Now for the fun part. I get to throw crap at you all and you all applaud me at the end.
RPG, Douglas, Quartz - Apologies for shattering your dream so early, but you all knew you weren't realistic chances, right? :)
SM - Wow. I really screwed up on this one. SM should've probably been about... #4. Which meant I could've easily moved myself back out of the top five where I hardly belong... Sorry about that. :/
Sondow - Ranked 69th out of 575 players, Sondow is beating 506 able-handed players. With three fingers. I calculate that with a full complement of ten fingers, Sondow would be beating approximately 1677 players, for a ranking of -1101st. This deserves some recognition.
DsS and smizzla - It seems rather unreasonable to leave the current top two out of an all time top ten, especially when both have made their rise through the rankings in such quick time. However, I decided to leave smizzla out because he was banned four years ago (and fresh concerns have been raised about his legitimacy), and DsS is black.
Thorn - Might have made it if Knuckles Chaotix didn't suck so much. Oh well. Pick a better game next time!
And finally...
Rolken - I prefer to think of Rolken as holding the keys to the Matrix, but other than that I agree with Antiporcupine. He's the reason you care about any of this today. Everyone, three cheers for Rolken!
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And... that's it. It's all over.
I've loved having this opportunity to a) rate the achievements of various TSCers against each other, b) slander all your good names, and c) have lots of fun and a laugh in the process.
Some special thanks are in order. Firstly to RPG, who, even though he didn't always fulfil his quota, on time, has persevered with what was essentially my idea, generally agreed with my decisions (sometimes at the expense of the validity of the ranking itself), and taken on a share of the work that could reasonably have been thrown back on me, as it was this time.
Secondly, as already mentioned, to Rolken, without whom this idea would never have come to fruition because we'd all still be competing with each other by proxy.
Third, to SM who steadfastly corrected every single mistake I made during the course of the Top Tens' lifetime. And there were lots of them, particularly in this iteration because of the lack of a time machine.
And finally, to everyone who contributed to the fun of the Top Tens every six months by speculating, posting random gibberish in the topic, or just waiting with bated breath for the next selection.
I'll be taking "applications" for the right to "host" the next round of Top Tens for the fifth anniversary whenever you feel like enquiring. Until then, have fun and keep on trucking!
~yse
