Darn, as far as I can see I got the FPL idea completely wrong and scored only 20 points so far. I looked at the table and tried to understand what players did the guys with 50+ points choose:
1. For main team pick strong players, ONE PLAYER per one PL team. Do not choose two players from the same team no matter how strong they may seem to you. Possible combinations: 6 strong players or 5 stronger players + 1 cheap player (his team is not important in this case) for the remaining points. Surprisingly, almost no one has picked Flash. Jaedong, Fantasy, Stork, Light are popular here. 2. DO NOT pick an expensive team! That was my main mistake. Save the points for players. Pick a shitty PL team that can however put a good fight as you will score points even if the team loses - here we can see the absolute dominance of KT (3 pts) and OZ (1 pt). The things got even worse when those teams suddenly turned their rape mode on this week. 3. Pick some shitty 5+4+4 pts players for your anti-team. M18M, Perfectman, TurN, Hyun, Horang2 etc. are popular. No surprise here.
I'm looking forward to the trades. But I'm afraid the adjusted player values will bring me down.
On December 01 2010 17:35 Taosu wrote: Darn, as far as I can see I got the FPL idea completely wrong and scored only 20 points so far. I looked at the table and tried to understand what players did the guys with 50+ points choose:
1. For main team pick strong players, ONE PLAYER per one PL team. Do not choose two players from the same team no matter how strong they may seem to you. Possible combinations: 6 strong players or 5 stronger players + 1 cheap player (his team is not important in this case) for the remaining points. Surprisingly, almost no one has picked Flash. Jaedong, Fantasy, Stork, Light are popular here. 2. DO NOT pick an expensive team! That was my main mistake. Save the points for players. Pick a shitty PL team that can however put a good fight as you will score points even if the team loses - here we can see the absolute dominance of KT (3 pts) and OZ (1 pt). The things got even worse when those teams suddenly turned their rape mode on this week. 3. Pick some shitty 5+4+4 pts players for your anti-team. M18M, Perfectman, TurN, Hyun, Horang2 etc. are popular. No surprise here.
I'm looking forward to the trades. But I'm afraid the adjusted player values will bring me down.
Flash is almost always overpriced, so few top FPL'ers pick him. For some reason, Jaedong more often then not comes at a reasonable price and regardless of how he does always earns excellent points due to the sheer amount of games played.
Big theme of success this season was just picking up players that potentially saw a lot of ace match time. Fantasy and Light really shouldn't see that much time, this was an unusual week in that respect. Stork was a bargain. I expect a new set of people up top next week unless some of them make some lucky trades. Because streaks weren't a factor this season, it was all about picking up ace players to get those bonus points. Easily most exploitative thing that can be done with this system to put yourself ahead.
Expensive teams should be a sure bet. If not, then it is 90% of the time more worthwhile to pour your numbers in a balanced team. This season had an exceptional amount of great players at a good cost, so it wasn't as difficult as other seasons where players had to take some extra 3 point gambles. OZ was a good pick this week simply because they had an easy schedule. Could easily backfire in weeks to come.
Being able to use anti team equity on main team is REALLY powerful. I made two trades this time, and both of them taken individually would improve my chances this upcoming week.
Kinda kicking myself for not remembering that Light is a TvZ monster, but overall I got hurt by my anti-more than the main (hydra and horang2, though horang2 is the 5 pointer so kinda effed regardless). Ssak and FBH both got wins for the main team, lawl.
Almost seems worth it to tank one of your main team members that's iffy to begin with in order to give you a differential to turn an originally 4 or 5 point anti-team player into someone horrible. At least if I understand the trading system properly.
On December 02 2010 13:06 Vortok wrote: Kinda kicking myself for not remembering that Light is a TvZ monster, but overall I got hurt by my anti-more than the main (hydra and horang2, though horang2 is the 5 pointer so kinda effed regardless). Ssak and FBH both got wins for the main team, lawl.
Almost seems worth it to tank one of your main team members to give you a differential to turn an originally 4 or 5 point anti-team player into someone horrible.
Crapify one of your anti-team members only if you think a cheap guy is about to have a breakout week or is way cheaper than he should be.
On December 02 2010 16:09 smileyyy wrote: Trading is up .. but how the fuck am I supposed to get rid of pure in my anti -_-
trade for killer? killer is definitely a fluke
The whole idea with pure was so retarded. he plays in every series and he isnt even so bad. So does Killer and I dont think Killer will play as bad as he used to in this season ... best bet would be Turn but its -11 then. So I need to change my main but I am really content with it.... aaaaaahhh So I need to replace Chintoss but with whom... ~max 16 points .... ahh I guess it must be a skt Zerg kwanro or S2 *cries*
On December 02 2010 16:09 smileyyy wrote: Trading is up .. but how the fuck am I supposed to get rid of pure in my anti -_-
trade for killer? killer is definitely a fluke
The whole idea with pure was so retarded. he plays in every series and he isnt even so bad. So does Killer and I dont think Killer will play as bad as he used to in this season ... best bet would be Turn but its -11 then. So I need to change my main but I am really content with it.... aaaaaahhh So I need to replace Chintoss but with whom... ~max 16 points .... ahh I guess it must be a skt Zerg kwanro or S2 *cries*
killer's on a 4 win streak against: Center, Much, Ssak, and Piano his other wins this PL season are Mind, Calm
tell me that's not a fluke.... Killer is horrible, and he's only winning as long as he plays horribler enemies.
I need some help deciding whether I should trade stars for MBC or Wemade. Right now, wemade is looking strong, but they are kind of a streaky team. Also, MBC seems to be facing Ace next week, but most of MBC's games seem to end in ace match, so I'm not sure which would be a better choice.
On December 02 2010 16:09 smileyyy wrote: Trading is up .. but how the fuck am I supposed to get rid of pure in my anti -_-
trade for killer? killer is definitely a fluke
The whole idea with pure was so retarded. he plays in every series and he isnt even so bad. So does Killer and I dont think Killer will play as bad as he used to in this season ... best bet would be Turn but its -11 then. So I need to change my main but I am really content with it.... aaaaaahhh So I need to replace Chintoss but with whom... ~max 16 points .... ahh I guess it must be a skt Zerg kwanro or S2 *cries*
killer's on a 4 win streak against: Center, Much, Ssak, and Piano his other wins this PL season are Mind, Calm
tell me that's not a fluke.... Killer is horrible, and he's only winning as long as he plays horribler enemies.
Yeah but I cant seem to hate Killer I just cant put him on my Anti. Maybe I should + Show Spoiler +
On December 02 2010 16:55 Nemesis wrote: I need some help deciding whether I should trade stars for MBC or Wemade. Right now, wemade is looking strong, but they are kind of a streaky team.
I think at the moment, WeMade is looking just a bit stronger. Both MBC and WeMade are playing KT and ACE next week, so I'd go with WeMade.
exactly means? I don't seem to get it. Does that mean, that if I want to trade a main team player and an anti, that my trade differential needs to be > 2?
On December 03 2010 01:15 night terrors wrote: Im thinking about trading calm for jangbi. Jangbi is way cheap and it seems that he couldbe getting better. What do you guys think?
On December 03 2010 01:15 night terrors wrote: Im thinking about trading calm for jangbi. Jangbi is way cheap and it seems that he couldbe getting better. What do you guys think?
But... why would you trade Calm away?
I was thinking that trading down could help take bogus or killer out of my anti.
My main team is scoring 45 points.... but my anti has scored 19 against me. Im afraid that those two will keep on winning.
EPT
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