Tournament ZUPL V - Commencement Thread

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Commencement / Administrative Decisions / Spreadsheet / Discord / Replays & Usage Stats

Feel free to shitpost (while sticking to the rules!, be calling the tour rigged, posting #freepeko*, telling us to fuck off, telling Tuthur is a washed French player, or asking where's ADV ZU.

Have fun!

*posting #freepeko is required to post on this thread :sphearical:
 
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mocc 1

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Danny24500
fish anemometer21000
Heysup20000
Jett20000
Shaneghoul20000
yovan3332119000
tlenit19000
gorex18500
Elfuseon18000
LustfulLice17000
ProDigeZz17000
5Dots17000
btboy17000
love chants15500
avarice15000
Mimikyu Stardust15000
HSOWA15000
Lily15000
Ninja14500
shiloh14000
MrSoup13000
Thiago Nunes12500
TomatoZause11000
Banbadoro11000
Medeia11000
DugZa10000
PandaDoux10000
BigFatMantis10000
SOMALIA10000
SuperEpicAmpharos10000
diego_yuhhi10000
PrinceOfAllTacos9500
jeza.p8000
DEG8000
Rav38000
Ara7500
Dj Breloominati♬7500
Lizardu''6500
Clementine6000
AtraX Madara6000
plznostep6000
Fragments6000
innovamania6000
pichus6000
JabbaTheGriffin5500
Theia4500
Ciro napoli4500
Mr.Bossaru4500
JonAmon 254000
pannu4000
LBN4000
wooper3500
risin_glory3000
BP3000
JdRDMS3000
hunternoooob3000
Huargensy3000
Fantos133000
Cao Jie3000
PlayaBeavs3000
Ainzcrad3000
dex3000
Latias3000
Oathkeeper3000
CrazyStevy3000
dunoks3000
One Last Kiss3000
Dorron3000
Roginald3000
hariyana grande3000
 
Mocc 2

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Danny23500
Heysup20500
fish anemometer20500
Shaneghoul19500
avarice19500
Ciro napoli17000
LustfulLice16500
TheFranklin16500
Thiago Nunes16000
Jett16000
DugZa15500
MrSoup15500
Lunala15000
tlenit14500
Lily14500
love chants14000
HSOWA14000
JabbaTheGriffin13500
shiloh13000
Ninja12500
ProDigeZz12500
SOMALIA12000
yovan3332112000
btboy10500
PandaDoux10500
5Dots10000
wooper10000
gorex10000
Rav310000
innovamania10000
Lizardu''9500
Elfuseon9000
TomatoZause9000
SuperEpicAmpharos9000
plznostep8500
dunoks8000
Mashing7500
raichy7500
Feaniix6500
PrinceOfAllTacos6500
Mr.Bossaru6000
pichus6000
One Last Kiss6000
neomon6000
DEG6000
Huargensy5500
Medeia5500
Banbadoro5500
diego_yuhhi5000
Ampha5000
Mimikyu Stardust5000
Fragments5000
Dj Breloominati♬4500
Theia4000
JonAmon 254000
Clementine4000
CrazyStevy3500
Roginald3500
hariyana grande3500
BigFatMantis3000
Ainzcrad3000
TMM3000
Slowpoke Fan3000
risin_glory3000
Wayward3000
PlayaBeavs3000
pannu3000
velvet3000
dex3000
Creeperman1293000
hayedenn3000
AndViet3000
 

Tuthur

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Mock 3
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Fiery Flamencos
innovamania16500
Bouff13500
btboy10000
Ninja9000
diego_yuhhi8500
neomon6000
pannu5000
TTK4500
hayedenn4500
Mr.Bossaru3500
dex3000


To Pimp A Butterfree
Danny22500
Dj Breloominati♬13500
wooper12500
Thiago Nunes12000
JonAmon 259000
Luck O' the Irish6500
dunoks6000
Mimikyu Stardust5000
RoyalReloaded3000


Proud Pupitar
fish anemometer20000
yovan3332116500
gorex15500
LustfulLice11500
Banbadoro5500
Ampha5000
MTB4500
TwentyTwan3000
Huargensy3000


Dave's Dunsparces
Heysup18000
SBPC17000
Jett16000
SuperEpicAmpharos15000
PlayaBeavs9500
Medeia8500
BigFatMantis5000
PrinceOfAllTacos4500
outbackrabbit3000
hunternoooob3000


