was thinking about this the other day. this ranking includes both teams and singles skill/performance as well as expected OOS performance. it also takes history and my assessment of pure, unadulterated skill.
0. mango
1. s2j
2. lucky
3. fly
4. macd
5. fiction
6. westballz
7. eddy mexico
gap
explanation:
s2j is the best teams player in socal and it's not close. macd is the 2nd best and that earns him placements over fiction and wes.
fly is the best in singles but is pure AIDS in doubles; 3rd is being kind.
wouldnt be surprised to see fiction 1st next time around
8. connor
9. alex19
10. lovage
11. dehf
12. ken
gap
connor is by far the best teams player in this group. he also has the most history/sample size. he had a couple of huge performances and a couple of LOL performances.
based on pure skill i'd rank alex19 7th without batting an eye. he just never shows up for doubles and doesnt have enough of a sample size of dominant results to overcome that
i dunno oscar and larry's placements super well. this is just based on history and knowing their skill. to me, once you've proven it within ~a 2 year window that you're a beast, you still get 80% credit for being a beast. i dont penalize you much. all you have to do is show up once in a blue moon and i'll rank you.
i have philosophical differences with the whole "zomg but u only showed up to 1 tourny in six months or a year" thing. who cares, skill remains mostly stable. if i personally ask u to play and can get you to agree, as far as im concerned you're active and im ranking you as long as you dont totally **** the bed.
ken is obv mad good and has elite potential, something i dont see in anyone who is ranked behind him (sung excepted).
gap
13. okami
14. sung
15. hugS
16. bimbo
17. kira
18. tafo
19. stab
20. rofl
okami's pretty good but i don't see him improving much; he's too stubborn. sung is a beast and based on pure unadulterated skill has top 5 potential. unfortunately he's also put up some AIDS teams performances that are seriously holding him back.
bimbo is the player i am least confident of in my subjective ranking, but he's prob earned it.
hugs isnt that good but he's not that bad either. solid place holder
kira is a beast, as he's recently proved, and has gobs of history on his side. tafo just isnt that good to me and i dont want to reward him just for being really active.
stab has history + a consistent play style that rarely gets scrubbed out on. he's also mad good in teams. ditto rofl.
honorable mention:
1. a rookie
2. cool kid
a rookie is stepping it up but it's hard to rank him . socal is just too stacked. and he's not much in teams.
i know little about cool kid but the little i know is very impressive. if he was more active he could get ranked. we really need to see sample size on him.
fwiw anyone 16th thru honorable mention are potentially interchangeable imo. id be super down with just ranking 15, have 5 honorable mention, and go with that. hugs as the guardian to get yourself ranked makes too much sense.
imo no one else is worthy of mention. if u cant beat me consistently u shouldnt be ranked, socal is too good.
