Resource LC in SPL 7

[Nineage]

Approved by macle
After a long wait, LC is back in SPL! This thread will cover everything LC-related in SPL, such as replays, records, etc. If there's anything I could add or I miss something, please let me know!

Players and Draft Prices

blarajan: 10000 (The Star Sharks) (retained)
fitzy72: 9500 (The Indie Scooters)
OP: 8500 (The Circus Maximus Tigers)
mad0ka: 8000 (The Alpha Ruiners)
ZoroDark: 7500 (The Ever Grande BIGs)
Heysup: 7500 (The Congregation of the Classiest)
Mambo: 5500 (The Wifi Wolfpack)
Kingler12345: 4000 (The Team Raiders)
fatty: 3000 (The Firebot Falcons)
Star.: 3000 (The Cryonicles)
ZoroarkForever: 3000 (The Firebot Falcons)

For the curious, LC purchases accounted for 59.5k of the 948k spent in the draft, or about 6.27% of the total money.

Schedule w/ likely LC Matchups

Week 1 - January 4th, 2016

Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka) vs Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo)
Cryonicles (Star.) vs Indie Scooters (fitzy72)
Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup) vs Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF)
Stark Sharks (blarajan) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (OP)
Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark) vs Team Raiders (Kingler12345)

Week 2 - January 11th, 2016

Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark) vs Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo)
Circus Maximus Tigers (OP) vs Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup)
Stark Sharks (blarajan) vs Team Raiders (Kingler12345)
Cryonicles (Star.) vs Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF)
Indie Scooters (fitzy72) vs Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka)

Week 3 - January 18th, 2016

Team Raiders (Kingler12345) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (OP)
Cryonicles (Star.) vs Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo)
Indie Scooters (fitzy72) vs Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF)
Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup) vs Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka)
Stark Sharks (blarajan) vs Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark)

Week 4 - January 25th, 2016

Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka) vs Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark)
Circus Maximus Tigers (OP) vs Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF)
Cryonicles (Star.) vs Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup)
Stark Sharks (blarajan) vs Indie Scooters (fitzy72)
Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo) vs Team Raiders (Kingler12345)

Week 5 - February 8th, 2016

Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup) vs Stark Sharks (blarajan)
Team Raiders (Kingler12345) vs Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka)
Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark) vs Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF)
Indie Scooters (fitzy72) vs Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo)
Circus Maximus Tigers (OP) vs Cryonicles (Star.)
Week 6 - February 15th, 2016

Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka) vs Cryonicles (Star.)
Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup) vs Indie Scooters (fitzy72)
Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF) vs Team Raiders (Kingler12345)
Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo) vs Stark Sharks (blarajan)
Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (OP)

Week 7 - February 22nd, 2016

Indie Scooters (fitzy72) vs Team Raiders (Kingler12345)
Cryonicles (Star.) vs Stark Sharks (blarajan)
Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark) vs Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup)
Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (OP)
Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF) vs Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka)

Week 8 - February 29th, 2016

Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF) vs Stark Sharks (blarajan)
Indie Scooters (fitzy72) vs Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark)
Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo) vs Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup)
Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka) vs Circus Maximus Tigers (OP)
Team Raiders (Kingler12345) vs Cryonicles (Star.)

Week 9 - March 7th, 2016

Circus Maximus Tigers (OP) vs Indie Scooters (fitzy72)
Alpha Ruiners (mad0ka) vs Stark Sharks (blarajan)
Wifi Wolfpack (Mambo) vs Firebot Falcons (fatty/ZF)
Team Raiders (Kingler12345) vs Congregation of the Classiest (Heysup)
Ever Grande BIGS (ZoroDark) vs Cryonicles (Star.)

Week One Replays

mad0ka v. Mambo
Star. v. fitzy72
blarajan v. OP
Heysup v. ZoroarkForever
ZoroDark v. Kingler12345

Week Two Replays

ZoroDark vs Mambo
OP vs Heysup
blarajan vs Kingler12345
Star. vs ZoroarkForever
fitzy72 vs mad0ka

Week Three Replays

Kingler12345 vs. OP
Star. vs. Mambo
fitzy72 vs. ZoroarkForever
Heysup vs. mad0ka
blarajan vs. ZoroDark

Week Four Replays

mad0ka vs. ZoroDark
OP vs. ZoroarkForever
Star. vs. Heysup
blarajan vs. Mael
Mambo vs. Kingler12345

Individual Player Records

Mambo (3-1)
Star. (3-1)
ZoroarkForever (3-1)
Mad0ka (2-2)
Heysup (2-2)
Kingler12345 (2-2)
OP (2-2)
blarajan (1-3)
Zorodark (1-3)
fitzy72 (0-3)
Mael (0-1)
fatty (0-0)

Mambo's YouTube Channel
Joltage's YouTube Channel

 

[The Avalanches]

When can we have another LCPL?

 

[Camden]

When can we have another LCPL?

In June, same as it was this year.

 

[atomicllamas]

p sure fapkingg is an LC player (4k wolfpack) considering its a possibility mambo plays RBY on that particular team, also I'm not convinced ZoroDark is the BIGs LC player but I'm not sure who else it could be (maybe hantsuki ?_?)

 

[Kingler]

Hype for this season, blara/fatty/heysup are vetarans who know the game well and star/zf/madoka etc will definitely make a mark this time around. Let's see how this turns out =]

 

[Star]

This should be super fun and looking forward to the games.

 

[GOAO]

star x fitzy, op x blara and heysup x zf week1 will be amazing.
gl boyss

 

[absdaddy]

mambo will flop if he plays lc, every other team minus bigs is safe with their picks, no other crap players detected (where is bigs' lcer) . show me somethin good to watch boys, go ZF

why do people edit my posts

 

[antemortem]

doka VS star and OP VS kingler will be a couple of really good matchups, excited to see how this all plays out

 

[Shrug]

free ante, also why was op the 3rd most expensive player. if i wanted a dude to bring 9 weeks of dig and make the most obvious play each time i would have drafted sage saved 5.5k and gotten innovation in the form of twave staryu

 

[Camden]

Man, why can't any of the good LC players talk shit? :(

 

[Shrug]

^ when we gonna get that farm league game done g, i asked u didnt reply...

 

[Raseri]

mambo is unstoppable

 

[kingmidas]

Expecting Blara Heysup Star and ZF to have their stuff together 1st few weeks and outperform the rest.

 

[Texas Cloverleaf]

zf and madoka to both finish top 3

 

[Camden]

^ when we gonna get that farm league game done g, i asked u didnt reply...

If you were actually on at all this past week we could have gotten it done ezpz.

 

[OP]

free ante, also why was op the 3rd most expensive player. if i wanted a dude to bring 9 weeks of dig and make the most obvious play each time i would have drafted sage saved 5.5k and gotten innovation in the form of twave staryu

They call me Obvious Plays for a reason

 

[little gk]

Heysup bring litleo if ur good. don't if jew.

 

[Nineage]

Ok, week one LC matches have been added to the OP.
They are:
mad0ka v. Mambo
Star. v. fitzy72
blarajan v. OP
Heysup v. ZoroarkForever
ZoroDark v. Kingler12345

Things to discuss before matches:
Predictions (please don't just bold winners or post 'x user sux and will lose')

Things to discuss after matches:
Who had matchup advantage (if anyone)?
What is the goal of each users team?
How do the players work to accomplish this goal throughout the match?
What are the key plays the winner made to win?

I'd love it if players could sometimes give us post-match analysis of their games as well!

 

[Berks]

mad0ka v. Mambo

The ridiculous amount of preparation Mambo puts into really important battles is what will give him the edge here. On the whole, I expect this to be one of the most entertaining matches, as both players are highly-skilled and will likely bring very innovative teams. There's also (always) the question of hax, and while anything is possible, the hax gods do not seem to favor mad0ka.

Star. v. fitzy72

Starmaster has been especially good as of late, whereas fitzy has been mostly absent. Star takes this one based on unrustiness and an overall better familiarity with the ORAS meta.

blarajan v. OP

OP's ability to play consistently is one of his greatest strengths, and though he often faces criticism for standard-looking teams, there's always room for subtle innovation. Anybody remember Beat Up Diglett? Of course you do! Meanwhile, blarajan, though obviously also an incredible battler, will be left with a his first loss in SPL LC in relative history. This match will also be incredibly fun to watch.

Heysup v. ZoroarkForever

Heysup is just one of those players who never really left his glory days. He's always a high-level battler, and even a player like ZF may find the matchup insurmountable. Heysup does, however, have a tendency to be haxxed, so he'll need to play near-flawless in order to mitigate risk of hax. If anyone can do that, though, it's Heysup.

ZoroDark v. Kingler12345

This matchup pits the winner of the LC Open, KinglerNumbers, against a newcomer to the LsCene, ZoroDark. Will ZoroDark turn out to be a surprisingly apt LCer? Now is the week to start, as he faces what may arguably be his weakest competition in KinglerNumbers, whose skills have been called into question due to an apparent lack of teambuilding and a somewhat lucky run to the LC Open finals. Regardless, until proven otherwise, the smart money is on Kingler.

 

[fatty]

last time i ghosted backed up an lc player in lc he went 11-0. js.

 

[atomicllamas]

last time i ghosted backed up an lc player in lc he went 11-0. js.

same

 

[Dundies]

madoka isnt gonna lose

just saying

 

[Confide]

neither is zf

just saying

 

[fatty]

ok sry i started shit posts here's actual input !

mad0ka v. Mambo
- i actually think this will be really close. mad0ka has obviously been really strong lately, and the matches ive played against her i've been really impressed with her building skills / plays. despite that, mambo has a knack for preparation and i feel that + his INNOVATION will come out on top.

Star. v. fitzy72
- another really close matchup imo, and one that can go either way (que cliche), but i just rly like how star. has been playing lately. fitzy's teams are always rly strong tho so im looking forward to the matchup.
blarajan v. OP
- strong players both, but blarajan has a lot more experience on this stage, plays well, and prepares his nuts off. a lot of op's success comes from making risk management plays, and blara is a player that can take advantage of that.

Heysup v. ZoroarkForever
- p biased on this one so won't really comment. will be a great match i'm sure.

ZoroDark v. Kingler12345
- of all the matches i probably have the least insight on this one. i haven't seen zorodark play too much, but i know he's a good player overall even outside of lc, and from what i have seen i've liked. kingler is coming off of the big lc open win, though, and yet is still facing criticisim. i'm looking for kingler to channel that into a lot of prep and use the motivation to prove the lc open wasn't a fluke to take the win.