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Sadly lacking any Mexican players (sorry  Major, maybe Round 4...) but couldn't be bothered to go with another name.
Juan Direction
Main Team
2 Bbyong
2  Flying
4 Light
5  Soulkey (captain)
9 Stephano
2 ThorZain
4 Woongjin Stars
Anti Team
3 s2
3 Savage(Ryul2)
7 Stork
My justification:
- Bbyong didn't do badly in GSL
- Flying's always been a good player that probably hasn't been played much in the all-kill rounds yet did well in the OSL and Proleague Round 1.
- Soulkey is my captain because.... holy shit his ZvZ is good and he was one of the few Zergs apart from Effort that really impressed me when KeSPA switched to SC2.
- Light seems like a familiar name to me, don't know much about his skill.
- Stephano is an obvious choice considering he's not doing too badly in Proleague right now.
- Thorzain was someone I was skeptical about at first but he proved his worth in Round 1.
- Woongjin is my team pick because they've done really well in Proleague so far and for only 4 points that's a steal.
- My anti-picks are less educated. All I know is Stork hasn't been doing so well in SC2.
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stilldunno
Main Team
2 Bbyong
5 Dear
5 Revival
4 soO
5 Soulkey (captain)
5 Stats
4 KT Rolster
Anti Team
8 RorO
3 Shine
2 Sola(BBatta)
My second time playing this. This is basically based off of who did well in my previous team and who did better for almost the same price. Didn't want to go for any hight cost players, I want an overall high chance for my players to win. I dislike Terrans, even though they get probably played the most...
I cut Action, he did well but there are better players for the price now. Revival was the most rewarding player in my team and I really like to see him play, so he stays.
Dear and soO are both consistent players with potential to do better imho. I didn't see all their games but from what I saw they really have room to improve but STILL manage to win a lot.
I first hesitated to pick Soulkey but after a few statistic comparisons and the fact that he learned the game super fast gives me hope. He was also picked for ace twice, so the coach has to have high expectations of him. I'm trusting the coach here.
Also, I'm feeling that KT is strongest in this format. Their coach just prepares the players really well, it's not just Flash kicking butts!
I wanted Motive for my 2point player. But I have to pick a T. Bbyong seems the most solid out of all 2 point players(skyhigh won more but also played fewer games IIRC)
I'm planning on not trading anything from my main team within the season. I play this as if it was my own team. Only if something goes HORRIBLY wrong I might change something.
JangBi and Stork really did well and I shouldn't pick them for my anti team again. Shine on the other hand wasn't really promising. This time, I'm trying a different strat:
RorO might tear apart my anti team, but Sola(Bbatta) and Shine won't really do well or get played at all. So even if he does well(and for that price it is expected), it won't be too hard. I hope. There are no player-based all kills or streaks in this format, so I think it's somewhat safe to try this strategy!
Here's to #4724 again =)
EDIT:
Made the post a bit more readable!
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FayeValentine
Main Team
8 Argo(Jaehoon) (captain)
6 Innovation(Bogus)
3 JYP
2 Motive
3 Reality
3 Savage(Ryul2)
4 Woongjin Stars
Anti Team
4 soO
4 Terminator(Sang)
5 TY(Baby)
I hope that Baby won't screw me over like last time(he was on my main team, captain)
Jaehoon has looked great for a long time now. Nevertheless, he's a risky pick, as I fear he may be under more pressure this time around.
Stars seem to have the best balanced and stable line-up, thus I see them winning their games.
Hopefully my other picks won't fail me.
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On January 27 2013 20:54 KeksX wrote:
Going with a pure Samsung KHAN antiteam proved me wrong. JangBi and Stork really did well and I shouldn't pick them for my anti. Shine on the other hand wasn't really promising. This time, I'm trying a different strat:
RorO might tear apart my anti team, but Mini and Shine won't really do well or get played at all. So even if he does well(and for that price it is expected), it won't be too hard. I hope. There are no playerb-ased all kills or streaks in this format, so I think it's safe to play this card.
Here's to #4724 again =)
well RorO should never be on anti, but if you want a 100% KHAN antiteam, the one you have seems the best - shine was one big and total utter dissapointment round 1, mini i've seen very little from... whereas Stork and JangBi where the two that brought KHAN the mostwins last round.
