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Tournament NDPL VII - Finals [Won by Sword Saint Zors]

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Finals

:baxcalibur:The Main Event Mafia (4) vs (6) Sword Saint Zors:scizor-mega:
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2)


Deadline for Finals is <t:1793595540:F>, GLHF!

:baxcalibur:The Main Event Mafia (0) vs (0) Sword Saint Zors:scizor-mega:
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2)

Let us know if there are errors, we are human after all.
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omg big predictions for once.

The Main Event Mafia (5) vs (5) Sword Saint Zors
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2)

(break seth curse)
 
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The Main Event Mafia (4) vs (6) Sword Saint Zors
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu - would have liked to see aso vs clulu again but oh well. clulu is von in nd so I can't predict against
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn - close but aso prep is stronger
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra - if he doesn't bring bad team
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas - he can outplay, just bring a tuff offense pls
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht - pretty even mu but xqiht is super tuff
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2) - I truly don't know
 
:baxcalibur:The Main Event Mafia (5) vs (5) Sword Saint Zors:scizor-mega:
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star - Rocky starts for both, but they’ve been winning a lot as of late. I do trust SSS to beat S most of the time but it’s Ubers lol
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu - lowk could go either way but I will side with UU player
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn - World champ difference
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra - Ezra by brutal hax
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas - Watch the ChrisPBacon game again.
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht - not a doubles person but Schister has been looking very strong as of late from what I’ve seen
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02 - This is actually the easiest predict to make. Dan had Envy dead to rights previously but choked off of a miscalc. No such mistakes will happen again in the finals. Dan will click better, prep better, and win better.
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra - Thiago has been more consistent this tour, but I wouldn’t be surprised at an upset.
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation - boom bang
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2) - not as close as you think
 
The Main Event Mafia (4) vs (6) Sword Saint Zors
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2)
 
The Main Event Mafia (3) vs (7) Sword Saint Zors
SV Ubers: Swas vs Splendid Silver Star
SV OU: mrfraud vs chansey and lulu
SV OU: Aso vs AgencyIsOwn
SV OU: One Last Kiss vs ezra
SS OU: Tenebricite vs Shucklegigas
SV DOU: Schister vs xqiht
SV UU: Envy vs Danbear02
SV RU: Thiago Nunes vs Gondra
SV Monotype: crash vs Fixzation
SV Draft: 2playaLuffy (Draft 2) vs Hacker (Draft 2)
 
2024: undrafted in NDPL as a nonentity (my first smogon team tour signup)
2025: 4-3 in NDPL as the new winner of NDUB Open
2026: 5-4 in NDPL as the most successful player in NDUB individual tours and the retain
Another year with a slightly positive record. It's still not the most satisfying result, especially the final, but I'm still super happy about winning this. It has been three years that a team with a Chinese Ubers starter won NDPL. Replicating Xu9's achievement would always be my goal. I'm not sure in next year's NDPL whether we will still play SV or switch to WW, but I'll still be here.
I'm currently 3-3 against Swas , my strongest and most respectable opponent in this tier. Actually, my 3 victories didn't bring me anything (a first BO3 win in seasonal final but I lost the second one, two team tour wins in which my teams lost both). Luckily, this loss didn't cost me the trophy. See you in the circuit playoffs.
xqiht chansey and lulu my two great Chinese friends, and two of the most reliable teammates in this tour. It's so nice to win the trophy with you together. Also ysjssg I hope this one could be considered as a compensation for our heartbreaking loss in CNCL final.
Mrbanana45 SEROO JeoZ thank you for retaining and trusting me throughout the tour.
Ebony God BEASTADARSH my two great helpers. You gave me wise suggestions every week, though sometimes I would be a little bit stubborn with my ideas. Managers, don't forget to draft these two players next time.
From the very beginning, I was convinced that we had an amazing squad, with several excellent Chinese players and many big names active in S-level tours. It's a great journey, and it's nice to be a teammate with all of you.
 
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Shoutouts time!

eldids you reach out when I needed the “vibe slot”, u provided scouts every week without failure and even get ready to sub in whenever we needed. Mi amigo, mi bro who I think is among the best recent growing talents I’m really happy for this victory after I failed u on that bsspl… I finally feel like I cleared my debt and obviously we are gotta keep sharing tournaments de nada por el carro

BEASTADARSH I still regret not buying you… you earned being drafted on this year Ndpl and I failed you, I’m so sorry for that you always will be a Saint Sword Scizor

Hacker damn bro how did ended with that record… you win the one we needed the most and I appreciate that, what you did means a LOT for the Scizor thanks for it

