I'm really glad to see I'm on top of Soda's list though, as someone who you struggled to recognize as a good player for a long time (Throwback to those initial interactions as Tatami)

I want to comment on a few of the names people have thrown out: Veiexku cannot really compare to any modern players, the best way I can think to describe him is maybe a worse Hedger. He was fantastic for the time and one of the greatest but EM's level was collectively a lot lower in 2010 than it was in later years. He actively played on alts and struggled to consistently win against some of the better names of 2011/2012. He was a wonderful player for the era, though.

I suspect that many of the players were like that, ex. biggest names being Veiex and Slyintine. Even Maxwell who is likely EM's closest equivalent to Michael Jordan in terms of greatness. He went on to continue his domination at a higher level through forum games on MS so his is probably the least suspect. Soben and Fantastic would likely be candidates for best active, but it is impossible to tell after such a long period of inactivity and no way to measure.

It is worth noting that Jaguar experienced something similar, he is still ranked in my top 10. He had Maxwell-level domination for years but struggled to stay at the top during his activity in 2011/2012.

Smaller comp playerbase is a myth.

As is old god worship a la idiot vets like Indy who think being bad in 2009 means they're godlike in 2016

like my play on epicmafia in the past 6 months is the equivalent or less than a fresh steaming pile of cow s*** with flies buzzing around it

"Ah yeah, I remember how much better people were back in my day. Now I just beat everyone here, like one day I even went 5/5 in jan. Everyone sucks now, I hate not being modest but I'm kind of the best player now. The other day I just DESTROYED Gerry after he got N2'd. How do people think he':s good. Sad right? Don't make them like they used to." -Some random player from 2009/2010/2011/2012/2013 who can barely win 53% of their classic mafia games

gerry do u really think Dyl is the best EMer by that much?