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benga wrote:top finished 5th in PL not sure why you think it's harder to be 2nd in 2nd div then 5th in PL, didn't they face top clans there?
iAmCaffeine wrote:benga wrote:top finished 5th in PL not sure why you think it's harder to be 2nd in 2nd div then 5th in PL, didn't they face top clans there?
I mean if you want to use one piece of evidence and ignore all the others to make your argument then okay.
iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:TOP is not the clan they where a year ago. They have added a number of players from Tank Squad and PACK (lower ranked clans) and have lost a number of their original members. Looking at recent results they finished 5th in CL(1 point above 8th) and only beat DBD by 5 points in round 2 of CC9.
That group from from Tank Squad would've been accepted into just about any clan.
Caymanmew wrote:I see things as TOFU number 1, LHDD, S&M, and FALL number 2-4. After that is think there is a bit of a drop off to FOED in 5th followed by the next group of A^, TOP, OSA, and ATL fighting for 6th to 9th. Not sure there is a clear number 10 between LOW and AFOS and not sure if those 2 are on the level of 6th through 9th or a level slightly below.
benga wrote:top finished 5th in PL not sure why you think it's harder to be 2nd in 2nd div then 5th in PL, didn't they face top clans there?
benga wrote:iAmCaffeine wrote:benga wrote:top finished 5th in PL not sure why you think it's harder to be 2nd in 2nd div then 5th in PL, didn't they face top clans there?
I mean if you want to use one piece of evidence and ignore all the others to make your argument then okay.
if we are talking about recent form not sure how can anyone put lhdd above top
do you really think rgv is that much better than dbd?
CC Q4 will show each of the clans form and strength, can we agree on that?
are you willing to put top above foed if they win?
benga wrote:no I am saying dbd is way above rgv
they have a lot of tnc players in them so in short
we'll see how CC Q4 ends to have a better picture
Caymanmew wrote:iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:TOP is not the clan they where a year ago. They have added a number of players from Tank Squad and PACK (lower ranked clans) and have lost a number of their original members. Looking at recent results they finished 5th in CL(1 point above 8th) and only beat DBD by 5 points in round 2 of CC9.
That group from from Tank Squad would've been accepted into just about any clan.
That may be true but we are talkign about what was/should of been a top 3 clan.(they where ranked 2nd)
Honestly though, when it comes to TOP they have lost a lot of what made them rank 1.
I looked through there wars and when comparing everyone who played a game in the TOP vs DBD war recently to the TOP vs OSA war of CC8, TOP lost 7 people. if we go back to their last win vs a top ranked clan we are going to their win in 2016 vs OSA. they lost 14 from that roster to now. And only 3 players who have left since CC8 war with OSA played in the 2016 OSA war.
Add to that Macken has not played since early march and is off the scoreboard and old TOP has lost a lot of player. TS and PACK players although good are not going to replace the group that was lost and maintain top level rankings.
CWC i think will prove to be a great test on a number of close clans. ATL, FOED, A^, LOW, AFOS, and OSA are all involved, the only one really missing form here is TOP to get a good look at clans ranked 5th through 11th.
iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:TOP is not the clan they where a year ago. They have added a number of players from Tank Squad and PACK (lower ranked clans) and have lost a number of their original members. Looking at recent results they finished 5th in CL(1 point above 8th) and only beat DBD by 5 points in round 2 of CC9.
That group from from Tank Squad would've been accepted into just about any clan.
That may be true but we are talkign about what was/should of been a top 3 clan.(they where ranked 2nd)
Honestly though, when it comes to TOP they have lost a lot of what made them rank 1.
I looked through there wars and when comparing everyone who played a game in the TOP vs DBD war recently to the TOP vs OSA war of CC8, TOP lost 7 people. if we go back to their last win vs a top ranked clan we are going to their win in 2016 vs OSA. they lost 14 from that roster to now. And only 3 players who have left since CC8 war with OSA played in the 2016 OSA war.
Add to that Macken has not played since early march and is off the scoreboard and old TOP has lost a lot of player. TS and PACK players although good are not going to replace the group that was lost and maintain top level rankings.
