three eyes, seed 25, top 16!!!
reflection: Had a lot of fun with this tournament, it got me back into catch, learning the mappools was really fun, and the people I played against were awesome. Also was the first time I've played in an osu!-related tourney. Super proud of both mei and take9 for their improvement throughout the tourney, especially with how late they started playing, getting as far as we did wouldn't have been possible without either of them <3.

seed 25 (again), top 24!
reflection: Drastically overperformed my expectations of myself (wasnt sure if I'd actually qualify), definitely struggled a lot with the pools at times, mainly with HR, which wasn't fun, but had fun with some maps. This tournament also helped me realize a lot about my own skillsets, like HD might be learnable for me and HR is uh Hard.

seed 49 (im noticing a pattern with my seeding), top 64
reflection: Really didn't have much time to practice and was really nervous in my matches. Still pretty happy with my performances despite getting swept twice since I drastically overperformed my own expectations and did come close to my opponents' scores at times. Also, with the time I did have for practice, I found the pools fun and think I improved a good bit as a player overall (especially with HR).

seed 25 (again)(again), top 24
reflection: I didn't have much time to practice until I reached Quarters and when I reached Quarters, I didn't really have the motivation or skill to learn the pool. In general, the tournament was pretty fun though, I was surprised by my performances in both Ro32 and Ro16 and the mappools were fun whenever I could comprehend them.
This tournament helped me realize a bit more about my skillset in tournaments; I'm less so of a mechanics or skillcap player, I'm more rooted in consistency at lower difficulties and more "awkward" picks (like DT, HD, converts...).