Tournament UPL XI: Week Five

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Defiant Durians (3) vs (8) Choice Bandits
SV Ubers: Cam vs DAHLI
SV Ubers: Nyx vs Frito
SV Ubers: TPP vs Guard
SS Ubers: Star vs baconeatinassassin
SM Ubers: RichardMillePlain vs oversway
ORAS Ubers: ninjadog vs Alkione
BW Ubers: Lasen vs MZ
DPP Ubers: Exiline vs Highlord
ADV Ubers: Thiago Nunes vs FatFighter2
GSC Ubers: RealJester vs Isa
RBY Ubers: Frrf vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
Bo3: Kate vs Aberforth

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Manly Melmetal (5) vs (7) DaReal Drizzlers
SV Ubers: entrocefalo vs Taka
SV Ubers: LBN vs Nael222
SV Ubers: Shuwri vs ox04
SS Ubers: Mimikyu Stardust vs sanv
SM Ubers: Rhmsitb vs Zesty43
ORAS Ubers: skimmythegod vs robjr
BW Ubers: The Dovahneer vs Thor
DPP Ubers: London Beats vs shrang
ADV Ubers: Vileman vs MMII
GSC Ubers: Amaranth vs Conflict
RBY Ubers: Unowndragon vs Enigami
Bo3: Inder vs Lunala

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Dangerous Dracovish (6) vs (6) Devastating Dialgas
SV Ubers: Z Strats vs Lily
SV Ubers: pichus vs crying
SV Ubers: 64 Squares vs elodin
SS Ubers: Icemaster vs QWILY
SM Ubers: The Strap vs Sharow
ORAS Ubers: keys vs Mysterious M
BW Ubers: Monai vs Kebabe
DPP Ubers: The Kyle vs Hack
ADV Ubers: SuperEpicAmpharos vs Heysup
GSC Ubers: vani vs Mr.378
RBY Ubers: stunner047 vs Ctown6
Bo3: Goat Heart ♥ vs Fogbound Lake

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Alolan Mukkers (3) vs (9) Void Villains
SV Ubers: Ainzcrad vs SoulWind
SV Ubers: corvere vs kythr
SV Ubers: Terracotta vs tier
SS Ubers: DNNP vs Fc
SM Ubers: March Fires vs pdt
ORAS Ubers: squinn vs Royal1604
BW Ubers: Edgar vs watashi
DPP Ubers: Inspirited vs susciety
ADV Ubers: Xrn vs HANTSUKI
GSC Ubers: BigFatMantis vs Real FV13
RBY Ubers: shiloh vs Torchic
Bo3: SiTuM vs Garay oak

Defiant Durians (0) vs (0) Choice Bandits
SV Ubers: Cam vs DAHLI
SV Ubers: Nyx vs Frito
SV Ubers: TPP vs Guard
SS Ubers: Star vs baconeatinassassin
SM Ubers: RichardMillePlain vs oversway
ORAS Ubers: ninjadog vs Alkione
BW Ubers: Lasen vs MZ
DPP Ubers: Exiline vs Highlord
ADV Ubers: Thiago Nunes vs FatFighter2
GSC Ubers: RealJester vs Isa
RBY Ubers: Frrf vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
Bo3: Kate vs Aberforth

Manly Melmetal (0) vs (0) DaReal Drizzlers
SV Ubers: entrocefalo vs Taka
SV Ubers: LBN vs Nael222
SV Ubers: Shuwri vs ox04
SS Ubers: Mimikyu Stardust vs sanv
SM Ubers: Rhmsitb vs Zesty43
ORAS Ubers: skimmythegod vs robjr
BW Ubers: The Dovahneer vs Thor
DPP Ubers: London Beats vs shrang
ADV Ubers: Vileman vs MMII
GSC Ubers: Amaranth vs Conflict
RBY Ubers: Unowndragon vs Enigami
Bo3: Inder vs Lunala

