I’m currently on a long bus ride out to the middle to nowhere so I thought I’d gather my thoughts for shoutouts before I forget like I did with NUWC. This was an awesome tour, an awesome team environment, and an awesome way to earn my first CA from winning a tournament. It was a rollercoaster of a time the past few weeks in our server, but from the beginning we felt like we were the best team with our crazy crazy draft and I’m glad we lived up to the hype :)
shiloh - This feels like our 5000th NU tour together or something crazy like that, and it probably is, so it’s super fitting that we finally won a NUPL together, especially after dominating NUWC but not getting anything to show for it besides a malding
DugZa (we’re keeping etern this tour as well). I’ve always enjoyed having you as a manager and there’s no one else better when it comes to dealing with dumb scheduling conflicts. I know we’ll team again and I’m looking forward to getting another win. 2/2 in the last 2 tours is pretty good I’d say.
etern - My fellow Californian, thanks for always having my back this tour and believing in me even when I didn’t feel my play or teams were up to par. That super late night test game session on the last day of finals is what I credit for me not panicking in my finals game, especially after we both were angry with how SM went and my own prep. It’s always a good time with you and I hope we run it back this NUWC.
Danny - After stealing my Drake CA, this felt like it needed to happen. You honestly carried prep in like 4 slots, including helping out a shit ton in SS with me, and we don’t win this tour without you. It was sort of funny watching you struggle finding a build you liked after seeing you pump out like 15 SV/SS teams, but sometimes tours go that way and just know even though you weren’t undefeated, you were easily the MVP here in my book. Let’s continue winning with ZUPL :pray:
Tuthur - 9K Tuthur LMAO. What a meme, almost like 98% of your meta takes, but that’s ok. As much as I love making fun of you saying things like “Plume is barely B tier in SV”, I enjoy teaming with you even more. I don’t know why people keep sleeping on your play when you go hyper positive the last three tours, but I won’t complain, especially with how it ended up for us.
Django - You almost gave me a heart attack in class. Like 8 times. I was trying to casually watch you beat gxe while paying attention to the lecture, but yeah…Thank God you won that one LOL. We don’t win this tour without that game or you in any other week as well. You were the ultimate 6th man when we needed you and a pretty awesome guy as well. I loved teaming with and getting to know your old ass. Thanks for the pub reqs in London as well :)
zS - I don’t know how you do it, but you always go .500 and always win NUPL LMAO. You’re the goat momo and a pleasure to team with. I know you felt like you were sort of checked out this tour because you were busy, but just having you on our side was bound to end up for the best. Thanks for sacrificing Danny in the finals with your win.
Trade - I remember when etern and Shiloh were talking about taking you out of retirement for this tour and wow you and Parpar have to have been the best budget picks of the entire draft (also shoutout DR keep it up). I think we got you for like 3K??? Absolutely ridiculous. You were always there to clutch up with your boomer energy which probably saved the week who knows how many times. At least 3-4. I don’t know what your region is, but you’re always invited to ORAS for U.S. West this NUWC…
hellom - Bro when you almost got banned I thought we were about to have to sub LOOR in BW and that would NOT have ended well. Thanks for not raging on ladder about someone haxing you long enough to win us this tour LMAO. You were a goated pilot of the classic Shiloh BW team and a pleasure to join forces with.
vivalospride - Even though you’re from the Valley, I’ll still happily call you a fellow Angelino. I don’t know what number time this is teaming together, but it’s always been an absolute blast being teammates with you, and if we couldn’t bring home SCL, at least we got a NUPL under our belts as consolation. It’s probably cooler and more prestigious anyways if you think about it.
Parpar - I’m still so mad we got you for 3K because I feel like if people don’t realize how good you are they never will. I swear every time I’ve faced you in a ssnl or seen you in a team tour you’re always super difficult to take down, and without looking a bit at the records this tour, I can say that it felt the same way this time around as well. You’re the goat and carried in ADV so I hope people realize that you should go for at LEAST 3.5K next time.
Baloor - What a full circle moment this was honestly. Any tournament success I get is because you helped introduce me a bit more into the tour scene, first with that ssnl run and then with that legendary BLT team. I feel like when I look back at all the tours I played, it definitely started at that moment, so it’s only right that we should win a NUPL together. It’s always a fun time when we team up together, especially with your ridiculous win rate in these things, and I hope ZUPL is next. We gotta lock in.
Ampha - I wish you had more games played this tour because your effort in prep and just vibes were beyond appreciated by me. Knowing that you were always willing to do the thankless job of creating scouts, run test games, or just sub in, even when you didn’t really get to play beyond a game or two goes such a long way. Really thank you and I hope we team up again because you were a fantastic teammate.
Welli0u Dangerous - We didn’t really get to interact much this tournament, but when we did, it was only a good time. I hope you guys enjoyed the tour as much as I did and that we can team up again in the future.
Dr. Phd. BJ - I’m so beyond happy we poached you from the PLOOMS towards the end of this tour. You added a much needed boost to our SV prep that was floundering and your tests, teams, and tips probably saved this tour for us. EQ Croak alone made it worth bringing you on board holy shit what a call. Let’s team up for real next time.
OranBerryBlissey10 Meri Berry - Thanks for all the help at the end with SS prep and just general brainstorming and discussion with this tier. It’s awesome and has so much potential, even if it just needs a bit of reworking. I’m looking forward on saving public opinion on SS NU together :)
I hope I got everyone in these shoutouts, but if I forgot you, it’s not that I don’t love and appreciate you, I’m just hungry and tired as I write all of this out. Thank you everyone once again this was an awesome tournament and I’m super glad we won this thing. GO VIVS WOOOOO
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