Post by GGFan on Oct 27, 2009 1:39:57 GMT -5
And we have reached the finals of TOS8! Let's learn a little more about the finalists:
ice
Ice began battling a couple years ago where not much could be said about him. Well, he went AWOL on here that one time where he called everyone on this site my alt and left. Then some time later he came back to the competitive Pokemon scene and joined a Smogon tournament where he performed quite well. He came back to THE Alternative recently with his newly-acquired abilities and signed up for TOS8.
In the first round he was able to score the biggest high-profile victory of his life by beating yours truly and becoming only the 4th person to do so in a TOS tournament. Ice's victory was crucial because it put him in position to win the WB, and he did just that by beating his good buddy, waterwizard, in 2 games to 0.
Ice is now in the driver's seat with a car full of gas. Will he go full speed ahead and become only the 3rd person to say they've won an installment of the longest running tournament in competitive Pokemon history, or will his battery die out just before he reaches the finish line?
waterwizard
Little to nothing was known about waterwizard upon his entry in this tournament other than the fact that he was ice's friend. He wasn't a washed-up hasbeen who was trying to have one last taste at glory, he wasn't a revered battler trying to put another feather in his already-gallant cap, and he wasn't the next big-thing after winning 2 battles on Smogon. He was just waterwizard, a Gators fan who likes Pokemon.
In round one waterwizard played another unknown by the name of zilch. Zilch was the ying to waterwizard's yang, and the two supposedly had a tense, down-to-the-final turn encounter for the ages. Waterwizard came out on top and instantly found himself in position to reach the finals of his first tournament. But it wasn't going to be so easy as waterwizard lost 2 games to 0 in the match that decided the WB.
Not one to go down so easy, waterwizard wiped the dust off his keester and stared me down with the heart of a lion. A nobody going up against the most established RBY battler in history....so what? Waterwizard knew he had the tools and the determination to not only take me to the limit -- but beat me -- and he did. In a best of three that came down to the pivotal third game, waterwizard won and became the first person in 6 years to eliminate me from a TOS tournament.
Waterwizard has already made history, but he isn't going to stop there. This tenacious, resilient young man will not rest until he is declared the winner of TOS8 and only the 3rd person in THE Alternative's history to win his debut tournament. The last person to do that was none other than ViL 3 years ago. Needless to say, waterwizard can end up walking away making a decade's worth of history in the span of two days.
~This is Bo3. Since ice has conquered the WB, waterwizard must win two Bo3 series. Ice only needs to win one.
Good luck to both of you.
ice
Ice began battling a couple years ago where not much could be said about him. Well, he went AWOL on here that one time where he called everyone on this site my alt and left. Then some time later he came back to the competitive Pokemon scene and joined a Smogon tournament where he performed quite well. He came back to THE Alternative recently with his newly-acquired abilities and signed up for TOS8.
In the first round he was able to score the biggest high-profile victory of his life by beating yours truly and becoming only the 4th person to do so in a TOS tournament. Ice's victory was crucial because it put him in position to win the WB, and he did just that by beating his good buddy, waterwizard, in 2 games to 0.
Ice is now in the driver's seat with a car full of gas. Will he go full speed ahead and become only the 3rd person to say they've won an installment of the longest running tournament in competitive Pokemon history, or will his battery die out just before he reaches the finish line?
waterwizard
Little to nothing was known about waterwizard upon his entry in this tournament other than the fact that he was ice's friend. He wasn't a washed-up hasbeen who was trying to have one last taste at glory, he wasn't a revered battler trying to put another feather in his already-gallant cap, and he wasn't the next big-thing after winning 2 battles on Smogon. He was just waterwizard, a Gators fan who likes Pokemon.
In round one waterwizard played another unknown by the name of zilch. Zilch was the ying to waterwizard's yang, and the two supposedly had a tense, down-to-the-final turn encounter for the ages. Waterwizard came out on top and instantly found himself in position to reach the finals of his first tournament. But it wasn't going to be so easy as waterwizard lost 2 games to 0 in the match that decided the WB.
Not one to go down so easy, waterwizard wiped the dust off his keester and stared me down with the heart of a lion. A nobody going up against the most established RBY battler in history....so what? Waterwizard knew he had the tools and the determination to not only take me to the limit -- but beat me -- and he did. In a best of three that came down to the pivotal third game, waterwizard won and became the first person in 6 years to eliminate me from a TOS tournament.
Waterwizard has already made history, but he isn't going to stop there. This tenacious, resilient young man will not rest until he is declared the winner of TOS8 and only the 3rd person in THE Alternative's history to win his debut tournament. The last person to do that was none other than ViL 3 years ago. Needless to say, waterwizard can end up walking away making a decade's worth of history in the span of two days.
~This is Bo3. Since ice has conquered the WB, waterwizard must win two Bo3 series. Ice only needs to win one.
Good luck to both of you.