FPL/FPL-C Recap - Stewie cooks up some Christmas cash
Another week of FPL has ended, and newly minted Liquid player Jake "Stewie2K" Yip has taken the top placing on the leaderboard after playing an unprecedented 77 matches this week. This number is impressive when taking into consideration that Stewie2K's nearest competitor in terms of raw number of matches played, Braxton "swag" Pierce played a comparatively small 42 matches.
Here are the top 20 players for the last week:
| Rank | Name | Points | Prize $ |
| 1. |  Jake "Stewie2K" Yip |
332 | $1,500 |
| 2. | Matthew "no_one" Congdon |
242 | $1,000 |
| 3. | Braxton "swag" Pierce |
208 | $700 |
| 4. | Sam "s0m" Oh |
192 | $500 |
| 5. | Victor "food" Wong |
184 | $400 |
| 6. |  Tyson "TenZ" Ngo |
170 | $300 |
| 7. | Brandon "Ace" Winn |
164 | $200 |
| 8. | Jeff "RZU" Ngo |
162 | $200 |
| 9. | James "hazed" Cobb |
162 | $200 |
| 10. | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
162 | $200 |
| 11. | Jonathon "Jonji" Carey |
154 | |
| 12. | Austin "Cooper-" Abadir |
150 | |
| 13. | Mitch "mitch" Semago |
148 | |
| 14. |  Maxim "wippie" Shepelev |
146 | |
| 15. | Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
146 | |
| 16. | Chad "Oderus" Miller |
142 | |
| 17. | Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert |
138 | |
| 18. | Keith "NAF" Markovic |
138 | |
| 19. | Danny "huynh" Huynh |
136 | |
| 20. | Leonardo "Laski" Arroyo |
134 |
Interestingly, in a trend seemingly starting last week, both winners from the previous weeks of December FPL are notably absent from the top 20: Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte and Blake "Strings" Stringer. As predicted, the start of the holiday break has given ample opportunities for pro league players to shine in the FPL, as seen like the top placing of Stewie2K on the leaderboard alongside notable performances from Keith "NAF" Markovic and Jacob "FugLy" Medina who placed 18th and 21st respectively.
The full standings for the week are available on FACEIT's website.
Here are the total combined winnings from the daily ladders for this week:
| Name | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Total |
| Jake "Stewie2K" Yip |
$100 | $200 | $350 | $350 | $350 | $1,350 | |||
| Braxton "swag" Pierce |
$350 | $350 | $700 | ||||||
| Matthew "no_one" Congdon |
$50 | $100 | $200 | $200 | $50 | $600 | |||
| Jeff "RZU" Ngo |
$200 | $200 | $400 | ||||||
| Cameron "hydrex" Kern |
$350 | $350 | |||||||
| Owen "oBo" Schlatter |
$350 | $350 | |||||||
| Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert |
$350 | $350 | |||||||
| Victor "food" Wong |
$150 | $150 | $300 | ||||||
| Chad "Oderus" Miller |
$200 | $50 | $250 | ||||||
| Jacob "FugLy" Medina |
$200 | $200 | |||||||
| Brandon "Ace" Winn |
$200 | $200 | |||||||
| Will "dazzLe" Loafman |
$150 | $150 | |||||||
| Gage "Infinite" Green |
$150 | $150 | |||||||
| Austin "Cooper-" Abadir |
$100 | $50 | $150 | ||||||
| Peter "ptr" Gurney |
$150 | $150 | |||||||
| Tyson "TenZ" Ngo |
$50 | $100 | $150 | ||||||
| Mitch "mitch" Semago |
$150 | $150 | |||||||
| Sam "s0m" Oh |
$150 | $150 | |||||||
| James "hazed" Cobb |
$150 | $150 | |||||||
| Danny "huynh" Huynh |
$100 | $100 | |||||||
| Samuel "SileNt" Portillo |
$100 | $100 | |||||||
| Rahul "curry" Nemani |
$100 | $100 | |||||||
| Erik "fl0m" Flom |
$100 | $100 | |||||||
| Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
$50 | $50 | |||||||
| Maxim "wippie" Shepelev |
$50 | $50 | |||||||
| Sebastian "seb" Bucki |
$50 | $50 |
Over in FPL-C the third week of competition in December has come to its conclusion, seeing some familiar faces from the MDL going up against FPL-C regulars.
Here are the top 10 players from the third week of December FPL-C:
| Rank | Name | Points | Prize $ |
| 1. | Erick "Xeppaa" Bach |
1,134 | $250 |
| 2. | "AAustiN" |
1,072 | $200 |
| 3. | Michael "miKnutty" Vitaterna |
1,064 | $150 |
| 4. | Dion "Bl4ckiice" Mckenzie |
1,062 | $100 |
| 5. | Jacob "Nukedd" Twigg |
1,052 | $50 |
| 6. | "karnageeee" |
1,050 | |
| 7. | Arya "arya" Hekmat |
1,048 | |
| 8. | Anthony "dawn" Hagopian |
1,044 | |
| 9. | Randy "Smiley" Sandoval |
1,044 | |
| 10. | Anthony "Nervous" Boring |
1,042 |
This week of FPL-C action saw an incredibly tight degree of competition with the difference between Xeppaa and Nervous only being a meager 92 points. Likewise, karnageeee missed out on money by 2 points alone.
The full standings are available on FACEIT's website.
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