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Week 2 Matches by Waxangel

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We're finally back to good old classic Proleague. A friendly reminder for you all that Saturday's matches have been moved back to Friday, which means you can expect to see the first games in a few hours from this post.



Round 3 Week 1 Matches





Finally, a week of Proleague where we have some real marquee match-ups! While the Proleague format gives lesser known players a chance to shine, its unfortunate drawback is that you rarely see a head to head duel between the big guns of two teams unless it goes to an ace match. This week, we are blessed, for the stars have aligned to bring us some regular line-up matches you won't want to miss.



If I had to pick one single match to look out for this week, it has to be Flash vs. Argo (Jan 31). Changing his name to Argo really did give Jaehoon a fresh start in StarCraft II, and he's gone from being one of the most mocked players in Brood War to Team Eight's indispensable and trusty captain. He's already taken down aces like Rain, Stephano, ZerO, and Innovation, and now Flash will be his next target. Flash has been fantastic at TvP in his short SC2 career, and he will be the favorite going in. But Argo has really shown hidden depths in the Proleague thus far, and he's more than capable of giving Flash a real fight.



Other than that, Soulkey vs. Fantasy (Feb 4) features everyone's favorite match-up in TvZ, and two excellent players who have shown a preference for being active over turtling up and playing safe. Fantasy will be on double duty as a headliner, as he gets to face CJ Entus' EffOrt (Feb 3) as well. While EffOrt's SC2 ability isn't close to his Brood War ability yet, he recently managed to break through the Code A prelims to prove his worth. For the old timers, this is a must see match.



And for those who just want to someone who's not Korean win, Stephano is scheduled to go up against Terminator (Feb 3). Terminator hasn't been doing so hot lately, whereas Stephano will be playing his best match-up. Regardless of whether or not Stephano gets it done in Code S, this match should give everyone their weekly Stephano fix.



Match of the Week: This week, we're going with Samsung KHAN vs. EG-Liquid. First off, the two teams are right next to each other in the rankings table. EG-Liquid would overtake KHAN for 6th place with a victory, while KHAN would achieve a season best 5th place should they take the victory. But the more interesting thing will be to see how the two rosters respond to being into two very different situations.



Samsung KHAN were absolutely dreadful in round one, and it looked like they would be destined to be bottom feeders after starting the season with a 1 – 6 record. No one seemed to be any good at all, and even their ace RorO couldn't find a way to win. Midway through round two this all turned around in an incredible way. Their rotation players started putting in clutch performances, Jangbi and Stork started to look like their Brood War selves, and RorO finally began to show why he was in Code S. Now, Samsung KHAN is on a six game winning, and no one can tell if this is who they really were all along, or if it's a dream that's going to come crashing down.



Meanwhile, EG-TL is a team going through the exact opposite situation, finding new and creative ways to lose with every match. The loss of TaeJa to injury has been crippling, and their lack of a solid close-out player has led to several painful 3 – 4 losses. With Stephano's Code S matched scheduled at the same time, things look even more grim for EG-TL as they go up against the red hot Samsung KHAN. Yet, it's a chance to see how the rest of the line-up responds to adversity, and if they're capable of stepping up when things are at their worst. Zenio and PuMa are the two pivotal players in this match, as they are part of a weak bench that has received much criticism. Coach trOt has a point when he says you need to show your players that you have faith in them–now they will get a chance to show they deserve it.











