Tournament PUPL X - Week 4

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m.A.A.d. City Magmortars (4) vs (6) Malignant Chain Snatchers
SV: fish anemometer vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d
SV: Stories vs Ampha
SV: Tuthur vs feen
SS: Dj Breloominati♬ vs OranBerryBlissey10
SM: ManOfMany vs sugar ovens
ORAS: TheKingKarp vs Alice Kazumi
BW: dawn to the dusk vs Tack
DPP: BeatsBlack vs HSOWA
ADV: Monai vs plznostep
Bo3: pdt vs Suzuya

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420 Houndstoners (2) vs (6) Pokestar Pranksters
SV: Axrtix vs Beraldo
SV: entrocefalo vs Larry
SV: sufys vs DripLegend
SS: maki vs gum
SM: Piyu vs Hacker
ORAS: avarice vs Sylveon used calm mind
BW: Feaniix vs triple axel blaze
DPP: dunoks vs sleid
ADV: goldmason vs Lily
Bo3: Danny vs mncmt

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The Gargantuan Golurks (6) vs (4) Goofy Goober Goodras
SV: Taka vs Django
SV: Seraphz vs asa
SV: Bouff vs ishtar
SS: Hera vs Meru
SM: Xiri vs Estarossa
ORAS: crying vs Aberforth
BW: LpZ vs EviGaro
DPP: frankjosh vs JabbaTheGriffin
ADV: A plague doc vs Slowbroth
Bo3: justdrew vs Thiago Nunes

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SCREAM QUEEN LOORS (4) vs (6) Haunter x Haunter
SV: lax vs Floss
SV: kyuss vs MZ
SV: Baloor vs Cielau
SS: Mada vs Tenebricite
SM: robjr vs PTF
ORAS: Aliss vs tko
BW: SergioRules vs Guille
DPP: Leni vs Heysup
ADV: Parpar vs TyCarter
Bo3: zS vs DugZa

The deadline for this round is Sunday, July 21st at 11:00 PM GMT -4.

m.A.A.d. City Magmortars (0) vs (0) Malignant Chain Snatchers
SV: fish anemometer vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d
SV: Stories vs Ampha
SV: Tuthur vs feen
SS: Dj Breloominati♬ vs OranBerryBlissey10
SM: ManOfMany vs sugar ovens
ORAS: TheKingKarp vs Alice Kazumi
BW: dawn to the dusk vs Tack
DPP: BeatsBlack vs HSOWA
ADV: Monai vs plznostep
Bo3: pdt vs Suzuya

420 Houndstoners (0) vs (0) Pokestar Pranksters
SV: Axrtix vs Beraldo
SV: entrocefalo vs Larry
SV: sufys vs DripLegend
SS: maki vs gum
SM: Piyu vs Hacker
ORAS: avarice vs Sylveon used calm mind
BW: Feaniix vs triple axel blaze
DPP: dunoks vs sleid
ADV: goldmason vs Lily
Bo3: Danny vs mncmt

The Gargantuan Golurks (0) vs (0) Goofy Goober Goodras
SV: Taka vs Django
SV: Seraphz vs asa
SV: Bouff vs ishtar
SS: Hera vs Meru
SM: Xiri vs Estarossa
ORAS: crying vs Aberforth
BW: LpZ vs EviGaro
DPP: frankjosh vs JabbaTheGriffin
ADV: A plague doc vs Slowbroth
Bo3: justdrew vs Thiago Nunes

SCREAM QUEEN LOORS (0) vs (0) Haunter x Haunter
SV: lax vs Floss
SV: kyuss vs MZ
SV: Baloor vs Cielau
SS: Mada vs Tenebricite
SM: robjr vs PTF
ORAS: Aliss vs tko
BW: SergioRules vs Guille
DPP: Leni vs Heysup
ADV: Parpar vs TyCarter
Bo3: zS vs DugZa
 
