Who is the greatest ASL player of all time?

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Well that seems to be Steve Pleva - with Mike McGrath second, although the latter won 8 times in 12 years which is pretty phenomenal - so maybe at his peak he was better. I have no idea. Maybe its more impressive to win in 1988 and then in 2018 with some in between as it must be hard to maintain the desire for that length of time. But who has won the other tournaments?
I've always been impressed that Steve's Grofaz matches are usually a brand-new scenario often debuted at that very ASLOk. None of this 'look at the list six weeks in advance and play each scenario three times' bullcrap.

Counts for more, IMO
 

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I find it quite inconsiderate that my name is not considered.

Does it hurt to consider? Does it require any form of energy? Does it need to last longer than a heartbeat?
 

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The question is subjective IMO, I mean who are you asking? From my point of view these tournaments matter as much as a pinch of raccoon sheet; everyone in my ASL world has wanted money and is paid in full...
 

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Pleva and McGrath have yet to face my skills in the ASL arena. Sadly, that is due to my inability to get 2-3 wins in against 2nd tier type guys which is required to earn the right to play guys like that at a tournament.

Some day....some way...it will happen. Until then, they exist on a separate plane of reality than I do.
 

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I've always thought the longest run of unbeaten games would be a good measure. If only the AREA rating could display the winning streaks...;)
 

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I've always thought the longest run of unbeaten games would be a good measure. If only the AREA rating could display the winning streaks...;)
In chess that was Mikhal Tal but he was only world champion for one year - compared to some players who were champion for dozens of years. In chess players get an ELO rating which is based on their accuracy of play. It is like tennis players seed ratings. In chess just like in tennis you can be top seed but not win the tournament.
 

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That would depend who you beat in that streak.
If for instance you played me all the time, your winning streak would be loooong but not impressive. (jazz hands because clapping might upset someone)
 

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There will be no vote - a strange woman lying in a pond (B21.13) will be distributing a sword to the greatest player in a farcical aquatic ceremony. :D:D:D
A tart in a pond is no way to determine who the greatest ASL player is. MG’s at 5 paces is the way to go.
 

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I've always thought the longest run of unbeaten games would be a good measure. If only the AREA rating could display the winning streaks...;)
I think that would still be Pleva. As AREA shows...31, 2008-2010. (click on the blue abbr to the right of the player).
 

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Chuck Norris does MMC overruns...in the MMC's movement phase
Chuck Norris never checks LOS because the LOS thread is too frightened to go into Chuck Norris's hex
Chuck Norris doesn't have TPBF target selection limits because his fire is quadrupled
No vehicle can VBM Chuck Norris's hex because his steely gaze prevents it
 

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Fish was kinda low key with the tourney play. He was more of an organizer. But, having watched some of his off the record games and being a part of a few, I’d rank Fish right at the top. He rarely made mistakes, had impeccable timing and read scenarios like no one else.

McGrath, of all the tourney players I have played, is the most difficult to beat.

Steve P. has had my number since I came back to the game a few years ago. Our head to head matches have been pretty one-sided. For various reasons, I haven’t had much time for games over the last few years. So, I’m pretty rusty...again.

P.S. I may have the most 2nd place ASLOK spots...lol. ;p
 
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Greatest

Motherfuckers talkin' crazy (yeah), sayin' I should quit (yeah)
I fuckin' tell them make me (bitch), eat a fuckin' dick (yeah)
I'm feelin' like the greatest (woo), wanna be whoever did it
Don Greenwood the one who made it, it's Brad on the lyrics

