Mifran for this year

I am deeply honored to be considered in the Top 5 players.

I don't play very much, I'm just a lucky guy. A lot of times when both players get booted I win the game.

Jokes aside since I literally don't try, I WILL face any challenger who thinks they're the so-called "Champion" and I'll put YOU on the bottom of the ladder!

Edited 12/23/2016 04:22:21

I'm just a lucky guy. A lot of times when both players get booted I win the game.

LOL

Buns157
MIFRAN
Timon92
Andy903
MotD

it's a crime that mine is the only nomination for alhazi. this is a popularity contest. doesn't make any top 5's? complete joke. he's one of the top 2 or 3 players, no question.

I've split this up into some ilks. Each are in growth (f.e. skill = growth in skill).

Streaming: Onoma94 (https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=711358681)
Skill: Sułtan Kosmitów (https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6449746372)
Trolling: Fizzer (https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=62456969)
Profile picture making: Belarusian Gentleman (https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1767003334)
Revoltuionary: Fabulous Squirrel (https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=2570988202)

short explainations for each:
*Onoma94 is a new streamer but with exciting guests like Belgian Gentleman and her alt to the stream, it's like a sandwich. And then the caviar gets added.
*Sułtan Kosmitów grew a lot in skill over 2016, I can tell you that he went from not knowing how to pick on Texas 2ag2 to total domination of the ladders, fora, and banks.
*Fizzer has tried it's hand at trolling, and while it doesn't seem to be much yet, he is really my favourite off-topic forumer - he is the forefather of all trolling on WL, for without him and his silly antics, trolling on WL we would can not do. He recently banned me for being a proud monotheist (https://i.snag.gy/WLyx59.jpg). Secularism is really disgusting.
*Belarusian Gentleman made one of the best profilbilds there are all by himself and Pixlr online editor. (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/216348449925365760/249366795620843520/Belggentle.jpg)
*Fabulous Squirrel is known for starting a neutral movement - unlike the CANIDAE and FELIDAE which are at each other's throats, trying to kill each other in toxic ways, SCIURIDAE is neutral to all this American civil war, its base finding itself in (((Silesia))). And for that, I clap for Fabulous Squirrel and SCIURIDAE. I clap loudly.

If we want to talk about best players in improvement and general gameplay , than we have to find a definition first. In my eyes best isn't someone who got the #1 rank on a run. It's better to hold yourself on a 2k+ rating on a consistent base than doing one run. To talk about best u definitely have to talk about other ladders as well. 2vs2 and 3vs3. But especially also the RT ladder, because MD and RT are two different things. Playing good in RT games is definitely harder than playing good on MD games.

So to talk about the best player in terms of improvement and general gameplay, i consider players named for that category who played really good on the RT ladder and 1vs1 Ladder and did that for quite some time. Good performances on the Team ladders, will help them too.

Considering this i would say that players like Panagiotis and Mifran are more deserving to get that title than players like Semicedevine, especially since i improved on the same path like him. Getting ranked in the first time in the 1400 category, wasn't accurate for me and not for him either. That's pretty obvious. If u join the Ladder the first time it can happen, that u lose some games u shouldn't lose and u will have in general some problems in the first games. The skill is higher than the first rating u get. U can see that Semicedevine got pretty fast to a 1800 rating and then he started to climb slower. That shows me that he probably was a 1800 rated player from the beginning of his ladder performance, who just underperformed in the beginning. Then he climb slower and was in that 1800-1900 range for quite some time until his games expired. He left and joined back with some unexpired games left to make his run. That's almost exactly the same way i went through on the 1vs1 Ladder. I started in february underperformed was in a high 1400 range and rised pretty fast to 1700, my accurate rating during that time. Then i slowly improved to 1800 and to 1900. Then i had my vacation and joined with my alt when i came back to get to a 2149 rating. It was a run, but not the accurate rating of my skill. U see that's almost the same thing. A above average to okish player joined the ladder, underperformed on an unknown map but gets pretty fast to his real rating and starts climbing slowly from that point. Then u have a break and make a run to get a high rating, which is most likely not the real rating of this player. I tried to hold it but wasn't able to and fall back around the 2k mark. Semice didn't tried it that long. He lost his last 3 games, which indicates that it's likely that he couldn't have hold that rating either.

Basically a run doesn't show u the real strength o a player. A lot of players who make these runs aren't able to play on that Lvl consistently.

Alhazi's absolutely not one of the top 2-3 players.

In no particular order:

Buns157
Ollie
Timon
Master of the Dead


Less sure who I'd put at #5, possibly Andy903, or Motoki, or Mifran. I would put any of those three decidedly below the first four though, and all 7 decidedly above alhazi.

Bravo is beyond horrible. Zoltan is mediocre, Alhazi is good but far from top 5, hotbeachbum is good at exactly 1 template, and even at that template I have a winning record vs. him. Mifran is the only person you listed that's even top 10 Wally.

And no, I don't think calling out hotbeachbum for only being good at one template is hypocritical. I'm also only good at a few templates, but I'd never nominate myself.

Edited 12/23/2016 11:28:40

people are not giving Castle Bravo nearly enough credit. it's hard to stay EXACTLY on the bottom of the ladder.

And no, I don't think calling out hotbeachbum for only being good at one template is hypocritical. I'm also only good at a few templates, but I'd never nominate myself.

to be fair, he didn't nominate himself. others did. i also like to play one template, i'm not sure that deserves being hated on, in and of itself.

I nominate Nauz as 6th best player of WL.

Edited 12/23/2016 13:00:09

Jefferspin, father of the dragons and supreme leader of masters (1 person)

#notmysupremeleader

I nominate Krzychu, MisterT, and Timinator

Edit: Also mod. There are others players I would nominate but they all have plenty of nominations already.

Edited 12/23/2016 16:17:28

U can see that Semicedevine got pretty fast to a 1800 rating and then he started to climb slower. That shows me that he probably was a 1800 rated player from the beginning of his ladder performance

well it took me 124 games to get from a rating of 1339 to 1805

The only reason why it looks like I reached 1800 rating so fast is because I maxed out for 5 games at a time with 1 day commits (mostly even faster than that)

And I wanted to play as much as I could in the smallest time possible because I was hellbent on improvement

Because the more you play -> the more you lose -> the more you learn -> the more you grow

but whatever man whatever



Best Strat Players
1) Buns157 (those win streaks though... and im not just talking about the 1v1 ladder...)
2) Ollie
3) HotBeachBum
4) Kerékgyártó Zoltán (I honestly do not know where this guy came from either lol)
5) gogo2711


Best Community Players
1) ps
2) Master of the Dead (i miss those late nite streams :/)
3) PanagiotisTheGreekFreak
4) OxTheAutist
5) Aura Guardian


Most Underrated
1) player12345
2) MP007 (omg I've played this guy before... its a shame he went inactive back in August)
3) Rikku (you may or may not recognize him from a particular WGL... or a particular seasonal)
4) Kaerox
5) rouxburg

Kerékgyártó Zoltán (I honestly do not know where this guy came from either lol)

It's an alt of Mr.Z

I nominate Platinum,

the most determined player

I would vote:

1. Timon92
2. Ollie
3. Master of the Dead
4. Buns157
5. Panagiotis

These are based on what I've seen on the ladders. Also, thanks Aura for the vote :P

Edited 12/24/2016 16:11:25

alhazi

wally balls

So I only need 6 more votes to tie Buns the Crook. We all know that the election for top player is rigged so I will not say if I will concede if he "wins" this election. We will see.