420 Houndstoners (5) vs (5) Pokestar Pranksters
SV: Axrtix vs Beraldo - i've liked mike's teams better, but beraldo is good and has had some tough draws generally so this is def close
SV: entrocefalo vs Larry - no data on entro sv + larry's pretty good
SV: sufys vs DripLegend - big highlight this week i think, two people who are very dedicated to the tier and will cook and test like mad, bolding drip bc he has more wins vs more impressive opponents but absolutely not counting sufys out here, will be very fun to see
SS: maki vs gum - if the motivation is there after last week gum will pull this off
SM: Piyu vs Hacker - piyu is very good + hacker had like three won gamestates last week and managed to throw all of them
ORAS: avarice vs Kiyo - didnt make me look like a jackass after i apologized and has been doing pretty well this season
BW: Feaniix vs triple axel blaze - feaniix just knowledge diffs this MU and from the game vs LpZ that seems to be blaze's shortcoming in this tier
DPP: dunoks vs Bag of Trixx - dunoks bestie i love you but you gotta prove that win vs hsowa wasnt a fluke
ADV: goldmason vs Lily - better + beat monai + knows how to play around lickitung
Bo3: Danny vs mncmt - danny's been on fire as of late, and mence seems to be struggling to get on his feet this tour

The Gargantuan Golurks (4) vs (6) Goofy Goober Goodras
SV: Taka vs Django - disappointed but not shocked to see bella back on the bench, feel like they're gonna pay for underestimating taka though esp after he just punked lax
SV: Seraphz vs asa - asa has been slipping a little, didn't like her game vs fish and feen did get her on the ropes, but i think this is still pretty cut and dry
SV: Bouff vs ishtar - ishtar's good, bouff is also good but seems to be having a rough time of coming to grips with SV and that'll likely be their downfall here
SS: Hera vs Meru - MY GOAT BACK ON THE LINEUP RAAAAH, meru's likely got renewed motivation after picking up a win last week but i think hera's ready to get their head in the game
SM: Xiri vs Estarossa - after sugar broke his soul last week i think esta's abt to enter his Never Punked Again era, xiri's no pushover but morale could be low after being the sacrifice to put robjr on the board
ORAS: crying vs Aberforth - brother abe please give us a win this week, 0-3 is unbecoming of you king
BW: LpZ vs EviGaro - big fuckin mu right here, possibly highlight of the entire week, if evi wins i take back everything i said in PRs
DPP: frankjosh vs JabbaTheGriffin - jabba's good and knows when to break from his usual styles, think he has enough knowledge here to keep frank guessing
ADV: A plague doc vs Slowbroth - love u bestie, sorry we had to literally ct you, x-1 starts now <3
Bo3: justdrew vs Thiago Nunes - this is actually pretty close and if i wasn't fundamentally against bolding the vs i probably would here, tnunes is good but drew has been holding his own pretty decently and defying expectations despite what his record says. still bolding against him bc at this point it's for the culture <3

SCREAM QUEEN LOORS (3) vs (7) Haunter x Haunter
SV: lax vs Floss - floss is fire and while lax is good his first sv game wasn't the most convincing performance ever
SV: kyuss vs MZ - very big highlight mu, MZ has been killing it as of late and kyuss has been cooking as usual while also beating best in pool, huge game and i'm very excited to see it
SV: Baloor vs Cielau - can't predict scream cream sv to go winless and loor's got the easiest mu of the three while also being really engaged in his prep and willing to push the envelope on teams
SS: Mada vs Tenebricite - i'm glad everyone is finally seeing how goated this guy is, mada could be a little much considering tene's relative lack of experience in this tier but i believe
SM: robjr vs PTF - i think rob finally got his head in the game, but ptf is probably the hardest opponent he could have gotten to try and continue the streak, very interesting game for sure
ORAS: teddeh vs tko - your contacted posts are more unique than your sauce teddeh get some new material
BW: SergioRules vs Guille - possible upset? ik sergio has been building this tier for a very long time but i'm super high on guille right now
DPP: Leni vs Heysup - no, pupl, bolding against heysup is NOT a good idea
ADV: Parpar vs TyCarter - yk what fuck it, i was a hater and you proved me wrong. lose this and i'm not bolding your ass again though.
Bo3: zS vs DugZa - i can't reliably bold doug considering how few games i've actually seen him play this tour

