Round 2/22 results:
2/17 3:55 pm Requiem def Nuke 12-6 log
2/17 3:55 pm Assassins def Unhallowed 12-6 log
2/17 3:02 pm Alpha Reunion def Gods 9-7 log
2/17 2:40 pm Llamas def StarFire Elite 12-6 log
2/17 2:12 pm FTNguyen def Shocktech 12-0 log
2/17 2:05 pm Rebels def BYE Round 12-0 log

Rebels struggled vs. BYE Round, put that in your news letter, Ra.
Requiem beat Nuke in a game that saw Nacre getting a quick 0-2 with 3WR while testing the limits of Sika's lag. Nacre was then deathsubbed (full) by Dre, who was later on full subbed by ice2702. This slot was still the first out, but it took Requiem 29 minutes after Nacre subbing out to get there. This was at 8-5 score and only one Requiem player down to last life.
Assassins beat Unhallowed 12-6 in a game, which by spec log, was played pretty much 3v4 after Raja subbed out for Death Artist, who then lagged three times.
You can read heaps more about AR vs. Gods in Nude's post. But it was pretty intense, then Alpha Reunion won.
Llamas eventually pulled off a sloppy victory vs. SFE after being down 2-5. Gold Teeth would then be the one to kind of choke out, wasting 2 ships in less than 2 minutes.
Shocktech showed up, but wasted way too many repels to be considered a threat to anyone, really. 13 WR total in a 12-0 game. Although to be fair, we used about half that amount of offensive repels. I'm not sure if this concept exists in eXtreme Games.


Standings 2/22:
1 FTNguyen 2-0 21 0.333
2 Llamas 2-0 18 0.25
3 Assassins 2-0 16 0.667
4 Requiem 2-0 13 0.833
5 Gods 1-1 10 0.167
6 Rebels 1-1 5 0.5
7 Nuke 1-1 3 0.583
8 Alpha Reunion 1-1 -8 0.75
9 StarFire Elite 0-2 -15 0.417
10 Unhallowed 0-2 -15 0.75
11 BYE Round 0-2 -24 0.083
12 Shocktech 0-2 -24 0.667

ugly duckling: hey man! our roster needs a little adjustment. could you please replace Umgan and Snusen84 (both out) with Ensure and Raekwon/Punch (both in)? thanks, much appreciated

Alpha Reunion vs. Unhallowed
FTNguyen vs. StarFire Elite
Llamas vs. Requiem



3pm:
Alpha Reunion vs. Unhallowed -- 111203
FTNguyen vs. StarFire Elite -- 111204
Llamas vs. Requiem -- 111205

4pm:
Assassins vs. Shocktech -- 111206
Nuke vs. Sterling -- 111207
Rebels vs. Gods -- 111208

OLDIE:
Will be posted here, once I have access to all the data and tools required to pull it off.
Might take a while, depending on some things you don't have to know and I don't frankly know myself.

In the meantime I can tell you Sterling is joining us for Round 3, taking over for BYE Round and their 0-2 record. Hah, take that, late entry squad.

