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TheMangoes
Main Team 2 Best 10 Flash (captain) 6 Jaedong 3 JYP 5 Revival 2 ThorZain 2 [tlpd#teams##sc2-korean]EG.TL[/tlpd]
Anti Team 7 free 3 Reality 3 Trap
Yes I picked Flash despite him costing 10 points, but he really hasn't been doing much other than being a complete boss lately so I feel confident in the pick. I really think Best at 2 points is a hilariously good deal, same with Revival on 5. Most of my picks is just me whoring out EGTL as much as possible really.
I didn't really think much about my antiteam picks, I'm kinda counting on Flash doing well enough to counteract any antiteam drawbacks,
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420BasEdGoD
Main Team 10 Flash (captain) 2 Flying 6 Jaedong 1 Leta 2 Mind 4 Terminator(Sang) 4 KT Rolster
Anti Team 5 Action 3 Bravo(hon_sin) 5 Revival
Had to pick up Flash this time, I think he's really hitting his stride in Starcraft 2, and with his recent interview saying he loves TvZ, it makes him more valuable than ever. Terminator is almost always thrown out, so atleast he'll have a lot of play time. Jaedong and Stephano are aces for EGTL and they need wins desperately. Picked up a supporting cast of Flying, Mind, and Leta. I feel like the only valuable one was Flying but oh well.
As for anti-team, I've seen Bravo play maybe once and wasn't impressed. Very frustrated with Revival, he cost my team last round. I can feel Action is going to bite me in the ass.
R3 gogo! And just now remembering it is no longer all-kill format! woo!
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Mo0 Stars
Main Team 3 Bong[S.G] 10 Flash 6 Jaedong 3 JYP 2 ParalyzE (captain) 4 Terminator(Sang) 2 EG.TL <3 (because STX will be so bad and it makes me sad)
Anti Team 5 Dear 4 Light 4 soO
I was really impressed with both Bong and AfroToss's PvP skills, especially Afro! So I had to pick up both this round and make Afro my captain as a sign of respect, hopefully karma will reward me, as I have him Who wouldn't want Flash and Jaedong on the same team, it had to be done. JYP, my team will be in need of a teddy bear for those nights when things don't turn out as we had planned. Sang/Term is just a solid pick. And bong, well he's getting fired up this season, that's for damn sure.
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Dragons Reborn
Main Team 5 Action 3 Bravo(hon_sin) 3 JYP 5 P7GAB(Wooki) 5 Stats (captain) 8 ZerO 1 SK Telecom T1
Anti Team 7 free 3 Last 3 s2
First of all, I created an excel file, where I did some research. I was mostly looking for winrates and effectivity per point. If you want to check the excel, just go here. I used stats only from 2012/2013 Proleague - from both rounds. I went for this, because I think this is very different from R1. In R1 nobody knew how strong exactly are kespa players gonna be and we didn't have any stats. At the start of this round, we have quite a few matches already played, so we have an idea. And of course, stats are gonna be useful for this. It is also much harder to pick underrated players now. On the other hand, there seem to be quite a few overrated ones. I don't like guys like Stork, Jangbi, Jaehoon, Free, RorO costing as much as they do. Problem with them is, they can win over anybody, but can also lose to anybody. It is a risk putting them on both places - main team or anti-team because of that. Therefore I decided I won't be going for any of them (or anyone, who plays against them for that matter) and I came up with this:
Main Team
Bravo(hon_sin) is a steal at 3 points. He didn't play at all R2, cause Stars have too stacked of a lineup but he will hopefully see a lot of play this round and pick up where he left off, meaning 4W 2L. For mere 3 points, I don't think there's too much of better choices.
JYP is there mostly because of matchup. hyvaa just doesn't live up to his MLG vs Proleague results. Combine that with JYP's strong PvZ and this seems like a good pick. Interestingly, after hOn_sin JYP is the guy with the best winrate and per point effectivity from 3 pointers.
P7GAB(Wooki) is pretty good pick at 5 points imo. Great winrate, big effectivity. And he plays BeSt in his first match, which he should win. BeSt doesn't seem like he is fully used to SC2 yet (still 4th best on SKT though) and Wooki's PvP is excellent.
Action is another pretty good 5 pointer. Just like the last round, where there was a lot of amazing 3 pointers, this round it seems like 5 pointers are the way to go if you want a solid team with not too much of true aces, but also no 1 or 2 pointers who won't win (if they even play). Interestingly enough, most of them are from KT. I will probably try to trade him later on (depending on the matchups), but I believe he should be able to take down sacsri in first match.
Stats is my captain and I hope I won't regret this pick. He just seems like the most solid of the bunch, even though he has to play Rain first match. He still has the biggest winrate in Proleague and he also has one of the best per-point effectivity (of course, the "most effective" are those 2 pointers who played 2 matches and won 1, but who would want them). I just hope Stats will work hard in order to show us good games :p.
