Med
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Post by Med on Oct 21, 2010 10:30:37 GMT -5
Alright this is my top ten, based on all games i've played since 2004. I'm not including myself, because, even if i'm now better than some of them, these guys stopped playing a long time ago...
1- n1_RVD1. Expert in 2004, the best in 2006, a beast in 2008, and a monster today.
2- AnarkyDiablo. Great player. I spent hours watching him playing 1v1s or team games.
3- TAG_Mastah. This guy simply teached me how to play TA. No doubt he would be one of the best if he never stopped playing.
4- n1_Raster. Not far from beeing the best in 2006. His games vs RVD was just great to watch.
5- PRO_rAndy. Andy if you read me, STOP PLAYING SC! I wanna watch your bo10 vs RVD! Pouette!
6- TAG_Gaia. Even if i think i beat him more than he beat me, i always considered him better. Fuck he can build!
7- TAG_Venom. The shit in 2005.
8- n1_Aprox. A very good TA player, even if he's dutch. His final vs RVD in the 100E tourney in 2008 was probably one of the best in the TA history.
9- n1_Snoop. I could also put rick there. For all team games they played vs ACE and TAG a long time ago. Awesome games to watch, really.
10- TAG_ROCK. I've only played two games with this guy, and he was rusty. But i think he deserves to be in the top 10. A true legend.
Special mention to Gincola, for beeing the most retarded good TA player ever.
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Post by Gaia on Feb 5, 2011 13:25:21 GMT -5
I'm not going to include myself in this list.
1 - Rvd. - The guy to beat these days, nothing more to say.
2 - Tiptushi. - I'm not sure whys theres a lack of this guy in other people's list, but I find him to be an amazing player. Secondly, I think he is my top pick for partners in 2v2s.
3 - Diablo - The guy was scary, no matter what happened in the battle, until his commy is dead you can't let down. This guy can monster out an army from no where.
4 - Med - Great player who is very strong in all parts of the game.
5 - Jackson - Solid player who i haven't had the chance to play 1v1 with in a long time. He doesn't seem to excel at anything but he doesn't make mistakes and he knows his TA well.
6 - Picardoh - I didn't play with this guy much but the games i did showed me more then enough to say that he deserves a spot here. Monster builder and clicking speed.
7 - Aprox - He's not around anymore but i'm going to put him here for old times sake. The guy is a great builder, but he has even worst unit control then myself, and i am pretty garbage with unit control.
8 - TAG_ROCK - Not much needs to be said about this guy, simply a legend.
9 - EMAC - The guy doesn't play anymore but he's solid.
10. TAG_VENOM - He would be higher but he doesn't play enough. Very skilled player from what i have seen though.
This is the list of people who didn't make it into top 10 but deserve a mention. Furthermore, i only list people who i have played with, so people like Crip and Novice Tos who were raping the ladder when i started won't get mentioned since i was too crap to ever play with them.
Gincola, Silencer, R_andy, Raster, Melfice, Jono, Gluffet, Blackflag, Pyromancer
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Post by FiN_Tiptushi on Feb 7, 2011 5:06:55 GMT -5
Let's update my old list. There is hardly 10 active good players anymore, so ill make it top5. Then i actually have to think why to put certain ppl there. This is current, not all time. RVD - Appears to be best player around atm. Med - Not been very active, but has pretty good clue about game overall. Can't really mention any easy way to beat him. Can attack, build and defend well and is pretty unpredictable with his starts. Jackson - This guy I dont know too well myself, played only couple games ever 1v1. Everybody says he's good and I believe in others word on this, altho I have seen enough his gameplay to know he is pretty good. Gaia - Maybe bit rusty but is still playing. Gaia has great multimanagement and is one of few ppls who actually wants to go to late game world, where he is never easy to beat. Has playing style that doesn't really show its strong side on popular uc maps imo. Towel - Has good micro, and is really tough on his top maps. Towel also got this sacred gift of making entertaining demos without actually messing around. His start-bo based philoshopy of TA gameplay is little bit heretic in my books tho Honorable mention goes to TAG_ROCK, his gameplans have got bit outdated but is still very all arounded player.
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Post by EvilScott on Mar 25, 2011 13:03:49 GMT -5
It's been a real long time since I posted here.
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Post by snoops on Apr 10, 2011 19:30:44 GMT -5
Wadddup my old buddies
These guys were disaamn dominating back in their day (sometime between 1998-2005).. Played a lot of good players but can't stick them all on here.
