EPTTier 3 shitposters just have a lot of posts and will engage conversation, but aren’t people you’d expect to really steal the spotlight from other shitposters. While they all have done so in the past, these guys blend in nicely with regular posters.
All these guys are low-tiershitposters for varying reasons. Noonius, Bagration, Phredxor and Marko all have a lot of posts, but aren’t really seen much when we’re actually shitposting on LR threads. They’ll appear, but won’t derail the thread too much, or change how we really shitpost. Their ranks are shared. Have fun.
15. Makro - mid tier, shows up still T3
15. Bagration - legacy shitposter, not even sure why he's on the list. Mid t3
15. Noonius - also a shitposter but not famous for it, mid tier on post count T3
15. Phredxor – highest of these T3s because he used a few Protoss memes I can remember. Mostly here because of Cricketer12.
14. TheDougler. Except TheDougler, who’s still got a bit to go before he’s truly a mid-tier shitposter by volume. The only thing really holding him back is his (relatively) low post count. Given a few more tournaments I have no doubt that he will be mid-tier. After potentially Blizzcon 2018, he’ll likely be top tier if he continues to post.
Tier 2 shitposters are shitposters who really have a body of work, and can be recognized quite easily for either their style, or volume of posts.
13. The_Red_Viper. Convinced he's right a lot of the time, and shows up to LR threads for games he doesn't even watch (which separates him from the bottom tier-3s) and maintains a decent total post count. This is important, because having 10k+ posts means you haven’t ever been so bad, that you’re permabanned.
12 The_Templar. Falls quite low on this list, because he’s been a staff for quite some time, and doesn’t shitpost the way he used to. If it was just counting 2016 shitposting, he would likely not even be on this list. Furthermore, what really lowers his rank to just a tier-2 shitposter instead of a tier-1 is his actual contribution to the website. He’s done writing, LRing, and is a banling which means all his actual shitposting is less oppressive because he does good stuff, as well. Quite unlike a lot of the rest of us.
11. SetGuitarsToKill. Super patriotic, stupid amount of post but also has started to shitpost less recently, and falls in the same sort of pack as the other staff members.
10. Penev. Put some brain power into this list. Ezpz call for T2. I think him helping out speaks for itself. Will “help” and edit my posts.
9. Heartland. Called me out once. What a guy. Top tier on this alone. However, he’s certainly not a T1 shitposter just with how infrequently he tends to shitpost now. And since it’s unfair to limit shitposting “quality” to just one person’s interactions, T2 is perfectly suitable.
8. [PkF] Wire. Chill dude mostly, lots of posts. Maintains conversations that other shitposters start, but doesn't usually start his own, which tends to set back his overall shitposting. Has a real life he’ll bring up and is in the top tier of shitposters due to his conversational skills. Usually around for big tournaments. Solid, consistent shitposting, and given another couple tournaments, he will appear with the top tier.
7. Shellshock. Despite having the most posts of any TL user to my knowledge, he’s not truly a top-tier shitposter today/anymore. Maybe his programming is faulty, and maybe the passion-powered batteries on which he runs need to change. As a result, he joins The_Templar in overall ranking, even if his posting count is the highest of any TL user. Despite his monstrous post count, he doesn’t really have the same sort of presence he used to, but the form may change leading into the future, and especially Blizzcon. Really, he only needs a few pages on any LR thread to remind us why he’s got the most posts, and thus shitposts. Like the other staff members, he would be top-tier if it wasn’t for his work on the site.
6. Cricketer12. He truly has a weird amount of high-burst posting. This makes him tier 2, but without consistency, it’s hard to give him a great overall standing. If he was consistently shitposting for an extended period of time, he would definitely be leading the pack on the top tier. Of the T2 shitposters currently, has the highest potential to break T1. Of anyone here, closest to break T1 with the least amount of time. Another solid tournament LR performance (yes, he just needs 1) and he’ll be with the rest of us. One of the highest-ranking non-10k+ shitposters on TL.
T1 shitposters are people who truly inspire a load of horrible posting. When around an LR thread, the magnitude of the LR thread increases dramatically, especially when more than one are involved.
5.5 Nerchio - he's a great pro-gamer and shitposts on LR threads. When he shows up, gets a lot of replies (probably from fanboys wanting senpai to notice them). Also a last-minute addition because I forgot about him entirely.
5. Ej_ lives the Polish eSports meme: esportsexpress.com, 30k posts, 1stared my rules blog, and is always a force to be reckoned with in LR threads. No significant website contributions to date.
4. IntoTheheart. Maker of this list, and 3rd in overall #passion in the 2014 thread but has disappeared in shitposting for quite some time. Infamous for random comments and an erratic posting. Will make effort in coming year to shitpost more consistently. Clean ban/warning record. No significant website contributions to date. Tends to reply to every question everyone else asks. Accuracy of reply is not a guarantee.
3. Poopi. A surprise to some, with his staggering 19 bans over just 6k+posts, makes him truly deserving of being a shitposter. Despite a low post count, it is clear that he will make LR threads fantastic for all his provocative opinions in the future, especially looking towards Blizzcon.
2. Elentos. Higher post/day than shellshock for the time being. Held back slightly by being a Liquidpedia contributer, but Elentos’s greatest strength as a shitposter comes not from his post count, but rather his almost permanent presence in LR threads. Unlike me (who has no passion, by the way) he is almost always around, and almost always shitposting in LR threads. He alone can grow an LR thread from 30-something to 70-something, just with his own posts and conversations he starts. Despite what you might think, Elentos’s Liquidpedia contributions don’t hold him back very much, because he (for historical reasons alone) is more of a force to be reckoned with than Poopi, but still lacks what the champion possesses in shitposting/derailing.
And the winner… “winner” is:
1. GumBa. He not only has (allegedly) almost one warning per LR thread, but has the unnatural ability to derail any (and every) thread he visits, with the exception of the TI threads on LD. He starts more off-topic and random conversation than anyone else on TL (probably), and has no contributions to the website (to my understanding). For all these reasons (and 27k posts… holy crap), he is your TL’s LR SHITTIEST POSTER!
{streamers fall}
BUT what does the community think?
Poll: Who do YOU think is #1?
GumBa (14)
78%
The_Templar (1)
6%
ITH (1)
6%
SGTK (1)
6%
The_Red_Viper (1)
6%
Cricketer12 (0)
0%
Shellshock (0)
0%
Penev (0)
0%
Ej_ (0)
0%
Elentos (0)
0%
Poopi (0)
0%
Wire (0)
0%
18 total votes
The_Templar (1)
ITH (1)
SGTK (1)
The_Red_Viper (1)
Cricketer12 (0)
Shellshock (0)
Penev (0)
Ej_ (0)
Elentos (0)
Poopi (0)
Wire (0)
18 total votes
Your vote: Who do YOU think is #1?
(Vote): GumBa
(Vote): Cricketer12
(Vote): The_Templar
(Vote): Shellshock
(Vote): ITH
(Vote): Penev
(Vote): Ej_
(Vote): Elentos
(Vote): Poopi
(Vote): Wire
(Vote): SGTK
(Vote): The_Red_Viper
