Approved by Chloe
This thread is meant to give some closure to OMPL. Below, there will be a full list of team records (note that no activity wins or coinflips are counted), complete with some more subjective analysis from yours truly, and I encourage anyone to look at Chloe. and Laxpras's posts in the OMPL Discussion thread for further statistics. (I'm pretty sure there are others I'm forgetting as well.)
The central purpose of the thread, however, is for players who participated this year to post their sets and teams. I will keep track of them in a sets archive in the post below. Happy posting!
Records and Analysis
By Team
Chloe. (3-2), Quantum Tesseract (2-3), Megazard (2-3), Eien (0-1), TheBurgerKing99 (2-3), Bushtush (2-1), nyan kat (0-0), iLlama (0-2), and MiyoKa (1-1)
E4 Flint (4-1), Laxpras (7-0), Fardin (2-5), 1 True Lycan (2-1), Mark_K (2-4), draegn (1-0), Leru (2-3), The Ruins of Alpha (3-2)
Racool (3-2), morogrim (3-3), Official Fissure (1-4), Pepa120 (0-1), HunterStorm (3-2), InfernapeTropius11 (6-0), DBW (1-0), terrors (1-2), Salvation (2-0), The Official Glyx (1-3)
jrm115 (0-0), PurpleGatorade (1-2), Roseybear, GL Volkner (0-3), Sabella (3-1), darksylvion (2-1), HNBL (0-1), Yuga42 (0-2), ihhca (2-3), soulgazer (0-0), fsk (1-1), Shiba (0-0), Chazm (1-3), rozes (1-2)
GmU pokeboss9 (2-0), Catalystic (2-2), Clearly (0-1), motherlove (1-2), Funbot28 (1-2), DonnotheFirst, Lax (2-1), Bluxio (1-0), aki0s (0-1), Zephyr Dragon Lord (1-2), yoman5 (1-1), Dr. Phd. BJ (1-1), HeadsILoseTailsYouWin (0-1), Illusio (0-0), sin(pi) (0-1)
Thimo (4-1), Jrdn (3-2), jasprose (3-2), aesf (1-1), wishes (2-1), Akashi (1-3), Vid (0-0), Wanka (1-3), The Trap God (2-0), magsyy (0-0)
By Wins (sort of)
Laxpras (7-0)
InfernapeTropius11 (6-0)
GmU pokeboss9 (2-0)
Salvation (2-0)
The Trap God (2-0)
Bluxio (1-0)
DBW (1-0)
draegn (1-0)
InfernapeTropius11 (6-0)
GmU pokeboss9 (2-0)
Salvation (2-0)
The Trap God (2-0)
Bluxio (1-0)
DBW (1-0)
draegn (1-0)
E4 Flint (4-1)
Thimo (4-1)
Sabella (3-1)
Chloe. (3-2)
HunterStorm (3-2)
jasprose (3-2)
Jrdn (3-2)
Racool (3-2)
The Ruins of Alpha (3-2)
1 True Lycan (2-1)
Bushtush (2-1)
darksylvion (2-1)
Lax (2-1)
wishes (2-1)
Thimo (4-1)
Sabella (3-1)
Chloe. (3-2)
HunterStorm (3-2)
jasprose (3-2)
Jrdn (3-2)
Racool (3-2)
The Ruins of Alpha (3-2)
1 True Lycan (2-1)
Bushtush (2-1)
darksylvion (2-1)
Lax (2-1)
wishes (2-1)
GL Volkner (0-3)
iLlama (0-2)
Yuga42 (0-2)
aki0s (0-1)
Clearly (0-1)
Eien (0-1)
HeadsILoseTailsYouWin (0-1)
HNBL (0-1)
Pepa120 (0-1)
sin(pi) (0-1)
iLlama (0-2)
Yuga42 (0-2)
aki0s (0-1)
Clearly (0-1)
Eien (0-1)
HeadsILoseTailsYouWin (0-1)
HNBL (0-1)
Pepa120 (0-1)
sin(pi) (0-1)
Fardin (2-5)
Official Fissure (1-4)
Mark_K (2-4)
Akashi (1-3)
Chazm (1-3)
The Official Glyx (1-3)
Wanka (1-3)
ihhca (2-3)
Leru (2-3)
Megazard (2-3)
Quantum Tesseract (2-3)
TheBurgerKing99 (2-3)
Funbot28 (1-2)
motherlove (1-2)
PurpleGatorade (1-2)
rozes (1-2)
Zephyr Dragon Lord (1-2)
Official Fissure (1-4)
Mark_K (2-4)
Akashi (1-3)
Chazm (1-3)
The Official Glyx (1-3)
Wanka (1-3)
ihhca (2-3)
Leru (2-3)
Megazard (2-3)
Quantum Tesseract (2-3)
TheBurgerKing99 (2-3)
Funbot28 (1-2)
motherlove (1-2)
PurpleGatorade (1-2)
rozes (1-2)
Zephyr Dragon Lord (1-2)
morogrim (3-3)
Catalystic (2-2)
aesf (1-1)
fsk (1-1)
MiyoKa (1-1)
yoman5 (1-1)
Catalystic (2-2)
aesf (1-1)
fsk (1-1)
MiyoKa (1-1)
yoman5 (1-1)
DonnoTheFirst
Illusio
jrm115
magsyy
nyan kat
Shiba
soulgazer
Vid
Illusio
jrm115
magsyy
nyan kat
Shiba
soulgazer
Vid
Best Players
