Quote Originally Posted by Elurin View Post
Yea, you're right in that a win is never meaningless. It's a good achievement to win #1 and those kd's deserve an applaud for a job well done. What I disagreed with is the point about #1 in nw being the only win that matters. C.f. my earlier post, if it is someone's goal to win a war at +15% range or whatever Persain used as an example, that's their win. This is the same for every sport and every other competition, there are awards for many different things. Someone just won the world medal in a competition to hit a golfball the longest. The guy barely played golf and had no interest of winning a golf game from what I gathered, he just wanted to be best in the world at hitting that ball as far as possible. Let him :)
So if the Dallas Mavericks go 0-82, but have the most rebounds in the league, they should be happy with themselves? No. That means they're bad and missed the whole point of the league, which is to win the championship, which you don't earn by getting the most rebounds.

If you could win 0 wars and still crown, then I would be happy to agree with you that warring is warring, and whoring is whoring. But it's not. The top's wars are not only just as legitimate but they're also way more IMPORTANT. If Polar Bears beat Slaves, well that's all fine and dandy. Polar Bears get to tell Slaves that they suck until they war again. If Sanctuary loses to Beastblood, it's game over for Sanctuary. Sorry for devoting weeks of your time into achieving your goal, because it's all over now (obviously there are exceptions, but it's usually true).

The kd that hits #1, more often than not, is the kd that balances all the aspects of the game and does them the best. They usually go undefeated in wars (against quality opponents). They managed their whoring effectively. They managed their diplo and avoided troubles at the right time. They kept their roster full, ect.

So that guy can hit a golfball really far? Great. Don't say he's a good golfer. Don't even say he's a golfer. Golfing is about more than driving. It's about driving, and reading puts, and judging wind, and getting out of bunkers, and making good shots. If an actually golfer wants to spend 100% of him time just focusing on driving and ignoring all the other skills, then he's a crappy golfer and he's never going to win a game.


@Spah - The combined charts were hosted by an old site called Alliance Rankings. As the site no longer exists, the chart no longer exists.