We're finally back to good old classic Proleague. A friendly reminder for you all that Saturday's matches have been moved back to Friday, which means you can expect to see the first games in a few hours from this post.Finally, a week of Proleague where we have some real marquee match-ups! While the Proleague format gives lesser known players a chance to shine, its unfortunate drawback is that you rarely see a head to head duel between the big guns of two teams unless it goes to an ace match. This week, we are blessed, for the stars have aligned to bring us some regular line-up matches you won't want to miss.If I had to pick one single match to look out for this week, it has to be(Jan 31). Changing his name to Argo really did give Jaehoon a fresh start in StarCraft II, and he's gone from being one of the most mocked players in Brood War to Team Eight's indispensable and trusty captain. He's already taken down aces like Rain, Stephano, ZerO, and Innovation, and now Flash will be his next target. Flash has been fantastic at TvP in his short SC2 career, and he will be the favorite going in. But Argo has really shown hidden depths in the Proleague thus far, and he's more than capable of giving Flash a real fight.Other than that,(Feb 4) features everyone's favorite match-up in TvZ, and two excellent players who have shown a preference for being active over turtling up and playing safe. Fantasy will be on double duty as a headliner, as he gets to face CJ Entus'(Feb 3) as well. While EffOrt's SC2 ability isn't close to his Brood War ability yet, he recently managed to break through the Code A prelims to prove his worth. For the old timers, this is a must see match.And for those who just want to someone who's not Korean win,is scheduled to go up against(Feb 3). Terminator hasn't been doing so hot lately, whereas Stephano will be playing his best match-up. Regardless of whether or not Stephano gets it done in Code S, this match should give everyone their weekly Stephano fix.This week, we're going withFirst off, the two teams are right next to each other in the rankings table. EG-Liquid would overtake KHAN for 6th place with a victory, while KHAN would achieve a season best 5th place should they take the victory. But the more interesting thing will be to see how the two rosters respond to being into two very different situations.Samsung KHAN were absolutely dreadful in round one, and it looked like they would be destined to be bottom feeders after starting the season with a 1 – 6 record. No one seemed to be any good at all, and even their ace RorO couldn't find a way to win. Midway through round two this all turned around in an incredible way. Their rotation players started putting in clutch performances, Jangbi and Stork started to look like their Brood War selves, and RorO finally began to show why he was in Code S. Now, Samsung KHAN is on a six game winning, and no one can tell if this is who theywere all along, or if it's a dream that's going to come crashing down.Meanwhile, EG-TL is a team going through the exact opposite situation, finding new and creative ways to lose with every match. The loss of TaeJa to injury has been crippling, and their lack of a solid close-out player has led to several painful 3 – 4 losses. With Stephano's Code S matched scheduled at the same time, things look even more grim for EG-TL as they go up against the red hot Samsung KHAN. Yet, it's a chance to see how the rest of the line-up responds to adversity, and if they're capable of stepping up when things are at their worst. Zenio and PuMa are the two pivotal players in this match, as they are part of a weak bench that has received much criticism. Coach trOt has a point when he says you need to show your players that you have faith in them–now they will get a chance to show they deserve it.

Fantasy Round 2 Awards by monk



With round 2 abruptly drawing to a close, we barely had enough time to say goodbye before round 3 began and round 3 of Fantasy Proleague began with it. Now's our chance to sit down and really look back at how round 2 panned out, and what better way to do it than to bring back Fantasy Proleague Awards!



Player/Team Awards



The "Patch-Zerg" Award for Biggest Improvement

goes to for scoring 27 points even though he had a cost of 3. This was over three times the value he was expected to be worth in the beginning of the round. Of course, we're not suggesting that Hydra is a PatchZerg. That's for you to decide and argue over.



The "Bisu" Award for Biggest Disappointment

is a tie between and . Taeja only played one game this season and due to his wrist injury, stopped showing up in the lineup from there. Ty actually played four games last round, but did not fulfill his ace duties, losing all four of them.



The "FXO.KR" Award for Biggest Surprise Team

goes to



The "Prime" Award for Worst Slumping Team

goes to



The "RorO" Award for Worst Anti-Team Pick

goes to the Stork/ combo. Even though the top most picked players for anti-team with 1164 and 917 picks respectively, both scored among the top ten this round. The other player who screwed over teams by a similar amount was , but he was by far less picked because of his reputation of screwing over fantasy teams.



The "Creator" Award for the Optimal Team without Trades

Main Team Cost Points Anti-Team Cost Points Argo(Jaehoon) 4 27 BeSt 3 -1 Cure(Speed) 4 16 Bisu 2 -1 free 3 20 TaeJa 8 -3 Hydra 3 27 JangBi 6 27 RorO 6 25

CJ Entus 3 16 Subtotal: 29 156 Subtotal: 13 -5 Rank: 0 Score: 151



Team Owner Awards



The "MVP" Award for First Place

Congratulations to



The "MMA" Award for Best Slump Predictor

is awarded to



The "Wall Street" Award for Best Trader

is a tie between



The "EG Curse" Award for Worst Trader

takes this award home with 6 trades, none of them netting positive gains totaling up to -42 points.



