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Jul 20th 2011, 20:15:16

"At one time politics made the alliance, and at least when TOB and I was doing the politic thing very few things were done transparently like these days. Dirty deeds done dirt cheap..."

talking to some folk I don't think that things are done transparently even now. Mind you I don't really pay that close attention anymore. Certainly when I was still involved with SoF we were anything but transparent. I would say there was just as much cloak and dagger as with a netting tag only the end results tended to result in much more AT dynamics..:P
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Jul 20th 2011, 21:18:07

Dman of LCN belongs.

I would say Jofel belongs. He's had a number of top 10's in different era's.


But the one person that hasn't been mentioned, that may not be playing at the moment but had multiple top 5's just a year ago, and top 10's during the 90's

Son Goku
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Jul 20th 2011, 21:33:38

Deak... man he was good. It was always fun to talk about strats with him. Or his company... both were good topics and he approached them both with a winner attitude.
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Jofel Game profile

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Jul 20th 2011, 21:39:33

And Servant... dude, the only top 10 I belong in is in the top 10 for laziest players... or the one that has played the most hours while being stoned... I'm pretty sure I would be in the top 3 on that list.

But besides that... nah, I am no top netgainer. I just play my game, nothing more.

And good suggestion about Son Goku... he was quite the netgainer as well.
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SolidSnake Game profile

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Jul 20th 2011, 21:56:02

Oh, one more that hasnt been mentioned samxz is better than almost all, if not all, the people mentioned from the present era.

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Jul 20th 2011, 21:57:22

yeah wanted to suggest samxz too

hanlong Game profile

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Jul 20th 2011, 23:25:37

yah both samxz and son goku are amazing also.

btw one thing people forget about the historical era was that food usually went from $2 to $8 and ppl stocked over 2B of it but you can never have more than 2B at home at the same time.

u really needed to juggle your food correctly in order to place t10. one slip up or missed login and you are screwed. there was no market tools like we have today so market predictions were very instinctual (and sometimes very wrong).

we did take a lot of luck out of the equation now for netgaining, as long as you put in the time and know the proper techniques (and there are quite a bit) you can place well.

the luck factor is more or less reduced
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Dragonlance Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 4:34:49

when we were leading alliances a couple of years ago things were not transperant killerfluff:p

who knows what the kids are up to nowadays:p

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Jul 21st 2011, 4:39:58

Originally posted by H4xOr WaNgEr:
hmm... Rouch (sp?) from Avengers was up there.

My vote goes to nof and cm though.


Ruach. And he was the best in my book still.

I think a lot of what set things apart was creativity and adaptability - that's what made things interesting for the most part. After the standards are set it's just a matter of luck and time.

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Chadius Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 4:41:29

Guaranteed that if some of the old bad asses came back....for a practice set and then a real one, they would smash us. Ronnie got bored, otherwise I think he was the most gifted at this game.
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trep Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 4:44:55

Originally posted by Chadius:
Guaranteed that if some of the old bad asses came back....for a practice set and then a real one, they would smash us. Ronnie got bored, otherwise I think he was the most gifted at this game.


Ronnie also cheated from most accounts. Though that's not saying he wasn't a bad player without it. Some others mentioned, i.e. Eduard (just bringing it up as he was mentioned here), were cheaters and would have been a bad player without it though.

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Jul 21st 2011, 6:06:13

Ronnie wouldnt have to fear the same as other netters from rd multies and I find it hard to believe he didnt take advantage of that personally.

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Jul 21st 2011, 6:38:41

if he had to cheat, he clearly felt that personally he was not the best, thus why he felt the need to cheat ;-)

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Jul 21st 2011, 10:48:47

7th Heaven is still one of the best I've ever seen. He plays a solid game, treats all players with respect, and that is part of the secret to his success. When he would landgrab someone, he would always send a message to them. This is a smart thing to do. It prevents suiciders from coming at you when the end of the reset approaches.

