Awesome performance ASPAC, incredibly proud of you all and good games to central, you guys did awesome with a roster most people wouldn't have expected to make finals on paper at the start of the tour and the newer players did really well in carrying on central's wc legacy despite losing some of your strongest players.
After playing 1v1 for about 3 years in the tour scene and longer than that as an ss/sm ladderkid I finally got my first official tour win. The last time I played in a finals was in my time on the Barraskewdas where I choked the hell out of a game 5 win, I won't lie when I say my perception of myself as a playoffs/finals choker was still in my head during this tour and it feels good to overcome the doubts I had about my play. My team played amazingly and this is kinda the first tour I've had where I've taken an extremely passive role in the team structure due to my lack of knowledge about SV and no more double SM slot to cook with, I have less free time these days to dedicate to mons so my multi-slot building days are past me but luckily everyone on my team was incredibly active in their channels and helped each other out a lot.
You can say we had superteam privilege but under the surface of that, Asia Pacific was really just many people grinding their slots to get their first official 1v1 team tour/world cup win and our hunger for that combined with our strong roster were key to making it out on top. As well as the starting players on our team, we had incredible scouting support from realaccountami and Stravench (who also spam built teams in case of emergency) all tour which was insanely helpful and I really appreciate that even though it wasn't directed to my slot. You kept the activity up and were great vibes.
I'm gonna do some shoutouts sort of unrelated to this tour but more as to why I'm still playing pokemon 1v1 in 2023:
dogknees- You literally got me into the tour scene when my only accomplishment was doing well on ladder, gave me a fair shot and despite a bit of an underperformance in my first WC it allowed me to learn more and make more friends in the community. If you read this hi and hope you're doing well <3
Potatochan- Similar to dogknees, made my first team tour experience incredibly fun and would likely not keep playing without you
clerica- My first 1v1 rival, I wish you luck with whatever you're doing these days and thanks for being around for me. At this rate I'm never matching your trophy case even if I somehow win every tour in the next 2 years but I finally got one on the board rahhh
eblurb- Its been a ride seeing you get older and also get much better at this game, you have always been fun to talk to
Waylaid Fragments and a certain almond- Thank you for working hard in Slakings and bearing with my unexperienced ass you were absolutely fantastic teammates
crucify- Best 1v1 manager I have ever seen (sorry deg you're second), learned a lot about the game from teaming with you and thanks for managing with me. @2022barras (all of you), that tour was awesome and I still haven't seen a cg prep armada like that to this day
zo- You say the wildest stuff but you're always around if I need a chat and it goes both ways
DripLegend- n_n and I hope you can be proud with how you've played and managed your team despite how the very last series went
RTM- Its fire to have another australian in the scene I can count on, happy to see you pop off in multiple tours now (even though your trashtalking causes me abdominal pain I appreciate you)
Elo Bandit- Your videos are the reason I got into 1v1 on PS in the first place, so you get the final and maybe the most significant shoutout (you might be the goat)
Was a fun tour and sorry for boomerposting but I felt it was appropriate. Last thanks to the many friends and acquaintances in the community I know who I didn't call out individually but always keep the vibes up, I appreciate you all :)
After playing 1v1 for about 3 years in the tour scene and longer than that as an ss/sm ladderkid I finally got my first official tour win. The last time I played in a finals was in my time on the Barraskewdas where I choked the hell out of a game 5 win, I won't lie when I say my perception of myself as a playoffs/finals choker was still in my head during this tour and it feels good to overcome the doubts I had about my play. My team played amazingly and this is kinda the first tour I've had where I've taken an extremely passive role in the team structure due to my lack of knowledge about SV and no more double SM slot to cook with, I have less free time these days to dedicate to mons so my multi-slot building days are past me but luckily everyone on my team was incredibly active in their channels and helped each other out a lot.
You can say we had superteam privilege but under the surface of that, Asia Pacific was really just many people grinding their slots to get their first official 1v1 team tour/world cup win and our hunger for that combined with our strong roster were key to making it out on top. As well as the starting players on our team, we had incredible scouting support from realaccountami and Stravench (who also spam built teams in case of emergency) all tour which was insanely helpful and I really appreciate that even though it wasn't directed to my slot. You kept the activity up and were great vibes.
I'm gonna do some shoutouts sort of unrelated to this tour but more as to why I'm still playing pokemon 1v1 in 2023:
dogknees- You literally got me into the tour scene when my only accomplishment was doing well on ladder, gave me a fair shot and despite a bit of an underperformance in my first WC it allowed me to learn more and make more friends in the community. If you read this hi and hope you're doing well <3
Potatochan- Similar to dogknees, made my first team tour experience incredibly fun and would likely not keep playing without you
clerica- My first 1v1 rival, I wish you luck with whatever you're doing these days and thanks for being around for me. At this rate I'm never matching your trophy case even if I somehow win every tour in the next 2 years but I finally got one on the board rahhh
eblurb- Its been a ride seeing you get older and also get much better at this game, you have always been fun to talk to
Waylaid Fragments and a certain almond- Thank you for working hard in Slakings and bearing with my unexperienced ass you were absolutely fantastic teammates
crucify- Best 1v1 manager I have ever seen (sorry deg you're second), learned a lot about the game from teaming with you and thanks for managing with me. @2022barras (all of you), that tour was awesome and I still haven't seen a cg prep armada like that to this day
zo- You say the wildest stuff but you're always around if I need a chat and it goes both ways
DripLegend- n_n and I hope you can be proud with how you've played and managed your team despite how the very last series went
RTM- Its fire to have another australian in the scene I can count on, happy to see you pop off in multiple tours now (even though your trashtalking causes me abdominal pain I appreciate you)
Elo Bandit- Your videos are the reason I got into 1v1 on PS in the first place, so you get the final and maybe the most significant shoutout (you might be the goat)
Was a fun tour and sorry for boomerposting but I felt it was appropriate. Last thanks to the many friends and acquaintances in the community I know who I didn't call out individually but always keep the vibes up, I appreciate you all :)
As alluded to earlier, the sableye set has unfortunately been lost to time. From what I can trace, its either specs/scarf with dgleam and trick (I dont remember if it actually is important or not, but you click dgleam t1 100% of the time)
ibuprofen too! In the words of someone in the channel, the way you are building is a water type and a nfe, the way your threatlists need to beat the avengers. I have no idea how in the world you build ss, but it is incredible the way you prep and it is seriously impressive, gl with irl stuff