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Tournament OMPL XIV - Commencement
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Hey guys I signed up for OMPL, primarily to play stabmons.
I'm currently #1 in the stabmons ladder, I had to make a post on here cuz it doesnt show up on ladder. Do /rankvolcanionisgrand and you can see it for yourself. I signed up last year didn't get drafted, and went undefeated in OMFL. I'm the best stabmons player currently and of all time.
TO ALL TEAM CAPTAINS
if you sign me up i will build you the same shit every single week without fail. i will build like the same 2 teams maybe 3 if im feeling extra that week. the good news is all my teams have mega diancie so they are physically impossible for me to lose with. please draft me and ring the notification bell
if you sign me up i will build you the same shit every single week without fail. i will build like the same 2 teams maybe 3 if im feeling extra that week. the good news is all my teams have mega diancie so they are physically impossible for me to lose with. please draft me and ring the notification bell
Please tag me when the inevitable :numel: sweep happens
Official PRs by the most overpaid player in history
fwiw the two teams I ranked #6 and #7 (SIX SE-) last year made playoffs and one won the tour. So that's probably a buff to be low bc I'm a noob
Good luck to all teams, don't forget that PRs are here for the love of the game, I know very well that this will NOT be accurate but that's why it's fun to do it, and i hope y'all enjoy a great season of OMPL :)
Speiraskia Spectriers
Very very scary draft, good builders (QT, Chessking, Clas, Treeko), good clickers (volcanionisgood, Terracotta, Starshine, MZ), they got players everywhere and the only weak slot is MnM or Camo depending on where Clas / QT are slotted, but I think that's pretty fine. MZ + Greybaum is a bit of an atypic AAA core but I have hopes for them, and MZ for 3K is rly a steal lol. Don't know much about Mok3s and TGK so they might lack some subs, but that's really a minor issue compared to how good the rest of the draft is
Very very scary draft, good builders (QT, Chessking, Clas, Treeko), good clickers (volcanionisgood, Terracotta, Starshine, MZ), they got players everywhere and the only weak slot is MnM or Camo depending on where Clas / QT are slotted, but I think that's pretty fine. MZ + Greybaum is a bit of an atypic AAA core but I have hopes for them, and MZ for 3K is rly a steal lol. Don't know much about Mok3s and TGK so they might lack some subs, but that's really a minor issue compared to how good the rest of the draft is
Commanders
This draft has a really good start with damflame / quojova / hayedenn / entrocefalo / mossy sandwich, all of them being at worst top3/4 in their respectives tiers imo (maybe not Damflame in bo3 due to how stacked is the pool but it's tough to say) (and with quojova and hayedenn, if motivated, #1). After that, I lack knowledge for most of their subs (duckycrater / Delibird Heart / mielke / Mewtwo's Greatest Smolder) but Lordbox, seth, and Chris numbers are very competent players, although their AAA slot might be a bit weak if LordBox is the only one playing. I do have hopes that some of their subs, while unknown to me, are probably better known by the winners of the last edition, and their very strong core of 5-6 tiers makes them a tough team to beat, imo
This draft has a really good start with damflame / quojova / hayedenn / entrocefalo / mossy sandwich, all of them being at worst top3/4 in their respectives tiers imo (maybe not Damflame in bo3 due to how stacked is the pool but it's tough to say) (and with quojova and hayedenn, if motivated, #1). After that, I lack knowledge for most of their subs (duckycrater / Delibird Heart / mielke / Mewtwo's Greatest Smolder) but Lordbox, seth, and Chris numbers are very competent players, although their AAA slot might be a bit weak if LordBox is the only one playing. I do have hopes that some of their subs, while unknown to me, are probably better known by the winners of the last edition, and their very strong core of 5-6 tiers makes them a tough team to beat, imo
Ao No Hakamo-o
The two teams above are imo the two best, then there's a middle pack that is a bit harder to rank. I ranked Hakamo-o's #3 bc if their slots perform well, they are very strong. zastra, TTTech, O1V and rudi are all players that can go 5-2 in their respective pools, alongside with good players (jb291, LogIce, Nashrock) that I don't expect to smurf the tour but can still pull out pretty good records, and some promising new players (matte, although he's been there for some time now, and Smallsmallrose), this is a very interesting draft. However, they lack some really strong players that are guaranteed to do well, and if things go wrong, it can fall off pretty quickly. This is particularly true in GG and Camomons, where Nashrock and Smallsmallrose lack both support and previous experience and might have a hard time
