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Tournament RUPL XII - Commencement Thread
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Why is this guy a contributor? wasn’t he banned a year ago?!?!!
It's still quality grandpa. Now don't say too much or the teeth might fall off
Beraldo and Tnunes have graciously passed the managerial baton to Lime and me, so we will be leading Deranged Hustlers from now on. We thank them both for their kindness.
watch the stream on rutube. but if you want the auction video log, here it is
Auction video log, for those who would like it.
Why is this linking me to the Internet Archive?
Auction video log, for those who would like it.
Why is this linking me to the Internet Archive?
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the strat is staying lowkey bruh i went undrafted in 5/5 mocks gotta keep the treasures hidden
Instructions unclear: I was drafted in 5 of the mocks and have somehow gotten drafted in the real deal.
Hey, do you guys like watching live tournament games? If so, you should consider checking out my YouTube channel, where I plan to record all of my RUPL games live. Here's the week 1 video:
Hope you guys enjoy!
In order to make up for PRs not dropping, here's the first ever iteration of the Feli Fraud Alert (FFA):
While we don't have any actual RANKINGS, I think most of us can get an idea of people who can be ranked high in their specific gens, so I'll be going through some of the least expected records so far....
Starting with:
The BW goat himself is currently starting the tour at 0-2. While both of his opponents are respectable players, you could not see this happening when having ninjadog on ur team ROFL, have the RNG gods forgotten about him??
Idk Aldo's exact ranking but I'm sure he's somewhere in the upper half. However, he also started the season at 0-2. I'd be saying that he should just start pulling an Evi and load the low ladder techs vs the zoomers, but he has taken the bench this week. ALDO COME BACK.
Another goat starting 0-2. I don't even know what to say but regardless, you REALLY REALLy hate to see it. Maybe you should drop all the aura ur new avi gives u odr, it might be holding u back!!
SV is harder to do cause idfk people's rankings nor can I get an idea, but I do know that Lily is for sure ranked in the top 10. Starting 0-2 is tough to watch. I'd make a joke about u needed to be given more bish but u also lost using it :sob:, could owing in SPL and winning the UU ribbon be perhaps related to this?!??! idk but it's hard to meme on a person with that level of recent success..
Every other gen seems to be p alright, so that's it for this iteration, HOWEVER....
BONUS ALERT
POSITIVE FRAUD ALERT
Congratulations on being 2-0 so far!!!1! While this section isn't to say u guys shouldn't have the records u have, I will have to say that I feel like someone venmo'd ur opponents in some of these replays at some point, be it in play or in prep. In LBN's case, I think ur kitchen is too hot for me to take ur dubs seriously bro what the fuck
UNTIL NEXT TIME
While we don't have any actual RANKINGS, I think most of us can get an idea of people who can be ranked high in their specific gens, so I'll be going through some of the least expected records so far....
Starting with:
The BW goat himself is currently starting the tour at 0-2. While both of his opponents are respectable players, you could not see this happening when having ninjadog on ur team ROFL, have the RNG gods forgotten about him??
Idk Aldo's exact ranking but I'm sure he's somewhere in the upper half. However, he also started the season at 0-2. I'd be saying that he should just start pulling an Evi and load the low ladder techs vs the zoomers, but he has taken the bench this week. ALDO COME BACK.
Another goat starting 0-2. I don't even know what to say but regardless, you REALLY REALLy hate to see it. Maybe you should drop all the aura ur new avi gives u odr, it might be holding u back!!
SV is harder to do cause idfk people's rankings nor can I get an idea, but I do know that Lily is for sure ranked in the top 10. Starting 0-2 is tough to watch. I'd make a joke about u needed to be given more bish but u also lost using it :sob:, could owing in SPL and winning the UU ribbon be perhaps related to this?!??! idk but it's hard to meme on a person with that level of recent success..
Every other gen seems to be p alright, so that's it for this iteration, HOWEVER....
