The World Cup of Pokémon 2017 - Semifinals

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With Round 2 finally reaching its conclusion, we are now at the semifinal stage of this year's World Cup. Which teams will find themselves competing on the grand stage? Which teams will fall at the penultimate hurdle? It's time to find out.

Here's a link to the spreadsheet with Round 1 standings and general information.



1. US East (7) vs. 5. Spain (6)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

Tiebreak:

SM OU 1: John vs. Trosko
SM OU 2: TDK vs. Malekith
ADV OU: BKC vs. M Dragon


7. Europe (6) vs. 6. US West (4)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. JACOB
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos


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Standard Tournament Rules and Procedures:
On... Sportsmanship

Note the sportsmanship infraction may be used liberally this WCoP, and any unsportsmanlike conduct on the forums, in #wcop / #pokemon / any of the semiofficial tier channels, or in opposing wcop team channels (I won't infract for you being a dick in your own wcop team channel unless the situation is so extreme I feel I absolutely have to make an exception (consider basically any masterclass interaction ever)), will be grounds for an infraction. We encourage you to play semi-aggressively, but don't be a masterclass.

~ Aldaron

On... Scheduling Matches

I'm sure plenty of you have come across coin flipping / who to activity drama while scheduling matches. I'm here to reduce the arbitrary element associated with some of these decisions. It is entirely your decision to adhere to these STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS, but note that if you choose not to, I'll most likely ignore any pleading from your end and default you to a coin flip, regardless of what you claim is your irc or forum activity. By signing up for this tournament, you are agreeing to this condition, that adhering to what I outline will protect you from coinflips / activity and that not adhering to it will subject you to coinflips / activity regardless of your proposed justification.
YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR VM WALL IF YOU WISH TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS IS HOW ALL OFFICIAL SCHEDULING WILL BE HANDLED.

Once that round's thread is posted, you have up to 48 hours to contact your opponent ON HIS VM WALL and mention your timezone and exactly what dates, what time ranges you are available, and where you will battle. Note that the default accepted sim and server is the official server on Showdown. You must provide at least 3 different time ranges at least 48 hours from the timestamp of your message, with at least 2 that are 24-hours apart from each other. The minimum and maximum length for 1 time range is 30 minutes, and the minimum difference between the 3 required time ranges is 3 hours. If you give 3 time ranges that stick with this policy, you can give any additional time ranges at any time you please.

NOTE THAT THIS SCENARIO INVOLVES RESPONSE DYNAMICS; THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL CONTACT FIRST AND SOMEONE WHO RESPOND...THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT FOR BOTH OF YOU TO ASSUME TO YOU CAN BE FIRST CONTACTS...WHOEVER CONTACTS FIRST IS THE FIRST, AND THE OTHER DEFAULTS TO THE RESPONDER. THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS BUT SOME OF YOU ARE DUMB.

Once your opponent has contacted you, you now have up until 72 hours after the round's thread has been posted (NOT after your opponent's message) to respond with times that are good for you. What this means is that if both of you spend the maximum time contacting and responding, you should have back and forth collaboration at a maximum of 72 hours after the round has been posted, with both parties given an additional 24 hours to prepare for the battle should it be scheduled as soon as required. If none of the opponent's proposed time ranges are good for you, you must respond with alternative time ranges.

The first opponent now has X hours to prepare for the battle (if the second opponent agreed to some time) or 24 hours to contact a TD if, for whatever reason, this second set of time ranges does not suit the first opponent. Note this should be an absolute last measure and that more often than not, the TDs will likely force one (or both) sides to sub out.

Once a time is agreed upon, please make a message on your opponent's vm wall between 10 minutes and 1 second before the agreed upon time and say you are ready to battle and then get to agreed upon location (regardless of whether or not your opponent sends you a response vm). Please protect yourself by making this message, as it makes decisions much easier. You will be required to be wait for your opponent for the duration of the time range.

If neither of you contact each other before 48 hours after the thread has been posted, you're both opening yourself up to a potential coin flip. If I look at the situation, I might just determine I'm going to sub both of you out, coin flip you, or whatever based on however I'm feeling at that moment. Don't leave yourself and your team vulnerable to this.