The two teams above are imo the two best, then there's a middle pack that is a bit harder to rank. I ranked Hakamo-o's #3 bc if their slots perform well, they are very strong. zastra, TTTech, O1V and rudi are all players that can go 5-2 in their respective pools, alongside with good players (jb291, LogIce, Nashrock) that I don't expect to smurf the tour but can still pull out pretty good records, and some promising new players (matte, although he's been there for some time now, and Smallsmallrose), this is a very interesting draft. However, they lack some really strong players that are guaranteed to do well, and if things go wrong, it can fall off pretty quickly. This is particularly true in GG and Camomons, where Nashrock and Smallsmallrose lack both support and previous experience and might have a hard time
MOCCing Machamps
Only team so far with a good name, first time OMPL managers prunny and Lightniong pulled of a solid draft. They got the best pic of the tour in Chromate and the strongest AAA core of the tour with Betticus + Kinetic, although it's a bit weird to draft both of them (I guess Kinetic will go in stab or something, but they're way less dominant than in AAA). Then they got a pretty insane group of clickers in Mindnight, Baddy, Quinn, and seraphz, and some decent & cheap players in hiusy guy and Les2BG. I'm afraid this team lacks builders though, as managers are not exactly known to be excellent in multiple tiers (unlike QT or Ivar), and with so many clickers and not so much versatile players, some slots might be a bit alone (BH and Camomons for example). If they have some unexpected builder that I don't know about or manage to motivate Mindnight to actually build himself, they can still do pretty good, esp if Chromate is able to bounce back after their OMCL
Only team so far with a good name, first time OMPL managers prunny and Lightniong pulled of a solid draft. They got the best pic of the tour in Chromate and the strongest AAA core of the tour with Betticus + Kinetic, although it's a bit weird to draft both of them (I guess Kinetic will go in stab or something, but they're way less dominant than in AAA). Then they got a pretty insane group of clickers in Mindnight, Baddy, Quinn, and seraphz, and some decent & cheap players in hiusy guy and Les2BG. I'm afraid this team lacks builders though, as managers are not exactly known to be excellent in multiple tiers (unlike QT or Ivar), and with so many clickers and not so much versatile players, some slots might be a bit alone (BH and Camomons for example). If they have some unexpected builder that I don't know about or manage to motivate Mindnight to actually build himself, they can still do pretty good, esp if Chromate is able to bounce back after their OMCL
Rage Fist and Furious
2nd team with a cool name, but it was a rename after one of the worst name ever + a sign up without an actual name which is cringe as fuck. Ivar and Sammy got one of the strongest core of the tour (esp in tiebreak) in Ivar + Sammy + pannu which are basically the best all around OM players of the 2 last years, as long as Frixel and Glory, two very good players (although if Glory wants to play bo3, I'm not sure this was the best team to be drafted lol). But after that..? I don't know all of the players they drafted, and maybe they scouted some goated players, but in my eyes none of their remaining roster is on OMPL level of starters, and they need at least 3 of them each week. It is certainly easier with Ivar and Sammy help in the builder, but they seemed to lack motivation in their sign up post so I'm not sure they'll tryhard as much as they used to. I still have to rank them #5 bc they have like 3-4 slots super hard to take down, and surely they'll be able to pull out some wins in the other slots, but if Sammy and Ivar aren't able to smurf the tour (which they failed to do on past editions) they'll have a rly hard time (might be another proof that double self buy is hard to handle)
2nd team with a cool name, but it was a rename after one of the worst name ever + a sign up without an actual name which is cringe as fuck. Ivar and Sammy got one of the strongest core of the tour (esp in tiebreak) in Ivar + Sammy + pannu which are basically the best all around OM players of the 2 last years, as long as Frixel and Glory, two very good players (although if Glory wants to play bo3, I'm not sure this was the best team to be drafted lol). But after that..? I don't know all of the players they drafted, and maybe they scouted some goated players, but in my eyes none of their remaining roster is on OMPL level of starters, and they need at least 3 of them each week. It is certainly easier with Ivar and Sammy help in the builder, but they seemed to lack motivation in their sign up post so I'm not sure they'll tryhard as much as they used to. I still have to rank them #5 bc they have like 3-4 slots super hard to take down, and surely they'll be able to pull out some wins in the other slots, but if Sammy and Ivar aren't able to smurf the tour (which they failed to do on past editions) they'll have a rly hard time (might be another proof that double self buy is hard to handle)