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Shortizz
Main Team
1 Acacia
2 Bbyong
10 Flash (captain)
5 herO[jOin]
6 Innovation(Bogus)
5 Soulkey
1 SK Telecom T1
Anti Team
7 free
3 hyvaa
3 Last
Picked mostly players that are solid and have a good chance of being played as ace. Flash and Innovation are probably their team's go to ace player while Soulkey and herO at 5 points makes a good supporting cast. Overall if flash maintains his 1st and 2nd round form, i feel that ill be able to stack some points with my supporting cast of Soulkey, herO and innovation, I didnt exactly pick according to the week 1 match up, but it just seems weird to me that SKT is a 1 pointer. They might have a hard time against KT but im pretty sure their stock will rise in the coming weeks. With 3 points left, i went for Bbyong, he hasnt done exceptionally well but i had him on last 2 round and he managed to get me some decent points. Although SkyHigh is the only starting terran for CJ, imo Bbyong is their best terran on the team! Acacia is like my random 1 pointer, unless someone else has a better suggestion for a 1 pointer? lol
Anti team is pretty straight forward, i dont think free is that good. IMO he got luck many times during the last round and if Woonjin needs a protoss to play ace, it will be sHy. Havent seen enough of hyvaa to be impressed and Last hasnt done alot since his OSL run.
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BrandNewEyes
Main Team
3 Bong[S.G]
8 Fantasy (captain)
6 Jaedong
3 JYP
4 soO
5 Soulkey
1 SK Telecom T1
Anti Team
8 Hydra
3 hyvaa
2 Major
Time for my 2nd try!
Last time i made pretty good choices for my main and my anti wrecked havoc on me (Jangbi and Argo on anti, what the hell did i think?).
I am really betting on SKT to get better this round, cause there rooster is so big and stacked that proleague format should suit them better then all-kill. I prefer Fantasy over Rain because his performances have been better and i see more ace potential in him. Also he is playing Crazy 1st round and i am almost certain he'll do it.
Soulkey and soO are too really really strong players who seem a bit undervalued, especially soO might be a big steal for only 4 points. I also expect JYP to do well once again, i am really setting high hopes on him beating hyvaa who looked terrible every time i saw him play. Definitly worth his 3 points.
Bong is some big gamble but i liked his play last round, so who knows? And finally i had 6 points left... And it's JD man!
For my anti i felt like hydra is overvalued. Definitly a solid player which will score some wins but i dont feel like he's really worth his 8 points. Hyvaa is hopefully losing to JYP and Major simply isnt gonna play a whole lot and is on T8 as well.
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On January 27 2013 20:59 Koerage wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2013 20:54 KeksX wrote:
Going with a pure Samsung KHAN antiteam proved me wrong. JangBi and Stork really did well and I shouldn't pick them for my anti. Shine on the other hand wasn't really promising. This time, I'm trying a different strat:
RorO might tear apart my anti team, but Mini and Shine won't really do well or get played at all. So even if he does well(and for that price it is expected), it won't be too hard. I hope. There are no playerb-ased all kills or streaks in this format, so I think it's safe to play this card.
Here's to #4724 again =) well RorO should never be on anti, but if you want a 100% KHAN antiteam, the one you have seems the best - shine was one big and total utter dissapointment round 1, mini i've seen very little from... whereas Stork and JangBi where the two that brought KHAN the mostwins last round.
Yeah I'm expecting RorO to do well, but I'm planning on him to be the only one to do well. Also, he will only be able to f*** up my anti team if he gets picked for ace a lot, and with JangBi and Stork he has some serious competition.
As I said, I know it's risky, but I think it's a good thing to try!
And it's not 100% KHAN, Mini is on SKT!(Which is one thing I think I could change, but I'm not sure whom to pick)
Realizing Mini might bring in too many points for my anti since he is on SKT, I traded him in for Sola(BBatta). Now my anti is 100% KHAN again(Sorry  )
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mrbamboo
United States415 Posts
bamboo
Main Team
3 Bong[S.G]
3 Bravo(hon_sin)
7 Effort (captain)
6 Innovation(Bogus)
3 JYP
4 Light
4 Woongjin Stars
Anti Team
3 Last
3 Reality
7 Stork
Team pick - WJS/CJ/KT are all 4 points to get, and out of the 3 WJS is probably the strongest right now. I think KHAN will go back to slumping in this format, as JangBi and RorO can't carry multiple games in a series like all kill format to make up for the rest of the team. Stork has stepped up recently, but I personally don't find his play very good, a lot all in 1-2 base plays. Don't think those'll keep working this round unless Stork improves some more. EGTL might be a good deal for 2 points, but Stephano and Taeja aren't playing so it's not worth it. Team 8 might be worth the 2 cost but they play WJS first week and I think they'll lose before the ace match on that.