Splendid Silver Star to be honest, you are a literal machine amazing precise gameplay with actually scary skill. I can’t really express in words how good you are, I’m glad we gotchu on a quite good price for retain, the literal definition of consistency. I got nothing but good things to say about you, glad to share team with you I’ll be looking to be partners again ysjssg I know you helped a lot on prep but no in the actual team cord, thanks for ur energy and ur time hope we meet each other a bit better

Fixzation I remember back in that ndfl when we first meet, you are like a calculated silent hitman. You been perfecting since that Fl and we were so sure we wanted you on the team, self sufficient player with immense knowledge and skill went for that low price is still crazy, thanks for your intense games I always loved watching you until de last turn, idk how you even pulled some of those cardiac close games but you did it, you really did it
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Gondra I know we don’t get around much often but I wanted to share a tour with you from a long time, I kinda wish we had better RU support so you coulda went with a better record. Thanks for working with what we had and I’m glad this is our first team share since 2022 de nada por el carro

Danbear02 ngl you had some crazy chokes during the season but I’ve seen how people talk about you, they respect you and want you to succeed, is always nice to see dedicated people enjoying a metagame and actively trying to represent it as better as they can. I’m glad we had those conversations about mental, thanks for your games man, we are here cuz of you. Also Rafadude Thanks for all the support you did during all these tough weeks, we were practically naked on the RU and you never let us down, appreciate it respect

AgencyIsOwn we had our differences during mid season cuz of the lack of support we had on the OU slots, you stood by yourself even when I tried to work with the few resources we had at those times… pulled some solid wins and clutched couple weeks, you did amazing on play offs. I’m glad we did bid for you, thanks for not giving up and for cheering up at this final step on the NDPL championship journey. I’m also Ndwc manager let’s meet again and run it back que tamo heavy

SEROO thanks for accepting that third manager slot with such short notice, you always a great friend and this time we needed some goated influence to sneak in to the tour, de nada por el carro see you next tour bro
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ezra I always respected you as a player, as a ladder demon, as a support and as a clicker. Been fun weeks building and testing together I’m glad for all the effort we did right here. I’m amazed on how cheap you was during auction, even tho we didn’t planed to draft you, such a great player at that price, knew that was a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to take and win since draft. See u later bro

chansey and lulu you were one of the biggest surprises to me, you almost got acted like three times and barely showed life signs but damn…you know how to Nat Dex, you have an insane natural talent talent for this format and who is the best pilot I’ve meet of my builds. You are truly thanos, you are among the scariest players to face this tour and by a large margin, you make Nat Dex look so easy is crazy
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xqiht your an amazing player and one of the most nice and caring player I’ve meet in this forum. Super lovely and good vibes, the way u went MVP on the DOU slot was something else… super fun to watch you play because there’s something crazy always happening, you deserve the best things in this life bro. Also I wanna thank here Ultimathrash , I remember when Jeoz mentioned your name on the auction. I wasn’t familiar with your game but damn only now I’m aware you’re a prep monster, we prob won’t be here if it wasn’t thanks to you. You make this possible, never stop playing bro <3

Shucklegigas my man… we been sharing tours since that distant 2020… I wanted to share a tour with you since a looong time ago. I’m just glad we still here and keep clicking the same buttons, we did it, bro we did it and we deserve it for sure. Thanks for never giving up and for still playing ndss, what a beautiful format appreciate you bro… also delete that mamo team pls sob. Also Isza thanks for that help in finals we were already so burned out sob, you always keep it real and been rooting for me and my latam guys since I can remember, thanks for being part of this community bro

1yr you are the ctc of Nat Dex, thanks for your help when we needed it the most. U brought joy and teams and nice vibes to the cord, thanks to you we had more active chat and better preps for sure. Even tho I still wish I drafted you with Nagol, I will keep trying to share more tours alongside the goat. Thanks for ur service, for ur support, for ur advice and for the vibes

JeoZ I can’t really express how genius you are, since the draft, the slotting, ur tactical outs, you are like an impecable commander deciding where to invade, the art of war was inspired by your own history. Eres un pinche alucinado but you always getting those results… you are the next big name, I can see you managing scl or spl in couple years now. I’ll actively be searching to give u the opportunities you deserve, a dear friend of mine… gracias por los momos y por el carro y por hacerme los mandados

Pinging latam squad Darkness 789 Tempo di anguria omar lo logramos mis niños <<<3333
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Winning as Ndpl manager been on my “to do” list since a long time ago, meet extraordinary people and get to share team with old friends. Thanks for those who be rooting for us since the start, I even thought we prob wouldn’t be picked for managers this year… I’ll be looking forward to keep NatDexing it for the love of the game, had a lot of fun building this year and learning current OU
 
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