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Tournament TPP II Commencement Thread

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Finally got around to doing something I've been planning to do for a while. Introducing TNM's review of STAAAB/SNM players!
In this post I will be going over some of the people that signed up for these 2 metas (not including people who signed up for all tiers) in order to likewhore highlight some lesser known players and assist managers in planning their draft. Some people have asked not to be mentioned, whereas others I simply do not know enough about, so I apologise to anyone who I didn't mention here.

1) The OM big names:
Andyboy, Chazm and Jrdn.
I don't think I need to say much here, everyone knows all three of em are very good players with a lot of results in OM tournaments, so I don't think they will have any trouble adjusting to the mashed up versions of their preferred metas.

2) The CVC/TPP 1 starters:
Manu, RICEMAN, Pokeart, Nakeeb, Tectonic, GardeLame (Quairo), LTG.
I think most managers are familiar with these players from previous plaza and plaza adjacent team tours, so I'm not gonna talk too much about them. They all had solid results in their previous tours and should be solid this time around as well. Nakeeb and Tect played MNMTS previously, but I expect them to adjust to SNM easily enough. Notably, both Manu and Rice are in playoffs of an unofficial STAAABmons tournament I've been hosting (STAAAB RTC). As for Tect, he also had a very good run in last year's OMPL (5-1) and is currently in finals of Gen7 MNM open (for OM classic).

3) The less known players:
- Aloopuriza. I know Aloo is well known in the plaza community, but I wanted to highlight him as a STAAAB player in particular, since I don't know if people realise he has experience playing it. He has picked it up nicely in the past and has been playing in a STAAAB Draft League where he's had very impressive builds, which I expect to see him carry over to the standard STAAAB tier as well.

- Omegadudedi (Gilgamesh). Omega joined mashups sometime around CVC (where he also played, altho I think he was a sub) if I recall correctly and has picked them up pretty quickly. He's been very succesful in STAAAB and the same STAAAB Draft League that I mentioned above as well.

- PokaPK. A very recent addition to the mashups community, Poka has quickly climbed up the mashups tour leaderboard. He seems to enjoy building and is a solid player as well, so he should be a good pickup for any of the two mashup tiers.

- Derpeddeath. Derp is a solid mashup player and builder with a unique building style. He played in CVC so this won't be his first team tour. I don't know much about his SNM prowess as I haven't been playing it much lately but he has a good understanding of the STAAAB metagame and should do well there.

- Joey aka Fabwooloous. I know all of the managers know Joey as well, but he's also a pretty good STAAAB player. He made playoffs in STAAAB RTC and actually indirectly created No Retreat Cobalion when he beat me with Clangorous Soul Duraludon with Steel Beam + Body press in a practice game, which inspired me to use the same set on Cobalion. He also played MNMTS for the scrafties in CVCTT, so he has experience playing MNM mashups as well.

- Don Vascus. Don is also a new face in mashups, but he seems to enjoy STAAAB in particular. He has been very active recently and even got first place in the race for playoffs of the STAAAB RTC, so I expect him to do well if drafted.

- InvalidOS. IOS provided good building support for the scrafties in CVCTT. He has good experience playing both STAAAB and SNM so you should definitely keep an eye out for him.

- Mega Metaboss (lph). I've started seeing lph in mashups earlier this year and he seems to have taken a liking to STAAAB. I think he has a background in BH as well, which should help him adjust to the STAAAB metagame when playing it in this tour.

- Dylanronpa. Dylan is the newest Mashups driver and has been a mainstay there for at least a year. I don't remember playing vs him in SNM (but thats again probably because I haven't played it much recently) but he's good at STAAAB and he also made playoffs of the RTC.

- Snafutari. The SNM tier leader himself. He'd probably prefer to play SNM but he has played STAAAB in the past and is good at both building and playing. Notably, he has a soft spot for a certain playstyle that a lot of people despise, which can be a big edge in a tournament setting.

- Shion Shadows. Shion has been focusing on SNM alot lately, and is probably one of the people in mashups who has the best understanding of this relatively underdeveloped metagame, so he should definitely be someone to consider.

- K3ppr. The Mono goat who I didn't even realise signed up to play SNM. I haven't seen him much in mashups, but he has dipped into OMs in the past and done quite well, so this should not be much different.

