Long live Syphen!!!

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Time for another weekly update. Rufus continues dominating the ladder, spending another week in first. The streak has reached 57 days by now. This week was poor compared to recent weeks though, as Rufus went 9-3 and lost 38 rating in the process. FiveStarGeneral rejoined the ladder as well, reducing the gap between first and second to 87. During the week the gap peaked above 200, so it's a big swing back in that sense, even if the lead is still big. FiveStarGeneral had a 2-0 week, though the wins were against much lower rated opponents and thus didn't make a huge rating difference. FSG rejoinining meant others were pushed back, and as such Hergul ends the week in third place. A 2-0 week for them too saw wins against Syphen and Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³, both good wins that still only resulted in 20 rating gained. Surprising everyone last week's fast climber Syphen kept the momentum going, reaching 4th place on the ladder in the process while breaking the 1900 rating barrier. Very impressive stuff from the win-streaking {101st}-member.

As implied above Syphen features on the quick climbers list of the week, alongside denna. and YHjeweetwel. Syphen's 8-1 week saw wins against Rufus, Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³, Edge and myself to gain a staggering 120 rating compared to last week, ending the week at 1939 rating. The timing of Syphen's first win against Rufus couldn't be better, as it happened while already at their highest rating ever achieved, propelling them even further ahead. They're currently on a 6 game win streak. Denna. went 5-4, yet still gained 69 rating. This is possibly overlapping update times at play that mean denna. really went 5-2 in the timespan included in the rating gain, but a nice week nonetheless that see them back in the 1700's. YHjeweetwel went 5-3, including a nice win against simone. This resulted in a 68 rating gain as well as a large jump in ranks.

Player count fell slightly to 79 this week, albeit that's still much higher than before the Harmony push. 67 players ranked matches last week's number, however, so the rotation in players just resulted in an unranked player dropping out. Currently ratings are relatively compact, enabling large rank jumps with minor rating gains until you reach the very top of the ladder. This should spread out over the coming months, but currently means everyone from 5th to 61st has a player within 16 rating of themselves, akin to one game or less.

Clan-wise we're looking at a similar picture to recent weeks. Harmony dominates the standings with 28 players on the ladder. Icelandic Turtles find themselves in second, sporting 7 active members. In joint third we see {101st} and CORP with 5 members each, followed by The Last Alliance and Optimum in joint 5th with 4 each. Currently 26 clans are represented on the ladder. The top 10 seems more diverse than usual, with 2 ONE! members, 2 Masters and one each of 7th Heaven, SNinja, {101st}, Harmony, Icelandic Turtles and Optimum represented at the top.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	Rufus			2119	9/3	0
2	FiveStarGeneral		2032	2/0	NEW
3	Hergul			1989	2/0	-1
4	Syphen			1939	8/1	5
5	Timinator • apex	1886	2/0	2
6	malakkan		1882	0/3	-3
7	Texx			1865	0/0	-2
8	Edge			1863	1/1	0
9	CraZy			1859	0/0	-3
10	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1858	4/5	-6

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: SweetSasyMolasy, with 25 games (11 wins, 14 losses)
Most Wins: SweetSasyMolasy, with 11 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: denna. and YHjeweetwel, rose 11 ranks each
Biggest Rank Tumble: SweetSasyMolasy, dropped 12 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: Syphen, gained 120 points
Biggest Rating Drop: TonyG4real and malakkan, lost 50 points each
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: bleblble, 7 wins in a row

Player of the week:
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That's it for this week, if you have anything you want to include in a future update contact me.

for all the tier 6's out there!!! =)

Edited 11/11/2024 14:58:56

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Welcome back to another weekly update, in a week that saw three simultaneous players above 2000 rating for the first sunday since Buns157 and Octane left the ladder 7 weeks ago. Rufus continues his dominance, extending the streak to 64 days in first. A slower week for the highly active first place, Rufus went 8-2 for a rating gain of 8 compared to last week. The losses came at the hands of me and Hergul. Speaking of Hergul, their 2-0 week with wins against Bonsai and Rufus let them overtake second on the ladder. FiveStarGeneral went 2-2 and dropped to third, but lost 22 rating in the process due to the quality of opponents faced. The downside of reaching above 2k rating is that losing to Rufus actually has a relevant impact on your rating, which FSG got to feel this week. Syphen's dominant streak finally came to an end, seeing the rising start going 1-3, dropping to 6th and going below 1900 again. Still, minor setbacks are natural, and Syphen's recent form indicate we should likely expect to see them above 1900 again soon. A surging Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³ and newly rejoined Xenophon overtook 4th and 5th, respectively.