Gholden Witches
I have mixed feelings about this draft bc April and Akira drafted a LOT of promising players that I'm really happy to see in OMPL and I'm eager to see how they'll perform, but I feel like they just lack "strong slots". All of the slots are either old players that maybe still got it (pdt, shiloh, aerobee in a way) or good players that may be good in OMs (about15gals, Fusien, One Last Kiss), alongside players I like and I'm happy to see in OMPL but expected to be subs or picked as the promising player in one team, but not all in the same team (lemonstre, FlamPoke, Maxomega). They're also 16 in the team, and while it may end up with the best teamcord of the tour, I've always found that teams with too many players fail to find consistency, and this is even more true with the lack of guaranteed positive slots. Like except shiloh, and that is really if they have a good tour, I don't see any of their players able to do more than a 4-3 (of course I can, and prob will, be wrong ; but that's how I see it rn), so I'm afraid that they'll just not get enough wins to perform, despite all the promising players in the team
I have mixed feelings about this draft bc April and Akira drafted a LOT of promising players that I'm really happy to see in OMPL and I'm eager to see how they'll perform, but I feel like they just lack "strong slots". All of the slots are either old players that maybe still got it (pdt, shiloh, aerobee in a way) or good players that may be good in OMs (about15gals, Fusien, One Last Kiss), alongside players I like and I'm happy to see in OMPL but expected to be subs or picked as the promising player in one team, but not all in the same team (lemonstre, FlamPoke, Maxomega). They're also 16 in the team, and while it may end up with the best teamcord of the tour, I've always found that teams with too many players fail to find consistency, and this is even more true with the lack of guaranteed positive slots. Like except shiloh, and that is really if they have a good tour, I don't see any of their players able to do more than a 4-3 (of course I can, and prob will, be wrong ; but that's how I see it rn), so I'm afraid that they'll just not get enough wins to perform, despite all the promising players in the team
Noxious Nightshades
This is probably the only draft that I don't like, and I don't say it to be mean or anything, but it got the negative points of Ivar and Sammy, aka a lot of unknown players (to me) that I don't expect to be OMPL-level starters due do the double self buy issues, as long as managers that are way less experienced than Ivar and Sammy. I do respect the double self buy, and I hope you'll prove me wrong, but that's prob just being realistic to say I do not expect both of you to perform as well as Ivar and Sammy and carry your team. Apart from RoFnA (e: and GhastlyPixie who went 2-2 last OMPL which I did not know cuz I do not follow pic IM SORRY), no one in the team has played as a starter in OMPL before (I think Iride played some games but idt they were the main starter ? maybe they were in AAA#2, I don't remember), and just like Machamps, I feel like not having super experienced managers in OMs always makes it weird when it comes to building. This is by no mean an insurmountable problem, as OM and Drampa's grandpa have won OMPL before just bc of their knowledge of the playerbase and their managing skills, but as a first time managing I do have some doubts about it. There are still players I'm eager to see in this team (SeaLife, itoshiflwr, Iride, DragonPhoenix333) and that will prob surprise me, but yeah that is not a team I expect to make playoffs.
This is probably the only draft that I don't like, and I don't say it to be mean or anything, but it got the negative points of Ivar and Sammy, aka a lot of unknown players (to me) that I don't expect to be OMPL-level starters due do the double self buy issues, as long as managers that are way less experienced than Ivar and Sammy. I do respect the double self buy, and I hope you'll prove me wrong, but that's prob just being realistic to say I do not expect both of you to perform as well as Ivar and Sammy and carry your team. Apart from RoFnA (e: and GhastlyPixie who went 2-2 last OMPL which I did not know cuz I do not follow pic IM SORRY), no one in the team has played as a starter in OMPL before (I think Iride played some games but idt they were the main starter ? maybe they were in AAA#2, I don't remember), and just like Machamps, I feel like not having super experienced managers in OMs always makes it weird when it comes to building. This is by no mean an insurmountable problem, as OM and Drampa's grandpa have won OMPL before just bc of their knowledge of the playerbase and their managing skills, but as a first time managing I do have some doubts about it. There are still players I'm eager to see in this team (SeaLife, itoshiflwr, Iride, DragonPhoenix333) and that will prob surprise me, but yeah that is not a team I expect to make playoffs.