VAMOS SNATCHERS

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m.A.A.d. City Magmortars (4) vs (6) Malignant Chain Snatchers
SV: fish anemometer vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d - banger mu could see this going either way but going with ho3n
SV: Stories vs Ampha - think stories is gonna do better in sv > bw but ampha is on a roll
SV: Drud vs feen - think drud will really want to bounce back this week
SS: Dj Breloominati♬ vs OranBerryBlissey10 - another close one but still going with my goat
SM: ManOfMany vs sugar ovens - the oven shows no sign of turning off the heat
ORAS: TheKingKarp vs Alice Kazumi - could go either way but I've been more impressed by alice
BW: dawn to the dusk vs Tack - bw slot hasn't looked great for the mags and tack is pretty experienced
DPP: BeatsBlack vs HSOWA - beatshsowa
ADV: Monai vs plznostep - step had an impressive win last week but I think monai is going to bounce back
Bo3: pdt vs Suzuya - suzuya's games have seemed a lot closer while pdt does have a win I think suzuya will upset

420 Houndstoners (4) vs (6) Pokestar Pranksters
SV: Axrtix vs Beraldo - axrtix impressed me last week
SV: entrocefalo vs Larry - Larry's already had a chance to play in this tier and has been killing it
SV: sufys vs DripLegend - drip showed me up twice now so i gotta predict him
SS: maki vs gum - gum's seemed more solid overall
SM: Piyu vs Hacker - what is hacker doing here
ORAS: avarice vs Kiyo - avarice is on fire and I doubt it'll be put out anytime soon
BW: Feaniix vs triple axel blaze - both did pretty well last week but I'll go with my cappl teammate again
DPP: dunoks vs Bag of Trixx - think this is pretty coinflip but trixx actually had to play vs heysup so I'll give it em
ADV: goldmason vs Lily - adv queen status
Bo3: Danny vs mncmt - danny will channel all his rage from not getting to play last week into winning this week

The Gargantuan Golurks (4) vs (6) Goofy Goober Goodras
SV: Taka vs Django - my gut said I was sleeping on django
SV: Seraphz vs asa - while I wasn't a big fan of asa's team last week I still think she takes this
SV: Bouff vs ishtar - this could probably go either way both are very good players but I think ishtar is going to be more motivated
SS: Hera vs Meru - meru impressed me last week
SM: Xiri vs Estarossa - while xiri hasn't had the best start I still think he takes this
ORAS: crying vs Aberforth - abe has had a rough start so I'm going with the meditite magician
BW: LpZ vs EviGaro - the main character of bw
DPP: frankjosh vs JabbaTheGriffin - omg frankjosh :bellipog:
ADV: A plague doc vs Slowbroth - may have lost last week but it's still the broth
Bo3: justdrew vs Thiago Nunes - drew coming off a pretty big win last week but still going with nunes

SCREAM QUEEN LOORS (4) vs (6) Haunter x Haunter
SV: lax vs Floss - floss has had stronger opponents and has won in sv
SV: kyuss vs MZ - as much as I wanna believe in the name change buff think mz has been really motivated this tour as the 3rd manager
SV: Baloor vs Cielau - I can't not predict THE TRUE TIGER WARRIOR
SS: Mada vs Tenebricite - honestly tene did really well last week but I think mada's experience in the tier is gonna be better
SM: robjr vs PTF - rob is finally getting back into it but I don't think ptf's streak is gonna end here
ORAS: teddeh vs tko - I'm still a teddeh believer
BW: SergioRules vs Guille - guille will not let me down again
DPP: Leni vs Heysup - leni got a good win last week but heysup is just too good
ADV: Parpar vs TyCarter - while parpar is probably the safer bet carter has beat stronger opponents before
Bo3: zS vs DugZa - go haunters
 
Week 2 prediction success: 21/30
Week 3 prediction success: 18/29 (subbed games no fair)

Half this set is coinflips. This is part of why I used to not do a lot of predictions, not having much basis to call so many games is annoying. Extremely dubious advantage to Snatchers, but if Mags win this it'll be huge for momentum into making playoffs
m.A.A.d. City Magmortars (4) vs (6) Malignant Chain Snatchers
SV: fish anemometer vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d - basically just a 50/50 imo
SV: Stories vs Ampha - I don't necessarily always wanna just be sheet and stats, but 0-2 in BW vs 3-0 in SV is a really tough sell
SV: Drud vs feen - Two players I rate extremely high but have struggled so far, I think I'll give a little mainer bias here
SS: Dj Breloominati♬ vs OranBerryBlissey10 - I just think he'll be motivated after the poor loss last week
SM: ManOfMany vs sugar ovens - Many showed up a lot better than I'd called out last week but I still don't like this for him
ORAS: TheKingKarp vs Alice Kazumi - Similarly good so far but I think I prefer TKK's teams, essentially another coinflip though
BW: dawn to the dusk vs Tack - Even though both lost last week, she looked way better in the Evi loss and had a much better start
DPP: BeatsBlack vs HSOWA - uuuuuuh I don't know lol I'll go with the sheet
ADV: Monai vs plznostep - looking better so far
Bo3: pdt vs Suzuya - Neither have any good wins yet which is kinda crazy