The quick climbers of the week were Bechaa, Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³ and Stanlyboy. In a rare occurence, two top 10 players find themselves on the quick climbers list, and for good reason. Bechaa went 5-1, only dropping a game to Rufus while beating both Syphen and malakkan to gain 79 rating, jumping straight to 9th on the ladder. Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³ had an even more dominant week, going 9-1, yet again only beaten by Rufus. The stats page says 67 rating gained, but in reality it's more like 97. Blame irregular update times on that one. Stanlyboy's 3-0 week saw a nice win against SweetSasyMolasy, resulting in 55 rating gained, while getting close to a personal peak. One more win should clinch that, so good luck in your current match ups.

Player count is slightly down to 78 at the end of the week. We've seen 7 ranked players leave the ladder and 6 players join or rejoin, resulting in a decently large rotation, though still down 1 compared to last week. Ranked player count finds itself at 66. The highest rated player who's joined but not ranked yet is dry-clean-only, clocking in at 1702 rating. They need to finish 4 more games to get ranked.

In the clans department, Harmony remains dominant, but less dominant than recent weeks. The explanation behind lies in Harmony establishing an offshoot Clan Wars clan, aptly named Harmony CW, which sees several Harmony members in it. As a result Harmony has 17 active players on the ladder, while Optimum and Harmony CW in joint second have 7 each. Icelandic Turtles, The Last Alliance and {101st} in joint fourth have 5 players each on the ladder. In the top 10 both Optimum and ONE! have 2 players represented, while all of 7th Heaven, SNinja, {101st}, Masters, CORP and Harmony CW have a player each. There's 28 clans represented on the ladder this week, up two from last week.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	Rufus			2127	8/2	0
2	Hergul			2016	2/0	1
3	FiveStarGeneral		2010	2/2	-1
4	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1955	9/1	6
5	Xenophon		1911	1/0	NEW
6	Syphen			1885	1/3	-2
7	Timinator • apex	1881	0/0	-2
8	malakkan		1878	3/2	-2
9	Bechaa			1863	5/1	9
10	Texx			1855	0/0	-3

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: SweetSasyMolasy, with 16 games (8 wins, 8 losses)
Most Wins: Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³, with 9 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: Stanlyboy, rose 10 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: Word Walker and sfj, dropped 6 ranks each
Biggest Rating Rise: Bechaa, gained 79 points
Biggest Rating Drop: sfj, lost 77 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: Samuel, 8 wins in a row

Player of the week:
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Welcome back to another weekly update. Rufus continued his streak in first place, reaching 71 days in a row. Most of the week saw a similarly dominant lead to recent weeks, but a loss Thursday to Naviiso followed by a loss today to 7ate9 meant he dropped below 2100 rating for the first time in a while. An unusually slow week with just 4 wins also meant there wasn't much to make up for the losses incurred. FiveStarGeneral in second had a fine 2-0 week with wins against me and Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³. This week saw Hergul drop out of the ladder, moving everyone below them up by 1, while Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³ dropped 3 spots due to a rough week, explaining most of the movements in the top 10. As as result, Xenophon ends the week in third, beating malakkan and Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³ for a 2-0 performance.

This week's quick climbers were philippe, 7ate9 and simone. Philippe's 8-4 week started off at a low point which meant the losses didn't hurt all that much, while the wins propelled philippe forwards by a net 123 rating at the end of the week. Very strong stuff. 7ate9's 10-2 week is nothing to scoff at either, seeing a win against Rufus as well as several lower rated opponents for a total 89 rating gained. As of writing, 7ate9 is 1 rating off entering the top 10, and 10 rating off beating his now deleted former account ChrisRomeFighter's peak all time rating. Simone went 7-3, setting a new personal best rating in the process. Their performance includes wins against both Naviiso and Forsaken, very nicely done.

