ZU Olympiad III - Week 1

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<<Commencement Thread>>
<<Admin Decisions>>


:ivysaur: Ivy Gang (4) vs (6) Pay Day Persians :persian:
SV: Tuthur vs asa
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Fragments
SS: Toto vs 5gen
SM: sugar ovens vs MZ
ORAS: sleid vs estra
BW: Monai vs skrimps
DPP: Hubriz vs Plague
ADV: Hachimaki vs Baoba
GSC: LustfulLice vs Aurist
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs YBW

:probopass: Pretentious Probopass (6) vs (4) Moonshine Musharnas :musharna:
SV: PrinceOfAllTacos vs TomatoZause
SV: DripLegend vs BloodAce
SS: Medeia vs diegoyuhhi
SM: btboy vs Sputnik
ORAS: Drud vs neomon
BW: Yovan vs Dusk
DPP: a fruitshop owner vs BeatsBlack
ADV: Melninja vs JoaF
GSC: Alice Kazumi vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY: torkonpeter vs NotVeryCake

:simisear: Simi Spectacles (5) vs (5) Venomous Vigilantes :venomoth:
SV: SPHZ vs OranBerryBlissey10
SV: Danny vs Baddy
SS: Ninja vs Pokeslice
SM: SBPC vs DugZa
ORAS: 5Dots vs BaitWiz
BW: Tack vs yo cho
DPP: a fairy vs jhm5
ADV: wooper vs plznostep
GSC: BeeOrSomething vs Zpice
RBY: Cao Jie vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal

Deadline is Sunday, January 26th at 23:59 GMT -5.

Ivy Gang (0) vs (0) Pay Day Persians
SV: Tuthur vs asa
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Fragments
SS: Toto vs 5gen
SM: sugar ovens vs MZ
ORAS: sleid vs estra
BW: Monai vs skrimps
DPP: Hubriz vs Plague
ADV: Scizornite vs Baoba
GSC: LustfulLice vs Aurist
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs YBW

Pretentious Probopass (0) vs (0) Moonshine Musharnas
SV: fish anemometer vs TomatoZause
SV: DripLegend vs BloodAce
SS: Medeia vs diegoyuhhi
SM: btboy vs Sputnik
ORAS: Drud vs neomon
BW: Yovan vs Dusk
DPP: a fruitshop owner vs BeatsBlack
ADV: Melninja vs JoaF
GSC: Alice Kazumi vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY: torkonpeter vs NotVeryCake

Simi Spectacles (0) vs (0) Venomous Vigilantes
SV: SPHZ vs OranBerryBlissey10
SV: Danny vs Baddy
SS: Ninja vs Pokeslice
SM: SBPC vs DugZa
ORAS: 5Dots vs BaitWiz
BW: Tack vs yo cho
DPP: a fairy vs jhm5
ADV: wooper vs plznostep
GSC: BeeOrSomething vs Zpice
RBY: Cao Jie vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
 
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Pretentious Probopass (7) vs (2) Moonshine Musharnas
SV: fish anemometer vs TomatoZause - both are doing well, but fish is the superior battler and builder
SV: DripLegend vs BloodAce - BA is having a good circuit
SS: Medeia vs diegoyuhhi - diego is still 1-x in SS
SM: btboy vs Sputnik - as much as I hate to bold btboy, I do believe he is a more solid player and has more recent tour experience with the tier
ORAS: Drud vs neomon - i thought that was DPP ngl
BW: Yovan vs Dusk - yovan advertise his BW ZU Olympiad record when applying for official tours
DPP: a fruitshop owner vs BeatsBlack - what the heck
ADV: Melninja vs JoaF - idk these people
GSC: Alice Kazumi vs THE_CHUNGLER - she did well in GSC Cup iirc
RBY: torkonpeter vs NotVeryCake - guts feeling

Simi Spectacles (3) vs (7) Venomous Vigilantes
SV: SPHZ vs OranBerryBlissey10 - knows the tier better
SV: Danny vs Baddy - Unsure whether Danny is gonna be motivated out of the SS mines
SS: Ninja vs Pokeslice - never bolding Pokeslice
SM: SBPC vs DugZa - Doug is really good at SM ZU
ORAS: 5Dots vs BaitWiz - the spectators lose
BW: Tack vs yo cho - yo cho going 0-5
DPP: a fairy vs jhm5 - what the heck, ive never seen a fairy play a Pokémon game, while the other guy tried out to play in RBEL for DPP
ADV: wooper vs plznostep - flattutu did really well last year to save Manec's ADV season
GSC: BeeOrSomething vs Zpice - Bee is really heat at GSC and there is a lot to scout on Zpice after his GSC Cup run
RBY: Cao Jie vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal - ikiQ wasn't on my RBY PR, Sad was.
 
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ADV: Scizornite vs Baoba - Baoba is going undefeated and will be bolded every single week. Scizornite winning ADV Slam doesn't mean a damn thing in terms of who is actually better here. The only way Scizornite wins this is if he doesn't make a single mistake all game or he builds some wacky shit per usual that is able to MU fish whatever baoba brings.

ADV: Melninja vs JoaF - Melninja is pretty unproven and I did blow smoke up their ass predraft because I wanted them to get drafted. However, I genuinely think they could squeak out a win here against JoaF just based on better play and resource management.

ADV: wooper vs plznostep - Unsure why wooper was slotted here when Pengu is literally right there. No hate to wooper, but he's way less scary than pengu and can be a bit impulsive. Plznostep on the other hand has transitioned to an ADV Lower tier Allstar and doesn't even need ADV support to find himself somewhere in the top 4 of the ADV Pool.
 