Dangerous Dracovish (0) vs (0) Devastating Dialgas
SV Ubers: Z Strats vs Lily
SV Ubers: pichus vs crying
SV Ubers: 64 Squares vs elodin
SS Ubers: Icemaster vs QWILY
SM Ubers: The Strap vs Sharow
ORAS Ubers: keys vs Mysterious M
BW Ubers: Monai vs Kebabe
DPP Ubers: The Kyle vs Hack
ADV Ubers: SuperEpicAmpharos vs Heysup
GSC Ubers: vani vs Mr.378
RBY Ubers: stunner047 vs Ctown6
Bo3: Goat Heart vs Fogbound Lake

Alolan Mukkers (0) vs (0) Void Villains
SV Ubers: Ainzcrad vs SoulWind
SV Ubers: corvere vs kythr
SV Ubers: Terracotta vs tier
SS Ubers: DNNP vs Fc
SM Ubers: March Fires vs pdt
ORAS Ubers: squinn vs Royal1604
BW Ubers: Edgar vs watashi
DPP Ubers: Inspirited vs susciety
ADV Ubers: Xrn vs HANTSUKI
GSC Ubers: BigFatMantis vs Real FV13
RBY Ubers: shiloh vs Torchic
Bo3: SiTuM vs Garay oak

The deadline for this round is Sunday, July 16th at 11:59 PM GMT-4.​
 
Amaranth vs. Conflict
Exciting matchup. Both players are in rare form, Conflict even being undefeated. However I think he is starting to cook a bit too spicy food in his kitchen that is the team builder - see last week's Corsola - and Amaranth could absolutely punish that. Based on that, I'll give the nod to Amaranth and predict the upset. Match of the week.

Vani vs. Mr.378
Two years ago this matchup would have been one of the faces of the metagame vs. a promising upstart. One year ago this would have been a matchup between two players competing for recognition as the top player and the match of the week. This year, it is a matchup of the present vs. the past. Vani has continuously tightened up his game and is looking great as ever, Daniel seems like a long distance runner caught up by the new blood. If Daniel wants to win he needs to play to his strengths.

BigFatMantis vs. Real FV13
Spellcaster has been replaced by the man of many gimmicks. This could be a wise move - Real FV13 certainly has more experience in the tier than Spellcaster, at least - but is it enough to beat BFM? There are still holes in BFM's game but he has certainly levelled up for the occasion, and FV13's teams have usually not impressed me, so I'll bold the 3-1 player.
 
Magician vs FatFighter2 - ff2 played a clean game last week to beat heysup after the funny game vs iry, meanwhile magician wasn't able to get past mm2's extremely mm2 team and has just been having a rough season. when these two played in advpl ff2 brought some weird nasty team and won too, so if highlord and ayu let him cook it might actually be advantageous here.

Vileman vs MMII - mm2 has been that guy this season but vilemans got a lot of heart.. definite upset pick but I think vileman played well last week and I know he has some external support that should make sure his prep is solid. of course mm2 could just win again but this is what I'm feeling
UPDATE: before posting I was informed vileman does not know the learnsets of pkmn in this tier, he will win anyway

SuperEpicAmpharos vs Heysup - big game for both players at 2-2 each, sea currently turning around his 0-2 start meanwhile heysup is on a losing streak. they'll definitely be bo3ing so we get to see some silly prep and with how things are trending I just favor sea here, he has the momentum and heysups been visibly tilted from his recent games. heysup is more than capable of winning though and should be a fun set either way, highlight

Xrn vs HANTSUKI - I escaped scarlet & violet but at what cost? iry please come back

goo muks :toast:
 
