Tournaments GSCPL IV - Week One

[Hiro']

Art by Kolohe

Hosted by Hiro' and roxie
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Royal Raikous (4) vs (2) Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

Shunkō Jolteons (4) vs (2) Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

Sleepy Snorlaxes (3) vs (3) Ladder-Bayleef Saints
OU: RealJester vs Mizuhime
OU: susciety vs Jhonx~
OU: Leftwingbo vs chub
Ubers: Gondra vs corvere
UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup

Cursed Tyranitars (4) vs (2) Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: phosphor vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Maître Apagnan vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Monai

GSC UU + Aerodactyl Challenge Code:
/challenge gen2uu @@@ +Aerodactyl

Predictions Format

Royal Raikous (0) vs (0) Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

Shunkō Jolteons (0) vs (0) Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

Sleepy Snorlaxes (0) vs (0) Ladder-Bayleef Saints
OU: RealJester vs Mizuhime
OU: susciety vs Jhonx~
OU: Leftwingbo vs chub
Ubers: Gondra vs corvere
UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup

Cursed Tyranitars (0) vs (0) Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: phosphor vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Monai

Deadline for this round is Sunday, October 15th at 9:00 PM GMT-4.​

 

[Hiro']

Apparently it didn't ping so here we are

tags

OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

OU: RealJester vs Mizuhime
OU: susciety vs Jhonx~
OU: Leftwingbo vs chub
Ubers: Gondra vs corvere
UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup

OU: John Madden vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper

 

[BeeOrSomething]

Royal Raikous (2) vs (4) Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji - I have confidence in romanji to be able to take some wins here and there but I think for week 1 against the much more experienced player, he's gonna need some time to adjust and get proper support imo.

Shunkō Jolteons (4) vs (2) Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs - IDK who Sunlight Laughs is and Piyush always seems to be that guy who wins a lot in tiers he's never played
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic - Torchic is great but neither really have support and Conflict proved after this most recent UPL that he is in contention for the #1 slot in GSC Ubers
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

Cursed Tyranitars (3) vs (2) Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: John Madden vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee - IMO Surfy having played this tier much more recently and Vani support outweights Cherry support
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper - I don't want to have to choose here I'm rooting for both of you!


Free Monai

 

[DiannieRatson]

Not predicting for some mus xd

UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

Ubers: Gondra vs corvere
UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup

Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper

 

[Iguana]

Just posting so the hosting teams is aware...neither the OP nor the subsequent tagging post notified me. Not sure if this was the case for others as well?

Very exciting for GSC PL to be back again!

 

[Mr.Bossaru]

oh gee, look wasn't taken again, wow so amazing

 

[EllingtonReborn]

only doing lower tiers lol

UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town goat pp
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu no question
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis more experience in aero meta
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup both are goats but Bee is GSC NU incarnate

UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper

 

[Deezcastforms]

Royal Raikous (2) vs (4) Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

Shunkō Jolteons (4) vs (2) Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

Sleepy Snorlaxes (5) vs (1) Ladder-Bayleef Saints
OU: RealJester vs Mizuhime
OU: susciety vs Jhonx~
OU: Leftwingbo vs chub
Ubers: Gondra vs corvere
UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup

Cursed Tyranitars (2) vs (4) Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: John Madden vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper

 

[Mr.378]

Royal Raikous (2) vs (4) Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town
NU: Estarossa vs romanji

Shunkō Jolteons (4) vs (2) Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs Blazingdark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu
NU: Real FV13 vs feen

Sleepy Snorlaxes (3) vs (3) Ladder-Bayleef Saints
OU: RealJester vs Mizuhime
OU: susciety vs Jhonx~
OU: Leftwingbo vs chub
Ubers: Gondra vs corvere
UU + Aero: DugZa vs BigFatMantis
NU: BeeOrSomething vs MrSoup

Cursed Tyranitars (4) vs (2) Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: John Madden vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper

 

[melancholy0]

thor
glfg
shiloh

bd
leru
piyush

jester
sus
lwb

kenix
vani - why not ou1? dont be a coward
coco

 

[susciety]

Currently taking a break from writing a lab report so may as well do some OU predictions:

Royal Raikous vs Bone Crushers:

Thor vs Chiles Habaneros: My former RoAPL teammate vs one of the first players i've met to get me into GSC. My gut is telling me Chiles will win given that his play during RoAPL was alot more sound than Thor who had a lot of hiccups during the season (i.e his W1 and W5 games). Chiles is also a lot more versatile with regards to what he can use from what i've seen so ill bold him here.
spellcaster vs GLFGno7: Experience + a much higher playing capacity. Don't get absurdly lucked and this should be a clean victory.
Inder vs shiloh: Inder can certainly play but Shiloh is more familiar with OU.