Shiiny Shiinotics
TheFranklin18000
love chants15000
Xrn10500
HSOWA10000
SOMALIA9000
Ara5000
TomatoZause4000
Clementine4000


Sacred Sakura
Shaneghoul19500
tlenit14500
Mashing11500
Sylveon used calm mind9000
pichus6000
One Last Kiss5000
JdRDMS3500
jeza.p3000


Flying Grumpig
avarice13500
Raichy6500
JabbaTheGriffin6000
Ciro napoli6000
Fragments5000
DugZa4500
Rav34500
ProDigeZz4500
Theia4000
Lizardu''3000


Mighty Mycelium Marauders
Lily16000
shiloh12000
5Dots11000
Elfuseon10000
MrSoup10000
PandaDoux7000
plznostep5000
DEG5000


Overall
Danny22500
fish anemometer20000
Shaneghoul19500
Heysup18000
TheFranklin18000
SBPC17000
innovamania16500
yovan3332116500
Jett16000
Lily16000
gorex15500
SuperEpicAmpharos15000
love chants15000
tlenit14500
Bouff13500
Dj Breloominati♬13500
avarice13500
wooper12500
Thiago Nunes12000
shiloh12000
LustfulLice11500
Mashing11500
5Dots11000
Xrn10500
btboy10000
HSOWA10000
Elfuseon10000
MrSoup10000
PlayaBeavs9500
Ninja9000
JonAmon 259000
SOMALIA9000
Sylveon used calm mind9000
diego_yuhhi8500
Medeia8500
PandaDoux7000
Luck O' the Irish6500
Raichy6500
neomon6000
dunoks6000
pichus6000
JabbaTheGriffin6000
Ciro napoli6000
Banbadoro5500
pannu5000
Mimikyu Stardust5000
Ampha5000
BigFatMantis5000
Ara5000
One Last Kiss5000
Fragments5000
plznostep5000
DEG5000
TTK4500
hayedenn4500
MTB4500
PrinceOfAllTacos4500
DugZa4500
Rav34500
ProDigeZz4500
TomatoZause4000
Clementine4000
Theia4000
Mr.Bossaru3500
JdRDMS3500
dex3000
RoyalReloaded3000
TwentyTwan3000
Huargensy3000
outbackrabbit3000
hunternoooob3000
jeza.p3000
Lizardu''3000
 

Tuthur

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Moderator
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To Pimp A Butterfree
fish anemometer20000
love chants16500
LustfulLice7000
CrazyStevy6000
innovamania6000
Oathkeeper3000
AstilCodex3000


Shiiny Shiinotics
MrSoup15500
TheFranklin13000
plznostep8000
roxie5500
Feaniix3500
Mr.Bossaru3500
chuggachuggachooo3500
Longestbanana3500
PlayaBeavs3500
Lily3500
JabbaTheGriffin3500
Seaman Joe3000
Thiago Nunes3000
Bouff3000

Proud Pupitars
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d16000
Elfuseon13000
Beraldo11500
HSOWA9000
TomatoZause8500
Banbadoro6500
Medeia6000
Staxi4000
Zsynaps3500
Luck O' the Irish3500
jeza.p3000

Mighty Mycelium Marauders
Finchinator15500
btboy12000
ProDigeZz11000
Xrn10000
SOMALIA10000
shiloh9000
emma4500
Nineveh3500


Dave's Dunsparces
Heysup20000
pichus17000
SuperEpicAmpharos15000
Ninja13500
avarice10000
Dj Breloominati♬8000
Ciro napoli5500
Raichy5000
Remedy4brokenh3art3000
55Miniben3000

Flying Grumpigs
Danny23000
Shaneghoul17000
Lizardu''4500
TTK4000
Ampha3000
Fragments3000
Huargensy3000

Sacred Sakura
tlenit29000
yovan3332115000
Tack8000
PandaDoux8000
JdRDMS3000
Marvelkonijn1233000
PigWarrior193000
Tyrone.Purpl33000

Fiery Flamencos
5Dots20000
PrinceOfAllTacos10000
diego_yuhhi10000
Maxouille6500
gorex6000
BeTheShadow5000
dunoks3000
Cao Jie3000

