Tournament PMPL WEEK 1

[Paulluxx]

>> Spreadsheet << (WIP)
>> DRAGON HEAVEN <<
Welcome to the First WEEK(YAY!!!) of the PMPL

Workers Union of Gensokyo (3) vs Close Combat Comrades (4)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue
JOLTOU: dex vs anique
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract

Phantomire Gourgeists (5) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (2)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX

Po-Town-Probopass (3) vs Manicunos Manicunos (4)
M4A: pupugugu vs Moretto
FEUU: analysis geek vs earl
HGOU: bynum vs 447323a
REST: Mossy Sandwich vs Scoopapa
ALT: Clasmia(Activity Win) vs G-Luke
JOLTOU: Gravity Monkey vs RTM
NDBH: Nalorium vs Nihilslave Amberr

Predictions Format

Workers Union of Gensokyo (0) vs Close Combat Comrades (0)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue
JOLTOU: dex vs anique
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract

Phantomire Gourgeists (0) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (0)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX

Po-Town-Probopass (0) vs Manicunos Manicunos (0)
M4A: pupugugu vs Moretto
FEUU: analysis geek vs earl
HGOU: bynum vs 447323a
REST: Mossy Sandwich vs Scoopapa
ALT: Clasmia vs G-Luke
JOLTOU: Gravity Monkey vs RTM
NDBH: Nalorium vs Nihilslave



The deadline for this week is Sunday, May 1st 11:59 PM GMT -4.

 

[woo]

Quick predictions wooooo!

Workers Union of Gensokyo (3) vs Close Combat Comrades (4)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson - Indigo with the huge team support thing is good etc etc but thats beta person behaviour and adem plays better (this is not a ghosting tour) also fuck you if you sub indigo out to have a chance. bolding (and cheering) for adem's favor
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican - yeah
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo - rezzo older player they got skills and council etc. rezzo wins.
4EST: DuoM2 vs Monai - experience matters
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue - redwood has more knowledge of the meta even if i dont like them playwise
JOLTOU: dex vs anique - thank you spoo
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract - i know the name

Phantomire Gourgeists (4) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (3)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso - skill matters
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon - i won't say it.
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager - has played da meta
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss - knowledge matters
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet - has played the meta
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn - idk if beaf's good but they are invested in the metagame!!
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX - from what i have seen (like nothing idc about BH if i dont win or lose) svag has posted in the ndbh thread and as far as i know are the ss BH TL. I'll do what my conscience yells for and bold sevag

Have Fun y'all.

 

[Scoopapa]

PLAY YOUR GAMES ON THE CUSTOM CLIENT - DOWNLOAD YOUR REPLAYS, DO NOT JUST UPLOAD THEM!

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[Paulluxx]

Thanks for reminding me, I edited the DH Link into the post up there, but I'll post it again.
DRAGON HEAVEN

 

[Gekokeso]

Predicts (not including set 2 since we fighting each other sticky likely folds me but we take everything else)

Workers Union of Gensokyo (2-3) vs Close Combat Comrades (4-5)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson - Adem is an extremely solid player, but gensokyo has pretty much no M4A players so they gotta pick nat dex teams and pray, considering Paul himself uses a ton of vanilla megas, indigo is one of the strongest M4A players even outside of its reign of terror in vgc, and the overall extra experience of CCC in the meta.
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican - Idk just bring 6 stall breakers lmao.
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo - Heard LRXC has proven to be tough, but i will take a lot to defeat the strongest hoenn gaiden player in Rezzo, should still be a seriously good match to witness.
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai - Idk who monai is but i do know i fought Duo in restrictions and won at my 3rd battle in the format so the chances are definitely there i guess.
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue - No idea who slice is, so chances are redwood stomps, will wait to see.
JOLTOU: dex vs anique - Dex has probably the advantage due to being generally solid but this meta is so ridiculously unpredictable, so who knows.
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract - Paul hails quantum as one of the strongest nat dex bh players, no idea who onyx is so im giving my chances to him.

Po-Town-Probopass (3-5) vs Manicunos Manicunos (2-4)
M4A: pupugugu vs Moretto - Moretto is good, but pupu has way more metagame knowledge and acomplishes too his name, not to mention how the probopasses have possibly the strongest M4A arsenal besides the comrades.
FEUU: analysis geek vs earl - Geek is unpredictable but Earl has more consistency.
HGOU: bynum vs 447323a - Ok but seriously who the fuck are these guys?
REST: Mossy Sandwich vs Scoopapa - Mossy never shuts up about this meta aalthough i also admit its pretty fun to play.) and Scoop is seen as the stronger player, but overall arguably the most intense fight of the format.
ALT: Clasmia vs G-Luke - No trick room sun availbable on this team means Clasmia's power certainly dwindles, especially with G-luke running the sub monopoly there.
JOLTOU: Gravity Monkey vs RTM - Hmm monke. Jokes aside Gravity is very consistesent in ped mod meta so this should be an easy one for him.
NDBH: Nalorium vs Nihilslave - Nalorium More expirience yada yada.