BONUS ALERT
POSITIVE FRAUD ALERT
Congratulations on being 2-0 so far!!!1! While this section isn't to say u guys shouldn't have the records u have, I will have to say that I feel like someone venmo'd ur opponents in some of these replays at some point, be it in play or in prep. In LBN's case, I think ur kitchen is too hot for me to take ur dubs seriously bro what the fuck
UNTIL NEXT TIME
had to move to oras to farm enough games to end neutral bro
BONUS ALERT
POSITIVE FRAUD ALERT
Brother we are literally the SAME age, stop this friendly fire towards people of our generation
weak ass frutl running into sawk+venu to cover the fact that he aint good enough no more LOOOOOL crazy work
Still no Power Rankings, so here's a Power Ranking on the Power Ranking team:
This year's PR team was led by Ming549. The most recent RU contributor power house has no doubt been a big carry in RU's success as a community for the good part of the last year. Raging from recording recap videos for SCL, to just promoting discussion casually in the RU discord, and hoping in calls to commentate live games. However, it seems that this year he chewed more than he could swallow, as there was a massive delay in the PRs being released. Most know that it was part of the people who were willing to help with the descriptions, but since Ming was the one leading it, he is the target of all the heat surrounding the RUPL 2025 PR incident...
Master Chief was a big assistance in getting a lot of the writing done. The big issue is that everything he wrote had to be revised, as brother was either making references TOO old for people to understand, or was just tiptoeing the PG-13 line with some of his jokes. Regardless, Master Chief has ALSO been leading the anti Ming549 revolution due to his own frustration at the PRs delay. Could this be an elaborate plan to get people to vote him to lead the next iteration of the PRs? Highly unlikely as he wouldn't get picked anyway, but it is drama that we, as a community, will appreciate while we wait...
Next up we have FlamPoke. FP has been contributing more and more lately with forum projects, and he's back sparking discord conversations, just like he was before he left the server for some time. He has decided to also help with the PR writing, but I've been told that brother wrote a 3000+ words novel in one of his team writings. We knew FP was a discord yapper, but none of us knew he could go all William Shakespeare on us like that. It really makes you think how the PRs would look if he had taken much more responsibility, or how much more they could have been delayed due to all the GP checking needed...
We can't talk about the team without talking about feen. Our TL was kind enough to help Ming in organizing the entire team, write-ups, etc., just like a good TL would. The issue comes when bro says he's going to help write some of the player write-ups... JUST TO NOT DO IT. Bro looked at the list of names he had to write about and said NAH. Worst part is when he was confronted about it, he dropped like 3 sentences per player just to get it out of the way! He might have helped lay the foundation of the project, but I had to revise his write-ups because of that, don't think I'll forget about this feen....
So I guess we gotta connect the dots to me then, Feliburn. I deadass did not want anything to do with the PRs, but when I saw they needed help, I went and assisted writing a bunch of players & cores. In fact, once I got in the groove, I started asking what else I could do. Bro imagine if I had just offered my help from the get-go instead of playing hard to get!!! Maybe I could have avoided the current war that is going on...
These next players all helped with player specific & team write-ups in a timely manner, so I cannot make any bad jokes about you. Thanks for all ur help: Clem, Amity, gum, lighthouses, BigFatMantis, THE_CHUNGLER, Rarelyme....
UNLESS I TALK ABOUT sol. Nothing bad to say about sol, he took care of his part as well when he was asked for help, but don't think I'll forget about when I asked if SS was completed, and you said yes... only to find out your OWN player write-up was not done!!!! To be honest, I just wanted to drop a sol joke, this is the best I could come up with.
If PRs drop later today, just know this post is what rushed the process... you can thank me later.
This year's PR team was led by Ming549. The most recent RU contributor power house has no doubt been a big carry in RU's success as a community for the good part of the last year. Raging from recording recap videos for SCL, to just promoting discussion casually in the RU discord, and hoping in calls to commentate live games. However, it seems that this year he chewed more than he could swallow, as there was a massive delay in the PRs being released. Most know that it was part of the people who were willing to help with the descriptions, but since Ming was the one leading it, he is the target of all the heat surrounding the RUPL 2025 PR incident...
Master Chief was a big assistance in getting a lot of the writing done. The big issue is that everything he wrote had to be revised, as brother was either making references TOO old for people to understand, or was just tiptoeing the PG-13 line with some of his jokes. Regardless, Master Chief has ALSO been leading the anti Ming549 revolution due to his own frustration at the PRs delay. Could this be an elaborate plan to get people to vote him to lead the next iteration of the PRs? Highly unlikely as he wouldn't get picked anyway, but it is drama that we, as a community, will appreciate while we wait...