<div>Rd 2 of Pro/AML League and Alpha Reunion open their account with a 9-7 edge-of-seat victory over the reformed Gods.</div>
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<div>Starting with Mighty Sven, fuego, ugly duckling and 11th hour signing Weasal, the match began as a cautious lob-fest through the boxes at the bottom of the map, the lev bombs of Genocide keeping direct confrontations at a minimum. A lot of reps had already been worn off the enemy and there was a bit of discussion on what level of engagement was now appropriate. Patience wore thin for both teams after about 10 minutes and the first blood was drawn by Gods at the expense of illustrious leader Mighty Sven.</div>
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<div>Poise deserted AR for the next few minutes, and by the 15 minute mark Gods had a 3-0 lead. But while the noobiest of the squad may have felt the bile of panic rising (*cough*), not so the coolheaded chastising of fuego, who led the way to regrouping and stopping the rot. Indeed, a few minutes later, AR had recovered equal scoreboard footing with their opponents at 3-3, all deaths to six different players.</div>
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<div>The fighting that followed was more reserved and defensive, as stalemate #2 drew out to seven minutes duration, before Weasal dropped his second life, and a few minutes later fuego fell to one remaining ship - possibly with intent to get some toys back and get after the repless.</div>
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<div>Gods' Adept lost his second life shortly after, and there was one ship in it, but then Mighty Sven was killed, and immediately after ugly duckling dropped his first. The lead had again blown out to a margin of 3.</div>
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<div>It was somewhere in here that someone (I dunno who) seemed trapped in a box by two opponents, but despite two offensive reps made it out safe. This was a massive turn of events as suddenly Gods had a far worse store of reps than before the incident. Sure enough. Genocide fell to one life left immediately afterwards, and ysymmij lost his first ship as well.</div>
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<div>The blowout happened at the 35 minute mark when Genocide died for the third time, possibly moments before subbing out as Gods had just started to ring in their subbing at that time. Adept was pulled for Jackol and Weezie for skipper BloodyEssence. Further complicating their own quest for glory, rules naivete saw these players burned.</div>
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<div>At the same time, fuego suffered a couple of lagouts, and ended up burned himself. But the AR pressure was relentless now that they were 4v3 and within a couple of minutes it was 4v2 when ugly duckling took out the one-life-erroneously-burned- new-sub  Jackol.</div>
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<div>But the consternation had only just begun at this point, as moments afterwards ugly duckling (rated AR's best player by the bot) also lagged out, and was unable to return.  Then the two subs in waiting both found out they couldn't sub in. While arguments ensued of who'd done what wrong and how to fix the snubbing of the subbing, approximately two minutes passed while fuego rifled through the paperwork with two ships firing at his windshield. Somewhat akin to A BOSS, fuego shuffled away delightfully in time and continued screaming at the rest of the team while everyone else screamed back at him, and at each other. I'm sure I saw some yanking of pigtails and someone had a bra strap torn off.</div>
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<div>BadLamb alleviated the furore by eventually guessing caerbannog's sub safe lock combination and entered to replace ugly duckling. This was at about the 40 minute mark. Back to 4v2 and AR slowly regained composure.</div>
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<div>With a 1 ship lead overall, fuego entered "run" as his macro and sat a weight on the relevant key. Then, in the final minute, he decided that "run" was non-specific as to whether from, or at, and explodiated ysymmij's second ship to bring the score to 9-7 Alpha's way.</div>
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<div>For the last 45 seconds there was a chase on to get Bloody Essence without endangering AR's own ships, but he proved too elusive and went on to finish 10 minutes of play with the stats of a perfect row of donuts. The final siren blew, and a sigh of relief - rather than jubilation - sounded throughout the Alpha Reunion camp. The final score was Alpha Reunion 9-7 Gods, with MVP awarded to Weezie for scoring DmgE 9% lower than second worst , runner-up was AR's ugly fu... err ... duckling.</div>
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<div>The match itself was generally regarded by the viewing public as a very good one to watch, and will probably set up the return match as a vengeance-based bloodfest in the eyes of the very brave and dogged Gods. To have AR in a 3-ship deficit twice is sure to cause quite a smoulder.</div>
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<div>Next weekend the victorious AR team meet Unhallowed which surely will be a litmus test ... for Unhallowed. Gods take on Rebels where again, the opportunity to learn how they're travelling will flesh itself out a little more. Hopefully both teams will have swotted up on the subbing rules by then </div>
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<div>Alpha Reunion's stocks look to be further bolstered by Round 3 with the addition of Ensure and Xena. to the roster. WELL IF THEY'VE EVER BEEN THERE ONCE IT COUNTS.</div>
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<div>(minute, player death, score, notes)</div>
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<div>12 =Mighty Sven 0-1</div>
<div>13 =Weasal 0-2</div>
<div>14 =fuego 0-3</div>
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<div>16 ]Adept 1-3 TK</div>
<div>17 ]Genocide 2-3</div>
<div>]Weezie 3-3</div>
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<div>24 =Weasal 3-4</div>
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<div>27 =fuego 3-5</div>
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<div>29 ]Adept 4-5</div>
<div>30 =Mighty Sven 4-6</div>
<div>31 =ugly duckling 4-7</div>
<div>]Genocide 5-7</div>
<div>32 ]ysymmij 6-7</div>
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<div>35 ]Genocide 7-7 4v3</div>
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<div>38 ]Jackol 8-7 4v2</div>
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<div>45 ]ysymmiJ 9-7</div>
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I hear that you can record games on other subspace servers. just like in quake, cs, starcraft, lol or any other competitive game on the internet. 


