Wooki not fielded), I would have taken a much greater hit than staying about even (only down by the trade tax of -2). Here's hoping that Last and Crazy-Hydra will redeem themselves in the second half of the week.

Streak Break Watch

(P)

Stats got the first 3-game streak break this round vs (T)

Speed for a bonus of +2.

2-game streak breaks for T8 vs KT and SKT vs WJS:

+1 (Z)

Alone (vs

Stats)
+1

sHy (vs

Rain)
+1

Fantasy (vs (P)

sHy)

1ManArmy

Netherlands895 Posts

January 13 2013 18:47 GMT

#544

Interesting weekend.

Starts pretty terrible with my whole anti-team getting points (Stork,Hyvaa & Trap) and Revival winning only vs Effort.
Luckily yesterday Speed/Cure and Alone managed to score big for me, and Fantasy broke a 2-kill streak.
The only true dissapointment in my team is Dear and the amount of playing time for KT.Hitman. While Dear did great in round 1 , he didn't score points in round 2 yet. I might have to switch him out...

NbSky

Canada1023 Posts

January 13 2013 18:58 GMT

#545

has scoring been updated yet? i sure hope not lol

blagoonga123

United States2068 Posts

January 13 2013 19:11 GMT

#546

ouch
i guess i should have traded speed away as quick as i could anyway, i was hoping the might of KT would be able to stop him, but nope

so people on my team went 0-2 so far this week and people on my anti team went 3-1
:/

oh well i made rank #78 for this first part of this week at least

dinosrwar

1290 Posts

January 14 2013 02:03 GMT

#547

Ah so far this week has been nice. 8th place! If only I had taken Hydra instead of Last like I originally planned. Oh well, maybe Last will shape up.

Poopi

France12904 Posts

January 14 2013 02:06 GMT

#548

Lol yeah I did not know who Hydra was and did not pick up Revival, picking Bbyong instead.
this plus taking SKT and TaeJa who underperformed. Still progressing though, from 900 to 500 to 120 :D.

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

January 14 2013 02:09 GMT

#549

On January 14 2013 11:03 dinosrwar wrote:
Ah so far this week has been nice. 8th place! If only I had taken Hydra instead of Last like I originally planned. Oh well, maybe Last will shape up.

Hi, I'm 7th place!

<3 Hydra

Otolia

France5805 Posts

January 14 2013 02:23 GMT

#550

2nd Week Preview & Trades
(2 Day after the deadline)

Team :

SK Telecom T1

After seeing the starting match-ups, I am a bit worried about this week. soO versus ZerO isn't terribly bad but ZvZ isn't soO strong point. After that it's likely that we will see both FanTaSy and Rain but I am wondering about the 4th man. sSak was played once already, s2 is starting next match, sacsri and JyJ have losing records, BeSt played (and lost) last week so I'm not sure he will be put out this week. Bisu is left but ... I don't know, I am cheering for Woongjin Stars and I now officially regret not picking them; it was a mistake.
The 2nd match is easier. TY is starting against s2 and the rest of the line-up is almost written. Team 8 won't win this game despite being better than people thought.

Captain : (P)

sOs - Despite a terrible result during the Up and Down, sOs didn't play bad. He almost won against Bomber but the latter decided to dissapoint in Code S instead of in the Up and Down. sOs will certainly play against SKT as they will need their ace to face FanTaSy and Rain but I'm not sure he will get out against KT as I think Soulkey is a better choice given KT line-ups (Action being the only

sniper and he will lose against free)

Players :

Wooki - Even though it might seem foolish, I am considering a trade this week for Stephano.
Bbyong - He is bad, he still will play.
Revival He is opening once again against a weak team. EffOrt is actually really good so I don't want to call it too early but I trust Revival on this one.
~~BeSt~~ for s2 - This is one of the best trade I could have hoped for. BeSt is exactly the same price as s2, isn't more likely to come out and s2 has in virtual value ramped up because he starts a match. Granted it's against T8 but you never know. Accidents happens in PL and I'm betting on one with this trade.
~~Light~~ for Last - Another low risk, low reward trade, Light has a lot of competition inside of his team and Last has way less. I rank Light above the latter but this week could be good for STX.