Next up we have FlamPoke. FP has been contributing more and more lately with forum projects, and he's back sparking discord conversations, just like he was before he left the server for some time. He has decided to also help with the PR writing, but I've been told that brother wrote a 3000+ words novel in one of his team writings. We knew FP was a discord yapper, but none of us knew he could go all William Shakespeare on us like that. It really makes you think how the PRs would look if he had taken much more responsibility, or how much more they could have been delayed due to all the GP checking needed...
We can't talk about the team without talking about feen. Our TL was kind enough to help Ming in organizing the entire team, write-ups, etc., just like a good TL would. The issue comes when bro says he's going to help write some of the player write-ups... JUST TO NOT DO IT. Bro looked at the list of names he had to write about and said NAH. Worst part is when he was confronted about it, he dropped like 3 sentences per player just to get it out of the way! He might have helped lay the foundation of the project, but I had to revise his write-ups because of that, don't think I'll forget about this feen....
So I guess we gotta connect the dots to me then, Feliburn. I deadass did not want anything to do with the PRs, but when I saw they needed help, I went and assisted writing a bunch of players & cores. In fact, once I got in the groove, I started asking what else I could do. Bro imagine if I had just offered my help from the get-go instead of playing hard to get!!! Maybe I could have avoided the current war that is going on...
These next players all helped with player specific & team write-ups in a timely manner, so I cannot make any bad jokes about you. Thanks for all ur help: Clem, Amity, gum, lighthouses, BigFatMantis, THE_CHUNGLER, Rarelyme....
UNLESS I TALK ABOUT sol. Nothing bad to say about sol, he took care of his part as well when he was asked for help, but don't think I'll forget about when I asked if SS was completed, and you said yes... only to find out your OWN player write-up was not done!!!! To be honest, I just wanted to drop a sol joke, this is the best I could come up with.
If PRs drop later today, just know this post is what rushed the process... you can thank me later.
I announced in the discord that it was gonna be every 3 weeks, if u tuned down the edge and came back u'd be more informed..
PART 2 OF THE PR TEAM PR
How could we forget about the final boss of this entire crusade, Sir Tetris?!?!?!? This guy is currently in everyone's sight as he was the one in charge of speedrunning the GP check for the already delayed PRs, BUT STILL NO PRS!!! Oh brother, the information is out so you might as well hurry it up before we get the pitchforks & the torches and walk towards you in a straight line.
How could we forget about the final boss of this entire crusade, Sir Tetris?!?!?!? This guy is currently in everyone's sight as he was the one in charge of speedrunning the GP check for the already delayed PRs, BUT STILL NO PRS!!! Oh brother, the information is out so you might as well hurry it up before we get the pitchforks & the torches and walk towards you in a straight line.
you really mean to raise a pitchfork at this stage against Lumari, a user who works tirelessly to make this site function smoothly and well. She has a life and something unexpected came up for her yesterday. I would expect better from the FRUTL then to shit talk site staff demanding the PRs. Shame on you feliPART 2 OF THE PR TEAM PR
How could we forget about the final boss of this entire crusade, Sir Tetris?!?!?!? This guy is currently in everyone's sight as he was the one in charge of speedrunning the GP check for the already delayed PRs, BUT STILL NO PRS!!! Oh brother, the information is out so you might as well hurry it up before we get the pitchforks & the torches and walk towards you in a straight line.
heya! as a tfp staff my pms are always open if you'd like to contribute to the timely release of these things. tfp absolutely would love folks who know their way around an HTML file to pitch in on getting writing web-ready especially, given how few of those folks we have active nowadays. there's even a guide here!PART 2 OF THE PR TEAM PR
How could we forget about the final boss of this entire crusade, Sir Tetris?!?!?!? This guy is currently in everyone's sight as he was the one in charge of speedrunning the GP check for the already delayed PRs, BUT STILL NO PRS!!! Oh brother, the information is out so you might as well hurry it up before we get the pitchforks & the torches and walk towards you in a straight line.
edit: and how that prs are the most technically intensive articles we release html-wise! cant forget that. a pr html can take 6+ hours to create!
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