After losing in Semifinals of SPL3 and in Finals of SPL5, I have finally managed to win SPL! :) First of all I would like to thank my team, you are an amazing team and everybody of you deserves this SPL win and this trophy.
Shoutouts:
makiri. First of all: thank you for choosing me as the assman of this incredible team. We had already shared SPL team twice (SPL 1 and 6), and we were not lucky enough to get POs in those seasons (I still remember how in SPL 1 we only needed 1 more win to get POs after an incredible comeback from 0-4 to 4-4, and then I lost to a CBMence CH and you lost your RBY game because your Tauros decided to miss Body Slam). However in this season we managed to make a very solid team that has managed to win SPL. You are the best SPL manager without any doubt. It is not a coincidence that you are the manager of the only team that has won SPL more than once (3 times!). Amazing VGC and Doubles player as well, the only metagame SPL metagame I didnt really play before SPL (although I had some teams xD).
reiku. Well, what can I say about you... You are in my opinion the best ORAS OU player atm, despite losing to Blunder in finals, in one of the best ORAS games I remember, decided in the end by a 50/50. Your record between SPL and WCop is amazing, and you have battled and defeated great players with ease: TDK, Cosine, Masterclass, Tesung, xray... When the team was in trouble, we knew we could always count with you. Very well deserved trophy (finally) for you bro. It is fun to see how the best ORAS OU players this season were ranked so low in the rankings (except ABR, but that is only because he played and did well in OLT)
Alastor Law. When we were discussing our last bids in auction, I had very clear that I wanted you in the team. You are a very good team mate and a p good team builder (stop building Serperior weak teams tho lol!). When you played you won 2 very important games, especially that week 8 game. You are also very solid in BW and DPP and you have been a big help testing and giving team ideas. Reiku, you and I worked very well together! You probably deserved to play a bit more. We won SPL. Now it is time to win HPL!
Steve Angello. You have the potential to be one of the best OU players in this site. You are a good team builder (as CTC said some of your first drafts are not very good tho, but they develop into really cool teams, such as the teams you used in POs), and you are a very good team mate, always trying to help everybody. You played very well (especially in POs) and proofed everyone that your WCop run was not a coincidence. You made some mistakes in the first weeks, but when the team needed you in POs, you played like best Steve Angello to get 2 really important wins. Gl in future tourneys! However if we battle in WCop or Classic ure ded tho.
CTC. The based lord! You have been a huge part of our success in the shadows, especially in POs, helping to prepare both Tim and David for their OU games. One of the best team builders I have ever seen, some of your teams are really cool! You have also been a big part in my 2 trophies. You have also won SPL 3 times and WCop twice. Those are impressive numbers, and your team building skills were a huge factor in all those wins. I still remember when you destroyed Conflict with Specs Salamence last year in SPL.
Hikari. As Alastor said in his shoutouts, I think you are the GOAT in gen 6 UU, and not only that, you were also a big help in RU when team building, which was one of our weakness in the first weeks. I knew you were winning the deciding game. We already shared team 2 years ago, when we sadly lost in finals to Sharks after dominating all the season. This time we managed to win SPL together. 3 SPL finals in a row, and 3 SPL wins. That is amazing. Amazing player. Where you going boy?
Meru. I am not gonna lie. You started the season p badly, to the point Makiri and I considered getting another RU player. However, something changed in week 4 with that amazing bird stall team we built, and you suddenly became a monster that ended with the best RU record defeating nearly everybody including big RU names. I know you had very little spare time to team build, but you still managed to build some incredible RU teams. Scarf Hitmonlee FTW.
Cased. So this is the second time we are in the same team! In the first time you had a great record in the regular season, but you lost the NU game vs Malekith in the finals when we were 5-5. This time it has been the opposite. Your regular season was awful, but you won your most important game. And not only that. You won your most important game vs SG, who was the player with the best NU record. And you won with mono ice. That game is already legendary. You were also a good team mate, playing a ton of GSC games vs Conflict, freeing me a bit, so I could spend more time with the other tiers.
blarajan. The 3rd season in a row we share SPL team. You didn't start well, and you were a bit out of shape in the first weeks. However you started to dominate LC again and ended with an amazing record. We have played a ton of LC games, and it has been p fun. I would also like to give Sken a shoutout for giving me some amazing LC teams to use vs Blara in tests. The teams you used in both PO games were amazing. But not only that, you were one of the most active players in the chat, trying to help everybody. Well deserved trophy LC god Blara!