Current score: 27/36
SV Ubers: Mashing vs DAHLI It's hard to predict against an Ubers Open finalist. Though, Mashing has really stepped up since SV got released, so this will be a good game for sure.
SV Ubers: Nyx vs Frito Frito is doing well. I think he has the upper hand here.
SV Ubers: TPP vs Guard one hard guess here. I think TPP has been more convincing in Ubers in the recent weeks, though Guard is on a great run, so I expect him to perform well
SS Ubers: Star vs baconeatinassassin I underestimated Star last week. He's been a strong contender, but he's also facing bacon, who is in an extremely good shape. I'll bold the 3-1 player here, but this will also be a good game I think.
RBY Ubers: Frrf vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal Frrf and Narwhal are both performing well. Bolding Frrf because I think she's just a bit ahead, but Narwhal can definitely win it.
Bo3: Kate vs Aberforth Aber has had trouble for the last weeks, while Kate has been dominant in the pool. Aber can definitely bring it home, I expect another great series.
SV Ubers: entrocefalo vs Taka goat entro (gl Taka)
SV Ubers: LBN vs Nael222 allez nael!
SV Ubers: Shuwri vs ox04 this one is very hard to decide. I made the error to not tag shuwri once, so I'm continuing, but ox has not deceived me either. This is gonna be a close one I think, unless ox brings something completely unexpected and win on preview.
SS Ubers: Mimikyu Stardust vs sanv this one is putting in competition two players I haven't seen played a lot. So I'm not really confident. I'll bold Mimikyu Stardust because I just barely know him more than sanv.
RBY Ubers: Unowndragon vs Enigami hard to guess who will win on this one too. I think UD played well on all his games, but wasn't really rewarded by the RNG. Enigami is on a terrible losing streak on the other hand. I think the only way for Enigami to win is to keep the RNG demon against Unowndragon and uses it, otherwise i don't think he gets a chance to win this one, sorry.
Bo3: Inder vs Lunala Inder is in a good mood and Lunala has had trouble recently.
SV Ubers: Manaphy vs SoulWind another interesting matchup. I might be wrong on this one, but I think Mana has the knowledge advantage here, which is crucial in SV. It'd have been far more interesting to put Fc here imho.
SV Ubers: corvere vs kythr kythr has been doing well
SV Ubers: Terracotta vs tier I haven't see them enough to have definitive opinion.
SS Ubers: DNNP vs Fc French Canadian is great
RBY Ubers: shiloh vs Torchic Torchic is dominating this season. Bolding him because he's been playing extremely well over the last week.
Bo3: SiTuM vs Garay oak Le Chouinay is good. This might be a crazy call but I sincerely believe he can win it. He's been doing extremely well in this slot. This is gonna be a super series.

In the end, I think this week is an other super interesting one overall for SV/SS/RBY. Good luck everyone, hf, and GO DIALGAS
 
Lasen vs MZ:
I have no idea of what MZ’s level is in BW, i’m bolding Lasen because he has experience in the tier. As I would say every week, as long Lasen brings a solid team, he has his odds

The Dovahneer vs Thor:
At this point i stop predicting against Dova because he’s winning everything, props on him. But on the other side it’s Thor and he has been really consistent. This MU is definetely a 50/50 and could go either way. Would like to see Thor winning with fashion but also would like to see Dovah make the perfect run and end without any defeat. This game can be fantastic if both players bring interesting team compositions

Monai vs Kebabe:
Last week Kebabe said he was gonna bring something heat, oh boy that sure was amazing despite the little misplay that cost him to have to rely on the whole team to win. On the other side Monai has proven once again how to pilot a good team in Ferrocruel, but he also made some plays that could have been more optimal. This is obviously from a spectator point of view, the psychological aspect matters the most during the game and Monai has been good at this. That being said, what duo will be better between Kebabe/Hack vs Monai/Keys. Both teams have lot of knowledge. I just think Kebabe been stellar this far at finding his ways. Super interesting matchup

iry vs watashi:
I have predicted 4 weeks in a row that watashi could win, at this point I believe the motivation is not here. I think this will be another upset.

Edgar vs : you won my heart despite being unlucky all weeks. You’ll bounce back bro

This might be one of the most close weeks level wise so good luck everybody
 
BW Ubers: iry vs watashi - years of seething anger have built inside the gremlin over the series which he should have won but he was too poor to afford anything better than Nigerian internet. Iry has been training in the mountains joining ubers team tours for the last 5 years undergoing a pilgrimage through the generations learning that it's better to just lose to mu and bitch about it than to his internet much to his pegging wife's chagrin and beratement. On a terrible losing streak, he's looking for salvation after complaining for eons that he got sucker punched and fell to an unworthy defeat against the false prophet FLCL. This is a battle for the ages to see: will trafuckinglalala's training arc come to a satisfying conclusion or will watashi roll up to not give a single fuck and steamroll the cretin.
 
