Milestones and Awards in 1v1

[FrankJones]

Jay, as in Jaymc1130? If I am remembering the name correctly.

Yes, he is no doubt one of if not THE best player in the world in the early days. One of my best friends in the community. Go read ALL his article on Board Game Geek, they will level you up and save you 2000+ hours of game play. Till this day I don't know why, but somehow my playing style counters his really well among the top players, maybe because I study his game alot and read all his high level concepts. Highlander also helped me a lot and made far better Phobolog player, it's actually one of my favorite corps because how much more efficient I play the corp more than others.

I remember his steam posts and his BGG posts. I used to post prolifically on both forums. Jay and I played a lot of games. Yes, he was a good player, but was he really one of the best if not the best? He was generally in the top 20, but not in the top 5. The player "Meathook" was almost always in the top spot in the early days (and probably would have stayed there if he had continued to play). Another player "Ed is a thief" was right there with Meathook much of the time. I learned a lot from "Ed is a Thief". I know he and Jay played a lot. I think "Ed is a thief" had the edge against him and had a higher rating. But, all this was many years ago.

I mean no slight to Jay here. He won against me more than he lost. It seems Jay does not play here on BGA for some reason.

[RoyalRook]

He and many others waiting for 2p arena. I remember he was ranked 1 for a while after MeatHook retired, I also don't remember the time line, and I took periodic breaks after MeatHook, it was so long ago, either way he had the goods at the very top level. If you are not doing 3p arena, why not climb the all time ladder? It's so weak, if you come from the steam community, it's easy 700. Let me see how good you are. Send me a 2p turn based challenge I will play one or a 5 games series.

[FrankJones]

He and many others waiting for 2p arena. I remember he was ranked 1 for a while after MeatHook retired, I also don't remember the time line, and I took periodic breaks after MeatHook, it was so long ago, either way he had the goods at the very top level. If you are not doing 3p arena, why not climb the all time ladder? It's so weak, if you come from the steam community, it's easy 700. Let me see how good you are. Send me a 2p turn based challenge I will play one or a 5 games series.

Ehhhhh.

I know I'm not a 700-level player.

500 is probably where I will max out (I'm pretty much exactly there right now). I know there are some nuances and subtle strategic maneuvers I am lacking, and until I find and fix those issues, I will not be able to become master level. The same thing happened to me on steam back in the day. I managed to make the "first page" of the rankings few times, but could never get much above 1900 or keep it there.