big things ahead of you and i wish you all the best, also give my regards to parivard :)

Swas i remember telling you to signup just a few hours before deadline lol, thanks for being the most active member in the team and helping with pretty much every slot, sorry couldn't slot you a lot because of the tiers in the tour either ways good luck with studies and other things!

Cat food and you lucky bastard next time all the winning team needs to do is draft you lol...i know you weren't active a lot and its perfectly fine because i know the reasons, i hope things become fun for you again in life and you're back to your cheery personality we all know!

satvik123 i'll be honest i didn't about you much but I did come across your name a few times in and out of the rands community and you delivered some epic wins! you've got great potential and good look for rands circuit

Bka Onon i originally drafted you to play monotype but i forgot you quit the tier (I don't blame you honestly) you were a really good presence in the chat and were ready to be subbed at any moment also saving the week once, good luck for boards and stuff and see you around :)

metagross does architectu absolute legend. I had no idea who to get as a last pick and then I ended up getting you on spitfire's recommendation and man you delivered! be it mono or rands or uu you played it all and also won, good luck with stuff and you've got great potential as well!

Hiko I have no idea why I didn't pick you originally or how the hell you went undrafted in this tour but anyways that helped us get you after having a rough couple of weeks and you absolutely transformed our season and we have been undefeated yet, thanks for being the lucky charm we needed :)

thanks to vk and Dj Breloominati♬ for basically being around most to the season and helping with different things was fun to have you guys and also the all helpers (sorry i don't know your smogon accs ;_; )

Also big thanks to Eseque and Arsenal for hosting this, finally after 4 years we have managed to win this thing! cheers.
 
So this is the end for this year :(

Thanks Arsenal and Eseque for hosting this wonderful even which is my first team tournament.

(Pulling the speeches he wrote in school to match and write the rest)

First of all thank you Swagata Mitra for even giving me a chance to play in this wonderful event even tho I had like zero experience lol

I am extremely sorry I didn't live up the mark as you know I got sick oh well it was an amazing experience best manager i could have asked for. Will not let you down next time


Yippie wow I had another manager that's crazy, just kidding! It's honestly sad we didn't get to play together honestly if you where with us we would have been too powerful lol.


Murphy Lawden ah yes the cat lover probably second most active member in our team you where really bad (amazing) how are you every where man lol but in all honesty I love that now have a new friend to bully :3


Fdmw it was so fun playing game after game after game with you still can't defeat my tr in gen 8 hope we can play again


Opelucid thank you for getting me into dou

I still don't know how I got it the same thing happened with 1v1 i just randomly started playing after someone recommand thanks to you now I have another teir I can master

Give me teams!!!

Miyoko I am pretty sure his internet will be out when I send this lol anyway you where great actually actually I think you where my first opponent like ever i really wana play against you next year


style.css i still don't know much about mono honestly you just made the games look easy like c'mon give opponent a chance lol I am looking forward to mono ngl I am very excited!


luisin even though we didn't talked much it was soo nice having you by our side


Fragments you where amazing in ou you have to nurf my bad matchups lol I am so glad I got to know you

I am running out of time

Xboy great plays honestly I didn't talked to you much but it was such a convenience to have you


SnipyNoob still can't defend sun :3 honestly seeing you play uu and practicing make me wana go back to playing uu again


SKC44 sadly we didn't get time to know eachother but you where great in ou


Jojen he might be the happiest with the latest ban I uber lol give me teams!!!

I wish you could have played more good to have you

Am I forgetting some people's

Raiyan ah yes can't forget you I am still mad about the gen 8 game we played I say it was rigged but in all seriousness you where one of the main helper in ou


Javi I think uu was our weakest point but you made it manageable

Ah who else is left

Piyu I am still waiting for my uu game ;/

I think that's all sorry if I am forgetting someone i am writing this on my phone of memory because of diwali

Oh ya happy diwali everyone!!!

Thanks you everyone atleast we made it to top 8 lol

Thankyou for drafting me I just hoped i could have done somethings better oh well I will see you next year cya!
(Did I actually wrote that much with my terrible English that's crazy)
 
hey guys, it's me, uhh so first of all GRATS TO THE WHOLE TEAM WOOO, secondly this is the only tour I have and will take part in this entire year so cheers to the team for making it hella memorable.

I signed up as a dang joke and s/o TDR for drafting me still actual skull emoji moment, but I'm happy I got to be a part of it. Obviously I didn't play much because of having my own reasons, mainly studying, but I hope I brought a good vibe to the chat, did I Exotic64 (Also NO I will continue with Oshi no Ko to the end o7)

TDR TGA you both might have been dead asf (somehow more than me bro I didn't even play) but y'all cooked the drafting process absolute goat squad holy shit.

Hiko you're the main character of this shit bro, this a fucking anime ass story.
0-1-1 in the first weeks, then you enter w3, we go undefeated til w7, then in Semis we win vs the only team we tied, and in Finals we win vs the only team we lost to, all cuz you entered w3, the GOAT.