420 Houndstoners (6) vs (4) Pokestar Pranksters
SV: Axrtix vs Beraldo - this is a flip because I don't really hold Beraldo's slightly worse record against him when the losses are me and fish. I think Axrtix is gonna keep doing things though
SV: entrocefalo vs Larry - I rate entro but after SM idk how much I trust him to pick up PU tiers rn. I don't blame stoners for trying to mix it all up though, it's been a tough start and clearly tier needs to stick to AG
SV: sufys vs DripLegend - this goes directly against the sheet and common sense (good win last week vs choked bad), I just still rate sufys and think it'll be a motivating factor to mix it up
SS: maki vs gum - yeah
SM: Piyu vs Hacker - the teams that drafted zilch for SM. I think I favor Piyu with Tone support over whatever the Pranksters have been trying to do
ORAS: avarice vs Kiyo - has wins vs not Meditite
BW: Feaniix vs triple axel blaze - both got their first win last week, I'll throw it to pedigree
DPP: dunoks vs Bag of Trixx - both seasons have looked dire so far, I'd love it if Trixx turned things around but idk how to favor either of them rly
ADV: goldmason vs Lily - I'm so happy ty won last week but I think gold kinda threw which does not bode well
Bo3: Danny vs mncmt - The virulent and ascending 2-0 Danny is looking to pick off the crippled, decrepit 3-0 mncmt. There's blood in the water folks, and the abysmal undefeated record from the Prankster's worst performing player with no vowels in their name looks like ripe pickings for a player so terrifying he got Dugza to fake illness and flee in terror. Just take a look at the sheet for proof- mncmt has played 8 games yet his record says 3 wins. That's an abysmal 37.5% winrate. Zero faith

The Gargantuan Golurks (4) vs (6) Goofy Goober Goodras
SV: Taka vs Django - Did they both try to put their weakest players into slot 1 through collusion or is this a massive coincidence?
SV: Seraphz vs asa - don't choke
SV: Bouff vs ishtar - will choke
SS: Hera vs Meru - honestly I've been really impressed with Hera's discussion and interest in SS just via what I've seen in Discord. Unfortunately they've been doing badly and have horrendous SV takes and idk how much to expect here
SM: Xiri vs Estarossa - I have a lot of faith in Xiri as a good player, but Esta's looked way better this tour
ORAS: crying vs Aberforth - I have almost no faith in crying after the Meditite but at least she has a win
BW: LpZ vs EviGaro - this is anti-sheet but I really think Evi and LpZ both end x-1 at the end of the tour and this is how
DPP: frankjosh vs JabbaTheGriffin - I'm 50/50 here but frank's had cooler wins ig?
ADV: A plague doc vs Slowbroth - not looking good for a plague doc, but they've still exceeded my expectations for old gens players with 3-word names including the word plague
Bo3: justdrew vs Thiago Nunes - I would've predicted drew here but apparently he's beefing with me now
 
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As the virulent and ascending 3-0 Danny, I have no need for such trivial pursuits as ‘sheet records’, ‘motivation’, or ‘team support’. As such I will not reference any records besides my own in this 3 AM PR.

