not gonna lie, this one really hurts. i really thought we had the title, especially after we got our first BW win in like 100 weeks with phoopes who hadnt played a game yet all season, which was only due to cake absolutely balling in RBY, and with our 20 person army i wanted everyone to get a game or two and im glad to say the entire time got to play. objectively this tournament does not matter at all, as this is for a FPL which realistically has no outcome on the rest of any of our lives, but man i really wanted this one, and i know we all did too. the group of guys we had was terrific, and i'm super proud of the performance everyone put up to take us from the absolute bottom all the way to leading 3-0 in the finals. i had a lot of fun, and i wanted to shout out the team! because they were all fantastic. not sure how much longer i'm going to be on this site, my involvement has always been very sporadic, and i've retired and unretired more times than brett favre. i also really do not enjoy playing gen 9 besides rands, but that's besides the point. sorry if i write more than some for others, i've had a very long day today, but i don't think i put more passion into a tournament than i did into this one. i wasn't even going to manage, but due to some unfortunate events that happened i ended up having a lot more free time, so i said fuck it why not. i know i couldn't support a single tier besides general advice and motivation ahaha, but i hope you all had a great time.
also shoutout to my friend
BigFatMantis - the effort and creativity he puts into this tournament is insane, and i hope everyone else can give him the recognition he deserves for this tournament the past few years.
Runo - man i know your games didn't go how you would have liked, but you were an incredible and positive presence. you were always offering tests, as well as good vibes, and i would draft you 100 times over. you were always there to help apple i remember one of your games you rolled into a 6-0 matchup against mega altaria with facade, and there was nothing you could do there, another you made one misplay against mamo, and that lost the game, but besides that I think you're a very promising player, especially with your attitude i think you can achieve a lot of success on this site.
NotVeryCake - the RBY GOAT! i dont know how you enjoy this tier, but every week you dominated, besides that one game you got cteamed by lt surge offense and haxed into oblivion. you were a vital part of the team, and i knew it was almost a guranteed win every time you played. i also thought your bluntness in interacting with others was very funny, and if you can annhilate rby UU, then you can destroy any tier you choose to put your mind to. thanks for helping carry us, you were an excellent member. cake cake cake cake!
sealoo my fellow bears fan. this is our year! you were a fantastic presence, and you started killing it late in the season once you found your groove in SV. the last game seemed a bit unfortunate, but we wouldn't have gotten to finals without your rejuvenation late in the season. thanks for being a goat, i think you have a very keen game sense, and can play any tier well you set your mind to. another fantastic presence in our team, and i'm very glad we got you.
olivia - the heart and soul of the team! we hadn't lost a week since your spirit bomb with bellibolt, which was easily one of the most epic moments of our season. i loved your positivity and energy, and your win in finals was so hype. i'm not gonna lie i did have my doubts, but wow you destroyed. going up against a 7-0, you came in with a fearless attitude and sent him packing. i'm glad we got you going late in the season, i think you're a great player in general, and i have no doubts you'll have a very successful career on this site especially with the positivity you bring. also! big shoutout to
spell for helping us after your team was out. you were instrumental in our SV success, and I really appreciate you lending your hand to help olivia sealo and jawa out.
Amukamara - never thought anyone 38k would ever be worth it, but jesus you were worth every penny and then some. undefeated, neva lost, and farmed everybody. might be to time to graduate to the big leagues, and battle ash ketchum for the indigo league title.
yone - i told you to play for this tour for us, after our dissapointing RBTT season, which you farmed, and were not rewarded at all for your farming. the last game looked a bit rough, but like what are you supposed to do vs SUCINE AND CRESSELIA, the two most annoying bulky pokemon of all time (shoutout opposing team for good prep of putting together that diabolical concoction), but you were so clutch throughout the season, you had one of the most important wins of our season to send us to TB last week, and you're an awesome player in general which is why I knew i wanted you to play in this to showcase your talents more. hopefully this made up for our awful RBTT season, thanks for being a homie. also maybe limit your screen time a bit less in the future hahaha.
phoopes you are hilarious. you were such a positive presence, even though you didn't play at all, and wow what a win in finals. although...you switched out your +1 raikou on mienshao because you thought it was scarf after you had just clicked protect on fake out LOL.... i will never understand that, but i'm very glad we got you, and as I said i'm sorry you couldn't play more, but thats your fault for maining RBY. although the SV RBY team would have been epic, but we probably would have lost lmao and not made playoffs. so maybe that was a blessing in disguise.
