Well, unfortunately it's time to say farewell to what have been weeks of not less than an incredible adventure for me. Being a rookie as a team tournament manager in major tours, I can say I had tons of new experiences - most good, others... unfortunate - in this BLT ride. Anxiety on a 2-2 week tie, celebration after winning, disappointment when we got haxed, among others - this competition was packed of them. But in the end, I think I had overall what matters the most on every game, which is, well, having (loads of) fun. (obv bolstered by winning it all, let's not be hypocrites here). Truthfully, I wasn't too optimistic/motivated at playing mons at the start due to missing last year circuit playoffs by 1 point, disappointing tournament runs lately and some irl stuff, but as the weeks and the results went by, I can say I want to play this game more and improve on it, mainly because of how proper playing, prepping and teamwork can lead to big, remarkable victories like this one. In fact, it is my obligation to make some shoutouts to the protagonists of this thrilling run:
DugZa you're just fucking amazing. Aside from you being, well, dumb 99% of the time, you were practically our savior in past-gen teambuilding and useful in overall preparing. It's inspiring to see how you've risen as a player since I knew you last year (lmao you were basically an azure noob haha), and teaming up with you again would be a blessing because of how much you've done. Winning the ribbon was definitely no fluke from your showing this BLT in my opinion, and with your humility you can really go far in this community. and stop using gay stall water that archetype sucks ass lmao
Floss aside from you being a ultra fatass, you're the fucking SS GOAT atm. Most of current gen teambuilding went on your hands, and no surprise we got an impressive result at it. You definitely are on your way to being one of the best Monotype players (in all gens, not just SS) in my opinion, and thank you for controlling dugza during the tour lmao idk how would I get thru all of this without u to make him not spam stall water/ pass stall water to ppl every single week
kythr unfortunately your record wasn't better because of unfortunate matchups and hax, but I think you had some great games in the tournament (and won the fucking final match for us). I think you've came really far from the [redacted] days lmao. Bar the time you and Floss prepared outside of team chat (lol don't ever do that again u fool), you've been of great help in our SS slots while chilling with us as a friend overall. Hope you make it into MPL, you deserve it!
Riku Sakuraba THE ONE AND ONLY ORAS SAVIOR, OMFG! Bro I think out of all our slots, you surprised me the absolute most. Putting you to play ORAS was honestly a gamble I took at the start of the tournament, and oh boy did it work well. Aside from a tad of hax in some games, you fucking rocked it at ORAS my man. Just gotta work on your self-confidence a bit; you have the skill to back it up, trust me <3
Yami I'm not going to lie your final record wasn't what I was expecting from you, but don't take it as the end of the world bro; it's just a game. You've been amazing in prep for old gens, and I don't think numbers summarize how good you are. I thank you a lot for staying with us even after not being on the best condition to play in the last weeks, and hopefully you get another opportunity to shine, you deserve it :)
blinkboy 2-0 GOAT, only undefeated boy in this team haha! Thank you for your clutch wins in weeks we tied, but you suddenly disappeared mid tour and left me quite worried given the state of the world rn. If you get to read this, take this as a thank you and tell me what happened, you literally vanished :(
ed wins you only got to play one week, sadly, but I understand you had some irl issues and you weren't motivated to play afterwards as you told me. Hopefully it goes better for you, I want to see you in action in more tournaments in Monotype :)
For other managers: thanks for making this competition fair, square and most importantly: fun. There's no good feeling in winning if your opponents aren't a real deal; all other five teams had good games against us and most importantly, had sportsmanship. I apologize for my overreactions with hax, wins or anything of the sort; it's a thing I'm working on not just here, but irl too.
To end it all, cheers and take care!
) I hope you get in to MPL, you truly deserve it. Oh yeah, one more thing....