Anti - team :

Jaedong - Had anyone but Revival and Stephano started this week, I would have traded Jaedong for HerO on the firm belief that HerO has fallen once again. But with both zergs starting, there is a lot of chance that they win enough so that a lesser player might close it before it is necessary to send an ace. TaeJa also has priority over JD in that department. It's likely that I won't trade this week despite the likeliness of EG-TL winning twice.
hyvaa - hyvaa is bad, he is terrible in everything but ZvZ and he faces someone who is also terrible but even more so in ZvZ. I orignally wanted to trade him to Hydra but failed.
Major - Tough week for T8. MajOr isn't ready yet but T8 is better than expected, a good middle of the pack team.

Trades I was considering this week on my Main Team :

Wooki for Stephano - Very risky obviously but I believe that Stephano can all-kill Samsung Khan. unlikely
Revival for Crazy - Both of them are starting and I believe Cure to be less of a challenge to Crazy than EffOrt will be to Revival. so-so
BeSt for s2 - One of the best trade I could do since both have equal value and s2 is starting. very likely
Light for Last - Last is so-so but he can probably get rid of stork granting me a few points. His TvP stats look bad but it is due to the last OSL where he crumbled under the pressure. so-so

On my Anti Team :

hyvaa for Hydra - hyvaa is less worse than Hydra in ZvZ, it's simple as that. But it might no be worth the fee. so-so

MooMooMugi

United States10531 Posts

January 14 2013 02:37 GMT

#551

#31, Light pulling his weight with a sick ace match vs Fantasy

Fenrisulf

United States325 Posts

January 14 2013 04:18 GMT

#552

Mannnnnn I really wish I had picked wooki instead of action

Please action score me some kills against Woongjin so I can dump you for someone before your value drops to nothing

izmatic

United States104 Posts

January 14 2013 05:18 GMT

#553

On January 13 2013 18:06 mrbamboo wrote:
Now I can say I feel bad for all those people that traded Light for Last.

A really strong showing for my FPL so far this week. I got Trap Revival Stephano Speed Light and team8. And Hon_sin got a +1 too for stars winning. And I have Jaedong/Hitman/Bisu for anti team. -0 on anti team :O. Now I need these players to keep it up for 2 more days. Stephano all kill KHAN please!

yeah im glad i took your advice and stayed on the light train, also traded taeja for stephano and am running up the board this week so far!

mrbamboo

United States415 Posts

January 14 2013 05:49 GMT

#554

I hope Stephano gets atleast 2 kills today, obviously all kill would be better. I need his trade value to be up to trade him for a high value player next week as he's confirmed for IEM and won't be playing proleague. Something like Stephano -> Stats or herO would be good. Could also trade him back for Taeja I guess.

E.H Eager

United States227 Posts

January 14 2013 07:52 GMT

#555

Awwwww yeah Hydra playin like a boss.

Zeon0

Austria2995 Posts

January 14 2013 07:53 GMT

#556

damn you whoever told me to buy HuK, that trade costs me 6p and top10 :/

Poopi

France12904 Posts

January 14 2013 07:56 GMT

#557

Why would you buy a foreign protoss who didn't do anything the past year except lucking out an allin to make it to code S with a seed?

LeapofFaith

United States446 Posts

January 14 2013 08:04 GMT

#558

Ugh proleague is so much harder now with the all-kill format

ryuu_

United States1266 Posts

January 14 2013 08:20 GMT

#559

Hydra may have saved my FPL this season... Oh wait, I couldn't trade off Speed(Cure).

hoping for EGTL to make some waves tonight!

Zeon0

Austria2995 Posts

January 14 2013 08:29 GMT

#560

On January 14 2013 16:56 Poopi wrote:
Why would you buy a foreign protoss who didn't do anything the past year except lucking out an allin to make it to code S with a seed?

some of HuKs results lately:
2-1 Ryung, 2-0 Yoda (both @ IPL, where he lost to Sniper and Life, no shame), almost qualified for Code A (beat KT Action 2-0 there), decent NASL record (decent, not good), making it into Code S, maybe lucky but he did

i thought he will have a decent chance of getting a chance (which I was right with) and Alone aka TRUE on the other hand never played in R1, never showed results and I never thought he will have to play. And i thought EGTL will win both days quite easily.

but yeah, in retrospect it was obviously a bad decision, but imo not a too bad thought in the first place