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Jul 21st 2011, 11:58:05

Originally posted by Cerberus:
7th Heaven is still one of the best I've ever seen. He plays a solid game, treats all players with respect, and that is part of the secret to his success. When he would landgrab someone, he would always send a message to them. This is a smart thing to do. It prevents suiciders from coming at you when the end of the reset approaches.

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Like rd used to do with their "retal and i'll kill you" messages right ;)

torment Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 12:10:29

another vote for nof, aqua & cm.

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Jul 21st 2011, 12:24:53

Servant - you need to include Bleach in there as well. Any time I netted in LCN (rarely) Clorox Stain Remover was generally always top 10. I still remember the grabbing TMBR he played one reset - damn that was a nice country... in tough netting conditions (at the time)

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Jul 21st 2011, 15:24:10

No, SS, he would send a polite message, that they were welcome to attempt to retal the hit, as much as they were welcome to landgrab from him if they were able to. He was a civilized player and that made him one of the best in the game.

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Marco Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 15:32:47

Marco is # 1 next set

braden Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 15:46:52

"or the one that has played the most hours while being stoned... I'm pretty sure I would be in the top 3 on that list."

Jofel, lets get a hundred a twenty post discussion going over who has been the highest the most over the last decade. I'm thinking i could give you a run for you money at top three :P

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Jul 21st 2011, 16:08:07

lol @ Jofel... If we graded on a curve (taking your stonedness and associated reluctance to spend all your time on the computer into consideration), I'm pretty sure you'd top the list!!! *huggles*
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Jul 21st 2011, 16:33:23

Originally posted by braden:
"or the one that has played the most hours while being stoned... I'm pretty sure I would be in the top 3 on that list."

Jofel, lets get a hundred a twenty post discussion going over who has been the highest the most over the last decade. I'm thinking i could give you a run for you money at top three :P



I could get in on that one. I was stoned pretty much everytime I played Earth, lol

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Jofel Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 19:16:51

I always play stoned for more than 11 years now... and usually I play better when stoned as I play by heart when stoned. If I'm sober I think too much... and that is where things go wrong. ;-)

Braden, and that is why you need to come back... so we can have a Monsters contest who can smoke the most in 24h... ;-)
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Jul 21st 2011, 19:25:50

Ick... evil stuff. All it ever did for me was make me want to throw up. Oh, and burp. :p
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archaic Game profile

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Jul 21st 2011, 19:59:51

Well, I never paid any attention to netgaining in the old days - I netted enough to build up some stock for warring and that was it.

The guys that got me interested in netting were when some of the SKA guys were slumming in other tags that I played in. Guys like TMac, Raheel, En4Cer, Dangerous Dan, etc. Most of them were strat specialist (who was a better farmer than DD?) and under the right market conditions they were all top 10 guys.

I also remember TMac running untagged a few times in the year or so pre-Jolt and scoring top 10s. Even in a watered down field (2007-ish) , an untagged T10 was pretty impressive.

One thing I think is different now is that the EE crew has really tweaked the game to allow different strats a viable chance nearly every set. 'Techer' or 'Casher' sets are much less pronounced now than in the old days.
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Chadius Game profile

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Jul 22nd 2011, 5:40:34

yay Tmac! I wish he would come back.
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Servant Game profile

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Jul 22nd 2011, 15:40:01

I remmeber bleach, and yes he had a few countries,

but I also know that sometime after I left, there was the questions to his legetimacy in netgaining.

Which surpised me, based on convo's we'd had, I never would have thought that of him,

I never found out what happened, but I did my best to only include those that I knew were 100% legit clean

Jofel-multiple clean top 10's in multiple era's
Dman- the most underrated top netter ever. The tech bug reset he was going to blow everyone out of the water in record fashion for that time, when for some reason, he chose to play with the tech bug one turn, grrrrr

Son Goku- multiple top 10's in multiple ear's almost a guarnateed top 5 in this era everytime he can net. only bad timing in destocking has stopped him from multipled wins in the EE era.
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highrock Game profile

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Jul 22nd 2011, 16:26:43

timing in destocking is pretty much the most essential part of netting...everything else is just farm farm farm
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Jul 22nd 2011, 21:43:23

Haha... I would be suprised if any earther ever, smokes like I smoke. Only earther that ever seemed close was cc. Rip bro. Any other humboldt earthers?
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Corfu Game profile

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Jul 24th 2011, 20:36:38

Diez, Slagpit, Osso, Lenshark, afaik, florian, BobbyATA and qz-jul (and many others!) are always in contention for a top 10 in EVO.

