A bit late this week, but your look at the Proleague stats is back! Even though some games have already happened this week, I have not looked at the results yet, and today's games are not included in the stats. So, lets get to it then.
The standings at the top remain relatively unchanged from last week's, although the margins at the top have changed dramatically. KTF is barely hanging on to a top 4 position with a single game lead over STX, while SKT has moved a full match ahead of KTF, with one fewer match played, and Lecaf OZ and Samsung have all but secured a top four spot.
But no-one is entirely safe, as teams #5-#8 are all a single match away from a spot in the top four. MBC has made a dramatic rise in the rankings, succeeding where KTF has failed by beating both WeMade and Hanbit. WeMade, on the other hand, had mixed results, taking an important match from KTF, but losing a spot to MBC.
At the bottom, nothing has changed, with no team left with any hope of moving out of the bottom four. The only bit of hope at the bottom of the table is for ACE, who still have a chance to move up a spot or two against lackluster Hanbit and CJ teams.
As the season nears its end, we see the map stats become more an more stable, and this can be seen this week with no race's stats changing by more than 1%.
An interesting feature of the map stats this season is the quantity of TvT's being played, especially on Othello and Wuthering Heights, even though neither map seems to favour those races too much. This seems to be indicative of a strong Terran playing field, rather than a imbalanced map pool.
At the top of the rankings, Flash is still holding it strong on 15-5, even after suffering a bad loss against Hero this week. Jangbi has made a surprise climb up the rankings thanks to a 2-0 score against CJ, and perhaps surprisingly, Midas has managed to retain a spot on the top 10 for almost the entire season, currently holding on to a fourth position.
The lone zerg Luxury has dropped three spots this week, having dropped a game against Firebathero in Samsung's 3-0 thrashing of OGN. Stork did not appear in that match, but he moved up to 10th position after beating GGPlay in Samsung's close 3-2 victory over CJ.
The 2v2 rankings show an interesting change this week, with two MBCGame HERO teams moving into the top 5. New amongst these is the Peace/Air combination, who have been instrumental in both of MBC's victories this week.
Other than that, there's still no team that's managed to get more than three wins in the clear. At the top, TT and Jihyun are Samsung's team of choice for the second season in a row now, and they've shown consistently strong results this season, playing in 13 of the Samsung's 17 matches, and winning 8 of those.
Tester and hyvaa have played the same role for eSTRO, being close to the only positive thing for eSTRO, winning 7 of their 11 matches so far. It is interesting to note how the weaker teams often depend on the 2v2 matches more strongly than the top teams, with both Hanbit (excluding perhaps Free) and eSTRO's 2v2 teams being their only consistent performers.
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2008 Shinhan Bank Proleague Week 11
June 21
Lecaf Oz vs Samsung KHAN
HiyA < Colosseum > Stork
Jaedong < Katrina SE > oDin
ggaemo/inter.young < Hunters > JiHyun/TT
fOrGG < Othello > firebathero
Closer: < Wuthering Heights >
SK Telecom T1 vs STX SouL
Bisu < Blue Storm > Calm
BeSt < Colosseum > Kal
s2/MuJuK < Hannibal > July/SoO
Midas < Wuthering Heights > Hwasin
Closer: < Andromeda >
June 22
MBCGame HERO vs eSTRO
Shark < Othello > Sea.Really
Sea < Wuthering Heights > Tester
Miz.Peace/Air < Hannibal > hyvaa/SangHo
Pusan < Colosseum > Suny
Closer: < Blue Storm >
KTF MagicNs vs Air Force ACE
Hery < Colosseum > DaezanG
rA < Katrina SE > OversKy
