I recall you beating guard once, and coming this close to beating him again. I recall mar1 losing to guard in every past tourney recently. Mar1 has not showed up to multiple tourneys in montreal either, making his placing shaky at best.Being recognized as a good player is the only thing that drives me, and defeating all of my opponents. The current PR is quite controversial, I don't even think I should be 5th right now, 6th at best. Mar1 should clearly be above me, it's just swordgard decided to restart it anew (not that it is a bad option, just that for now, the PR is not accurate). After 2-3 more tourneys, PR will be more accurate.
You deserve the spot, he doesn't.
PS: Recognition from who? I don't get this part.
edit: One day you guys will have to realize that I am not the sole detentor of the power on this PR -.-