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Tournament ZUCL I - Week Two

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:weezing:Weezer Weezings (0) vs (2) Loathsome Lumineons:lumineon:
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1

:rampardos:Rocky Helmet Rampardos (1) vs (0) Brute Bonnet Crew:brute-bonnet:
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell

:spiritomb:Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (1) K-pop Audino Hunters:audino:
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle

:bastiodon:Bastio Don Julio (0) vs (0) Lana Del Catty:delcatty:
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: hex vs btboy
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice

Deadline for Week 2 is <t:1770609540:F>, GLHF!

Weezer Weezings vs Loathsome Lumineons
Weezing's picks: RBY, SM, SS
Lumineon's picks: ORAS, BW, GSC

Rocky Helmet Rampardos vs Brute Bonnet Crew
Rampardo's picks: RBY, GSC, BW
Brute Bonnet's picks: ORAS, ADV, GSC

Shady Spiritombs vs K-pop Audino Hunters
Spiritomb's picks: SM, ADV, BW
Hunter's picks: ORAS, DPP, RBY

Bastio Don Julio vs Lana Del Catty
Bastiodon's picks: DPP, BW, ORAS
Delcatty's picks: SS, SM, GSC

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (0) vs (0) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle

Bastio Don Julio (0) vs (0) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: hex vs btboy
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice
 
tuth hates me :pika:
Weezer Weezings (3) vs (5) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (4) vs (4) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell

Bastio Don Julio (4) vs (4) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: hex vs btboy
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice
 
Last week i got 6/8 right in weez v ramp, 7/8 or 6/7 depending on if u count ruffles' game that already played in tomb v lumi, and 4/8 in bastio v bbc.

Weezer Weezings (2) vs (6) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy (didn't see anything too exciting in the builder last week here, think Trich has better support)
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan (Bouff lost to tony dusknoir last week, TwentyTwan is a lot easier to scout but brings the same energy)
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky (gosh I should pay attention in this tier more)
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT (the sMZu lost last week but surely it doesn't happen twice)
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles (ORAS team)
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps (this is actually a deadgame, but if not this is skrimps' house and we're guests)
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER (this is probably the tier I would take THE_CHUNGLER to as well, but I think he's still got it)
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1 (what do u mean sad didnt start last week)

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (4) vs (4) Brute Bonnet Crew (chance of a GSC flip is the same as an ORAS flip IMO, this is a tie)
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2 (i underestimated the tony support buff last week, but MDB2 is still MDB2 unless the abbreviation is supposed to be MB2, idk this guy doesn't play ZU and I only play ZU)
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod (it would be iconic if TBasedGod won, but Esteb4n is Esteb4n)
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner (they both won in SM last week and I predicted neither correctly, so I'm guaranteed to get one right)
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum (Greybaum beat the DPP team's DPP slot, so i kinda have to predict another W)
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice (its fun to watch Tony play)
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell (more GSC ZU)
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid (why wasn't aurist GSC last week)
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell (no Zpice)

Shady Spiritombs (4) vs (4) K-pop Audino Hunters (they're gonna prove me wrong)
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur (whatever baddy had last week was a COOK but Tuthur is arguably top of the SV pool and will be developing the meta this week)
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern (Danbear isn't losing to charm oricorio again, but i still think etern has this)
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa (watch toto go x-1, i fully trust in tuthur to prep v toto but Toto could also just flinch smth 3 times idk)
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra (all i have is DD Joe v Ruffles and 1 GSC game to go off, and DD Joe didn't look too bad vs ruffles)
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka (i know more abt LpZ)
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague (as much as I am rooting for steppy this game, I have to favor Plague)
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett (have to favor the ADV team's ADV)
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle (Not that I follow RBY, but I think I know Melbelle more)
 
Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy - Mada played a weird game w1, leaning trich
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan - Twan is a rising star for sure but tough test in his first game, should be bouffs to lose
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky - The ss backbone of the weezings is quite good and seraphz can play a decent game of pokemon
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT - estra just looks unstoppable at the moment and MZs teamchoice didnt feel all that great last week
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles - envy got scammed last week but ruffles is no slouch, looking like a 0-2 start for now
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps - Fog is about to skillcheck his oppo 7weeks in a row
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER - expecting a more even ish mu this time which chungler should be able to bring home
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1 - dont ask, i do not know