The "MC" Award for Refusing to Change Anything

is awarded to



The "TheBest" Award for Lowest Scoring Team Attempting to be a Legitimate Team

goes to



The "Apex" Award for Lowest Scoring Team Attempting to be a Low-scoring Team

goes to



The "Pick All KT" Award for Best FPL Strategy of the Round

goes to the strategy of "Pick all the players who were good in Brood War". Most of the players who did well in round two were all top Brood War players, including Flash, Hydra, Jangbi, ZerO, Effort, free, Stork, and Fantasy. Looks like they just needed some time to catch up and show their true skills. Note: Sorry Bisu =(



The "Manifesto7" Award for Best Staff Performance

goes to



The "Kennigit" Award for Worst Staff Performance

is shamefully accepted by



The "LaLush" Award for Best SC II Player/Personality Performance

for the first time ever is awarded to



The "CatZ" Award for Worst SC II Player/Personality Performance

also for the first time ever is awarded to







With round 2 abruptly drawing to a close, we barely had enough time to say goodbye before round 3 began and round 3 of Fantasy Proleague began with it. Now's our chance to sit down and really look back at how round 2 panned out, and what better way to do it than to bring back Fantasy Proleague Awards!goes to Hydra for scoring 27 points even though he had a cost of 3. This was over three times the value he was expected to be worth in the beginning of the round. Of course, we're not suggesting that Hydra is a PatchZerg. That's for you to decide and argue over.is a tie between TaeJa and Ty . Taeja only played one game this season and due to his wrist injury, stopped showing up in the lineup from there. Ty actually played four games last round, but did not fulfill his ace duties, losing all four of them.goes to Samsung KHAN for going 5-2 in round 2. They currently hold a six game winning streak going into week 2 of round 3.goes to SK Telecom T1 . Even though they were by far the most desired team with 44% of team picks, they flopped the hardest.goes to the JangBi combo. Even though the top most picked players for anti-team with 1164 and 917 picks respectively, both scored among the top ten this round. The other player who screwed over teams by a similar amount was RorO , but he was by far less picked because of his reputation of screwing over fantasy teams.Congratulations to Pornografia , a lurker with 0 posts who seemed to have registered just to play fantasy proleague. Unfortunately, Pornografia was not available for comment.is awarded to DocSchlakk for somehow lucking out with Taeja being unable to play this round and his two other picks, Bisu and sSak, not scoring any wins. This is the lowest possible anti-team score for this round.is a tie between jabberjaw and StickyFlower who made two and three trades respectively, both netting a cool 34 points. IIIIII takes this award home with 6 trades, none of them netting positive gains totaling up to -42 points.is awarded to GenesisX , who finished 5th place by picking four of the top five scorers this round in his initial team.goes to mastakilla[Xp] who really got unlucky with his anti-team. He finished at -40 points. Special mention goes to Runer2k4 who started off with a bad team and tried his hardest to claw himself out of his hole, only to dig himself in even deeper. He finishes second to last with -39 points.goes to TBO . With a host of 1 pointer picks and a Rain/Flash/Fantasy combo on his anti-team, TBO was definitely gunning for this award. Honestly though, he didn't do a very good job, as a total of eleven other teams who tried to be legitimate teams finished below him.goes to the strategy of "Pick all the players who were good in Brood War". Most of the players who did well in round two were all top Brood War players, including Flash, Hydra, Jangbi, ZerO, Effort, free, Stork, and Fantasy. Looks like they just needed some time to catch up and show their true skills. Note: Sorry Bisu =(goes to Mikilatov , an old Brood War writer who just picked all his favorite Brood War greats. He finished 44th but peaked at rank 1 after week 3. This proves once again how the above strategy of picking Brood War champions played off in spades this round.is shamefully accepted by DivinO with a -2 score, finishing at rank 5016. With a terrible anti-team and no trading, DivinO never stood a chance. Note: Kennigit did not actually play this round.for the first time ever is awarded to LaLush who finished a respectable 11th place. By capitalizing on Hydra/Argo picks, LaLush, with some smart trading, was able to catapult himself near the top.also for the first time ever is awarded to ROOTCatZ with his -4 score, finishing at rank 5095. Mistakes such as betting on his pal Major and over-trading led to about 40 points less than what he would have gotten if he had just stayed put. Note that CatZ was actually the second worst trader in all of round 2, only being surpassed by a barcode user, IIIIII.

