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Why create this thread?

Simply stated, the ladder is generally not the best depiction of skill, imho.  It GENERALLY tracks who plays the game the most and/or who acts like a jerk by cheating instead of who the most talented players are.  That's not to say that everyone high up in the ladder falls into this category.  So, if I were to put together my own ladder that indicated skill, I wonder how things would shake out.  Obvious hurdles being that many highly skilled individuals don't play each other.  So, this requires either the people that don't play together to play more together (my personal choice) or I have to rely from feedback from other players.

Your part if you want to participate

Who do you guys think are the best players in demigod today?  I understand that its a team game, but individual players do tend to stand out (and I also know that one great player can't guarantee a win if he has weak teammates, etc).  I'm happy to have everyone's feedback.  I'm not looking for people to jump in and flame. Just call out who you think is great or who you'd like to see fight.  Perhaps we'll get games going.  You want to flame and talk crap, your post will probably end up deleted. 

You can nominate anyone you want.  To keep this from being a list of who likes who, several individuals that are generally considered excellent at the game will moderate the list.  If those individuals generally agree, a player can be removed or promoted in the list.

I've decided on 4 categories of players and have provided descriptions of each.  Please recommend players along with the category you feel they fit in.

Tier 1 Demigod Players:

Realistically, its my belief that there are 10-30 players in this game that are tier 1 DG players (the best). Those players shine as individuals, generally with a wide variety of characters and do not depend on a specific team or teammate to do well.  They can play exceptionally in 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and 5v5.  These are players that do not cheat or desync games.  These are the people that you want on your team or you want to play against because you know you will get a good game.  Any player in this list or any other should currently be an active player.  

  • abuggeredhedgie/awuffleablehedgie
  • cowbuttzex
  • kalelsmx
  • GM-Janook
  • gm-magnus333
  • GM-Mcshane
  • GM-Mithrander
  • GM-NinkiCZ
  • GM-Renz0kuken
  • GM-Zen_God
  • Nomilarac
  • Orcun
  • OMG-pacov
  • Paulie Carbone
  • RAWRRRR
  • ThatGuyYoulove/ boxxy_Koush
  • trousersnake

Tier 2 Demigod Players:

These are players that don't quite currently fit into highest level of players, but are good players all the same.  Perhaps they require a specific team or can only do well in specific types of games (1v1, 2v2).  The bottom line is that they aren't quite as polished or versatile as the highest level players. 

  • 2nana
  • Alterschism 
  • Amazing_Hero (oak)
  • Archon_SAAR (regulus!)
  • Atma44x (torch bearer)
  • captnspaulding
  • Celmare
  • Darz4 (qot)
  • DD_Karebears
  • Epiphenomenon (beast)
  • Esuzu
  • eXXcentric
  • Grahf666
  • IamKira
  • _illuminati_
  • Iokke
  • irek1988/never-fuk-wit-a-oak
  • Jaws8you
  • Jona__
  • Jongalt26
  • Ke5trel
  • Kitty007
  • Kollecktir
  • Lethstang (oak + ub)
  • lifekatana
  • LuftBR
  • Maccilia
  • Naur (oak + da + reg)
  • Obiwhan
  • Ogham
  • peterdumptruck
  • prozombie
  • Shred_demon (demon assassin)
  • Soccer-mom
  • spooky_
  • STFNG
  • Teseer (tb)
  • Thundercles
  • xXxXxAchillesTGxXxX
  • Xynth
  • yeahneil
  • Zoahr

Tier 3 Demigod Players:

A third group (or list) would be everyone else. No need to list individuals...

Demigod Players that Should Be Avoided:

These would be specific individuals that clearly (and I mean clearly) cheat.  You don't get on this list unless I (pacov) am VERY convinced that you belong here.

  • AlienWarrior - This player should be avoided.  Stat exploiter confirmed by pacov.  As of 1/5/2010, this player has 34 wins and 0 losses and is ladder ranked 34.  I played a game with him in a 1v1 with him as the host.  After confirming that the player spoke English, I asked him if he would let the stats count if I beat him (there is currently a simple exploit that enables any host in a 1v1 game to make the game disappear if they don't want the stats to be kept - Also note that this player plays almost exclusively 1v1 games).  The player did not respond to my question.  As I began to tear down both sides of the player's base, he used the stat exploit and the game vanished as a result.  The player used this exploit with about 10 minutes left in the game.  Based on his stats and skill level (read: not highly skilled), this player is clearly exploiting the stat system.
  • PrizmSmurf - This player should be avoided.  Stat exploiter and poor sport confirmed by pacov on 4/1/2010.  After losing in a 2v2 matchup, PrizmSmurf said "I hope you die a long slow death of cancer.  I mean it."  Then said, "Bet you are going to enjoy watching me desync."  Then, just before the citadel went down, desynced the game. Based on his stats, he clearly does not desync games on a regular basis, but wishing cancer on someone because they beat you in a game and then committing the one offense in demigod that can get you banned (saying you are desycning then desyncing) is a bit over the top.  I suggest you avoid him. 

