Tournament NDPL V - Semifinals

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:moltres-galar:Galarian Phoenix (6) vs (3) :absol-mega:Always Midnight Absols
SV Ubers: emoxu9 vs zuzhouwawa
SV OU: ojr vs Leni
SV OU: Xurkiyee vs seth
SV OU: Ryuji vs Separation
SV UU: Micciu vs Elfuseon
SV RU: Dlanyer vs 691
SV DOU: Glimmer vs Akaru Kokuyo
SV Monotype: crash vs Dieu Amphibien
SS OU: ChrisPBacon vs hi.naming is hard
SS OU: devin vs yonmd

:weavile:Wired Weaviles (6) vs (3) Vice City Victinis :victini:
SV Ubers: skimmythegod vs Fogbound Lake
SV OU: sealoo vs zioziotrip
SV OU: pdt vs Tempo di anguria
SV OU: Lily vs Stories
SV UU: Rasche vs dunoks
SV RU: Micaiah vs Danbear02
SV DOU: eragon vs Voltix
SV Monotype: Splash vs Fraolain
SS OU: kDCA vs Kate
SS OU: Luthier vs Clementine

The deadline for this round is Sunday, October 27 th at 11:59 PM-7.

Galarian Phoenix (0) vs (0) Always Midnight Absols
SV Ubers: emoxu9 vs zuzhouwawa
SV OU: ojr vs Leni
SV OU: Xurkiyee vs seth
SV OU: Ryuji vs Separation
SV UU: Micciu vs Elfuseon
SV RU: Dlanyer vs 691
SV DOU: Enzonana. vs Akaru Kokuyo
SV Monotype: crash vs Dieu Amphibien
SS OU: ChrisPBacon vs Hi.naming is hard
SS OU: devin vs yonmd

Wired Weaviles (0) vs (0) Vice City Victinis
SV Ubers: skimmythegod vs Fogbound Lake
SV OU: sealoo vs zioziotrip
SV OU: pdt vs Tempo di anguria
SV OU: Lily vs Stories
SV UU: Rasche vs dunoks
SV RU: Micaiah vs Danbear02
SV DOU: eragon vs Voltix
SV Monotype: Splash vs Fraolain
SS OU: kDCA vs Kate
SS OU: Luthier vs Clementine
 
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:moltres-galar: Galarian Phoenix (5) vs (5) Always Midnight Absols :absol-mega:
SV Ubers: emoxu9 60/40 zuzhouwawa
Playing your plug is crazy, but xu9 has a plot armor as evidenced by the grandiose winposts every week, as well as indirectly carrying my NDFL team. Bit surprised Paycard isnt playing, they looked pretty good vs bumbo

SV OU: avarice 49/51 Nashrock
Nashrock wins purely out of spite and hatred for avarice after their mickey mouse quarrel in NDWC

SV OU: Xurkiyee 40/60 seth
LeBron James of NatDex Overused. i remember when xurk fried this shitter with physical celesteela tho. Damn seth is terrible

SV OU: Ryuji 45/55 Separation
Separation lowkey goated with it, but retireduji lowkey been cooking too and handed sepa his only loss. Separation has more aura at the end of the day in my books, highlight game

SV UU: Micciu 51/49 Elfuseon
Phoenix plot armor activates in this slot and cancels out elfu hax

SV RU: Dlanyer 45/55 691
691 in sm uu reskin? This could be the goat.

SV DOU: Enzonana. 35/65 Akaru Kokuyo
akaru is rather goated at wielding pocket monsters in the doubles format, while enzonana is too busy RAGING at adrian in managers chat :blobsad:

SV Monotype: crash 60/40 Dieu Amphibien
Mr Ass takes these unless dieu continues to wield the luck of the tiger

SS OU: ChrisPBacon 55/45 Hi.naming is hard
im giving gewwge 45 strictly because he IS going to hax the fuck out of this game, and there is nothing to be done about it. I think chris should manage still

SS OU: devin 51/49 yonmd
yonmd sucks and will rfn with Incineroar then lose


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For tb, Phoenix probably send ryuji to sv ou if he wins vs separation, if not maybe they try to send devin or suzuya? Either way someone getting fed to separation or seth if sepa looks bad and seth is the goat in the semis games. Seth is too scared to put himself in a tiebreak tho, so he'll bail out, in my opinion.

Phoenix pick ubers id imagine? Its a pretty glaring weakness for absols imo, but if emoxu loses, then maybe they pick ss for devin/chris

Absols pick doubles prob, but if akaru loses maybe they go with a second sv for seth

Id favor absols 2-1 in tiebreaks...I guess.
 