 

[G-Luke]

Predictions

Workers Union of Gensokyo (4) vs Close Combat Comrades (2)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson (adem is a realllyy good player)
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican
(Roaramp @ Ampharosite
Ability: Scarily Adorable
EVs: 8 HP / 252 SpA / 248 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Thunderbolt
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Pulse)
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo (Streets are saying Rezzo is literally the best Hoenn Player so Ill trust da streets)
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai (Duo owns the mod he must know what he doing)
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue (They roughly have the same amount of valid competitive knowledge of the current meta, and I've never seen either battle so its a toss up here.)
JOLTOU: dex vs anique (Betting against dex is worse than betting against ya momma ya heard?)
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract (Quantum is a BH pro apparently so I am betting on em)


Phantomire Gourgeists (5) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (1)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso (Streets been consistently telling me Sticky good)
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon (Tapler will load TR and win)
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager (I have no innate knowledge of this metagame)
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss (zxg is a solid player and he actually knows the meta how could they lose?)
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet (Going with my gut here)
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn (Beaf is an admittedly shoddy player but he knows what the mons can do and I have no background on xrn so)
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX (We wanted to draft TTT so he must be doing sumn right)

Po-Town-Probopass (0) vs Manicunos Manicunos (100)
M4A: pupugugu vs Moretto
FEUU: analysis geek vs earl
HGOU: bynum vs 447323a
REST: Mossy Sandwich vs Scoopapa
ALT: Clasmia vs G-Luke
JOLTOU: Gravity Monkey vs RTM
NDBH: Nalorium vs Nihilslave

MANICUNO SWEEP
MANICUNOS MANICUNOS FIRST TEAM TO WIN 1 TRILLION GAMES

 

[spoo]

some quick predictions from an outsider, this tour looks p fun

Workers Union of Gensokyo (3) vs Close Combat Comrades (4)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue
JOLTOU: dex vs anique - you guys don't seem super familar with dex so i'll let you in on a secret about him. dex is an imbecile. a moron. he's never clicked the right button in his life, and frankly every last one of his CAP tournament wins (as a CAP main this is an untier) have boiled down to his opponents throwing or something. calling him a birdbrained troglodyte would still be too generous. seriously, i wouldn't be surprised if he picked a three letter name because he's incapable of remembering anything longer. why did he go for 14.5 THOUSAND in the draft? 14,500. can anyone explain this to me? like really, pause the joke for a second, what the fuck happened here? someone respond and let me know. more than ausma, quantum tesseract, and 6k more than anique - the person he's facing and an actual good player? who was responsible for this? in this thread alone, he's been called goated, generally solid, and a bad idea to bet against. let me tell you guys something. this guy had never been within a hundred mile radius of an OM, much less a damn pet mod, before he signed up for this tournament (on a total whim). where did his reputation as a successful player come from? i don't know who he had to pay off to rebrand himself but it's clearly working. we really put someone who has never made a correct play in his life into a tier where you'll run down your entire timer staring at a spreadsheet just trying to figure out what these mons even do. mind boggling stuff. dex l2p
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract - if qt has any motivation whatsoever and someone with an ounce of metagame knowledge spends a day or two training them up this slot will probably go 8-0. why did dex go for more than them make it make sense please god make it make sense

Phantomire Gourgeists (3) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (4)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX

Po-Town-Probopass (2) vs Manicunos Manicunos (5)
M4A: pupugugu vs Moretto
FEUU: analysis geek vs earl
HGOU: bynum vs 447323a
REST: Mossy Sandwich vs Scoopapa - abr was drafted in last SPL for less money than this
ALT: Clasmia vs G-Luke
JOLTOU: Gravity Monkey vs RTM
NDBH: Nalorium vs Nihilslave

Gl all

 

[Mossy Sandwich]

