FPL/FPL-C Recap: JT gets some Project Destiny funds
The first week of FPL for the new year has concluded, with Bravado's Johnny "JT" Theodosiou topping the board for his second time having won 36 of his 57 matches played. Last week's winner, Russian transplant Maxim "wippie" Shepelev, sits just twelve points behind JT, winning 30 matches out of the 48 he played over the past week.
Here are the top 20 players for the last week:
| Rank | Name | Points | Prize $ |
| 1. |  Johnny "JT" Theodosiou |
284 | $1,500 |
| 2. |  Maxim "wippie" Shepelev |
272 | $1,000 |
| 3. |  Dylan "RIKO" Sabin-Arnce |
244 | $700 |
| 4. |  Andrei "arT" Piovezan |
240 | $500 |
| 5. | Jake "Stewie2K" Yip |
236 | $400 |
| 6. | Braxon "swag" Pierce |
228 | $300 |
| 7. | Owen "oBo" Schlatter |
220 | $200 |
| 8. | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
212 | $200 |
| 9. | Rahul "curry" Nemani |
208 | $200 |
| 10. | Austin "Cooper-" Abadir |
208 | $200 |
| 11. |  Edgar "MarKE" Jimenez |
204 | |
| 12. | Nick "nitr0" Cannella |
184 | |
| 13. | Ian "tex" Botsch |
182 | |
| 14. | Christopher "cJ" Jones |
176 | |
| 15. | Sam "s0m" Oh |
164 | |
| 16. |  Marian "tyfoon" Lesnic |
160 | |
| 17. | Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
156 | |
| 18. | Ricky "floppy" Kemery |
152 | |
| 19. | Daniel "tropiiical" Elshani |
152 | |
| 20. | Ben "ben1337" Smith |
148 |
Over half the players who placed in the top 20 from last week return for the first week of January, with nine newcomers joining the list this time around. Jake "Stewie2K" Yip continues to remain in the top five during the CS:GO off-season, playing the most overall in the week with an incredible total of 76 matches. Daniel "tropiiical" Elshani also makes his final appearance in FPL for now, having been demoted to FPL-C earlier in the week.
Additional changes to the league's roster include Dylan "RIKO" Sabin-Arnce and Sam "s0m" Oh's trials concluding, and Ricky "floppy" Kemery and Anthony "gMd" Guimond being promoted to the big time. To compensate, Logan "voltage" Long and Danny "huynh" Huynh have been sent to FPL-C.
The full standings for the week are available on FACEIT's website.
Here are the total combined winnings from the daily ladders this week:
| Name | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Total |
| Jake "Stewie2K" Yip |
$350 | $350 | $700 | |||||
| Maxim "wippie" Shepelev |
$200 | $150 | $350 | $700 | ||||
| Braxton "swag" Pierce |
$350 | $100 | $200 | $650 | ||||
| Johnny "JT" Theodosiou |
$150 | $200 | $50 | $400 | ||||
| Austin "Cooper-" Abadir |
$350 | $50 | $400 | |||||
| Owen "oBo" Schlatter |
$350 | $350 | ||||||
| Timothy "autimatic" Ta |
$350 | $350 | ||||||
| Dylan "RIKO" Sabin-Arnce |
$100 | $200 | $300 | |||||
| Andrei "arT" Piovezan |
$150 | $100 | $250 | |||||
| Samuel "SileNt" Portillo |
$200 | $200 | ||||||
| Christopher "cJ" Jones |
$200 | $200 | ||||||
| Ricky "floppy" Kemery |
$200 | $200 | ||||||
| Marian "tyfoon" Lesnic |
$150 | $150 | ||||||
| Erick "Xeppaa" Bach |
$150 | $150 | ||||||
| Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
$150 | $150 | ||||||
| Skyler "Relyks" Weaver |
$150 | $150 | ||||||
| Edgar "MarKE" Jimenez |
$100 | $100 | ||||||
| Peter "ptr" Gurney |
$100 | $100 | ||||||
| Nick "nitr0" Cannella |
$100 | $100 | ||||||
| Rahul "curry" Nemani |
$50 | $50 | $100 | |||||
| Sebastian "seb" Bucki |
$100 | $100 | ||||||
| Gage "Infinite" Green |
$50 | $50 | ||||||
| Matt "Pollo" Wilson |
$50 | $50 | ||||||
| Cameron "hydrex" Kern |
$50 | $50 |
Over in FPL-C the first week of 2019 has also come to a close, with Masked's most recent pickup of Nathan "leaf" Orf topping the board over 100 points above his closest competition in Mythic's Adam "Polen" Polen.
Here are the top 10 players from the first week of January for FPL-C:
| Rank | Name | Points | Prize $ |
| 1. | Nathan "leaf" Orf |
1,194 | $250 |
| 2. | Adam "Polen" Polen |
1,088 | $200 |
| 3. | Mike "Swisher" Schmid |
1,086 | $150 |
| 4. | Shawn "Magowi" O'Malley |
1,084 | $100 |
| 5. | Austin "RenZ" Dickman |
1,084 | $50 |
| 6. | Ryan "foGO" Erickson |
1,074 | |
| 7. | Stephan "vEz" Vezina |
1,062 | |
| 8. | "Vila" |
1,058 | |
| 9. | Dylan "Hiki" O'Kane |
1,054 | |
| 10. | Tyler "tweiss" Weiss |
1,052 |
Unlike the close margins in the previous two weeks, leaf pulled far ahead of second place by winning 25 of his 32 matches played. While leaf comfortably sat in first place, the remaining slots in the top five were heavily contested, with Polen edging out second place with a two point lead over leaf's Masked teammate Mike "Swisher" Schmid.
A two-way tie for fourth and fifth place saw Shawn "Magowi" O'Malley net himself an extra $50 despite having played and won the same number of matches as Austin "RenZ" Dickman this past week, while last week's FPL-C winner, CLG Red coach Stephan "vEz" Vezina, came in at seventh.
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