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BW Ubers: iry vs watashi - years of seething anger have built inside the gremlin over the series which he should have won but he was too poor to afford anything better than Nigerian internet. Iry has been training in the mountains joining ubers team tours for the last 5 years undergoing a pilgrimage through the generations learning that it's better to just lose to mu and bitch about it than to his internet much to his pegging wife's chagrin and beratement. On a terrible losing streak, he's looking for salvation after complaining for eons that he got sucker punched and fell to an unworthy defeat against the false prophet FLCL. This is a battle for the ages to see: will trafuckinglalala's training arc come to a satisfying conclusion or will watashi roll up to not give a single fuck and steamroll the cretin.
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glad someone have the STONESto make a passable prediction post…
 
Shitpost predicts 2.0
Current Score: 17/36

Defiant Durians (0) vs (0) Choice Bandits
I'm hoping we can win a week....

Manly Melmetal (3) vs (8) DaReal Drizzlers
SV Ubers: entrocefalo vs Taka - Yes Taka beat me, entro's still prolly the best SV player right now cmm
SV Ubers: LBN vs Nael222 - Nael might be a better player but I fully expect him to tilt
SV Ubers: Shuwri vs ox04 - Idk Shumri but they beat SW and that's crazy but ox is having a solid season
SS Ubers: Mimikyu Stardust vs sanv - Yea idk either of you, coinflip
SM Ubers: Rhmsitb vs Zesty43 - Zesty goat
ORAS Ubers: skimmythegod vs robjr - skimmy has a cool pfp but I like rob more (idk either of your ORAS knowledge)
BW Ubers: The Dovahneer vs Thor - Thor's good, enough said
DPP Ubers: London Beats vs shrang - funny Machamp
ADV Ubers: Vileman vs MMII - fuck Vileman
GSC Ubers: Amaranth vs Conflict - He's 4-0, why vote against him
RBY Ubers: Unowndragon vs Enigami - No funny joke here
Bo3: Inder vs Lunala - Same here, no funny joke, Inder's had a better season off sheet record alone but that's mono SV and idk his old gens at all

Dangerous Dracovish (4) vs (8) Devastating Dialgas
SV Ubers: Z Strats vs Lily - Has Bray played Ubers this gen? Please note that Arceus learns Dragon Dance and Taunt now!
SV Ubers: pichus vs crying - crying's having a better season, enough said rly
SV Ubers: 64 Squares vs elodin - elodin if he turns up should win
SS Ubers: Icemaster vs QWILY - lol.
SM Ubers: The Strap vs Sharow - no funny comment here
ORAS Ubers: keys vs Mysterious M - Stop bitching about a lack of predictions <3
BW Ubers: Monai vs Kebabe - he's good
DPP Ubers: The Kyle vs Hack - he's also good
ADV Ubers: SuperEpicAmpharos vs Heysup - SuperEpicAmpharos week 2 of asking for best of 9
GSC Ubers: vani vs Mr.378 - no jokes
RBY Ubers: stunner047 vs Ctown6 - idk old gens he seems good
Bo3: Goat Heart ♥ vs Fogbound Lake - fuck you Goat Heart stop breaking the sheet

Alolan Mukkers (7) vs (4) Void Villains
SV Ubers: Manaphy vs SoulWind - After last week I'm not sure, prolly the game I'm most excited for this week bar SEA's bo9
SV Ubers: corvere vs kythr - she will slay
SV Ubers: Terracotta vs tier - idk either of you, sheet says Terra is 2-0 so why not
SS Ubers: DNNP vs Fc - lol 2, electric boogaloo
SM Ubers: March Fires vs pdt - rip pdt
ORAS Ubers: squinn vs Royal1604 - coin flip
BW Ubers: iry vs watashi - watashi is 0-4, idk what else to say
DPP Ubers: Inspirited vs susciety - flip
ADV Ubers: Xrn vs HANTSUKI - that's the goat
GSC Ubers: BigFatMantis vs Real FV13 - BFM SEASON
RBY Ubers: shiloh vs Torchic - I think Torchic's undefeated? Fuck shiloh either way tbh
Bo3: SiTuM vs Garay oak - It's bo3 Garay

I am so ready to get most of these wrong
 
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