Player count fluctuated a lot this week. We saw a peak 83 players on the ladder at one point with several newcomers on the ladder, but at the end of the week numbers dropped to 80, though that's still two higher than last week. Meanwhile the amount of ranked accounts actually dropped one to 65, further showcasing that the numbers were boosted by newcomers rather than returning players (I suppose it is in order to clarify that "newcomer" in this context really just means a player that hasn't been ranked in the last 5 months, as there are some veterans to the ladder among said newcomers). The current highest rated unranked player on the ladder is Forsaken, who's sitting on 1811 rating and is 5 games from getting ranked once more.

In the clans department Harmony remains on top with 18 members. Their Clan War project clan Harmony CW occupies second with 9 members currently participating. Optimum is in third, approaching former peak participation numbers by having 8 active players on the ladder, while {101st} with 6 members and The Last Alliance with 5 members round out the five biggest clans. The top 10 is as diverse as we've come to expect in recent weeks. There's 2 each of ONE!, Masters and Optimum, while {101st}, Corp, Harmony CW and Rufus' newly made solo clan Magnus have one player each. There's 27 clans represented on the ladder, down one from last week.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	Rufus			2095	4/2	0
2	FiveStarGeneral		2031	2/0	1
3	Xenophon		1942	2/0	2
4	Syphen			1899	5/3	2
5	Timinator • apex	1893	1/0	2
6	malakkan		1882	1/1	2
7	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1878	3/7	-3
8	Bechaa			1865	4/2	1
9	Texx			1859	1/1	1
10	CraZy			1824	0/2	1

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: SweetSasyMolasy, with 14 games (6 wins, 8 losses)
Most Wins: 7ate9, with 10 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: philippe, rose 11 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: YHjeweetwel, dropped 9 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: philippe, gained 123 points
Biggest Rating Drop: sfj, lost 116 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: Benjamin628, 6 wins in a row

Player of the week:
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Time for another weekly update. Rufus remains in first, extending the streak to 78 days in a row. He went 8-2 this week, dropping games only to FiveStarGeneral and Xenophon (rank 2 and 3 on the ladder). FiveStarGeneral meanwhile went 5-0, ending the week only 33 rating behind Rufus. Very much in range of potentially ending the streak in the coming weeks. Xenophon had a strong 4-1 week, and while losing to me hurt his rating, the win against Rufus made up for it. He closes in on the 2k rating barrier rapidly as a result. Tornado rejoined the ladder after an extended vacation break, settling into 4th place. Two losses were hardly the start they were hoping for though. Most active in the top 10 alongside Rufus was Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³, who went 6-4 including the rare double losses in a single week to Rufus. He's currently a couple of points from the 1900 barrier.

The quick climbers of the week were Ares, Stanlyboy and FiveStarGeneral. Ares went 4-0 including a nice win against tornado, which pushed them into the top 10, earning 60 rating in total. Stanlyboy's 4-1 saw wins against QuixoteG and Samuel, while the loss was against a higher rated player and thus less important rating-wise. FSG's already mentioned 5-0 week also included wins against Forsaken and Bechaa, further boosting the rating gains for a total of 47 rating gained.

The week ended with a player count of 78. This is a decrease compared to last week, even though by the midweek it did look like we'd be able to maintain 80. That said ratings towards the top have seen more players in the high 1800's than usual, which could indicate we're finally getting the long awaited general rating increase from the Harmony swarm. There's 65 players currently ranked, and the highest unranked player is dry-clean-only at 1747 and 15 games completed.

In the clans department we see a similar picture to recent trends. Harmony is in first with 17 members on the ladder, followed by sister clan Harmony CW with 9. Optimum in third has 8 players on the ladder, while The Last Alliance, {101st} and CORP all have 5 players each in joint 4th. In the top 10, ONE! and Optimum have 2 members each, while Magnus, Icelandic Turtles, {101st}, CORP, Masters and The Last Alliance have 1 member each. There's 27 clans represented on the ladder at the moment.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	Rufus			2111	8/2	0
2	FiveStarGeneral		2078	5/0	0
3	Xenophon		1982	4/1	0
4	tornado			1930	0/2	NEW
5	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1898	6/4	2
6	Syphen			1891	2/3	-2
7	Bechaa			1884	4/3	1
8	Timinator • apex	1882	0/1	-3
9	Ares			1870	4/0	2
10	malakkan		1847	0/3	-4