Laxpras outdid himself, as his revenge tour after being drafted for a meager sum of money resulted in a season featuring the most wins in a season in OMPL history without a single loss along the way, leading to a 7-0 record. He was undoubtedly the MVP for the second year in a row.
It's also worth noting that his 13-game winning streak puts him in a tie with Knight of Cydonia for the best run ever in OMPL — KoC won five games in OMPL II, then six in OMPL III, then his first two in IV, for a total of 13 of his own... before losing his next four games (and winning the championship anyway. He is still the most successful player in terms of championships, with three victories, in OMPL history). One more win for Laxpras would give him the record, though it's unclear as to whether he (or anyone involved, really) will participate next year. And can he avoid a slump like KoC's?
The clear runner-up is InfernapeTropius11, who was rather unheralded after going 1-2 last year in BH, but silenced the doubters by equaling Laxpras's 6-0 performance from last year, this time in a different metagame: Mix and Mega.
As far as honorable mentions are concerned, corrupt leader E4 Flint added on to his career OMPL record and has now won seven of his last eight matches, in addition to his first championship. Thimo emerged from the highly competitive AG player field with only a single loss and is very much the player to beat in that metagame currently.
Managers
The Immortal was clearly the most successful manager this year. He quietly produced a championship-winning draft by boldly betting on a supposedly rusty Laxpras, a move that paid great dividends. Laxpras and Flint formed a core that gave the team a guaranteed two wins almost every week. While three other starters in Mark_K, Leru, and Fardin combined for twelve losses each, The Ruins of Alpha was a surprising success and certainly picked up the slack, particularly in the early weeks. draegn also served as good support for Flint, and Lycan had a couple of key wins.
While Ransei assembled an incredibly talented team once again and did all he could to motivate the squad, together with ScarfWynaut, it wasn't nearly as dominant as last year's throughout the early going, and ultimately didn't have quite enough depth to claim victory. It also lacked consistency, as players like Official Fissure who were expected to be cornerstones of the team underperformed.
I feel compelled to recognize the Unfezants here for their excellent managerial performance. After being virtual laughingstocks of the OM community for their inability to pick a name, they emerged with perhaps the most talented draft on paper, and ended up with as many players with winning records as the Blisseys, featuring savvy pickups in Thimo and jasprose. Jrdn was predictably solid, while wishes and The Trap God exceeded expectations. Unfortunately, a lack of depth due to one inactive and one banned player contributed to their inability to string wins together, as did a late-season Kois surge.
While other managers were mired in mediocrity (my Aegiblades spent lots of, perhaps too much, money during the auction, then underperformed in actual games, particularly in the middle of the season; the Mimikyus and Kois used double-digit numbers of players and yet only produced one combined player with three wins or more), those teams proved themselves worthy of particular commendation.
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Thanks for reading, and I hope this post was useful. If you played in OMPL, start posting your sets!