Woah, predicts, incredible

Workers Union of Gensokyo (4) vs Close Combat Comrades (2)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson | adem could probably just bring a standard natdex team and win here, m4a is similar enough to natdex that lacking a bit of experience with the new megas isn't gonna make a difference. Indigo could take this if he keeps his cool and brings a good mega adem might not prep for, but it's unlikely I believe.
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican | Ana generally plays the game more and should have a more versatile playstyle than bob. I still wouldn't underestimate bob, but ana is generally the stronger player here.
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo | Have I seen LRXC play? No. Do I think they're better than Rezzo? No. What I do know is that I never want to predict against the most motivated player in the entire tour, as that is arguably one of the most important things to have in a tournament.
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai | I think it's extremely unlikely Monai can keep up in the teambuilder in this matchup as Restrictions is arguably the hardest meta to learn, especially without support (shouldn't have kicked me from the discord, heh Paulluxx?). Duo on the other hand has seen every step of this format and has been able to go up some of the good players here. I abslutely believe Monai can outplay, but there's very little you can do if you lose in the teambuilder.
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue | Just like the matchup above, Alternatium is not an easy metagame to adapt to and I'll favor the one who actually knows about it, especially since I believe the only player on the Worker's Union that has played Alternatium is Squawk, don't quote me on that though.
JOLTOU: dex vs anique | Fucking wild metagame with 2 players I don't know that much either, can't say much about this matchup sadly.
NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract | Not sayig Onyx isn't good, but QT is way too goated. This is still rather close, though.

Phantomire Gourgeists (5) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (2)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso | Geko isn't bad by any means, but Sticky is on another level. Sticky is the best M4A player to actually play M4A in this tournament, and when it comes to M4A, there's a pretty big gap between the good players and the top players, so expect Sticky to perform well here.
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon | Why the fuck is Iso playing FEUU. Also Tapler's decent ig.
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager | I'm generally not that knowledgeable about HG players, but from what I remember, Voyager actually plays ADV and pretty well at that, while Copen picked up the format recently, so this seems extremely one-sided to me.
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss | I don't think I can compare these two player's skill that well, but zxg knows the meta incredibly well and is also supported by Tapler, giving him all the advantages.
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet | This is relatively hard to say for me, since I don't know either of these players well enough to pinpoint how good they are, but the main argument is that JosJet has been incredibly busy lately, and I'm not sure if he'll have time to prepare something solid.
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn | tbh I really think Beaf should stop playing this format 1227 times a day. I think Joltemons gives this weird impression of being close to natdex, but you can get absolutely destroyed by something you don't know about, which is why I think Beaf's meta knowledge is important here.
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX | Not that much into BH, and again, TTTech is good, but from my understanding, Sevag is basically the best BH player in recent times.


Angry reacts only

 

[Clas]

ALT: Clasmia vs G-Luke - No trick room sun availbable on this team means Clasmia's power certainly dwindles

this is a personal attack and my lawyer will be in contact with you shortly for this false information

 

[Paulluxx]

REST: DuoM2 vs Monai | I think it's extremely unlikely Monai can keep up in the teambuilder in this matchup as Restrictions is arguably the hardest meta to learn, especially without support (shouldn't have kicked me from the discord, heh Paulluxx?).

Bros manager dmed me about removing him…

 

[Hematemesis]

Workers Union of Gensokyo (3) vs Close Combat Comrades (4)
M4A: adem vs ARandomPerson - adem is playing in m4a purely because the Workers Union did not buy any of the m4a mainers. Meanwhile, Indigo has Paul and Ausma supporting him from the bench. Rather than a skill difference deciding the outcome of this game, I think a preparation difference will be the key to success here. It's up to Indigo, Paul, and Ausma to build a team that can surprise adem.
FEUU: anaconja vs Bobsican - My anaconja don't want none. I think anaconja has this in the bag as a proven, active member of the group. Bobsican? I've never heard of him. Mans is not even in the fusion evolution discord server. FEUU is the CCC's throwaway tier, most likely. Maybe I'll be proven wrong.
HGOU: LRXC vs Rezzo - Rezzo is council of HGOU, I'm pretty sure. Similarly, LRXC is the pioneer of ADV 1v1. Both have hoeing experience, but I'm going to give the nod to Rezzo due to hearing rumors of him being "goatered." This is an exciting one to watch, though.
REST: DuoM2 vs Monai - Monai is fortunate enough to be on Paul's team. Despite this, I think that actual tier experience will overcome a slight skill gap, and I don't think DuoM2 is unskilled at all. Duo will look to win an important game in what is sure to be a close series.
ALT: SiceXV vs RedwoodRogue - I know neither of these. Sice seems to be more active on smogon, though, so I'm giving them the nod. 50/50.
JOLTOU: dex vs anique -

you guys don't seem super familar with dex so i'll let you in on a secret about him. dex is an imbecile. a moron. he's never clicked the right button in his life, and frankly every last one of his CAP tournament wins (as a CAP main this is an untier) have boiled down to his opponents throwing or something. calling him a birdbrained troglodyte would still be too generous. seriously, i wouldn't be surprised if he picked a three letter name because he's incapable of remembering anything longer. why did he go for 14.5 THOUSAND in the draft? 14,500. can anyone explain this to me? like really, pause the joke for a second, what the fuck happened here? someone respond and let me know. more than ausma, quantum tesseract, and 6k more than anique - the person he's facing and an actual good player? who was responsible for this? in this thread alone, he's been called goated, generally solid, and a bad idea to bet against. let me tell you guys something. this guy had never been within a hundred mile radius of an OM, much less a damn pet mod, before he signed up for this tournament (on a total whim). where did his reputation as a successful player come from? i don't know who he had to pay off to rebrand himself but it's clearly working. we really put someone who has never made a correct play in his life into a tier where you'll run down your entire timer staring at a spreadsheet just trying to figure out what these mons even do. mind boggling stuff. dex l2p

