Preliminary rankings

[ulo]

*EDIT* Draft is planned for 18.00 EST / 23.00 GMT / 00.00 CET on the 29th of June. *EDIT*

Been working on getting the salary rankings together today and after some input from different people.

Red marks the current mercenaries.
Yellow marks the current captains.

I will add Ultranova|^ and Supreme to the list tomorrow, but if you want to signup from this moment on you will have to contact me on irc or on the forum with a pm.

$1000 ph34r
$992 bleh-
$984 Monk
$976 Pete
$968 Rum
$960 ravonix
$952 spydee
$944 Serenity
$936 Sonic|^
$928 Morpheus
$920 unrealshots
$912 HuMPtY
$904 MP/5
$896 InfamousRaider
$888 rain
$880 KNOCKOUTDAD
$872 Junkyardboy
$864 blackout\\
$856 bug
$848 Pks
$840 ramdrop
$832 Finalz
$824 Xenoscythe
$816 kE
$808 kud
$800 Woody7
$791 pulip
$782 Sunny
$773 lockpick
$764 Viperzz^
$755 n0b
$746 whitechocakagod
$737 valco
$728 Tobe1337
$719 flowX
$710 dev
$701 Steel
$692 Rev
$683 Cromaniac
$674 d1sc
$665 sLY
$656 AnNiHiLaToR
$647 Banko
$638 insanity
$629 edge
$620 crux
$611 csnafk
$602 khxmz
$593 ScReaM
$584 Spriggan
$575 Hertz
$566 iMpure
$557 LP
$548 R1cKJam3s
$539 ulo
$530 Sauron
$521 Lineage
$512 cryinman
$503 Einfari
$494 Sponge
$485 m3ss
$476 Seijurø
$467 ur0k
$458 Miracle
$449 rasta-man
$440 windigo
$431 danon3^
$422 mng
$413 SilverWing
$404 Imperious
$394 tOmy`
$384 Kr4zY
$374 Hermione
$364 RailDemon
$354 Nordog
$344 JD
$334 krm`
$324 macz
$314 E|ite
$304 HULKSMASH
$294 Tempus
$284 Haze`
$274 cafe
$264 XhackZ|Ryu
$254 Buster
$244 ravje
$235 Neddy
$226 ||sT||Madara|^
$217 MurdaJr
$208 Leon
$199 n0mer
$190 z4TaN
$181 Airdack
$172 Sovvie
$163 rusty2280
$154 reavEn
$145 Instable
$136 acidreign
$127 scar.mx
$118 Riota
$109 Nitti
$100 KillEmAll
$100 LoSaH
$100 NiNjA][GAiDEN
$100 nightwing
$100 CLANKILLER
$100 Moli
$100 *SuPaH)V(aN*[KRU]
$100 iiSpyz
$100 frauenarZt
$100 Murder

The current thought on salary caps:

Round-caps:
Captain: $1000
1st pick: $1000
2nd pick: $350
3rd pick: $400
4th pick: $450
5th pick: $450
6th pick: $450
7th pick: $400

TOTAL CAP = $4500


Please leave comments!

[RickJames]

Solid start, hoping to see a lot of discussion here, since sdom rankings are very difficult

-SunnY is way too low imo. SunnY is a top 5 nwtdm player, and a two time ictf champ. He's also insanely good at sdom- not quite as good as rummy, but not far from him either. He raped in pugs last season. He times, he hits, he moves fast as hell. I had him in the top 10, and I can't see him much lower than that. He's better than blackout and ir for sure.

-+ur0k is the most underrated guy here. He tied ramdrop at cg dungeon in our reg match last season (he was $775 then), despite getting doubled by white and ram for the last 2 minutes of the map. He has beaten the crap out of good players at solo cps. Would put him at around $700 at least.

-d1sc and sly are both top 10 weaps players. I think it would be ridiculous to pick dev, rev, etc over them. They have everything- both can time 3 pus (on the second) at once by themselves (a rare talent in this list), have strong aim, and are just really smart, adaptable players. Just look at how valco performed, having the same nwctf background as both of them. I'd move them up right below valco, but even there they could be massive steals.

-Despite what whitechoc will tell you, viperzz is a little too high. He's good with brute force play, but speccing him really shows his inexperience, and he's limited to certain positions. I'd at least move him down 2 or 3 spots.

-flowX has performed terribly in sdom, just check his stats. Would move him down a few spots at least, despite his potential from idom.

The biggest mystery to me is the lower $700 to $500 range. Dev has barely played afaik, I wouldn't consider him above a 4th starter or first man off the bench. I appreciate being so low as a captain, but since ulo is down there with me, I have to complain a bit. Me and ulo certainly have more experience than crux, csn, spriggan, hertz, and lp, plus we've had stronger performances vs stronger players. I hear scream has gotten a lot better, so I'm going to assume ulo is correct in ranking him above us, but I felt that scream got screwed by his high salary as capt last season.