Just because at anytime one of the responders does not respond within the given range does not give you automatic activity win credentials. If they don't contact at all on your vm wall up until 48 hours before the end of the round (note, I'm not going to take irc or sim messages as evidence due to how easily they can be doctored...so if you want to protect yourself, stick to the vm messages), then you obviously have activity win justification. Note to team captains, if one of your players does not contact all his opponents before 48 hours before the end of the round, I will FORCE a sub, no questions asked. You WILL contact your opponent in a timely manner. However, if they do contact you at all after the suggested response time and before 48 hours before the end of the round, you are required to respond before 24 hours before the end of the round with 2 1-hour time ranges at least 1 hour apart before the end of the round. The opponent, since he did not stick to the proposed response schedule, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAY AT ONE OF YOUR NEWLY SUGGESTED TIMES, so you have the advantage here. This obviously puts a bit of an emphasis on the last 48 hours of each round (as is standard operating procedure for most of our official team tournaments anyway), so I will try my best to keep the last 48 hours of the round as close to the majority of the weekend for as much of the world as I can.

If you follow all of these guidelines, you will a.) most likely get your match done with minimal issue or b.) protect yourself and your team from an undue coin flip or activity decision. Yes, I hate activity decisions in official tournaments. Yes, I will do my best to prevent activity decisions in the playoffs (the qualifying round is fair game however and I will have no problem issuing an activity call here), but don't push your luck.

Here is an example of how following this would work:

Round 1 thread is posted June 7, 2015 at 10:00PM. Its deadline is June 14, 2015 at 11:59PM. User A and User B are matched up. User A contacts User B on his vm wall on June 9, at 9:00 PM (47 hours after the thread was posted, so ok), and gives 4 time ranges: June 10, from 7:00-7:30 PM (22 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is only ok so long as at minimum 3 of the other proposed time ranges adhere to the requirements), June 11, from 9:00-9:30 PM (48 hours after the timestamp of his message, which is ok), June 12, from 6:00-6:30 PM (69 hours after timestamp of his message, so ok, but only 21 hours after the earliest time range that is 48 hours after the timestamp), and June 12, from 9:00-9:30 PM (72 hours after the timestamp, so ok, and 24 hours after a legal time range and 3 hours after another legal time range). The June 11 and both June 12 time ranges satisfy the requirements, so User A can propose his first June 10 time range as well. User B responds on June 10, at 8:00 PM (23 hours after User A contacted him, so ok), and picks June 11, at 9:00 PM to battle, which is ok because it is 24 hours after his own response.

You'll note I made most of my response ranges multiples of 24 hours, but also included 24 hours. This means I expect you to be able to check Smogon at least once a day. If that is not feasible, you put yourself at risk.

~ Aldaron

On... Disconnecting and timing out drama

Ah, the big beefcake. I'm going to go ahead and put this out there: we reserve the right to judge any individual match on a case by case basis, regardless of assumed precedence set. If you don't like that, you are welcome to not play. Be aware of this.

Also, to protect yourself as much as possible from DCs and timer issues, play on Showdown (because it has an at least semi reliable system of rejoining after a DC) and make a gentleman's agreement to not hit timer and not be hour a move dicks.

That said, here is the main way we will probably handle DCs / timing out:

To handle all DC cases...you're gonna submit your teams before the match. TeamSubmissions is an account made for the purpose of submitting teams to it. You don't have to submit, but if you do, you protect yourself from the opponent taking a win. If you do DC (and you can't rejoin the battle) and you haven't submitted your team, your opponent will have the right to take the win. Yes, I'll most likely make a judgment call if he is on his last turn with 1 pokemon at 5% and paralyzed and with you at 6 100% health pokemon, because the only way to lose this is to misclick multiple times. However, if you're at 6 100% pokemon and your opponent is at last pokemon 10% needing to crit flinch you 6 - 12 times for the win, I'll give him the win if you DC and haven't submitted your team.

I know people like philip7086 will beg me "to use common sense for a judgment call" for all cases and I would normally agree, but I am giving you all a 100% out by allowing you to submit your team. Basically, submit your team, and protect yourself and your team from any and all DCs. It's a simple procedure that removes almost all subjectivity from a decision regarding a DC. Unlike with the scheduling restrictions, all you have to do is submit the team your are using at anytime before the match takes place, and you'll have 100% protected yourself. Read this rule and understand this now before you join the tournament. Since I'm stating this now, I'm basically going to ignore you if you DC, didn't submit a team, and "had a guaranteed win." Expect it. Also note that I'm going to let the PLAYER (not the team), decide whether he is going to take the win or go another route (replay same moves, replay different teams, etc.).

To further ensure no funny business, if, in the case of a DC replay, there is any concern from either party about funny business, both parties have the right to request a screenshot of the current Pokemon's stats in battle. This is irrelevant for Showdown as you can simply rejoin a battle there, but PO allows you to see the currently out Pokemon's stats if you scroll over it with your mouse. Just hit PrntScrn (windows) while scrolling over it if requested by your opponent, preferably with proof that it is a screenshot of that actual battle (consider including the opponent's request in the battle screen in the screenshot).