Why haven't me made an effort to move pro league to one of these servers yet? And could we make an effort for next season?

 

in b4 typo in subject

After seeing a line bombing Leviathan post some pretty interesting analysis I thought I would throw my own thoughts into the mix. Enjoy.

 

 

Gods

 

After a long hiatus it's good to see this team back in league. One has to wonder how many of these new squads will stick around, but for leagues sake I hope all do. I wish nothing but the best for this team. Headed up by BloodyEssence, Gods return for season 33. The way things are shaping up I assume if there is a PRO/IML cutoff, Gods will be on the cusp. They will have to pull some upsets to get into the pro playoffs. I suggest they get on the waiver wire (so to speak) and add some active depth immediately.

 

Best starting lineup: Adept, Imperfection, Genocide, X-hail

 

 

 

Alpha Reunion

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<div>I'm really not sure who most of these players are but I give them props for entering league in a zone where the population has dwindled for years. Good luck guys... gotta put in the hours.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Mighty Sven, FUEGO, Hallowed by thy nam, BadLamb</div>
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<div>FTNguyen</div>
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<div>The defending Pro League champions enter season 33 with their heads held high. After breaking Assassins hearts in the finals yet again, and going undefeated in the past few regular seasons, FTNguyen are looking for more blood as they ogle another title. The question is will another squad match them?</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: KiNGNeWBiE, The Village Bike, 7th, mAImER</div>
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<div>Shocktech</div>
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<div>Another new squad that got 12-0'd by Llamas in round one of the regular season. I'm sorry guys but this season is going to be freaking ugly unless you get Travis and kboom on your roster and active.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: .....?</div>
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<div><b>Llamas</b></div>
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<div>Ah Llamas. A team that has always had potential and has always fallen short. This looks to be their breakout season as Llamas have a pretty decent roster. This squad will be vying with Rebels for the 6th spot in Pro League when the regular season is all said and done. They have the capability to make some noise if they can put it all together.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Street Fighter, babaloo, Cycl0ne, Shikaa (twista, parabola, hedcase8 in the mix for subs)</div>
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<div>Starfire Elite</div>
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<div>Good ole SFE. Whenever I see these guys playing I get a little choked up. This team reminds me of Nightwatch. Guys that have potential, never won a Pro title together but who play for fun, and play to win. I'll be pulling for these guys to make some noise but sometimes you can only get so far. Good luck SFE.</div>
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<div>Note - MfA, use some of the energy you did last season on mines on forward moving bombs that connect.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: a suicidal dentist, Mauler, gold teeth, Plutorus</div>
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<div>Assassins</div>
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<div>I'm not sure why this squad is still called Assassins. It was always intrepid + Dingo. With that being said, Intrepid enters season 33 with a strong roster. They could field at least 3 lineups with different players that would all get to the Pro playoffs. Expect this team to get far into the Pro post season.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Jake, Jae, Kdak, bhang</div>
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<div>Unhallowed</div>
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<div>Unhallowed returns to Pro League, thankfully, for season 33. I and they both wish chronos and Seismic were with them. This should be an interesting season for Unhallowed, but I don't see them going too far if one of their starters doesn't show.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Death Artist, Fre0n, Nadai, cfl</div>
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<div>Nuke</div>
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<div>Somehow Caerbannog let Dre captain a team in league. Face Palm. Thankfully Enforcer is co-captain so it won't be a huge fail. I'm also confused as to why The Dark are not back this season, but I digress. Nuke will make a lot of noise in chat this season, the question is whether or not they can actually deliver on post season game day. Talk is cheap gentlemen.</div>
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<div>?go duel is ----> way</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Nacre, saiyan, Blink, Da_Monkk</div>
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<div>Rebels</div>
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<div>Rebels will be competing with Llamas for the 6th spot this season. This squad really lacks a game changer. One can only imagine what Rebels could do with a player like develop/ghostbuster17/savage. But with the roster as it is right now, they will be hard pressed to get passed the top teams in Pro.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Ra, Eric Clapton, gato, Barbarian</div>
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<div>Requiem</div>
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<div>Requiem returns after a very long hiatus. A new look Requiem but Requiem nonetheless. The question for this team isn't activity but putting things together when it matters most. All main players are past Pro champions, all have the mental fortitude... cohesion will make or break this team.</div>
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<div>Best starting lineup: Candyman, Ozn, Sika, Three</div>
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It's now easier for squads to qualify for the Reset Winners! Now you only need 3 members to each get 20 kills to be in the running!

