Tournament UUFPL - The Dream Awakens

[jcbc]

jcbc
sm oras uu
+1

 

[Luirromen]

Hey guys!

Tangela Ever After team its accepting tryouts, here is the Discord link:
https://discord.gg/PpfY73Dr
​

 

[maki]

Player Name: Maki
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU / ORAS UU / BW UU / DPP UU / ADV UU / GSC UU / RBY UU
Timezone: GMT -8 (PST)

 

[Vaboh]

Player Name: Vaboh
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU / ORAS UU / BW UU / DPP UU / ADV UU / GSC UU / RBY UU
Timezone: GMT -8 (PST)

 

[TMM]

Tropical Malamar Militia logo (BigFatMantis said we cant use real guns)

 

[Alkione]

Edit :

SOMALIA — Today at 3:30 PM
brother



[3:30 PM]
u cant sign up for bw uu



[3:30 PM]
in uufpl



[3:30 PM]
if u play it in uupl



[3:30 PM]
i think thats one of the rules



[3:30 PM]
only other tiers



Alkione
All tiers except bwuu. I'm mad rn.
+1

 

[Ryan207]

Player Name: Ryan207
Tiers Played: SS UU/ORAS UU/BW UU
Timezone: gmt -5

 

[Moutemoute]

Edit :

SOMALIA — Today at 3:30 PM
brother



[3:30 PM]
u cant sign up for bw uu



[3:30 PM]
in uufpl



[3:30 PM]
if u play it in uupl



[3:30 PM]
i think thats one of the rules



[3:30 PM]
only other tiers



Alkione
All tiers except bwuu. I'm mad rn.
+1

Dw bro, let's make a plan and be in the same team, you'll play under my alt for BW and I'll play under yours for SS

 

[basaninho]

Dw bro, let's make a plan and be in the same team, you'll play under my alt for BW and I'll play under yours for SS

i'm wondering why people doesn't like french people on this site

 

[ramolost]

i'm wondering why people doesn't like french people on this site

they just dont like u lol

 

[avarice]

You can join the discord here if you're interested in joining the flapples and wish to share replays that show off your skills. I don't plan on doing individual tryout games but will be watching the PRE-DRAFT TRAINING CAMP closely (today @ 4:30PM EST (GMT-5), 1:30PM PST, 9:30PM GMT) so be sure to attend!​

 

[BigFatMantis]

Here is a real time list of players that I am keeping continuously updated, with their eligible tiers. Thank you to Lilburr for giving me the template. Should be helpful for managers in their intense pre-draft planning that I am sure they are spending 10 hours per day on

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dbCWCM6AcCLzYYFiWVnyGk4CqeUM09z9rDB0oHCgb4o/edit?usp=sharing

TMM faded love SOMALIA Yami Estarossa Ramolost avarice Luirromen

 

[devin]

devin
ss uu, oras uu, bw uu
gmt+5

 

[spatula]

Player Name: spatula
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU / BW UU
Timezone: GMT -5

 

[BigFatMantis]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the UUFPL Pre-Draft Battle Camp + Mocc Draft!

Here are the results of the Mocc Draft (again this is a MOCC draft, not a real draft, the real draft is next weekend)

Pricelist:

pricelist

Amukamara	50000
pokemonisfun	42000
Plague von Karma	38000
naviii 1	32000
vivalospride	30000
solonor24	26000
CBU	24000
Shellnuts	23500
Alkione	21000
LpZ	20000
JustFranco	18000
Kitten Milk	17000
ara	15000
lucqq	15000
Mindnight	15000
Panther-T	14000
bb skarm	14000
Lilburr	13000
Decem	13000
EternalSnowman	13000
Expulso	12500
Moutemoute	12000
Bandkrook	12000
FU SHUN HA	12000
cherryb0ng	12000
spatulakun	12000
Cam	12000
Lyss	10500
Skysolo	10000
miraage	9500
pacattacc	9000
Thiago Nunes	9000
Sickist	8000
Highways	8000
DKM	7500
ReeceHughes	7000
zeefable	7000
Notily	7000
Crushy Stuff	6500
Maki	6000
Mystras Leoxses	6000
rinnegan418	6000
Monky25	6000
Vaboh	6000
Adrift and Alone	5500
Yves Stone	5000
CoolStoryBrobat	5000
martha	5000
Splash	5000
64 squares	4500
Maple	4500
MasterLeoZangetsu	4500
Shaad Skyel	4000
lph	4000
Mr.Bossaru	4000
basaninho	4000
Prof.Otaku	4000
Zephyr2007	4000
RABIA	4000
Mygrein	3500
TotomonGang	3500
Codename Magnum	3500
parr0t	3500
Flare219	3500
SanJl	3500
InvejaMata	3500
Abyssal Ruins	3500
GotCookies	3500
Ewin	3500
467 11 11p	3000
Meri Berry	3000
Raahel	3000
toinha	3000
The Disco Devil	3000
Fathiryxi	3000
TeamCharm	3000
Pokeseba	3000
RaJ.Shoot	3000
weakermaker	3000
I'm hate hats	3000
adsam	3000
Celebiii	3000
Coryn216	3000
Mega-Charizard	3000
Soma Ghost	3000
Lord Thorx	3000
ojr	3000
Drud	3000
devin	3000
Yugon	3000
vani	3000
Draphirion	3000
A Hero's Destiny	3000
jeza.p	3000
Nalorium	3000
AM	3000
Pannuracotta	3000
ausma	3000
DC	3000