Overall
tlenit29000
Danny23000
fish anemometer20000
Heysup20000
5Dots20000
pichus17000
Shaneghoul17000
love chants16500
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d16000
MrSoup15500
Finchinator15500
SuperEpicAmpharos15000
yovan3332115000
Ninja13500
TheFranklin13000
Elfuseon13000
btboy12000
Beraldo11500
ProDigeZz11000
Xrn10000
SOMALIA10000
avarice10000
PrinceOfAllTacos10000
diego_yuhhi10000
HSOWA9000
shiloh9000
TomatoZause8500
plznostep8000
Dj Breloominati♬8000
Tack8000
PandaDoux8000
LustfulLice7000
Banbadoro6500
Maxouille6500
CrazyStevy6000
innovamania6000
Medeia6000
gorex6000
roxie5500
Ciro napoli5500
Raichy5000
BeTheShadow5000
emma4500
Lizardu''4500
Staxi4000
TTK4000
Feaniix3500
Mr.Bossaru3500
chuggachuggachooo3500
Longestbanana3500
PlayaBeavs3500
Lily3500
JabbaTheGriffin3500
Zsynaps3500
Luck O' the Irish3500
Nineveh3500
Oathkeeper3000
AstilCodex3000
Seaman Joe3000
Thiago Nunes3000
Bouff3000
jeza.p3000
Remedy4brokenh3art3000
55Miniben3000
Ampha3000
Fragments3000
Huargensy3000
JdRDMS3000
Marvelkonijn1233000
PigWarrior193000
Tyrone.Purpl33000
dunoks3000
Cao Jie3000
 
Barring baloor from participating would set a grim precedent for future iterations of ZUPL. This foul corruption, which stains the soil of the land and poisons the waters from which we drink, cannot go on. Lalaya and Xayah, you must allow our hero to continue through unabated, lest history look unkindly upon you.
 

Finchinator

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This post reflects my individual opinion -- not TDs, my teammates, etc.

The decision for S1nn0hC0nfirm3d to be allowed to play is not good. I am tagging you because you know what you did was wrong and you should feel bad.

I am aware hosts consulted TDs, but the majority (not unanimous admittedly) was ignored. I am aware this is technically a grey, unprecedented area, which defaults to "best judgement of the hosts", but I do not think that judgement was exhibited. I understand it is a possible conclusion to draw and everyone can have different judgements, but I want to stress that this judgement adversely impacts the tournament.

I have played team tournaments for ten years across pretty much every tier and I have never had a teammate that refused to use discord/skype/IRC (boomers know those days). As a manager, it is an obvious red-flag if someone refuses to log-in to any chat interface the team uses. A majority of managers would not bid on anyone under these circumstances.

S1nn0h is obviously a great player in this setting as he went 9-0 last year and surely would've been worth >20k, but even if he was not, getting him for 4.5k AND him suddenly being active on discord days after telling managers the exact opposite is not fair. I want to stress that since I cannot prove any collusion occurred, I am not trying to blame Drud or anyone else on his team, but S1nn0h should not be allowed to play if we want the most fair and competitive product.
 

Greybaum

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i won't comment on durza's ban because i don't have any context to determine if it's justified (im not even in the zu server), but please accept this request to remove me from the tour as i no longer have any desire to participate in zupl.

i was not planning to sign up to begin with, but durza asked me to and assured me he'd retain me. now he's gone, so i'm gone.

i consider many of my flamenco teammates good friends and i apologise for making a bad situation even worse for them. there was unfortunately no way to foresee this happening.
 

hayedenn

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can we get more clarification on why durza was nuked from the tour? i mean hosts kinda just killed off an entire team, and it puts the tour in a bad light when someone who's managed this for like five years gets kicked out over "harassment of hosts and leaking information from the manager channel". what harassment, what leaking? why is it worth protecting this information that was leaked, when we dont even know what leaked? if this decision isnt going to be reconsidered, at least share more information as to why you decided this considering you basically killed an entire team off before the tour even started (why would I continue playing for a team without our most recognizable manager who I requested to draft me because I like him? im not attached to ZUPL)

this is of course not taking into account the extended drama durza has had with ZU tier leaders/hosts/etc. over the past few years which makes it look like it was a decision that was harsher due to the existing personal relationships. are we really going to act like drud would have gotten kicked out if he "leaked from manager channel"? be so fr please
 

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