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Tournament ZUPL Commencement Thread
- Thread starter MZ
- Start date
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Unbiased team name power rankings
1- Durza with the Fiery Flamencos - yes i hate this as much you all do, but you are all so terrible at names that durzas name is the most decent one. Even though this name just shows he wanted to have a dancer girlfriend, durza's team nickname ticks all 3 boxes, it makes sense, it uses a mon that is usable in the tier, and it isnt something that references Delibird (which we will get to later). Again, fuck you all for making me put durza at #1.
2- Blalib and the Seductive Spindas - The only somewhat edgy name of the 6 (although Polyamorous Poliwraths was better, #freerav). This isn't really terrible, although it doesnt rhyme and spinda isnt relevant. Also idk who would be seduced by a spinda, but who knows what goes in blalibs head.
3- LPY and the Sovereign Swannas - Yea, this is actually not that ugly and if Black Swannas wasn't a clear better option for a Swanna team name this would likely be 2nd bc like Durza's team it ticks all the boxes. Minus points because its managed by LPY and it doesnt have a weeb reference
4- Bloodace and the Humilau Hakamo-os - Yea i really cant care about this but its better than the last 2
5- 5gen and the TCB Basculins - Read bloodace but this doesnt even start with the same letter. Also i expected more from 5gen
6- Aaronboyer and his team - We all know Aaron makes the worst polls but we didnt know he also made the worst team names. I refuse to acknowledge this was picked over the Macho-lover Machokes managed by Broken Phobias.
1- Durza with the Fiery Flamencos - yes i hate this as much you all do, but you are all so terrible at names that durzas name is the most decent one. Even though this name just shows he wanted to have a dancer girlfriend, durza's team nickname ticks all 3 boxes, it makes sense, it uses a mon that is usable in the tier, and it isnt something that references Delibird (which we will get to later). Again, fuck you all for making me put durza at #1.
2- Blalib and the Seductive Spindas - The only somewhat edgy name of the 6 (although Polyamorous Poliwraths was better, #freerav). This isn't really terrible, although it doesnt rhyme and spinda isnt relevant. Also idk who would be seduced by a spinda, but who knows what goes in blalibs head.
3- LPY and the Sovereign Swannas - Yea, this is actually not that ugly and if Black Swannas wasn't a clear better option for a Swanna team name this would likely be 2nd bc like Durza's team it ticks all the boxes. Minus points because its managed by LPY and it doesnt have a weeb reference
4- Bloodace and the Humilau Hakamo-os - Yea i really cant care about this but its better than the last 2
5- 5gen and the TCB Basculins - Read bloodace but this doesnt even start with the same letter. Also i expected more from 5gen
6- Aaronboyer and his team - We all know Aaron makes the worst polls but we didnt know he also made the worst team names. I refuse to acknowledge this was picked over the Macho-lover Machokes managed by Broken Phobias.
First ZUPL Mock s/o to everyone being patient and Catalystic for helping us get through with it!
Break down by team
**LPY, a fruitshop owner, Pitches, and 5gen drafted themselves for 12k each
Overal total prices
Break down by team
**LPY, a fruitshop owner, Pitches, and 5gen drafted themselves for 12k each
| Tack | 14500 |
| czim | 14000 |
| TonyFlygon | 12000 |
| Charles A. Theist (ZAROSU) | 11000 |
| Akashi | 9500 |
| Arifeen | 8000 |
| snaga | 8000 |
| Yami | 6500 |
| yovan33321 | 6500 |
| Chloe | 4000 |
| Oathkeepre | 3000 |
| OminousDraco | 3000 |
| Taskr | 12500 |
| Funbot28 | 12000 |
| 85percent | 9000 |
| uhuhuhu7 | 8000 |
| DrReuniclus | 7000 |
| Pigeons | 7000 |
| Tsareentje | 7000 |
| Mirbro | 6500 |
| Toy Time King | 4500 |
| Havens | 4000 |
| Sieeeffmon | 3000 |
| Catalystic | 3000 |
| GayGreenGorilla | 3000 |
| EviGaro | 14500 |
| LordST | 13500 |
| Ren-chon | 12500 |
| Dj Breloominati | 10500 |
| TJ | 9000 |
| z3ll1 | 7500 |
| CrazyStevy | 7000 |
| Specs | 7000 |
| kaori | 5000 |
| BP | 13000 |
| Rav3ndan | 12000 |
| SBPC | 12000 |
| neomon | 10500 |
| Sam I Yam | 9000 |
| Quantum Tesseract | 8500 |
| Graceclaw | 8000 |
| tondas | 7000 |
| Calucha | 7000 |
| love chants | 7000 |
| Thunder~BALLZ | 3000 |
| tom holland | 3000 |
| Kushalos | 24000 |
| Finchinator | 14500 |
| Teddeh | 11000 |
| vivalospride | 7000 |
| Tuthur1 | 7000 |
| cb aaron judge | 6000 |
| The Goomy | 5500 |
| Ampha | 5500 |
| tlenit1 | 4500 |
| I want Atago to sit on me | 3000 |
| Xayah | 19000 |
| Ho3nConfirm3d | 18000 |
| sketchy ecchi | 10500 |
| DnB | 10000 |
| Cigtar | 7500 |
| T0T0DI!E | 7000 |
| PhantomHurious | 6500 |
| Spooktune | 3000 |
| DugZa | 3000 |
| London13 | 3000 |
Overal total prices
| Kushalos | 24000 |
| Xayah | 19000 |
| Ho3nConfirm3d | 18000 |
| Finchinator | 14500 |
| Tack | 14500 |
| EviGaro | 14500 |
| czim | 14000 |
| LordST | 13500 |
| BP | 13000 |
| Ren-chon | 12500 |
| Taskr | 12500 |
| Rav3ndan | 12000 |
| SBPC | 12000 |
| TonyFlygon | 12000 |
| Funbot28 | 12000 |
| Charles A. Theist (ZAROSU) | 11000 |
| Teddeh | 11000 |
| Dj Breloominati | 10500 |
| sketchy ecchi | 10500 |
| neomon | 10500 |
| DnB | 10000 |
| Akashi | 9500 |
| 85percent | 9000 |
| TJ | 9000 |
| Sam I Yam | 9000 |
| Quantum Tesseract | 8500 |
| Graceclaw | 8000 |
| Arifeen | 8000 |
| snaga | 8000 |
| uhuhuhu7 | 8000 |
| z3ll1 | 7500 |
| Cigtar | 7500 |
| tondas | 7000 |
| CrazyStevy | 7000 |
| Specs | 7000 |
| Pigeons | 7000 |
| DrReuniclus | 7000 |
| Tuthur1 | 7000 |
| T0T0DI!E | 7000 |
| vivalospride | 7000 |
| love chants | 7000 |
| Tsareentje | 7000 |
| Calucha | 7000 |
| PhantomHurious | 6500 |
| yovan33321 | 6500 |
| Yami | 6500 |
| Mirbro | 6500 |
| cb aaron judge | 6000 |
| The Goomy | 5500 |
| Ampha | 5500 |
| kaori | 5000 |
| tlenit1 | 4500 |
| Toy Time King | 4500 |
| Chloe | 4000 |
| Havens | 4000 |
| Oathkeepre | 3000 |
| Thunder~BALLZ | 3000 |
| Spooktune | 3000 |
| I want Atago to sit on me | 3000 |
| tom holland | 3000 |
| OminousDraco | 3000 |
| DugZa | 3000 |
| London13 | 3000 |
| Sieeeffmon | 3000 |
| Catalystic | 3000 |
| GayGreenGorilla | 3000 |
Mocc PR
1. Swannas, they have the smallest team in literal numbers, but it's almost entirely very good picks who're highly motivated to play/build, as well as subs who aren't mediocre at mons
2. Fire Birbs, Tour players+people who actually build for the tiers they're playing for is always a viable strategy, if a bit boring
3. Basculins, a couple less meme picks and i'd put them at #2 instead, but the ending really wasnt there. super solid building core and mostly solid players though, so they're already doing better than delibirds
4. Spindas, this team has pretty solid SM, but not much else, and ends up forced to start 2 less than ideal players every week, but has a decent enough back row of builders to make it work
5. Hakamo-o's, ngl i like a lot of people on the team, but this just is kind of a mess since you have way more builders than solid players
6. Delibirds 8 contributing members lol
tldr. delibirds get like 5 act wins called on them per week and durza did exactly what we all predicted he would
1. Swannas, they have the smallest team in literal numbers, but it's almost entirely very good picks who're highly motivated to play/build, as well as subs who aren't mediocre at mons
2. Fire Birbs, Tour players+people who actually build for the tiers they're playing for is always a viable strategy, if a bit boring
3. Basculins, a couple less meme picks and i'd put them at #2 instead, but the ending really wasnt there. super solid building core and mostly solid players though, so they're already doing better than delibirds
4. Spindas, this team has pretty solid SM, but not much else, and ends up forced to start 2 less than ideal players every week, but has a decent enough back row of builders to make it work
5. Hakamo-o's, ngl i like a lot of people on the team, but this just is kind of a mess since you have way more builders than solid players
6. Delibirds 8 contributing members lol
tldr. delibirds get like 5 act wins called on them per week and durza did exactly what we all predicted he would
Second ZUPL Mock
Break down of Prices by team
| Ho3nConfirm3d | 22000 |
| Funbot 28 | 18500 |
| Kushalos | 15000 |
| Union caboche | 14500 |
| SBPC | 12000 |
| Love Chants | 3000 |
| Snaga | 3000 |
| OminousDraco | 3000 |
| Arifeen | 3000 |
| Sam I Yam | 3000 |
| Velvet Blood | 3000 |
| LordST | 19500 |
| Czim | 17500 |
| Neomon | 14000 |
| Rav3ndan | 11000 |
| EviGaro | 10500 |
| Cam | 8500 |
| Specs | 7500 |
| Graceglaw | 5000 |
| PurpleGatorade | 3500 |
| Gorfield | 3000 |
| Tack | 18500 |
| RawMelon | 17000 |
| Quantum Tesseract | 9000 |
| TJ | 9000 |
| Fille | 8000 |
| Alkione | 7000 |
| Oathkeeper | 6500 |
| Yovan33321 | 6500 |
| Xiri | 6000 |
| z3ll1 | 5000 |
| PhantomHurious | 4500 |
| Toy Time King | 3000 |
| Tony Flygon | 20000 |
| Tsareentje | 13000 |
| DrReuniclus | 10000 |
| Charles A. Theist (ZAROSU) | 9500 |
| Uhuhuhu7 | 8000 |
| Taskr | 8000 |
| Ren-Chon | 8000 |
| Vivalospride | 8000 |
| Akashi | 4000 |
| Ampha | 3500 |
| DugZa | 3000 |
| MetalGro$$ | 3000 |
| Xayah | 19000 |
| Heysup | 16000 |
| Finchinator | 15000 |
| Dj Breloominati | 13000 |
| DnB | 10000 |
| The Goomy | 7000 |
| BKdrew | 5500 |
| Pigeons | 4500 |
| Yami | 4000 |
| Tondas | 3000 |
| Sketchi Ecchi | 3000 |
| BP | 14000 |
| 85Percent | 13500 |
| hamhamhamham | 11000 |
| Calucha | 10000 |
| Teddeh | 9500 |
| Tuthur1 | 9500 |
| Spooktune | 9000 |
| TheJ3estPenguin | 8000 |
| Mirbro | 8000 |
| Chloe | 7000 |
Overall Total Prices
| Ho3nConfirm3d | 22000 |
| TonyFlygon | 20000 |
| LordST | 19500 |
| Xayah | 19000 |
| Funbot28 | 18500 |
| Tack | 18500 |
| czim | 17500 |
| RawMelon | 17000 |
| Heysup | 16000 |
| Finchinator | 15000 |
| Kushalos | 15000 |
| Union Caboche | 14500 |
| neomon | 14000 |
| BP | 14000 |
| 85percent | 13500 |
| Dj Breloominati | 13000 |
| Tsareentje | 13000 |
| SBPC | 12000 |
| Rav3ndan | 11000 |
| Hamhamhamham | 11000 |
| EviGaro | 10500 |
| DrReuniclus | 10000 |
| DnB | 10000 |
| Calucha | 10000 |
| Charles A. Theist (ZAROSU) | 9500 |
| Tuthur1 | 9500 |
| Teddeh | 9500 |
| Spooktune | 9000 |
| TJ | 9000 |
| Quantum Tesseract | 9000 |
| Cam | 8500 |
| vivalospride | 8000 |
| uhuhuhu7 | 8000 |
| Taskr | 8000 |
| Mirbro | 8000 |
| Ren-chon | 8000 |
| Fille | 8000 |
| TheJ3estPenguin | 8000 |
| Specs | 7500 |
| The Goomy | 7000 |
| Chloe | 7000 |
| Alkione | 7000 |
| Oathkeepre | 6500 |
| yovan33321 | 6500 |
| Xiri | 6000 |
| bkdrew | 5500 |
| Graceclaw | 5000 |
| z3ll1 | 5000 |
| Pigeons | 4500 |
| PhantomHurious | 4500 |
| Yami | 4000 |
| Akashi | 4000 |
| PurpleGatorade | 3500 |
| Ampha | 3500 |
| Gorfield | 3000 |
| Toy Time King | 3000 |
| sketchy ecchi | 3000 |
| tondas | 3000 |
| love chants | 3000 |
| snaga | 3000 |
| Arifeen | 3000 |
| Sam I Yam | 3000 |
| Velvet Blood | 3000 |
| OminousDraco | 3000 |
| DugZa | 3000 |
| MetalGro$$ | 3000 |
BP's Mock PR
1. Easily the Fiery Flamencos. I know this sounds biased af because I'm the one who was calling shots in this Mock but we have solid players on the roster. Not to mention I grabbed an amazing builder for 3k. Overall, an extremely solid team of 11 players which leaves room for potential subs and flexible lineup.
2. This one was a bit harder to determine but I gotta go with the Seductive Spindas. Fruits picked a great lineup this time around and his team is overall pretty flexible. Fruits' old gens lineup is extremely solid and I see this picking up wins over some of the other teams on the list.
3. The Dragon Dancing Delibirds come in a close third. While Aaron had a questionable start to the draft dropping 22K almost immediately, he somehow managed to pull it together and draft a strong roster picking up a good builder and some power players.
4. TCB Basculins at number 4. 5gen managed to abstain from buying a single player until like halfway through the draft. Despite this odd tactic he managed to grab very well rounded players. Not to mention the great builder he has on top of that.
5. With 12 players on the Roster, the Humilau Hakomo-os have created a very flexible team with decent players overall. I could honestly see this team being the underdogs of this mock draft under Blood ace's leadership.
6. I really hate to say it folks but the Sovereign Swannas is just an iffy team overall. I feel that Spook really shit the bed so to speak on this one. He managed to grab some decent builders and a couple of strong players. This team just isn't going to have a good time against any of the other teams.
1. Easily the Fiery Flamencos. I know this sounds biased af because I'm the one who was calling shots in this Mock but we have solid players on the roster. Not to mention I grabbed an amazing builder for 3k. Overall, an extremely solid team of 11 players which leaves room for potential subs and flexible lineup.
2. This one was a bit harder to determine but I gotta go with the Seductive Spindas. Fruits picked a great lineup this time around and his team is overall pretty flexible. Fruits' old gens lineup is extremely solid and I see this picking up wins over some of the other teams on the list.
3. The Dragon Dancing Delibirds come in a close third. While Aaron had a questionable start to the draft dropping 22K almost immediately, he somehow managed to pull it together and draft a strong roster picking up a good builder and some power players.
4. TCB Basculins at number 4. 5gen managed to abstain from buying a single player until like halfway through the draft. Despite this odd tactic he managed to grab very well rounded players. Not to mention the great builder he has on top of that.
5. With 12 players on the Roster, the Humilau Hakomo-os have created a very flexible team with decent players overall. I could honestly see this team being the underdogs of this mock draft under Blood ace's leadership.
6. I really hate to say it folks but the Sovereign Swannas is just an iffy team overall. I feel that Spook really shit the bed so to speak on this one. He managed to grab some decent builders and a couple of strong players. This team just isn't going to have a good time against any of the other teams.
I'll gladly go with dictator BloodAce0107. He's a cool dude with the right know-how. Tack being there too is a bonus!
You Spook by yourself not by LPYs...
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