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur - Shadow win into bench?, i think both are quite good and this is looking like the best sv mu this week, slight edge to tuth cause he managed to have his team 2-0 SV last week so the vision should be there
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern - Danbear wasnt super convincing w1 and etern was
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa - hard to not bold dugza here, i think he will take advantage of the toto recycle train
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra - joe didnt look good week 1 so purely going on trend here
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka - i dont see lpz going 0-2
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague - plague looked good and steppy literally said he does not want to dpp so
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett - we will keep bolding baoba, especially if the plot armor keeps staying on his side
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle - dont really know, someone told me mel is good though

Bastio Don Julio (0) vs (0) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi - i think both started of the tour way below their level, both have a point to prove, and i think zause will randomly get a good mu and win
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune - the act loss last week was tough but also means i have no intel on sk0
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin - both great pokemon players, i think frank will pull up with the better team and win that way
SM ZU: hex vs btboy - if bt doesnt win in sm im not sure what gen he wins in
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce - obb vs someone inexperienced in the tier, i also think his w1 game was beautiful and he should be able to keep the momentum easily
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta - this is about as close as it gets, i think terra will get minor luck and win
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5 - there is no universe in which drud loses this unless his wifi router flies out of his room
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice - lice had a solid week 1 game and generally looked more convincing in this tier
 
Low effort predicts

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy - just better support
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan - gets farmed rip twentytwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky - avarice is usually solid and I generally rate him higher than seraphz in ss
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT - this is MZ’s tier
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles - havoc’s putting too much time into this tour for ruffles to not pull through ingame
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps - he cooks in this tier
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER - bias pick
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1 - the goat

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur - close mu giving edge to baddy b/c i like his play more
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern - baitwiz classic idk who the left guy is
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa - super close mu giving edge to Toto because boom last on silv water is cool and Toto might actually be putting effort into teams for once
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra - idk Toto support probably does enough here
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka - I’d draw 25 before predicting against LpZ in a bw tier
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague - i rate plague higher in terms of play
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett - they’re both fine players but baoba has more of a history of success in this tier while zcarlett historically plays in oras and dpp
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle - idk who either of these people are so i picked the cooler name sorry

Bastio Don Julio (0) vs (0) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi - the content mu of the week, diego won’t forgive himself if he loses this one
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune - SK vs SK mu is epic, scarf kricketune lost to shadow and I didn’t rlly like his play either
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin - Separate Ways by Journey ah mu, this is probably the best mu of the week
SM ZU: hex vs btboy - never been impressed by hex’s play in SM
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce - definitely not a mu i expected to see, but i guess lettuce is their best bet for an oras slot. I don’t really see obb ever losing this outside of some egregious mu or luck
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta - terra could easily upset here b/c his prep + play is genuinely unreal but beats has proven himself in bw zu about a million times atp
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5 - mr scl returns to his dpp zu roots
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice - feen seems to just flop in zu tours, even if he had a bit of tough luck last week
 
Last week I got some people angry with my predicts, following up on that I am therefore going to put more effort into my predicts and double down with my terrible takes, if you're bolding the word "vs" are you even doing this right ? I don't think so

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (0) vs (0) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle
 
Bad predictions r2

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (6) vs (2) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2 / Django and Esteban are really a good pair, while MDB is the better player, I predict them to get things going on building-wise
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod / Better builder, better player
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner / That's a highlight and gonna depend on who builds something a bit different. Going for 5gen though, as they have been a bit more active building-wise lately. It is just a 55 to 45
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum Tack is the favourite as she has been playing bw zu since 0BC, but Grey may pull off a win if they tryhard enough.
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice / This ZUCL is Zpice time.
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell / Maris is one of the best old gens player I have ever seen.
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid / While I believe sleid is a good player, aurist is the most knowledgeable one in gsc.
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell

Shady Spiritombs (3) vs (5) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur / HL. Tuthur is a bit favoured, but Baddy can pull off a win. 35 to 65.
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern / I really like what I saw from etern last week, going with them.
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa / Toto is just toto. DugZa is the better player, but dont play against luck itself.
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka / Poor Beka, coming back to play against a BW GOAT.
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague / Really good highlight. Prefer Plague, but step can win too. 40 to 60.
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett / Baoba is the better player, but Zcarlett is someone you need to play carefully against.
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle

Bastio Don Julio (4) vs (4) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi / diego is our ZU GOAT rn.
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune / I do not know, gotta go with Kricketune because I like the person.
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin / SS Highlight. clean is the current better player, but frank was before him. 60 to 40.
SM ZU: hex vs btboy / btboy in SM is a THREAT.
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce / OBB gotta win, ORAS was one of his best fields.
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta / HIGHLIGHT. Beatsblack is really strong in BW ZU, but Terra killed it last BWPL and when testing with him I believed he had the tier within him. Gotta go 55 to 45, but terra can win it if tryhard.
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5 / No need to explain.
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice / feen is really good, but Lice can win it perfectly.
 
Weezer Weezings (4) vs (4) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER
Lyra is a real understander of this shit
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1
Even rng i dont think this will be close

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (6) vs (2) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2
Michael resorted to an act win and Django got a convincing win vs a strong opp.
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
I dont expect Esteban to fall for rampardos silliness
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner
Both coming off a strong win so this one's close
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum
Think tack is just a stronger player
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice
Tony does not play this
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell
Game could be close but getting bta from lyra..that changes a person
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell
Just much stronger rby performances to go off of

Bastio Don Julio (4) vs (3) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi
Welp zause is in sv1 now
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune
I think he's gonna be eager to make up for the act tbh
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: hex vs btboy
I didn't know hex got drafted lol
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta
BW is a generation that thrives on surprise nonsense but I think beats will be ready for it
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5
This is about the roughest first match matt could've gotten, dont have it in me to bold against him
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice
Looked more comfortable last week
 
Weezer Weezings (2) vs (6) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy - better zu pilot and most likely getting better support
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan - I trust Bouff to outprep there
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky - better pilot, but should be interesting enough
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT - somehow estra always farms those old gens
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles - sorry Envy, but its really hard to stand against the Lumis ORAS
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps - fog is an amazing pilot, but skrimps seems always underappreciated in teamtours
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER - lol
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1 - idk who the second guy is

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (3) vs (4) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2 - two of the best SV lower tiers players. Should be very interesting. ...nvm esteb4n is in sv2
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner - both beat some good opponent last week, should be a cool game
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum - after this dpp game, i have to give more faith on Greybaum
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice - adv tony...
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell - one lost to Lyra, the other won gsc cup
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid - aurist is more familiar with gsc and sleid threw last week
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell - ive never seen these players play

Bastio Don Julio (3) vs (5) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi - circuit winner vs the guy who lost to shadow
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune - sk0 is a good pilot but he didnt show up last week
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin - baitwiz would have won if he hit both hurricanes
SM ZU: hex vs btboy - better player
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce - better player
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta - idk anything about terras bw
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5 - would be Druds worst loss since HATS
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice - lice seems really good at this
 
Last week wasn't... great as I only got 15/24 right apparently. To be fair I think I mostly got RBY-ADV wrong and some SV cointosses. Maybe next tour I'll only do like DPP-SM or so, but I think it's cool to do everything either way. From now on I will also write a short paragraph for each series.


Rocky Helmet Rampardos (5) vs (3) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2 - I am really not sure as I heard MDB2 doesn't really prep for these side tours, Django is also nice and could very well win with better prep.
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod - I didn't watch the Tim game but he won, opp here is much tougher now though, a dub would make me a believer
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner - Fire matchup, still have to bold my sensei but fruits can surely win and it'll be a great watch
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum - Greybaum won and proceeded to aura farm last week which was cool to see. He probably knows a thing or two about Black and White I guess. Tack is great though so I'm still favoring her.
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice - I love you big tonester but I think z spice will sweat this one more, and hes also tl
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell - She's up and I don't know GSC
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid - I don't know lol. Sleid had a blunder last week and Aurist was mostly unlucky (?) I also assume Aurist is in a better position w/GSC meta
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell - I've saw hammer do good in RBY NU, I don't know if Lafell plays this or if they're planning to do a ultimate coaching plan in one week to try to win this game, that's possible with Zpice+MJ though.

I certainly did not expect BBC to beat the Bastios last week. While I expected a win from the Ramps on the Weezings. Even if there was an act win on BBC's favor I think they still manage to do good. This series look much closer and will be fun.

Shady Spiritombs (3) vs (5) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur - yay go Tuthur
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern - Better
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa - I know that Doug is great at SM I just had a gut feeling: He will get haxxed by Toto.
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra - They both played the titans of the pools they were in last week and lost. I just think Gondra is the better player, although even if I didn't like either Joe or Doug teams' in oras last week, Joe's was less worse, if this repeats, maybe he can win.
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka - Beka did well in BW before apparently but LpZ is the titan of black and white low tiers
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague - Sorry steppy I'm looking forward for u getting a w but don't think it'll be now
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett - Baoba is the goat, really impressed by his consistency
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle - Melbelle was haxxed like crazy last week apparently and just has more reps than the opponent I guess.

