Oh God.
It was always gonna be an odd Finals personally, I have huge respect and appreciation for Diogo's team, and it was always gonna be a tough one. It was obvious from auction that your team was gonna be extremely good. Great run yall, and glad we got to play this.
As for the Mismagius... WHEW. I knew coming in I was gonna be a bit rough at managing, having never actually done it lmao. Couple of things I would change, definitely. I'm a bit too critical at times and it can be annoying... Though in all honesty I really put that pressure on myself sometimes not doing the best I could. For that reason I don't think playing and managing is good for my long term health lmao. But from auction, and even after a couple of fairly disappointing weeks, I was actually extremely confident in that roster. SM was gelling nicely, we had a strong BWer in Lep, our ORAS game felt really good... No matter the hot takes, I'm not entirely surprised this group managed to do it.
And some shoutouts:
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dodmen and
Gondra , you guys just killed it week after week after week. I was a bit... scared? Because I'm still largely an unknown in the tour community and you guys have done pretty much all, but you were both absolutely phenomenal. I hope retains are possible next year because I'm not getting Gondra for less than 20k after that
Oh and
Eternal Spirit , we sort of knew each other before a tiny bit, and while I know it wasn't the tour you wanted it to be personally. you still rock as heck.
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Bouff ... LOL Huge shoutout to you still honestly, you really helped me clutch out the remainder of the auction at a time where I was like "Yo I think those guys are good right". The Sam I Yam story was absolutely hilarious, you were still a great presence regardless and I definitely consider you a part of this. On that level, huge thanks to
Megazard for pulling through and clutching massive games. You went up against massive competition and you always worked your arse off for a tier that I understand isn't that amazing to you. Massive respect for the committment you showed.
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TheWall,
The Leprechaun,
tko , my mains. I really wanted Wall because obviously we've known each other for a long ass time, I only heard good things about your involvement last year, and we even planned out part of the auction before rofl. You did great in oras too. Lep, I knew you as an auth, but you were a rock in BW, and an absolutely hilarious one, even if sometimes it really wasn't intentional! tko you're still a main because LC
and you were an amazing presence before you clutched out great performances in BW. We don't talk about the 6-0 to Kabutops though.
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Garay oak , goat. I knew you had solid performances and you were blowing me back minutes after asking me to teach you oras, so buying you was an easy af call. You really pulled through from the bench, and don't be so hard on yourself with your involvement, you're killing it in multiple tours as it is
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Cynde,
Xiri,
Amaroq and
Taskr, I kinda feel bad for different reasons lmao. I really wished you could have gotten more games and more wins for us, even if Taskr clutched one, but that's mostly on me and absolutely nothing to do with your part on this team. Xiri I know you were massive in tests every week. I knew Taskr that you would work well with the PU mains™, and Amaroq while I understand your record wasn't what you wanted you were a constantly great presence and I hope that team success gives you that extra bit of confidence. Cynde we were teammates last year and I really thought I could give you more games... But then I stuck to a mostly similar lineup and gave games to the other who didn't play. But we did get the title!!
Oh and finally:
If I get a team next year this is definitely the mascot
