I'm all kinds of proud of all of the players on my team and am a sappy idiot so here we go:
avarice - tbh I didn't actually expect to manage this tournament and certainly didnt expect to WIN LMAO I just liked the brat reference and now here we are. This was fun as hell!! Thanks for handling all the stuff I couldn't and sorry for being slow to reply to things when I really should've been faster oops! I think this was somehow our first time teaming up for one of these too so... 100% winrate!!
The SV core of a lifetime -
Meru,
etern,
Queen of Bean - was by far the best performing trio I've ever had in a tournament. I know I haven't shut up about how well you guys did, but god damn guys 22-2 is just absurd. That's 8-0 in playoffs too!! Individually;
Meru - you were just incredible every week. There's no better reassurance as a manager than knowing we still had you to play, and every single week you delivered. Every game was clean, even the weeks where you didn't have the time to prep as much you were clear about that with us and were always happy to use whatever we could provide (and a special thanks to QoB for that, which I'll get into in her own section). You are easily the best at this tier right now and it's such a shame you have the self-decency to not play in SCL this year...
etern - I think ava and I were originally talking about putting you in SM but having seen WCoP I knew I wanted to see you in SV and I'm so glad I was right. I really appreciated how you were willing to make your own stuff every week even knowing you're a busy bee... I've never seen someone make Forretress look good and I'm taking that as a sign of how strong you really are. Thanks for all the effort and vibes. Heavily fw the toontownposting too.
Queen of Bean - I'm sure your opinion of me as a manager flip flops all the time and tbh I don't blame you, this time you were sorta left to dry and that was probably not fair. But considering your absurd breakout performance I hope you'll forgive me! This was an incredible tournament for you, not only did you win all your games but they were super well played AND you did it while prepping for your own slot + half of Meru's teams as well. You're really progressing and that makes me very happy, I hope you continue to do so and become one of the best to touch this tier. Thanks for staying on top of things and cooking even when you didn't like the meta.
Celebiii - my goat. GSC is not my wheelhouse but you make it entertaining every week even when you're using the boring stuff. Not only did you put up an incredible performance in-game and in the builder, the vibe you bring to a teamchat is unmatched. We finally have another 49 but less sarcastic. Incredible. Thank you for all your hard work this season!! And thank you to
alive as well for joining and helping!!
Drud - sorry for kinda throwing you to the wolves but you cooked!! I liked seeing your take on this tier a lot and it was cool to see you basically play DPP PU but the mons are fully evolved now. I hope you keep playing DPP in these UU tours, it was super entertaining. And sorry for forgetting to respond about PUPL I DIDNT REALISE THE AUCTION WAS AS CLOSE AS IT WAS
Mister McLovin - I saw Superbad for the first time like a week ago and thought of you the entire time during it so thanks for imprinting that into my memory. I'm sorry that I wasn't as much help in BW as I would've liked to be but I'm glad you crushed it regardless. Thank you for all the effort and building you did every week! Sorry about WCoP!!
Sabelette - Subbing in after The Incident was very appreciated, especially since I'm sure you felt a bit unhappy about not getting to start... in my defense I thought people would like, actually spend some money on RBY!! You + Yazu should not have been 14k combined!! I know you were just kinda fuckin around for most of it but you showed up heavily when you needed to and I appreciate that more than I can say. Especially big thank you for playing while you were in Hawaii - you really didn't need to do that bc I would've just fed zoe to the wolves but it showed a lot about your character. Congrats on the dubs!!
Nat - I know your enthusiasm for this tour waxed and waned but once I saw how much you were putting into that BW tiebreak I knew you wanted to win this shit and I'm so glad you did. Your finals game was beautiful and I'm still really sad we didn't get to see the BW team you made hit the main stage. Maybe I can pick you up for that tier in UUPL? :D
Beraldo -
On the real though I find you very entertaining when you're doing more than parroting pings and I always love picking you up for these tours for a reason. I hope you had a fun time in SM even tho I helped zero in that slot and checked the channel like 4 times. Thanks for the effort this season!!
Ice Yazu - You were cooking really hard before Shit Went Down and I liked seeing you solve the unsolvable tier in real time. Appreciated that you were still willing to help Sabelette out even after the ban. Glad you're back in time for the trophy!!
Isza - I don't know how you managed to play LESS than 49 despite him starting only 1 more week than you but either way your team chat presence is unmatched in every sense of the word. The effort you put in when it mattered was all kinds of appreciated and I think you know how much I love that energy. I hope the shitty photoshop makes up for it :D
col49 - I bet you didn't expect to be starting in this tournament. Jokes on you because I didn't expect it either! Thanks for putting up with it even though I'm sure you didn't really want to - I hope you had fun in the builder, and I appreciated all the thoughts you'd give to the other slots. Always love what you bring to a chat as well, so thank you for always being unabashedly yourself!
Javi - I'm sorry SS didn't work out too well for you, but I appreciated how willing you were to sub in even after that. Never ended up happening, but you were always there regardless. I hope you feel good about the win! Thanks for being part of the team!!
tko - Someone's gotta be class clown and I'm glad it was you. Nothing seems to get you down and that energy helps an environment a LOT. I hope you didn't take any of the flaming to heart LMFAO it's just fun to fw you. Thanks for the huge win in semis, we wouldn't be here without it!!
TakingNotesKinda - I'm sad I didn't get to talk to you much, I hope you're happy with this tour regardless. You have a bright future ahead of you with this mons stuff if you stick to it. Thanks for being part of the journey!
zoe - I hate that you forgot you were on the team until like week 6 and all but you were and always have been a trooper, great vibe + willing to sub in anywhere and everywhere even when it was an uphill battle. Sorry that we didn't manage to get you a dub but thank you for joining me on yet another one of these UU escapades and bringing your wonderful self. Glad we won another!!
Sorry for taking a while on this yall! Congrats & well done to my team yet again, I hope I get to team with you all in the future and wish you success on all future journeys xoxo!!