Signups are still open! Signup below! Signups will close around Friday/Saturday and the REAL Auction will take place Sunday, March 21 @ 6:00 PM GMT.

Remember that managers are still doing their own scouting/tryouts, so feel free to message them if you are interested!

And for those "mocc" managers who drafted today, feel free to post the results of your draft here as well. Like so:

Tangela Ever After (mocc)

SS: Luirromen
SS: kitten milk
SS: Decem
SM: Maple
ORAS: CoolStoryBrobat
BW: basaninho
DPP: Thiago Nunes
ADV: FU SHUN HA
GSC: cherryb0ng
RBY: pacattac

Subs:
Codename Magnum
Prof.Otaku
Coryn216
parr0t
Mega-Charizard
Flare219

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Hungry Hungry Hippowdons (mocc)

SS:JustFranco
SS:EternalSnowman
SS:Abyssal Ruins
SM:Mindnight
ORAS:CBU
BW:martha
DPP:estarossa
ADV:Cam
GSC:GotCookies
RBY:Highways


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[Mygrein]

TSAREENAS MASSIVE MILKIES GOATED DRAFTLINE
SS: vivalospride
SS: zenin
SS: 467 11 11p
SS: AMUKAMARA
ORAS: TREECKOMAMAN
BW: banana love
DPP: mygrein
ADV: gimme wins
GSC: raahel
RBY: Meri Berry
subs: the subs

 

[Shaad Skyel]

Entralink Enteis
SS: Faded Love
SS: pokemonisfun / Weakermaker / Iph / I'm hate hats / Iph
SS: Pokeseba
SM: Alkione
ORAS: RaJ.Shoot
BW: Lilburr
DPP: Zeefable
ADV: Zeefable
GSC: pokemonisfun
RBY: ReeceHughes
Pom Pom Girl : Myself.

 

[BigFatMantis]

Announcements March 14, 2021:

SOMALIA has elected to NOT retain himself for Yanmegatron and the Destroyers - that team now has no retains and will engage in a full vanilla auction draft. SOMALIA will not be playing any games and will focus on managing only. Smogon Inc. LLC has written a check to SOMALIA for $20k to return his retain fee.

THE LIVE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2021, @ 6:00 PM GMT! This is 2:00 PM EDT, 11:00 AM PDT. Since Daylight Savings Time just happened in the USA, but not quite yet in the UK, I recommend you all research what this means to ensure you have the correct time. For more information on Daylight Savings Time, you can read this article on TimeAndDate.com. If you would like to take a quiz send me a DM.

As always, signups are still open! Sign up below if you wish to participate! Sign ups will close sometime around Friday/Saturday.

 

[Diophantine]

Player name: Diophantine
Tiers played: Gens 1-5. GSC mostly but would prefer to be flexible
Timezone: GMT+0 (UK time)

 

[RageAgainstTheMagearna]

Name: RageAgainstTheMagearna
Tiers: RBY UU/ORAS UU
Timezone: GMT-5

 

[Plague von Karma]

BFM chucked me here to talk about the RBY UU entrants cus I need to gas my lads up.

