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Post by FiN_Tiptushi on Sept 9, 2012 0:24:54 GMT -5
Some ppl seem to think that skill is something magical. This creates illusion that someone "magical old skool expert" could come back and easily own everyone. It's just nostalgic imagination.
To win games you gotta play better than opponent and if your opp is 6 years ahead in tactic/strategic evolution, you aint gona do that before serious working to learn all that 6 years worth of stuff.
I personally think that in evolving game like TA, current top10 is all time top10 aswell in sense of absolute skill level. Relatively speaking (AKA how good ppl were compared to others of their time) its different story.
If someone was supergood 5-8 years ago, and comes back it means 1) he will lose to cool kids of today even if he unrusts cause his stuff is outdated and 2) he very likely has potential to learn the new stuff and get somewhere close to top again if he is motivated.
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Post by shollos on Sept 11, 2012 21:54:49 GMT -5
How about you guys go check out the Planetary Annihilation post that Kronos added here. Some of the original developers of TA are creating a new RTS, and its in its Kickstarter phase, it will be a game that will be made, but based on contributions, it will have more content that will be playable once its released. www.planetaryannihilation.comStop arguing about who's best at TA. lol
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Post by Med on Sept 12, 2012 17:25:10 GMT -5
Yeah, let's argue about who will be the best at planetaryannihilation instead. My bet: TAG_ROCK.
On topic: The comparison between old school and new school football players is interesting. A lot of people (including myself) think that Maradonna is the best player ever, even if he stopped playing almost 25 years old ago, and Messi is like 2x faster today.
It's the same with TA. I remember Evilscott telling us on warzone that BF, with his 2003 level, was the best TA player ever. No matter he lost 200 games last year and he got beaten by half the lobby, scott was 100% sure he never saw anyone else but BF dominating his opponents as much as he did back in the day.
Mixing both new school and old school players in the top 10 is the best option imo. Seriously you would find gow 2 players in today's top 10 when people such as PicarDOH or Dune would be out of it...
Edit: Sup tip!
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Post by meataxe on Sept 13, 2012 14:13:23 GMT -5
Med your French and gay. The only reason your not a nigger is because your mother swallowed that (nigger) load.
Shut the fuck up.
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Post by jono10 on Sept 13, 2012 21:11:12 GMT -5
At the moment their is no 'top10' just 5 or so good players and a bunch of idiots who like to combomb, tip aprox chacal still walk into the top10 afer 1/2 years (i mention chacal as he came online and was better than most by far)
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Post by teawoody on Sept 14, 2012 6:14:16 GMT -5
At the moment their is no 'top10' just 5 or so good players and a bunch of idiots who like to combomb I lol'd =p
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Post by jono10 on Sept 22, 2012 5:30:38 GMT -5
i disagree, rvd is rarely online nowadays, jackson is in some weird timezone. Leaving me the only player prepared to play 1v1, 95% of the time. Anyway, current top 10 (not including myself) 1. RVD, Top of the game 2. Melfice, despite the quit 3. Jackson, still incredible 4. Med, doesnt really play but who cares 5. Pyro, unorthodox and good at it 6. Woody, wastes his skills playing esc 7. MJ, underrated, is maybe above this 8. pow, havnt seen too much, seems better at 1v1 than teams 9. Bloodeyes, one of the best team players there is 10. Glufetz, could beat everyone on this list tip, aprox, gaia, randy etc would still make this list, if they were active i would list them, just dont know where to place these as no current skill to go by.
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Post by jono10 on Sept 22, 2012 22:46:48 GMT -5
everything you said is wrong
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Post by Med on Sept 25, 2012 22:11:40 GMT -5
Melfice above jackson and me? What did you smoke jono?
And btw, if you put me in the list, you should also put aprox, andy, gaia or tip who were playing a lot in Jan-Feb 2012. That's not so long time ago.
Only RVD, jackson, Gluf, me and you deserve to be in this top 10, then you can put any old expert TA player, he would be above the rest of your list. Even woody would beat half players you mentionned in a bo10... i think he already did it anyway.
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Post by jono10 on Sept 26, 2012 7:19:00 GMT -5
Main 2 players I 1v1 are Jackson and Melfice, Melfice beats me more than Jackson, and from what I saw he beat Jackson more than Jackson beat him. I understand he might not be this high, but not much to judge against in current ta.
I put you in and not them, as i feel I know your skill level more accurately. If I went to put Aprox in the list, It would be based on guessing how good he is.
Totally forgot about Woody, he should be in there.
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Post by teawoody on Sept 28, 2012 7:29:21 GMT -5
Wow, I made a top 10, I'm blushing xD.
But seriously, ESC is the way forth! Join (or rejoin, if your name is Jono) the bandwagon!
Btw Med, that rating of Melf is actually probably quite accurate, as the difference between Jono's 2-4 is quite small from my own experience. I would actually have rated Gluf higher when 10, but meh.
Pow, how comes you are 123123123 times weirder on the forums than you are in the lobby, you take this shit far too seriously.
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Post by Med on Sept 28, 2012 12:33:25 GMT -5
To me you have played against the same players way too much, so now you can't see the difference (especially you jono).
Have you ever seen melfice or most of the other players in your top 10 play CPIA or metal gridlock, where it requires pure building skills? Have you ever seen them play on PD, KOTH, cr, bcl, or any other "macro map" in a skilled game? Have you ever seen them completely turn a lost 2v2 thanks to their experience of TA? (the special TAG_ROCK)
Making a top 10 is not putting people who beat you the most on gpp and gow at the top of the list, it's judging who's the most solid players on most maps and type of games.
I thought you knew that Woody, you who always liked to play different maps and games.
As i said, there are only 3 or 4 players jono mentioned who deserve to be in the top 10. Venom, Aprox, Tip, Andy, Gaia (and i could name 30 of them) would be better than the rest of your list after a 2 weeks training.
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Post by FFAxPostal on Oct 15, 2012 20:46:37 GMT -5
Pfft. Everyone knows that I am the best TA player to ever radar target a slasher. All others are just pretenders cause they use flash tanks.
So why am I the best? Mainly becuase I say so on a forum, that's the real reason.
1v1s seem tough to come by these days. What time is everyone on usually?
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Post by jono10 on Oct 17, 2012 5:19:42 GMT -5
1v1s seem tough to come by these days. What time is everyone on usually? if only it were that simple... unless you can find jackson you aint gonna play a 1v1 these days
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Post by Med on Oct 27, 2012 5:24:23 GMT -5
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