1) RVD (hands down. bad ass rusher..) (all-time best) 2) AnarkyDiablo (super skilled.. should be on everyone's list) 3) BlackFlag (during his rein) 4) Soulrain (during his rein 5) Preen (during his rein) Other awesome guys... Raster, Crip, Rock, Tip, Mastah, Emac (underrated!), A Novice Tos, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some..
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Post by Andrew on Apr 11, 2011 18:53:03 GMT -5
Snoop OMG come on zone and msg me buddy. Finally someone who was actually awesome comes back!!
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Post by meataxe on Oct 6, 2011 16:40:06 GMT -5
TC_Gandalf Drug runner and alleged pedo he was the first palyer to teach me the value of the flash rush. While he hasnt been seen online for ages, I have fond memories of sending a friendly "Hi Gandalf mate" as he logged onto zone and watching the barrage of death threats that resulted. Hes prolly concentrating on his other hobbie now... Sitting in his car wearing a pink tshirt watching the local U13s boy soccer team play.
Alkoholic187 Easily the stupidist player ever to have played. From shockingly bad spelling, non existent arithmetic and the most innane of innane banter he was the only player i know to have been perm banned from MSNgamingZone and not be able to change his IP.
Any player who posted on the TAU boards and refered to TAG_Screamer as "screamie" "scweamie" etc. Not much information is needed here... these people are just complete dick suckers. Also includes the fags who started birthday threads for him..
Tek2k. Pretty sure he was the original guy who started TAzone, he started a donation pages for the Tazone Qb forum licence, then after recieving the required money proceeded to leave and used the money for another webpage he ran. All while claiming to make millions from selling software. In reality he worked at Taco Bell. Shit player too.
Cardmann. Not sure if this guy is just acting or a genuine retard, this guy logs on, tells the lobby how shit he is, hosts a 1v1, gets owned then tells the lobby how shit he is. Been doing the same for years
TAG_VeNoM and DesTroy. Grouped together because they are both English, cousins and gay these inbred faggots could be seen constantly flirting with the likes of TC_Gandalf, GBL_Cire and others. One can only speculate whether VeNoM got perm banned from GBL because he refused to giveup his relationship with DesTroy, but it is certain their catch cry "button it" was certainly code for something more sinister (and homosexual).
neoK0Kani A Police officer from Perth this is one of the more deluded players i have ever seen. He would claim his 1 out of 20 win as proof of owning then spend the remaining 19 flooding other players messges ranting, from feeble excuses about his kids to feeble threats of phyisical harm, his favourite strat was to pause for ten minutes for no reason then unpause after cueing all of his construction units (which were generally idle). Claimed to be a successful businessman yet never upgraded his 56k connection.
JR_KROGOTHMSTR. Some guy from the US confined to a wheelchair, he only really played Gods Of War 2. Never to be let host as he would simply reject players from other teams as he started to get beat. Another favourite tactic was the f11 spam to lag and ultimately ruin the game. An equal tie with neoK0Kani with the most deluded player i honestly believe he would still claim today that he never lost a game.
Melfice. Dunno where hes from or what he even does this moron is the only person to be on my perm ignore list. The only reason he hasnt contracted AIDS is because he forfills his sexual urges via porn and hand.
Any Player who cannot fucking install TA, open their ports and search for help online. Seriously you found the warzone yet cant install 3.1? Just fuck off.
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Post by TAG_Venom on Oct 7, 2011 18:42:25 GMT -5
Meataxe that is class!
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Post by Eternal on Feb 8, 2012 3:03:45 GMT -5
With most i can identify but i miss a few players. Eternal used to be good The man who kicked many top players ass!! Now without joking. The list can be a bit longer.Lets go back to old school to players who made this game popular and people trying to beat them. 1: Khan 2: CyberDrgn 3:Maven 4:Goliath 5:ACE-Viking 6:Beta7 7: Some MIB members like Rocko Panther 8:Snoop my big man from BTU 9:Elijah from Elite 10: The best ever i think thats like a few players. Preen Kokani Rock RVD BF and a few i might have forgotten. BUT man That ETERNAL knew how to whoop those best players asses sometimes Longest game ever was on Boneyards Supreme commander tourney vs MRCrusher recording then was 21 meg gametime almost 5 hours on starfishisle. Greetz guys.