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: Word Walker, with 18 games (7 wins, 11 losses)
Most Wins: Rufus, with 8 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: Stanlyboy, rose 7 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: muhorka, dropped 8 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: Ares, gained 60 points
Biggest Rating Drop: nietsxela, lost 73 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: FiveStarGeneral, 8 wins in a row

Player of the week:
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Hey there, due to foreseen circumstances this week’s update will be delayed until tomorrow.

noooooooo

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Alright, time for that delayed weekly update. A word of warning, there will be some inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the update due to the delay, as the impact of last monday's games will only be partially included. Rufus maintained first all week, extending the streak to 86 days in a row. 30 days to go to tie Beep's all time record. This week he went 9-3, but had no 2k+ rated wins in there, resulting in an overall rating loss. As was highlighted to me, he's not currently got the highest elo on the ladder, as that belongs to FiveStarGeneral, but Rufus' veto adjustment makes up for it, putting Rufus 23 rating ahead. FSG beat me and malakkan this week, while losing to Xenophon, overall lowering his rating by 4. Xenophon beat both Rufus and FSG in his 7-2 week, getting very close to FSG's rating temporarily, before being set back by a couple of losses. Tornado and Timinator both had slow weeks, with tornado dropping a game to Rufus but no other games finishing between the two.

The quick climbers of the week were nietsxela, Kcebnroh and Xenophon. Nietsxela went 5-1 with the most impressive win being against Baer, resulting in 53 rating gained. Very close behind, Kcebnroh gained 52 rating with two high 1600's wins in their 3-1 week. Xenophon as mentioned before had a good week, which at the end resulted in 51 rating gained.

This week saw an unusual spike in activity, with the joined numbers gradually increasing all the way to 85 throughout the week. I don't know if I would have caught it had I done my update yesterday, but at some point during the weekend that number dropped significantly, back down to 78 where it is now. The amount of ranked players also shot up, in part because of rejoining players, but more significantly because several newer players finished their 20th games. Ranked numbers were around 76 at one point during the week, a definite high point since the relaunch, though they tapered off with the people leaving during the weekend, settling on 72. Still, that means only 6 active players on the ladder are currently unranked, the lowest that number has been in a long while.

In the clans department Harmony still comes out dominant. With 17 members they're massively the most represented clan on the ladder once again. In second comes Harmony CW, sporting 9 participants. Optimum in third has 7 while The Last Alliance and CORP in tied fourth have 5 members each. The top 10 sees 2 Masters, 2 ONE! members, 2 Optimum members, and one each from Magnus, Icelandic Turtles, Corp and The Last Alliance. There's 28 clans represented on the ladder.

Some other noteworthy mentions this week were Ursus getting ranked, going 15-4 this week and settling into the mid 1700's, though I find it unlikely that they stay there for long. Additionally, with the many newly ranked players there will be some who dropped in the rankings, not because they had a poor week but because the newly ranked players joined above them.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	Rufus			2097	9/3	0
2	FiveStarGeneral		2074	1/0	0
3	Xenophon		2032	6/2	0
4	tornado			1917	0/1	0
5	Timinator • apex	1877	0/0	3
6	Forsaken		1876	7/4	NEW
7	Bechaa			1876	4/3	0
8	malakkan		1870	2/0	2
9	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1865	5/6	-4
10	Ares			1859	0/0	-1

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: SweetSasyMolasy, with 22 games (9 wins, 13 losses)
Most Wins: Ursus, with 15 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: Kcebnroh, rose 6 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: SweetSasyMolasy, dropped 16 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: nietsxela, gained 53 points
Biggest Rating Drop: SweetSasyMolasy, lost 76 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: Aika, 6 wins in a row

Player of the week:
The Player of the Week segment is temporarily halted. Ralph typically does the interviews, but since he's had a very busy schedule recently we're falling behind on the interviews, so I'd rather suspend them until there's enough time to get them done once more.

That's it for this week, if you have anything you want to include in a future update contact me.

Edited 12/11/2024 03:28:59

ursus rejoining :o the top guys gotta watch out

CURSUS IS BACK!!!

The great and only!

Edited 12/10/2024 14:53:52

Join or else!

FiveStarGeneral is the GOAT !