Imperial - the SUNDAY CLUTCH MASTER. it was what, like 4 weeks in a row the last game came down to you with our season on the line, and you came through every time? sorry you got stalled in finals, i wish i could have helped out in prep more this week, i probably would have said to watch out for stuff like that, but hindsight is 20-20. you're a fantastic mind and your future is very bright on this site. you and vesp were like kobe and shaq cooking every week. also shoutout
vesp for helping out, not only did you help tremendously but you were also awesome to have in the cord, meming on imperial and chiming into the QOTW every week,
Estarossa - that last game was a highway robbery. man. i'm not gonna get over that one for a while. obviously you've been on this site for a long time, and know what you're doing and i'm very happy we traded for you. we woulda been lost in GSC otherwise. although you gave me a heartattack every week forgetting your games until the last second lmao. thanks for help carrying until the end.
Peum - again i know your games didn't go very well, but that's your fault because im pretty sure you brought comfey every time! comfey sucks! so bad! but you were awesome to have on the team, and i know you're a great player and can do great things when you dont bring that useless pokemon. wish you coulda played more! but we had 9 trillion guys.
Pengui123 - man you were hilarious. your one game where you brought disable slowking with no slack off lmao, and actually rolled a good MU for it! but got 6-0d by stupid broken suciine. i really should have told us to bring suciine and cres every game, those mons are broken! way better than comfey. but i know you've peaked ladder, i know you're a great player, and i'm sorry we weren't able to get you to play more, but thanks for being a great presence nonetheless.
NDK NDK!. your one game was not the best lol. but! you were such an incredible presence man. i am so glad we got you. you got scouts for everyone every week, and was always active trying to help everyone win each week. you're an awesome dude and full of positivity, thanks for your consistent willingness to help everyone else, i know everyone appreciated your contributions more than you might have thought.
ThatOneApple - apple! i felt bad for putting you in DPP, but i'm so glad you enjoyed it. we really needed someone to fill it, and you surpassed all expectations. i felt bad because i knew you were a great player, and were a bit underutilized sitting in DPP, but you got some clutch wins for us, like against Heysup in finals! sorry that win amounted to nothing, but you're a great player, and a great prescence nonetheless, could not have gotten to finals without you.
Mossy Sandwich - i didn't realize how much of a generational run you are on right now. won masters, and killing open?? you've come a long way from being a tours plaza main, you've really developed into one of the premier UU players on this site, and you killed it for us. i know BFM's ADV was a shitshow, but you performed brilliantly, and i am super glad we got you on our team. thanks for killing it, and you better win open for the flamingos!
Adrift - wish you talked more! i think you are an incredible player, and i wish we were able to showcase your talents more. but that's what happens when we have 20 incredible players on our team. keep crushing it
Rae - i know it was a disappointing season and you kinda disappeared at the end, but you were an excellent presence to have nonetheless. thanks for being positive and continuing to try and help the BW slot and others even after some unfortunate games.
Sificon - thanks for being one of my oldest friends on this site, and letting me meme on you and annoy you and challenge you to broken cup when im hungover which is a lot. i think every team ive managed ive conned you into signing up and then throwing you into random tiers you dont want to play lmao, like rby ubers, which im ngl is pretty funny and i am going to continue to do so. although i dont know how much more managing im going to do. since its like once a year at this point now. please finish rejuv man. not for me. for you!
Cam Javi - thanks for being my homies and drafting an incredible team when i was unable to draft. i was a bit skeptical at first because we had 1010119299 people, but wow it turned out to be absolutely perfect. javi - like i said for Yone i hope this was able to redeem our terrible RBTT season lol, maybe if we had Kanha we could have won it all, but bygones be bygones! cammy - thanks for being one of my good pals as well for a long time now, i think this is what 3 years in a row of UUFPL since the cobras? crazy we've played this tour for that long. time flies.
jawabarat - saving you for last, because you were in my eyes - the most important player we drafted. Javi had said before the draft he wanted to get you, and we would have not had the atmosphere we had without you. you were super active, and super helpful in every single channel. i'm glad we were able to become good friends over the course of this tour. i know you say you are going to retire soon, but speaking from expirence i don't think you will! haha. i cannot reccomending drafting jawa enough in every tour, he is such an invaluable teammate and presence, and the last game didn't go our way, but don't hang your head over it. it sucks for sure, especially to feel like you let the team down, but we never would have been in that position without you. your energy set the stage for everyone else to shine, and i know for a fact we'll be keeping in touch down the line. i have no doubts you're gonna crush your new job, just keep your eyes on the prize. also why the hell are you playing every BDSP open. no wonder why you want to retire lmao.
god this was a lot of shoutouts, and my fingers hurt, but thanks for a fun season everyone. sorry we didn't get the result we wanted, but hey in a year everyone is going to forget about this, and we can tell everyone that the flamingos actually won this tour. then in 2 years, we can tell them that we won SPL.
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