Here is the announcement from the hallucitron:

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New!
Reset Winner criteria
for squad members is now only
20 kills!
You need 3 squad members to
qualify and win!
Is your squad going to own Chaos?
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--hallu

First and foremost, round 2 is finally here. And from what I can tell, a wonderful season this might turn into.

 

Round 2 looks pretty....well, interesting. Starting off with two matches where people wouldn't really care to watch, then followed by a match spectator worthy, and for the finale - a match you'd definitely not want to miss out on.

 

Round 1/22 results:
2/10 3:54 pm Requiem def Rebels 12-5 log
2/10 3:39 pm FTNguyen def Unhallowed 12-3 log
2/10 2:26 pm Nuke def StarFire Elite 12-3 log
2/10 2:26 pm Assassins def Alpha Reunion 12-2 log
2/10 2:13 pm Llamas def Shocktech 12-0 log

Usual round 1 games. Shaky all around. Someone played on a laptop, not knowing it's regular season. Well, we've got rounds to spare.
Standings 1/22:
1 Llamas 1-0 12 0
2 Gods 1-0 12 0
3 Assassins 1-0 10 0
4 FTNguyen 1-0 9 0
5 Nuke 1-0 9 0
6 Requiem 1-0 7 0
7 Rebels 0-1 -7 0
8 StarFire Elite 0-1 -9 0
9 Unhallowed 0-1 -9 0
10 Alpha Reunion 0-1 -10 0
11 Shocktech 0-1 -12 0
12 BYE Round 0-1 -12


3pm:
Alpha Reunion vs. Gods -- 110814
FTNguyen vs. Shocktech -- 110815
Llamas vs. StarFire Elite -- 110816

4pm:
Assassins vs. Unhallowed -- 110817
Nuke vs. Requiem -- 110818
Rebels vs. BYE Round -- 110819

Don't mind the arena names on !schedule
We'll mostly use 4v4a-c, but since one of the bots automatically called one game on a whim last season, I'm keeping 3pm and 4pm in separate arenas.

With everyone back to 4v4, things are looking much more optimistic for the league these days. Is it for the money, for glory or bragging rights? Let's see where we are at the start of new season.

TOP SQUADS

FTNguyen


The champions are once again the favourites to win it. A well-oiled machine which has been consistent for years now. Will they finally lose a regular season game after X seasons? I guess it could happen. After all, it seems regular season will have 20 weeks, ending in like year 2016. Still, they will finish as top seed going into the playoffs. And yes, because of that, they should easily reach the finals. They were pretty lucky to win it last time, but you have to admit they have by far the best teamwork in SS. TVB is the key. Their playmaker and the best player in the league. Then KN who just kills everyone... Yeah, definitely #1 once more. At a first glance, their bench doesn't seem too deep, but with the addition of krellin, now they have 3 guys that can jump in at any time (legacy - for some emps, caer - for teamwork, krellin - just for total madness).

Line-up: TVB, KN, 7th, maimer
Key question: Can KN's shoulders avoid injuries?


Assassins


It is kind of weird that half of Sterling is now on Assassins. No, actually, it is very weird. Selling their souls just to... Oh, never mind. This roster is full of top players, but I feel the skill level has fallen off, compared to, well... any Asses' roster from the past. Losing saiyan was a big hit because of his activity and the fact that he was their best player last season. Inactivity is the biggest problem, but they should be top 3 in the regular season. If Jake and peng start praccing sometime before the semi-finals, Assassins will have a good shot to win though.

Line-up: develop, bhang, kdak, varsity (best 4 at this point)
Key question: Will Jake go Bynum on Assassins?