Comments (Page 74)
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on Apr 26, 2010

Cowbuttzex
Well after playing two 2v2 games with Zen_God I think he deserves to be tier 1 and I think a couple of people would agree with me.

you are wrong.  Bullshit problems on both games with trouser dropping from vent without me knowing.  It resulted in me porting places without him, missing snipes, etc. I wouldn't object at all if you had a solid win and there wasn't some crap nonsense going on. 

As it stands, I'm not more impressed with either of you... just fugging mad that I couldn't communicate with trouser when it mattered. 


Doesn't mean he ain't qualifed... just means those games didn't show me anything other than bad connections = fail.

on Apr 26, 2010

zen is pretty good.  I don't like him to know that I think he is because he has started to get cocky lately, but let's just say I no longer think I can beat him in equal circumstances 100 out of 100 times, that number has fallen to maybe 75 out of 100 times lol. 

on Apr 26, 2010




Quoting Cowbuttzex,
reply 1094
Well after playing two 2v2 games with Zen_God I think he deserves to be tier 1 and I think a couple of people would agree with me.


you are wrong.  Bullshit problems on both games with trouser dropping from vent without me knowing.  It resulted in me porting places without him, missing snipes, etc. I wouldn't object at all if you had a solid win and there wasn't some crap nonsense going on. 

As it stands, I'm not more impressed with either of you... just fugging mad that I couldn't communicate with trouser when it mattered. 


Doesn't mean he ain't qualifed... just means those games didn't show me anything other than bad connections = fail.

Oh well you should of said something I didn't know you guys were off vent.

on Apr 26, 2010

Well one thing i know not to do now is play against u two with random 50%s on my team.

on Apr 26, 2010

Well one thing i know not to do now is play against u two with random 50%s on my team.

Lol, it looks like cow got you with the no spit beast Jona?  You gotta be careful out there. 

on Apr 26, 2010

I had more kills it was all about the lack of teamwork, he would always get away because i had none!

on Apr 26, 2010

Lol, it looks like cow got you with the no spit beast Jona? You gotta be careful out there.

have we successfully turned cows ooze ub into zechnophobes qot yet?

on Apr 26, 2010

I've only got the chance to crush him with a spit beast once but he was one the phone that game so I guess it doesn't count lol. I've tried to get him to play it vs me a few other times, he usually has peter on his team though so he doesn't, I guess I can understand since it pains peter so much to separate his monks. 

on Apr 26, 2010

You better not be pulling off that build when you're on my team. I only expect the best.

on Apr 26, 2010

I had more kills it was all about the lack of teamwork, he would always get away because i had none!

2 of my deaths were because my oak watched me die 2v1. I couldn't believe the time when you and erebus were in a parade of our giants fighting me and he was standing at the center flag doing nothing watching me die. That was a funny game.

I will continue to play my Oooooooozzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeee beast until I think another build is superior, I only play ooze beast against certain line ups because I find other demigods better at countering than spit beast. Oooze beast is a very stupid choice against a rook for example.

on Apr 26, 2010

Well one thing i know not to do now is play against u two with random 50%s on my team.

don't forget to mention that me and Zen had a 40% player on our team

on Apr 26, 2010

You should play Ooze when we play against each other.

on Apr 26, 2010

Cowbuttzex

Quoting Jona__, reply 1099Well one thing i know not to do now is play against u two with random 50%s on my team.


don't forget to mention that me and Zen had a 40% player on our team

 

That played very well destroying all our towers....

on Apr 29, 2010

Well - I had a somewhat unfortunate run in with xynth today.  http://pantheon.demigodthegame.com/game/1359916/player/28414/.  I was informed that I suck if I'm not on a mic and that he didn't know why I think I'm so great. Anyway, I don't mind criticism of my playstyle, and I'm not going to tear down how he played in the game at all, but I did want to address a few things.  First, for those of you that don't know, I drew a bit on animosity from some of the folks in the lagwars crowd as a result of poor behavior on my part.  I was pretty rude and berating to some folks for how they played in some games and I was certainly in the wrong.  Regardless of how competitive I like to be, bitching about players over and over is unacceptable and I behaved unacceptably in MANY games over the past 2 months or so.  And to be clear, if someone on my team did something that I thought was foolish (whether or not it was truly foolish in reality), I'd give them an earful... and not in a helpful way, but more in the WTF way.  And I wouldn't let up.  In short, it SUCKED to play on my team and I lost track that its just a game and people do play it to have fun.  So.  To any of you that I was an absolute dick to (I was), I am sorry.  You didn't deserve to be treated that way.

But I'll continue this line of thinking a little more. 

