Shaneghoul We weren't really familiar with each other before this tour but I'm really glad I was able to get you. Not only were you a great chat presence but I was very impressed by how well you can play the game. Your main losses were more so matchup so I hope you aren't too disappointed with that. I also think pressure might have gotten the best of you in finals, which happens to the best of us but hopefully you're not too bummed out over it. Hopefully you had a good experience in mono and I really hope you continue to play this tier because I'm sure you'll have some even stronger showings in the future.
TheWyvernKing I don't think the people who haven't teamed up with you understand how much effort you put in. To me you're one of the most hardworking people in this community and I wish people really knew more about that. For the past 2 years you've helped prep the one slot people hate touching and have produced crazy results as well as just getting us insane mu's week in and week out, think everyone knows this but this years ORAS record is as much yours as it is spitfires. I know your own record this year isn't as good as it could have been but I think your in game is still crazy strong (as seen by the semi's win) and we just rushed some winpaths in certain games instead of getting outplayed which I'm sure won't happen again. I also know you said you weren't sure about next mpl in the middle of the season but I truly hope you play next year because I enjoy watching your games + enjoy watching you try to innovate in oras, good luck for everything in the future and I'm glad we were able to team up and become friends.
maki 8-0 goat (and I'm sure it would have been 9-0 if you had played w7 too) I think everyone in the team was the most confident in this slot every week which kind of shows how dominant of a player you are. I probably wasn't as active as I should have been in this slot in certain weeks but that was moreso because I trusted your prep and didn't want to mess that up, which looking back worked out for the best. I know you were busy for the finals so thank you again for trying your hardest to play and apologies we couldn't get you the CA since I know you really wanted it.
QWILY I wasn't sure how involved you'd be before this tour started especially since I know how busy you were with ou wcop but it was really amazing to see how much you helped us out. Giving thoughts and great suggestions on types / team choices every week and making sure we won w7 when we could have had more of a rest week was really appreciated. I've seen you play since mwcop a couple of years back and you've hardly made errors in your game and idt it was any different this time around especially with how clutch your wins were in early week when sv just wasn't performing as well as it should have. Think in playoffs you played as well as you could have and we just didn't give you the most ideal of matchups, so thats on us but hopefully we can get you some better ones if we ever team up in the future.
Dj Breloominati♬ steal of the draft? ngl we really wanted you but mid draft I didn't know if we'd be able to get you because we expected you to be 10k+ but things worked out and we were really happy we were able to get you. We've spoken to each other a bit before because of ou wcop and having played you I knew you were good but I think I can say on behalf of everyone you really blew expectations. Not only did you play great but your prepping helped us in multiple other slots and especially sm w2. The calls we had were great and while they weren't the most productive (venomoth on poison, ghost in sm, etc LOL) I think we both had a lot of fun just discussing ideas and trying to make some newer stuff work. You definitely put in overtime when it came to making sure people didn't get distracted and get too comfortable in regular season (especially after the 8-0) so thank you very much for that. Hopefully we team up again at some point and good luck to you for all the tours that you're currently in.
Booty you were someone who I've been watching for a couple of years now and was always impressed by how you'd consistently put up good records but also how you'd perform well under the pressure of playoffs. Pre draft you were one of the few people I wanted under any circumstance and I couldn't have been happier when I was able to get you. I think I've said this multiple times in my discord but idt the record you had accurately describes how your season went and had a few things early on gone in your favour it would be much higher. Thank you for constantly encouraging the team and also just being open to different opinions when it came to sets / ideas. You had a great win in the finals and I'm sure you'll continue to produce strong results in the future.
just like hunny I think you also know this but I wanted to get you last year in mpl but just ran out of credits so I was really happy I was able to finally get you this year. You are genuinely one of the nicest people on this site and I really enjoyed how you encouraged everyone throughout this season. I know you felt bad with how your overall record was this tour but it was your first mpl so I'm sure there were nerves and caused certain parts of games were rushed but hopefully you were able to learn a bit more when it came to building and sequences in game. Good luck to you for your next team tour, I'm sure you'll kill it :D
Sylvi while I wasn't able to play you as much as I wanted (really sorry about this) I do want to thank you for always motivating the team as well as being willing to sub in whenever needed (also had a great debut win). You also gave us some cool things to think about when it came to building in ORAS as well as helping fix the finals team, which I really appreciated. Hopefully you'd be willing to give monotype a chance next year too because I'm sure you would do great if you played a full season.