I'd have the below $700 range like so, compromising a bit between your list and mine:
iMpure (easily the best among these, playing better than flowX for sure, for example)
annihilator
banko
insanity
edge
ScReaM (assuming he's gotten twice as good like I've been told)
rev
r1ckjam3s
ulo
crux
Spriggan
Hertz
csnafk
lp
sauron
...

I really don't want to sound like I'm complaining too much, and suggesting this disadvantages me as capt. However, since ulo is right next to me regardless, I thought it was best to be honest. I'm 100% OK with people disagreeing about this last part. The only must-do changes are moving sunny and turok up imo.

[Junkyardboy]

remove from league, don't got time this summer, going to be busy. thx

[Sonic|^]

[Miracle]

9 captains?

[Mike]

Guys, I'm signed up but I didn't find me in this list, could you add me?, thnx.

Pd: I'm chilean mike.

[MP/5]

viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2255&p=40427#p40427

[Hertz]

[unrealshots]

I normally dont say anything about rankings but iam heavily overrated

[InfamousRaider]

I should be ranked right below bug. I don't think there is anyone who thinks I'm better than any one of those guys.

[rain]

bug + sunny both need to be higher

[Finalz]

i should be lower.

[kE]

I think I'm overrated, esp considering powerhouses like pulip & lockpick are lower ranked and I got raped by pretty much anyone in pugs

[Hermione]

I should be lower than Tempus and Nordog they are better than me, no doubt.

[whitechocakagod]

If I had to do it, it would look something like this. To be fair, sdom rankings are insanely hard because everybody is avoiding pugs to tank their rankings and so many players don't play right now, but could get better midseason. ZzzZzzZ. Also, a lot of players I don't know on this list.



$1000 ph34r

900s

Pete
Rum
bleh-
Monk
serenity
spydee
ravonix
bug
ramdrop
Morpheus
mp/5 – I can't remember how good he is...i thought more of like $850 but everybody else has him high
humpty

800s

JYB
Sonic|^
Xenoscythe
rain
Sunny
InfamousRaider
Viperzz^
blackout\\
kud
unrealshots - Risky pick, but he has the aim to be amazing eventually
Pks
kE
whitechocakagod

700s

Finalz
Woody7
valco
Steel
n0b
KNOCKOUTDAD
ScReaM
R1cKJam3s – honestly, this guy says he's a top 20 player. Maybe take his own admission into account and put him even higher.
Ulo
lockpick
Banko – don't know if he sdoms


600s

pulip
Sauron
Spriggan
d1sc – Don't know him
sLY - Don't know him
AnNiHiLaToR – don't know if he sdoms
insanity – don't know if he sdoms
edge – don't know if he sdoms
Tobe1337 – I don't know this guy
dev
Rev


500s

iMpure
Cromaniac
Hertz
flowX
csnafk
khxmz
m3ss
LP
Lineage
cryinman
Einfari

400s

crux
Buster
Hermione
Imperious
Tur0k
windigo
Sponge
Seijurø
Miracle
rasta-man
danon3^
||sT||Madara|^


300s

macz
Sponge
mng
SilverWing
Tempus
tOmy`
Kr4zY
Nordog
RailDemon
JD
krm`
cafe

200s

E|ite
HULKSMASH
n0mer
Haze`
XhackZ|Ryu
ravje
Neddy
MurdaJr
Leon

100s

rusty2280
z4TaN
Airdack
Sovvie
reavEn
Instable
acidreign
scar.mx
Riota
Nitti
CLANKILLER

100

LoSaH
NiNjA][GAiDEN
nightwing
CLANKILLER
KillEmAll
Moli
*SuPaH)V(aN*[KRU]
iiSpyz
frauenarZt
Murder

[blackout\\]

Overrated. Please lower.

[LP]

move me to the 100s with supah

[Mike]

[ph34r]

[Sauron]

Impure is vastly underrated

[Rev]

Whites rankings most accurate by far.

[ulo]

--------------> Draft is planned for 18.00 EST / 23.00 GMT / 00.00 CET on the 29th of June. <--------------

Also edited this into the main post.

I have not had time to look into all the thoughts and comments yet, but will do tomorrow.

PS. I have worked from 08.00 to 02.00 today with being home for dinner for about 1.5 hours, so didn't have much time over today sadly.

[InfamousRaider]

[ph34r]

Given the time restrictions we've had for this sdom season I think ulo has done just fine waiting as long as possible to close signups and finalize rankings imo. Definitely need to announce final maplist before draft though..