Main Team picks
BrAvO is bargain at 3 points. For whatever reason he didn't play at all in round 2, but he did well round 1 and he's on the line up again in round 3. WJS has a really deep roster so it's not too surprising BrAvO didn't play in all kill format.
Light is still a good deal at 4 points. I think his late game still needs improvement but he chooses really smart builds and executes them well. He's gonna be a regular for WJS in this format.
JYP should see play every series with Taeja injured and Stephano traveling for foreign tournaments. he should win this week's match. At 3 point he's a decent deal.
Bong has been used quite often by CJ in lately and do decently. I think he might become part of the core roster in this format. His opponent Reality this week has pretty bad TvP.
Innovation - good value at 6, he seems to be starting to get out of slump. And I just don't see Zenio beating him in this week's game.
Effort - He is playing sooo well right now, and at 7 points is a better deal than most other aces. I'm making him my captain because I think there's little reason to trade him away in this format.
Anti Team
Stork - overvalued at 7 points, he's recent win streaks weren't super impressive games IMO. I don't expect him to beat Hydra. Out of all the 7+ value players, he is by far the most likely to lose his week 1 match. Except maybe HerO, but I'm a bit biased against HerO because I think he just chokes too much. Anyways, probably will trade him to Taeja/Stephano next week if they aren't in the line up again. Although the admins might make them still not tradeable on if that's the case.
Last - 3 point player that's not in week 1 line up. Easy choice.
Reality - 3 point player most likely to lose their first game. Except maybe s2 and crazy who are playing Flash and Fantasy, but those are actually decent players. Not worth having to pay the trade tax later to get rid of them.
Other random comments:
Savage is a great deal at 3 points. Too bad he's playing 6th game vs ZerO. Chances are it won't go to the 6th game and even if it did ZerO has got sick ZvZ. I'm planning on trading Bong or JYP for savage after week 1 depending on what next week's line up is.
Soo is amazing for 4 points. TY is a steal at 5 if you think he can come out of his slump. Soulkey and herO[join] are cheap cheap cheap at 5 as well. I'm actually tempted to swap out Innovation + JYP for Soo + SoulKey or herO. Too bad Cure is great TvZ so his game vs Soulkey is 50/50, and herO vs Jangbi is also about 50/50. I feel safer with Innovation and JYP as they are very likely to win their first week games.
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Just like to say that SKT at 1 point is a fucking steal.
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3rd Times The Charm
Main Team
3 Bravo(hon_sin)
8 Fantasy (captain)
6 Jaedong
3 JYP
4 Light
5 Revival
1 SK Telecom T1
Anti Team
2 Bisu
7 Effort
4 Terminator(Sang)
Im not sure I like any part of this team honestly except getting SKT at 1 point being a huge steal (but then I put Bisu on anti showing how much of a draft this is). My strategy for this was to pick players who I think will win there opening game so that there value will go up so I can trade for better players though after I get some sleep and think on it I might have a better idea because unlike the previous 2 rounds where I was one or 2 bad picks from winning the whole thing I dont have same confidence with this team.
Edit: I did pick JD and Fantasy because I can see them favoring Fantasy as the ace for SKT and with Taeja out and Stephano not playing as much that could mean a couple of Ace appearence for Jaedong as well and the rest I just need to grow in value.
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bittman
Main Team
1 Acacia (captain)
Tried the one point captain thing for a change. And KT points. And zerg for race completion.
5 herO[jOin]
Honestly think herO is a steal for 5 points. Despite Hydra's great play, I can't imagine CJ won't use him as an ace here and there, plus he has great percentages in all matchups.
3 JYP
I wanted a lower pick I thought would get a week 1 win, JYPvZ looks like it could be a good shot and could then be a potential quick trade next week.
4 Light
Light has been playing really really well. WJS points at the minimum, and I needed a terran.
5 P7GAB(Wooki)
Wooki was one of the best things in round 1. Back in this format I can't see him being a bad thing for 5 points.
8 sOs(Shy)
Shy is my big pointer. Was debating whether to invest into one of the many WJS aces, but at the very least shy has been playing pretty freaking well and is a pretty safe thing.
4 ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/b/b0/Woongjinlogo_std.png) Woongjin Stars
And finally WJS. This team has really grown on me, and I think they're building the depth to really stay at the top. Plus I think they have the most chance of a 4-0 this week. Even their weaker starting players are really freaking good.
