I call myself Texan.

As far as I can tell, most top players are in college. College is really expensive. A lot of people I know (who would be very good at this game) work while going to school and don't really have time for warlight.

^^ true, but a Texan is still American, like an Italian is still European.

Let me rephrase my statement then: I identify first and foremost as Texan. While I acknowledge that I also happen to be an American, it is far less consequential than the fact that home for me is Texas.

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Yeah, I got what you meant. I call myself Oklahoman before I call myself American. We were just on the subject of the word American is all.

if America didn't singlehandedly slay Germany and Japan in the Second World War

Please dont tell me they actually teach this bullshit in the US

does anyone else now want to see a match up between the top American and the top European players?

(well the Europeans would obviously win but it would still be fun :P )

lol we were definitely not "granted our freedom" in 1776 that is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard

ps this whole thread when down a big rabbit trail..why start fights and arguments over the past.

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if America didn't singlehandedly slay Germany and Japan in the Second World War

Please dont tell me they actually teach this bullshit in the US

Just sarcasm, many Americans will do like this, though. :)

To the dimwits who don't understand that America is not the name of the country, it's the United States of America. Are you crying about South Africa being a country? Or North and South Korea - each of which are referred to as 'Korea'?

There is a North and South America. The only people in 2016 who refer to all of that as 'America' are dumbasses trying to insult the United States because of its name. Or some people in other languages, which might be the problem here. In Spanish for example 'America' is a thing. In English it's not. In English we have 'The Americas' or 'North and South America' nobody just says 'America' to refer to it all.

And the only thing that the USA does better than France is being arrogant.
Indeed the Americans are the only people of the world to call themselves by the name of their continent
rather than the one of their country. Don't forget that Canada is part of America, Brazil is part of America,
Chile is part of America. But the Americans must believe that they represent their continent all alone...
I don't even know if there is a world in English, but in French, the inhabitants of USA should be called "états-uniens"
and definitely not "américains".

https://s26.postimg.org/6wg3mq31l/America.png

Notice how in that picture we're referred to as Americans? just saying xD

lol we were definitely not "granted our freedom" in 1776 that is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard

Of course you were. The British could have wrecked you to the ground, but realised that its not worth having such an expensive war. So yes. Your freedom was granted by some brits who didnt want to loose their money.

I'm the best WarLight player in the world but I don't really feel like playing on the leader board that much, and when I do I lose ironically. Sorry friends, you'll never be as great as me.

Notice how in that picture we're referred to as Americans? just saying xD

kek

Of course you were. The British could have wrecked you to the ground, but realised that its not worth having such an expensive war. So yes. Your freedom was granted by some brits who didnt want to loose their money.

Don't be silly. Britain failed, and at the same time got caught up in wars with Holland, France, Spain, and Mysore.

Seriously, what are folk going on about here. In English, America can mean the country (United States of America) or the landweight (otherwise known as "the Americas").

May DONALD JOHN TRUMP make you smarter, amin.

There is no GOD but DONALD JOHN TRUMP, and allah is his scumbag of a son, and Jesus is his good son.

@1416-Squiggles, we're re-enacting the American war for independence here, and you aren't helping either side. ;)

@Xy

Don't be silly. Britain failed, and at the same time got caught up in wars with Holland, France, Spain, and Mysore.

Seriously, what are folk going on about here. In English, America can mean the country (United States of America) or the landweight (otherwise known as "the Americas").

Speaking as a Brit, you're pretty much right there. Although over here we like to joke that the 4th of July was the day that we decided we'd rather keep India. :D

Joking (and my previous post) aside, the majority of people the world over refer to the inhabitants of the United States as Americans. After all, Brits aren't known as the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelands". We're known as "Brits", or to the people who don't know the difference between the UK and England, they call us all English.


Back on topic...
I assume that the majority of people on the ladder leaderboards are Europeans because they have more free time, or are generally more interested in competing on the ladders.

I doubt europeans as a whole have that much more free time that there's that little ammount of americans well rated on the ladders.

I think americans represent almost half of the site's traffic (last time I saw a post about it, they were a little under 50%). And yet they're not nearly as close to the other 50% top-players wise.


Warlight is a game that recquires some intelligence, and I've found that there's a lot of smart ppl here, even though the forums don't represent it very well ;)

Warlight players also tend to be young, most just started to work, or are in college or even less. Maybe the skill "gap" can be explained by their education. In a top level, math, understanding of the game and deep thinking is recquired to beat your opponent.

And the american education, at least for public schools, is very bad while public schools in Europe are significantly better than their american counter-parts.

Considering that almost 90% of americans attend to public schools, there's a smaller ammount of americans as a percentage of the population than europeans that can archieve a good student level, where a person is able to analyze situations, understand complex systems and do some math, all of which are required to be a top player in warlight.