Fantasy Round 3 Overview by monk



Ok, all you Fantasy Proleague junkies and noobs, this one is for you. Picking fantasy teams for some with little experience of the scene or strategy behind the game can be daunting for some. Well, no more. Right here, right now, you can learn to be a pro at the game that is Fantasy Proleague and construct teams that actually make sense. Hopefully one day we can get the number of people picking RorO on their anti-teams all the way down to zero.



An Overview of Player Picks



Popular Main Team Picks

Player Race Cost Main Team Picks Anti-Team Picks Ratio

JYP 3 1217 330 3.7 : 1 Flash 10 1183 59 20.1: 1 P7GAB(Wooki) 5 1179 110 10.7: 1 soO 4 1040 371 2.8 : 1 herO[join] 5 972 185 5.3 : 1 Innovation(Bogus) 6 951 221 4.3 : 1 Soulkey 5 840 249 3.4 : 1 Crazy 3 809 136 5.9 : 1 Stats 5 775 219 3.5 : 1 Fantasy 8 724 105 6.9 : 1 Revival 5 698 366 1.9 : 1 Action 5 687 199 3.5 : 1 Jaedong 6 666 372 1.8 : 1 Bbyong 2 610 604 1.0 : 1

There are four common strategies that are employed when picking players for your team:

Undervalued as measured by round one record

Let's face it. Round two was kind of random. With the winners league format, some players could be argued to have lucked their way to multiple wins and a high value for round three. In addition, if a player was not top four on his team, he probably didn't get played a lot in round two winners league. This strategy takes ignores round two and chooses the players who have the most value according to round one statistics. Players that fall into this category include JYP, P7GAB, soO, herO[jOin], Soulkey, Crazy, Stats, Action, and Bbyong.





Let's face it. Round two was kind of random. With the winners league format, some players could be argued to have lucked their way to multiple wins and a high value for round three. In addition, if a player was not top four on his team, he probably didn't get played a lot in round two winners league. This strategy takes ignores round two and chooses the players who have the most value according to round one statistics. Players that fall into this category include JYP, P7GAB, soO, herO[jOin], Soulkey, Crazy, Stats, Action, and Bbyong. Line-ups

Players picked using this strategy will have extremely favorable match-ups in week one. If you use this strategy, be prepared to trade away your player should he win in favor of a player with a more favorable match-up. Also be prepared to be potentially stuck with a rather undesirable player should he lose his match-up. Match-ups that were considered extremely favored for players among the top picks include:

JYP over hyvaa

Flash over s2

P7GAB over BeSt

soO over Motive

Innovation over Zenio

Fantasy over Crazy

Revival over Trap

Action over Sacsri



Players picked using this strategy will have extremely favorable match-ups in week one. If you use this strategy, be prepared to trade away your player should he win in favor of a player with a more favorable match-up. Also be prepared to be potentially stuck with a rather undesirable player should he lose his match-up. Match-ups that were considered extremely favored for players among the top picks include: Perceived Potential

These are players who are hyped to have the most potential. One way of measuring StarCraft II potential is with Brood War success. Although this might be the least scientific method, it sure did well in round 2, where all the Brood War greats including free, Zero, Stork, and Jangbi did amazingly well. In this round, players such as Flash and Jaedong certainly fall into this category. Then there's Revival, who hasn't played enough matches for a real assessment, but his memorable wins against Gumiho and Leenock in IPTL are still burned into everyone's' minds.





These are players who are hyped to have the most potential. One way of measuring StarCraft II potential is with Brood War success. Although this might be the least scientific method, it sure did well in round 2, where all the Brood War greats including free, Zero, Stork, and Jangbi did amazingly well. In this round, players such as Flash and Jaedong certainly fall into this category. Then there's Revival, who hasn't played enough matches for a real assessment, but his memorable wins against Gumiho and Leenock in IPTL are still burned into everyone's' minds. Go all-in on a team

This strategy is simple: pick the most undervalued team, and pick every player from that team. As silly as this sounds, this strategy actually as an extremely high success rate. In the history of Fantasy Proleague, two teams have won rounds with this technique, one on Brood War with SK Telecom T1 and one more recently, TerrorTerran in Round 1 of StarCraft II Fantasy Proleague with KT Rolster. From these statistics, it looks like KT Rolster is currently the most popular team to pick, though you'd be hard pressed to fit all their heavy hitters on your fantasy team.



Popular Anti-Team Picks

Player Race Cost Total Anti-Team Picks Terminator(Sang) 4 729 Stork 7 655 Light 4 604 Ty(Baby) 5 562 Last 3 427 Jaedong 6 372 Cure(Speed) 6 371 soO 4 371 Revival 5 366 free 7 344 Shine 3 339 Dear 4 333 JYP 3 330 s2 3 318



More than any previous StarCraft II round, this round's anti-team picks were difficult. There was no version of Round 1 Stephano or Round 2 Jaedong/Taeja who just happened to be guaranteed to be benched every week; you could no longer simply depend on news about who on EG-TL just happened to be sick or out of town that week. For many, this was a first experience constructing a real anti-team. Similar tactics employed in picking your main team can be used to construct an anti-team. For example, Terminator, Stork, Light , and Cure are overvalued if you compare their results from Round 1. On the other hand, if you pay attention to line-ups, Stork had a tough match-up against Hydra while Last wasn't even in the line-up at all.



Team Picks

Team Cost Picks % of Total SK Telecom T1 1 1391 33% KT Rolster 4 910 22% EG.TL 2 838 20% Woongjin Stars 4 308 7% Samsung Khan 1 303 7% Team 8 2 164 4% CJ Entus 4 161 4% STX Soul 1 100 2%



Last round, SK Telecom was deemed the runaway best pick for a team with 44% of participants choosing them as their FPL team. But boy, how they all got burned when SK Telecom crashed and burned in a round they were supposed to dominate. This round, they're the most picked team yet again and with their first week win over KT Rolster, they seem to be worth it and them some. Other popular teams include the Flash-led KT Rolster that dominated round one and the fan favorite EG-TL.







Ok, all you Fantasy Proleague junkies and noobs, this one is for you. Picking fantasy teams for some with little experience of the scene or strategy behind the game can be daunting for some. Well, no more. Right here, right now, you can learn to be a pro at the game that is Fantasy Proleague and construct teams that actually make sense. Hopefully one day we can get the number of people picking RorO on their anti-teams all the way down to zero.There are four common strategies that are employed when picking players for your team:More than any previous StarCraft II round, this round's anti-team picks were difficult. There was no version of Round 1 Stephano or Round 2 Jaedong/Taeja who just happened to be guaranteed to be benched every week; you could no longer simply depend on news about who on EG-TL just happened to be sick or out of town that week. For many, this was a first experience constructing a real anti-team. Similar tactics employed in picking your main team can be used to construct an anti-team. For example, Terminator, Stork, Light , and Cure are overvalued if you compare their results from Round 1. On the other hand, if you pay attention to line-ups, Stork had a tough match-up against Hydra while Last wasn't even in the line-up at all.Last round, SK Telecom was deemed the runaway best pick for a team with 44% of participants choosing them as their FPL team. But boy, how they all got burned when SK Telecom crashed and burned in a round they were supposed to dominate. This round, they're the most picked team yet again and with their first week win over KT Rolster, they seem to be worth it and them some. Other popular teams include the Flash-led KT Rolster that dominated round one and the fan favorite EG-TL.