Regarding time outs, they are a bit more complex, specifically because some timeouts are due to DCs. The best we can do for this scenario is say that there is some number between 1 minute and 2 minutes (which we will not publicize) that we will set as a limit for timing out, and if you timeout with more than that limit time remaining, we'll assume it is a DC, whereas the opposite is a true timeout. A true timeout defaults to a loss, while the DC timeout is prone to the DC rules (did you submit or not).

~ Aldaron


^ Note: When submitting teams, use https://cryptobin.co/ and submit it to the dedicated team submit account, TeamSubmissions


On "Self-KO Clause" and Ties:
Self-KO Clause is an antiquated concept that is not used in Smogon tournaments. The one exception to the rule is if the tournament is live (weekly Smogon Tour, Suspect Tours, etc.). For all standard tournaments here this rule does not exist. It Does Not Exist.

If both Pokemon faint simultaneously in DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY, the game is ruled as a tie. Tied games do not count as played games in overall standings and will be expected to be replayed within the round's initial deadline. Similarly to this, tied games do not count towards the total number of games played in "best of X" series. In other words, if a tournament includes "Bo3" RBY, what is really being played is "first to two wins" RBY.

However, ties simply don't exist in later generations. The developers removed ties from BW and have not added them back since. There's a lot of inconsistency with the mechanics of their tiebreaking system but Smogon follows them to stay true to the cartridge. The main ones are listed below:

Note: The following list is for SM, XY, and BW, and not for DPP, ADV, GSC, or RBY

Self-KO Moves (Destiny Bond, Explosion, Final Gambit, etc.):
Attacking Pokemon Loses

Offensive Recoil (Life Orb; Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, etc.):
Attacking Pokemon Wins

Defensive Recoil (Rocky Helmet; Iron Barbs, Rough Skin):
Attacking Pokemon Wins (SM)
Attacking Pokemon Loses (XY and BW)

Passive Damage (Status, Weather, etc.):
Faster Pokemon Loses



Substitutions:
Substitutions will be not be allowed in tiebreak series unless both teams agree (or TDs enforce double sub). However, since we prioritise games being played, we will consider extension requests so long as they're reasonable. We will also be reluctant to give activity wins to those who are clearly fishing for them.



Simulator:

Pokémon Showdown is the main simulator for this tournament, and Smogtours is the main server.


Deadline:

The deadline for this round will be Wednesday, July 19th @ 11:59 pm EDT. Please schedule your games as quickly as possible.

The deadline for tiebreak this round will be Sunday, July 23rd @ 11:59 pm EDT.
 
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7. Europe (3) vs. 6. US West (7)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. dice
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos

lgi east :)
 
GO EUROPE!!

7. Europe (6) vs. 6. US West (4)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. dice
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos
 

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Honestly East vs Germany has been one of the strongest pairings the last wcop and this wcop... and i think spain vs east will be the same again... gl again
 
1. US East (5) vs. 5. Spain (5)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

it's gunna be a close one
 

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1. US East (0) vs. 5. Spain (0)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

Could be the finals, and every year it seems these 2 run into each other sooner than that. Both teams like always, come with strong lineups front to back with few people that could truly considered a weak link. I believe US East still has the advantage in the SM matchups even with FlamingVictini moving to ORAS, but I think the past gens could go either way in a few games. Jayde vs Soulwind is always a fun game to watch and Reiku is arguably one of the best on the site. Shake must have done some serious talking to wiggle his way into DPP for this specific match, everyone knows how he truly feels about colch, so I can't see him losing that one. Personally i'd like to see IFM not on the bench as it makes east lineup a little stronger in my personal opinion as it free's up BKC to play Mariana but i'm no insider and they know more than I do. Edge goes to the East side with a 6-4 win and a few games that swing the other way like Jaydes and Zamrocks. I don't want to say ABR could be upset 2 rounds in a row, but it's fucking k12 who really knows. Highlights of the series are TDK vs Axel John vs Trosko and shake vs colch just because of the shit talk that's always happened between the 2.

7. Europe (0) vs. 6. US West (0)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. dice
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos

This is an interesting series. Europe is one of the more pleasant surprises of the tournament this year, coming with a powerful SM lineup of good players. Ricardo and Pearl should win, and i'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict thorn to upset ben gay if you can call it that. However good Europe has been though, I predict their cinderella story comes to a close this round. West past gens are comparable to Spains dice has been destroying lately and Phil is well, Phil. WTK is no push over but I don't see him taking it over undi and Lavos has proven to be one of the more consistent people in GSC. The highlights of this series are Void vs Phil and thorn vs ben, series might be close regardless of what I said but I think there needs to be some upsets in the past gens for that to happen.