TheFourthChaser. Lol 3k what a steal. I could't believe you only costed 3k. A dominating doubles player that ended with a very good record with some impressive wins being only 3k (good thing you had a bad year after your amazing 2014 I guess). Playing doubles with you is always nice. Fk your Quick Guard Volca tho :/
GOD MARTH. One of the best BW players. He uses a similar structure in a lot of his teams, but he still manages to overcome some bad matchups and win games that looked nearly impossible to win. You have been unlucky this season, but you still managed to win some very important games. Some of the teams you have built were also amazing (I really love the semifinals rain team for example). We have also played a ton of games, while trying to find the variation that worked the best vs different kind of teams. Its nice to share team again after that POCL win.
Kevin Garrett. The master zen KG. I owe you too much, because you helped me a lot when I won tour, and in SPL you helped us since the start, helping everybody and giving good advices. Your understanding of the game is incredible, and you have been a huge factor in our win. When we got you in midseason I had to take a very difficult decision: who would DPP. In the end I took the decision I think that was better for the team: alternating Smurf and you, and you 2 did very well together. Your win vs PDC in semifinals was key (nice team btw)
Smurf. I must admit I did not expect you to perform as well as you did. You were a great team mate, you were a big help in old gens, and most of your teams are very creative and very fun to use. I love that BW LO Vap team idea xD. It is a shame that you want to quit mons now, you should keep playing! Too bad your game vs Pana ended with a CH, that was an amazing game. A very underrated player. I also had fan battling you in ADV and DPP! I cannot forget your win vs VIL. It was a very well played game.
Golden Sun. An ADV monster. It's a shame that luck stopped you from having a nearly perfect ADV record (HPump miss costing you 2 games :/ fk HPump). You have some very cool ideas and it has been very fun working with you. You have used some interesting strats this season with success, and you have managed to change your typical bulky offense style to surprise players like Jabba and being more unpredictable in general. Very few players can defeat you in ADV when you are at your best level.
Conflict. Retaining you costed 22k, but you are worth of it. You have helped testing and building in every tier, and you finished with the best record of the team. One of the best GSC players to ever play the game, and very creative as well. It has been fun building with you, although some of your ideas were a bit crazy xD. The only thing I regret is not being able to help you preparing much in week 7 vs Colchonero, which was probably your worst game this season. You are the original shark, 3 times SPL winner, and every season with a very good record. Definitely the best possible retain we could make. We 2 make a solid GSC combo! However if we face again in GSC (Wcop or Classic) the same thing than in last Wcop tie breaker will happen :p
The_Chaser. Some people doubted you. They even ranked you #9 in RBY lol!, but this season we saw again a bit of that RBY God that completely dominated SPL 2 with a 10-1 record. Building RBY teams and playing vs you has been fun (that rhydon para team, the double normal reflect team, etc). Your finals games vs MoP were amazing, especially game 2 where you completely dominated with Reflect Amnesia Lax. You are the other player of the team that has won SPL 3 times.
gene. Old gens master gene. He did not even know that the fairy type existed and defeated user Tesung in ORAS UU, a metagame he had never played. What a monster. It is a shame you did not played more, because you are an amazing player in old gens. I still remember when in a ROA tournament you defeated with ease everybody in GSC but me and noob Floppy. Your win vs Boudouche was also very important to get our first win this season. You played that game really well. He also won SPL twice!
Frizy. You have helped the ocn squad testing and you were there when we needed a sub. I would have prefered that you had been more active though.
Finally, I would like to congratulate Classiest for their amazing run, especially old players such as
panamaxis ,
Heysup (old SPL mate),
Ojama and also new players that have done a really good job, such as
blunder and
Evuelf.
Random shoutout to
Astamatitos as well because why not