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The World Cup of Pokémon 2018 - Qualifying Round
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Lessgo Big Bangla
Lessgo Big Bangla
nice first win GenZeon.
I am win 2-1 vs SKC44. GGs
I am win 2-1 vs SKC44. GGs
Go Bangladesh! Don’t give in to white oppression. #brownlivesmatter
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got a freewin
With WCOP's first round starting in just three weeks and four new teams all hoping for their shot on the big stage, we are starting the qualifying rounds a little early this year. The first qualifying round will be two 9v9 series between new hopefuls (dropping one SM OU slot to prevent ties). The winners of each series will in turn face off for a chance to fight Team Asia for their spot in this year's WCOP.
(1)
vs
(5)
SM: MJ v WhiteQueen
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace
GSC: neomon v Arifeen
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan
Standard Tournament Procedures:
On Disconnecting and Timing Out:
On "Self-KO Clause" and Ties:
(5) Team Austria
vs
Team Bangladesh (0)
SM: Charmflash v Arik
SM: Astoria v ayman x
SM: MJ v tehdicktutor
ORAS: GenZeon v denger
BW: Phil de Mon v Afsin
DPP: mael v Asim12
ADV: DnB v CKW
GSC: neomon v RaiyanGotNo3DS
RBY: Bedschibaer v SKC44
(1)
SM: MJ v WhiteQueen
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace
GSC: neomon v Arifeen
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan
Team Austria Captains:
Charmflash & Bedschibaer
Team Austria Substitutes:
ElektechN9ne Semako Mickel austriangeorge Bausparvertrag BrickBreak
Team Asia Captains:
Analytic & Trace
Team Asia Substitutes:
Kingler12345 Altina ToF Separation praj.pran sugarhigh
Charmflash & Bedschibaer
Team Austria Substitutes:
ElektechN9ne Semako Mickel austriangeorge Bausparvertrag BrickBreak
Team Asia Captains:
Analytic & Trace
Team Asia Substitutes:
Kingler12345 Altina ToF Separation praj.pran sugarhigh
Standard Tournament Procedures:
On... Sportsmanship
Note the sportsmanship infraction may be used liberally this WCoP, and any unsportsmanlike conduct on the forums, in #wcop / #pokemon / any of the semiofficial tier channels, or in opposing wcop team channels (I won't infract for you being a dick in your own wcop team channel unless the situation is so extreme I feel I absolutely have to make an exception (consider basically any masterclass interaction ever)), will be grounds for an infraction. We encourage you to play semi-aggressively, but don't be a masterclass.
~ Aldaron
On... Scheduling Matches
I'm sure plenty of you have come across coin flipping / who to activity drama while scheduling matches. I'm here to reduce the arbitrary element associated with some of these decisions. It is entirely your decision to adhere to these STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS, but note that if you choose not to, I'll most likely ignore any pleading from your end and default you to a coin flip, regardless of what you claim is your irc or forum activity. By signing up for this tournament, you are agreeing to this condition, that adhering to what I outline will protect you from coinflips / activity and that not adhering to it will subject you to coinflips / activity regardless of your proposed justification.
YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR VM WALL IF YOU WISH TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS IS HOW ALL OFFICIAL SCHEDULING WILL BE HANDLED.
Once that round's thread is posted, you have up to 48 hours to contact your opponent ON HIS VM WALL and mention your timezone and exactly what dates, what time ranges you are available, and where you will battle. Note that the default accepted sim and server is the official server on Showdown. You must provide at least 3 different time ranges at least 48 hours from the timestamp of your message, with at least 2 that are 24-hours apart from each other. The minimum and maximum length for 1 time range is 30 minutes, and the minimum difference between the 3 required time ranges is 3 hours. If you give 3 time ranges that stick with this policy, you can give any additional time ranges at any time you please.
NOTE THAT THIS SCENARIO INVOLVES RESPONSE DYNAMICS; THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL CONTACT FIRST AND SOMEONE WHO RESPOND...THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT FOR BOTH OF YOU TO ASSUME TO YOU CAN BE FIRST CONTACTS...WHOEVER CONTACTS FIRST IS THE FIRST, AND THE OTHER DEFAULTS TO THE RESPONDER. THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS BUT SOME OF YOU ARE DUMB.