Nuke


Tough roster we got here. Mix in some asses (enf, nacre, saiyan) and some TD guys (blink, monkk) and this is what you get. An important fact is that these guys are online all the time. Well, not everyone, but sai, blink, ice and makron. Will they develop good teamwork? Maybe, but pracs are different from real games. They definitely have the talent to reach the finals, and I actually see them finishing the regular season just behind Nguyens. However, the season is long. Who knows, maybe they'll destroy everyone, maybe they go emo by mid-season point...

Line-up: enf, nacre, saiyan, blink, monkk (take any 4 and they look pretty scary)
Key question: Is this the new Miami Heat or the new Lakers?

 



OTHERS

Rebels


I expect a better season for them than the last one. It seems they awaken a bit and are active in 4v4 again. I was just wondering, what happened to masterlord? Anyways, their top line-up is pretty clear with pse, ra, barb and captor. Others are all solid players. I guees they could start dagger, who can be very annoying whichever ship he chooses to play in. They lost to requiem in first round due to an odd decision to let PP play on laptop. Still, I think they are better than Req and should reach pro playoffs easily. This loss is not a big deal and I really think Ra will show his uber captaining skills.

Line-up: barb, captor, pse, ra
Key question: Where the hell is masterlord?


Requiem


Req is back after like a decade. But, is this really Req? There are some ppl on the roster who haven't logged into SS since like 1999. Apart from that, they seem solid. Sika, three and arctos are thier best and having them in the game can cause problems to almost any team in the league. I think they will finish the season below expectations, maybe 6th or 7th. However, I may be completely wrong and they end up in the top 4. Really depends on their showing throughout the season. Good start nevertheless.

Line-up: sika, three, arctos, treachen
Key question: Will sika forget to use x-radar in the deciding game?


Unhallowed


Nice to see Unh back! Death Artist re-formed them and it is a decent roster. Cfl traitor and Nadai joined them and these two are the most important players. Unh's season will depend on them two showing if you ask me. I'd go with fedu and peabrain as starters and have DA as a sub. They seriously need to add at least two more active players to the roster however. If they do, unh can go as high as 5th position. If they don't, they'll have a long fight for the top six spots and eventually end up losing. Or winning (aml). Anyways, I'm cheering for you. Recruit someone.

Line-up: cfl, nadai, fedu, peabrain
Key question: How bad can cfl aim?


 
Starfire Elite


One of the longest lasting squads in the league. Something Dutch and Solar Hydro have kept them alive all these years. Good job guys. This season they seem to be a bit weaker than in the past. They should be AML, but who knows, maybe they surprise us all. For something like that, they need to put on some muscles. Like, start with getting divine to play 4v4.

Line-up: MFA, something dutch, a suicidal dentist, gold teeth
Key question: Can they find a Jeremy Lin on their roster?


Gods


Haha, gods are back as well. Kudos to BE for bringing them back to 4v4. But, they are inactive as hell. I saw gebo in spec the other day, but he seemed afk. As do all gods except BE. I really hope they actually do play in the league, but at this point, I can't see them finishing better than 9th spot. They could be solid if they show up and recruit someone else, but someone good.

Line-up: BE, adept, gebo, krayzie
Key question: How many games will they show to?


Alpha Reunion


I don’t know much about these guys. Guess they are from Alpha zone. I remember seeing some of these names, but no idea how they play. I’ll go with FUEGO as their best player. Anyways, they will probably fighting with shocktech for the penultimate position.

Line-up: fuego and three others
Key question: How many can fuego burn?


Shocktech


Another team I have no idea about. Thx for joining the league guys. I hope you have fun time playing it. It may probably take several seasons until you can compete with others. I really hope you don’t quit. You’ll see that 4v4 league is where top players of SS play.

Line-up: no idea
Key question: Shall they go for the lottery pick?



Why is there no Llamas, the current league leaders, on this list, you ask?? Like I'm gonna tell you my squad's strengths and weaknesses...


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- SF

Did roster lock happen yet?

First and foremost, why is this game still alive?

 

Good job everyone, Pro League has somehow managed to stay alive and last to Season 33. So far this season started off with a great start, and by great I don't mean only having 10 squads participating. Theoretically speaking, this season would have had 12 squads in total, with the additions of Nemeses and Gods. However due to some unknown factors, Nemeses decided to dissolve on the very same day they joined league.

 

Now let's see who we have playing this time around: