SS:
The Strap vs Fc - a lot will depend on how much their teammates can rein in the madness of these 2 players, and both these players can be hot and cold with their forms at any moment. strap got in some decent results near the end of scl where fc didn't have the best of times, but fc just qualified for smogon tour. going 3-2 and 4-1 respectively in pools, and both getting a win in the semis, there doesn't seem to be much separating the two right now. so i'll go with the strap because of having slightly more experience+fc being an asshole canadian refusing to get rocks up last round
SS:
Stone_Cold vs suapah - somehow boomer dave is doing well in the zoomer gen?? 3-2 in pools with decent amount of bad luck and often coming back from behind shows dave is in great form. the semis win was lucky, and maybe all the good karma dave saved up in pools was already used up. but that's ok, dave wouldn't mind a game of neutral luck im sure. suapah subbed into oras in pools and went 2-1 vs people that i assume had as much experience as him. the semis win was a bit fortunate, the game being a back and forth gift so there's not much to gather from that. dave is simply the favorite here
SS:
Lazy_bread27 vs Luna's Banned now - 3-2 in usm pools and an ss win vs the latest seasonal champion is good showing for plat. 2-3 in ss pools and a win in a haxy game in semis might not be a convincing performance from the upl winner billy, but he did get quite unlucky in pools so it's not as bad as the numbers say. this is quite a close one, and i'll go with plat for being able to stay more composed in a long game
SM: TDK vs
Goat Heart - tdk went 3-3 in scl with strap nicknames and 0-1 in this tour, while gh was 3-2 in pools. gh is also likely to catch tdk off guard with some weird ho, so picking gh here
ORAS:
Samqian vs Fardin - with some bad luck here and there, sam is having a terrible tour. 1-2 in pools and a loss in semis, and the only win being with a great matchup vs durians stall, maybe dave is ignoring his own lessons by playing sam in the finals. on the other hand, idk much about [oras] fardin, so sam has a good chance here to switch up from his predictable teams of 2017 and use his more oras-experienced ass to win vs fardin. a 2-3 ss fardin who skipped semis is also not suggestive of great form.
BW:
Eo Ut Mortus vs EviGaro - eo is more experienced and is 6-0 in this tour. evi is less experienced, which has shown in some games, and is 3-3 this tour.
DPP:
august vs Bushtush - august is more experienced and 4-2 in this tour, but he recently became td so maybe he has been nerfed. bush is less experienced and 2-4 this tour, but he's not td so maybe he can win. still gonna go with the clifford
ADV: SuperEpicAmpharos vs
Heysup - both innovators at their own risky, both getting luck and unlucky a lot, so this seems like a coinflip. so i used an actual coinflip and picked heysup