- FreezShocka. Freez was a manager in CVCTT where he learned a bit of STAAAB and MNMTS and has been learning SNM lately as well, I think he is a great pickup especially if he signed up for other stuff as well.

- Richard Pepper. While I don't know him personally, I've seen him win a couple of roomtours in Plaza as well as mashups, which impressed me considering I haven't seen him play mashups that much before TPP was announced. Definitely someone to keep an eye out for.

This is it for my review, hope this helps. Now give me my likes you bastards.
 
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Finally got around to doing something I've been planning to do for a while. Introducing TNM's review of STAAAB/SNM players!
In this post I will be going over some of the people that signed up for these 2 metas (not including people who signed up for all tiers) in order to likewhore highlight some lesser known players and assist managers in planning their draft. Some people have asked not to be mentioned, whereas others I simply do not know enough about, so I apologise to anyone who I didn't mention here.

1) The OM big names:
Andyboy, Chazm and Jrdn.
I don't think I need to say much here, everyone knows all three of em are very good players with a lot of results in OM tournaments, so I don't think they will have any trouble adjusting to the mashed up versions of their preferred metas.

2) The CVC/TPP 1 starters:
Manu, RICEMAN, Pokeart, Nakeeb, Tectonic, GardeLame (Quairo), LTG.
I think most managers are familiar with these players from previous plaza and plaza adjacent team tours, so I'm not gonna talk too much about them. They all had solid results in their previous tours and should be solid this time around as well. Nakeeb and Tect played MNMTS previously, but I expect them to adjust to SNM easily enough. Notably, both Manu and Rice are in playoffs of an unofficial STAAABmons tournament I've been hosting (STAAAB RTC). As for Tect, he also had a very good run in last year's OMPL (5-1) and is currently in finals of Gen7 MNM open (for OM classic).

3) The less known players:
- Aloopuriza. I know Aloo is well known in the plaza community, but I wanted to highlight him as a STAAAB player in particular, since I don't know if people realise he has experience playing it. He has picked it up nicely in the past and has been playing in a STAAAB Draft League where he's had very impressive builds, which I expect to see him carry over to the standard STAAAB tier as well.

- Omegadudedi (Gilgamesh). Omega joined mashups sometime around CVC (where he also played, altho I think he was a sub) if I recall correctly and has picked them up pretty quickly. He's been very succesful in STAAAB and the same STAAAB Draft League that I mentioned above as well.

- PokaPK. A very recent addition to the mashups community, Poka has quickly climbed up the mashups tour leaderboard. He seems to enjoy building and is a solid player as well, so he should be a good pickup for any of the two mashup tiers.

- Derpeddeath. Derp is a solid mashup player and builder with a unique building style. He played in CVC so this won't be his first team tour. I don't know much about his SNM prowess as I haven't been playing it much lately but he has a good understanding of the STAAAB metagame and should do well there.

- Joey aka Fabwooloous. I know all of the managers know Joey as well, but he's also a pretty good STAAAB player. He made playoffs in STAAAB RTC and actually indirectly created No Retreat Cobalion when he beat me with Clangorous Soul Duraludon with Steel Beam + Body press in a practice game, which inspired me to use the same set on Cobalion. He also played MNMTS for the scrafties in CVCTT, so he has experience playing MNM mashups as well.

- Don Vascus. Don is also a new face in mashups, but he seems to enjoy STAAAB in particular. He has been very active recently and even got first place in the race for playoffs of the STAAAB RTC, so I expect him to do well if drafted.

- InvalidOS. IOS provided good building support for the scrafties in CVCTT. He has good experience playing both STAAAB and SNM so you should definitely keep an eye out for him.

- Mega Metaboss (lph). I've started seeing lph in mashups earlier this year and he seems to have taken a liking to STAAAB. I think he has a background in BH as well, which should help him adjust to the STAAAB metagame when playing it in this tour.

- Dylanronpa. Dylan is the newest Mashups driver and has been a mainstay there for at least a year. I don't remember playing vs him in SNM (but thats again probably because I haven't played it much recently) but he's good at STAAAB and he also made playoffs of the RTC.

- Snafutari. The SNM tier leader himself. He'd probably prefer to play SNM but he has played STAAAB in the past and is good at both building and playing. Notably, he has a soft spot for a certain playstyle that a lot of people despise, which can be a big edge in a tournament setting.