(edit) funnily he's also 3 pts away from breaking his all time best

Edited 12/15/2024 14:10:27

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Another week done, another weekly update due. For once I can report that this was not a week with Rufus in first. After 89 days, FiveStarGeneral managed to break the streak, grabbing the first place spot off Rufus and hanging onto it since Thursday. Initially the top two spots swapped around between Rufus and FSG, but after a couple of rough losses Rufus ends the week 67 rating behind. FSG had a strong 8-1 performance, with the 1 loss ironically happening against Rufus. The performance left FSG 2 rating off his personal all time high, so I expect we may see an improvement on that in the near future. Rufus went 11-6 this week, which sounds alright but isn't enough when you're ahead of the competition, and as a result his rating plummeted 65 points. Xenophon's 2-2 week saw a win against Rufus, but was let down by losses to malakkan and Aika resulting in an overall rating loss. Speaking of, Aika's 9-2 week saw them ranked once more, ending the week in fourth place, definitely contending the top 3.

The quick climbers of the week were Crimson King, SweetSasyMolasy and bast. Crimson King's 8-2 included a win against Rufus and resulted in 102 rating gained. The performance resulted in a new peak rating, as well as breaking the 1900 barrier. SweetSasyMolasy kept up the usual high activity level with a 14-8 week, resulting in 84 rating gained. The strongest opponent beat among the 14 was Botanator, and the week resulted in Molasy overtaking 15 players on the ladder. Bast went 6-4, but included in those 6 was Rufus and Ursus, leaving bast 65 rating better off, along with setting a new personal best rating.

Activity rose slightly from last week, landing on 80 players currently joined. Unusually, we didn't see a decrease towards the weekend. Ranked numbers increased to 73 this week, meaning one unranked and one ranked player joined the ladder. Current highest rated unranked account on the ladder is dry-clean-only, who's one game off getting ranked and sitting on a rating of 1745.

In the clans department Harmony remains on top with 15 players on the ladder. In second we still have Harmony CW, who dropped to 7 members on the ladder. In joint third we have The Last Alliance as well as new clan ;), both of which have 6 members each. If you haven't kept up with Clan Wars related news, ;) currently sits in second in that competition and includes several strong players, including Rufus and Crimson King in the top 10 of the MTL. In the top 10 we see aforementioned 2 ;) members, 2 ONE! members, 2 MB members and 2 Optimum members. Rounding out the list we see an Icelandic Turtle and a Master. There are currently 27 clans represented on the ladder.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	FiveStarGeneral		2117	8/1	1
2	Rufus			2050	11/6	-1
3	Xenophon		2019	2/2	0
4	Aika			1977	9/2	NEW
5	tornado			1913	0/0	-1
6	Crimson King		1903	8/2	8
7	malakkan		1885	1/1	1
8	Timinator • apex	1868	0/1	-3
9	Forsaken		1868	8/6	-3
10	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1864	7/6	-1

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: SweetSasyMolasy, with 22 games (14 wins, 8 losses)
Most Wins: SweetSasyMolasy, with 14 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: SweetSasyMolasy, rose 15 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: old yeller, dropped 9 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: Crimson King, gained 102 points
Biggest Rating Drop: philippe, lost 84 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: Aika, 7 wins in a row

Player of the week:
The Player of the Week segment is temporarily halted. Ralph typically does the interviews, but since he's had a very busy schedule recently we're falling behind on the interviews, so I'd rather suspend them until there's enough time to get them done once more.

That's it for this week, if you have anything you want to include in a future update contact me.

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This week's update will be shortened due to technical issues. FiveStarGeneral spent the entire week in first place, at this point being just 1 game away from a theoretical trophy (FSG already has the trophy from years ago).

At the moment there are 78 players on the ladder, 73 of which are ranked.

Note the unusually high game count in the top 10, this week has seen a lot of activity.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	FiveStarGeneral		2105	4/2	0
2	Rufus			2085	15/4	0
3	Xenophon		2061	7/2	0
4	Aika			1965	8/6	0
5	tornado			1959	3/0	0
6	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1898	13/5	4
7	Crimson King		1883	4/5	-1
8	Ares			1875	2/1	4
9	7ate9			1869	0/2	NEW
10	Ursus			1862	18/11	6

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: Ursus, with 29 games (18 wins, 11 losses)
Most Wins: Ursus, with 18 wins
Biggest Rank Rise: bhj6, rose 13 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: SweetSasyMolasy, dropped 13 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: Stales78, gained 99 points
Biggest Rating Drop: SweetSasyMolasy, lost 91 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: Alexios, 11 wins in a row

Player of the week:
The Player of the Week segment is temporarily halted. Ralph typically does the interviews, but since he's had a very busy schedule recently we're falling behind on the interviews, so I'd rather suspend them until there's enough time to get them done once more.

