My predicts I guess. Hope for some good games and the players put their times they decide to play ahead of time in the thread or on Discord if possible so we know when they play.
Star (RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP, BW) vs Altina - Contrary to what my tier predicts are showing, Altina isn't bad and their ADV is pretty decent. But Star is such a complete player in every gen that it really is hard to predict against him. Altina brought some cool stuff in DPP last time so hopefully we something creative from them this round.
McMeghan (RBY, ADV, DPP) vs watashi (GSC, BW) - A really fire set and my highlight for the top 16. Roro is Roro and had a surprisingly deep DPP run and won ADV cup, which shows he's still top of his game. Watashi is still a great player though, and made semis of GSC cup and did pretty well in the other cups from what I remember. Bolding Roro but it can go to either in all honesty.
Aliss (RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP) vs crucify (BW) - Aliss had a really breakout tour this time around, she did pretty well in the cups she signed up for except DPP and beat some pretty good opps like ABR in ADV along the way. Qualifying only signing up for 4 cups isn't super easy to do. Cruify's BW is probably a bit better with some of his outside performances, but Aliss seemingly has more solid experience in the other 4 tiers.
erz vs ABR (RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP, BW) - Erz making it really shocked me, didn't see him coming. Not a knock on his skills at all, just not someone I immediately think of for classic tiers. On the other hands, his opponent is someone who's gone from semis to finals of classic the past 2 years so really hard to bold against ABR. Looking forward to see what Erz does here since they were on the pack together.
frisoeva (RBY, GSC) vs august (BW, DPP, ADV) - I haven't seen August play RBY or GSC (not saying he's bad at either, just saying I haven't seen him play) so gonna bold Fris there since I've seen him play more. On the other hand, August also won the BW cup convincingly and he knows DPP better than a majority of people so he will for sure have the edge there. ADV I don't think either really have an edge over another but I'll bold August by a hair. I'd say August's advantages in BW and DPP are more substantial than Fris's in RBY or GSC, so August is a liklier winner here.
Exiline (BW) vs Mana (RBY, GSC, ADV, DPP) - Mana has always been really good at this format and a reliable player as well. I bolded Exiline for BW since he had a better run and I'd say their GSC will be close. But the others tiers I feel like Mana has a bigger edge in by comparison to the other 2 which are just pretty close.
SoulWind (ADV, DPP, BW) vs spies (RBY, GSC)- SoulWinds consistency is always something someone can count on and his play in every tier is very refined at this point. I'm bolding spies in RBY by only a smidge and SoulWind can easily take it while GSC I feel is a bit more one-sided but not something spies can rest easy on. Feel like the edge Soulwind has in the other 3 tiers is much larger by comparison. Wouldn't be surprised if SoulWind wins the tour again though tbh.
Stareal (RBY, GSC, BW) vs Bushtush (ADV, DPP) - Really close set here, the one I'm the least confident in predicting since I don't know a whole ton about either. I do know Bush had a really good ADV run and a nice DPP run. Meanwhile, Starael made finals of BW cup and lost to another classic playoff qualifier anyway. Gonna go into this assuming it's anyone's game though, it's really close.