- Shion Shadows. Shion has been focusing on SNM alot lately, and is probably one of the people in mashups who has the best understanding of this relatively underdeveloped metagame, so he should definitely be someone to consider.

- K3ppr. The Mono goat who I didn't even realise signed up to play SNM. I haven't seen him much in mashups, but he has dipped into OMs in the past and done quite well, so this should not be much different.

- FreezShocka. Freez was a manager in CVCTT where he learned a bit of STAAAB and MNMTS and has been learning SNM lately as well, I think he is a great pickup especially if he signed up for other stuff as well.

- Richard Pepper. While I don't know him personally, I've seen him win a couple of roomtours in Plaza as well as mashups, which impressed me considering I haven't seen him play mashups that much before TPP was announced. Definitely someone to keep an eye out for.

This is it for my review, hope this helps. Now give me my likes you bastards.
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There goes my plan of drafting Aloopuriza for Doubles LC :psyangry:
 
Cinnabar Cinderaces

- Gen 8 Stab N' Mega (Mix N' Mega + Stabmons) = Just a Jew
- Gen 8 StAAAbmons (Almost Any Ability + Stabmons) = FreezShocka
- Gen 8 Doubles LC = Voltix
- Gen 8 Camomons Monotype rotating with Gen 5 Monotype UU = Rahelgamer03
- Bo3 Gen 7 Battle Factory = I want a Lamp
- Gen 8 RUBL = EpicBoost
- Bo3 Gens 6, 7 and 8 No Preview OU = Plimsoll Punks
- Gen 8 National Dex Same Six = GXE

Goated Subs:
- I am te floogal
- Eternalsnowman
- SolarFlareRO
- Nakeeb
- Sificon
 
Catalystic17500
Roginald16500
get_lucki15500
Maple11500
Mossy Sandwich10000
Stareal9000
ron...55500
ash-from india5500
CashKP3000
Mr. Mime fan3000
magicarpe_lvl1003000


with the unbeatable core of mr mime fan, ron...5, ash from india and magicarpe_lvl100, this is my final mock team. also 15.5k lant :3
 
Ewin18000
kythr17000
manu 1111500
cheese555511500
RustySheriffBadge10000
BaconEatinAssassin10000
K3ppr5500
Icemaster5500
imjustgray4000
52Gambit3000
realSurfyTeen3000

  • Gen 8 STAB Mix & Mega - Icemaster
  • Gen 8 STAAABmons - manu 11
  • Gen 8 Doubles LC - cheese5555
  • Gen 8 Camomons Monotype/Gen 5 Monotype UU - kythr
  • BO3 Gen 7 Battle Factory - RustySheriffBadge
  • Gen 8 RUBL - 52Gambit
  • BO3 STour OU - Ewin
  • Gen 8 National Dex Same Six - BaconEatinAssassin
Subs: realSurfyTeen, imjustgray, K3ppr
 
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Averardo34000
Chazm16500
Raj.Shoot11500
jrdn10000
Yami6500
Kaitlyn3500
LolTrollGame3000
not a racist3000
ToxaNex3000
El químico del pueblucho3000
Maki's Fox3000
Dylanronpa3000
ok so for Averardo's nom, i was originally going to do .3.5, but someone else did .3.5 so I was going to change it to .4 but i didn't erase the 3 so yay

Gen 8 Stab N' Mega - chazm
Gen 8 StAAAbmons (Almost Any Ability + Stabmons) - jrdn
Gen 8 Doubles LC - ltg
Gen 8 Camomons Monotype/Gen 5 Monotype UU - yami
- Bo3 Gen 7 Battle Factory - not a racist
- Gen 8 RUBL - Aver.34kdo
- Bo3 OU - Raj.bad
- Gen 8 National Dex Same Six - Toxanex

subways: damm, maki's fox, dylan
 
1: I did this mock sober and somehow did worse than the one I did drunk.
2: I LOST THE PRICELIST SO SORRY TO THE ForgottenOnes

EDIT: I think I recovered them all, s/o to team Stitch's brain.