I'm somewhat outlandish they say
You say we're cut from the same cloth
But I guess you fabricate, eh?
You better bring more men than those tournament Saints
MMP stats, Steven Pleva with automatic stay spray
At anything that may stand in their way
As I stand at the bay window with a hand grenade
And a trey eight, at the Mandalay Bay
Common sense, I'm a dollar short and a day late
McGrath at the Saturday Batman matinee
Must have missed my cat-scan that day
I just threw a Tampax at Dre
Trashcan, Tascam and ashtray
I'm turning back to a madman, can't take
Anymore but I try to get away from the anger and rage
My basic alias is an A to the K
Get your ass spayed like bidets breakin' your legs
Eight different ways, aim for the waist, you chumps don't
Even know how to do somethin'
To give goosebumps a day when you say
That somethin' you won't give someone a lump in their throat
If you had them choked up you'd be yankin' my chain
Feelin' like I'm headed for a padded cell, the
Bar for me what I rap isn't fair but
Guess that's the standard I'm held to
But if somethin' like that doesn't tell ya
You set a mark too high when ASL sales are looked at as a failure
Then you better take it back to the play test shelter
And Hamburger Helper, 'cause damn it I'm still the

Greatest in the world, greatest in the world, greatest in the world
(No lie) I might be
The best to ever do it, the best to ever do it, the best to ever do it
I feel like the greatest joker to honkies sounding like me
Never be as good, never be as good
Packing up wife-beaters, white t-shirts, but what?
I'm the greatest

So you sold 1 million rule books, eh? (What?)
Only problem is, you put out 1 million rule books, eh? (Haha)
Wait, what was I just about to say?
Oh yeah, let me get this out the way
I know there's people that are pissed about the way I misprounouced a name
"DIE PHLEGM!"
Fuck, I still can't say the shit
But how quickly they forget who the fuck I was
Now Fort try to duck my slugs to let ya girl get fucked by Cocke
I'd like to give a shout to Gunner Scott
This can't be real, you dissed me and I was just tryin' to
Give you a shout, now get the fuck out my rhyme book!
No more shiners, already too much time tokin' rappers
I hear you talkin' shit, I'm just too big to respond to it
God forbid I forget, go and jump out the window
Somebody better child-proof it
'Cause if I lose it we can rewind to some old Perry Sez Rule shit
And I can remind motherfuckers I'll do shit
You don't got the tools, I got my Starterkit, I bullshit you not
Y'all fools just forgot that I'm so fuckin' awful with the thoughts
And when I'm hostile and impossible to stop
So you call it a nostril 'cause it's not gonna ever
I'll never let up on the pedal, might as well get the mop
'Cause I'm wipin' everyone up in this game
'Cause on the form I feel like I'm the

Greatest in the world, greatest in the world, greatest in the world
(No lie) I might be
best to ever do it, best to ever do it, best to ever do it
I feel like the greatest joker to honkies sounding like me
Never be as good, never be as good
Packing up wife-beaters, white t-shirts, but what?
I'm the greatest

Oh yeah and one more thing I want to mention
Is you're one dimension
I'm a solo monkey and I can flunk detention
I love contentions so welcome to the GameSquad convention
Muscles flexin', gotta strut like a front suspension
And you just stuck the key up in the ignition
And gave me enough gas to flood my engine (yeah)
Psychopath, Hongkongwargamer's hack's blowin' up like a raft
I just slapped Ray Tapio with a ISIS flag
Bet you I come back twice as bad (uh)
Revival didn't go viral!
Klas and jrv tell me that I should take the high road
Fuck that, I'm finna hit back
'Til I run out of gun powder and split the scene
Hold the keyboard similar to pistol, squeeze
And I shoot from the hip when I grip them things
And my lips and the clips got the SIG lit like it's nicotine
Trigger me and Jazz gets mean
Bars are like bullets when I spit them schemes
That's why I call the motherfuckers M-16's
Float like a butterfly, I'ma sting like a bee, you ain't harmin' a thing
I hit a dame hard as I'm gonna swing
I'm gonna need to put my arm in a sling
But like a wedding band you gotta be diamond to even climb in the ring
An anomaly, I'm Mark Pitcavage
'Cause I know one day I'm gonna be the

Greatest in the world, greatest in the world, greatest in the world
(No lie) I might be
best to ever do it, best to ever do it, best to ever do it
I feel like the greatest joker to honkies sounding like me
Never be as good, never be as good
Packing up wife-beaters, white t-shirts, but what?
I'm the greatest...
 

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There is and will only be ONE Pyscho! And ya iz aintz itz!

Nice try but your two small fry.
 
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