Stop talking to me like I'm disagreeing with you about TOP. I quoted just the points you made that I wanted to highlight. They have way more of their best players than just macken who are also inactive. There's Lex Usi, naruto isn't playing clan games, FF123, zips5000. But again, I didn't disagree about TOP. In fact you copied half your arguments from me lol.
CWC i think will prove to be a great test on a number of close clans. ATL, FOED, A^, LOW, AFOS, and OSA are all involved, the only one really missing form here is TOP to get a good look at clans ranked 5th through 11th.
If you group LOW, ATL and AFOS in the same tier as A^ and FOED then you don't know what you're talking about.
benga wrote:I understand that all have bias of how they see the ranking, but it's still a bias
CC is the best showing in my mind how is everybody performing
we'll see
Caymanmew wrote:You do realize you defended the TS players when i sited them as well as PACK guys joining TOP as a sign that TOP was not as good. Perhaps that was not your intent and i can clearly see your not of the mindset TOP is among the top 4-5 clans but given the odd response IMO and Benga still arguing TOP>LHDD i felt it was a fine place to expand on what i see from TOP's player roster.
As i said earlier i put LOW and AFOS into the 10th and 11th spots right now. CWC is a good test though as all but 1 clan ranked 5th through 11th is involved. ATL i for sure put right around A^ and FOED. i see no reason not to do that. if we are behind it is not by much.
Donelladan wrote:benga wrote:I understand that all have bias of how they see the ranking, but it's still a bias
CC is the best showing in my mind how is everybody performing
we'll see
I completely agree with that.
We are just giving our thoughts here, the truth will be known through the CC9
@Cayamanew, ATL is getting up again at the moment, but you've been far from top 10 for a while ( you were around the 14-16 rank for couple of months).
FOED has been performing really well all the time ( I can't remember seeing them out of top 10) and won the 1st div of the previous edition, finishing 3rd of this one.
I do think you are a bit far from FOED.
Nevertheless I agree with you that CWC would be interesting with those clans in it, and that ATL could surprise us seeing your most recent performances.
iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:You do realize you defended the TS players when i sited them as well as PACK guys joining TOP as a sign that TOP was not as good. Perhaps that was not your intent and i can clearly see your not of the mindset TOP is among the top 4-5 clans but given the odd response IMO and Benga still arguing TOP>LHDD i felt it was a fine place to expand on what i see from TOP's player roster.
Yes, I realise what I said, thanks for checking lol. You used the fact that Tank Squad were low ranked as reasoning for TOP not being as good, but considering the players they took on from that clan, I would disagree.
Caymanmew wrote:well given the players TOP has been losing i think it is fair to say the TS replacements are not up to that level. TOP is still a top 10 clan no doubt and the TS guys fit well into that but i don't believe they are able to fully replace the losses TOP has been suffering player wise. (and ya i used TS rank of 18th as part of the argument, and that might of been unfair)
iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:well given the players TOP has been losing i think it is fair to say the TS replacements are not up to that level. TOP is still a top 10 clan no doubt and the TS guys fit well into that but i don't believe they are able to fully replace the losses TOP has been suffering player wise. (and ya i used TS rank of 18th as part of the argument, and that might of been unfair)
TOP never deserved their rank in the first place so it's kind of a moot point. They lost very good individual players, and gained a good team of players with Tank Squad.
Also, you very recently lost to FOED.
Caymanmew wrote:iAmCaffeine wrote:Caymanmew wrote:well given the players TOP has been losing i think it is fair to say the TS replacements are not up to that level. TOP is still a top 10 clan no doubt and the TS guys fit well into that but i don't believe they are able to fully replace the losses TOP has been suffering player wise. (and ya i used TS rank of 18th as part of the argument, and that might of been unfair)
TOP never deserved their rank in the first place so it's kind of a moot point. They lost very good individual players, and gained a good team of players with Tank Squad.
Also, you very recently lost to FOED.
Yes we did, it was a "fun" war with preset maps, far form your normal war. Additionally we had 2 other active wars going at the same time(with basically 14 active members) and it was the first war i ran.
I feel we would do much better vs them now, although that is of course speculation.
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