Once your opponent has contacted you, you now have up until 72 hours after the round's thread has been posted (NOT after your opponent's message) to respond with times that are good for you. What this means is that if both of you spend the maximum time contacting and responding, you should have back and forth collaboration at a maximum of 72 hours after the round has been posted, with both parties given an additional 24 hours to prepare for the battle should it be scheduled as soon as required. If none of the opponent's proposed time ranges are good for you, you must respond with alternative time ranges.
The first opponent now has X hours to prepare for the battle (if the second opponent agreed to some time) or 24 hours to contact a TD if, for whatever reason, this second set of time ranges does not suit the first opponent. Note this should be an absolute last measure and that more often than not, the TDs will likely force one (or both) sides to sub out.
Once a time is agreed upon, please make a message on your opponent's vm wall between 10 minutes and 1 second before the agreed upon time and say you are ready to battle and then get to agreed upon location (regardless of whether or not your opponent sends you a response vm). Please protect yourself by making this message, as it makes decisions much easier. You will be required to be wait for your opponent for the duration of the time range.
If neither of you contact each other before 48 hours after the thread has been posted, you're both opening yourself up to a potential coin flip. If I look at the situation, I might just determine I'm going to sub both of you out, coin flip you, or whatever based on however I'm feeling at that moment. Don't leave yourself and your team vulnerable to this.
Just because at anytime one of the responders does not respond within the given range does not give you automatic activity win credentials. If they don't contact at all on your vm wall up until 48 hours before the end of the round (note, I'm not going to take irc or sim messages as evidence due to how easily they can be doctored...so if you want to protect yourself, stick to the vm messages), then you obviously have activity win justification. Note to team captains, if one of your players does not contact all his opponents before 48 hours before the end of the round, I will FORCE a sub, no questions asked. You WILL contact your opponent in a timely manner. However, if they do contact you at all after the suggested response time and before 48 hours before the end of the round, you are required to respond before 24 hours before the end of the round with 2 1-hour time ranges at least 1 hour apart before the end of the round. The opponent, since he did not stick to the proposed response schedule, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAY AT ONE OF YOUR NEWLY SUGGESTED TIMES, so you have the advantage here. This obviously puts a bit of an emphasis on the last 48 hours of each round (as is standard operating procedure for most of our official team tournaments anyway), so I will try my best to keep the last 48 hours of the round as close to the majority of the weekend for as much of the world as I can.
If you follow all of these guidelines, you will a.) most likely get your match done with minimal issue or b.) protect yourself and your team from an undue coin flip or activity decision. Yes, I hate activity decisions in official tournaments. Yes, I will do my best to prevent activity decisions in the playoffs (the qualifying round is fair game however and I will have no problem issuing an activity call here), but don't push your luck.
Here is an example of how following this would work:
Round 1 thread is posted June 7, 2015 at 10:00PM. Its deadline is June 14, 2015 at 11:59PM. User A and User B are matched up. User A contacts User B on his vm wall on June 9, at 9:00 PM (47 hours after the thread was posted, so ok), and gives 4 time ranges: June 10, from 7:00-7:30 PM (22 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is only ok so long as at minimum 3 of the other proposed time ranges adhere to the requirements), June 11, from 9:00-9:30 PM (48 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is ok), June 12, from 6:00-6:30 PM (69 hours after timestamp of his message, so ok, but only 21 hours after the earliest time range that is 48 hours after the timestamp), and June 12, from 9:00-9:30 PM (72 hours after the timestamp, so ok, and 24 hours after a legal time range and 3 hours after another legal time range). The June 11 and both June 12 time ranges satisfy the requirements, so User A can propose his first June 10 time range as well. User B responds on June 10, at 8:00 PM (23 hours after User A contacted him, so ok), and picks June 11, at 9:00 PM to battle, which is ok because it is 24 hours after his own response.
You'll note I made most of my response ranges multiples of 24 hours, but also included 24 hours. This means I expect you to be able to check Smogon at least once a day. If that is not feasible, you put yourself at risk.