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Time for another weekly update, the last one of the year. This was a week with FiveStarGeneral in first. Within the days he spent in first he became the third player theoretically eligible for the trophy this year, albeit since he already has the trophy that didn't really matter. The conditions he satisfied was staying in first place for 10 consecutive games, in the end FSG managed 13. The reason I speak in past tense is that in the latest ladder update FSG clocked two losses that combined to push him below Rufus in rating, ending the first place streak as a result. Just goes to show how a 4-2 week isn't enough when you're at the top, you need a higher winrate. Speaking of, Rufus' 9-3 week pushed him back in first by a small margin. Xenophon remains in third place after a 4-3 week that saw him lose 53 rating. He remains barely above the 2k rating mark as a result.

The quick climbers of the week were Photonic Symmetry, 7ate9 and nickpugs3. I have a feeling PS' massive 147 rating gained probably includes some games from Sunday, as his 5-2 scoreline while nice doesn't include the incredible matchups I'd think were needed for such a rating boost. Still, wins against both Ursus and Aika were nice. 7ate9 went 9-3 this week, but the last 7 of those were achieved as part of an ongoing win streak. Wins against Aika, Ursus and FiveStarGeneral all add up nicely, resulting in 72 rating gained as well as a solid position in the top 10. I belive nickpugs is another benefactor of wonky update times from the weekly recap, as I don't see how his 7-8 week otherwise results in 70 rating gained, but if you extend the week to include last Sunday you see 3 extra wins including both Ursus and Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³. Still, in fairness towards players less lucky with overlapping updates, bhj6 had a strong 8-5 week that included a win against Efra for 51 rating gained.

Activity is up quite a bit since last week, ending the week on 82 players on the ladder. Of these, 76 are currently ranked, tying the previous record since the relaunch. Poldi is currently the highest rated unranked player on the ladder, sitting at 1572 rating but only 4 games completed, so still quite a while to go before they get ranked.

In the clans department we see Harmony on top with 15 players on the ladder. In second we see Optimum's 7 members, while third goes to the Wink-emoji clan and their 6 players. The Last Alliance, CORP and Harmony CW all sit on 5 players each in joint fourth place. The top 10 sees two clans dominate, that being Optimum and Wink. Both currently have 3 players each in the top 10. ONE!, Icelandic Turtles, The Last Alliance and Myth Busters all have a member each at the top. The ladder currently sees 29 clans represented.

The Top 10:

Rank	Player			Rating	W/L	Rank Change
1	Rufus			2087	9/3	1
2	FiveStarGeneral		2081	4/2	-1
3	Xenophon		2002	4/3	0
4	tornado			1979	1/0	1
5	Aika			1957	6/4	-1
6	7ate9			1949	9/3	3
7	Crimson King		1884	3/3	0
8	Ares			1879	1/0	0
9	Ursus			1876	11/7	1
10	Jacoþ thε Restle§°ⁿ³	1864	4/5	-4

(NEW implies the player wasn't ranked a week ago, whatever the reason for that may be)

Stats of the Week:
Most Active: Efra, with 22 games (11 wins, 11 losses)
Most Wins: Ursus and Efra, with 11 wins each
Biggest Rank Rise: Photonic Symmetry, rose 14 ranks
Biggest Rank Tumble: QuixoteG, dropped 12 ranks
Biggest Rating Rise: Photonic Symmetry, gained 147 points
Biggest Rating Drop: Bechaa, lost 85 points
Longest Ongoing Winstreak: 7ate9 and Master Cowboy, 7 wins in a row each

Player of the week:
The Player of the Week segment is temporarily halted. Ralph typically does the interviews, but since he's had a very busy schedule recently we're falling behind on the interviews, so I'd rather suspend them until there's enough time to get them done once more.

That's it for this week, if you have anything you want to include in a future update contact me.

Congrats 5SG!