I had an interesting conversation in vent with cow 4 days ago and thought I might hash it out.  We were playing a 3v3 game where cow was on my team (http://pantheon.demigodthegame.com/game/1356536/player/28414/).  He died alot during the game.  It happens, but he certainly APPEARED to be the weak link in our team.  I'll take a moment now to state that I supported cow in moving up to tier 1, so I don't think he's a slouch.  Anyway, our team was in trouble because cow = the guy you kill for money to the other team. 

Anyhow, the game did not end as some colossal blow out.  It was actually pretty unique.  Cow had like 8 deaths (let that sink in... 1 guy on a team had 8 DEATHS) with me and our teammate with 1 and 2.  The other team looked really similar 6 (let that sink in - 2 less than cow) and 1 and 2.  It really seemed during that game like cow had screwed our team due to his deaths.  Hmmm.   Those or you that have played with me in the past - do you think I was vocal about him dying all the time?  The interesting part was that I really wasn't.  I know cow's a good player, so I mostly just busted his chops from time to time (all in a joking matter - not a in pacov "WTF ARE YOU DOING GO TO BASE YOU IDIOT" sort of way).  Anyway, I thought the comments cow made were quite interesting and telling during the game.  First, cow thought I was serious as all get out when I'd say hey cow - try to avoid 3v1's, etc.  He made another comment that made me think - I got the impression from whatever he said that he thinks I think that I might be greatest and unbeatable.  Hmmm. 

So, two guys in 4 days, all from our little lagwars crew, quite pissed and ready to attack me out of the gate.  I'm pretty sure that if anything but a positive comment came out of my mouth, cow would have snapped at me and the same goes for xynth.  In my game with Xynth, I said, LET'S GET 1 FLAG AND LOCK IT.  I said that twice as we were getting dominated (at 2 diff points).  What is logical strategy to me is calling other players noobs apparently.  But again, I understand that I pissed off some folks on lagwars... I was a dick... etc. 

Anyway, fair enough.  Onto a discussion of my skills. My next point will take a moment to develop...  STOP.  What thread are you reading?  What's that?  Pacov's list of tier 1, tier 2, and players to be avoided.  Why the hell would you want to read a noobs list of players that he thinks are good/bad/too be avoided?  Let me try this another way.  Do any of you think that Rawrrrr thinks he's a lousy player or useless outside of lagwars?  How about anyone in the tier 1 list.  Do you think, for a second, that those players think they are good... better than you even?  What?  Pacov is the list, though nominated for it by others?  And he, too, thinks he's a better player than many folks?  Impossible.  Will ANYONE win with a weaker team, regardless of how awesome they are in Demigod?  I'd argue no.  A stronger player can (AND HAS TO) compensate for weaker players.  So, right there - a clear and obvious admittance that if I have a weaker team I will lose in most cases.  Does that have ANY bearing on my skill level?  No.  It would happen to any tier 1 in most circumstances. 

Anyway - on equal teams - yes, I think I am a better player than MANY folks.  Plenty of people are in the same boat as me.  Its not arrogant to say that I play the game better than many folks.  You probably do too.  I play alot of games against alot of people, and I feel I have a good grasp on who is good and who isn't quite on the same level.  Hence the list.

And to go a little further yet - Back when we were all trying to play together on lagwars, I changed my tune a bit.  I decided that I don't care if we play together in order to get a game going.  So, we'd have a premade team of 4, I'd switch to the other team.  Boom.  Pacov gets a loss.  I do this enough, my win % drops from >85% down to > 60%.  I didn't mind at all, because I HATE the LOBBY GAME more than anything else.  Put me on team lose, just let me play.  Anyway, that's my 2 cents on why players that have beaten me think they have a chance in hell of beating me and probably qualify me as < tier 1.  Happy to convince you otherwise through beatings.  GM took one the other day.  Kalel and Rawrrr the day after.  That was 7 days ago.  Hmm...  I'll lose to those folks again at some point, surely, but I'll also win again.  What does that tell any of you... Anyway, kicking my ass on a weak team doesn't mean you are better than me or that I suck (anymore than me kicking your ass on some chumps team).  Kicking my ass on a reasonably even team would mean that you are great... and like McShane, that hasn't happened to me in > 6 months.

Anyway - sorry for being a shite while i watched my grandma die.  She's dead now.  I expect to have a little bit of shite coming for being so mean while all of that was going on.  That's fair.  If you are dick, you should be treated like shit.  I trust you won't finding me behaving like a jerk for some time to come now.

 

 

 

 

 

on Apr 29, 2010

Lol don't beat yourself up over it Pacov, I warned you about Xynth long ago.  He's capable of playing well but he's also capable of being 100% the reason you lose a game.  Man how him and magnus would hate me if I had a mic to tell them what I really think about them hahaha.  Also, I lose matches I should win all the time now .  Maybe hedgie was on to something, perhaps it will just be Orcun carrying me through this tournament. 

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