~ Aldaron
Note the sportsmanship infraction may be used liberally this WCoP, and any unsportsmanlike conduct on the forums, in #wcop / #pokemon / any of the semiofficial tier channels, or in opposing wcop team channels (I won't infract for you being a dick in your own wcop team channel unless the situation is so extreme I feel I absolutely have to make an exception (consider basically any masterclass interaction ever)), will be grounds for an infraction. We encourage you to play semi-aggressively, but don't be a masterclass.
~ Aldaron
On... Scheduling Matches
I'm sure plenty of you have come across coin flipping / who to activity drama while scheduling matches. I'm here to reduce the arbitrary element associated with some of these decisions. It is entirely your decision to adhere to these STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS, but note that if you choose not to, I'll most likely ignore any pleading from your end and default you to a coin flip, regardless of what you claim is your irc or forum activity. By signing up for this tournament, you are agreeing to this condition, that adhering to what I outline will protect you from coinflips / activity and that not adhering to it will subject you to coinflips / activity regardless of your proposed justification.
YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR VM WALL IF YOU WISH TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS IS HOW ALL OFFICIAL SCHEDULING WILL BE HANDLED.
Once that round's thread is posted, you have up to 48 hours to contact your opponent ON HIS VM WALL and mention your timezone and exactly what dates, what time ranges you are available, and where you will battle. Note that the default accepted sim and server is the official server on Showdown. You must provide at least 3 different time ranges at least 48 hours from the timestamp of your message, with at least 2 that are 24-hours apart from each other. The minimum and maximum length for 1 time range is 30 minutes, and the minimum difference between the 3 required time ranges is 3 hours. If you give 3 time ranges that stick with this policy, you can give any additional time ranges at any time you please.
NOTE THAT THIS SCENARIO INVOLVES RESPONSE DYNAMICS; THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL CONTACT FIRST AND SOMEONE WHO RESPOND...THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT FOR BOTH OF YOU TO ASSUME TO YOU CAN BE FIRST CONTACTS...WHOEVER CONTACTS FIRST IS THE FIRST, AND THE OTHER DEFAULTS TO THE RESPONDER. THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS BUT SOME OF YOU ARE DUMB.
Once your opponent has contacted you, you now have up until 72 hours after the round's thread has been posted (NOT after your opponent's message) to respond with times that are good for you. What this means is that if both of you spend the maximum time contacting and responding, you should have back and forth collaboration at a maximum of 72 hours after the round has been posted, with both parties given an additional 24 hours to prepare for the battle should it be scheduled as soon as required. If none of the opponent's proposed time ranges are good for you, you must respond with alternative time ranges.
The first opponent now has X hours to prepare for the battle (if the second opponent agreed to some time) or 24 hours to contact a TD if, for whatever reason, this second set of time ranges does not suit the first opponent. Note this should be an absolute last measure and that more often than not, the TDs will likely force one (or both) sides to sub out.
Once a time is agreed upon, please make a message on your opponent's vm wall between 10 minutes and 1 second before the agreed upon time and say you are ready to battle and then get to agreed upon location (regardless of whether or not your opponent sends you a response vm). Please protect yourself by making this message, as it makes decisions much easier. You will be required to be wait for your opponent for the duration of the time range.
If neither of you contact each other before 48 hours after the thread has been posted, you're both opening yourself up to a potential coin flip. If I look at the situation, I might just determine I'm going to sub both of you out, coin flip you, or whatever based on however I'm feeling at that moment. Don't leave yourself and your team vulnerable to this.
Just because at anytime one of the responders does not respond within the given range does not give you automatic activity win credentials. If they don't contact at all on your vm wall up until 48 hours before the end of the round (note, I'm not going to take irc or sim messages as evidence due to how easily they can be doctored...so if you want to protect yourself, stick to the vm messages), then you obviously have activity win justification. Note to team captains, if one of your players does not contact all his opponents before 48 hours before the end of the round, I will FORCE a sub, no questions asked. You WILL contact your opponent in a timely manner. However, if they do contact you at all after the suggested response time and before 48 hours before the end of the round, you are required to respond before 24 hours before the end of the round with 2 1-hour time ranges at least 1 hour apart before the end of the round. The opponent, since he did not stick to the proposed response schedule, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAY AT ONE OF YOUR NEWLY SUGGESTED TIMES, so you have the advantage here. This obviously puts a bit of an emphasis on the last 48 hours of each round (as is standard operating procedure for most of our official team tournaments anyway), so I will try my best to keep the last 48 hours of the round as close to the majority of the weekend for as much of the world as I can.
