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Now in league table form!



01: 1st January -- 7th January
02: 8th January -- 14th January
03: 15th January -- 21st January
04: 22nd January -- 28th January
05: 29th January -- 4th February
06: 5th February -- 11th February
07: 12th February -- 18th February
08: 19th February -- 25th February
09: 26th February -- 4th March
10: 5th March -- 11th March
11: 12th March -- 18th March
12: 19th March -- 25th March
13: 26th March -- April 1st
14: 2nd April -- 8th April
15: 9th April -- 15th April
16: 16th April -- 22nd April
17: 23rd April -- 29th April
18: 30th April -- 6th May
19: 7th May -- 13th May
20: 14th May -- 20th May
21: 21st May -- 27th May
22: 28th May -- 3rd June
23: 4th June -- 10th June
24: 11th June -- 17th June
25: 18th June -- 24th June
26: 25th June -- 1st July
27: 2nd July -- 8th July
28: 9th July -- 15th July
29: 16th July -- 22nd July
30: 23rd July -- 29th July
31: 30th July -- 5th August
32: 6th August -- 12th August
33: 13th August -- 19th August
34: 20th August -- 26th August
35: 27th August -- 2nd September
36: 3rd September -- 9th September
37: 10th September -- 16th September
38: 17th September -- 23rd September
39: 23rd September -- 30th September
40: 1st October -- 7th October
41: 8th October -- 14th October
42: 15th October -- 21st October
43: 22nd October -- 28th October
44: 29th October -- 4th November
45: 5th November -- 11th November
46: 12th November -- 18th November
47: 19th November -- 25th November
48: 26th November -- 2nd December
49:3rd December -- 9th December
50: 10th December -- 16th December
51: 17th December -- 23rd December
52: 24th December -- 30th December

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Very nice!

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

WEEK 9 RECAP:

This time last year, SITE KING showed a very different set of standings. Early year blitzes from Pickhut and Jerec in particular had them both grasp high positions (Pickhut would remain in the top two for the majority of the year before slipping out near the end; Jerec was sabotaged with a RotW judge spot that destroyed his output for the rest of the 2017 season). The rest of the chasing pack was comprised of EmP, Overdrive, Jason, Nightfire and Joe. At this point of last season, Masters had yet to review a game in several years, leaving Nightfire as Canada’s only hope.

He’s certainly found his feet again. After a slow January, Masters dominated the February submission queue, often offering multiple reviews for weeks and competing hard for top honours. He’s currently held off the top of the league by a stubborn Joe, who boasts the highest number of RotW placements so far, but has recently found himself on the injured list. Could this be a secret boon while he quietly games away, building up a reserve of things to write about?

Defending champion EmP rides high in the table, but his position is not without some early controversy due to notorious EmP-snubber OD. Forcing a review carry over has had serious impact on two weeks’ worth of standings including, in a bitter twist of irony, potentially knocking his own reviews out of a possible top three finish in the most recent week. These lack of points will especially hurt the veteran campaigner, who is off to an uncharacteristically slow start to the new season. Likewise for fellow vets Pickhut and Jason who would expect their early-season standings to be better.

Many assume this is an early blip that will soon be righted, but the shock re-emergence of several old faces such as Fiddlesticks, DE, Will and ex-judge Jerec may force them into a tougher season than they might have expected. Already, new opponents like Freeman have staked their place in the league; maybe a surprise rookie victory is on the cards? Or, as the never-ending Masters comeback tour has proven, there’s always room for retirements to be broken and old strangleholds re-established.

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I've been wrestling with a Mass Effect Andromeda review for a while now. My last great idea was parodying that "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE" youtube video, but I don't think I can make that work.

I'm still playing Breath of the Wild and Ys VIII, but not ready to review either one.

I can avoid death by not having a life.

Little over the halfway mark -- Marc's been sitting top pretty much the entire time, taking over from an early Joe lead.

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Whoa, not anymore -- looks like Joe's set to run away with this thing.

I don't have to prove I'm refined - that's what makes me refined!

Feels good to be *on* there, at least. And I read somewhere that some who are last shall be first.

"Deep in the earth I faced a fight that I could never win. The blameless and the base destroyed, and all that might have been. -- GK"

The endgame is in sight. Surely a two-man race between Misters Masters and Joe. And with one of them falling off the pace and the other in the part of the year they usually thrive, the hastily-edited MSPaint crown could go anywhere...

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Well, it's nearly a wrap for me. I just wanted to get my last two 'commissioned' projects done (they are now), and then the three letters I have left for the Alphamarathon out of the way -- those three are the only remaining reviews I feel obligated to do. I'm in active recovery before outright vacation.

I don't have to prove I'm refined - that's what makes me refined!

I peaked too early. Won RotW in the first week of the year, nothing submitted since.

I can avoid death by not having a life.

Wherein Jerec subtly gloats about his 100% win record.

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Joe takes the lead into the home straight. Will Masters shake off his winter slumber in time to challenge? Or will people continue to forget his reviews until it's too late? Time will tell!

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Guess it's time to retire the crown. For now. Welcome back, classic slime avatar

Congrats to Marc, who wins this thing by an entire point. The key to his victory? Write more reviews in a year than you have in the last seven. Now you know.

Jason's already inquired if I'll roll this over. It feels like one of those lots of work for nothing things, but if the interest is there, I'll keep up the grind. I'll open the topic up for thoughts from the peanut gallery now.

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Yay for me! This is definitely a crown I won't be defending.

Anyway, actual numbers and competition aside, managing to churn out both quality and quantity is a thing a bunch of folks here have achieved this year.

I don't have to prove I'm refined - that's what makes me refined!

I guess there's not really an easy way to automate this, is there? Even if you have an Excel table with formulas, you still need to check the RotW topics and update the post.

Unless Jason can somehow code this whole thing into the site somehow - the person doing RotW could put a thing on the review to say it was 1st, 2nd, 3rd in a given week (hey, maybe a neat little status thing), then it sends the data to a table.

Also, I managed the middle spot on this table despite only writing one review the entire year. Nice.

I can avoid death by not having a life.

Whoa! Marc got more first-place finishes than I got placements this year. And I finished sixth overall. That's a really good year!

I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

As for doing this thing again, regardless of how much work it is, since I have two wins in barely over one month, I DEMAND you do it!!!

And now, I won't win again this year and will only likely pen about 8 more reviews, making my demand age horribly as the year progresses.

I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

I think Emp has 9 points or something already, and you're saying you have at least 6 with your two wins. Pretty good starts. I'm off to the races with a grand total of... zero thus far.

I don't have to prove I'm refined - that's what makes me refined!