Well I'm a couple days early with the Global League review for this week. I'll be out of town for a few days though, and I thought a couple days earlier would be better than later, so here we are! As of today the Global League is rolling along nicely, 123 players strong. The top 5 hasn't seen any movement since our review last week, but there are some good games heating up that I'd like to touch on a bit.
Global League Top 5
1. dorian5 - 1147.10, 16-0-0 (Last review: 1)
Last week: 0-0-0
2. Ultra Storm - 1142.75, 13-0-0 (Last review: 2)
Last week: 0-0-0
As I very briefly mentioned last week, currently our top-ranked league players are engaged in a heated match. Adding to the drama of the top two going mano y mano is the fact that both dorian and Ultra are undefeated in league play, coming into the match with a combined 29 consecutive wins. Not even a draw has been salvaged by any opponent of either player. It's even somewhat apt to think of this game as the Unstoppable Force versus the Immovable Object, with dorian playing the role of the up-and-coming challenger attempting to "force" Ultra from his "immovable" perch at the pinnacle of AWBW play.
The game itself is proceeding in a very interesting fashion, pitting Sasha against Von Bolt in one of the first matches with Sasha since her move to top tier. Dorian is well-known for his expert use of Sasha (a whole 40% of his matches have been with her - 151 out of 392), but Ultra played to Von Bolt's strengths in the early game by fiercely contesting dorian's capture phase. After the dust cleared from the early trading, dorian had lost a recon and inf with one damaged tank, while Ultra lost one infantry and had two heavily damaged tanks. Each side retreated to lick their wounds - dorian began building copters which was instantly countered by AAs from Ultra. Currently on Day 10, dorian has the funds advantage (thanks partially to Sasha), but otherwise the match is roughly even. It looks like the next few turns will feature a battle on the top and bottom sides for the contested properties, and it will be interesting to see how well Sasha can carry into the late-game against Von Bolt.
3. Chilin-xiaoniao3 - 1134.32, 29-2-0 (Last review: 3)
Last week: 0-0-0
One good win boosts Xiaoniao back up to the #1 spot, which he has occupied for short periods over the last few weeks. Perhaps his best chance to win soon is his game against Ancient Paradise on Caustic Finale, although he is also doing well in his game against Duke of Blue Moon on Rainy.
4. Hellraider - 1130.83, 10-0-0 (Last review: 4)
Last week: 0-0-0
Hellraider will have to endure his time out of the top 3 for the foreseeable future, as he only has one game running (against Xiaoniao). With that game advancing slowly, it seems more likely that he will be surpassed by one of the players directly behind him in the near future rather than climb higher in the rankings.
5. Duke of Blue Moon - 1129.83, 29-7-0 (Last review: 5)
Last Week: 0-0-0
Duke of Blue Moon appears to be on the verge of dropping like a rock in the league standings. He has 7 league games running, but only 4 of those are past the capture phase, and he appears to be in trouble in 3 of those 4. I already mentioned his game with xiaoniao, but he is practically on the verge of defeat against felix45 on Rainy and he's not doing so hot against Diwa on Highway to Hell either. While a big SCOP from Olaf may be enough to salvage the game against felix, he has a long ways to go to avoid a losing streak in the near future.
Best of the Rest
6. felix45 - 1110.79, 11-2-1 (Last review: 6)
Could be leapfrogging Duke of Blue Moon soon depending on the result of their game. Also looking strong in two games versus Xiaoniao.
7. fdkanns - 1097.73, 26-5-0 (Last review: 7)
Maybe the greatest player in all of existence, fdkanns has been relegated to 7th place only by tremendously poor luck. His lone game with black_wave should be wrapping up shortly, and his return to the top spot is all but inevitable.
8. Diwa - 1084.19, 14-1-3 (Last review: 10)
Diwa has produced the only shift in rankings in the top 10 over the last week, launching up 2 spots from #10 with a big win over now-#17 Kiririn. The game is particularly noteworthy because Diwa triumphed as Max over Kiririn's Sami, giving some credence to Sami's move down from top tier on maps with 2 bases.
9. Ancient Paradise - 1081.64, 26-9-0 (Last review: 8)
Dropped one spot due to Diwa's win, although he will certainly move up soon when his game with raubvogel finishes. The jump might not last for long, as his other game versus Xiaoniao is not looking so good for him.
10. ANT13 - 1063.11, 30-9-6 (Last review: 9)
Like Ancient Paradise, ANT13 has dropped one spot despite no newly completed games. He is another candidate to rise a couple spots in the near future, with the potential to win a fairly compelling game against Haxxson.
Almost There!
11. walkerboh01 - 1057.79, 14-2-1 (Last review: 11)
12. TotalFire - 1056.61, 33-12-16 (Last review: 12)
13. benbever - 1042.91, 4-3-1 (Last review: 13)
14. black_wave - 1038.94, 74-33-11 (Last review: N/A)
15. Black Mont-Blanc - 1034.99, 8-0-0 (Last review: 15)
By the Numbers
2 - Days played in a league game between benbever vs. Duke of Blue Moon. The game, which started on November 9th, 2011, shows benbever's trend of enjoying to take long vacations from AWBW.
14 - Active players who have completed more than 50 league games (not counting draws).
20 - Weeks that the Global League has been running for as of next Tuesday (Dec. 20th). The Global League was first announced on the forum on August 2nd, 2011 and was launched on the main site on September 15th.
1034.64 - The combined rating of the lowest two members of the league and masters of the day 1 boot loss, maomao10694 and word5654123. Even combined, their rating would only rank 16th in the league (this was as of 12/17 - "word" has since been booted from the league).
In Other News...
Another player's unbeaten streak in the league has come to a screeching halt. Previously 8-0-0, japanj has suffered his first loss of his league campaign at the hands of SM Ephraim.
Red11 has been moving up the rankings at a torrid pace lately, jumping up to 18th currently at 1007.61 and 9-0-0. Cereal Killer is currently attempting not to become his latest victim.
1000rpm is the highest-ranked player to have a losing record currently. His rating of 867.07 is good enough for 55th in the league, despite his 7-9-0 record. 1000rpm is looking to work back up to 0.500 in his current game against Haxxson.
There are several players in the league who are probably better than their current ranking shows. I would put my money on these 5 players to eventually rise significantly up the standings:
29. ichbinsehselber - 937.92, 5-0-0
47. SmackCakes - 890.83, 9-4-0
76. excrimophalus - 826.53, 2-1-0
78. Shompiador_kalabaza - 826.05, 2-1-0
90. taviroww - 810.34, 3-2-0
Until next time,
Walker
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