YellOw/Reach < Hunters > Clon/fOru
Flash < Othello > BoxeR
Closer: < Wuthering Heights >
June 23
CJ Entus vs WeMade FOX
Kwanro < Katrina SE > Pure
Iris < Colosseum > HerO
EffOrt/Nbs[gm] < Hunters > RorO/Rock
sKyHigh < Wuthering Heights > BaBy
Closer: < Andromeda >
OnGameNet SPARKYZ vs Hanbit Stars
Justin < Blue Storm > ZerO
Chalrenge < Colosseum > free
YellOw[ArnC]/Zeus < Hannibal > Max/by.mingu
Leta < Wuthering Heights > GuemChi
Closer: < Andromeda >
June 24
SK Telecom T1 vs Samsung KHAN
BeSt < Colosseum > JangBi
Midas < Wuthering Heights > firebathero
s2/MuJuK < Hannibal > JiHyun/TT
Bisu < Katrina SE > Stork
Closer: < Othello >
Lecaf Oz vs STX SouL
Jaedong < Blue Storm > Hwasin
Lomo < Andromeda > Calm
ggaemo/inter.young < Hunters > July/SoO
fOrGG < Colosseum > Kal
Closer: < Othello >
June 25
KTF MagicNs vs eSTRO
Hery < Othello > Sea.Really
Flash < Andromeda > MinGu
ZergBOy/Reach < Hannibal > hyvaa/Tester
LuCifer < Katrina SE > maGma
Closer: < Wuthering Heights >
MBCGame HERO vs Air Force ACE
Light < Wuthering Heights > Sunny
Jaehoon < Blue Storm > OversKy
Miz.Peace/Air < Hunters > Clon/fOru
RuBy < Andromeda > DaezanG
Closer: < Colosseum >
June 21
Lecaf Oz vs Samsung KHAN
HiyA < Colosseum > Stork
Jaedong < Katrina SE > oDin
ggaemo/inter.young < Hunters > JiHyun/TT
fOrGG < Othello > firebathero
Closer: < Wuthering Heights >
SK Telecom T1 vs STX SouL
Bisu < Blue Storm > Calm
BeSt < Colosseum > Kal
s2/MuJuK < Hannibal > July/SoO
Midas < Wuthering Heights > Hwasin
Closer: < Andromeda >
June 22
MBCGame HERO vs eSTRO
Shark < Othello > Sea.Really
Sea < Wuthering Heights > Tester
Miz.Peace/Air < Hannibal > hyvaa/SangHo
Pusan < Colosseum > Suny
Closer: < Blue Storm >
KTF MagicNs vs Air Force ACE
Hery < Colosseum > DaezanG
rA < Katrina SE > OversKy
YellOw/Reach < Hunters > Clon/fOru
Flash < Othello > BoxeR
Closer: < Wuthering Heights >
June 23
CJ Entus vs WeMade FOX
Kwanro < Katrina SE > Pure
Iris < Colosseum > HerO
EffOrt/Nbs[gm] < Hunters > RorO/Rock
sKyHigh < Wuthering Heights > BaBy
Closer: < Andromeda >
OnGameNet SPARKYZ vs Hanbit Stars
Justin < Blue Storm > ZerO
Chalrenge < Colosseum > free
YellOw[ArnC]/Zeus < Hannibal > Max/by.mingu
Leta < Wuthering Heights > GuemChi
Closer: < Andromeda >
June 24
SK Telecom T1 vs Samsung KHAN
BeSt < Colosseum > JangBi
Midas < Wuthering Heights > firebathero
s2/MuJuK < Hannibal > JiHyun/TT
Bisu < Katrina SE > Stork
Closer: < Othello >
Lecaf Oz vs STX SouL
Jaedong < Blue Storm > Hwasin
Lomo < Andromeda > Calm
ggaemo/inter.young < Hunters > July/SoO
fOrGG < Colosseum > Kal
Closer: < Othello >
June 25
KTF MagicNs vs eSTRO
Hery < Othello > Sea.Really
Flash < Andromeda > MinGu
ZergBOy/Reach < Hannibal > hyvaa/Tester
LuCifer < Katrina SE > maGma
Closer: < Wuthering Heights >
MBCGame HERO vs Air Force ACE
Light < Wuthering Heights > Sunny
Jaehoon < Blue Storm > OversKy
Miz.Peace/Air < Hunters > Clon/fOru
RuBy < Andromeda > DaezanG
Closer: < Colosseum >
Lecaf OZ 1 - 3 Samsung Khan
SK Telecom T1 3 - 1 STX SouL
MBCGame HERO 3 - 0 eSTRO
KTF MagicNs 3 - 2 Air Force ACE
CJ Entus 1 - 3 WeMade FOX
OnGameNet SPARKYZ 3 - 2 Hanbit Stars
SK Telecom T1 3 - 1 Samsung KHAN
Lecaf OZ 2 - 3 STX SouL
KTF MagicNs 3 - 2 eSTRO
MBCGame HERO 3 - 1 Air Force ACE
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Match Accuracy: 5/10
Game Accuracy: 1/10
Hanbit Stars 2 - 3 MBCGame HERO
WeMade FOX 1 - 3 KTF MagicNs
OGN Sparkyz 1 - 3 Samsung KHAN
CJ Entus 3 - 0 STX SouL
Lecaf OZ 3 - 1 Airforce ACE
SK Telecom T1 3 - 1 eSTRO
WeMade FOX 3 - 1 MBCGame HERO
Hanbit Stars 1 - 3 KTF MagicNs
OGN Sparkyz 1 - 3 STX SouL
CJ Entus 2 - 3 Samsung KHAN
Things are getting tense as the season draws to an end, with all eight of the top teams still having a chance to qualify. I hope to see you all again next week, and I hope not too many of you followed my liquibet last week!
Cheers!