I really don't want to see USA vs USA finals though
 
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Lavos

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SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith - should be a close one
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek - pdc always reliable in the clutch, he should play last minute
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10 - axel is cute, tdk is uncute.
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine - another close one so im just balancing it out
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko - hope john gets lucked and trosko talks shit after saying GG. karma ya feel
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku - dude is unreal. fv a rising star but has issues w/long term thinking
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind - jayde will surely heed bkc's advice and bring the incredibly broken metagame superstar, Excadrill, leading to an easy 6-0.
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero - i think colch hates pokemon. shake played well last week
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon - bad ass is rly good when he cares, but predicting against mdragon is a misplay
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS - not much to say here

east wins tiebreak, then gets formally eviscerated by west in a 2012 repeat

gl hf europe. will play choolio whenever he wants
 
1. US East (5) vs. 5. Spain (5)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

7. Europe (3) vs. 6. US West (7)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. dice
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos
 

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SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

go west !!!
 

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US East (0) vs. 5. Spain (0)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine masquerain webs > quagsire balance
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS
 

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Good luck to my friends and go East!
1. US East (6) vs. 5. Spain (4)

SM OU 1: Zamrock (45) vs. (55) Malekith - Malekith is surely the better overall and more experienced player, but he has shown a bit of a wild side in new generations and I am not sure how up-to-date he is to begin with, so can't favor him by too much against Zamrock, who will surely know what to expect and mains SM OU. Still, leaning in the direction of the better player, but can see it going either way.
SM OU 2: PDC (45) vs. (55) Poek - I actually think that neither really stands out as a player compared to the other, but both are very solid in general. Poek has been doing better over the course of SM and just generally seems like the "hotter" pick, so favoring him. PDC probably will procrastinate preparation until later in the week whereas Poek will be given a fresh team to roll with early on and might be more comfortable coming in, too. One last thing is I feel like Poek does quite well at managing the bulky-balance sorta opponents and PDC fits into that group, so yea.
SM OU 3: TDK (60) vs. (40) Axel10 - I think Axel's a really good player, but I still find his ORAS better than his SM whereas I think TDK is one of the better SMers out there, so favoring him a bit more than some might expect. Really excited to see what both of these guys come up with and hoping for a game with no cheese here.
SM OU 4: ABR (65) vs. (35) [K-12] The Madchine - Probably a trendy upset pick in favor of K12 after he won last round in hilarious fashion and ABR lost two, now 2-3 overall, but I can't see ABR letting himself get carried to a trophy, let alone finishing in the negative, so I expect him to emerge victorious convincingly, especially since I think he deals with dudes who do not have a full grasp on the metagame quite well. Interested to see what both use, but expecting some form of cheese here moreso than the TDK v Axel match.
SM OU 5: John (65) vs. (35) Trosko - Don't think John is capable of losing to anyone who is not Greek, so this is a wrap.
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini (49) vs. (51) reiku - Probably the closest match of the round (if not, the definitely second behind BW with the PDC vs Poek game being third) even if it is in a tier that I still am not particularly fond of. I feel that Reiku is the better player, but FV has a knack for winning when it counts, especially in WCOP. As much as I do not necessarily find myself aligning with the opinions of FV, he surely does know how to "prepare" and I think that his build will likely be heavily refined to fit his opponent's trends, his own playstyle, and the current metagame, so it is hard to not favor him when he has been playing as well as he has in some games (see: meeps game). With this said, Reiku is a very consistent player for Spain and I always felt that he shined brightest in ORAS, perhaps even being one of the most underrated battlers in the tier and surely among the top tournament players in it over the past 2-3 years. I'm quite torn here, but I think I will give the edge to Reiku just because he had made more of a name for himself in ORAS OU overall than FV, even if it is not by too much.
BW2 OU: Jayde (51) vs. (49) SoulWind - These two are probably two of the top five BW players right now, if not two of the top three. Jayde has put up good results for a year or so now ever since he came back to being active and Soulwind has always been a top BWer. Jayde usually gets the better end of Soulwind historically and he has had a better overall year, so favoring him, but I am nerding out over this game and very much looking forward to it.
DPP OU: -Tsunami- (65) vs. (35) Colchonero - Shake's just one of the best all-around players right now and I feel like DPP is his one of his top three generations. Colcho is fine, but I feel like he uses some questionable things and is not the player Shake is right now, so comfortably favoring Shake.
ADV OU: Bad Ass (35) vs. (65) M Dragon - Crust is gross, I prefer goats.
GSC OU: BKC (70) vs. (30) FAFUS - well, yea..

