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I have been asked by one of my students who were the top 5 active players in redemption by category. It made me think that there is not currently a definitive way to tell. RNRS is not accurate since it is based off the region you play in, and how many tournaments you are able to attend. You could go off the previous Nats, but i feel like that as well is not accurate because you can have arguably the number 1 player in the country have a bad draw in top cut and end up last, or the number 1 and 2 players play first round then that is a little skewed, etc.. etc..

So I have come to you the community to see what you think about rankings in any category. This post is not meant to offend anyone by any means, so please no bashing. I just want to know who the community overall will think are the top 5 in each category. Maybe if this picks up enough steam someone will make an official poll.

So please share you're personal rankings

So here are my T1-2P rankings Top 5 active players.
1. Gabe Isbell
2. John Earley
3. Josiah Beers
4. Brian Jones
5. Josh Knitt

I couldn't get my list down to five since two of these guys didn't play at Nats this year. In no particular order...

T1 2P:
John E
Gabe I
Josiah B
Josh P
Josh K
Brian J

Quote from: Jonesy on August 23, 2018, 10:50:06 PM

So here are my T1-2P rankings Top 5 active players.
1. Gabe Isbell
2. John Early
3. Josiah Beers
4. Brian Jones
5. Josh Knitt

Maybe if people knew how to spell my name right I could be #1

Should have taken your wife's last name...

Is your list general or just T1 Josiah? Either way Justin has an argument for S tier and you're missing Tyler Stevens

Justin hasn’t played type 1 at highest level in awhile. He suffers in my list the same way jerome suffers on yours.

Kind of a knock on East Central I guess 

Type 2 list
1. Justin A
2. Josiah B
3. Tyler S
4. Jayden A
5. Noah W

I also totally just re-read all 7 pages of the Redemption BCS thread from 2011, because this reminded me of it. Good times man. Maybe I'll track down Kirk's list next

What thread are you referring to? I'm not sure what your acronym is...

Type 2 list
1. Justin A
2. Josiah B
3. Tyler S
4. Jayden A
5. Noah W

I think Andrew H of the frozen north has a good chance of either being top 5 of T2, or close to it. But I don't know enough about Redemption outside my playgroup to know for sure.

1. Jerome B
2. John E
3. Josiah B
4. Gabe I
- Top 4 are S Tier
5. Brian Jones
6. Josh Knit
7. JD
8. Josh P
9. Justin A
10. Tyler S
- 5 thru 10 A Tier
11. Kye
12. Jonathan G
13. Jay C
14. Derek T
15. Charles J
16. I’m sorry I don’t know which one of you this but one of the W’s
17. Jeremy C
18. Jeremy S
19. Aiden
- 11 thru 19 B Tier
(I believe all 3 of these tiers have players that can/could/should be able to win a national tournament)

These Rankings are my own opinion and not intended to be offensive to anyone in anyway.  This includes my opinion, recent placing, and personal records.

It’s also possible that I have names and players slipping my mind.

I'm saddened by the lack of Nic Marshall on this list   

Type 2 list
1. Justin A
2. Josiah B
3. Tyler S
4. Jayden A
5. Noah W

Interestingly I beat Tyler in the last two Nats he was at and I lost to Noah in the last two Nats he was at. 

Quote from: Isildur on August 24, 2018, 02:10:09 AM

Quote from: Red Dragon Thorn on August 24, 2018, 01:02:44 AM

I also totally just re-read all 7 pages of the Redemption BCS thread from 2011, because this reminded me of it. Good times man. Maybe I'll track down Kirk's list next

What thread are you referring to? I'm not sure what your acronym is...

It's in open discussion, which ironically is not open.

Here it is

I also found Kirk's thread here

Nice find John! I have come to 2 conclusions.
1) I still stand by my comments in those threads from years ago.
2) This topic will continue to come up every couple of years. (I have my suspicions as to why.)

My Type 2 list would include Nate Leverson.