Entrant list so far w/ Mock Prices

• Vaboh - 6,000
• Maki - 6,000
• AM - 3,000
• SBPC
• UnzipsCrogre
• Shellnuts - 23,500
• Coryn216
• phoopes
• El Cadaver
• Luirromen
• Lord Thorx
• WMAR
• Yugon - 3,000
• LTG
• Melanie uwu
• Ramolost
• ReeceHughes - 7,000
• Ewin - 3,500
• Yami
• pacattacc - 9,000
• Harb1ing3r
• Expulso - 12,500
• Plague von Karma - 38,000 (hey mom that's me!)
• RageAgainstTheMagearna

Future entrants to look out for!

• EB0LA
  • The best player, by far. While a very strong RBY OU player already, he's way better here and has been around the block for a few years now. He made a really cool VapNite team that's been the team to beat for a long time. Many players pilot it but few can replicate his success. Whenever there's an RBY UU tour, he's normally there to win it. He went 4-1 in RBYPL for UU too, nobody else replicated it.
• Lusch
  • Another famous RBY OU player that's played UU for years and assisted in tiering. He's got a few unique opinions and concepts that he's applied to climb the spotlight ladder and generally just do really well. He's placed very highly in tournaments over the years and done well in RoA Olympics.
• Volk
  • One of the best players out there, easily better than me. He's advanced the metagame with new concepts for a while now and played a big part in rising Venusaur to UU by pairing it with Articuno. He also won the recent RoA Spotlight Tour! If he signs up, I can see him being very expensive.
• Sevi 7
  • One of the big proponents of the metagame that's also assisted in tiering and the like. I'd say he's firmly below the above players in terms of skill, but he's still a titan that's difficult to beat.
• kjdaas
  • Went 3-2 in RBYPL playing solely UU, being the only player to beat EB0LA.

My Thoughts
Not shocked that a bunch of players got missed out but it's the fault of no one, it's a new frontier for many! I should emphasize that this tier is very chess-like in how it plays, and an inexperienced player will often see themselves getting choked out by cores you really can't break without knowing their inner workings. There's not much luck involved despite RBY's reputation, and there's a lot of low-ranked Pokemon that can just blow you out the water if you don't know what they do either. Don't expect a noob to pick up the tier in a week and suddenly smack down the top players with dumb luck, it doesn't work like that!

So here are my thoughts on the mock auction and how stuff went;

• I think I was overpriced relative to Shellnuts. I'm not sure if I was played up as a joke or if people think I'm some goddess, but I am still beatable and not some auto-win. Shellnuts goes even with me at the very least, then there's PacAttacc who I frequently play with, he knows my habits pretty damn well. I would also say that Shellnuts has more to offer on a teamwork front because of his ridiculous game theory knowledge that can apply to virtually any tier. I am confident I'll perform well here, but don't blow your bucks.
• Nobody went for phoopes and that's absolutely ludicrous. phoopes, while he's The Smogoff Man™, is a very good RBY UU player. He's performed consistently well in RoA Tour Nights, was on the winning team's UU squad in RBYPL, and can absolutely do well. You can't go wrong with this guy, 9k at minimum, ideally more.
• Melanie is a solid, opinionated player that can and should have been drafted. She's got some good teambuilding skills with solid ideas and applies them well. I'd say she's around the same level as phoopes, albeit with a slight tendency to tilt. I'd shoot for 6k, maybe a bit more.
• Harb1ng3r hasn't been playing for too long, but he has boundless potential and has been improving very quickly. I've played with him in the Community Discord and he consistently surprises me. I'm pretty sure a team could get him at like 3-4k and get a ton of mileage out of him. He also has some outside gen exp though I'm not sure how well it's applied nor how much he knows. Absolutely bag him.
• PacAttacc and ReeceHughes were priced just right. PacAttacc is very experienced in the tier, and while he's not consistent, he would eat a lot of the competition alive on his own. He's got some unique teams that all perform decently...except Tangela+Magneton! ReeceHughes has solid GSC UU exp and would definitely help on an advisor level, and while his RBY UU experience has me doubtful, I can see him performing well if given a push.

You should also watch out for: LTG, El Cadaver, and SBPC. They have some, albeit not much, experience, and could likely do well with a little push.

 

[DnB]

Player Name: DnB
Tiers Played: BW UU/ADV UU
Timezone: GMT+1

 

[Justamente]

Player Name: justamente
Tiers Played: RBY UU
Timezone: GMT +1

 

[justdrew]

Yo hold up a second. If sign ups are still on completely for the memes:

itsjustdrew
SM UU
EST

 

[Staxi]

Player Name: Staxi
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU / DPP UU
Timezone: GMT +1