I noticed that 4 of the top 7 1v1 ladder players are in the WM clan, including the top spot. Yesterday, for a brief moment, they held spots 1 AND 2. Mighty impressive. I don't think we've ever seen so many members of the same clan in the top 10 before, certainly not the top 7 as these four are.

There was a time when I considered any match up against a player with a clan tag an automatic win. Now, when I see a WM tag, I can almost consider it an automatic loss. Clans like WM and Apex are leading the way for clans in general and I like the direction they're headed. Clans were once the butt of every joke made in the forums and now they're holding the highest rankings in Warlight. Congrats and keep it up.


If anyone wants to share their stories of their prejudices against clans blowing up in their face, this would be a good thread for that. Or, if you want to parody how Gui would explain why Szewen and other WM players are actually horrible at this game and their rankings are undeserved, that's welcome too.

I noticed that today one of the top 1 ladder positions are held by the WM clan. That is total WM clan dominance. WM holds 100% of the top 1 ladder positions over 100% of the time on a timescale of 3 days.

There was a time when I considered Mikelsen posts an automatic win. Now, when I see a Mikelsen post, I can almost consider it an automatic laugh.

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But laughs aside, I noticed that as well, and it makes me happy. I prefer seeing various top clans duke it out for top positions rather then a bunch of random good players. I like how it looks and I like that it is making clans a bigger part of the game.

Spot on, SevenDeadlySins! You set the bar for Gui parodying. That is word-for-word, letter-for-letter, exactly what Gui would say if he were to post in this thread. Well done.

"But laughs aside, I noticed that as well, and it makes me happy. I prefer seeing various top clans duke it out for top positions rather then a bunch of random good players."

rnt theu also random players?

im sry, but everything i have to tell u involves language that might get me suspended

silence

I'll try to peace together what your first line said.

If you meant "Aren't thou also a random player?":
Yes, I'm also not a top tier player, and I've not found a clan that fits me or has accepted me... yet.

If you meant "aren't they also random players?:
Yes, but when I find a new online game and take a look at leaderboards and Forums, I generally don't remember peoples names, I remember the clan tags that were dominating, if there were clans.
It makes a game look more competitive in my mind, when I see clan tags. This is coming from a background mostly in Online FPS's, but I think it can apply to most genres.

It`s pretty simple if you ask me, any player is a random player. (makes sense right) However when (s)he joins a clan, for instance [WM] (s)he becomes a [WM] player. So therefore is clan players not random players, while other players are.

[WM] is chock full of great team game players not just 1v1 specialists like Surehand, Artham, Piggy and Szeweningen. And there are a few more [WM] players who would definitely be in the top 10 if they were to join the ladder, Trollussa for sure.

apex also had quite a dominant stance on ladder for quite awhile. Dunga, Frank, and Luxis all have top 10 ranks under their belt. Also, if grona and brisk had a membership, surely they would also jump into the top 10. They both boast a clan of elite players. Tags in my view are an accolade. It's a way of saying: I'm at this level, these are the people I hang with.

I joined {rp} because I am an {rp} member. I dabble in creative writing and like odd, original games that are outside the scope of the normal competitive Warlight.

I joined [WG] because I am at that certain skill level of competitive play. I'm not quite elite (apex/[WM]) but I'm hanging on their coattails and can give them a hard time. (Unless you're Timinator. Although I can give Timinator a close game sometimes).

(Translation in rank: 20-30). (In 2v2, you'll see Andersault and I take top 7 when we pull wins in the games we're currently in. We could take top 5, but it's doubtful we'll be able to stick in there with all the good teams joining. See: Gui and Dead Piggy, a team that will take all the women in your village and pillage them in both senses of the word.)

I like clans. It gives me a way to find a partner in team games really easy. I know that everyone in [WG] can hang with me and won't do bad. I also like playing with apex and [WM] whenever I can since I learn a lot. I get that privilege because I've played with them a lot in clan events and they like playing with me from time to time because of that. (Also I host a ton of live tourneys. Boredom of course.)

However, there are a lot of clans out there that.. don't host a certain level of skill or even improve. I get it, you want to be in a group of players around your skill level. However, how do you jump out of that level once you've determined yourself there? I guess I have a different mentality. I want to improve. I want to kick some ass. I don't want to apologize for it either. I do see though, that players in {warlighter} and several other clans don't improve besides a select few of their members. (See: warflowvet{warlighter}) Instead of having a group of players who improve their competitive play, it becomes a tag for a player that immediately makes me think: Okay well, don't really have to stress this game.

Quite honestly, I think you have a better shot at improving by not being in {warlighter} than you do being in it. You'll spend a lot of your time fighting in {warlighter} than you would against players of actual merit and standing.

My face is livid for angry, even for having only read his disgusting name!!!
What has Trollussa done to be considered any good???
He has just badly copied Gui's attitude toward the community, trolling some dumb people and nothing more!!!
Gluttony, have you got a hypo???

Wrath, that was a selfish and ignorant post. What a person does in the forums has very little correlation with how they play. Billy Walsh may be a trolling douchebag, but it would be stupid to say that he is a bad player. Trollusa is similar. It doesn't matter that he trolls the forums, he has definite 1v1 skill. I found Gluttony's post to be very insightful and true.

On a separate note, I have noticed that WM has made a huge comeback, certainly the biggest clan comeback in WarLight history. I remember on the forums in July and August, I think it was Arun who posted a list of clans, including WM. A credible player (can't remember his name) told Arun that WM was effectively a dead clan, and questioned why it was on the list. Arun promptly agreed. Now, here we are 4 months later and not only has Wm resurfaced, but it has become arguably the most skilled overall clan on WarLight, with better players now than ever.

My face is like thunder for having read such a foolish statement!!!
Is this what you consider a definite 1v1 skill ???
http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=3590743

ARC, I swear. I am laughing at your post right now. You're arguing with 1 person who is trolling.

Also, really. You're serious?

What credible player? And are you seriously taking Arun's side, as if he could produce a logical post.


I remember what happened. [WM] had people joining who weren't part of the clan. All Red did was say: Hey, we have standards. What are all these people doing with this tag? I didn't approve them.

So creating standards and kicking out the majority of players (WHO WEREN'T PART OF THE CLAN) is DEAD?

The credible person who told you that [WM] was dead, was a player kicked out, BECAUSE HE WASN'T ACTUALLY PART OF IT. How can he produce an opinion of a clan that he was never part of? They never went below surface, so your post makes NO logical sense.

The dissenting opinion was: You can't have standards and have an active clan.

The dissenting opinion was not only illogical, but proven completely wrong.

Okay, thx lolowut. You've reminded me to stay off the ladder forum. Just calm down in the future.

I want to share their stories of their prejudices against clans blowing up in their face. Szewen is actually horrible at this game. And other WM players' rankings are undeserved.

Szewen is SevenDeadlySins. It's so obvious: Szewen is Polish-ElmerFudd pronunciation for Seven.

Lust, you played very well in your game against Trollussa, even after your bad picks. Did you not know it is impossible to get both your 1st and 6th picks?

Yeah, there were a lot of people saying that [WM] was dead... that [WM]'s name was blackened and many other prediction about its end.

I can only be extreamly proud of every single member for making [WM] what is nowdays.

REGL is changing as well. Expect us.

I realize people who hang around jsa, like lolowut, quite like to boast and get all serious when it comes to clan-talk. :P