I want Atago to Sit on me20000
TwoLargeGayMen14000
???over 10k
youngsterjoeyv697000
Splash6000
ShionShadows6000
SiceXV4000?
pazza4000
PokaPK3000
zioziotrip3000
RichardPepper3000
Uta the Clown3000
abd17103000
Toastedbunzzz023000
Roxiee3000
aloopuriza???
???3000

cheese plays BF
PokaPK plays RUBL
Splash plays SnM
Roxiee plays Same Six
Joey plays StAAAb
zioziotrip plays Doubles LC
TwoLargeGayMen (saba1111 + Icemaster) plays Camono + Mono UU together
ShionShadows plays OU Rotational
Subs: abd1710, SiceXV, pazza, Toastedbunzzz02, RichardPepper, Uta the Clown, aloopuriza
 
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I had some inquiries about the banlists of the mashups, so I'm posting this here to offer easier to access to the banlists and codes for STAAABmons and STAB n Mega.

1) STAB n Mega
Pokemon can use any move of their typing and mega evolve with any stone to gain the respective boosts.

Clauses:
  • Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
  • OHKO Clause: A Pokemon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
  • Evasion Clause: A Pokemon may not have either Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
  • Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokemon on his/her opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
  • Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
  • Dynamax Clause: Players cannot use the mechanic known as Dynamaxing.

Banlist:
Abilities: Shadow Tag
Pokemon*: Zacian, Ditto
Banned from holding stones: Mix and Mega bans + Chansey, Blissey, Magearna
Items: Beedrillite, Blazikenite, Gengarite, Kangaskhanite, Mawilite, Medichamite, Pidgeotite, King's Rock, Razor Fang
Moves:
BANNED: Electrify, Baton Pass
RESTRICTED: Acupressure, Belly Drum, Bolt Beak, Double Iron Bash, Extreme Speed, Fishious Rend, Shell Smash, Shift Gear, Spore, V-Create, Wicked Blow

*Differs from Mix and Mega banlist in that Eternatus and Lunala are unbanned!

Code: 
/tour new Gen 8 Mix and Mega, elimination
/tour rules STABmons Move Legality, *Acupressure, *Belly Drum, *Bolt Beak, *Double Iron Bash, *Extreme Speed, *Fishious Rend, *Shell Smash, *Shift Gear, *Spore, *V-create, *Wicked Blow, -Ditto, +Eternatus, +Lunala, *Blissey, *Chansey, *Eternatus, *Lunala, *Magearna
/tour autostart 10
/tour autodq 4
/tour name [Gen 8] STABmons Mix and Mega


2) STAAABmons
Pokemon can use almost any ability and any move of their typing.

Clauses:
  • Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
  • 2 Ability Clause: A player cannot have more than two Pokemon with the same Ability on a team.
  • OHKO Clause: A Pokemon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
  • Evasion Clause: A Pokemon may not have either Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
  • Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokemon on his/her opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
  • Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
  • Dynamax Clause: Players cannot use the mechanic known as Dynamaxing.
Banlist:
Pokemon: Eternatus, Keldeo, Kyurem-Black, Kyurem-White, Lunala, Marshadow, Mewtwo, Necrozma-Dusk-Mane, Necrozma-Dawn-Wings, Reshiram, Shedinja, Silvally, Solgaleo, Terrakion, Zacian, Zamazenta, Zeraora, Zekrom, Dragapult, Chandelure, Melmetal, Magearna
Abilities: Arena Trap, Comatose, Contrary, Fluffy, Fur Coat, Huge Power, Ice Scales, Illusion, Imposter, Innards Out, Libero, Moody, Parental Bond, Protean, Pure Power, Shadow Tag, Simple, Stakeout, Speed Boost, Water Bubble, Wonder Guard
Moves:
RESTRICTED: Acupressure, Belly Drum, Bolt Beak, Double Iron Bash, Fishious Rend, No Retreat, Shell Smash, Shift Gear, Spore, V-Create, Transform
BANNED: Baton Pass, Hypnosis, Sing, Grasswhistle, Sleep Powder, Wicked Blow
Items: King's Rock, Razor Fang


Code: 
/tour new [Gen 8] STABmons, elimination
/tour rules !Obtainable Abilities, -Arena Trap, -Comatose, -Contrary, -Fluffy, -Fur Coat, -Gorilla Tactics, -Huge Power, -Ice Scales, -Illusion, -Imposter, -Innards Out, -Intrepid Sword, -Libero, -Moody, -Neutralizing Gas, -Parental Bond, -Protean, -Pure Power, -Shadow Tag, -Simple, -Stakeout, -Speed Boost, -Water Bubble, -Wonder Guard, -Shedinja, 2 Ability Clause, *Transform, *No Retreat, *V-create, -Hypnosis, -Sing, -Sleep Powder, +Darmanitan, +Darmanitan-Galar, +Dracovish, +Gengar, +Porygon-Z, -Keldeo, -Terrakion, -Wicked Blow, -zeraora, -chandelure, -melmetal, -magearna
/tour autostart 10
/tour autodq 4
/tour name [Gen 8] STABmons + Almost Any Ability
 