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Ivy Gang (7) vs (2) Pay Day Persians
SV: Tuthur vs asa - tuthur has been taking a lot of L's recently but i think he will turn it around starting from now
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Fragments - i think theyre a bit more experienced with the tier
SS: Toto vs 5gen - cool matchup, toto is in pretty good form but i don't wanna predict the persians to get only 1 win so i'll give it to 5gen
SM: sugar ovens vs MZ - think sugar could do well this tour but mz is a tough first opponent
ORAS: sleid vs estra - this is a tough one to call. i think both players will be motivated to win but sleid has more oras zu tournament experience from zupl which i think will help him get the win here
BW: Monai vs skrimps - i could never predict against monai
DPP: Hubriz vs Plague - experience with the tier from last zupl vs no experience in the tier, plague is a good player but i also don't think he has support?
ADV: Scizornite vs Baoba - not familiar with adv only players sorry
GSC: LustfulLice vs Aurist - i dont watch gsc but lice is pretty good at zu in general
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs YBW - i flipped a coin

Simi Spectacles (3) vs (6) Venomous Vigilantes
SV: SPHZ vs OranBerryBlissey10 - obb will make a strong comeback after losing to tbasedgod in circuit
SV: Danny vs Baddy - danny hasn't played sv zu in a long time but he's still gonna beat everyone in sv2
SS: Ninja vs Pokeslice - has played the tier more recently and got some wins in last zupl
SM: SBPC vs DugZa - dugza is my mortal enemy so i don't like bolding him but he's better than sbpc
ORAS: 5Dots vs BaitWiz - baitwiz will think he has this in the bag but then loses to a late game crit and then will rant in battle chat
BW: Tack vs yo cho - little known fact is that bw zu is actually yo cho's favorite and most played tier, and yo cho will now showcase the fruits of his labor
DPP: a fairy vs jhm5 - not really familiar with either of them so i will refrain from speaking
ADV: wooper vs plznostep - wooper doesn't usually do well in zu team tours and step did well last year
GSC: BeeOrSomething vs Zpice - bee did really well last year and zpice isn't enough to make me bold against a manectric
RBY: Cao Jie vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal - goat
 
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs YBW
I’d say this is pretty evenly matched, both of these players like bringing shitmons so it might come down to whoever brings less shitmons. The main difference is that YBW doesn’t realize the mons he’s bringing are shitmons while Maris is aware that she is using shitmons, but somehow is able to convince herself that they are good.

RBY: torkonpeter vs NotVeryCake
This is another close matchup, tork is the ZU GOAT but Cake has way more general RBY lowtier experience. I think this tour being a brand new meta does make Cake’s experience more impactful though, as being the goat of an old meta isn’t as relevant.

RBY: Cao Jie vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal
Narwhal had a very good performance last year, and is a great OU/Ubers Player so he has good rby fundamentals. Cao Jie also has a good amount of rby experience (such as a great slam performance last year) so this could go either way, especially with the new meta.
 
Ivy Gang (7) vs (1) Pay Day Persians
SV: Tuthur vs asa - tuthur redemption arc
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Fragments - will probably load some weird shit and somehow win through doing so
SS: Toto vs 5gen - pretty good w1 mu, toto's usually pretty good but 5gen's great at finding cool picks and catching people off guard with them
SM: sugar ovens vs MZ - hard to predict against MZ in SM, dude's just on another level
ORAS: sleid vs estra - giving the slight edge to sleid due to previous experience, but both are quite solid overall
BW: Monai vs skrimps - i dont like bolding against my boy but monai's a next level player and his poor record in zupl is extremely misleading while skrimps is fairly busy atm
DPP: Hubriz vs Plague - giving it to my nucl teammate :3
ADV: Scizornite vs Baoba - idk adv man
GSC: LustfulLice vs Aurist - lice is the goat but aurist is pretty solid as well, I favor lice but aurist winning here would not be surprising.
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs YBW - idk this tier but she won rby cup so that counts for something

Pretentious Probopass (5) vs (3) Moonshine Musharnas
SV: fish anemometer vs TomatoZause - my hater arc is not finishing until u win circuit bud
SV: DripLegend vs BloodAce - extremely close mu, but I'm going to slightly favor Drip since I think he'll get passed something solid from fish and he's a great player. BloodAce can easily do well with his own prep though so it's an overall toss up to me
SS: Medeia vs diegoyuhhi - i have faith in breaking the curse. diego will win when i bold him. i believe.
SM: btboy vs Sputnik - btboomer's been playing this tier for a long while while sputnik hasn't (apparently he has been oops). could see an upset here though if sputnik catches btboy off guard with something cool in prep though
ORAS: Drud vs neomon - they spelled dpp wrong but even so drud's an excellent, potentially underrated oras player
BW: Yovan vs Dusk - yovan's back in action, dusk is solid but i think yovan cares a lot and is going to prep extremely hard
DPP: a fruitshop owner vs BeatsBlack - afo spelled oras wrong and i think it's gonna cost him. idt ive said this anywhere publicly so im just going to say here that it's sad that beats always ends up so expensive.
ADV: Melninja vs JoaF - idk either of these guys and still dont know adv
GSC: Alice Kazumi vs THE_CHUNGLER - they're both excellent players who have done well in GSC over the past year, hard to make a call so I'm not going to
RBY: torkonpeter vs NotVeryCake - i learned from drud and flipped a coin
 
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