The Global League is doing quite well, and our player count is at 130 this week, up 7 from last review. The last week was quiet for the most part in the league, but we do have a new entrant into the top 5. Thanks to a charitable boot from Chilin-xiaoniao3, felix45 has jumped up two places to grab the #4 spot in the standings. It seems that the top 10 in general was getting into the holiday spirit this week, as Chilin-Xiaoniao and Duke of Blue Moon also gifted points to black_wave via boot. Despite all of the free wins handed to him, black_wave only managed to move up two spots though, from #14 to #12 this week. Duke's boot wasn't quite enough to drop him from the top 5, but fdkanns is now right on his heels, a mere 0.6 points back. In the meantime, the back three of the top 10 all managed to win games this week, although their order in the standings remains unchanged. There's also a new face in the top 15, as quizless jumps up from #19 to currently claim the #13 spot at the expense of TotalFire.
And with that, let's take a look at the top 5!
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
Dorian and Ultra Storm's rankings are frozen for now, as the two are still engaged in a showdown for the top league spot. Last time we checked in, the game was on day 10 and a battle-heavy capture phase was just finishing up. As you can see below, dorian chose to attack in the south on day 10, but Ultra responded well to the ill-advised attack and decimated both of dorian's copters.
Unfortunately for Ultra Storm, despite contesting dorian's city early and dealing more damage to dorian overall, he still finds himself down in both funding and vehicles because of Sasha's day-to-day funding advantage. The game is still very tight, but if Ultra fails to finish capturing his properties shortly, dorian's funding advantage may prove too much to overcome.
3. Hellraider - 1130.83, 10-0-0 (Last review: 4)
Last week: 0-0-0
Nothing new going on for Hellraider this week. He wasn't lucky enough to be a beneficiary of the free points Chilin-xiaoniao was handing out, but still benefited indirectly as he moved up to 3rd place. It's likely going to be a while before we see any change in Hellraider's rating, unless he decides to take a higher game count.
4. felix45 - 1125.98, 12-2-1 (Last review: 6)
Last Week: 1-0-0
Felix is surely in high spirits this week, having been boosted up quite nicely from the free win against Chilin-xiaoniao3. He's also in great position to win 2 of his 3 remaining current games, another against xiaoniao and one against Duke of Blue Moon. Duke certainly still has a chance in that game and you can never really count Olaf out thanks to his SCOP, but I feel fairly confident in predicting felix to close that one out.
5. Duke of Blue Moon - 1110.80, 29-8-0 (Last review: 5)
Last Week: 0-1-0
Despite his boot against black_wave, Duke managed to hang onto his spot in the top 5 courtesy of xiaoniao's drop. As I mentioned last review, he is poised for a large drop though. Even if he can manage the aforementioned comeback against felix, he is still in a bad situation against Chilin-xiaoniao, and in an even worse situation against Kiririn.
On the bright side for Duke, he does still have a very good chance of winning in his game against Diwa and is playing 2 games against lower-ranked opponents as well (YURA and itsmyflow). With that in mind, a large drop may only be temporary, and at the very least he can probably salvage some ranking with a couple easier games.
Best of the Rest
6. fdkanns - 1110.22, 27-5-0 (Last review: 7)
Fdkanns wrapped up the win against black_wave this week, although it wasn't quite enough to boost him past Duke of Blue Moon back into the top 5. He is looking to continue moving up with 2 new games starting against ANT13 and sarastro (#10 and #22 in the league respectively).
7. Chilin-xiaoniao3 - 1099.94, 29-4-0 (Last review: 3)
Not a good week for Chilin-xiaoniao, as he dropped 35 points in rating and 4 places in the standings. He has since put up the vacation flag, but now he has some work to do if he wants to reclaim his lofty league ranking. He certainly has plenty of chances to do it, with winnable games against Ancient Paradise, Duke of Blue Moon, and SmackCakes.
8. Diwa - 1098.61, 15-1-4 (Last review: 8)
Diwa also had a prosperous week, managing to complete a win over julberndt while agreeing to
draw against sarastro. Keep an eye on this game with black_wave, as it looks to be developing into an interesting match.
9. Ancient Paradise - 1086.84, 27-9-0 (Last review: 9)
Ancient Paradise had a relatively uneventful week, wrapping up a straight-forward win over raubvogel. Now his lone game against Chilin-xiaoniao is the only one running, and he'll have to work to prevent a loss there.
10. ANT13 - 1073.73, 31-9-6 (Last review: 10)
Like Diwa and Ancient Paradise, ANT13 also came out ahead this week, managing a win over Haxxson mid-week. He is in great position to put together a nice winning streak, with a clear advantage in games against benbever and against walkerboh01.
Almost There!
11. walkerboh01 - 1057.79, 14-2-1 (Last review: 11)
12. black_wave - 1053.13, 77-35-11 (Last review: 14)
13. quizless - 1052.24, 43-23-10 (Last review: 19)
14. benbever - 1042.91, 4-3-1 (Last review: 13)
15. Black Mont-Blanc - 1034.99, 8-0-0 (Last review: 15)
Dropping Out
TotalFire - Dropped from 12th to 17th place (1-2-1 since last review)
By the Numbers
14 - Players currently at 800, which is the most we've had in quite a while.
2 - Players with more than 50 wins. Black_wave has 77 wins and 77salamence has 75 wins currently, although the two also have a combined 80 losses as well.
4 - Players in the top 20 with 50 or fewer games played on the site. They are: Duke of Blue Moon (#5) - 50 games, Ancient Paradise (#9) - 39 games, MYM (#16) - 39 games, Kiririn (#18) - 16 games. Therefore, they are all under heavy suspicion of being double accounts!
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In Other News...
On 9/27, I wrote: "21-0-1 - Combined record of the top 4 Japanese players (dorian5, Black Mont-Blanc, japanj, and akiyoshi)"
Today, the Japanese players are no longer undefeated, but are still doing quite well in the league. Their cumulative record is 46-5-3, and if you take akiyoshi out, they are 32-1-0. That is quite dominant, with the only loss coming from japanj's recent loss to SM Ephraim.
The next most dominant league performance in terms of record belongs to the Austrians. They only have 2 players in the league (Hellraider and ichbinsehselber), but they are a combined 16-0-0. Not quite as impressive as 32-1-0, in my opinion, but still quite good nonetheless.
Last review I also picked a few players to move up in the standings soon. If you remember, two of them were:
"78. Shompiador_kalabaza - 826.05, 2-1-0
90. taviroww - 810.34, 3-2-0"
This week here are their respective records and ratings:
50. Shompiador_kalabaza - 880.07, 4-1-0
59. taviroww - 866.60, 6-2-0.
Yes, I am apparently just that good (watch them both plummet now...).
I also wanted to mention a few players who are currently dropped out of the league, but would be in the top 25 if they were to join right now:
7. Kamuscha - 1102.18, 16-2-1
11. Roswell the Black Rose - 1065.34, 35-15-12
18. Red11 - 1027.17, 10-0-0
21. tale - 987.23, 43-30-4
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And just a reminder that GT2 signups and January Cup signups are currently open! Check the Tournaments forum if you're interested.
Until next time,
Walker
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