fwiw the two teams I ranked #6 and #7 (SIX SE-) last year made playoffs and one won the tour. So that's probably a buff to be low bc I'm a noob
Charming Charizzards
Anyway the real worst team is obviously the zards. Worst team name + only washed players (Siamato and Osake in 2026 is bad, but SPITFIRE ARCANINE in this economy ? idk what the managers were thinking), too many French (our players are already scared that they might have to learn French by the end of the tour, and they better do otherwise they'll get benched), and overall just a lot of returning players that haven't played gen9 actively (qways, and also sevag LOL who knew this guy was still playing ??? even him doesnt know it). On top of it atha didn't had the balls to selfbuy and put 12k on Spitfire bc he sucks at drafting, I hope this team goes winless and atha gets banned from managing again
Anyway the real worst team is obviously the zards. Worst team name + only washed players (Siamato and Osake in 2026 is bad, but SPITFIRE ARCANINE in this economy ? idk what the managers were thinking), too many French (our players are already scared that they might have to learn French by the end of the tour, and they better do otherwise they'll get benched), and overall just a lot of returning players that haven't played gen9 actively (qways, and also sevag LOL who knew this guy was still playing ??? even him doesnt know it). On top of it atha didn't had the balls to selfbuy and put 12k on Spitfire bc he sucks at drafting, I hope this team goes winless and atha gets banned from managing again
Good luck to all teams, don't forget that PRs are here for the love of the game, I know very well that this will NOT be accurate but that's why it's fun to do it, and i hope y'all enjoy a great season of OMPL :)
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Bro forgot his keys after our OMPL draft drinking session at my place last night and really had nothing to do, outside, in the middle of night, but to write this. Just get a brain and a life already cuz I'm tired of being your dad
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Welcome to the Power Rankings for the 14th edition of OMPL! This is the fifth edition of these power rankings, with the goal of these rankings to hype up the upcoming few weeks and give a representation of where each team is believed to stand in relation to the other teams. To obtain these rankings, for every single tier, we have asked managers and their players to rank everyone not on their team in that tier. To further reduce bias, the highest and lowest scores from each tier were removed when calculating the stats. The calculation for the total score is determined by the sum of scores for each tier; first place gets 8 points, second place gets 7 points, etc.
Even though the whole system serves to be as unbiased as possible, it does not mean these rankings will be predicative of final results! If you or your team end up low on this power ranking, please don't take it to heart; this tournament is meant to be fun and it is up to you to prove opinions wrong! However, if you feel that your pride hinges on these rankings, you may feel free to voice your complaints to zastra and they will be answered.
We have a Flying Press article this year! Be sure to check it out (linked in title)! This post will merely be a TLDR for just showing the ranks.
A big thank you to everyone who helped for rankings and special shoutouts to all the writers, GPers, and HTMLers for making this possible.
Here are all the Individual Tier Rankings:
Here are the Team Rankings:
For more details on rankings, feel free to click here for the sheet.
Hope we have a great OMPL!
Welcome to the Power Rankings for the 14th edition of OMPL! This is the fifth edition of these power rankings, with the goal of these rankings to hype up the upcoming few weeks and give a representation of where each team is believed to stand in relation to the other teams. To obtain these rankings, for every single tier, we have asked managers and their players to rank everyone not on their team in that tier. To further reduce bias, the highest and lowest scores from each tier were removed when calculating the stats. The calculation for the total score is determined by the sum of scores for each tier; first place gets 8 points, second place gets 7 points, etc.
Even though the whole system serves to be as unbiased as possible, it does not mean these rankings will be predicative of final results! If you or your team end up low on this power ranking, please don't take it to heart; this tournament is meant to be fun and it is up to you to prove opinions wrong! However, if you feel that your pride hinges on these rankings, you may feel free to voice your complaints to zastra and they will be answered.
We have a Flying Press article this year! Be sure to check it out (linked in title)! This post will merely be a TLDR for just showing the ranks.
