i didnt get any better because when i invited u to another game and then after a week of you not joining i deleted the game and decided that i would have nothing to do with you anymore because i realized u were trying to help your image by saying you were going to do something, but in reality u never did it

everyone wait and back up a moment lets us not be one sided and support sze without thinking we all know gui has a big ego but does sze do tooo.Whatever sze motives the communtiy benefited and he made a name of himself.
Lets think this through guys and lets not join the gui is troll band wagon.

i asked that you (1) reread the 1v1 tutorial, (2) practice the ideas in tutorial in your games to find a style that works best for you and then (3) invite me to another game once you have made some improvement. 90% of what i would say after playing you is in the tutorial. i followed your 1v1 games in the RR i made. you didnt show any signs of progress. maybe you never even read the tutorial to begin with. the tutorial was made because i noticed i kept repeating the same things over and over again in each game.

when i taught world history i had a student who didn't pay attention during class. one day he asked me to be his private tutor and said he would pay me $35/hour. i told him all he had to do was pay attention in class, since there was no sense in my having to teach him the same thing twice. you remind me of that student. you had access to the information to be learned but you didnt want to read or think. instead you wanted to take the test (play me) without having first done any studying on your own.

Gui is a good player, and a decent person to talk to, some of the comments here show the ignorance of the posters. @ Arun " I didn't read your commentaries and I doubt anyone else did to" errr actually I did, I always seek to learn from better players and undoubtedly The Don is a better player, having seen your ladder games - which I did watch and anyone else can I would advise you to read the commentaries and from them attempt to improve, you need to do that far more than you need to pass comment on a player who knows and could teach you a lot more about warlight. Maybe you could then pass down some of that to your clan and improve them rather than focusing on re-posting your lists.

Sez can teach me things, but so can Gui, learn from your betters if you want to improve.

@ Richard you are a troll that's fine, you amuse but it's rich of you to decide that you are the only one who can criticize.

As for the whole debate, well it happens in academia - it is through criticism that ideas are tested and developed. They are first introduced to the community - and then the community analyses and examines the results, let them talk and decide for yourself who is right (for you) that is what adults do.

Ska2D2 for president.

Although I'm not the most prolific forum poster, I do read much of what goes on here, and I have one conclusion:

Arun, stop posting. Your unsupported and downright ridiculous claims across all these forums are shameful to the entire community. And for the love of God, stop apologizing for double posts; if you meant the apology, you wouldn't do it again! That's like if I kicked you in the balls, apologized, then kicked you again (and the cycle continues).

regarding ryan the x slouch and wm imposter:

from the practice 1v1 RRs public chat; i made three RRs for [x] players to practice the new ideas in the tutorial after playing one game with each player (which was a diagnostic test of sorts):

- march 5: ryan vs insane: you both made post-october new player picks. none of the top players do this. and i'd guess none of the players in the top 30 of the ladder do this. rubik used to do this, and he did it best. but he has since stopped and is making modified zaeban picks. zaeban-impaller hybrid picks > zaeban picks > impaller picks (if there are combos on the board) > post-october newbie picks.
- march 5: ryan vs crusader: ryan made 3 picks only. all in one area. very bad. ryan and crusader both went for the n africa/w africa combo: why? the c russia/w russia combo is more efficient. you should both (re)read the part in the 1v1 tutorial about picking. it seems you either didnt at all or didnt understand some parts.
- march 11: ryan vs gentle: ryan made only 3 picks. he made all 3 in one area like a post-october newbie. he lost. want to know how to pick to lose, do that.
- march 11: jinxed vs ryan: ryan made bad picks. he lost. ryan picked like a post-october player. the top players dont pick that way.
- march 13: ryan vs rosston: ryan['s] picks: only 3, all in one area. [he] los[t].

ryan, you joined [x]. then for a week you didnt even try to improve. as you can see, after repeating the same things, i just gave up on you. i can't use your brain to think for you if you don't want to think for yourself. though, if you ever do read the tutorial(s) and feel you have improved, feel free to invite me to a game if you want some advice. but i won't make effort to teach someone who doesnt want to learn. this is the confucian way.

Gui has been a great teacher to me and rosston and ema as well as others because we listened to his advice and used it in our games. Ryan, you never listened to him.

I've got to apologize on behalf of myself and x. I took about a month off.

Ryan if you are still interested I can organize a set of games for you and a good 1v1 player.

Please all criticisms of x be addressed to me, the responsibility and blame all belong to me.

Rosston, Can you set me up a set of games against a good player because i would love to test my skills against a top player.

szewen, i invited you to a 1v1 RR with [x] players. here's my challenge: beat all the current and former [x] players and i'll retire before you do.

http://WarLight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?TournamentID=2509

russell the hemingway imitator, the same challenge: beat all the current and former [x] players and i'll retire.

No one is digging anywhere.

szewen, i invited you to a 1v1 RR with [x] players. here's my challenge: beat all the current and former [x] players and i'll retire before you do.

Yes, because we all know that the better player ALWAYS wins and that the best players in RR tournaments ALWAYS go undefeated...

you underestimate szewen. if he can win all but 2 or 3 in a 20-player RR with top players, surely he can beat 8 or so [x] players.

yeah, szew would be more likely than not to win that challenge.

There's some decent/good [x] players, and it's not an easy challenge, especially if Mek Blaze is playing as well, but Sze can probably pull it off.

Bring it on! I'm looking forward to playing against you swe! You should join the tournament too Bishes!

szewen, i invited you to a 1v1 RR with [x] players. here's my challenge: beat all the current and former [x] players and i'll retire before you do.

I'm reasonably certain that people don't even want you to retire; as near as I can tell they just want you to be a little more friendly. For instance, even after you did a fair bit of yelling at szeweningen, all his replies remained reasonably polite.

Now, I can't look inside szeweningen's head, so I can't be absolutely certain of his motivations, but his explanation for which games he chose to use as "lecture material" sound plausible. Some of his motivations (such as the live video) you couldn't have known about, but it was you who chose to use a (public) forum like this to have the argument; had you asked him in private he could've told you without this public mud-throwing fight.

Let me summarize:

• We've never played a game together, but if you held the top spot on the ladder, you must be a very good player.
  
• You've made some very nice maps (I especially like "Greater Middle East", "France: villes et capitales" and "Ancient Greece & Maritime Trade").
  
• Those two things make you a very valuable WL player.
  
• Unfortunately, when you're annoyed with someone you seem to like picking fights; a truly great player isn't just good in the game, he's also a decent sportsman. On that count I think you can still learn one or two things (either from szeweningen or someone else). I'm just hoping you want to learn...
  

I was considering it, but I'm too busy these days, trying to cut down :/