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yes I am the secret 3rd manager

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TPP 2 Draft Results!:

Cinnabar Cinderace
Averardo18000
Splash16000
Chazm14500
TacticalFacepalms10500
Plimsoll Punks8500
LolTrollGame8000
TectonicDestroyer5000
Aloopuriza4000
TheThunderbirds3000




Full Moon Frosmoths
jrdn20000
Andyboy20000
Stareal10000
TheFranklin9000
Roxiee6000
anime sans5000
i want a lamp5000
Kaitlyn5000
not a racist4000
TwoLargeGayMen3000




Absolute Absolposters
kythr18000
Ewin17000
Icemaster10000
K3ppr10000
Toastedbunzzz0210000
King Leo V9500
PMD-Mudkip5500
cheese55553500
realSurfyTeen3000




Verdanturf Town Roselia
Snafutari14500
Expulso10000
Catalystic7500
Roldski326000
EternalSnowman5000
52Gambit5000
Hys5000
Dylanronpa5000
Voltix3500
Mega metaboss3000
Salamanders3000
Derpeddeath3000
Dreamcatcher3000




Draco Droppers
100%GXE16500
I want Atago to sit on me14500
Raj.Shoot14000
ToxaNex8500
Drud7000
Nakeeb6000
imjustgray5500
zioziotrip3000




Snowpoint Snoms
Roginald15500
avarice10000
Maple9500
RICEMAN7000
Mossy Sandwich5500
Yami5000
Gilgamesh95000
GreenGogoatttt4500
PokeArt20043500
get_lucki3000
lvl100Blaziken3000
RichardPepper3000




Skypiea Scrafties
Trade17000
Mac314000
Z Strats13000
ShionShadows6500
SiceXV5000
Irpachuza4500
Maki's Fox3000
Onoka3000
Don Vascus3000
PokaPK3000
alternatecurrent3000



Heatmor Chicken
manu 1118000
Sensei Axew13500
BaconEatinAssassin11500
RustySheriffBadge9000
Ainzcrad6500
Alumn5000
youngsterjoeyv695000
ojr3500
FreezShocka3000


jrdn20000
Andyboy20000
Averardo18000
kythr18000
manu 1118000
Ewin17000
Trade17000
100%GXE16500
Splash16000
Roginald15500
Chazm14500
Snafutari14500
I want Atago to sit on me14500
Raj.Shoot14000
Mac314000
Sensei Axew13500
Z Strats13000
BaconEatinAssassin11500
TacticalFacepalms10500
Stareal10000
Icemaster10000
K3ppr10000
Toastedbunzzz0210000
Expulso10000
avarice10000
King Leo V9500
Maple9500
TheFranklin9000
RustySheriffBadge9000
Plimsoll Punks8500
ToxaNex8500
LolTrollGame8000
Catalystic7500
Drud7000
RICEMAN7000
ShionShadows6500
Ainzcrad6500
Roxiee6000
Roldski326000
Nakeeb6000
PMD-Mudkip5500
imjustgray5500
Mossy Sandwich5500
TectonicDestroyer5000
anime sans5000
i want a lamp5000
Kaitlyn5000
EternalSnowman5000
52Gambit5000
Hys5000
Dylanronpa5000
Yami5000
Gilgamesh95000
SiceXV5000
Alumn5000
youngsterjoeyv695000
GreenGogoatttt4500
Irpachuza4500
Aloopuriza4000
not a racist4000
cheese55553500
Voltix3500
PokeArt20043500
ojr3500
TheThunderbirds3000
TwoLargeGayMen3000
realSurfyTeen3000
Mega metaboss3000
Salamanders3000
Derpeddeath3000
Dreamcatcher3000
zioziotrip3000
get_lucki3000
lvl100Blaziken3000
RichardPepper3000
Maki's Fox3000
Onoka3000
Don Vascus3000
PokaPK3000
alternatecurrent3000
FreezShocka

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heatmors with such a heated team.
 
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