A big thank you to everyone who helped for rankings and special shoutouts to all the writers, GPers, and HTMLers for making this possible.
Here are all the Individual Tier Rankings:
| Rank | AAA | BH | Camo | GG | MnM | PiC | STAB | Bo3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machamps | Rage Fists | Charizzards | Rage Fists | Commanders | Machamps | Hakamo-os | Specters |
| 2 | Charizzards | Specters | Commanders | Specters | Hakamo-os | Specters | Machamps | Rage Fists |
| 3 | Rage Fists | Commanders | Hakamo-os | Hakamo-os | Specters | Rage Fists | Charizzards | Hakamo-os |
| 4 | Hakamo-os | Witches | Specters | Charizzards | Machamps | Commanders | Witches | Commanders |
| 5 | Specters | Charizzards | Witches | Commanders | Rage Fists | Nightshades | Specters | Nightshades |
| 6 | Witches | Nightshades | Rage Fists | Nightshades | Witches | Charizzards | Rage Fists | Machamps |
| 7 | Commanders | Hakamo-os | Nightshades | Machamps | Nightshades | Hakamo-os | Commanders | Charizzards |
| 8 | Nightshades | Machamps | Machamps | Witches | Charizzards | Witches | Nightshades | Witches |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speiraskia Specters | 48 |
| 2 | Rage Fist and Furious | 45 |
| 3 | Ao No Hakamo-o | 42 |
| 4 | Commanders | 39 |
| 5 | Charming Charizzards | 36 |
| 6 | MOCCing Machamps | 35 |
| 7 | Gholden Witches | 23 |
| 8 | Noxious Nightshades | 20 |
Hope we have a great OMPL!
The Strap here, I dont usually make posts like this but I wanted to make this post because I feel the ban i received is harsher than what the situation really warranted.
I left the discord after week 6 of the tournament after our manager announced that we were out of playoff contention and my manager had contacted me about leaving the discord but by the time i checked it was already too late. I know this isnt a good look and might not have been the best decision but i dont think it shows the idea that I just abandoned the team, our season was objectively over and we were out of playoffs and I viewed the tour as finished for not just me but the entire team. My decision to leave wasn't meant to disrespect my manager or teammates, I simply put just didnt believe there was much for me to do once we were out. What makes this ban even harder to understand is that I never refused to play, sabotage teams, or leak any valuable info that might have jeopardize my team, all I did was made a poor judgement call by leaving the discord early. Im not tryna claim i did nothing wrong, I just believe the punishment should be reconsidered, especially considering the circumstances of our team being out of playoff contention. Perhaps in the near future for situations like this, please make sure there was actually evidence that the user had actually cancered and at least give a deadline for this because a day is simply not sufficient for an immediate ban into a replacement 6 weeks into the tournament for a team that'll be out in the next week.
I left the discord after week 6 of the tournament after our manager announced that we were out of playoff contention and my manager had contacted me about leaving the discord but by the time i checked it was already too late. I know this isnt a good look and might not have been the best decision but i dont think it shows the idea that I just abandoned the team, our season was objectively over and we were out of playoffs and I viewed the tour as finished for not just me but the entire team. My decision to leave wasn't meant to disrespect my manager or teammates, I simply put just didnt believe there was much for me to do once we were out. What makes this ban even harder to understand is that I never refused to play, sabotage teams, or leak any valuable info that might have jeopardize my team, all I did was made a poor judgement call by leaving the discord early. Im not tryna claim i did nothing wrong, I just believe the punishment should be reconsidered, especially considering the circumstances of our team being out of playoff contention. Perhaps in the near future for situations like this, please make sure there was actually evidence that the user had actually cancered and at least give a deadline for this because a day is simply not sufficient for an immediate ban into a replacement 6 weeks into the tournament for a team that'll be out in the next week.
Commencement threads are for having fun and being silly. Seeing how I am no longer having fun from constantly babysitting this tournament from the shadows I am locking this thread. The conduct of everyone this tournament is disappointing, keep it up and there will not be another team tour this year. It better be smiles and rainbows and peace and love from here until OMCL format discussion goes up. Okay? Yay!!
E: To clarify I am not actually holding tours hostage i am just being hyperbolic! Everyone be nice now!
E: To clarify I am not actually holding tours hostage i am just being hyperbolic! Everyone be nice now!
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