My predicts are naturally better than sealoo's so I figured I would do a public service here

Galarian Phoenix (5) vs (5) Always Midnight Absols
SV Ubers: emoxu9 vs zuzhouwawa - have not seen much from zuzhouwawa (that is a fun name) other than the fact that he beat the one guy that beat emoxu, so by the transitive property he wins this but by every other mathematical law I believe emoxu should be favored
SV OU: avarice vs Nashrock - I rate ava higher as a player but I've also just seen more of him that I have of nash, still tho he's competed on bigger stages and had stronger opps so if he cares enough he should take this, but nash could win simply by giving more shits about this tour
SV OU: Xurkiyee vs seth - I have a whole "why custom manager pricing in this tour utterly sucked and was a ploy just for natdex mains to reduce their prices" rant scheduled for the end of this tour and seth is at the forefront of that shitstorm so naturally I will bold him here
SV OU: Ryuji vs Separation - ryuji did hand sepa his only loss and I do think he is cash money at natdex but sepa is just a nuttier player in general, I think this will come down to who can be on more crack both in the builder and in game
SV UU: Micciu vs Elfuseon - always been a fan of elfu but I believe the lad is a tad washed while micciu has been on top of his game, that being said elfu has had numerous underdog wins in the past so I won't be knocked outta my seat if he prevails
SV RU: Dlanyer vs 691 - just the better player imo wish I had more to say about this one but yea that's pretty much it gg
SV DOU: Enzonana. vs Akaru Kokuyo - enzo I assure you I do not hate you nor do I think you suck at the game contrary to what you may think, dou pool this year was just stacked and akaru has been the more solid dou main for a while now
SV Monotype: crash vs Dieu Amphibien - dieu is the better mono mainer, crash has played more natdex mono in particular but idt that matters here
SS OU: ChrisPBacon vs Hi.naming is hard - another case of just being the better player
SS OU: devin vs yonmd - crazy good season by both guys, most people expected it from devin but not yonmd so gj bro, tbh I kinda wanna call a yonmd upset here but I'll stick with devin cause it's always really tough to figure him out

Damn looks like I also predicted the tie so uhhh phoenix pick ubers absols pick dou
sv is sepa vs devin, both are on crack but sepa wins just by knowing the tier better
ubers is emoxu vs seth, bro makes a noble sacrifice and takes on his team's weakest slot but to no avail
dou is ryuji vs akaru, ryuji makes the same noble sacrifice and falls short in similar fashion

Absols win the tiebreak and go to finals wooo
 
SV Ubers: skimmythegod vs Fogbound Lake
SV OU: sealoo vs zioziotrip mainer nerf
SV OU: pdt vs Tempo di anguria tempo is sadly not having a good tour but he can win
SV OU: Lily vs Stories im biased
SV UU: Rasche vs dunoks
SV RU: Micaiah vs Danbear02 both players have looked rlly good all season
SV DOU: eragon vs Voltix
SV Monotype: Splash vs Fraolain
SS OU: kDCA vs Kate
SS OU: Luthier vs Clementine

Fragments has been managing so much its time to add an NDPL finals to the list of achievements.
 
Fragments said:
My predicts are naturally better than sealoo's so I figured I would do a public service here

Galarian Phoenix (5) vs (5) Always Midnight Absols
SV Ubers: emoxu9 vs zuzhouwawa - have not seen much from zuzhouwawa (that is a fun name) other than the fact that he beat the one guy that beat emoxu, so by the transitive property he wins this but by every other mathematical law I believe emoxu should be favored
SV OU: avarice vs Nashrock - I rate ava higher as a player but I've also just seen more of him that I have of nash, still tho he's competed on bigger stages and had stronger opps so if he cares enough he should take this, but nash could win simply by giving more shits about this tour
SV OU: Xurkiyee vs seth - I have a whole "why custom manager pricing in this tour utterly sucked and was a ploy just for natdex mains to reduce their prices" rant scheduled for the end of this tour and seth is at the forefront of that shitstorm so naturally I will bold him here
SV OU: Ryuji vs Separation - ryuji did hand sepa his only loss and I do think he is cash money at natdex but sepa is just a nuttier player in general, I think this will come down to who can be on more crack both in the builder and in game
SV UU: Micciu vs Elfuseon - always been a fan of elfu but I believe the lad is a tad washed while micciu has been on top of his game, that being said elfu has had numerous underdog wins in the past so I won't be knocked outta my seat if he prevails
SV RU: Dlanyer vs 691 - just the better player imo wish I had more to say about this one but yea that's pretty much it gg
SV DOU: Enzonana. vs Akaru Kokuyo - enzo I assure you I do not hate you nor do I think you suck at the game contrary to what you may think, dou pool this year was just stacked and akaru has been the more solid dou main for a while now
SV Monotype: crash vs Dieu Amphibien - dieu is the better mono mainer, crash has played more natdex mono in particular but idt that matters here
SS OU: ChrisPBacon vs Hi.naming is hard - another case of just being the better player
SS OU: devin vs yonmd - crazy good season by both guys, most people expected it from devin but not yonmd so gj bro, tbh I kinda wanna call a yonmd upset here but I'll stick with devin cause it's always really tough to figure him out

Damn looks like I also predicted the tie so uhhh phoenix pick ubers absols pick dou
sv is sepa vs devin, both are on crack but sepa wins just by knowing the tier better
ubers is emoxu vs seth, bro makes a noble sacrifice and takes on his team's weakest slot but to no avail
dou is ryuji vs akaru, ryuji makes the same noble sacrifice and falls short in similar fashion

Absols win the tiebreak and go to finals wooo
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thank you for giving us a REAL prediction instead of fraudloo’s. thanks.. a lot
 
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