Anti Team
6 Jaedong
Sorry JD fans, he's yet to impress me outside of ZvZ. And as my "higher" pointer I still think at 6 points he's just slightly overpriced.
3 Shine
Shine hasn't got a good record in SPL. And Khan could very well struggle in this mode again.
4 Terminator(Sang)
Terminator hurt my anti team a bit last time, but in the end only like -10 points which isn't "that" bad in my books. I think he''ll lose his week 1 match, but I also have this feeling I'm going to want to eventually trade him away since he'll probably be listed for every game Team 8 plays.
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Ningaloo Reef
Main Team
5 Action
6 Jaedong
2 Puma
8 Rain (captain)
3 Reality
5 Stats
1 SK Telecom T1
Anti Team
6 Cure(Speed)
3 s2
4 Terminator(Sang)
Eh i think i can propably do only better this season, did the no trade rule last season and it ended up being really bad for me (had Hydra AND Jangbi :D)
This one I'll do lotsa trading with a friend, so hope this will turn out better :D
Chose most players based on their Round 1 stats, as i dont believe the round 2 games meant much with no preperations etc.
Thats why Action/Stats were a must have for me.
I feel Puma for 2 points is an insanely good deal for a different reason than most think -> Since 1 of each race has to be played in PL it means it will currently be always either Puma or Thorzain (since taeja is still injured/recovering?)
Should have lots of chances to gain me some points, which i feel is nice for a 2 pointer.
Anti team, was really difficult - i wanted to put taeja and stephano on it so bad.
Bad TL for ruining the fun 
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Pyloss Riders
Main Team
3 Crazy-Hydra
7 HerO
1 miso
5 P7GAB(Wooki) (captain)
5 Revival
5 Stats
4 KT Rolster
Anti Team
6 Innovation(Bogus)
4 Light
3 Reality
So, after the second Round was a desaster for me, i hope that the third round will be a bit better.
I still trust in KTs power, so 4 of them are in my main team. Wooki was good, stats was okay, crazy-hydra was okay too and miso....well, i just needed one terran on my team! :D
Well, and my anti...Bogus wasn't soo good in the last weeks, Reality almost always lose and Light is another terran to complete the series.
And obviously, i choose KT, cuz they are hopefully still the kings of the format! :D
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Morfis
Main Team
10 Flash (captain) It's Flash.
6 Jaedong JD FIGHTING.
4 soO He'll come around.
3 JYP Underrated and cheap but i think he's actually improving
3 Reality Once he learns how to TvP, he'll go big
2 Bisu I BELIEVE
2 EG.TL EG-TL FIGHTING
Anti Team
5 Dear Imho overrated, he wasn't THAT impressive when EG-TL handed him easy wins.
5 Soulkey There is only enough place for one MC, and thats the Bosstoss Jang Min Chul.
3 Trap We ain't playing cards here.
Well, last round i ended up in the bottom 100, let's see if i picked better now. At least i don't have Taeja as captain this time.
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On January 27 2013 21:46 Morfildur wrote:
Well, last round i ended up in the bottom 100, let's see if i picked better now. At least i don't have Taeja as captain this time.
well with that antiteam it seems highly unlikely that you'll get -20 3x... and your mainteam will most likely score more points so bottom 100 should be unachievable!
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All right, here is my team:
Sonic Death Monkey
Main Team
7 Effort (captain)
5 herO[jOin]
3 JYP
4 Light
2 Motive
5 Soulkey
4 Woongjin Stars
Anti Team
3 Last
3 Shine
7 Stork
So I wanted to focus on good lower rated players, rather than two high rating with a bunch of lowbies. I used that tactic last round and while high value players scored decent for me the lowbie ones were really bad idea. With that experience behind my belt I looked for undervalued players and found some! But first things first. For captain I wanted a solid player that can appear as ace frequently. Effort seemed like a good choice, given his recent good form and CJ relying on him. Then I went for two steals at 5 points with Soulkey and herO. They were both valued 8 last round, did pretty decent, so I figure they will deliver this round even better. Light and JYP are solid players that will appear every round. Last but not least, Motive is starter in first KT game and I think has decent chance of beating soO, plus I think he might be the best choice out of the players available from 2 pointers. What you guys think?
For anti Stork seems really overvalued, Last isn't even on roster for round 1 and Shine might not even get to play, so they all seemed obvious choices to me.
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