And finally, ZerO is my "Ace" pick. He is becoming the best zerg on Stars over Soulkey, which is a good feat in itself. He also has favourable (I think) first match and I am definitely looking to trade him depending on the results and next week schedule. From the other 8 pointers - I don't want JangBi, RorO, Jaehoon for the reasons I stated above and from the rest I think ZerO has the most favourable first match. I would go with Hydra, but Stork can actually beat him (just as easily as he can lose).
For the team pick I went with SK Telecom T1, just because they are actually much better then 1 point... If I had points to spare, I would probably go for KT, but I don't.
Anti Team
Yeah, I know I said I don't want anyone like free (or anyone who plays against Jaehoon) near my team, but I just couldn't come up with anything for anti and I actually think free is pretty overrated. I wanted to go with Bogus, but he has a free win against Zenio, so that would not be a good idea. I am basically coin-flipping, if free wins I am pretty much screwed, if he loses I will probably be able to trade him for someone more predictable. And Jaehoon had pretty good PvP today.
Last - 3 points, doesn't play 1st match and basically cannot win anything since OSL. Also from STX. Solid pick for anti, imo.
s2 plays Flash first round. nuff said. (Also I don't see him getting too much play for SKT1, he will be part of a rotation imo, hopefully he doesn't win at all...)
So yeah, I hope this time I will just do better then last round. Feel free to use the excel linked above for your own teams ;-)
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vuvuzela
Main Team 5 Dear (captain) This guy was quiet the whole round 2 and then the last 2 weeks woke up again (he did well in round 1, even aced)
4 Light I needed a terran, Light is good, he's got a matchup he can win first week. (still thinking him or bogus or bbyong)
5 Revival He's a no brainer, prolly the most solid on EG since taeja isnt there. (Never beleive in a french guy named Stephano)
4 soO Will play every week, he didn't do good in round 2 but he still can bring me points. Tought he was a steal for 4 pts
5 Soulkey Soulkey 5 pts? NUTS! he just didnt play last round, Free/Zero did the job for him. he's still ace AND good.
5 Stats Don't forget he was undefeated 1st round. 5 pts he's a steal, he will play everyweek.
2 [tlpd#teams##sc2-korean]EG.TL[/tlpd] Banking on them to beat STX so I can trade for KT/WJN
Anti Team 1 Snow 7 Stork 5 TY(Baby)
not yet sure for anti-team, regardless of how well he did, I don't think stork will perform (might switch for Free - his Rnd2 run was miraculously shaky even though he won alot.
Baby.... you keep losing since Rnd1 don't comeback plz
Snow, he's a 1 pointer and a horrible BW and Sc2 player. never liked him. I always put him on anti when I can
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Watch for ruyl2 this round juanito said in interview he was the best on t8 practice
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TSL Fighting
Main Team 2 Bisu 3 Crazy-Hydra 10 Flash 3 JYP 5 Revival (captain) 5 TY(Baby) 2 [tlpd#teams##sc2-korean]EG.TL[/tlpd]
Anti Team 2 Huk 8 Rain 3 Shine
Last sRound having JangBi on my anti-team screwed me over so I'm hoping that this round rain will only do so-so and that my main team can really pull through :D
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Dianabol Riders
Main Team 1 Acacia (captain) 2 Bbyong 7 Effort 8 Hydra 3 JYP 5 Soulkey 4 CJ Entus
Anti Team 8 Argo(Jaehoon) 3 Last 2 Major
I did terrible the last two rounds, so I will just give the 1p captain thing a chance. Not sure how I feel about it though, there are so many good 4/5p players this round, it would be so easy to creat an all-round good team. The only player I'm not really sure about is Soulkey. He did pretty bad last round, but this preparation based format will probably suit him better and he should still be an ace option for WJS. Maybe I'll switch him with herO or some other 5p protoss. Major probably won't be played at all this round, so he's pretty safe for anti. Last doesn't play this week and he hasn't done that good in the past. Jaehoon is a gamble, but I don't feel he's worth the 8 points, but we'll see. Pretty much all the high-value players are doing just fine right now, so it's hard to choose.
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On January 28 2013 02:26 crazyweasel wrote: Watch for ruyl2 this round juanito said in interview he was the best on t8 practice
major also said bogus is the best player in the world.
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i dunno if i should go for classic + woojing or a 5 pointer + skt1/stx, any suggestions? the 5 pointer crop is stacked
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Desh
Main Team 3 Bong[S.G] kind of banking on Bong to make it this season, this is my gamble 3 Crazy-Hydra was on my r2 but didnt post results, was supposed to pick hydra 5 P7GAB(Wooki) could only pick Wooki since Stats is also 5 points 8 Rain Hoping he does well in this format if not Im screwed 2 sKyHigh (captain) cant have Light as terran this round coz he is so expensive 5 Soulkey had zero r2 so I hope he does well for 5points. 4 KT Rolster
Anti Team 6 Cure(Speed) Jaehoon screwed me season 1 and 2, 5 Dear 2 Major
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