FPL-[C] Recap - no_one around to close out the year; shanks, Sneaky earn promotion
2019 has come to an end, and with it, the final week of FPL for December. Frequent flier Matthew "no_one" Congdon was the one to claim the throne in the final week of the year, finishing 13 points ahead of his closest competition in the form of Gen.G's Sam "s0m" Oh.
The top twenty players for the last week of December are:
| Rank | Player | Points | Prize |
| 1. |  Matthew "no_one" Congdon |
1,592 | $3,000 |
| 2. | Sam "s0m" Oh |
1,579 | $2,000 |
| 3. |  Maxim "wippie" Shepelev |
1,569 | $1,000 |
| 4. | Stefan "Lacore" Paunovic |
1,568 | $800 |
| 5. | Jake "Stewie2K" Yip |
1,557 | $700 |
| 6. | Bryce "PureR" Lovell |
1,548 | $600 |
| 7. | Jake "kaboose" McDonald |
1,544 | $500 |
| 8. | Victor "food" Wong |
1,537 | $500 |
| 9. | Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte |
1,537 | $450 |
| 10. |  Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor |
1,532 | $450 |
| 11. | Owen "oBo" Schlatter |
1,524 | |
| 12. | Gage "Infinite" Green |
1,524 | |
| 13. | Corbin "C0M" Lee |
1,523 | |
| 14. | Matthew "WARDELL" Yu |
1,522 | |
| 15. | Hunter "SicK" Mims |
1,518 | |
| 16. | Skyler "Relyks" Weaver |
1,515 | |
| 17. | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
1,516 | |
| 18. | Michael "dapr" Gulino |
1,512 | |
| 19. | Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik |
1,512 | |
| 20. | Erick "Xeppaa" Bach |
1,512 |
The full leaderboard can be found here.
The end of the regular CS season saw the return of a handful of familar faces from professional teams, including Jake "Stewie2K" Yip, Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte, and Owen "oBo" Schlatter. Stewie2K placed the highest on the board at fifth as a result of winning twelve of the 18 games he played, while Brehze just barely snuck into the top ten by securing seven wins out of nine matches.
Over in FPL-C, Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk led the way with a 57% winrate, ending the week sixteen points above Caleb "opportunity" Davis.
The top ten players were as follows:
| Rank | Player | Points | Prize |
| 1. | Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
1,098 | $1,250 |
| 2. | Caleb "opportunity" Davis |
1,082 | $600 |
| 3. | Ryan "shanks" Ngo |
1,076 | $300 |
| 4. | Riley "Reality" Fusch |
1,068 | $200 |
| 5. | Koby "kobruh" Higgs |
1,058 | $150 |
| 6. | Stephan "vEz" Vezina |
1,056 | |
| 7. | Malick "dangle" Abid |
1,046 | |
| 8. | David "Sneaky" Polster |
1,042 | |
| 9. | Paul "aris" Wilson |
1,038 | |
| 10. | Randy "smiley" Sandoval |
1,034 |
The full leaderboard can be seen here.
The top five players in FPL-C for December are:
| Rank | Player | Points | Prize |
| 1. | Ryan "shanks" Ngo |
1,272 | FPL |
| 2. | David "Sneaky" Polster |
1,248 | FPL |
| 3. | Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
1,170 | |
| 4. | Shawn "Magowi" O'Malley |
1,150 | |
| 5. | Koby "kobruh" Higgs |
1,146 |
The full leaderboard can be found here.
Strong performances from Ryan "shanks" Ngo and David "Sneaky" Polster throughout the course of the month put both players well ahead of cxzi on the monthly leaderboard, with shanks ending December over 100 points above the third place spot.