Tombs really depend on the three carry slots (Toto being a carry slot LOOOOOOOL) and then a mediocre SV overall, but now they're facing a team with better SV so yeah.... Upsets are possible in a lot of the non-carry slots, although some of the carry slots might really lose too. Interesting week but yea I would think the Tuthurs take it.


Bastio Don Julio (3) vs (5) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi - No comment
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune - I wouldnt think this is a ZU matchup ever but anyway, SK has played and done decently before (even winning a seasonal?) while Soul King got acted in his game last week so not much to go over yet.
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin - They're both the goats of the tier but clean stopped playing a while ago and franklin continued so im favoring him here due to being more updated and such.
SM ZU: hex vs btboy - As long as btboy doesn't load Scarf Pinsir as his only Grass-type check he's probably favored.
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce - Obb is a criminal constantly breaking the "max one shitmon per team" rule, so if lettuce wins maybe he will bring a decent team for once, but seems unlikely to happen.
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta - beatsblack is an old gen god, good dub from terra last week though
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5 - matthew has been putting in the effort to learn the tier which is cool to see. this is a tough pull for your first tour game though.
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice - Lice is the god of GSC

I didn't think I'd bold the Lanas here but perhaps. Some of those are very close though, and I find it easier to see upsets in favor of bastios rather than in favor of lanas. the two sv games in particular seem kinda cointossy? I guess? SV is so volatile. SS and SM are also close so bastios win really wouldn't surprise me at all
 
flipped a coin for every single one of these. will now try to rationally justify them

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy - wait this isn't monotype. mada is a very crackhead builder and i think he will take trich by surprise
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan - coming strong out of rising stars victory, hopefully it's not recover veluza ho once again
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky - either act win or sun/eterrain/ho cheese
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT - havoc won last week, mz lost
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles - ruffles + havoc
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps - skrimps's game last week was wonderful to watch. idk much about fogben outside of adv
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER - lyra was helping chung prep last olympiad so he's in chung's head
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1 - sad is a demon

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (0) vs (0) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2 - mdb is the superior player overall
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod - beat zause last week, and esteban doesn't have christmas crab building support anymore
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner - 5gen has been a builder demon recently, and in general more active than fruits
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum - greybaum looked strong but bw is tack's home
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice - he might just crit and dodge his way through
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell - lost to lyra so looking for vengeance, and gsc cup winner might be the perfect prey
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid - overall more proven in gsc
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell - rby, idk, prob click buttons get a few extra crits and a few extra dodges

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur - tuthur has got to win this just bc he benched shadow
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern - baddy will pass some crack which will take etern by surprise
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa - beat me last week so he can't lose vs toto... right? right?
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra - gonna inherit toto's builder and his luck too
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka - lpz's game last week was amazing, even if he lost. idk if i've ever seen bw beka
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague - the power of friendship. go steppy
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett - the adv zu god
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle - more proven in rby
 
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Shady Spiritombs (7) vs (1) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Baddy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs etern
SM ZU: Toto vs DugZa
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs Gondra
BW ZU: LpZ vs Beka
DPP ZU: plznostep vs Plague
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Zcarlett
RBY ZU: PHB11677 vs Melbelle

Weezer Weezings (4) vs (4) Loathsome Lumineons
SV ZU: Mada vs Trichotomy
SV ZU: Bouff vs TwentyTwan
SS ZU: seraphz vs sky
SM ZU: MZ vs HAVOCKNIGHT
ORAS ZU: Envy vs Ruffles
BW ZU: Fogbound Lake vs skrimps
GSC ZU: Lyra vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs acluh1

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (4) vs (4) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Django vs MichaelderBeste2
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs TBasedGod
ORAS ZU: 5gen vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Tack vs Greybaum
ADV ZU: big tony 2014 vs Zpice
GSC ZU: betathunder vs Maris Bonibell
GSC ZU: Aurist vs sleid
RBY ZU: hammer798 vs Lafell

Bastio Don Julio (5) vs (3) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: zause vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Soul King0 vs Scarf Kricketune
SS ZU: clean vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: hex vs btboy
ORAS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs lettuce
BW ZU: BeatsBlack vs Terracotta
DPP ZU: Drud vs 5MGMatthew5
GSC ZU: feen vs LustfulLice​
 
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