Team MPL VIII - Semifinals

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Goldenrod Gengars (4) vs. Fontaine Finis (0)

SS: Star vs tMoi
SS: Cielau vs Shiba
SS Bo3: WhiteQueen vs ikiarihS
SM: Vodoom vs Trouser Snakes
ORAS: Typhlosion48 vs TheWyvernKing
BW: Chaitanya vs crashy

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Bell Tower Braves (1) vs. Tohjo Falls Thunders (5)

SS: luisin vs crying
SS: Gray vs Trichotomy
SS Bo3: Bushtush vs Fylkir Pudin
SM: Mateeus vs QWILY
ORAS: Toadow vs Rinda
BW: Sabella vs Meta

Goldenrod Gengars (0) vs. Fontaine Finis (0)

SS: Star vs tMoi
SS: Cielau vs Shiba
SS Bo3: WhiteQueen vs ikiarihS
SM: Vodoom vs Trouser Snakes
ORAS: Typhlosion48 vs TheWyvernKing
BW: Chaitanya vs crashy

Bell Tower Braves (0) vs. Tohjo Falls Thunders (0)

SS: luisin vs crying
SS: Gray vs Trichotomy
SS Bo3: Bushtush vs Fylkir Pudin
SM: Mateeus vs QWILY
ORAS: Toadow vs Rinda
BW: Sabella vs Meta

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Rinda

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I thought there would be some predicts for semis, so I start :

Goldenrod Gengars (3.5) vs. Fontaine Finis (2.5)

SS: Star vs tMoi : The only game Star lost this tour was balance water vs elec. tMoi's record is 2-5 but I don't think he has played bad.. he should win if he pulls a good MU but otherwise Star looks clearly favored.
SS: Cielau vs Shiba : Funny pairing because on one side Cielau had been shining this tour while on the other side it's the first time I can remember of Shiba being negative in the regular season (although he did a decent 3-4). Looking more in depth, Cielau has been very successful in the MUs he pulled, he did small mistakes that were offset by his usual luck but we can say he prepped well and played fine. I really hope Finis will manage to give Shiba something with an even matchup to see if Cielau can make it. Bolding Shiba for neutrality but rooting for my friend.
SS Bo3: WhiteQueen vs ikiarihS : That's an other great pairing. Finis drafting both Shiraiki and TWK for 3k each was brilliant and is a good demonstration that BLT can put gems under the light. While TWK's record speaks for himself, I don't think Shiraiki could have done much in the games he lost and I like how he played. I'm still gonna give the edge to WQ since his two defeats were also quite irrelevant and he has more proven.
SM: Vodoom vs Pak : I don't want to say nonsense in this pairing since I'm not super familiar with Pak although he is a respected SM player. That could have been enough to bold him against vod though...
ORAS: Typhlosion48 vs TheWyvernKing : TWK has the best record of the regular season, he clicked a bit in some games but it didn't cost him. Can go either way especially in this tier, i'm sure TWK is over motivated in prep so he could bring some heat, but I'm gonna bold Typh who I think is more solid ingame.
BW: LuckyPiper vs crashy : Good to see Piper doing a good tour, I'm bolding crashy based on reputation since I don't know shit about bw.

Gengars dominated the regular season and appear as the clear favorites for the ring, but Finis have good chance to upset. I see SM and ORAS determining the winner, GL to both teams !
 
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Bell Tower Braves (3) vs. Tohjo Falls Thunders (3)

SS: luisin vs crying - don’t know much about these two players, but I do remember luisin qualifying for the first cycle of this year’s MLT, which means he can play so giving him the bold
SS: Gray vs Trichotomy - trich is arguably the best SS Monotype player on Smogon. Chait’s probably gonna sub me out, and mushamu’s probably gonna unfriend me, for saying that
SS Bo3: Bushtush vs jonfilch - I couldn’t lose for months after I won OST, and bushtush is clearly riding a similar high right now as well
SM: Mateeus vs QWILY - gotta root for my big German daddy
ORAS: Toadow vs Rinda - toadow has one of the best regular season records, so would have bold him simply for that fact. Rooting for rinda, though
BW: Sabella vs Meta - -_-

A lack of a tiebreak is anticlimactic. Make it happen
 
Elliot

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Goldenrod Gengars (2) vs. Fontaine Finis (3)

SS: Star vs tMoi - Just think they're the better player, w/ even mu I give it to Star every time
SS: Cielau vs Shiba - Same as above
SS Bo3: WhiteQueen vs ikiarihS - I like the fini's SS prep & ikiarihS has beaten the gars bo3 slot already
SM: Vodoom vs Pak - I don't watch SM games that aren't my team
ORAS: Typhlosion48 vs TheWyvernKing - I think overall they've played better but considering TWK's record this can go either way
BW: LuckyPiper vs crashy - redneck > weeb, nice to see this mu though

Same as Rinda, I think Gen 6 & 7 are likely to be the deciding factors, rooting for a tiebreak & a fini's win :)
 
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