due to popular request:
Brazil (3) vs (5) Asia + Rest of the World
SM: Ren-chon vs trace | i think both these players are probably equal in skill level but asia probably has better teambuilding
SM: Randomnick vs Leoshad | ive seen this guy talk in the ru discord and he won his game last week. meanwhile idk anythin about this other goon
SM: GustavoYAY vs Eternally | eternally's prob slightly above average and the other guys a random
SM: Giopato vs yjh971203 | this guy's prob in the average to slightly above average range and his opponent is a random goon
ORAS: HANTSUKI vs Arifeen | happened
ORAS: lighthouses vs J0RIS | i still dont rly think joris is competent and while diogo has struggled, i'll give him the benefit of the doubt here
BW: Eternal Spirit vs Chill Shadow | chill shadow is solid enough but i think hes better in newer gens. gama somehow just wins all his games even in official tours so hard to pick against him.
BW: CaCaTuA vs Aeroblacktyl | OML mop dismantled windsong last week in a classic game of BW RU so hard to see him losin to this cactus wannabe
Germany (3) vs (3) UK
SM: Heni-san vs Alpha Rabbit | i've at least heard of this dude i guess
SM: mind gaming vs DKM
SM: Necrozma vs Espeonage. | idk either of these players but the german dude stunted all over his opponent last week and won with a necrozma so mad props.
SM: T T C vs Osh | this guy was in slam i think? right? LOL idr.
ORAS: Melle2402 vs Hamhamhamham | melle's like an average to below average gscer so i guess he has that going for him. the gsc playerbase is better than ru generally speaking so there it is...
ORAS: soTsoT vs HJAD | hjads decent enough at pu ig so i guess he can have the edge lol god this series is terrible
BW: pasy_g vs The Leprechaun | idk anythin about the leprechaun besides that hes an ru room owner. pasy g is a tour player so ill have to give him the edge, even though he lost to feliburn last week
BW: neomon vs Diophantine | i hav no idea how good my discord pl manager is tbh so bop there it is
France (0) vs (8) Canada + US Central
SM: Hurtadoo vs passion | OML passion is in the lineup once again, this time against a team that isn't mine. i think he's solid enough to destroy this random with a sawsbuck or some shit.
SM: RedEmption vs Kink | i dont really think kink is good but this redemption guy looked AWFUL in snake so just gonna go with king uu here.
SM: Carmin06 vs FLCL | flcl vs a random come on now lol
SM: yedla vs Sam | sam lost that week but this random dude presents a nice rebound opportunity
ORAS: Pepeduce vs EviGaro | evigaro is relatively competent ig and pepeduce played TERRIBLY vs lighthouses after risking the Flygon tie for no reason so there it is
ORAS: Arcobaleno vs Lord Death Man | well, he beat tdk off mu so i guess theres that. his opponent is a random so should be free
BW: Alkione vs SilentVerse | sv played a hard matchup p well vs august and now he gets to play a complete goon so should be free for one of the best bw ruers ever
BW: cielbakasan vs Amaroq | this guy prob should hav beaten me last week but he choked a bit LOLO i think he'll rebound here.
Europe (6) vs (2) US WEST
SM: Leru vs Meru | wow. a rhyming matchup what is this LMAO. anyway, meru has had a solid enough history of success in the ru tier. however, leru has had much more recent success, and coming off the heels off a strong snake showing, i think he can play well enough to win with his team's support.
SM: Pohjis vs Rakan | pohjis is another player in the range of average and slightly above average. omicron looked washed af last week no lie bro LOL so gonna have to give pohjis the edge here
SM: TonyFlygon vs ima | tony lost to the power of broken registeel last week but i think he'll prep harder than his opponent and make the plays needed to win this time.
SM: Welli0u vs rozes | the well took down soulwind in smogon tour and has earned the respect of many players. gonna give him a slight edge here over rozes, but i wouldnt really be surprised to see him get shilowned
ORAS: MiyoKa vs xastify | neither of these ppl really impress me but xastify plays ru more so there u go.
ORAS: Kushalos vs TSR | the chef has been blazing hot and meanwhile hes playin one of the classic "3 letter username beginning with t users." should be free
BW: Void vs tko | void's a very solid player who got pretty unlucky this week. i think he should outplay in this game and win; i just can't see him starting 0-2 in this tier
BW: eifo vs Windsong | windsong surprisingly lost to mop this week, but i doubt he'll lose again. he's way too skilled at this tier to be starting 0-2, and i don't really think eifo poses much of a threat