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Post by shollos on Feb 27, 2012 11:26:11 GMT -5
Hey, check it out, a TA forum that has come back from the dead. I'm beginning to think that a lot of the top players listed in a lot of everyone's posts are in reference to the argumentative-shaking that took place during some drama's of win's and losses. Those that speak up the most seem to get the most attention.. blackflag being probably the most notorious of those shakers. I myself have a few people I'd like to list as top 10 so here it goes. 1. Pic (undoubtely the best of all the time, if he wanted to come back and be the best, he could. He has a will to win and to be great with ease. Everyone who has any respect for skill should recognize this.) 2. Soulrain 3. NoX_Blade (TAG_Blade) 4. Gnug315 5. TAG_Rock 6. BlackFlag 7. TAG_Nova (Dune) 8. TAG_Silvertool 9. Methods (charlie 10. Canuck / K2 (They were great teammates, and it was hard to distinguish what was so good about their teamwork or solo play, they would just make the right moves at the right time, without being too boldly unique.) I think that TA lives on today because of the people in this list.. they brought the game to a new level, and made watching the TAD's that much more exciting. But you gotta also remember there have been a lot of great players, maybe later i'll update my post and list a bunch of number 1's as I remember them, because its hard to say who is best when skill level is so tight anyways. Nice seeing you guys are still around, and people still play this great game. Maybe it'll grow somehow.
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Post by monkeh on May 5, 2012 6:26:34 GMT -5
1 - PicarDOH 2 - Gnug315 3 - BlackFlag 4 - Preen 5 - TNL_banana 6 -Soulrain 7 - TAG_ROCK 8 - SY_SJ 9 - CRIPPLER 10 - BTU_Natas Obviously this Rvd guy is the shit, but he was new at my time, just my opnion
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Post by BLITZ_Molloy on May 24, 2012 21:02:28 GMT -5
meataxe just slayed this thread. I'd pretty much agree with Med's list. Gaia's list is good too but I think he slightly undermined himself by not noticing that Jackson and Blackflag are the same person.
As much as I was really impressed by the likes of 315 back in the day, particularly has he played such a turtle builders style I think he admits that the game has moved on incredibly at this point. If you want to judge best of all time you have to look at the current players because the game is completely different now. RVD get's best of all time spot (although I'm Irish and may well be biased) until somebody else turns up and starts kicking his ass.
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Post by WiKiD-MJ on Aug 11, 2012 14:34:04 GMT -5
lmao.. haven't been on here in forever.. just read meataxe thread and i spewed my drink on my PC monitor.. hilarious..
Eternal.. Your an idiot!!! not sure if your post was meant as a joke.
Would love to see Pic "when he was on top of his game" play RVD in a 20 game 1v1 tourny.. would have to consider Diablo in the mix somewhere, he was such a beast.
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Med
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Post by Med on Aug 25, 2012 5:40:51 GMT -5
It makes no sense MJ. Pic with his 2003 level wouldn't win a game against RVD in a bo10 today. And RVD in 2003 would have lost easily to Pic if they played.
People have improved, they got a better unit control, a better understanding of the game. Even gow 2 players can build decently now.
You can easily check that when you see old expert players coming back (ROCK, sensation, BF to only name them) who were the bests in the early 2000s. They hardly win games against top players today. Those 3 beat me 10 times max out of 100+ games in 2010-2011, when they owned me easily in 2004.
TOP 10 of all time makes no sense tbh. There are top TA players who stopped playing 10 years ago...
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Post by Andrew on Aug 28, 2012 15:58:18 GMT -5
Theres pretty much two different questions on the top 10 players of all time
1 is taking it literally, the highest level of skill level attained by that player. Something like a X out of 100 rank. These ranks are pretty obvious to players of today.
2 is the level they were at compared to the competition of the time. Like a Maradona/George Best vs Messi/Ronaldo thing. George Best and Maradona were fat fuckers and wouldn't be doing much good today, but were far better than their peers at that time. They were pioneers. They didn't invent skill but they did it first, and have to be respected for that. They are considered the best players of all time by lots of people.
Some of these ''Maradonas'' accept this fact in TA and these are the ones i always respected for that. What boils new school experts including myself is how some of these declare how they were awesome back in the day, but shit now cos they got a life. TA is shit. Blah blah blah. If they didn't stop playing they would be beat you with 1 hand etc (With the skill level they had at that moment in time being the important point). In reality it's a bit of the opposite. If they played some games now vs good people if they had the motivation to keep losing over and over... they would get half decent within a few months. And this level would be far greater than they had ever achieved before.
I've always answered the question as number 1 cos that's how i view the question. Answering by way of number number 2 I would have a totally different top 10 list.
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