7. Europe (4) vs. 6. US West (6)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion (55) vs. (45) psychicmewtwo - I'd say normally that pm2 wins, but BO has looked better this WCOP by a slight margin and I feel like he has some momentum on his side, so favoring him in a close game between two pretty solid players trying to really find a consistent spot in the tournament community after -- kind of a cool dynamic and looking forward to this one.
SM OU 2: R!cardo (40) vs. (60) Mob Barley - Meh, Ricardo has never been overly-impressive to me in terms of gameplay, but I am quite interested to see what he uses and perhaps he can prove me wrong on the former front. Mob is a bit hit or miss, but his ceiling is quite high and I think that he is motivated to do well here, so favoring him.
SM OU 3: Pearl (60) vs. (40) Lax - Pearl's just a really good all-around player whereas Lax is not proven in any format quite yet, so it's hard to pick him here and Pearl seems to get SM OU to a sufficient extent.
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy (49) vs. (51) rozes - Honestly like what I have seen fom Ban Mana, but Rozes is now motivated for WCOP once again and wants to prove he can hold his own in OU, so slightly favoring him even if Ban Mana is probably the "better" OU player.
SM OU 5: TheThorn (51) vs. (49) craing ;_; - I think Thron is really good and am still not jumping onto the "Ben under pressure in team tours" bandwagon until I see more, but I will admit he has proven me wrong and impressed a bit so far.
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig (60) vs. (40) ez - Not too familiar with ez, but Jturt is really solid.
BW2 OU: ZoroDark (45) vs. (55) dice - dice has been one of the best BWers this year and I think Zoro is busy w/ vacation, so definitely going to favor Dice. Normally, I'd be pretty conflicted between these two -- both very solid, Zoro a bit more standardized than Dice, however. Hoping for a good one anyway.
DPP OU: Void (40) vs. (60) Philip7086 - Would be more lopsided had Void not been 4-0, but can't totally discount him given that.
ADV OU: We Three Kings (51) vs. (49) undisputed - w3k has looked as good as anyone this WCOP for the most part and I feel like Undis might be falling off a bit after a strong SPL. Could be wrong though, just haven't seen too much besides Callous Cup and WCOP games without the _best_ results.
GSC OU: choolio (35) vs. (65) Lavos - Lavos isn't going to lose on this stage, I feel
 
SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS
 
Looking forwards to US East vs Spain. Very strong pairings this round, and a rematch once again in semis.

Highlights:

bro fist (US East) vs. Trosko (Spain): Rematch! Trosko will be looking for redemption. Definitely has the skills to beat bro fist. bro fist being a juggernaut in World Cup, looking for another solid performance. Should be a good one!

Jayde (US East) vs. SoulWind (Spain): Another rematch! Jayde is GOAT in BW2 OU.

Bad ass (US East) vs. M Dragon (Spain): Two veterans in the game. Should be fun to watch.

Can't wait for this series. Looking like another tie-breaker. :]
 

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1. US East (2) vs. 5. Spain (8)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

7. Europe (9) vs. 6. US West (1)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. dice
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos

european win pretty please?
 
1. US East (5) vs. 5. Spain (5)

SM OU 1: Zamrock vs. Malekith
SM OU 2: PDC vs. Poek
SM OU 3: TDK vs. Axel10
SM OU 4: ABR vs. [K-12] The Madchine
SM OU 5: John vs. Trosko
ORAS OU: FlamingVictini vs. reiku
BW2 OU: Jayde vs. SoulWind
DPP OU: -Tsunami- vs. Colchonero
ADV OU: Bad Ass vs. M Dragon
GSC OU: BKC vs. FAFUS

7. Europe (5) vs. 6. US West (5)

SM OU 1: Blackoblivion vs. psychicmewtwo
SM OU 2: R!cardo vs. Mob Barley
SM OU 3: Pearl vs. Lax
SM OU 4: Ban Manaphy vs. rozes
SM OU 5: TheThorn vs. craing ;_;
ORAS OU: Jimmy Turtwig vs. ez
BW2 OU: ZoroDark vs. dice
DPP OU: Void vs. Philip7086
ADV OU: We Three Kings vs. undisputed
GSC OU: choolio vs. Lavos
 
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