If you follow all of these guidelines, you will a.) most likely get your match done with minimal issue or b.) protect yourself and your team from an undue coin flip or activity decision. Yes, I hate activity decisions in official tournaments. Yes, I will do my best to prevent activity decisions in the playoffs (the qualifying round is fair game however and I will have no problem issuing an activity call here), but don't push your luck.
Here is an example of how following this would work:
Round 1 thread is posted June 7, 2015 at 10:00PM. Its deadline is June 14, 2015 at 11:59PM. User A and User B are matched up. User A contacts User B on his vm wall on June 9, at 9:00 PM (47 hours after the thread was posted, so ok), and gives 4 time ranges: June 10, from 7:00-7:30 PM (22 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is only ok so long as at minimum 3 of the other proposed time ranges adhere to the requirements), June 11, from 9:00-9:30 PM (48 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is ok), June 12, from 6:00-6:30 PM (69 hours after timestamp of his message, so ok, but only 21 hours after the earliest time range that is 48 hours after the timestamp), and June 12, from 9:00-9:30 PM (72 hours after the timestamp, so ok, and 24 hours after a legal time range and 3 hours after another legal time range). The June 11 and both June 12 time ranges satisfy the requirements, so User A can propose his first June 10 time range as well. User B responds on June 10, at 8:00 PM (23 hours after User A contacted him, so ok), and picks June 11, at 9:00 PM to battle, which is ok because it is 24 hours after his own response.
You'll note I made most of my response ranges multiples of 24 hours, but also included 24 hours. This means I expect you to be able to check Smogon at least once a day. If that is not feasible, you put yourself at risk.
~ Aldaron
On Disconnecting and Timing Out:
If a disconnection occurs, please notify a tournament director immediately. An available TD will then export the game data. TDs have a maximum window of three hours after a game concludes to export game data before the game expires, and require consent from both players to do so. Please note that in the case of a true DC, you must give your consent if the TDs attempt a recreation or the game will be considered an activity loss. If no TDs are online, please tag them in the official tours discord using the @Tournament Director tag.
Regarding time outs, they are a bit more complex, specifically because some timeouts are due to DCs. The best we can do for this scenario is say that there is some number between 1 minute and 2 minutes (which we will not publicize) that we will set as a limit for timing out, and if you timeout with more than that limit time remaining, we'll assume it is a DC, whereas the opposite is a true timeout. A true timeout defaults to a loss, while the DC timeout is recreated.
Regarding time outs, they are a bit more complex, specifically because some timeouts are due to DCs. The best we can do for this scenario is say that there is some number between 1 minute and 2 minutes (which we will not publicize) that we will set as a limit for timing out, and if you timeout with more than that limit time remaining, we'll assume it is a DC, whereas the opposite is a true timeout. A true timeout defaults to a loss, while the DC timeout is recreated.
On "Self-KO Clause" and Ties:
Self-KO Clause is an antiquated concept that is not used in Smogon tournaments. The one exception to the rule is if the tournament is live (weekly Smogon Tour, Suspect Tours, etc.). For all standard tournaments here this rule does not exist. It Does Not Exist.
If both Pokemon faint simultaneously in DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY, the game is ruled as a tie. Tied games do not count as played games in overall standings and will be expected to be replayed within the round's initial deadline. Similarly to this, tied games do not count towards the total number of games played in "best of X" series. In other words, if a tournament includes "Bo3" RBY, what is really being played is "first to two wins" RBY.
However, ties simply don't exist in later generations. The developers removed ties from BW and have not added them back since. There's a lot of inconsistency with the mechanics of their tiebreaking system but Smogon follows them to stay true to the cartridge. The main ones are listed below:
Note: The following list is for SM, XY, and BW, and not for DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY
Self-KO Moves (Destiny Bond, Explosion, Final Gambit, etc.):
Attacking Pokemon Loses
Offensive Recoil (Life Orb; Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, etc.):
Attacking Pokemon Wins
Defensive Recoil (Rocky Helmet; Iron Barbs, Rough Skin):
Attacking Pokemon Wins (SM)
Attacking Pokemon Loses (XY and BW)
Passive Damage (Status, Weather, etc.):
Faster Pokemon Loses
If both Pokemon faint simultaneously in DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY, the game is ruled as a tie. Tied games do not count as played games in overall standings and will be expected to be replayed within the round's initial deadline. Similarly to this, tied games do not count towards the total number of games played in "best of X" series. In other words, if a tournament includes "Bo3" RBY, what is really being played is "first to two wins" RBY.
