2017 Year End Wrap-Up

Fluffiness · January 25, 2018, 12:53am

That string of Fluff is so satisfying

mysticjuicer · January 25, 2018, 1:42am

Probably late 2016.

FaceOnMars · January 25, 2018, 1:58am

I second @Niijima-san’s nomination of @mysticjuicer for PoTY. Not only has he earned his place in the pantheon of the greats but, win or lose, has consistently been Yomi’s best Ambassador.

Niijima-san · January 25, 2018, 2:14am

It was round 7 so if it was 2016 that’s some crazy timeline.

mysticjuicer · January 25, 2018, 2:49am

My bad! I somehow missed Round 7 off the list!

Apparently you actually won NFTT6, and Caralad won NFTT7. Updated the list!

ClanNatioy · January 29, 2018, 5:32pm

Niijima-san:

Because he embodies the ideal that “hard work” can make you a better player.

If you look at the newly crafted ELO chart by @vengefulpickle there is a quite clear trend; all players immediately race to their skill tier and then spend the rest of their days bouncing around. Much of the skill in this game would appear to be innate. The only person who defies that thus far is Mystic Juicer.

I recall when I re-engaged with this game a few years ago I saw the presence of a name I’d not seen before, and what a presence it was. He was dedicated to Yomi, that much was certain. He had written a Rook guide, he was curating spreadsheets of player records, he was organizing tournaments. Unfortunately, he wasn’t very good. His analyses carried a lot of mistakes and he just didn’t win very often. So I assumed he’d found his skill tier just like everyone else had and that’s where he’d stay,

Except he didn’t. Time passed and he kept playing. He kept analyzing. He worked with new characters and found what clicked. His analyses were better, faster, more insightful. It didn’t happen overnight, or even within a year or two. But you can see that ELO line and it’s clear as day. He is now without a doubt a great player, and he proved that you can improve at this game with effort, as nobody else had really shown. And i have no doubt he can still improve even more, and I would be very surprised if he didn’t.

Juice, you are (and should be) an inspiration. If I was the one handing out trophies you’d get one my man.

I’ve thought about this a little bit and I think one way to get good at the game is play for years as a low tier character and then switch to mono top tier. It works wonders to learn the game with weaker characters and then play characters where their combat wins come easier and deal more damage. I had a similar experiences playing mono Midori in v1 and then starting to mix in other characters and doing well. At least I did well until I stopped playing regularly. So there’s also something to be said for putting in the work.

Edit: Although I did switch back to playing low tiers on top of not playing as much. So I’m just starting the process over.