Niick, to clarify Naniwa was #1 two editions back for his sole MLG Dallas performance. Also, I put this together myself, and was under no pressure from any of the 'higher ups' to skew the rankings in favor of TSL in any way. I stick by it as I personally don't think I've overstated the significance of the TSL at all.

It's obviously understandable if you disagree with the ranking, and that's totally fine, but to suggest that the ranking is biased because it is TL's tournament isn't quite fair. Neither is backing that statement up with false facts about the history of the ranking.

Synwave

United States2803 Posts

May 17 2011 07:16 GMT

#32

Thanks for another great roundup Mikilatov, its so hard to follow some of these without this convenient thread. Keep up the awesome work

ReketSomething

United States6012 Posts

May 17 2011 07:19 GMT

#33

Man...everytime I think of thorzain....nerd chills :O

glad to see idra back in action!

Mithriel

Netherlands2969 Posts

May 17 2011 07:19 GMT

#34

Thanks for the write up! So many tournaments going on its easy to miss half of them.

[GoT]Zeta

Germany108 Posts

May 17 2011 07:37 GMT

#35

this tournament roundup is so nice, thx for that!

Frankon

3054 Posts

May 17 2011 08:18 GMT

#36

On May 17 2011 11:51 Mikilatov wrote:

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Can't count his 35 BOX win streak, as it didn't occur in the past two weeks, and it does directly relate to 'results' anyway. The rank is based on results, as this isn't a power rank. It simply ranks them on performance within tournaments which concluded in the past two weeks. Additionally, prizemoney isn't considered nearly as much as quality of competition and performance. Once again, if you'd like to discuss more, feel free to PM me.

I'll bite the bait.
Thorzain "run" also didnt occur in the past two weeks... Only semis and final match.
And back to Nanivwa vs Idra argument have to agree to thesmoosh. IPL1 wasnt stacked. Look at the TLPD (only 5 people from the top) and than again only the Idra vs Kiwikaki game occured in may (since you dont count Naniwa streak cause it wasnt in May). I can only quess that idra is 2nd due to the little world that is right next to your nick.

On May 17 2011 bennyaus wrote:
The problem with giving them to the people with the 'most' wins is that it would go to Europeans who just play those weekly low-prize money tournaments every round-up. Frankly, the highest level of competition isn't at those tournaments and whilst they are pretty good, I find that Thorzain/NaNi/IdrA's achievements to outstrip anyone elses.

To be honest those tournaments are one of the highest level possible due to dew facts.
Quick look at the TLPD and we see like 14 people from 1st page of TLPD playing those cups regularly so saying that the level of those competitions isnt highest is the sign of being total clueless.

To sum it up.
It would be good if there was posted a clear method used to determine the top spots in the tournament roundup. /me throws a ball at Mikilatov.

Jaxx

Slovakia758 Posts

May 17 2011 08:28 GMT

#37

Great roundup, thnx for effort.

Btw. you are missing Thorzain in the medal summary

Frankon

3054 Posts

May 17 2011 08:36 GMT

#38

On May 17 2011 17:28 Jaxx wrote:
Great roundup, thnx for effort.

Btw. you are missing Thorzain in the medal summary

He only won one medal.. Medal summary is for people who get more than one medal.

Tommylew

Wales2717 Posts

May 17 2011 08:37 GMT

#39

Reall looking forward to seeing what Thorzain does in the next few months hoping to see a lot more of him!!!!

Bobster

Germany3075 Posts

May 17 2011 08:38 GMT

#40

Well, I always took the rankings as the personal opinion of Mikilatov as I think that's what it ultimately comes down to. It's not like he has special insider knowledge no one else has - he compiles the tournament results (which are all public), and once these are posted everyone's on the same page anyway.

But if Mikilatov wants to lend a bit more legitimacy to these, it certainly wouldn't hurt to post the method of determination. That said, I'd totally be fine if this would simply stay as a subjective it's-my-opinion-kind of deal.

On May 17 2011 17:28 Jaxx wrote:
Great roundup, thnx for effort.

Btw. you are missing Thorzain in the medal summary

Only players with multiple non-showmatch podium appearances are included.

Thorzain "only" placed podium in one tournament.