However, ties simply don't exist in later generations. The developers removed ties from BW and have not added them back since. There's a lot of inconsistency with the mechanics of their tiebreaking system but Smogon follows them to stay true to the cartridge. The main ones are listed below:
Note: The following list is for SM, XY, and BW, and not for DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY
Self-KO Moves (Destiny Bond, Explosion, Final Gambit, etc.):
Attacking Pokemon Loses
Offensive Recoil (Life Orb; Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, etc.):
Attacking Pokemon Wins
Defensive Recoil (Rocky Helmet; Iron Barbs, Rough Skin):
Attacking Pokemon Wins (SM)
Attacking Pokemon Loses (XY and BW)
Passive Damage (Status, Weather, etc.):
Faster Pokemon Loses
Deadline for this round of games is Sunday, May 27 at 11:59 PM EDT. Good luck to all participants!
Previous Rounds:
Previous Rounds:
(5) Team Austria
SM: Charmflash v Arik
SM: Astoria v ayman x
SM: MJ v tehdicktutor
ORAS: GenZeon v denger
BW: Phil de Mon v Afsin
DPP: mael v Asim12
ADV: DnB v CKW
GSC: neomon v RaiyanGotNo3DS
RBY: Bedschibaer v SKC44
Team Austria Captains:
Charmflash & Bedschibaer
Team Austria Substitutes:
ElektechN9ne Semako Mickel austriangeorge Bausparvertrag BrickBreak
Team Bangladesh Captains:
Asim12 & ayman x
Team Bangladesh Substitutes:
Zarif Adeeb Swagata darius45 5-4-K Mir Sayad
Charmflash & Bedschibaer
Team Austria Substitutes:
ElektechN9ne Semako Mickel austriangeorge Bausparvertrag BrickBreak
Team Bangladesh Captains:
Asim12 & ayman x
Team Bangladesh Substitutes:
Zarif Adeeb Swagata darius45 5-4-K Mir Sayad
Pairings for the first qualifying round were randomly drawn, and give us the following:
(5) Team Bangladesh
vs
Team India (1)
SM: ayman x v Chaitanya
SM: denger v SANJAY
SM: tehdicktutor v Anish
ORAS: Afsin v Pradhaaan
BW: Zarif v Serene Grace
DPP: Asim12 v Dj Breloominati♬
ADV: ??? v ???
GSC: RaiyanGotNo3DS v OminousDraco
RBY: ??? v ???
(6) Team Austria
vs
Team Benelux (3)
SM: austriangeorge v Oro e Diamanti
SM: Charmflash v Sealette
SM: MJ v Twixtry
ORAS: GenZeon v Michielleus
BW: Phil de Mon v ReshiRampage
DPP: mael v tjdaas
ADV: BrickBreak v Jarii
GSC: neomon v Drud
RBY: Bedschibaer v Djokra
SM: ayman x v Chaitanya
SM: denger v SANJAY
SM: tehdicktutor v Anish
ORAS: Afsin v Pradhaaan
BW: Zarif v Serene Grace
DPP: Asim12 v Dj Breloominati♬
ADV: ??? v ???
GSC: RaiyanGotNo3DS v OminousDraco
RBY: ??? v ???
(6) Team Austria
SM: austriangeorge v Oro e Diamanti
SM: Charmflash v Sealette
SM: MJ v Twixtry
ORAS: GenZeon v Michielleus
BW: Phil de Mon v ReshiRampage
DPP: mael v tjdaas
ADV: BrickBreak v Jarii
GSC: neomon v Drud
RBY: Bedschibaer v Djokra
Team Austria Captains:
Charmflash & Bedschibaer
Team Austria Substitutes:
ElektechN9ne Semako Mickel Astoria Bausparvertrag DnB
Team Benelux Captains:
Djokra & Drud
Team Benelux Substitutes:
poh Count Riario Sealette Zeden TheWall david dTM
Charmflash & Bedschibaer
Team Austria Substitutes:
ElektechN9ne Semako Mickel Astoria Bausparvertrag DnB
Team Benelux Captains:
Djokra & Drud
Team Benelux Substitutes:
poh Count Riario Sealette Zeden TheWall david dTM
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Lavos
Banned deucer.