Kala chashmah 1v1 may suck but holy shit you are the undisputed cook with that Finals game, COUNTER FTW

Loudwinner ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SAY THE MANS NAME LOUDWINNER CUZ HE'S A WINNER AND YOU GOTTA SAY IT OUT LOUDDDDD

Mihowk metagross does architectu you two absolutely carried Mono on your backs, and I'd like to apologise for not being able to offer any sort of help but I'm glad I let you two to be to it cuz the results were fire.

RichardMillePlain THE ONE PIECE IS REALLLLLLLLLLL

fish anemometer Cat food and Swas satvik123 airfare Luirromen I didn't get to interact much with you lot because of my inactivity but I know y'all are great people and you all absolutely deserve the win!

Lastly Arsenal and Eseque obviously huge shoutout for hosting the tour as well as y'all do as always, hope to actually be part of it next year proper and play :)

(Oh and Ashbala HPL IS OVER IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS PLS SEND MY FUNDS) [This is a joke take time if you'd like it's alright.]


So thanks everyone for being part of the team and just being, nice people in general. Happy early Diwali to you all and
STARAPTORS FOR THE WINNNN LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
 
memedose46 has said everything that needs to be said. I'd like to thank Eseque for giving Memedose and I the opportunity to manage. Hope we didn't disappoint.
I had a wonderful time thanks to such a lively and enthusiastic team, with the occassionally pessimistic MAVERICK SHOOTERS lmao
Thank you all @Gujarat Gholdengos for making this a wonderful season, reaching finals was an amazing feat after being underdogs throughout the season, you guys are some of the best players I've seen and we had some amazing chemistry. Actually while typing this I might just do individual s/os you're a fantastic bunch so please bear with another ping lol

Thiago Nunes our primary foreign OU slot, even though we didn't get a lot of opportunities to interact due to your busy work schedule, you brought about your best game each week and I can only be grateful for that.

Amaske While VCing, Maverick recommended we get you and I don't regret following that call, you've been impressive throughout the season with your meticulous prep style and your invaluable plays. Often times we'd go apeshit on the game-discussion but you'd bring it back somehow and you maintained a fantastic record throughout the tour.

Typical_bastard One of the most wholesome users on our team, always willing to help out whether or not you were on the lineup, it was a pleasure getting to know you. Let's team up again sometime

MAVERICK SHOOTERS Thanks for stepping in during the later weeks, you were the backbone of Gujarat Gholdengos.

memedose46 Best UU slot EVER. Let's run it back next year. We are going to win. Don't become washed lol

delemon Extremely dedicated prep and fantastic chat activity aside, you were an extremely reliable slot for us. Thank you for imbibing our team with confidence with your deliberate and concentrated prep, and equally high quality games. Hard to comment on quality because it's 1v1 but some of those games were just rollercoaster rides, they were soo worth it.

sasha We're winning a finals soon. After civ this is the second time we've come second place, but you've been amazing this tour despite your hate for the tier. I hope we get PU in this tour next year so I can get to manage you again lol

sundays One of our most humble slots, sorry I couldn't post scouts regularly for you but again your dedication to the team and your chat activity was a massive boon. Thank you for putting in your best for the tour, do not beat yourself up. You're amazing.

USN Mr. Emotional Support, this might not have been your tour record-wise/luck-wise but I know you did your best every game and that's all that matters. I was extremely adamant on getting you for rands because of your reliable and strong mindset, plus the duck core with you and sundays was just too valuable.

LBN You were amazing chat presence and I'm super glad you participated in this tournament after your tourban, I hope we could make it an amazing experience for you. Could always count on you for a good game regardless of how "dynamic" Ubers is.

Nor Fantastic prep, great show, you got some extremely key wins for us during times we needed you to come through and I cannot express how grateful I am. It was memedose's idea to get you for Bo3 and I can say with confidence that this was one of the most important and fruitful decisions we made.

Dead by Daylight Teamed twice now, sorry we couldn't get you that CA. You've been an amazing sub slot, chiming in and helping around constantly and I'm glad I teamed with you.

velvet Our Kolkata Mega Rays quota from last year, I was all eager for getting you. The best cheerleader we could ask for, alongside your insight into UU prep and the occassional OU prep. I hope you know what OD means by now. You're an extremely wholesome user and I'm glad we got to play HPL together again.

Sole Survivor Thanks for chiming in during the final weeks, I pushed for Memedose to get you during the draft because I liked you from the limited interactions we have had in the past, wishing you could've been more active but I understand a busy schedule more than anyone. Thanks regardless for participating, hope it was good.

I'm grateful to all the helpers that joined our team during this tournament but there's one particular helper I'd like to thank personally and that's Eeveekid10
You've been an amazing help for both Memedose and I for the past 2 HPLs (alongside velvet) you're a member of the team through and through. I really appreciate your loyalty and your dedication to the team, you were a part of our high and low moments and your constant support means a lot to me and by extension, the rest of the team.

That's all from my end. Thank you to whoever joined the discord and believed in us, we'll come back stronger next year. Until then, silver/LUSTRE/sapphiree, signing out.
 
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