Neko Catto. Pre draft you were telling me you weren't sure if you would get drafted and to me that felt absolutely wild. IMO you had done enough pre dlc to prove how good of a builder you are so I was really thankful that I was able to get you for such a steal. I can't thank you enough for all your suggestions and help during the whole tour but especially the first 2 weeks where I was still getting up to speed with the meta. Your attention to detail when it comes to analysing teams is kind of crazy and I hope you start playing more in these tours and not just restricting yourself to building. You have a great ceiling when it comes to playing and I think you just need to be more confident in yourself.As a side note you do a lot for the mono room + helping with resources so I kind of wanted to show appreciation for that and I hope people know how much you do.
style.css I know how busy you were this year which is why you didn't really feel that you'd be able to manage, which obviously made me sad since I enjoy managing with you but I also understood what you meant since managing can be very time consuming and draining. I was happy I was able to get you because it would be really weird not teaming up after how many tours we've been in together and even though you weren't as active this year you did help ensure every team was ready and also help out in tests so thank you so much for that (as well as the logo). Just more than this tour I kinda wanted to thank you for everything you've helped me with (thanks to you I didn't need to ev a single team last gen) and you also have always trusted my weird type picks / sets and helped me out when it came to building around them and I think we ended up with some really fire stuff. I hope next tour you're a bit more free because I really want you to have a stand out tour as a player since I've always rated you really highly and I have no doubt u'll do great if you just get the opportunity. Outside of just mons thank you for just being a good friend, it's great we have a lot of similar interests and can talk about it as well as make jokes and I hope you know how thankful I am for being friends with you.
Leafium Z When I saw you were #28 on the PR I think I was genuinely annoyed for a day or so because it felt crazy to me. I felt like even though you didn't have any standout tours you've played this tier long enough and have had decent results (and have won more than enough tours) to where it just felt criminal. At the same time I think it was a blessing in disguise because it definitely gave me even more motivation to ensure you don't get mu'd. I've always said that on your day I do think you can beat anyone and while some may still disagree because of "drunk leaf moments" like whirlwinding a gholdengo I do think you were able to prove a lot of the doubters wrong. You had a crazy good record and I'm sure that this won't be changing anytime soon. A lot of this is gonna be similar to style but thank you for always being a great friend. We probably have the dumbest calls and convos at times but thats what makes it even more fun. I think if you and style didn't continue playing I don't think I would have done so either so it's thanks to you guys I'm still here. Hope you can actually start watching suits before next mpl because if you don't I will ensure we never team up again
ikiarihS I really wanted to just write one word to piss you off since you really wanted a shoutout but I felt it was gonna be too mean. I think we met each other like 3 years ago? and I just remember you destroying me in games back then, 3 years later and nothing has actually changed LOL. I don't think it's a secret how much I've hyped you since last blt and I think people can start to see why (even though you had a great debut). I think this season was very different for you in the sense that there was definitely much more pressure for you to perform since you went from 3k to 26k to the point where you actually attempted to build in the early weeks (LOOOOOOL). I think you handled it greatly though and bouncing back after an 0-2 is always easier said than done and motivation is definitely lost but yea you ended up winning 7 weeks consecutively after that. You've proven that you're one of the best mono players rn and I don't think anyone is more excited to see how well you continue to do more than me. Similar to leaf and style but thank you for always being a great friend to me, I think we're both very similar in how we can roast each other very freely and it makes our convo's always fun as well as how addicted we are to pfp bets (can't wait for you to change it to the new one). Before next mpl our goal should be getting a fall guys win but ngl that seems really unlikely rn since I need to carry you...
Mada We've talked quite a bit over the past couple of years so I knew how well the teams you've managed have done and managing with you first hand I can see why. The amount of effort you do when it comes to planning drafts,scouting, theorising sets and helping with test games is very admirable. You also made the chat entertaining (and carried the memes channel) so I can't really thank you enough for managing with me and trusting certain people that I wanted to draft. I know how competitive you are so not winning sucks but I think with how talented you are at managing and if you continue to manage, I'm sure you'll win this tour too at some point.
Harpp Mateeus crashy I wanted to thank you all for helping me from when I've started playing mono. Whether it was actually helping me with playing, drafting me for my first mono tour or even just helping me out when it was my first time managing, all of you have been great to me at every point over the years and I hope you guys know how much I appreciate all of you.
