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Tournaments ORAS Invitational V - Play-ins

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ORAS Invitational V
hosted by Ruffles, Paprikaflow, MrAldo, Regiboob, c0mp ​

Important Notes:
  • All games are Bo3, single elimination
  • All replays are required
  • Two people will qualify to mains
  • This thread will be the thread for the entire play-ins, so bracket updated will be here
  • Tournament rules, schedule, and general more info can be found in the commencement thread, here.

Round 1
awyp vs. zRyan
Drachenkeule vs. im_m0rtal.
thajester vs. Sna
Typical_bastard vs. Wesleyy
ima vs. Horii
Lostmemories vs. entrocefalo
Django vs. LB
Hyssou vs. Rubyblood


Deadline will be Sunday October 11th, 8 PM -5​
 
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awyp vs. zRyan - gonna pick the homie to win in 3, g2 will be a win by forfeit for awyp. If awyp happens to win i do hope he goes far.

Drachenkeule vs. im_m0rtal. - this should go to g3, immortal will win g1 by act and drachen will lock in and turn on the 6-1 rcop powers type shit

thajester vs. Sna - ts a tough one to predict for me, like both of these gentlemen and women. Might have to pick thajester bc of ufc and sdpl teammate but Sna is also good idk.

Typical_bastard vs. Wesleyy - picking the bastard himself, carried me in bdpl with prep and allat bs "dont let ur chary get twaved by chansey" mf

ima vs. Horii - Not much to talk about here, just going with a more experienced guy

Lostmemories vs. entrocefalo - lost memories is a huge talent on smogon, big fan of him in SM and im sure his Oras is just as good if not better.
Django vs. LB - one of the 3 guys im rooting for to make it out of playins or even win the tour

Hyssou vs. Rubyblood - love hyssou but gotta go with rubyblood here. Gl both guys.
 
I know people are always interested in these predictions kind of post (as was i when i was here last year) so i may as well give the players what they want which is basically motivation fuel regardless, best of luck to all players though. Oh yeah, I decided to add numbers later on to make things more interesting.

awyp vs. zRyan (55-45) - this will probably be closer than it looks, awyp was my oraspl teammate so i know he has what it takes to win but ryan has been doing well lately so he could potentially snatch awyp's chain at the last moment

Drachenkeule vs. im_m0rtal. (60-40) - maybe this is just me but i rate drach incredibly highly as a non oras mainer, i do think he is capable of making it to main stage if he really puts in the work, i just think immortal is a few steps behind in terms of experience here but there's always the possibility for upsets

thajester vs. Sna (45-55) - both of these guys are good friends so ultimately it is quite unfortunate seeing them face off right off the rip but what can you do, I'm favouring Sna just because I've been working with her across a few years now so bias is present but I'm sure they'll both provide us with a good set

Typical_bastard vs. Wesleyy

ima vs. Horii (50-50) - bolding horii because he's a friend but this matchup seems really balanced on paper, as far as i know ima hasn't really been following the oras scene lately, maybe im wrong (hopefully im wrong) and on the other hand there's horii who has been grinding oras like crazy recently so pretty fire matchup regardless of the outcome

Lostmemories vs. entrocefalo (60-40) - lost has been doing well and again, another friend who i can see make it all the way through, i recall entro playing in oraspl but i genuinely didn't really follow due to the sheer number of games played per week but yeah, there's always room for upset

Django vs. LB (50-50) - sorry lads, i genuinely can't bold anyone here otherwise either or will kill me later on and whatever tool that was used to create this matchup was fueled by pure malice, guys don't know this but there's an additional layer of humiliation involved in this game, whoever loses temporarily gets laughed at by the rest of the nation, regardless best of luck both

Hyssou vs. Rubyblood (55-45) - i have seen hyss play and haven't seen rubyblood play so I'll be bolding hyss, hopefully he doesn't overcook and brings a mon from nu or something
 
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awyp vs zryan - shame both these guys are playing now but honestly should be close unless ryan does the /forfeit special esp as had good seasons in oraspl
django vs lb - honestly never saw armaan play oras but hes here so shld be decent so hopefully free eats (shoutout zryan) for armaan
 
Typical_bastard and Wesleyy have been deprived of my predictions. Whatever will they do.

awyp vs. zRyan (55-45)
This is pretty close, zRyan pwned me in ORASPL (I blame Elektro) and has been doing great this year, but awyp edges him out in experience and drive to win in ORAS from my personal experience with him. A great matchup overall.

Drachenkeule vs. im_m0rtal. (70-30)
While im_m0rtal. has been improving, I think Drach is just so excellent and kind of stands apart from almost everybody in this bracket with respect to his consistency and general in-game goodness over the tiers he plays, even if ORAS isn't his main one. As a result this is pretty lopsided, but that does mean it's a good look for im_m0rtal if he makes an upset.

thajester vs. Sna (50-50)
thajester has also pwned me in quite a few games this year and I rate him pretty good. Even so, I believe that captain Sna (when playing at their best and not randomly self-destructing) is really a genuine threat and makes this an even matchup. Excited for this one!

ima vs. Horii (55-45)
I'm very unfamiliar with ima in ORAS but I know he's elite and clicks really well. Horii certainly has him beat in tier engagement - and most probably the current metagame trends too - so I think this may be a little closer than expected.

Lostmemories vs. entrocefalo (60-40)
Lostmemories is more of an ORAS player than entrocefalo, but I think entrocefalo's clicking history is better. I would still say Lostmemories has a resulting advantage, but I'm going to bold entrocefalo anyways since I almost fell for Lostmemories' account getting hacked and still feel kind of bitter about it.

Django vs. LB (60-40)
Uncle Django also pwned me in ORASPL too. I'm beginning to sense that I've had a really horrible year. He is quite nice in this tier so I'm going to bold him over LB who I know is good, but I have no idea about their ORAS gaming.

Hyssou vs. Rubyblood (55-45)
First inter-English violence, and now French on French violence. I know that Hyssou plays ORAS more so I think he has an advantage over Rubyblood, who is known more strongly for his success in other tiers.

Cool bracket, have fun everybody!
 
zRyan I recommend using this keyboard

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Django vs Wesleyy - good r1 from wesley so ill go w him to revenge his goat LB

thajester vs im_m0rtal - UFC is the best base for oras.

ima vs Hyssou - Hyssou is the goat

Lostmemories vs zRyan - Lost will bitchslap this mf switching up managers oufl last minute fuckass betraying the homies. Lost if u need ill provide you anything to smash this kiddo scout teams teambuilder phone pc laptop calcs transport whatever u need
 
Django vs Wesleyy - good r1 from wesley so ill go w him to revenge his goat LB

thajester vs im_m0rtal - UFC is the best base for oras.

ima vs Hyssou - Hyssou is the goat

Lostmemories vs zRyan - Lost will bitchslap this mf switching up managers oufl last minute fuckass betraying the homies. Lost if u need ill provide you anything to smash this kiddo scout teams teambuilder phone pc laptop calcs transport whatever u need

i stand with Elektro
 
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