LT, SS, samxz, trep, highrock, alicia all are great players too.

diez Game profile

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Jul 25th 2011, 9:29:01

diez doesn't even play nowadays, rule me out :p

ah, and bakku is the best netgainer nowadays :)

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Jul 25th 2011, 9:30:41

Originally posted by MR BUTTMAN:
my butt can net better than your butt


and, fluff this butt guy :p

londwell

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Jul 25th 2011, 11:33:48

Servant - where is Son Goku playing these days?

He recruited me to LCN, i had a different nick then

Gabalin Game profile

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Jul 25th 2011, 13:25:00

poop

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Jul 25th 2011, 13:30:04

Son Goku was playing in LaF for a while, but then he got a new job that occupied all his time and he hasn't really been playing since.

hopefully he'll be back when things calm down a bit :)
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torment Game profile

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Jul 25th 2011, 13:32:11

Originally posted by diez:
diez doesn't even play nowadays, rule me out :p

ah, and bakku is the best netgainer nowadays :)


Consider yourself ruled out altogether. Big nubs like yous no is can be goods anythings!

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Jul 25th 2011, 16:58:52

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braden Game profile

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Jul 25th 2011, 17:10:13

you are from humbolt kansas, maz? so was walter johnson, is he a town hero to this day, or do you not know who i'm talking about?

Loafer Game profile

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Jul 25th 2011, 17:15:38

Hombre

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Jul 25th 2011, 17:17:06

Beer!

diez Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 3:24:22

Originally posted by torment:
Originally posted by diez:
diez doesn't even play nowadays, rule me out :p

ah, and bakku is the best netgainer nowadays :)


Consider yourself ruled out altogether. Big nubs like yous no is can be goods anythings!


tormentubs is the best nublet netgainer I know :D

Chewi Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 5:55:03

diaz is much bigger nubs than torments!

bakku Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 8:03:37

Originally posted by Chewi:
diaz is much bigger nubs than torments!


lol it's diez, he's not mexican or spanish!

of the people i know that aren't in laf i'd say diez and highrock are the current best. and afaik rapes primary every set

Dragonlance Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 8:41:19

diez is too busy blowing cash on hookers and booze ;-)

Gibber Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 10:00:57

Waser, Aniara, Samxz, Kifu....

Remeber that Waser is an MD'er :)

diez Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 12:12:30

yeah... afaik is damn good in individual servers :D

and diez > diaz!

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Jul 26th 2011, 16:02:12

Originally posted by bakku:
Originally posted by Chewi:
diaz is much bigger nubs than torments!


lol it's diez, he's not mexican or spanish!

of the people i know that aren't in laf i'd say diez and highrock are the current best. and afaik rapes primary every set


Not just primary, but he's also darn good on team, tourney, and express.

hanlong Game profile

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Jul 26th 2011, 16:24:33

yah looking at his profile afaik rocks all the servers :P
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macmd Game profile

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Jul 28th 2011, 15:14:16

Waser, Chaos & Samxz

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Jul 28th 2011, 15:43:46

MM aka Manipulated Maniac aka psycho style was by far the best I ever played with he was around back in the 98-2001 era won 2a many times and won 1a as well. A lot of the 2a guys were really good but I don't remember their names.

In the middle era TMAC was by far the best that I knew he won 1a and was always in the top 10

Current I have no idea but with only 1000 players it seems like the best bottom feeders prosper

I'm really happy someone mentioned me I'm surprised anyone even remembers me nowadays.

Edited By: Dece on Jul 28th 2011, 15:47:30
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