m.A.A.d. City Magmortars (4) vs (6) Malignant Chain Snatchers
SV: fish anemometer vs S1nn0hC0nfirm3d - battle of the goobers apparently Ho3n taught fish everything fish knows but not everything Ho3n knows. For the case of zu I’m hoping for an upset.
SV: Stories vs Ampha - Ampha has been balling out and is both better than sToRiEs at Fortnite and mons. Clearly the easiest prediction of the tour.
SV: Drud vs feen - both haven’t had the tours they have wanted. Drud needs to go back to DPP and fern needs to go back to ru :p. Hope fish can give him a good enough team to win here.
SS: Dj Breloominati♬ vs OranBerryBlissey10 - HL mu of two top dogs, breloominati has that dog in him after bringing a better stall last week, where OBB lost to the grassy team that has been spammed for 10 games(Yw). OBB has that star factor tho and Dj probably needs a break after the 600 turn game.
SM: ManOfMany vs sugar ovens - sugar ovens has played some really good games and MOM has not had as many of those.
ORAS: TheKingKarp vs Alice Kazumi - TheKingKarp eats weebs for breakfast. He’s also rly good at the game and just beat Kiyo in the cleanest game I’ve seen all tour.
BW: dawn to the dusk vs Tack - tack plays good games in BW and even in a loss looks strong. Dawn’s debut game does not inspire as much confidence as 8000 bw games under tacks belt.
DPP: BeatsBlack vs HSOWA - I need HSOWA to win bc he is my zupl dpp player. make me feel good about drafting you brother.
ADV: Monai vs plznostep - ditto above you were expensive asf in zu but wtf are you doing playing ADV PU LOL
Bo3: pdt vs Suzuya - both my goats, both hsving tough games a little, pdt has more experience however Suzuya’s set vs zs came down to a wack scarf absol do this is close sf

The Gargantuan Golurks (4) vs (6) Goofy Goober Goodras
SV: Taka vs Django - young try hard vs old try hard. If you lose Django I will never write S/os.
SV: Seraphz vs asa - ass is better seraphz hasn’t shown me that star power. Asa make sure to not be at the grocery store at game time >:)
SV: Bouff vs ishtar - bouffington is in full tryhard mode and Ishtar made a few big misplays last week that incentivizes my decision.
SS: Hera vs Meru - Hera is back on the LU! Meru is good tho and if he continues copying good teams he will ball out I have faith.
SM: Xiri vs Estarossa - está is mad as f after losing that stall game he will clap back. His creative sm building is inspiring.
ORAS: crying vs Aberforth - honestly most uninspiring mu. Crying brings heat tho and I respect that as a viewer.
BW: LpZ vs EviGaro - apparently THE BW PU guy.
DPP: frankjosh vs JabbaTheGriffin - frankjosh is skilled in the kitchen and I still rmr the physical Golduck from week 1 that shit was fire.
ADV: A plague doc vs Slowbroth - thought this was slowpoke fan alt and still not ruling that out yet.
Bo3: justdrew vs Thiago Nunes - drew won last week in a nice upset vs zs very impressive. Nunes can’t right now this week bc drew is a John so this might be another upset based solely on how early in the week the game is scheduled.

SCREAM QUEEN LOORS (4) vs (6) Haunter x Haunter
SV: lax vs Floss - After being robbed in WCOP by an absurd decision lax is gonna go berserk in PUPL defiance.
SV: kyuss vs MZ - HL game predicting the upset bc I rly disliked the gsme vs sufys that was won bc of a choke. Whereas kyuss has been beating these regulars with utter ease.
SV: Baloor vs Cielau - Baloor won rly well last week SV sweep unlikely I expect one of these 3 to drop a game but it’s hard to not predict Baloor after raikou ban.
SS: Mada vs Tenebricite - Tenebricite debut game wasn’t awe inspiring, however he played good poker and I expect continuation of this good playing.
SM: robjr vs PTF - Another HL game, PTF feels more in tune with the meta, however robjr is a much more experienced player. Going with the one who super mains and wiñl concoct some diabolical shit
ORAS: teddeh vs tko - tko better win for the sake of the gains.
BW: SergioRules vs Guille - Guille is better and has good fundamentals. They already coming up with new ideas to optimize obese shit in bw pu. Alternatively if guille wants they can just bring a decent team and probs win.
DPP: Leni vs Heysup - this will either be the easiest or hardest game to schedule since last week!
ADV: Parpar vs TyCarter - parpar is rly good at the game and won in NUPL.
Bo3: zS vs DugZa - this is why Bo3 should be in all subforum tours. Just good matchups in every week. Dugza can win so long as he isn’t sick this week. Zs brings creative teams but brought one of the worst ss teams last week and dugza is essentially a lock there. SV is 60/40 dugza lean. Don’t load specs shiinotic in SM and it’s gonna be a very close set we will have.
 
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