NDBH: Onyx Onix 7 vs Quantum Tesseract - Seems to be well regarded. We passed on him because he explicitly stated he would not prioritize the tournament, but Paul has a habit of getting people to be really active and motivated. This good manager-player fit will be the edge the CCC needs to stomp out the proletarian revolution.

Phantomire Gourgeists (4) vs turnTier 1 Boomers (3)
M4A: Sticky Fingaaa vs Gekokeso - Sticky is the best non-Probopass player in m4a, and I don't even think it's close. Iso and Kero will not support Gekokeso enough, and they will lose in the slot. Notably, this is a pretty good m4a core to look out for in the future.
FEUU: Tapler vs IsoCon - FEUU council versus FEUU has not said a word in the server. Tapler was a great pickup for the Gourgeists and will serve them well this week.
HGOU: NotCopen vs NEON_Voyager - Once again, I don't know either of these players. I chose NotCopen because his name has "cope" in it, expect this to be a 50/50 game.
REST: zxgzxg vs MagearnaTheBoss - MTB has the unfortunate circumstances of going up against ZXG, who I think is good. I've also never heard of MTB and, as far as I can see, they have nobody to help them prepare for restrictions. Ggs, wp.
ALT: Darkrai Retribution vs JosJet - Never disrespect the goat.
JOLTOU: Beaf Cultist vs Xrn - I beat Beaf Cultist with my first ever Joltemons team with no prior experience. Bolding Xrn as a result.
NDBH: TTTech vs XxSevagxX - Cooler pfp, so I'm bolding Sevag here. I also think that Kero, Iso, and the other m4a players will be able to better support NDBH than the average team. Congratulations, Sevag!

Po-Town-Probopass (7) vs Stealicunos Thieficunos (0)
M4A: pupugugu vs Thieveretto
FEUU: analysis geek vs burglearl
HGOU: bynum vs your IP address: 447323a
REST: Mossy Sandwich vs Scoopap the goods and run away
ALT: Clasmia vs G-Steal
JOLTOU: Gravity Monkey vs RTM (run, take, move)
NDBH: Nalorium vs Nihilsteal

 

[LRXC]

#PROUDUNIONMEMBER

LETS GET IT WORKERS UNION

 

[Scoopapa]

Won vs. Mossy with some unfortunate hax
https://scoopapa.github.io/Replay-V...Gen8Restrictions-2022-04-25-notmossy-scoopapa

 

[G-Luke]

Won vs. Mossy with some unfortunate hax
https://scoopapa.github.io/Replay-V...Gen8Restrictions-2022-04-25-notmossy-scoopapa

1.

 

[anaconja]

https://scoopapa.github.io/Replay-V...usionEvolutionUU-2022-04-25-anaconja-bobsican
won, gg

 

[Voyager]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen3hoenngaiden-11 won gg

 

[woo]

https://scoopapa.github.io/Replay-V...8MegasforAll-2022-04-27-moretto-pupugugu.html venci, ggs. sorry for hacks

 

[G-Luke]

https://scoopapa.github.io/Replay-V...8MegasforAll-2022-04-27-moretto-pupugugu.html venci, ggs. sorry for hacks

2.

 

[analysis geek]

[Gen 8] Fusion Evolution UU replay: analysis geek vs. Earlio2 (scoopapa.github.io) got a little lucky but overall, a good battle.

 

[Gravity Monkey]

[Gen 8] Fusion Evolution UU replay: analysis geek vs. Earlio2 (scoopapa.github.io) got a little lucky but overall, a good battle.

:monkesmart:

 

[earl]

:monkesmart:

forgot to renew my smogon gold before the battle unfortunately

 

[ViZar]

2.

[Gen 8] Fusion Evolution UU replay: analysis geek vs. Earlio2 (scoopapa.github.io) got a little lucky but overall, a good battle.

-1

 

[earl]

subbing in Amberr for Nihilslave

 

[SiceXV]

won vs redwood ggs
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen8alternatium-5

 

[Clas]

won vs g-luke ggwp https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen8alternatium-10

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