crashies grabbed himself first place finish at the start of the month

FPL & FPL-C Recap - 4pack of wins with crashies, wippie, and w0rblas

Amid an FPL-C bribery scandal, players continue to rack up wins.

The first two weeks of FPL for March have concluded, with crashies and wippie topping the board in the first and second weeks, respectively. crashies won 20 of the 26 games he played over his week, placing just six points ahead of MarKE to take the top spot. Meanwhile, wippie managed to grab himself his second first place finish this past week, winning 18 out of 24 matches to firmly sit at the top of the standings.

Here are the top 20 players for the first week of the month:

Rank Player Points Prize
1. United States Austin "crashies" Roberts 236 $3000
2. Mexico Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado 230 $2000
3. United States Will "dazzLe" Loafman 220 $1000
4. United States Anthony "vanity" Malaspina 194 $800
5. United States Austin "Cooper-" Abadir 192 $700
6. Brazil Andrei "arT" Piovezan 182 $600
7. United States Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan 178 $500
8. United States Victor "food" Wong 174 $500
9. United States Blake "Strings" Stringer 154 $450
10. United States Jeff "RZU" Ngo 152 $450
11. United States Sam "s0m" Oh 146  
12. United States Ryan "ryann" Welsh 138  
13. United States Samuel "SileNt" Portillo 136  
14. Maxim "wippie" Shepelev 124  
15. Brazil Gustavo "yeL" Knittel 124  
16. United States Matthew "no_one" Congdon 122  
17. Canada David "DAVEY" Stafford 122  
18. Brazil Bruno "bit" Lima 120  
19. United States Skyler "Relyks" Weaver 120  
20. Brazil João "horvy" Horvath 118  

As in previous weeks, a majority of the eUnited roster appeared in the top 20 for the first week of the month, with just Kaleb "moose" Jayne absent from the top end of the leaderboard. FURIA's Andrei "arT" Piovezan continues to make appearances as well, placing in sixth place overall.

The standings for the week of March 11th are as follows:

Rank Player Points Prize
1. Maxim "wippie" Shepelev 228 $3000
2. Brazil Ricardo "boltz" Prass 182 $2000
3. United States Noah "Nifty" Francis 180 $1000
4. Brazil Bruno "bit" Lima 170 $800
5. United States Sam "s0m" Oh 164 $700
6. United States Matt "Pollo" Wilson 164 $600
7. United States Austin "crashies" Roberts 160 $500
8. United States Jake "Stewie2K" Yip 158 $500
9. United States Ethan "Ethan" Arnold 158 $450
10. United States Owen "oBo" Schlatter 156 $450
11. United States Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue 154  
12. Brazil Andrei "arT" Piovezan 152  
13. United States Timothy "autimatic" Ta 150  
14. United States Sebastian "seb" Bucki 146  
15. Denmark Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen 144  
16. Canada Justin "FaNg-JC-" Coakley 138  
17. Canada Leighton "vylo" Vieria 128  
18. United States Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan 126  
19. United States Leonardo "Laski" Arroyo 126  
20. Canada Jason "jasonR" Ruchelski 122  

A pair of FPL newcomers made the top 20 this past week, with last month's promotee Leighton "vylo" Vieria placing in 17th and recent FPL-C winner Justin "FaNg-JC-" Coakley coming in at 16th. The week also saw the return of Jake "Stewie2K" Yip and Timothy "autimatic" Ta, who returned from the IEM Katowice Major at the start of the month.

The first week of FPL-C for the month also came to a close, with Kevin "4pack" Przypasniak placing top of the pack with 1,120 points having won 28 of his 48 matches played. "VulcaN" was his closest competitor, coming in at second with 1,094 points and 19 victories out of 31 matches played.

The top five players for FPL-C in the first week of March are:

Rank Player Points Prize
1. United States Kevin "4pack" Przypasniak 1,120 $1250
2. United States "VulcaN" 1,094 $600
3. United States Gabe "fenom" Rocha 1,090 $350
4. United States Andy "devastation" Parr 1,088 $200
5. United States Duncan "raz" Lee 1,082 $150

FPL-C was not without controversy at the end of the month, with Dust2.us learning of allegations of bribery pointing towards Amgalan "genghsta" Nemekhbayar attempting to pay off players to not queue for FPL-C so that he could retain his spot at the top of the standings and qualify for FPL. This was proven to be true, with genghsta being dealt a three-month ban from FACEIT and a trio of players who accepted money being banned for one month each.

Fortunately, the FPL Challenger division filled those holes quite quickly, with the FPL-C Qualifier concluding two days ago and awarding five players with a spot in the league. Among them is former Dust2.us Western Pro League member Blake "Firestar" Houston, who remained in first place for the majority of the day before he was pushed down into second by Dor "w0rblas" Skakun, who ended the qualifier in first place having won 10 of his 14 matches.

The five players to gain spots in FPL-C through the qualifier are:

Rank Player Points
1. Dor "w0rblas" Skakun 1,596
2. United States Blake "Firestar" Houston 1,593
3. United States Zander "FIEND" Bates 1,587
4. Canada Tommy "xplicit" Richer 1,585
5. United States "doodie" 1,582

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