Shunkō Jolteons vs Amp Plains Zapdos:

Feaniix vs Blazingdark: Never seen Feaniix play GSC + BD has played and won a lot here.
agentkeval vs Leru: Honestly though Leru would go for at least 14k lol. Not a fan of Keval's tendency to toss out his spiker or spinner before turn 10 so this should be extremely favoured for a all-around solid player.
Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs: Now this I genuinely do not know. Sunlight Laughs has one post on smogon lifetime which makes me question his legitimacy. Haha Piyush but please bring your best so we can see how this guy will fare.

Cursed Tyranitars vs Vaporized Vaporeons:

John Madden vs Kenix: The best GSC player in this entire list imo, not expecting him to drop any game for the foreseeable future unless he gets royally lucked.
vani vs cherryb0ng: vani has been nothing but in-form recently. From going 7-1 in RoAPL, 6-1 in UPL and having a strong RCOP. He is definitely up there with the most consistent GSC players atm. Cherry on the other hand well, my captain from last year didn't necessarily resonate with my views on GSC and in general has a high tendency to make questionable plays. So long as vani doesn't throw in the builder and doesn't get haxed like his game vs Egor, very favoured.
Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna: Haven't seen patate play much GSC as of recently but am aware he mains this tier. Crust factor makes me think hellpowna who has been playing a lot on the other hand gives him a much favoured playing advantage into this game. On paper this should be the closest game out of the lot but who knows Coco could very easily bring shitmons (Kingdra c:) and throw in the builder.

Good luck to all bar the Bayleefs.

 

[nigel]

GSK LEGENDE FEANIXX vs. BlazingDark

 

[Fantos13]

Coco ftw

 

[Real FV13]

NU: Real FV13

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[MrSoup]

Royal Raikous (2) vs (4) Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy
UU + Aero: avarice vs pp's splash town - think this is closer than ppl might think. pps fantastic and probably can pilot this meta better, but avarice has solid support and isnt a slouch in uu. pp also seems to struggle with playing from behind, which avarice might be able to exploit. honestly very excited for this one.
NU: Estarossa vs romanji - estas been out of the nu game for a while bit now but should easily return to form. I do worry a bit about his building though -- hopefully he can catch up to the meta. idk if romanji has ever really been in the nu game, but i wouldn't doubt that they could jump into it quite easily, i know they at least frequent nu discussions.

Shunkō Jolteons (4) vs (2) Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic
UU + Aero: dawnbuster vs Micciu - i suspect this will be a strong redebut
NU: Real FV13 vs feen - feen will likely adapt fine but fv has got the experience (and weird builds)

Cursed Tyranitars (3) vs (2) Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: John Madden vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana
UU + Aero: Surfy vs Fakee - surfys pretty good at this tier and ive never seen fakee play it
NU: innovamania vs Oathkeeper - i think inno edges out in skill but oath has a lot more experience, despite the fact that inno has several series under his belt. should be a fire matchup

 

[BlazingDark]

OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna

Damn, HL of the week, dumbest player against italian gsc goat

 

[ukaaa]

Hummel Hummel Mors Mors

 

[elednb]

Ich wünsche meinen norddeutschen Brüdern fejanichs und vanishare alles erdenklich Gute in diesem monumentalen Wettbewerb!

 

[Vileman]

Realized i barely know about uu and nu playerbase so wont predict those
Royal Raikous vs Bone Crushers
OU: Thor vs Chiles Habaneros - personal highlight from 2 good gscers who have high highs and low lows. Hope they both bring their highs.
OU: spellcaster vs GLFGno7
OU: Inder vs shiloh
Ubers: Amaranth vs Manaphy


Shunkō Jolteons vs Amp Plains Zapdos
OU: Feaniix vs BlazingDark
OU: agentkeval vs Leru
OU: Piyush25 vs Sunlight Laughs - not familiar with either sorry ;o;
Ubers: Conflict vs Torchic - should be a banger

Sleepy Snorlaxes vs Ladder-Bayleef Saints
OU: RealJester vs Mizuhime
OU: susciety vs Jhonx~
OU: Leftwingbo vs chub - not familiar with either sorry ;o;
Ubers: Gondra vs corvere

Cursed Tyranitars vs Vaporized Vaporeons
OU: John Madden vs Kenix
OU: vani vs cherryb0ng
OU: Thepatatedouce vs hellpowna
Ubers: Isa vs Iguana

 

[spell]

won vs GLFGno7 gg
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen2ou-723183

 

[Maître Apagnan]

won , apagnan https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen2ou-1966593610

 

[dawnbuster]

I played like shit and got lucky, sorry

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen2uu-723282

 

[Isa]

won vs. iguana, gg
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen2ubers-723287

 

[Chiles Habaneros]

Won vs thor. gg '-'
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen2ou-723299

 

[pp's splash town]

won gg
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen2uu-723341
I was never dead to cc btw even w/ grass dvs