Austria (4) vs Asia (5)
SM: MJ v WhiteQueen - queenie looked fantastic in ost, if the gaysian sensation brings a real team he'll surely win
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu - being honest i flipped a coin
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer - sorry for ever doubting you buddy. mom better keep her hands off the router
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic - probably the most annoying and worst manager ever, but quite good at pokemon
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow - never quite sure what to make of this guy, he has flashes of brilliance but hovers at "above average", hopefully he can harness some latent greatness for this one because his opponent has the "total random" factor working for him
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC - a year ago mael was just some guy who'd hang around tours and play old gens with you, he never struck me as anything special back then, but these last few months he really had a breakthrough and now it seems he's moving with a ton of confidence and calculation. deepbluec is no pushover, mael is just the man to beat right now
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace - i rate this guy real highly in adv, he makes expert plays look casual and his builder has your team before you think of it. dnb better bring a moltres check and even then he might not be able to withstand the (over)heat
GSC: neomon v Arifeen - i'm still waiting for feen to play a truly great game of gsc, but he certainly has his fundamentals down, which is more than can be said for neomon judging by his qualifying matches.
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan - hard to predict against the man with arguably the most impressive spl performance in rby. however, beds is the perfect stylistic match, truly the definition of a wild card and has a certain "je ne sais quoi" about him. easily the highlight match of the series
still think it's fucking stupid that we do an odd number of games for this, i'd love the possibility of charmflash/mael vs. whitequeen tiebreak but oh well. as they say on teams that aren't east, "maybe next year"
SM: MJ v WhiteQueen - queenie looked fantastic in ost, if the gaysian sensation brings a real team he'll surely win
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu - being honest i flipped a coin
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer - sorry for ever doubting you buddy. mom better keep her hands off the router
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic - probably the most annoying and worst manager ever, but quite good at pokemon
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow - never quite sure what to make of this guy, he has flashes of brilliance but hovers at "above average", hopefully he can harness some latent greatness for this one because his opponent has the "total random" factor working for him
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC - a year ago mael was just some guy who'd hang around tours and play old gens with you, he never struck me as anything special back then, but these last few months he really had a breakthrough and now it seems he's moving with a ton of confidence and calculation. deepbluec is no pushover, mael is just the man to beat right now
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace - i rate this guy real highly in adv, he makes expert plays look casual and his builder has your team before you think of it. dnb better bring a moltres check and even then he might not be able to withstand the (over)heat
GSC: neomon v Arifeen - i'm still waiting for feen to play a truly great game of gsc, but he certainly has his fundamentals down, which is more than can be said for neomon judging by his qualifying matches.
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan - hard to predict against the man with arguably the most impressive spl performance in rby. however, beds is the perfect stylistic match, truly the definition of a wild card and has a certain "je ne sais quoi" about him. easily the highlight match of the series
still think it's fucking stupid that we do an odd number of games for this, i'd love the possibility of charmflash/mael vs. whitequeen tiebreak but oh well. as they say on teams that aren't east, "maybe next year"
austria lads have been solid but asia is also fielding a strong roster, id make predictions but i kinda agree with everything lavos posted. i'd favor ggfan to win due to how their playstyles match up though. i'll be sad for whoever doesn't make it, let's see some good games o7
Playing sunday 3pm gmt+2
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Diophantine
Banned deucer.
SM: MJ v WhiteQueen
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace
GSC: neomon v Arifeen
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace
GSC: neomon v Arifeen
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan
SM: MJ v WhiteQueen
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace
GSC: neomon v Arifeen
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan
SM: Astoria v JohnYiu
SM: Charmflash v Fruitdealer
ORAS: GenZeon v Analytic
BW: Phil de Mon v Chill Shadow
DPP: mael v DeepBlueC
ADV: DnB v eden's embrace
GSC: neomon v Arifeen
RBY: Bedschibaer v GGFan
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